Best Marvel Rivals controller settings: Aim assist, sensitivity, HUD

Marvel Rivals is all about pinpoint accuracy, so you’ll need the best controller settings to ensure you’re hitting your target every time.

While picking the right hero in Marvel Rivals is essential, it’s up to you to get the best out of them. This will no doubt come with experience, but ensuring your settings are up to scratch is the first step in the right direction whether you’re playing on PC or console.

Best controller settings in Marvel Rivals

General

• Cursor Sensitivity: 130
• Vibration: Off
• Trigger Effect: Off

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While vibrations and trigger effects do make Marvel Rivals feel more immersive, it’s more of a hindrance if you’re trying to be competitive. In a game that rewards precision and accuracy, it’s best to turn off any outside factors that could throw off your aim.

Combat

Stick

• Horizontal Sensitivity: 180
• Vertical Sensitivity: 100
• Aim Sensitivity Curve Type: Linear Curve
• Minimum Input Deadzone: 1
• Maximum Input Deadzone: 1
• Max Deadzone Sensitivity Boost: 4
• Horizontal Max Deadzone Response Time: 30
• Swap Left and Right Sticks: Off
• Invert Horizontal Look: Off
• Invert Vertical Look: Off
• Aim Assist Window Size: 40
• Aim Assist Strength: 80
• Projectile Heroes Aim Assist Ease In: 80
• Hitscan Heroes Aim Assist Ease In: 40
• Melee Heroes Aim Assist Ease In: 0
• Disable Aim Assist at Max Deadzone: Off

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Sensitivity is largely down to personal preference, but I found that 180 horizontal and 100 vertical was the sweet spot. This allowed me to quickly react to enemies looking to flank me or attack from above, while still maintaining some degree of control.

However, if you’re someone who prefers it higher or lower, feel free to adjust this setting to suit your needs.

Marvel Rivals features generous aim assist on controller, but I recommend tweaking things slightly to make the most of it. With Aim Assist Strength at 100, I often found the game forcing me onto a target that I didn’t want at that time, so turning it down to 80 solves some of these issues.

When it comes to the Aim Sensitivity Curve Type, most players will want the standard Linear Curve for ease. But if you want it to feel more like Overwatch, the Dual-Zone S-Curve tweaks the sensitivity based on how much you tilt the stick.

HUD

• Reticle Save: Default
• Reticle Type: Crosshairs
• Width: 10
• Reticle Opacity: 100
• Outline Width: 50
• Outline Opacity: 100
• Blur: 0
• Center Gap: 33
• Crosshair Length: 30
• Crosshair Angle: 0
• Color: White
• HUD Widget Size: Default

Your HUD settings are largely up to you and what you prefer, but I found that switching the Reticle from a circle to Crosshairs made life easier. This made it much easier to track where I was aiming, even when the battlefield was crowded with characters and effects.

Hero

• Allied Heath Bars: On

UI

• Hero Profile: D-Pad Up
• Chrono Vision: D-Pad Right
• Toggle UI: Default
• Scoreboard: Default

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Communication

• Ping Button: D-Pad Down
• Number of Wheel Sections: Four Sections
• Inputs: Default

How to make custom settings for each hero

1. Head into the Marvel Rivals settings menu.
2. Navigate to the tab ‘Controller.’ and select it.
3. Scroll over to ‘Combat‘ or ‘UI.’
4. Select ‘All Heroes.’
5. Choose the character you want to customize.
6. Adjust the settings to fit that character.

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Marvel Rivals gives you the freedom to adjust your settings for all characters across the board or create specific profiles for individual heroes.

To do this, simply head into the controller settings menu and use the cursor to click where it says “All Heroes.” This will bring up the entire roster of characters, so you can go in and adjust the settings for each one.

Given how large the roster is and how unique their playstyles are, this lets you tailor your settings to ensure they’re right for every hero. So, although our settings above are a great baseline, don’t be afraid to go in and change the setups on your favorite characters.

Those are the best controller settings in Marvel Rivals. For more on the game, check out our guides for Assemble codes, the best crosshairs, the best PC settings, how to fix DX12 not supported error, and how to play Luna Snow.