Marvel Rivals: How to Play Mister Fantastic

Marvel Rivals: Mastering Mister Fantastic, the Stretchy Strategist

Marvel Rivals delivers a dynamic hero-shooter experience, boasting diverse gameplay and stunning visuals. As the roster expands, new characters constantly reshape 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, making him a force to be reckoned with.

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 as it travels, impacting all enemies in its path, 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 range of abilities, each contributing to his passive, Elastic Strength, which significantly boosts his damage output. He boasts a base health of 350, supplemented by shields, offering unexpected survivability for a duelist. His Elasticity meter (visible beneath the crosshair) is crucial; each basic attack generates 5 Elasticity, aiming for 100 for maximum effect. He has a 3-star difficulty rating, making him challenging yet accessible.

Reflexive Rubber

• Active Ability
• 12-second cooldown

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 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. It has two charges.

Distended Grip

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

Mister Fantastic grabs a target, offering two options: Dash (pulls him towards the target) or Impact (pulls the target towards him, dealing damage). Impact can grapple a second nearby enemy, slamming them together for increased damage.

Wedded Harmony

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

Heals Mister Fantastic for lost health (no shield granted). This synergizes well with Invisible Woman's strategist capabilities.

Elastic Strength

• Passive Ability

Each ability used builds Elasticity, increasing damage. At maximum Elasticity, Mister Fantastic transforms, gaining significantly increased damage and a substantial shield. The shield decays after the transformation ends. Damage dealt maintains the Elasticity; inactivity causes it to decay.

Brainiac Bounce

• Ultimate Ability

Mister Fantastic leaps and crashes down, dealing area-of-effect damage, then bounces to repeat the attack multiple times, devastating 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 absorbing enemy attacks before unleashing stored damage.

Rushing Reflexive Rubber

Using Reflexive Rubber even when not actively building Elastic Strength allows for more frequent use of his powerful inflated form, maximizing both objective control and damage output. Stacking shields can raise his effective health pool to a staggering 950.