Unleash Mister Fantastic: Mastering Marvel Rivals' Elasticity

Marvel Rivals: Mastering Mister Fantastic, the Stretchy Strategist

Marvel Rivals delivers a thrilling hero-shooter experience, boasting diverse gameplay and stunning visuals. The game's roster constantly expands, with Season 1 introducing iconic Fantastic Four heroes, including the versatile Mister Fantastic.

Mister Fantastic is a unique dualist, excelling at both mobility and damage. His core mechanic involves grappling and pulling himself towards allies or enemies, creating dynamic offensive and defensive plays. His impact on the meta remains to be seen, but his potential is undeniable.

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 travels, impacting all enemies in its path, effectively creating area-of-effect damage. This compares favorably to other heroes like Storm, whose Wind Blade also excels at multi-target damage.

Mister Fantastic's Abilities

Mister Fantastic possesses a range of impactful abilities. Players should familiarize themselves with these in the training room to maximize their effectiveness. Each ability contributes to his passive, Elastic Strength, significantly boosting his damage output when fully charged. Key stats to monitor include his health and Elasticity.

Mister Fantastic boasts 350 base health, augmented by frequent shield generation, providing unexpected survivability for a duelist. His Elasticity meter (visible beneath the crosshair) increases with each attack (5 Elasticity per attack), reaching a crucial 100 for maximum passive effect. He has a 3-star difficulty rating, making him challenging yet accessible for players of all skill levels.

Reflexive Rubber

• Active Ability
• 12-second cooldown

Mister Fantastic transforms into a rectangular shape, absorbing all incoming damage for the duration. Upon expiry, he unleashes the stored damage in a targeted burst.

Flexible Elongation

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

This ability grants Mister Fantastic a shield (boosting his health from 350 to 425), pulling him towards a target. It deals damage to enemies or provides a shield to allies, offering both offensive and defensive utility. It has two charges, allowing for strategic use.

Distended Grip

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

Distended Grip allows Mister Fantastic to grapple a target, presenting three options: Dash (pulls him towards the target), Impact (damages the grappled enemy), and a powerful double-grapple slam that damages two nearby enemies simultaneously.

Wedded Harmony

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

This ability heals Mister Fantastic for lost health (no shield generation). It synergizes well with Invisible Woman, a strategist character, highlighting the team synergy within the Fantastic Four.

Elastic Strength

• Passive Ability

This passive builds with each ability use, increasing damage output. At maximum Elasticity (100), Mister Fantastic undergoes a Hulk-like transformation, gaining significantly increased damage and a substantial shield that gradually decays. Damage output is key to maintaining this inflated state.

Brainiac Bounce

• Ultimate Ability

Mister Fantastic launches into the air, crashing down to deal area-of-effect damage, then bouncing to repeat the attack multiple times. This is devastating against clustered enemies.

Tips for Playing Mister Fantastic

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

Flexible Reflection

Combining Flexible Elongation and Reflexive Rubber creates a powerful combo. Shielding an ally with Elongation, then absorbing enemy attacks with Rubber, allows for both protection and counter-attack.

Rushing Reflexive Rubber

While Reflexive Rubber contributes to Elastic Strength, strategically using it outside of passive build-up can maximize his inflated state's damage potential. Stacking shields from Flexible Elongation before inflating can boost his health pool to a staggering 950.