Marvel Rivals: Mastering Mister Fantastic, the Stretchy Strategist
Marvel Rivals delivers a superb 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 the formidable 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 options. His impact on the meta remains to be seen, but his potential is undeniable.
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Mister Fantastic's Primary Attack
Mister Fantastic's primary attack, Stretch Punch, is a surprisingly versatile three-hit combo. The first two strikes use a single fist, while the final strike employs both. The stretched arm continues to deal damage as it's dragged through enemies, effectively creating 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 passive, Elastic Strength, which significantly boosts damage output. His base health is 350, but shields enhance his survivability. His Elasticity meter (visible beneath the crosshair) fills with each attack (5 Elasticity per attack), reaching 100 for maximum passive effect. He has a 3-star difficulty rating, making him challenging but learnable for all players.
Reflexive Rubber
- Active Ability
- 12-second cooldown
Mister Fantastic transforms into a rectangular shape, absorbing all incoming damage. Upon expiration, he unleashes the stored damage in the direction of the reticle.
Flexible Elongation
- Active Ability
- 3-second cooldown
- Generates 30 Elasticity
This ability grants a shield (increasing health from 350 to 425), pulling Mister Fantastic towards the target. It deals damage to enemies or provides a shield to allies, offering both offensive and defensive utility. It has two charges.
Distended Grip
- Active Ability
- 6-second cooldown
- Generates 30 Elasticity
Mister Fantastic stretches to grab a target, offering three options: Dash (pulls him towards the target), Impact (deals damage to the grappled enemy), and a secondary grapple and slam if another enemy is nearby.
Wedded Harmony
- Team-Up Ability (requires Invisible Woman)
- 20-second cooldown
Heals Mister Fantastic for lost health (no shield granted). 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 a significant damage and shield boost. The shield decays after the transformation ends. Failing to deal 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. Highly effective against clustered enemies.
Tips for Playing Mister Fantastic
Mister Fantastic's high survivability, thanks to shields and damage mitigation, makes him a formidable duelist.
Flexible Reflection
Combining Flexible Elongation and Reflexive Rubber provides both shields for Mister Fantastic and an ally, while simultaneously absorbing enemy attacks before unleashing stored damage.
Rushing Reflexive Rubber
Using Reflexive Rubber strategically, even without needing to maximize Elastic Strength, can increase the duration of his inflated, high-damage state, enhancing his objective control and team damage output. Stacking shields can potentially raise his health pool to 950.
