Marvel Rivals team size, party size and playing ranked with friends

Marvel Rivals is played six against six, but plenty of groups of six friends can't play Competitive together. The game limits a party by its size, by how far apart its ranks are, and by whether anyone is still in placement matches, and from Celestial up it takes only solos and duos. Players' answers to "who can I queue with?" contradict each other, and some of the answers that rank highest give a rule NetEase replaced in November 2025.

This guide is for a player who plays Competitive, the game's ranked mode, with friends, or wants a stack to play it with. It covers how big a party can be at each rank, which ranks can queue together, the stricter rules during placements, what PC and console do to a party, and how to find a stack in range. For a Faction and the game's own tournament, see how to build a Marvel Rivals Championship team, and for other games, every game's team format.

In short

• Marvel Rivals is 6v6, so a full team is six. Competitive opens at account level 15.
• From Bronze to Grandmaster, a party can be any size but five: solo, two, three, four or six. From Celestial up, it's solo or duo.
• From Gold to Celestial, everyone in the party must be within three divisions of each other, which is the same division one rank away: Gold II reaches Silver II and Platinum II. Bronze and Silver count as one rank, so any Bronze and Silver players can queue together, and a Gold player reaches a Bronze division as it would the same Silver one.
• While anyone is in placement matches, a party is three players at most, and its highest and lowest must be less than three divisions apart.
• PC and console players never queue Competitive together. PlayStation and Xbox players can, but each platform keeps its own rank.

Team size and party size in Competitive

Matches in Marvel Rivals are six against six, in Competitive as in Quick Match, so a full team is six players. How many of those six can be friends in Competitive depends on rank. The Season 5 patch notes set the party sizes:

• Bronze to Grandmaster: any size except five, so solo, two, three, four or six. The game fills the empty places.
• Celestial, Eternity and One Above All: solo or duo only.

NetEase gives no reason for refusing five. A party of five drops to four, or finds a sixth.

The strictest rule in the party wins. One Celestial player in a party of Grandmasters makes it a duo, and while anyone is still in placement matches, the party is three at most (see below).

Competitive opens at account level 15, by the Season 2 patch notes, so a friend new to the game plays Quick Match first. Quick Match and custom games have no rank limits, so friends too far apart for Competitive can always play there.

Some guides and search summaries still say parties from Platinum to Grandmaster are capped at three. That was the rule from Season 3.5 in August 2025 until Season 5 lifted it in November 2025, and no patch since has changed party sizes.

Which ranks can queue together

From Gold to Celestial, everyone in the party must be within three divisions of each other. Every rank from Bronze to Celestial has three divisions, III up to I, so three divisions apart is the same division one rank away: a Gold II can queue with anyone from Silver II to Platinum II, and a Platinum III with anyone from Gold III to Diamond III. The game's rank restrictions panel puts it in one line: "Gold to Celestial tiers can team within a maximum range of three divisions."

Below Gold there's no limit. Players find that the game counts Bronze and Silver as one rank for parties, so any Bronze and Silver players can queue together, and to a Gold player a Bronze II is as close as a Silver II.

Your rank	Party size	Who you can queue with
Bronze and Silver	Any but five	Any Bronze or Silver player, and Gold up to your division: a Bronze II or Silver II reaches Gold II
Gold	Any but five	Three divisions either way, counting Bronze as Silver: Gold II reaches Bronze II or Silver II up to Platinum II
Platinum	Any but five	Three divisions either way: Platinum II reaches Gold II to Diamond II
Diamond	Any but five	Three divisions either way, from Platinum to Grandmaster
Grandmaster	Any but five, and a duo with a Celestial	Three divisions either way, from Diamond to Celestial
Celestial	Solo or duo	Three divisions either way, from Grandmaster up; from Celestial II, also Eternity and One Above All within 200 points
Eternity and One Above All	Solo or duo	Each other, and Celestial II and up within 200 points

A party is held to its widest gap: its highest and lowest players must fit, not only each pair of neighbours. Two Platinum players, three Gold and a Silver can't queue as six, since Platinum and Silver are at least four divisions apart, and without the Silver player they're five, which Competitive refuses. A group like that plays as two parties until its lowest player catches up.

When a party is too far apart, the game refuses to queue it and names the rank gap. Ranks move with every match, so a pair exactly three divisions apart can fall out of range after one loss, while friends a division or two apart have room to drift before they do.

Eternity and One Above All have no divisions. Their players queue solo or as a duo, and the panel lets them team with a player from Celestial II up within 200 points.

Placements: three players, two divisions apart

The first 10 Competitive matches of each season are placement matches, and while anyone in the party is playing theirs, the rules are stricter. By the Season 5 patch notes, a party with a placement player "may only queue in teams of up to three players", and "the difference between the highest-ranked and lowest-ranked player in the party must be less than 3 divisions". A Celestial or higher player's duo limit still applies.

So in placements, two divisions apart always fits, and three only when the two players' points are close, since players find the game compares points rather than division names. A Gold I can always place with a Gold III or a Platinum II, but usually not with a Silver I. Bronze and Silver count separately here, so a Silver III and a Bronze III are three apart and usually refused. The game's message is "Has placement match player, rank gap too great".

