SEASON 09.5 · HERO INTELLIGENCE

Vanguard

Rogue

Compare Rogue's Mr. & Mrs. X Team-Up with Explosive Entanglement. Explore community preference by competitive rank and platform, review both anchor partners, and preview every Enhanced effect for Season 9.5.

TOTAL VOTES128

COMMUNITY LEADERMr. & Mrs. X77% preference

LEAD MARGIN68votes between options

PLATFORM DATA

Team-Up totals

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COMMUNITY CHOICE

ANCHORGambit77%

Mr. & Mrs. X

After activation, every attack triggers a kinetic explosion, dealing area damage to surrounding enemies while simultaneously healing nearby allies.

ANCHORMagneto23%

Explosive Entanglement

Defensive Stance is fortified. Activating the ability expands a magnetic field, drastically boosting the Damage Reduction ratio of Defensive Stance. Furthermore, all damage absorbed by the field is converted directly into damage for Southern Brawl.

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Healing Punches or Magnetic Block?! Rogues New Team-Ups

Rogue gets two Team-Up options in Marvel Rivals Season 9.5: Mr. & Mrs. X with Gambit and Explosive Entanglement with Magneto. Both offer different advantages, but which Rogue 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.

Rogue is not simply choosing between two bonuses: Mr. & Mrs. X and Explosive Entanglement 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

Mr. & Mrs. X

ANCHOR · Gambit

Mr. & Mrs. X, anchored by Gambit, gives Rogue a very specific tactical route: After activation, every attack triggers a kinetic explosion, dealing area damage to surrounding enemies while simultaneously healing nearby allies. As a Vanguard, it should be judged by how well it helps initiate, hold space, or survive while the team advances. Its sustain component has value in extended fights, but loses impact when allies cannot survive the initial burst. 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 Rogue 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 Gambit, Rogue remains permanently locked in the “Hearts as One” state. That raises the option's ceiling, but it also means the composition with Gambit has to justify the team slot.

OPTION 2

Explosive Entanglement

ANCHOR · Magneto

Explosive Entanglement, anchored by Magneto, gives Rogue a very specific tactical route: Defensive Stance is fortified. Activating the ability expands a magnetic field, drastically boosting the Damage Reduction ratio of Defensive Stance. Furthermore, all damage absorbed by the field is converted directly into damage for Southern Brawl. As a Vanguard, it should be judged by how well it helps initiate, hold space, or survive while the team advances. Its control utility can create a clean focus-fire opportunity, but coordinated teammates are needed to fully convert that opening. The direct offensive payoff is easy to understand, but it is only decisive when the team can safely maintain pressure. 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 Rogue 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 Magneto, Southern Brawl Knocks back enemies. Extra damage is dealt if they’re propelled into a wall. That raises the option's ceiling, but it also means the composition with Magneto has to justify the team slot.

Detailed rank breakdown

See how preference changes as the competitive tier rises.

Bronze2 votes

Mr. & Mrs. X (Gambit)1 · 50%

Explosive Entanglement (Magneto)1 · 50%

Silver3 votes

Mr. & Mrs. X (Gambit)3 · 100%

Explosive Entanglement (Magneto)0 · 0%

Gold20 votes

Mr. & Mrs. X (Gambit)17 · 85%

Explosive Entanglement (Magneto)3 · 15%

Platinum19 votes

Mr. & Mrs. X (Gambit)17 · 89%

Explosive Entanglement (Magneto)2 · 11%

Diamond27 votes

Mr. & Mrs. X (Gambit)19 · 70%

Explosive Entanglement (Magneto)8 · 30%

Grandmaster31 votes

Mr. & Mrs. X (Gambit)25 · 81%

Explosive Entanglement (Magneto)6 · 19%

Celestial20 votes

Mr. & Mrs. X (Gambit)12 · 60%

Explosive Entanglement (Magneto)8 · 40%

Eternity1 votes

Mr. & Mrs. X (Gambit)1 · 100%

Explosive Entanglement (Magneto)0 · 0%

One Above All5 votes

Mr. & Mrs. X (Gambit)3 · 60%

Explosive Entanglement (Magneto)2 · 40%