Iron Fist is part of an extensive and growing list of characters in Marvel Rivals. Many will remember this hero from the Netflix series that received mixed reviews. This game features a different version of the character. Lin Lie is the latest person to be blessed by the dragon Shou-Lao and takes up the mantle of Iron Fist in the game. Here is a full breakdown of his skills and abilities in Marvel Rivals.

Iron Fist Marvel Rivals Stats And Basics

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

Iron Fist has two normal attacks, both of them being melee. While some may worry about his up-close attacks with his low base, the attacks come with increased movement that allows him to catch enemies by surprise and stay out of danger until he is ready to strike. The second attack is an upgraded version of his basic that gets empowered by other abilities. Here is a breakdown of his normal attacks.

• Jeet Kune Do
  • Description: Iron Fist’s basic combo attack in 5 movements, the initial attacks have shorter intervals but less damage, while the last attack of the chain takes a little bit longer to hit but does more damage. This attack gets empowered after using Dragon’s Defense, and becoming Yat Jee Chung Kuen
  • Casting: Melee
  • Damage: The first four strikes each deal 30 damage, while the fifth strike deals 50 damage
  • Max Distance: 3m
  • Attack Interval: The first four strikes have an interval of 0.45s between them, while the fifth strike has a 0.67s interval from the fourth strike
  • Max Pull-In Distance: 6m
  • Dragon’s Defense Cooldown Reduction Per Hit: 1.5s
• Yat Jee Chung Kuen
  • Description: The empowered version of Iron Fist’s basic combo, has a lunge effect, and faster and more powerful attacks that chip down the foe’s HP considerably
  • Casting: Melee
  • Duration: 5s
  • Max Pull-In Distance: 11m
  • Dashing Speed Without Target: 12m/s
  • Dashing Distance Without Target: 3m
  • Range: 3m
  • Damage: 10 base damage + 1.7% of the enemy’s Max Health per strike
  • Attack Speed: 7 strikes per second

Abilities

Iron Fist is based around melee combat. However, you can’t simply run up and start punching people. His abilities allow him to gain mobility, which helps him chase down enemies and maneuver around the map safely. Dragon’s Defense can help keep him alive during melee combat, while Wall Runner and Crane Leap can help him chase down enemies or escape a tricky situation. Here is a full breakdown of all of his abilities.

• Chi Absorption
  • Description: Each time Iron Fist performs a takedown or assists an ally in doing so, he regains a small amount of health (50 per takedown/assist)
  • Casting: Passive
  • Bonus Health: 50
• Wall Runner
  • Description: Iron Fist can climb walls, running horizontally through them, and then jump from them to attack
  • Wall Crawling Speed: 9m/s
• Dragon’s Defense
  • Description: Holding down will grant Iron Fist increased damage reduction and empower his basic attacks, unleashing a powerful lunging barrage of blows
  • Block Time: 1s
  • Damage Reduction: 30%
  • Bonus Health/Damage Blocked Conversion: 1.5
  • Max Health/Damage Blocked Conversion: 200
  • Cooldown: 15s
• Crane Leap
  • Description: Iron Fist can perform three consecutive air jumps. He can also combo attacks or use K’un-Lun Kick while airborne
  • Cooldown: 3 charges, with each charge taking 1s to recharge
• Harmony Recovery
  • Description: Hold down to regain health during a brief meditation. If Iron Fist uses this when on Full Health it gains a slowly decaying overheat instead
  • Duration: 3s
  • Healing Per Second: 100
  • Excess Healing/Max Health Conversion: 150
  • Cooldown: 12s
• K’un Lun Kick
  • Description: Dashes forward delivering a powerful kick that hits in a horizontal line, pushing back opponents. Has increased damage against foes with lower health (Under 50% threshold) and can throw opponents against walls, and out of the map
  • Casting: Movement-based damage ability
  • Dashing Speed: 40m/s
  • Max Dash Distance: 12m
  • First Flying Kick Damage: 30
  • Second Flying Kick Damage: 5 – 70 (Maximum damage is achieved when the target is at 50% Health)
  • Cooldown: 12s
• Dragon’s Chill (Team-Up Ability)
  • Description: Passive: Iron Fist empowers Luna Snow’s abilities, granting her empowered healing abilities, as well as a pushback and slow effect to her basic attacks
  • Team-Up Bonus: 15% Damage Boost

Ultimate

Iron Fist’s ultimate, Living Chi, is another ability like Dragon’s Defense. It keeps him alive during times of heavy melee combat. When used correctly, his ultimate can lead to insane combos. He gains speed and damage boosts while reducing damage and cooldown time for his abilities. Additionally, the range on his attacks is boosted, making it easier to take down pesky backline snipers. 

• Description: Iron Fist becomes empowered with the Heart of Shou Lao, gaining speed, damage reduction, empowering his combos, and reducing the cooldown of Dragon’s Defense
• Duration: 12s
• Yat Jee Chung Kuen Bonus Range: 100%
• K’un Lun Kick Bonus Range: 100%
• Damage Boost: 30%
• Movement Boost: 20%
• Yat Jee Chung Kuen Cooldown Reduction: -80%

Strategies

Iron Fist is all about moving constantly. Because of the potential to do massive damage, he is often a priority target for the opposing team. If the opposing team corners you, sending you back to respawn doesn’t take much. With so many movement abilities, it isn’t hard to continually reposition yourself to stay alive. From there, it is all about mastering the sequencing of his moves to do the most damage possible.

Even as a duelist, Iron Fist can hang with the vanguards. His ability to reduce damage taken while increasing damage dealt allows him to stay in fights longer than opponents expect. The biggest issue in mastering this character is making sure everything is done at precisely the right moment. For many frontline characters, one wrong move doesn’t spell death because of increased health. For this character, being off by a second can mean starting all over.

Final Thoughts

Iron Fist takes a lot of time to master but can be one of the most rewarding characters to play. There is no greater feeling than punching your way through an enemy front line or chasing down an annoying backline character. Time your abilities right, and Shou-Lao will look kindly on you for your efforts as the Immortal Iron Fist.