Archetype pages are updated after each Tier List is made. If a page isn’t up-to-date, it means there was nothing worth mentioning in the last report, either because there was no data about the archetype or it did poorly.
Ranked Performance
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Bruce Banner has been almost a non-factor during its release weak, easily taking the title of worst card of the season. However, the card managed to make High Evolutionary popular again, and the deck can apparently still get some results in the right hands. This would have just been a low Tier 2 deck on this stacked report, but just the fact that High Evolutionary was able to hang in there felt deserving of a spot as a Silent Performer.
Conquest Performance
Arishem High Evo
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Although it can’t compare to Arishem Loki, the High Evo build is doing well enough to compare to a lot of other decks in the game. Arguably, its biggest limitation is trying to play more synergistic cards, such as Storm, that require a certain set up or timing.
With this in mind, this way of building Arishem is probably good to play if you enjoy the High Evolutionary synergy, but it’s not really good if your goal is to be as competitive as possible.
Pure Evolutionary
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Ajax is still looking for its archetype it seems. The card was featured in both the Good Cards and Sera Control archetypes without ever making it into the best performing list. In Conquest, it was the Pure Evolutionary deck that used Ajax as another big power card, supported by Scorpion, Cyclops, and The Thing. The 53.5% Win Rate is decent, but it’s not enough to say Ajax is a menace in the current meta.
How to Play
High Evolutionary pushes for a game plan based around a mix of proactive gameplay for points and disruption through non-situational cards. In the proactive category, you have cards helping you cheat energy or gain points, such as Evolved Misty Knight, Evolved Hulk, and Evolved Shocker. As for cards you will use to disrupt your opponent, Evolved Cyclops and Evolved The Thing are the best examples of the power affliction synergy.
There are two big ways to build around those cards currently. InSheNaut abuses the cards that require you to save energy, even throwing She-Hulk in the mix. This leads to a combo deck that is based on a big burst of points late in the match, all the while building its total through saving energy. A typical game with InSheNaut will have you play your early cards to solidify a lane (Sunspot, Evolved Misty Knight, and Evolved Cyclops are those early tools). Then you transfer to the big points card in the later turns.
Pure Evolutionary is more of a midrange deck that is not necessarily in need of passing energy unless the situation calls for it. Instead, this deck looks to afflict negative power on its opponent’s cards in order to discount Evolved Abomination, which adds (a potentially free) nine power its late game plan.
In both decks, disruptive cards play a key role in their success since the sheer amount of power developed often isn’t enough to beat other proactive or combo-oriented decks. High Evolutionary builds will routinely try to fit a couple of counter cards in order to gain an edge against purely points driven decks – particularly those that aren’t playing cards early on, which limits the cards you can afflict with negative power.
Archetype Evolution Over Time
- High Evolutionary managed to post a Tier 2 worthy performance to close the Marvel Rivals Season, but it still failed to impress overall.
- Unfortunately, Bruce Banner failed to revive High Evolutionary, so the archetype is still non-competitive at the moment.
- The Affliction archetype has lost a lot of popularity, but it was still able to post one of the highest Win Rates in the game this week at 60%. Sometimes, it’s good to navigate under-the-radar.
- High Evolutionary burst back into the scene with a simple, yet super effective deck that propelled the affliction synergy towards the top of the rankings. Luke Cage only exists in Hela right now, so it’ll be interesting to follow this archetype’s evolution in the near future.
This section was reset at the start of the September 2024 season and the arrival of the new Activate keyword.
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