Unlock Superhuman Flexibility: Master Mister Fantastic's Abilities in Marvel Rivals

Marvel Rivals: A Deep Dive into Mister Fantastic's Abilities and Gameplay

Marvel Rivals delivers a thrilling hero-shooter experience, boasting diverse gameplay and stunning visuals. As the game evolves, new characters will continuously be added to the roster, enriching the strategic depth. Season 1 introduces iconic heroes from the Fantastic Four, with Mister Fantastic leading the charge.

Mister Fantastic, a formidable duelist, excels at rapid movement and significant damage contribution. His unique ability to grapple and pull himself towards allies or enemies is a key component of his gameplay. The introduction of each new duelist inevitably impacts the meta, altering the dynamics of combat across the game's various maps.

Quick Links

• Mister Fantastic's Primary Attack

• Mister Fantastic's Abilities

  • Reflexive Rubber
  • Flexible Elongation
  • Distended Grip
  • Wedded Harmony
  • Elastic Strength
  • Brainiac Bounce

• Tips for Mastering Mister Fantastic

  • Flexible Reflection Combo
  • Strategic Use of Reflexive Rubber

Mister Fantastic's Primary Attack

Effective duelists require a strong primary attack, and Mister Fantastic's Stretch Punch delivers. While lacking a secondary attack, the Stretch Punch's versatility is surprising. This three-hit combo utilizes a single fist for the first two strikes, culminating in a powerful two-handed blow.

The attack's unique strength lies in its ability to deal damage even when the stretched arm is dragged through enemies. Furthermore, it affects all enemies in its path, effectively creating area-of-effect damage with each use. This makes it comparable to Storm's piercing Wind Blade attack in its ability to hit multiple targets.

Mister Fantastic's Abilities

Mister Fantastic possesses a range of potent abilities, each contributing to his damage output and overall effectiveness. Players are encouraged to experiment with these abilities in the training room to fully understand their potential. These abilities synergize to build up his passive, significantly increasing his damage output when fully charged. Beyond his abilities, key stats like health and Elasticity are crucial to understanding his gameplay.

Mister Fantastic starts with 350 health but utilizes shields to enhance his survivability, exceeding expectations for a duelist. Elasticity, displayed beneath the crosshair, is another vital stat. Each basic attack generates 5 Elasticity, with the goal of reaching 100 Elasticity as quickly as possible to maximize his damage potential. He has a 3-star difficulty rating, making him challenging for beginners but accessible to all players with practice.

Reflexive Rubber

• Active Ability
• 12-second duration

Mister Fantastic transforms into a rectangular shape, absorbing all incoming damage. Upon expiration, he unleashes the stored damage in the direction of the player's reticle.

Flexible Elongation

• Active Ability
• 3-second duration
• Generates 30 Elasticity

This ability grants Mister Fantastic a shield, boosting his health from 350 to 425. He pulls himself towards the target, dealing damage to enemies or granting a shield to allies, offering both offensive and defensive utility. It has two charges.

Distended Grip

• Active Ability
• 6-second duration
• Generates 30 Elasticity

This versatile ability allows Mister Fantastic to grapple a target, presenting three options: Dash (pulls him towards the target without a shield), Impact (pulls the grappled enemy towards him, dealing damage), or a double grapple, allowing him to grapple a second enemy and slam them together, dealing damage to both.

Wedded Harmony

• Team-Up Ability (requires Invisible Woman)
• 20-second duration

This ability, only available when Invisible Woman is on the team, heals Mister Fantastic for any lost health, but does not provide shields.

Elastic Strength

• Passive Ability

Each ability use builds Elasticity, increasing damage output. At maximum Elasticity, Mister Fantastic undergoes a Hulk-like transformation, significantly boosting damage and granting a substantial shield. The shield decays after the transformation ends, but a portion remains. He cannot use other abilities during this inflated state.

Brainiac Bounce

• Ultimate Ability

Mister Fantastic leaps and crashes down, dealing area-of-effect damage, then bounces to repeat the attack multiple times. This is particularly devastating against clustered enemies.

Tips for Mastering Mister Fantastic

Mister Fantastic, despite being a duelist, possesses surprising tankiness due to his damage mitigation, readily available shields, and his passive's massive shield generation.

Flexible Reflection Combo

Combining Flexible Elongation and Reflexive Rubber creates a powerful combo. Using them consecutively to aid an ally provides shields for both, allowing Mister Fantastic to absorb incoming damage before unleashing stored damage from Reflexive Rubber.

Strategic Use of Reflexive Rubber

While Reflexive Rubber contributes to Elastic Strength, it can also be used strategically even without needing to quickly build the passive. This maximizes his inflated state, providing both objective presence and team damage. His shields stack, so inflating after multiple Flexible Elongations can result in a massive health pool, making him one of the tankiest characters in the game.