SEASON 09.5 · HERO INTELLIGENCE

Strategist

Cloak & Dagger

Compare Cloak & Dagger's Oblivion Shroud Team-Up with Frozen Haven. Explore community preference by competitive rank and platform, review both anchor partners, and preview every Enhanced effect for Season 9.5.

TOTAL VOTES147

COMMUNITY LEADEROblivion Shroud52% preference

LEAD MARGIN5votes between options

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COMMUNITY CHOICE

ANCHORThe Hood52%

Oblivion Shroud

Veil of Lightforce and Terror Cape are warped by hellfire energy, changing into Veil of Light and Veil of Darkness while retaining their original effects. After traveling a set distance, the veils halt in place. Enemy damage passing through the Veil of Light is weakened, while enemy healing passing through the Veil of Darkness suffers Healing Reduction.

ANCHORLuna Snow48%

Frozen Haven

Channel frost energy outward to encase yourself in an absolute block of ice. This offers great protection, but Freezes you in place. While frozen, you can be healed and emit a weak healing aura to nearby allies.

FEATURED TEAM-UP VIDEO

Persistent Screens or Ice Block?! Cloak and Dagger's New Team-Ups

Cloak & Dagger gets two Team-Up options in Marvel Rivals Season 9.5: Oblivion Shroud with The Hood and Frozen Haven with Luna Snow. Both offer different advantages, but which Cloak & Dagger Team-Up is better? This featured video compares their strengths, weaknesses, and best use cases.

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Team-Up analysis

Strengths, tradeoffs, and ideal situations for each option.

Cloak & Dagger is not simply choosing between two bonuses: Oblivion Shroud and Frozen Haven push the kit toward different priorities. The better choice depends on map geometry, team composition, fight tempo, and whether the anchor partner already provides value on their own. The analysis below weighs both the base effect and Enhanced ceiling without treating a situational advantage as a universal answer.

OPTION 1

Oblivion Shroud

ANCHOR · The Hood

Oblivion Shroud, anchored by The Hood, gives Cloak & Dagger a very specific tactical route: Veil of Lightforce and Terror Cape are warped by hellfire energy, changing into Veil of Light and Veil of Darkness while retaining their original effects. After traveling a set distance, the veils halt in place. Enemy damage passing through the Veil of Light is weakened, while enemy healing passing through the Veil of Darkness suffers Healing Reduction. As a Strategist, its real value depends as much on team utility and survival as on any extra damage. Its sustain component has value in extended fights, but loses impact when allies cannot survive the initial burst. Because the effect is tied to a defined timing window, disciplined activation is more important than simply using it on cooldown. In practice, this option is best when the composition can play around that condition and reproduce it reliably. Its weakness appears when the fight forces Cloak & Dagger to react outside that plan, because part of the value is tied to a particular window, position, or interaction. With the Enhanced effect active, when teaming up with The Hood, the width of both the Veil of Light and Veil of Darkness expands. Additionally, allies passing through the veils are empowered by hellfire energy, gaining Damage Boost for a duration. That raises the option's ceiling, but it also means the composition with The Hood has to justify the team slot.

OPTION 2

Frozen Haven

ANCHOR · Luna Snow

Frozen Haven, anchored by Luna Snow, gives Cloak & Dagger a very specific tactical route: Channel frost energy outward to encase yourself in an absolute block of ice. This offers great protection, but Freezes you in place. While frozen, you can be healed and emit a weak healing aura to nearby allies. As a Strategist, its real value depends as much on team utility and survival as on any extra damage. Its sustain component has value in extended fights, but loses impact when allies cannot survive the initial burst. The defensive layer can deny a predictable damage window, although timing and placement matter more than raw output. In practice, this option is best when the composition can play around that condition and reproduce it reliably. Its weakness appears when the fight forces Cloak & Dagger to react outside that plan, because part of the value is tied to a particular window, position, or interaction. With the Enhanced effect active, when teaming up with Luna Snow, the healing aura provided to allies while Frozen becomes significantly stronger. That raises the option's ceiling, but it also means the composition with Luna Snow has to justify the team slot.

Detailed rank breakdown

See how preference changes as the competitive tier rises.

Bronze1 votes

Oblivion Shroud (The Hood)1 · 100%

Frozen Haven (Luna Snow)0 · 0%

Silver4 votes

Oblivion Shroud (The Hood)1 · 25%

Frozen Haven (Luna Snow)3 · 75%

Gold26 votes

Oblivion Shroud (The Hood)15 · 58%

Frozen Haven (Luna Snow)11 · 42%

Platinum20 votes

Oblivion Shroud (The Hood)15 · 75%

Frozen Haven (Luna Snow)5 · 25%

Diamond36 votes

Oblivion Shroud (The Hood)15 · 42%

Frozen Haven (Luna Snow)21 · 58%

Grandmaster39 votes

Oblivion Shroud (The Hood)17 · 44%

Frozen Haven (Luna Snow)22 · 56%

Celestial18 votes

Oblivion Shroud (The Hood)10 · 56%

Frozen Haven (Luna Snow)8 · 44%

Eternity2 votes

Oblivion Shroud (The Hood)1 · 50%

Frozen Haven (Luna Snow)1 · 50%

One Above All1 votes

Oblivion Shroud (The Hood)1 · 100%

Frozen Haven (Luna Snow)0 · 0%