• Predicted rank is what counts. During placements each player has a predicted rank, which the game uses "for matchmaking and team formation". It moves with every win and loss, so a pair that fits after one match may not after the next.
• Where predictions start. Last season's final rank, less three divisions. Everyone who finished at Celestial II or higher starts at Grandmaster II, everyone from Bronze III to Silver III starts at Bronze III, and a player who has never finished 10 Competitive matches in a season starts at Silver III. So a friend new to Competitive can at first place only with players from Bronze II to Silver I.
• The party plays at its top. A party with anyone in placements is matched by its highest-ranked player, so a placement player in a higher friend's party plays that friend's lobbies.
• Your own play counts. Since the Season 7 patch notes, each placement match "tracks your individual performance (not tied to teammates)", and after the tenth your rank moves up to 100 points either way on your own results.
• Placements last the whole season. A player who finishes them in the first half keeps that rank after the mid-season update, and one who doesn't can finish them in the second half.

A group of four or more plays its placements in parties of three or fewer, and regroups once everyone has a rank.

PC, PlayStation and Xbox

PC and console players never queue Competitive together. PlayStation and Xbox players can.

• PC and console are matched apart. NetEase's closed beta FAQ set it out: "the competitive mode does not support matching PC users with console users." Its cross-progression Q&A of September 2025 still says the game "matches players by device".
• Each platform keeps its own rank. The same Q&A says that even with linked accounts, rank and leaderboard "are independent on each platform". So the gap is measured on the rank each player has on the platform they're playing on. A player with both a PlayStation and an Xbox has a rank on each, and plays on the one for the console in their hands, and a player new to a platform does placements there.
• PlayStation and Xbox share one Competitive pool, PS4 included.
• No ranked crossplay is announced. NetEase hasn't said PC and console will ever share Competitive.

So a group with PC and console players plays Quick Match together, and splits by platform for Competitive.

Finding a stack in range

Recruit players within three divisions of everyone already in the stack, on your platform, or on PlayStation and Xbox together, at the hours you play. Below Celestial that's a stack of six; from Celestial up, a duo.

Range first. Use the table, and leave room: a stack whose members share one rank has room to drift, and one that's exactly three divisions apart has none.

Recruit six, and a spare. Five friends can never queue together, so a stack that's one short on a night plays as four or finds a sixth. A seventh who can fill in keeps the six together.

Roles. Competitive has no role queue, so a stack picks its own composition. Name the roles you're short of, Tank (Vanguard), DPS (Duelist) or Support (Strategist), not all three.

Servers. Agree on one region's servers, as recruiting a Faction explains.

Keep a good random. After a good match with a stranger, add them by their Marvel Rivals username, which is the same on every platform. The official Marvel Rivals Discord has LFG channels too.

From ranked to the Championship. A stack that plays together every week can enter the Marvel Rivals Championship as a Faction, once every member reaches Platinum III that season. How to build a Marvel Rivals Championship team covers it, and How to make an esports team covers keeping a team together.

Post on TeamTavern. Ranked is what most Marvel Rivals players on TeamTavern are after: 27 of the 34 player posts tick it. Put up a player post with your rank, roles, server and platform, and tick "Ranked" under "Looking for". A stack looking for players puts up a group post with a rank range the whole stack can queue with, within three divisions of every member. That's narrower than every Marvel Rivals group post so far: all three ask for a range one party can't queue across, Platinum III to Diamond II (four divisions), Grandmaster II to Eternity, and Bronze III to One Above All. Then filter the posts by rank and platform and message the ones that fit.

Marvel Rivals players and groups on TeamTavern

Frequently asked questions

How many players are on a team in Marvel Rivals?

Six. Matches are six against six, and in Competitive a party from Bronze to Grandmaster can be all six.

Why can't I queue Competitive as a party of five?

Five is the one party size Competitive refuses from Bronze to Grandmaster. Queue as four, or add a sixth. From Celestial up, it's solo or duo only.

What ranks can play together in Marvel Rivals?

From Gold to Celestial, players within three divisions of each other, so the same division one rank up or down is the furthest apart: Gold II with Silver II or Platinum II. Bronze and Silver players can queue with any Bronze or Silver player, and with Gold up to their own division.

Can you play placement matches with friends?

Yes, in a party of up to three whose highest and lowest players are less than three divisions apart, by their predicted ranks, so two apart always fits. Bronze and Silver count separately during placements.

Can PC and console players play ranked together?

No. PC and console are matched apart in Competitive. PlayStation and Xbox players can queue together, though each platform keeps its own rank.

What level do you need for Competitive in Marvel Rivals?

Account level 15, for every player in the party.

Find your stack

• Queue in any size but five, and as a duo from Celestial up.
• Keep the stack within three divisions, and inside one rank to leave room as ranks move.
• Play placements in threes, two divisions apart at most.
• Split by platform for Competitive, and check each friend's rank on the platform you'll play on.

Post as a player with your rank and tick "Ranked" under "Looking for", or post as a group with a rank range your whole stack can queue with: Marvel Rivals players and groups on TeamTavern.