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 continually reshape the meta. Season 1 introduces iconic Fantastic Four heroes, including the intriguing Mister Fantastic.

Mister Fantastic is classified as a duelist, excelling at rapid movement and significant damage contribution. His core mechanic involves grappling and pulling himself towards allies or enemies, creating unique tactical opportunities.

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, effectively creating area-of-effect damage. 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 abilities, best explored in the training room. Each ability contributes to his Elasticity meter, fueling his powerful damage-boosting passive. His base health is 350, but his shields significantly enhance his survivability, exceeding expectations for a duelist. The Elasticity meter, displayed near the crosshair, increases by 5 with each base attack. Reaching 100 Elasticity unlocks his ultimate form. He has a 3-star difficulty rating, challenging beginners but manageable for experienced players.

Reflexive Rubber

• Active Ability
• 12-second duration

Mister Fantastic transforms into a rectangular shape, absorbing all 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. He pulls himself towards the target, dealing damage to enemies or providing a shield to allies, offering both offensive and defensive capabilities. It has two charges.

Distended Grip

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

Mister Fantastic stretches and grabs a target, presenting three options: Dash (pulls him towards the target without a shield), Impact (deals damage to the grappled enemy), and a secondary grapple, allowing him to grapple a second enemy and slam them together, damaging both.

Wedded Harmony

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

This ability heals Mister Fantastic for any lost health (no shield granted). It synergizes well with Invisible Woman, a Strategist character.

Elastic Strength

• Passive Ability

Each ability use increases Elasticity, boosting damage output. At maximum Elasticity, Mister Fantastic undergoes a Hulk-like transformation, significantly increasing damage and granting a substantial shield. The shield decays after the transformation ends, and inactivity causes Elasticity to decrease.

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 shields for both Mister Fantastic and an ally, while simultaneously absorbing enemy attacks.

Rushing Reflexive Rubber

Using Reflexive Rubber strategically, even without needing to quickly build Elasticity, maximizes his inflated form's damage output and objective presence. Stacking shields can increase his effective health pool to a staggering 950.