Best Power Control Champ As Of 2025?

I think it’s gotta be Dormammu. He is barely talked about. Ending in a medium attack from your combo power drains the opponent every time. No limit, and it’s 100%. Who’s your favourite power control champ?

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captain_rogers

Doom

Friendly001

Luke Cage.

BeastDad

Doom, warlock, vision, skull

PT_99

Guill-99 literally does Necro paths without letting enemy throw SINGLE special attack 😎

Deathless vision

P99

Red skull

nefaria

Doom

It's really hard to say since there are so many ways to gain power, which all require their own types of controls. I don't think any champion counters everything.

Punisher 2099 is great at countering normal combat power rate, so as long as the champion doesn't have any other types of power gain going on, he can shut them down hard. At least for a time.

Doom is great at controlling the fight, without necessarily controlling the power itself. Yes, he does have power steal, but he generally wants his opponent to have as much power as possible when he tries to steal it. So he doesn't control (or at least you'd prefer to not control) the power as it reaches those highs, since you know you'll be able to control it once it gets up there. That's very, very different from P99's route. Additionally, Doom benefits greatly from the opponent having power gain buffs that he can steal.

Then you have champs like Void or Sandman who are great at countering power gain from buffs or passives, but it takes a while to get that going.

All of these champs are among the best at what they do, but they do so very different things that I find it really hard to crown a "winner" among them. Maybe Doom since his type of controls doesn't depend on the type of power gain the opponent has. Whether it's a buff or a passive or just the normal combat power rate, he can deal with it. As long as the opponent isn't immune to the power steal itself, Doom is usually able to enter his loop where the opponent just can't do anything to him. That's still one of the most broken mechanics in the game and I don't anticipate to see a 7* Doom for a very long time.

Herbal_Taxman

Best pure power control champ in the game. Burn and steal when awakened.

CandyCane2

I think Dormammu is a little bit underrated.

1) he has great power control in which he can power drain the opponent every medium ending combo attack which is strong.

2) his damage could be a bit better but still mid.

3) he has strong immunities. Bleed and poison. He also has 80% energy resistance with mephisto synergy.

hungryhungrybbq

Although it is situational a bit.. I'm surprised Warlock is not mentioned here as a top power controller

Without masteries he requires attempts at healing, but with Masteries active and no bleed immunity he can create his own opportunity

But for what he does, he does it so easily and well.. opponent simply cannot heal (without any debuffs) and may never throw *any* specials if played correctly

hungryhungrybbq

Ah, I see he was mentioned actually.. whoops:)

Wolf911

FAM is good as well

I have done fights without baiting a single special

Masquirade

P99 can end fights in BG's without the enemy throwing a special.

I always thought a cool benefit of playing Valkyrie was that the enemy gets a reduced amount of combat power just because you're hitting into the block all the time.

Magrailothos

No discussion about best Power Control champion is complete without mentioning this bad lad...

Hulkbuster is another champion who can push through opponents without letting them through a single special, even in Endgame content - he was the backbone of my ten-year-challenge Necropolis run, particularly since I opted to clear a path through Silver Centurion....

And whilst Dormammu may have a slightly safer version of Power Control, he's incredibly slow due to his pitiful damage. With stacking damage via Shocks and Armour Breaks, Hulkbuster has the damage capability to stand tall in any conversation about "best all-round Power Control champion".

TotemCorruption

A lot of tech champs can be great at this.
But you really need to run Collar Tech 5/5 mastery for maximum control.
Also, awakened Red Skull is right up there with the rest of the options listed here.

Mysterio

(Okay maybe it's not true but I do have power drain so let me have this moment!)

Squidopus

Ahem.

Okay he’s probably not the absolute best power control champ because there’s a lot of things that can turn him off but when he works, he really works. Also how many of your power controllers can completely shut down Enchantress?

CandyCane2

Ahem.

Okay he’s probably not the absolute best power control champ because there’s a lot of things that can turn him off but when he works, he really works. Also how many of your power controllers can completely shut down Enchantress?

