Mr. Fantastic: Master of Elasticity in Marvel Rivais

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

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

Mister Fantastic, a dualist character, excels at rapid movement and significant damage contribution. His unique ability to grapple and pull himself towards allies or enemies is central to his playstyle. His introduction significantly impacts the game's meta, altering strategic approaches across various maps.

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 inflict damage even after the initial punch, affecting all enemies in its path, creating effective area-of-effect damage. This contrasts with other heroes, such as Storm, whose Wind Blade attack also hits multiple targets.

Mister Fantastic's Abilities

Mister Fantastic possesses a range of abilities, best explored in the training room. These abilities contribute to a powerful passive that significantly boosts his damage output. Key stats to monitor include his health and Elasticity.

Mister Fantastic boasts a base health of 350, enhanced by frequent shield generation, providing unexpected survivability for a duelist. His Elasticity meter, displayed beneath the crosshair, increases with each attack (5 Elasticity per base attack). Reaching 100 Elasticity unlocks his ultimate potential. He has a 3-star difficulty rating, making him challenging but manageable for players of all skill levels.

Reflexive Rubber

• Active Ability
• 12-second duration

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

Flexible Elongation

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

This ability grants a shield, boosting health from 350 to 425. Mister Fantastic pulls himself towards a target, dealing damage to enemies or providing a shield to allies. This offers tactical flexibility—engaging weakened foes or supporting allies. The ability has two charges.

Distended Grip

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

This versatile ability allows Mister Fantastic to grapple a target, presenting three options: Dash (pulling him closer without a shield), Impact (dealing damage to the grappled enemy), or a double grapple, slamming two enemies together for increased damage.

Wedded Harmony

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

This ability, only active with Invisible Woman on the team, heals Mister Fantastic for any lost health (no shield generation). This enhances his survivability between shield uses.

Elastic Strength

• Passive Ability

Each ability use builds Elasticity, increasing damage output. At maximum Elasticity, Mister Fantastic undergoes a Hulk-like transformation, significantly boosting damage and shield strength. The inflated form lacks access to other abilities, encouraging players to maximize its damage potential. Damage dealt maintains the Elasticity; inaction 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. This is devastating against 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, allowing the player to absorb enemy attacks before unleashing stored damage.

Rushing Reflexive Rubber

While Reflexive Rubber contributes to Elastic Strength, using it strategically even without needing the passive can increase the duration of his inflated, high-damage state. Stacking shields from Flexible Elongation before inflating can result in a massive health pool (up to 950), making him one of the most durable characters in the game.