Iron Man Guide | Marvel Rivals
Biography
Determined to correct his past mistakes, Tony developed his armor, the ultimate instrument of war, to attempt to stop all war. “suit of armor around the world” as he once put it. As a result, Tony is constantly on the frontlines, trying to save the world, galaxy, universe, or now the entire existence.
Now, in his biggest challenge yet, Tony needs to use his battle prowess in the arena, but also all his scientific knowledge. He is leading the attempt to unravel this Chronovium mystery and reverse this Timestream Entanglement prison everybody is in.
Overview
Role – Duelist
Difficulty – ★★✩✩✩
Tier – A
Team Up – Hulk
Abilities
Normal Attack (Left Click): Repulsor Blast – Fire nano pulse cannons forward. Spam this ability whenever you can as you put constant pressure on the enemy team. After firing the one-handed repulsor twice in a row, the next attack will fire two repulsors at once dealing higher damage.
| AMMO | 100 |
| PROJECTILE SPEED | 60 m/s |
| DAMAGE | 55 |
| RANGE | 3m spherical radius |
| SPELL FIELD DAMAGE | 35 |
| SPELL FIELD DAMAGE FALLOFF | 40% falloff at 3m |
| FIRE RATE | 1.67 rounds per second |
| AMMO CONSUMPTION | 10 per round |
- Two-handed Repulsors – After firing the one-handed repulsor twice in a row, the next attack will fire two repulsors at once dealing higher damage.
| PROJECTILE SPEED | 80 m/s |
| DAMAGE | 65 |
| RANGE | 5m spherical radius |
| SPELL FIELD DAMAGE | 40 |
| SPELL FIELD DAMAGE FALLOFF | 40% falloff at 5m |
| FIRE RATE | 1.39 rounds per second |
| AMMO CONSUMPTION | 16 damage per round |
Normal Attack (Right Click): Unibeam – Fire an unibeam forward. Great ability for finishing targets off, as well as other flying characters as they are a lot harder to hit with your left click! Repulsor Blast and Unibeam share the same ammo count.
| CASTING | Channeled |
| BEAM LENGTH | 25m |
| DAMAGE | 120 damage per second |
| AMMO CONSUMPTION | 10/s |
Invincible Pulse Cannon (Q) – Fire a devastating pulse cannon in the targeted direction, delivering catastrophic damage to the targeted area upon impact. Great ability to use on enemies grouped together in a tight spot. Try to use your ultimate from angles that the enemy team won’t expect or keep you hidden from the enemies as it has a long cast time, making you very vulnerable since you stand in a spot as you cast it. However, doing everything properly will guarantee you a secure kill, which more often than not leads to a won fight!
| CASTING | A straight-line projectile that generates a spell field upon impact |
| PROJECTILE SPEED | 25 m/s |
| DISPERSIVE SPELL FIELD | Length: 15m, Width: 5m, Height: 5m |
| DAMAGE OVER TIME | 300/s |
| EXPLOSION RANGE | 10m spherical radius |
| EXPLOSION DAMAGE | 1000 |
| SPELL FIELD DAMAGE FALLOFF | 5% falloff at 10m |
| SPECIAL MECHANIC | As the projectile travels, it creates a dispersive spell field that deals Damage Over Time to nearby enemies |
Hyper-Velocity (LShift) – Activate Hyper-Velocity state for swift forward flight. It can be canceled by pressing LShift again or letting go of your LShift if it is set to hold instead of press. Great tool for not only escaping from dangerous situations but also for reaching great engage positions faster! When you use it in Armor Overdrive u have and infinite energy.
| MOVEMENT BOOST | 100% |
| MAXIMUM ENERGY | 120 |
| ENERGY COST | 15/s |
| ENERGY RECOVERY SPEED | 10/s |
Armor Overdrive (E) – Activate Armor Overdrive state, enhancing damage of Repulsor Blast and Unibeam. This is Iron Man’s game changer when you are in a safe position and see enemies grouped up. Press your E and for a few seconds, you will be dealing insane damage. As soon as you start hitting enemies with your E up, you will see enemies running for their lives. Also, if you know you will have a tricky duel against somebody, press your E behind engaging them and instantly create an advantage!
