Mister Fantastic: Marvel's Elastic Strategist Unveiled for Rivals

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

Marvel Rivals delivers a thrilling hero-shooter experience, boasting diverse characters and stunning visuals. As the game evolves, new heroes continually join the roster, enriching the gameplay. Season 1 introduces iconic Fantastic Four members, including the versatile Mister Fantastic.

Mister Fantastic, a formidable duelist, excels at rapid movement and substantial damage contribution. His unique ability to grapple and pull himself towards allies or enemies is key to his effectiveness. The introduction of each new duelist alters the game's meta, making their impact unpredictable.

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. Mister Fantastic's Stretch Punch, while lacking a secondary attack, offers surprising versatility. This three-hit combo utilizes a single fist for the first two strikes, culminating in a powerful two-handed blow.

The attack's versatility stems from its ability to deal damage even when the stretched arm is dragged through enemies, affecting multiple targets in an area-of-effect attack. This compares favorably to other heroes with multi-target primary attacks, such as Storm's Wind Blade.

Mister Fantastic's Abilities

Mister Fantastic possesses a range of activatable abilities (best tested in the training room), each contributing to his damage-boosting passive. Fully charged, this passive becomes a significant threat. Key stats to monitor are his health and Elasticity.

He starts with 350 health, but shields significantly enhance his survivability. Elasticity, displayed near the crosshair, increases with each basic attack (5 Elasticity per attack). Reaching 100 Elasticity is crucial. Mister Fantastic has a 3-star difficulty rating, making him challenging for beginners but ultimately manageable.

Reflexive Rubber

• Active Ability
• 12-second duration

Mister Fantastic transforms into a rectangular shape, absorbing 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 a shield, boosting health from 350 to 425. It pulls Mister Fantastic towards the target, dealing damage to enemies or providing a shield to allies. Two charges allow for strategic use.

Distended Grip

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

This versatile ability allows Mister Fantastic to grapple a target, offering three options: Dash (pulls him towards the target), Impact (deals damage to the grappled enemy), and a double-grapple option that slams two enemies together, dealing damage to both.

Wedded Harmony

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

This ability heals Mister Fantastic for any lost health, but does not provide shields. It 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 undergoes a Hulk-like transformation, gaining significantly increased damage and a substantial shield. The shield decays after the transformation ends, but the damage boost encourages players to maximize its potential.

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 effective against clustered enemies.

Tips for Mastering Mister Fantastic

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

Flexible Reflection Combo

Combining Flexible Elongation and Reflexive Rubber provides shields for both Mister Fantastic and an ally, allowing the player to absorb enemy attacks before unleashing stored damage.

Strategic Use of Reflexive Rubber

While Reflexive Rubber contributes to Elastic Strength, it can also be used strategically even without needing to rapidly build the passive, maximizing his inflated state's damage and objective presence. Stacking shields can potentially raise his health pool to 950.