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Marvel Rivals’ Ultron has arrived, bringing one of the most unique Strategist kits into the fray, with high damage and flight capabilities. As ever, the cyber supervillain is eager to wipe out all life, but in Marvel Rivals, healing drones form his main abilities. He can issue imperative commands to send his drones out to support allies, providing healing, all while dealing respectable aerial damage from relative safety with deadly Encephalo-Rays.
He’s up there with Adam Warlock as a more DPS-focused Strategist. That means you’ll likely need to adjust to his unique playstyle to get the best out of him and, more importantly, not get shot out of the sky while doing so. Below, I've explained everything you need to know about Ultron in Marvel Rivals, including what all of his abilities do and some tips for how to play him.
All Ultron abilities in Marvel Rivals
Ultron has a unique set of Strategist abilities that allow for long-ranged poke damage, and a slow but constant amount of healing that benefit several teammates at once. As a flying character, you can make him ascend (L2/LT) and descend (L1/LB) at will.
Here's a look at all of Ultron's abilities and how they work:
Ability | Effect | Button Input |
|---|---|---|
Encephalo-Ray | Fire a precise energy beam pulse. The beam deals several small ticks of damage followed by one high-damage blast. | R2/RT/LMB |
Dynamic Flight | Dash quickly in the direction of movement and gain increased movement speed for a short time. | Circle/B/LShift |
Imperative: Patch | Command a drone to follow an ally, constantly healing them and other allies within the drone's radius. The designated ally receives more healing. | R1/RB/E |
Imperative: Firewall | Summon drones to grant bonus health to Ultron and surrounding allies, as well as the ally marked with Imperative: Patch. | Triangle/Y/RMB |
ULTIMATE: Rage of Ultron | Summon Ultron drones to fire volleys of exploding Encephalo-rays, damaging enemies and healing allies caught in the blast. | L3+R3/LS+RS/Q |
TEAM-UP: Stark Protocol (Iron Man x Ultron) | Iron Man grants Ultron an extra Nano Ray ability. Activating it temporarily powers up Ultron's Encephalo-Ray, allowing it to be fired continuously for the duration. The beam can pierces all characters, damaging enemies and healing allies. | Cross/A/C |
How to play Ultron in Marvel Rivals
Despite being in the Specialist role, Ultron’s kit is far more geared toward a DPS playstyle. While he has access to healing, it has a set-and-forget style that means you need to spend most of your time playing as an airborne DPS poke character. That means he fits best as a third Strategist, rather than part of a support duo.
In his current state, he isn't topping our Marvel Rivals character tier list, but here are some tips for how he performs:
- Encephalo-Ray has excellent range: His primary fire has no damage drop-off. That means if you can see an enemy, you can hit them, which is great for chipping away at enemies from afar. so player to that advantage by avoiding diving in.
- Imperative: Patch is his main healing ability: This is a one-and-done ability that once you set on an ally, it will stay healing them until you change target or they move further than 40 meters from you. To get best use of this, put it on a flanker Duelist or a Vanguard. Vanguard when your team is bunched up, is great for the AOE healing it provides. However, if your Vanguard is more isolated, putting it on a flanker as they hunt for eliminations in the backline is a strong strategy too.
- Rage of Ultron is better for healing than damage: His Ultimate seems great for pummelling the enemy but it’s actually better at healing your team. It’s best when your team and the enemy are bunched together so it can do both, but if you need it to save someone, don’t worry about getting damage out of it. Just focus on healing.
- Stay back and use Dynamic Flight carefully: Ultron's limited escape options and inherent vulnerability to hit-scan characters as a flyer means staying far away is the best option. Dynamic Flight makes him more manoeuvrable but he has no easy ways out when it's on cooldown, so don't use it at the slightest sign of danger.
- Try and get an Iron Man on your team because Stark Protocol is great: Ultron’s Marvel Rivals Team-Up with Iron Man is perhaps one of the most impactful in the game. When teamed with Tony Stark, Ultron gets access to Nano Ray, temporarily transforming his Encephalo-Ray primary fire into a piercing beam that can deal damage and heal allies. It lasts for 8 seconds, and is a huge boost to Ultron’s healing capabilities, and makes him generate his Ultimate much faster, again, meaning more healing.
Marvel Rivals Ultron skins and costumes
Upon his release in Marvel Rivals, Ultron will have three available skins:
- Ultron (Default)
- X-Tron (Store Purchase)
- Mechanical Phantom (Store Purchase)
If you want to learn more about the hero that preceded Ultron, check out our Marvel Rivals Emma Frost guide.
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