Jean Gray/Phoenix | Marvel Rivals
Overview
Role – Duelist
Difficulty – ★★★✩✩
Tier – S
Health – 275
Movement Speed – 6 m/s
Team Up – Anchor +10%dmg boots/Wolverine
How And When To Play
Jean is a versatile character who can fit in most team comps in this game. She is a great poke character with lot of movement abilities, making her amazing for shooting from off angles. With her dash and fly, you will be able to get everywhere on the map, no matter if you use it for escape or a chase tool.
Try always to be at a safe distance because her main attack is mid to long-range hitscan. With one body shot, you will leave one Spark on the enemy, second hit, applies 2 smaller ones, and with a critical, all 3 at once. After you hit a target with 3 sparks, it triggers a fiery explosion that applies a Spark to enemies around, making her devastating when enemies are grouped up, because she can create a chain reaction.
Be aware of flankers like Black Panther and Psylocke. Use one or both of your movement abilities to get to safety. If escaping doesn’t work, know that your melee attack also leaves a spark on the enemy, so don’t be afraid to spam it. There is also an advanced technique, when you use your flying ability, which needs to be put on hold to fly instead of toggling in settings, to cancel your melee animation and slowly recharge your main attack.
Try to change angles all the time, to keep the enemy confused and practice your aim. Combine your Left and Right mouse clicks because your Telekinesis Burst (RClick) stuns an enemy, but also applies 1 Spark when it hits.
Your Ultimate makes you fly in the sky, transforming into a Phoenix that you can control and crash down onto enemies. You will get back with full HP back and you can’t be killed during ult, but your ult can be destroyed before it lands. It destroys all deployables like Summons, Shields, and any Bonus Health, and applies a Spark on the enemies hit. When it’s used in combination with other ults like Groots or even Bucky, it’s a gg. Also, damage boost from Rocket Ult or Luna can be a one-shot combo, which is especially good for killing enemies in defensive ults.
Abilities:
COSMIC FLAMES(LClick)
Launch a fiery projectile forward, applying 1 Spark to enemies hit. Critical hits apply 2 Sparks. At 3 Sparks Phoenix triggers a fiery explosion that applies 1 Spark to enemies around and Healing Over Time to self. Sparks from explosions will not stack within a brief period. It’s hitscan like Hela, so it shouldn’t be that hard to aim with her.
ENDSONG INFERNO(Q)ULTIMATE
Soar into the sky with the Phoenix and crash down onto a selected area, dealing devastating damage to enemies while creating a shockwave that destroys enemy Summons, Shields, and any Bonus Health. Enemies hit are applied with 1 Spark.
TELEPATHIC ILLUSION(LSHIFT)
Leave behind an illusion and instantly teleport in the desired direction, followed by detonating the illusion. Enemies hit are applied with 1 Spark.
DARK ASCENT(E)
Merge with the Phoenix, entering a state of free flight. Gain a Movement Boost while continuously replenishing ammunition.
TELEKINESIS BURST(RClick)
Mark a targeted area with psionic energy, followed by a series of fiery explosions. The first blast Stuns enemies, while the subsequent two explosions inflict Slow. Applies 1 Spark to enemies hit. It has a 60m shockwave that breaks all deployables, meaning it’s amazing against shields and something like Hela or Rocket ult.
TEAM-UP ABILITIES
PASSIVE
MIND’S GRACE
Jean Grey imbues Wolverine with the awe-inspiring Phoenix Force. With this power, Wolverine’s Feral Leap transforms into Phoenix Warrior. While active, he is enveloped in Phoenix flames that continuously scorch him and nearby enemies, dealing Percentage Damage. In this state, Wolverine’s abilities gain Lifesteal when inflicting damage.
Counters
Psylocke can be hard to see and even harder to hit, making her very annoying to deal with. Advice would be to save your dash against her, and try not to take 1v1. Make her risk her position to kill you by getting closer to your Strategists and having an advantage.
Black Panther is very fast and agile character, impossible to predict, but he needs to leave a mark on you with his abilities, so you should fly up against him, making it hard to hit.
Biography
As a level five class mutant, Jean Grey is one of the most powerful entities in any reality. However, her most destructive power lies deep in her subconscious – the Phoenix Force. Now that all of the worlds drawn in by the entanglement event are in danger of perishing, Jean has to become one with her inner life force. Jean is a powerful telepath and a psychic, but the Phoenix Force grants her absolute control over matter itself. Is this what Dr. Doom fears, or was Jean’s participation calculated into his plans from the beginning? Jean must find a way to utilize her dangerous powers to help Iron Man, Doctor Strange, and the others reverse the time stream entanglement or perish with all of reality.