I like doc octopus, but why did they make him look a little chubby in the game? 😭

Jack2634

i saw Swedeah do some wild sh*t with vision AoU. His power control is just so nutty.

THUNDERBIL

CHAMPIONS WHO HAVE GREAT POWER CONTROL, USEFULL IN ANY SITUATION AND BACKED BY BIG YELLOW NUMBERS:

CHAVEZ - 3rd Heavy attack.
DOOM and IDOOM - Sp3 Cycle.
G99 - Burn on Medium (Pre) and Sp1.
HB - Sp2 and Sp1 cycle.
SGWEN - Sp1 Enervate.
GWENP - Sp2 Power Lock with stuns if opponent is not bleed immune.
COUNT - Sp1 and Sp2 cycle.
SKULL - Burn on block.

CHAMPIONS WITH GREAT POWER CONTROL BUT NEED EITHER A MAKEOVER OR A TUNE UP:

DORMAMMU - Power Burn on Mediums.
VISION - Specials rule.
NIGHT MONKEY - Enervate on L4 (Pre) "MAKE HIS ENERVATE LAST LONGER AND HE WILL BE A GOD".
PSYCHO - Specials on Doubt.

CHAMPIONS WITH SITUATIONAL USEFULLNESS:

WARLOCK - Sp1, Sp3 drain when opponent is effected plus drain on regen.
P99 - Normal Power Control.
BWDO - Sp2 drain on poision charges.
ROUGE - Sp2 drain but opponent must have buffs to be absorbed by Sp1 to do more damage and drain on Sp2.
SSUPREME - Good for Eq where those fury charges increases her power drain.
CG - Sp2 power drain while opponent has 3 bars of power.

SP3 POWER DRAIN:

VOODOO
ULTRON

THE OG QUEEN NEEDED AS A 7 STAR:

MAGIK

Buttehrs

CHAMPIONS WHO HAVE GREAT POWER CONTROL, USEFULL IN ANY SITUATION AND BACKED BY BIG YELLOW NUMBERS:

CHAVEZ - 3rd Heavy attack.
DOOM and IDOOM - Sp3 Cycle.
G99 - Burn on Medium (Pre) and Sp1.
HB - Sp2 and Sp1 cycle.
SGWEN - Sp1 Enervate.
GWENP - Sp2 Power Lock with stuns if opponent is not bleed immune.
COUNT - Sp1 and Sp2 cycle.
SKULL - Burn on block.

CHAMPIONS WITH GREAT POWER CONTROL BUT NEED EITHER A MAKEOVER OR A TUNE UP:

DORMAMMU - Power Burn on Mediums.
VISION - Specials rule.
NIGHT MONKEY - Enervate on L4 (Pre) "MAKE HIS ENERVATE LAST LONGER AND HE WILL BE A GOD".
PSYCHO - Specials on Doubt.

CHAMPIONS WITH SITUATIONAL USEFULLNESS:

WARLOCK - Sp1, Sp3 drain when opponent is effected plus drain on regen.
P99 - Normal Power Control.
BWDO - Sp2 drain on poision charges.
ROUGE - Sp2 drain but opponent must have buffs to be absorbed by Sp1 to do more damage and drain on Sp2.
SSUPREME - Good for Eq where those fury charges increases her power drain.
CG - Sp2 power drain while opponent has 3 bars of power.

SP3 POWER DRAIN:

VOODOO
ULTRON

THE OG QUEEN NEEDED AS A 7 STAR:

MAGIK

Missing doc oc

EdisonLaw

Magik, Vision AOU, Doom, Zola, Nefaria, the Leader

peixemacaco

Magik if 6 stars

THUNDERBIL

CHAMPIONS WHO HAVE GREAT POWER CONTROL, USEFULL IN ANY SITUATION AND BACKED BY BIG YELLOW NUMBERS:

CHAVEZ - 3rd Heavy attack.
DOOM and IDOOM - Sp3 Cycle.
G99 - Burn on Medium (Pre) and Sp1.
HB - Sp2 and Sp1 cycle.
SGWEN - Sp1 Enervate.
GWENP - Sp2 Power Lock with stuns if opponent is not bleed immune.
COUNT - Sp1 and Sp2 cycle.
SKULL - Burn on block.

