Compare Rocket Raccoon's Planet X Pals Team-Up with Mammalian Bond. Explore community preference by competitive rank and platform, review both anchor partners, and preview every Enhanced effect for Season 9.5.
TOTAL VOTES99
COMMUNITY LEADERPlanet X Pals78% preference
LEAD MARGIN55votes between options
PLATFORM DATA
Team-Up totals
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COMMUNITY CHOICE
ANCHORGroot78%
Planet X Pals
Converts Bombard Mode to launch Thorny Spores. Upon impact, they deal continuous damage to enemies within the radius while healing and granting Bonus Health to allies.
ANCHORSquirrel Girl22%
Mammalian Bond
Tosses out a scattered batch of augmented Vitality Acorns. Acorns that hit the floor can be collected. Whether struck directly or picked up, teammates receive a burst of healing and global cooldown reduction.
FEATURED TEAM-UP VIDEO
Restorative Nuts or Healing Gun?! Rocket Raccoon's New Team-Ups
Rocket Raccoon gets two Team-Up options in Marvel Rivals Season 9.5: Planet X Pals with Groot and Mammalian Bond with Squirrel Girl. Both offer different advantages, but which Rocket Raccoon 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.
Rocket Raccoon is not simply choosing between two bonuses: Planet X Pals and Mammalian Bond 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
Planet X Pals
ANCHOR · Groot
Planet X Pals, anchored by Groot, gives Rocket Raccoon a very specific tactical route: Converts Bombard Mode to launch Thorny Spores. Upon impact, they deal continuous damage to enemies within the radius while healing and granting Bonus Health to 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. Its control utility can create a clean focus-fire opportunity, but coordinated teammates are needed to fully convert that opening. 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 Rocket Raccoon 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 Groot, Rocket can ride on Groot’s shoulders, and the active duration of the Thorny Spores field is extended. That raises the option's ceiling, but it also means the composition with Groot has to justify the team slot.
OPTION 2
Mammalian Bond
ANCHOR · Squirrel Girl
Mammalian Bond, anchored by Squirrel Girl, gives Rocket Raccoon a very specific tactical route: Tosses out a scattered batch of augmented Vitality Acorns. Acorns that hit the floor can be collected. Whether struck directly or picked up, teammates receive a burst of healing and global cooldown 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 Rocket Raccoon 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 Squirrel Girl, the maximum charge count for this ability is increased. That raises the option's ceiling, but it also means the composition with Squirrel Girl has to justify the team slot.
Detailed rank breakdown
See how preference changes as the competitive tier rises.
ANCHORGroot78%
Strategist
Rocket Raccoon
ANCHORSquirrel Girl22%
Bronze1 votes
Silver4 votes
Gold20 votes
Platinum13 votes
Diamond21 votes
Grandmaster24 votes
Celestial13 votes
Eternity1 votes
One Above All2 votes