Playing as Thor in the Zombies mode for Marvel Rivals can be a little off-putting at first. He’s much weaker compared to the other heroes, but once you get all the right blessings, he becomes just as strong, if not stronger. In this Marvel Rivals guide, we’ll be covering how to play Thor with his Awakening Rune skill in Zombies mode, including the priority blessings you should take and tips on how to play as him.
Best Awakening Rune Thor Build in Marvel Rivals Zombies
Thor’s Awakening Rune skill is, admittedly, extremely weak without blessings. It does poor DPS over a small area of effect by default, but once you invest enough points into Thor’s blue passives and get the right blessings, he becomes a firehose of arched lightning that can melt bosses and zombie hordes alike.
For abilities, take the following:
Chain Bolt for extra AoE damage with hammer attacks
Bastion Dome for emergency crowd control
Thunderclap Surge for on-demand crowd control over a large area
Bastion Dome is for knocking back any exploding zombies that may sneak their way into your comfort zone, while Thunderclap Surge is for creating breathing room for you and your teammates. The latter is especially helpful for waves where there are many ranged zombies around.
Unlike how you’d usually play a Marvel Rivals game as Thor, you’ll want to always be in Awakening form while playing Zombies mode. You will deal absolutely zero damage outside of it, and the only reason why you’d ever want to cancel Awakening Rune is to use your abilities to reposition or control big crowds.
Priority Blessings for Thor in Marvel Rivals Zombies Mode
Cranium Crusher
Allfather’s Might
Enchanted Flurry
Endstorm
Thunder Havoc
Power Prolongation
Rune Recycle
As always, prioritize damage blessings over utility-based ones. Cranium Crusher is huge for Thor since his Awakenign Rune projectiles can’t hit headshots normally. Stack this together with Allfather’s Might and Enchanted Flurry, and watch your DPS skyrocket.
Endstorm is pretty much essential for Thor in Marvel Rivals Zombies. It gives Awakening Rune an alternate attack that lets you hose targets down with streams of lightning. You only really need one copy of this, though.
As for the other skills, they should only be taken in order to reach the required blessing breakpoints to unlock Awakening Rune buffs. Once you reach 120, avoid taking them completely and focus on getting damage boosters or the purple Survival blessings.
Best Purple Blessings for Thor in Marvel Rivals
Power Surge
Vitality Boost
Vampiric Vitality
Moonlight Protection
Zeus’s Thunder
Survival blessing prioritization is the same for Thor as with other Marvel Rivals Zombies characters. Get damage boosts first, then try to get over 12,000 Health if you’re playing on Nightmare 3 or 4. Once you cross that threshold (and add Moonlight Protection to the mix), Vampiric Vitality will have enough of a buffer to let you sustain yourself through most incoming damage.
We take Zeus’s Thunder over Primordial Frost simply because it has a higher chance to trigger. While you can stack Primordial Frost cards to increase its proc chance, it’s just too expensive compared to Zeus’s Thunder.
