MCOC Tier List (November 2026): Best Champions by Class

Count Nefaria, Kushala, Archangel, Hulkling and Aegon are the safest high-end attackers in Marvel Contest of Champions right now, with Ghost as the Tech pick that rounds out one top champion per class. If you’re spending a rank-up gem this month, start with whichever of those you own.

This MCOC tier list ranks attackers as of early November 2026, on version 59.0, which Kabam announced as live on October 5, 2026. Kabam ships new champions roughly monthly, so check the release notes on the official forums for anything newer. Ranks are our opinion, cross-checked against how top community creators rated the roster in October 2026. We don’t publish damage figures or win rates.

How we ranked MCOC champions

The game now has more than 300 playable champions, per its Wikipedia entry, and no single list can rank all of them fairly in every mode. So we picked one lens: attack value across story content, Alliance War and Battlegrounds. Defense is a separate list with different winners, and we’ve left it out on purpose.

A champion moves up when it handles a wide spread of defenders without needing a specific synergy team, keeps working at mid rank-ups, and doesn’t demand frame-perfect play to function. A champion moves down when it’s brilliant in one niche fight and ordinary elsewhere. The same rule we apply to review scores holds here: the label is opinion, the facts under it aren’t. Our scoring approach explains that split.

MCOC tier list: best attackers for November 2026

S+ champions are worth a rank-up the moment you pull them. S champions are excellent but either narrower or harder to play well. A champions are solid investments once your top slots are filled.

S+ tier, one line each

• Count Nefaria: his ionic build-up gives him one of the highest damage ceilings in the Science class.
• Kushala: Hellfire damage and utility that answer many Cosmic defenders, the class Mystics beat.
• Archangel: Neurotoxin damage and huge burst once his kit is rolling. A top Mutant for years.
• Hulkling: flexible damage and tools that make him useful in nearly every Cosmic matchup.
• Aegon: damage scales with his combo, so long, clean fights reward him more than anyone.
• Human Torch: Incinerate damage that keeps chipping even when you’re playing safe.
• Jean Grey: a high-end Mutant attacker that holds value across modes.
• Knull: heavy Cosmic damage, and near the top of most creator rankings in October 2026.

S tier, one line each

• Ghost: phasing through hits makes her the safest Tech attacker when your timing is good.
• Nick Fury: big Skill damage with a simple game plan.
• Quake: a long-time Science answer to defenders that punish contact.
• Doctor Strange: a deep Mystic kit; strong, but harder to max than Kushala.
• Mister Sinister: high Mutant damage, a step behind Archangel on ease of use.
• Captain Britain: a strong Mutant that fills gaps when Archangel or Jean are busy.
• Ant-Man (Future): a Tech attacker that handles awkward fights well.
• Venom: reliable Cosmic damage for players who don’t own Hulkling or Knull.

A tier, one line each

• Galan and Hyperion: Cosmic damage dealers for Tech-heavy paths.
• Magneto: a classic Mutant pick against Skill defenders.
• Guardian and Sentinel: Tech options with niche counters to specific defenders.
• Luke Cage: a durable Science pick for specific matchups.
• Spider-Man (Stealth Suit): a Skill attacker that still earns his slot.
• Shathra: a Mystic option once Kushala and Strange are taken.

MCOC class advantage, animated

Every champion belongs to one of six classes, and each class has advantage over exactly one other. Attack with advantage and your hits do more; attack into disadvantage and the fight gets longer. It’s the single biggest reason a lower-tier champion can outperform an S+ one in a given fight.

One top attacker per class: a coverage plan

Here’s the worked example we’d use to spend rank-up resources. Because each class beats exactly one other, six attackers, one per class, give you an advantaged answer to every defender class. Six S+ champions from the same class cover only one.

Put it to work: say your Alliance War path is stacked with Science defenders. The table says bring Skill, so Aegon goes in first, with Nick Fury behind him. If the path flips to Mystic defenders, Count Nefaria takes over. You’ll still want raw power for boss nodes where class doesn’t help, which is where an S+ pick in the “wrong” class earns its spot anyway.

Our take: if you own two S+ champions in the same class and nothing strong in another, rank the second one later. Fill the empty class first.

New champions we haven’t ranked yet

Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes) and Colossus (Age of Apocalypse) arrived with version 59.0 on October 5, 2026, alongside Carina Tivan from the Epilogue quest. Both need a few weeks of real use across modes before a rank means anything, so they sit outside the table for now.

For exact kit changes and balance updates, Kabam posts release notes on the official Contest of Champions forums. That’s the place to confirm a champion’s current numbers before you spend a 7-star rank-up on them. If you’re playing on PC, the Windows version that launched in 2025 shares progress with mobile through cross-play, so the same roster plan applies on both.

For other ranked rosters, see our Epic Seven tier list, AFK Arena tier list and Wild Rift champion tier list.

Quick questions

One per class, then go deep. Your roster will thank you in war.