| DURATION | 10s |
| COOLDOWN | 20s |
- REPULSOR BLAST (ARMOR OVERDRIVE) LClick
| AMMO | Infinite |
| PROJECTILE SPEED | 80m/s |
| DAMAGE | 55 |
| RANGE | 5m spherical radius |
| SPELL FIELD DAMAGE | 55 |
| SPELL FIELD DAMAGE FALLOFF | 40% falloff at 5m |
| FIRE RATE | 1.33 rounds per second |
- UNIBEAM (ARMOR OVERDRIVE) RClick
| AMMO | Infinite |
| BEAM LENGTH | 25m |
| DAMAGE | 180/s |
Micro-Missile Barrage (F) – When Hyper-Velocity or Armor Overdrive is used, Iron Man can launch a missile bombardment.
Gamma Overdrive (E) – Team Up Ability – Hulk charges Doctor Strange and Iron Man with gamma radiation. When Iron Man uses Armor Overdrive, he will initiate a gamma upgrade. Iron Man paired with Hulk is a completely different beast. He is so strong that sometimes it is worth playing Hulk only because of Iron Man as pressing the E ability melts everything in front of you!
| DURATION | 10s |
| COOLDOWN | 20s |
- REPULSOR BLAST (ARMOR OVERDRIVE) LClick
| AMMO | Infinite |
| PROJECTILE SPEED | 80m/s |
| DAMAGE | 60 |
| RANGE | 5m spherical radius |
| SPELL FIELD DAMAGE | 60 |
| SPELL FIELD DAMAGE FALLOFF | 40% falloff at 5m |
| FIRE RATE | 1.33 rounds per second |
- UNIBEAM (ARMOR OVERDRIVE) RClick
| AMMO | Infinite |
| BEAM LENGTH | 25m |
| DAMAGE | 220/s |
Strengths
Iron Man is great on maps with no sky limit and a lot of angles that help him keep constant pressure, but also allow him to retreat behind cover. He is great on both Tokyo maps. Also, if you don’t have a character that counters him he is very hard to stop.
Weaknesses
The issue with Iron Man is when he is shooting, he is an easy target to hit. So, if you have a good hit-scan character on your team, such as Hela or Punisher, or even Spider-Man, who, believe it or not, is also a great counter for flying characters, you won’t have any problems dealing with this character as he won’t have a lot of freedom and will need to hide constantly!
Counters
Hela, Punisher, Spider-Man
Tony Stark is a slow-flying character that does a lot of damage but is very easy to hit. All hitscan characters can create a problem for him but Hela and Punisher are the most consistent.
Hela wants to be far against you that’s why it’s smart to use cover and try to get closer, use your Armor Overdrive (E), and finish her quickly.
Against Punisher you can poke a little bit more because he can not burst you as fast as Hela does, so try to find angles to poke and help your team finish him off.
The third one is weird and really tricky. It’s so strange to have close-range characters like Spider-Man being counter to Iron Man who can fly all the time.
The problem is that Spidey needs to lend just one of his Web Cluster (Right Click), to start his combo, and if he has Venom Team Up he can one-shot you.
So you should make him that he needs to get into the dangerous spots to get you, or if u see him use it already BCS he has a long cooldown try to focus him before he gets another one.
Team-Ups
Whenever Iron-Man has Hulk on his team, with each Gamma Overdrive (E) activation, Iron-Man will benefit from much-needed extra damage on his Repulsor Blast (Left Click), allowing his poke to be even stronger! As we have mentioned earlier, sometimes it is worth picking Hulk only for Iron Man’s E ability as it makes that much of a difference!
Synergy
Iron Man works great with Strategists who can pocket flying heroes, such as Luna Snow and Mantis. Of course, he also works great with Hulk as well!
Tips and Tricks
Poke from a safe distance and from behind cover and engage only once targets are low or your entire team is pushing forward. Use off angles a lot.
Try to stay out of line of sight of hitscan heroes such as Hela and Punisher.
Use your shift to escape tricky situations, try to use your ultimate ability from safe positions.
Right-click against other flying heroes if they are in range, but also to finish off targets!
The key is to play safe until your overdrive, and when you get it just melt them down!
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