Marvel Rivals: How to Play Mister Fantastic

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. The game's roster expands with each season, and Season 1 introduces iconic Fantastic Four heroes, including Mister Fantastic, a compelling dualist character. This guide explores Mister Fantastic's strengths, abilities, and effective strategies.

Mister Fantastic, as a dualist, excels at mobility and damage output. His core mechanic revolves around grappling and pulling himself towards allies or enemies, creating dynamic offensive and defensive plays. His unique abilities significantly impact the game's meta.

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 Playing Mister Fantastic
  • Flexible Reflection
  • Rushing Reflexive Rubber

Mister Fantastic's Primary Attack

Mister Fantastic's primary attack, Stretch Punch, is a surprisingly versatile three-hit combo. The first two strikes utilize a single fist, while the final strike employs both. The stretched arm continues to deal damage as it's dragged through enemies, resulting in effective area-of-effect damage. This makes it comparable to Storm's Wind Blade in its ability to hit multiple targets.

Mister Fantastic's Abilities

Mister Fantastic possesses a range of abilities, each contributing to his damage-boosting passive. Mastering these abilities is key to maximizing his potential. He starts with 350 health but utilizes shields for increased survivability. His Elasticity meter (visible beneath the crosshair) is crucial; basic attacks generate 5 Elasticity, aiming for 100 for optimal passive activation. He has a 3-star difficulty rating, making him challenging but learnable for players of all skill levels.

Reflexive Rubber

• Active Ability
• 12-second cooldown

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

Flexible Elongation

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

This ability provides a shield, boosting health from 350 to 425. He pulls himself towards a target, dealing damage to enemies or granting a shield to allies, offering both offensive and supportive options. It has two charges.

Distended Grip

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

Mister Fantastic grabs a target, offering three options: Dash (pulls him towards the target without a shield), Impact (pulls the grappled enemy towards him, dealing damage), and a secondary grapple on a nearby enemy, slamming both targets together for additional damage.

Wedded Harmony

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

Heals Mister Fantastic for lost health (no shield granted). This synergizes well with Invisible Woman, a Strategist character.

Elastic Strength

• Passive Ability

Each ability use builds Elasticity, increasing damage output. At maximum Elasticity, Mister Fantastic transforms, gaining significantly increased damage and a substantial shield. The shield decays after the transformation ends, but the damage bonus encourages players to capitalize on the opportunity. Not dealing damage causes Elasticity decay.

Brainiac Bounce

• Ultimate Ability

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

Tips for Playing Mister Fantastic

Mister Fantastic's damage mitigation and shield generation make him surprisingly tanky.

Flexible Reflection

Combining Flexible Elongation and Reflexive Rubber provides shields for both Mister Fantastic and an ally, allowing for immediate damage absorption and follow-up attacks.

Rushing Reflexive Rubber

Using Reflexive Rubber even without needing to quickly build the passive can maximize the duration of his inflated state, enhancing both his objective presence and damage output. Stacking shields from Flexible Elongation before activating his inflated state can lead to a massive health pool (potentially 950).