SEASON 09.5 · HERO INTELLIGENCE

Duelist

Daredevil

Compare Daredevil's Comprehensive Defense Team-Up with Devilish Affair. Explore community preference by competitive rank and platform, review both anchor partners, and preview every Enhanced effect for Season 9.5.

TOTAL VOTES62

COMMUNITY LEADERDevilish Affair90% preference

LEAD MARGIN50votes between options

PLATFORM DATA

Team-Up totals

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ANCHORIron Fist10%

Comprehensive Defense

Objection! is enhanced. Whirling billy clubs now damage all enemies in range while deflecting Projectiles from all directions. Successfully deflecting attacks recovers Fury.

COMMUNITY CHOICE

ANCHORBlack Widow90%

Devilish Affair

Swings Devil’s Chain in a criss-cross pattern, dealing damage to enemies in front and inflicting a Slow.

FEATURED TEAM-UP VIDEO

360° Defense or More Chains?! Daredevil's New Team-Ups

Daredevil gets two Team-Up options in Marvel Rivals Season 9.5: Comprehensive Defense with Iron Fist and Devilish Affair with Black Widow. Both offer different advantages, but which Daredevil 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.

Daredevil is not simply choosing between two bonuses: Comprehensive Defense and Devilish Affair 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

Comprehensive Defense

ANCHOR · Iron Fist

Comprehensive Defense, anchored by Iron Fist, gives Daredevil a very specific tactical route: Objection! is enhanced. Whirling billy clubs now damage all enemies in range while deflecting Projectiles from all directions. Successfully deflecting attacks recovers Fury. As a Duelist, it should be judged by how consistently it converts an opening into pressure, damage, or a secured elimination. Its sustain component has value in extended fights, but loses impact when allies cannot survive the initial burst. The ranged-output benefit rewards clear sightlines and steady uptime, while cover-heavy engagements can limit how often it matters. 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 Daredevil 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 Iron Fist, Daredevil passively recovers Health for the entire duration of the ability. That raises the option's ceiling, but it also means the composition with Iron Fist has to justify the team slot.

OPTION 2

Devilish Affair

ANCHOR · Black Widow

Devilish Affair, anchored by Black Widow, gives Daredevil a very specific tactical route: Swings Devil’s Chain in a criss-cross pattern, dealing damage to enemies in front and inflicting a Slow. As a Duelist, it should be judged by how consistently it converts an opening into pressure, damage, or a secured elimination. Its control utility can create a clean focus-fire opportunity, but coordinated teammates are needed to fully convert that opening. Area pressure makes it especially useful around objectives, doorways, and clustered teams; spread-out fights reduce that advantage. 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 Daredevil 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 Black Widow, the damage radius is expanded, and landing hits recovers Fury. That raises the option's ceiling, but it also means the composition with Black Widow has to justify the team slot.

Detailed rank breakdown

See how preference changes as the competitive tier rises.

Bronze1 votes

Comprehensive Defense (Iron Fist)0 · 0%

Devilish Affair (Black Widow)1 · 100%

Silver3 votes

Comprehensive Defense (Iron Fist)0 · 0%

Devilish Affair (Black Widow)3 · 100%

Gold10 votes

Comprehensive Defense (Iron Fist)1 · 10%

Devilish Affair (Black Widow)9 · 90%

Platinum14 votes

Comprehensive Defense (Iron Fist)3 · 21%

Devilish Affair (Black Widow)11 · 79%

Diamond9 votes

Comprehensive Defense (Iron Fist)0 · 0%

Devilish Affair (Black Widow)9 · 100%

Grandmaster13 votes

Comprehensive Defense (Iron Fist)1 · 8%

Devilish Affair (Black Widow)12 · 92%

Celestial10 votes

Comprehensive Defense (Iron Fist)1 · 10%

Devilish Affair (Black Widow)9 · 90%

Eternity1 votes

Comprehensive Defense (Iron Fist)0 · 0%

Devilish Affair (Black Widow)1 · 100%

One Above All1 votes

Comprehensive Defense (Iron Fist)0 · 0%

Devilish Affair (Black Widow)1 · 100%