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

Marvel Rivals offers 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 the versatile Mister Fantastic.

Mister Fantastic is classified as a dualist, excelling at both mobility and damage. His unique ability to grapple and pull himself towards allies or enemies is central to his gameplay. 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 even after the initial punch, impacting all enemies in its path, effectively creating area-of-effect damage. This compares favorably to other heroes like Storm, whose Wind Blade also often hits multiple targets.

Mister Fantastic's Abilities

Mister Fantastic possesses a range of abilities, best explored in the training room. These abilities contribute to his passive, Elastic Strength, significantly boosting his damage output when fully charged. His base health is 350, but shields enhance his survivability beyond typical duelists. His Elasticity meter (displayed beneath the crosshair) is crucial; each basic attack generates 5 Elasticity, aiming for 100 for maximum effect. He has a 3-star difficulty rating, challenging for beginners but readily mastered.

Reflexive Rubber

• Active Ability
• 12-second duration

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

Flexible Elongation

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

This ability provides a shield, boosting Mister Fantastic's health from 350 to 425. He pulls himself towards a target, dealing damage to enemies or granting a shield to allies. It has two charges.

Distended Grip

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

Mister Fantastic grabs a target, offering three options: Dash (pulls him towards the target), Impact (deals damage to the grappled enemy), or a double grapple (grappling a second nearby enemy and slamming them together).

Wedded Harmony

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

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 significantly increased damage and a substantial shield. The shield decays before reverting to his original form. Damage dealt maintains Elasticity; inactivity causes decay.

Brainiac Bounce

• Ultimate Ability

Mister Fantastic leaps and crashes down, dealing area-of-effect damage, then bounces to repeat the attack multiple times, ideal for clustered 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, followed by a burst of damage, effectively overwhelming opponents.

Rushing Reflexive Rubber

Using Reflexive Rubber strategically, even without immediately needing Elastic Strength, maximizes his inflated form's damage and objective control. Stacking shields can boost his health pool to a remarkable 950.