Emma Frost is a close-range Vanguard in Marvel Rivals who shifts between ranged control and high-impact melee using her Diamond Form. This Season 3 guide covers how to use her abilities, Diamond Form combos, ult cancels, and best team pairings to dominate fights in every mode.

She’s basically a punishing bruiser who isolates targets and shuts down enemy ultimates. Also be sure to remember that damage reduction drops to 25% in Season 3

Emma Frost Overview

Emma Frost has 650 health and swaps between two forms. In Human Form, she projects barriers and fires a ranged psychic beam that ramps in damage. In Diamond Form, she becomes a melee fighter with damage reduction, knockbacks, and grabs.

You use her Human Form to shield, poke, and stall. Then swap into Diamond Form to punish overextensions, kick enemies into your team, or deny ultimates.

Emma Frost Abilities

Telepathic Pulse

Fires a beam that builds damage the longer it stays on target. Use it mid-range. Each second ramps up output. Hit confirms build energy fast.

Psychic Spear

Grabs the target’s sentience. Any damage to the sentience passes through to the body. When it breaks, it explodes for bonus damage. Aim this after hitting with the beam.

Mind’s Aegis

Summons a distant barrier. You control where it goes by holding aim. Use it to block narrow lanes, deny ultimates, or protect allies mid-fight.

Diamond Form

Activates Diamond Form. Gains damage reduction and becomes Unstoppable. You lose range but gain powerful melee combos.

Faceted Fury (Diamond LMB)

A double-fist punch with solid burst damage. Use this between other melee skills to keep pressure on.

Carbon Crush (Diamond E)

Lunges forward, grabs an enemy, and slams them behind. It cancels most ultimates if timed right. Great opener for combos or for isolating enemies.

Crystal Kick (Diamond RMB)

Flying kick that knocks enemies back. If they hit a wall, it deals bonus damage. Use it to slam targets into hazards or your team’s DPS.

Psionic Seduction (Ultimate)

Projects a cone that stuns enemies, cancels ultimates, and forces mind-controlled enemies to walk toward Emma. If it lingers, it can control entire teams.

How to Play Emma Frost in Marvel Rivals

Start fights in Human Form. Use Telepathic Pulse and Psychic Spear to poke from mid-range. Deploy Mind’s Aegis to block key angles or enemy ultimates. Don’t engage unless Diamond Form is ready.

Once your team is pushing, or if a key enemy overextends, activate Diamond Form. Use Carbon Crush to grab them, follow with Faceted Fury, then knock them back with Crystal Kick. If they hit a wall or your team, they go down fast.

When defending, keep Human Form active until you're pressured. Use Mind’s Aegis to keep enemies off the payload or stall out enemy DPS. Only commit to Diamond Form when it’s safe to dive.

Best Emma Frost Combos

Close-Range Kill Combo

Diamond Form → Carbon Crush → Faceted Fury → Crystal Kick into a wall

Ranged Zone Combo

Psychic Spear → Telepathic Pulse → Beam damage as sentience shatters

Defensive Setup

Mind’s Aegis → Hold beam → Swap to Diamond Form to punish any overpush

Ultimate Chain

Psionic Seduction → Mind control multiple enemies → Allies follow up with AoEs

Diamond Form Tips

Don’t dive solo unless you have backup
Always kick toward walls or allies
Use Carbon Crush to cancel channel-based ultimates
Remember: damage reduction drops to 25% in Season 3
You’re Unstoppable, but not invincible. Use cooldowns wisely.

When to Use Ultimate

Emma’s ultimate is a game-changer. Use it to:

Start a teamfight
Cancel grouped ultimates
Mind control supports or squishies
Set up ally combos
Force enemies into bad positioning

Avoid using it on tanks or single targets. Group control gives the most value.

Ultimate Can Cancel:

Scarlet Witch
Black Panther
Magik
Iron Man
Spider-Man
Doctor Strange
Winter Soldier

Ultimate Cannot Cancel:

Venom
Storm
Cloak & Dagger
Psylocke
Hela
Luna Snow
Mister Fantastic
The Punisher

Emma Frost Team-Up: Mental Projection

Emma unlocks this team-up with Magneto and Psylocke.

Magneto gains a mirror clone that casts barrier bubbles and duplicate attacks
Psylocke creates an illusion that mirrors her attacks and confuses enemies
Illusions deal real damage, but cannot use ultimates

Best usage is distraction, confusion, and doubling utility. Run all three heroes for max synergy.

Best Team Comps for Emma Frost

Magneto and Psylocke: Team-up combo with illusions for pressure and protection
Peni Parker: Hold ground with mines while Emma sets up kicks
Magik: Cleans up after Diamond Form dives with burst
Namor: Punishes enemies knocked toward his minions
Winter Soldier: Can wipe mind-controlled enemies with his ultimate
Wolverine: Double dive threat alongside Emma
Invisible Woman or Mantis: Give ranged control and utility

How to Counter Emma Frost

Hard counters include tankbusters and heroes immune to her ult.

Groot: Blocks her ultimate line-of-sight with thorn walls
The Thing: Immune to knockback, punishes close-range fights
Thor: Brawls endlessly in both forms
Iron Fist and Wolverine: Percentage HP damage tears through her 650 HP
Luna Snow: Her healing can't be stopped, even under mind control
Cloak & Dagger: Fade and invisibility ignore Emma’s ult

To beat her, force her into Diamond Form early, avoid clustering, and bait her ultimate into low-value situations.

Best Emma Frost Settings

Use medium sensitivity for tracking beam targets and lining up Diamond Form kicks.

Recommended:

Horizontal/Vertical Sensitivity: 4
Mouse Acceleration: Off
Mouse Smoothing: Off
Health Bars: On
Show Cooldowns: On

Emma depends on spacing and cooldown management. Always track what’s ready.

Best Emma Frost Crosshair Code

You need a reticle that works for tracking beam attacks and Diamond Form targeting.

Crosshair Code:
1;0.0;9.5,0.0,0.0,15.0;100.0,0.0,50.0,100.0;60.0,25.0,0.0,60.0;100.0,100.0,100.0,100.0;0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0;33.0,84.0,100.0,33.0;13.0;100.0,0.0,50.0,100.0;0.0;5,5,2,1;1.0,1.0,1.0

Adjust the inner gap or color depending on your map visibility.

Final Blurb

This Marvel Rivals Emma Frost guide (Season 3) gives you everything you need to play her like a threat. Use Human Form to protect and zone… then go Diamond to break enemy lines and deny their ultimates.

Emma is a disruptor, not a wall. With the right positioning and timing, she controls fights without ever needing to frontline. If you kick the right targets at the right time, the match flips.