The Thing is an A-Tier, Vanguard class character in Marvel Rivals. Read on to learn how to play The Thing, as well as a list of abilities, skins, and voice actors!
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The Thing Overview
| Tier | |
|---|---|
| Role | Vanguard |
| Difficulty | ★・・・・ |
| Real Name | Benjamin J. Grimm |
| VA | EN: Andrew Morgado |
Pure Melee Tank
As a Vanguard, The Thing excels in absorbing damage, disrupting enemies, and leading the charge in battles. His abilities focus on close-quarters combat with a mobility kit that he can use to leap in and out of combat, just like the Hulk.
Season Rankings and Hero Tier ListThe Thing Pros and Cons
| Pros | - Immunity to Displacement Effects -Can immobilize enemies - Secondary can damage enemies in a line |
|---|---|
| Cons | - Ineffective against flying heroes - Can be kited by ranged heroes |
Nightmare for Shield Heroes
If there's one type of hero that Vanguards with shield abilities despise the most, it's melee heroes. Shields cannot block melee attacks, rendering their defensive capabilities ineffective and leaving the entire team more exposed and vulnerable.
Cannot be Displaced
The Thing can't be hooked, launched up, or knocked back so Winter Soldier, Spiderman and Wolverine is ineffective against this hero.
Latest Hero UpdatesThe Thing Abilities
Best Hero Companions
Hela, Hawkeye, and Black Widow
The Thing's ultimate ability, Clobberin' Time, launches enemies up in the air, which makes it easy for snipers to pick their target.
Storm
Storm is a great hero to pick alongside The Thing since her Weather Control can boost his attack damage.
Invisible Woman
Invisible Woman's team up ability with any member of the Fantastic Four grants them shielding.
What Is a Team-Up?How to Play The Thing
Protect Allies With Embattled Leap
Embattled Leap (E) is an ability which allows The Thing to leap towards an ally target and applies a 30% damage reduction effect to himself and a target ally for 3s. Use this ability to protect healers against would be flankers. 3 seconds may not seem like a long time, skilled divers can eliminate key heroes in that window, and in crucial moments, that can spell the difference between winning and losing.
Cycle Between Primary and Secondary
Your secondary ability, Stone Haymaker (Right Click) damages all enemies in a line so position yourself in fights where you can possibly hit another enemy in the backlines such as healers.
Charge Enemy Healers
The Thing's Shift ability is Yancy Street Charge which launches enemies upwards and disables any mobility ability of the last enemy hit so use the charge against groups of enemies to disrupt their formation and close in to an enemy target at the final second to set them up for an elimination. Just make sure that you're in range of your own healers.
Use Ultimate Ability Against Backlines
The most important use of this ability is to disrupt healers. If you have a chance or in a position to use this ability against healers- do it. If they are stunned, they can't heal and it also setups your team to finish them off quickly. Once the healers are done for, your team will have a much higher chance of finishing off the entire enemy team.
All The Thing Skins (Costumes)
First Family
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| Rarity | Rare |
|---|---|
| Price (Standard) | 600 |
| How To Get | Acquire with Units in the Hero Profile Cosmetics section |
The featured costume for The Thing is the Trench Coat (Epic) costume which can be purchased individually at the store for 2200 Units.
The Thing Hero Lore
Ben Grimm
When Ben Grimm signed up to pilot an experimental spacecraft for his pal Reed Richards, he never imagined he'd return from the flight transformed into a monster. Even though cosmic rays turned him into the Thing, Ben still has a heart of gold beneath his rocky exterior.
Since New York City plunged into eternal night, Ben has devoted himself to protecting his home from the monsters plaguing it.Hero Story
Gangs of Yancy Street| Ever since New York City became locked in a state of eternal night, the members of the Fantastic Four had been working tirelessly to protect the innocent civilians of Manhattan from the vampires who had overtaken the island. Of course not every civilian was so innocent... and not all of them wanted to be protected... |
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