CHAMPIONS WITH GREAT POWER CONTROL BUT NEED EITHER A MAKEOVER OR A TUNE UP:

DORMAMMU - Power Burn on Mediums.
VISION - Specials rule.
NIGHT MONKEY - Enervate on L4 (Pre) "MAKE HIS ENERVATE LAST LONGER AND HE WILL BE A GOD".
PSYCHO - Specials on Doubt.

CHAMPIONS WITH SITUATIONAL USEFULLNESS:

WARLOCK - Sp1, Sp3 drain when opponent is effected plus drain on regen.
P99 - Normal Power Control.
BWDO - Sp2 drain on poision charges.
ROUGE - Sp2 drain but opponent must have buffs to be absorbed by Sp1 to do more damage and drain on Sp2.
SSUPREME - Good for Eq where those fury charges increases her power drain.
CG - Sp2 power drain while opponent has 3 bars of power.

SP3 POWER DRAIN:

VOODOO
ULTRON

THE OG QUEEN NEEDED AS A 7 STAR:

MAGIK
Missing doc oc

Champions like DOC OC and NEBULA are only useful when A.I. is cooperative.

BigPoppaCBONE

Toss up between Psylocke and OG Vision

Diablord

i'd have said magik, had we had a higher rarity of hers.
Otherwise? doom, Vision (both) are quite good. Nimrod, after sm specials, can keep opponent power at 0 for sm time.

Squidopus

CHAMPIONS WHO HAVE GREAT POWER CONTROL, USEFULL IN ANY SITUATION AND BACKED BY BIG YELLOW NUMBERS:

CHAVEZ - 3rd Heavy attack.
DOOM and IDOOM - Sp3 Cycle.
G99 - Burn on Medium (Pre) and Sp1.
HB - Sp2 and Sp1 cycle.
SGWEN - Sp1 Enervate.
GWENP - Sp2 Power Lock with stuns if opponent is not bleed immune.
COUNT - Sp1 and Sp2 cycle.
SKULL - Burn on block.

CHAMPIONS WITH GREAT POWER CONTROL BUT NEED EITHER A MAKEOVER OR A TUNE UP:

DORMAMMU - Power Burn on Mediums.
VISION - Specials rule.
NIGHT MONKEY - Enervate on L4 (Pre) "MAKE HIS ENERVATE LAST LONGER AND HE WILL BE A GOD".
PSYCHO - Specials on Doubt.

CHAMPIONS WITH SITUATIONAL USEFULLNESS:

WARLOCK - Sp1, Sp3 drain when opponent is effected plus drain on regen.
P99 - Normal Power Control.
BWDO - Sp2 drain on poision charges.
ROUGE - Sp2 drain but opponent must have buffs to be absorbed by Sp1 to do more damage and drain on Sp2.
SSUPREME - Good for Eq where those fury charges increases her power drain.
CG - Sp2 power drain while opponent has 3 bars of power.

SP3 POWER DRAIN:

VOODOO
ULTRON

THE OG QUEEN NEEDED AS A 7 STAR:

MAGIK
Missing doc oc
Champions like DOC OC and NEBULA are only useful when A.I. is cooperative.

Doc Ock doesn’t really need cooperative AI. As long as the opponent is not literally holding block for 10 seconds straight it’s usually fine, which would kill a lot of other champs too. What he needs is a matchup that isn’t capable of fighting back too much, which would be debuff control and annoying defensive mechanics like unstoppable or evade. He also prefers when he can reliably parry for quick openings.

Also come on, if you’re gonna label champs like Nefaria and Chavez as having great power control (only works in situations with ability power gain) and freaking Rogue as “situationally useful” then Doc Ock deserves to be on the list somewhere.