How to Master Mister Fantastic in Marvel Rivals

Marvel Rivals: Mastering Mister Fantastic, the Stretchy Strategist

Marvel Rivals delivers a thrilling hero-shooter experience, boasting diverse gameplay and stunning visuals. As the roster expands, new characters shake up the meta. Season 1 introduces iconic Fantastic Four heroes, including the versatile Mister Fantastic.

Mister Fantastic is a unique dualist, excelling at both mobility and damage. His core mechanic revolves around grappling and pulling himself towards allies or enemies, creating dynamic offensive and defensive plays.

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 use a single fist, while the final strike utilizes both. The stretched arm continues to deal damage to all enemies it contacts during its trajectory, effectively creating area-of-effect damage. This contrasts with more focused attacks like Storm's Wind Blade.

Mister Fantastic's Abilities

Mister Fantastic possesses a diverse set of abilities, best explored in the training room. Each ability contributes to his Elastic Strength passive, significantly boosting his damage output when fully charged. Key stats to monitor are his base health (350) and Elasticity (displayed near the crosshair). Base attacks generate 5 Elasticity, aiming for 100 for maximum passive effect. He has a 3-star difficulty, challenging but manageable 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 expiration, he unleashes the stored damage in the direction of the player's reticle.

Flexible Elongation

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

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

Distended Grip

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

This ability allows Mister Fantastic to grapple a target, presenting three options: Dash (pulls him towards the target without a shield), Impact (pulls the grappled enemy towards him, dealing damage), and a secondary grapple (grappling a second enemy and slamming them together).

Wedded Harmony

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

This ability heals Mister Fantastic for lost health (no shield granted), enhancing survivability, especially when combined 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 that decays over time. He cannot use other abilities in this inflated state.

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 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 when not actively building Elastic Strength, maximizes the duration of his powerful inflated state, enhancing both objective control and team damage. Stacking shields can boost his effective health pool to over 950.