Marvel Rivals: How to Play Mister Fantastic

Marvel Rivals: Mastering Mister Fantastic, the Stretchy Strategist

Marvel Rivals delivers 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 a unique dualist, excelling at both mobility and damage. His core mechanic revolves around grappling and pulling himself—and sometimes his enemies—to strategic locations. 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 deceptively versatile despite lacking a secondary attack. This three-hit combo (two single-fisted strikes followed by a two-fisted strike) deals damage along the entire length of his stretched arm, affecting multiple enemies in an area-of-effect manner. This makes it comparable to Storm's Wind Blade in its multi-target potential.

Mister Fantastic's Abilities

Mister Fantastic possesses several powerful abilities, best explored in the training room. These abilities contribute to his Elastic Strength passive, significantly boosting his damage output when fully charged. Key stats to monitor include his base health (350) and Elasticity (visible beneath the crosshair). Each basic attack generates 5 Elasticity; aiming for 100 Elasticity is crucial to maximize his 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 cooldown

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

Flexible Elongation

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

This ability grants Mister Fantastic a shield, boosting his 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 cooldown
• Generates 30 Elasticity

Mister Fantastic stretches to grapple a target, offering two options: Dash (pulls him to the target) or Impact (pulls the target to him, dealing damage). Impacting a grappled enemy near another enemy allows Mister Fantastic to grapple both, slamming them together for increased damage.

Wedded Harmony

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

This ability heals Mister Fantastic for any lost health (but not shields). Its synergy with Invisible Woman, a Strategist character, makes them a formidable team.

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 some protection remains. He cannot use other abilities during 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. 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, while simultaneously allowing him to absorb enemy attacks before releasing stored damage.

Rushing Reflexive Rubber

Using Reflexive Rubber even when not actively building Elastic Strength allows for more frequent use of his inflated, high-damage state. Stacking shields (e.g., from Flexible Elongation) before inflating can boost his effective health pool to nearly 950.