Human Torch is part of an extensive and growing list of characters in Marvel Rivals. As of the writing of this guide, he is the newest character to join the roster. As the MCU prepares to debut the Fantastic Four on the big screen, many Marvel-based games have started to get fans familiar with Marvel’s first family. Here is a breakdown of all his skills and abilities in Marvel Rivals.

Human Torch Marvel Rivals Stats And Basics

• Class: Duelist
• Health: 250
• Movement: 6 m/s
• Movement Mode: Flight

In a shock to no one, Human Torch’s attacks are based around fire. His normal attack sends a fireball cluster at enemies, and his movement allows him to dodge opponent attacks. The normal attack allows players some leeway on accuracy, unlike some characters like Hawkeye. Here is a breakdown of his normal attack.

• Fire Cluster
  • Description: Launch a fireball that splits into multiple projectiles
  • Casting: Burst Projectile
  • Charges: 6
  • Charge Speed: 0.33s per use
  • Fire Rate: 0.6s per round
  • Projectile Speed: 120m/s
  • Shot Damage: 7 per round
  • Damage Falloff: Falloff begins at 15m, decreasing to 60% at 40m
  • Crosshair Spread Radius (at 10m): 0.33m
  • Critical Hit: Yes

Abilities

Human Torch’s abilities center around damage over time and zone control. Blazing Blast and Pyro-Prison create areas of fire that damage enemies over time and/or block opponents from attacking or escaping. All of the abilities are from range, making him the perfect character to sit back and damage opponents from afar. His moveset is pretty easy to pick up, though knowing where and when to place the AoE abilities is essential to mastering the character. Here is a full breakdown of his abilities.

• Blazing Blast
  • Description: Launch a fireball that creates a Flame Field at the targeted area, dealing damage over time.
  • Casting: Straight-line projectile that generates a spherical spell field upon impact
  • Charges: 3
  • Charge Speed: 2s per strike
  • Blazing Blast Projectile Speed: 80m/s
  • Blazing Blast Damage: 40
  • Flame Field Range: 3m spherical radius
  • Flame Field Duration: 6s
  • Flame Field Continuous Damage: 25/s
• Flaming Meteor
  • Description: Dive toward the ground quickly, dealing damage to enemies and detonating any Flame Fields hit.
  • Max Dash Speed: 80m/s
  • Range: 5m spherical radius
  • Damage: 40
  • Flame Field Detonation Range: 3m spherical radius
  • Flame Field Detonation Damage: 55
  • Cooldown: 12s
• Plasma Body
  • Description: Human Torch gains bonus movement speed as long as the ability button is held. Drains energy that recovers automatically when the ability is not in use.
  • Movement Boost: 50%
  • Max Energy: 120
  • Energy Cost: 15/s
  • Energy Recovery Speed: 20/s
• Pyro-Prison
  • Description: Form a wall of fire between active Flame Fields on the ground to burn enemies. If you form a triangle of Flame Fields and activate Pyro-Prison, enemies inside the triangle take continuous damage.
  • Max Link Distance: 40m
  • Max Link Height: 2m
  • Fire Wall Duration: 5s
  • Fire Wall Damage:  65
  • Pyro-Prison Continuous Damage: 50/s
  • Cooldown: 15s
• Storm Siblings (Team-Up Bonus)
  • Description: When the Invisible Woman is on the team, Human Torch can activate Storm Siblings to continually generate Bonus Health for any health he loses for a duration.
  • Duration: 5s
  • Cooldown: 20s
  • Bonus Health Growth: Generate 5 Bonus Health per 0.1s
  • Bonus Max Health: 100
  • Team-Up Target: Invisible Woman
• Omega Fire (Team-Up Bonus)
  • Description: When Storm is on the team and Human Torch uses Supernova, Storm can summon an Omega Fire by selecting a Flame Tornado with an Omega Hurricane. Inversely, Human Torch can activate Supernova during Storm’s Omega Hurricane to transform it into a Burning Hurricane. Additional Flame Tornados that are near the Burning Hurricane will cause it to grow in size and deal more damage.
  • Strengthened Flame Tornado Range: 5m spherical radius; 10m high capsule-shaped spell field
  • Strengthen Flame Tornado Continuous Damage: 110/s
  • Team-Up Target: Storm

Ultimate

Human Torch’s ultimate, Supernova, takes a little bit of setup in order to have maximum effectiveness. He explodes, damaging enemies, but also transforms all the Flame Fields into Flame Tornadoes. When done correctly, this can set up a wall of fire that cuts off the enemy team or protects the point.

• Description: Human Torch explodes, dealing AOE damage to enemies within range. After activating Supernova, all Flame Fields on the field, including the ones that Human Torch creates using Blazing Blast, will transform into Flame Tornados, dealing additional damage until the ability duration expires.
• Energy Cost: 3400
• Duration: 8s
• Activation Shock Wave Range: 20m spherical radius
• Activation Wave Damage: 70
• Flame Tornado Unleash Speed: 0.7s per use
• Flame Tornado Range: 3m spherical radius; 8m high capsule-shaped spell field
• Flame Tornado Continuous Damage: 100/s
• Supernova Damage Reduction: -30%

Strategies

The strategy for Human Torch is pretty straightforward. The goal is to hit opponents from afar and stay as far away from melee range as possible. You will also have to watch out for your opponent’s back line, as he is an easy target to snipe. While his flight ability gives him good movement, he doesn’t have a dash or leap ability that allows him to escape combat. His basic attack does crit, so if you do get close to the action, take the advice from Thanos and aim for the head.

He does have some solid team-up abilities, with one of them making his ultimate stronger. Team construction is essential for any character, but a little less so for the Human Torch. In any build, his role is clear. Put as much fire on the battlefield as possible and drain as much life from your opponents as possible.

Final Thoughts

Human Torch can be a very fun character to play, especially if you are just starting out. This doesn’t mean that he is just a character for beginners. If you master the placement and timing of his abilities, he can be even more devastating. Flame On!