The Human Torch Is Bad News For Marvel Rivals' Strategists, & It Could Get Even Worse

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With the inclusion of The Human Torch and The Thing, finally has The Fantastic Four together, heralding the beginning of Season 1.5. NetEase looks like it will continue with the formula it is establishing for Season 1, splitting each season into two forty-five-day parts, and the beginning of each of these parts will include a new hero. Season 1 looks to be somewhat of an exception, however, as four heroes have been introduced in the season. With these heroes being The Fantastic Four, it feels like they all had to be introduced together.

While The Thing gives the Vanguard class its first true bruiser, since even ' Hulk is more of a diver that harasses the backline, The Human Torch doesn't seem too dissimilar to Storm, which is pretty funny given his surname. He can fly, has excellent area denial with his flames, and has impressive damage output, although he is reasonably weak to hitscan characters like Hela or Punisher. He makes up for a lack of team buffing and has better mobility than Storm, thanks to his slam and faster flying speeds, but where he shines is his team-up with the X-Man.

The Human Torch has two team-ups in , one with The Invisible Woman and the rest of The Fantastic Four, in which he gets a shield; theother is with Storm, in which he can set the X-Man's Omega Hurricane ultimate on fire. This can be done when he uses his ult, Supernova, and puts fire tornadoes in Storm's path, buffing her already deadly ultimate. Typically, ultimates from Strategists can keep a team alive through most attacks, although this joins the Groot and Moon Knight ult combo as an effective way around this, especially given the recent nerfs.

While Groot's ult can be paired with Namor's or Iron Man's, Moon Knight's cannot be blocked and will kill practically anything stuck in it.

As of Season 1.5, many Strategists with effective healing ultimates, like Luna Snow, Mantis, Cloak and Dagger, and The Invisible Woman in , require more to charge their ultimates, meaning that they are