On May 30th, 2025, Marvel Rivals launches Season 2.5, introducing exciting updates to its sandbox environment, various Hero enhancements, and a notable new addition to its roster: Ultron, a legendary Marvel supervillain characterized by his relentless pursuit of machine dominance.
As the game’s inaugural airborne Strategist Hero, Ultron excels in aerial combat, providing essential support to teammates and deploying drones that deliver healing benefits. His arrival has quickly sparked interest among players, making him a favored choice for those looking to fill the healer role in matches.
However, selecting Ultron before other players claim him can pose a challenge. It’s refreshing to witness a shift in gameplay dynamics as more players are embracing Strategist Heroes instead of merely focusing on damage-per-second (DPS) roles.
Ultron’s Reticle and Settings
To optimize your performance with Ultron, let’s delve into the character-specific settings and reticle configurations that may enhance gameplay. Henceforth, we’ll provide details on reticles and settings for each new character introduced.
While the game doesn’t explicitly state it, veteran players often advise that customizing your reticle’s shape and color can elevate your performance. Personalization can also enhance your overall gaming experience with each Hero.
To set this up, navigate to Settings > Keyboard > Combat > HUD > Details, ensuring Ultron is selected for these configurations.
For convenience, here’s the saved reticle code, courtesy of marvelrivals.gg and Marvel Rivals Merchant:
4;0.0;10.0, 0.0, 100.0, 11.0;100.0, 100.0, 19.0, 100.0;50.0, 60.0, 0.0, 0.0;100.0, 55.0, 0.0, 100.0;0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 62.0;33.0, 0.0, 89.0, 33.0;21.0;100.0, 100.0, 19.0, 100.0;0.0;5, 4, 3, 2;1.0, 0.918, 0.0;
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Value |
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Reticle Type |
Circle and Crosshair |
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Reticle Animation |
Off |
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Width |
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Dot Width |
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Crosshair Width |
18 |
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Circle Width |
100 |
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Opacity |
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Dot Opacity |
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Crosshair Opacity |
50 |
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Circle Opacity |
100 |
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Outline Width |
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Dot Outline Width |
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Crosshair Outline Width |
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Circle Outline Width |
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Outline Opacity |
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Dot Outline Opacity |
100 |
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Crosshair Outline Opacity |
100 |
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Circle Outline Opacity |
100 |
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Blur |
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Dot Blur |
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Crosshair Blur |
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Circle Blur |
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Center Gap |
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Crosshair Radius |
15 |
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Circle Radius |
4 |
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Crosshair Length |
36 |
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Crosshair Angle |
62 |
For optimal healing performance, ensure that the Healing Feedback and Allied Health Bars are activated. These settings will provide a clear indication of your healing contributions and confirm the operational status of your healing drones.
Ultron Overview
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Health |
250 HP |
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Role |
Strategist |
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Difficulty |
2/5 |
Summarizing Ultron’s role: He serves as an off-healer. While he lacks the rapid healing capabilities of dedicated healers like Luna Snow or Jeff, his consistent support through damage and healing enhances team sustainability.
Ultron’s unique healing operates on a slower, area-of-effect (AOE) principle, making him effective at providing steady support. His damage output is also commendable and can yield significant eliminations when aimed accurately.
As Ultron, your responsibility is to manage your healing drone, strategically transitioning between allies to provide crucial support while engaging targets from above.
Although Ultron is rated as easy to play, his true mastery lies in effective positioning.He is comparatively sluggish and lacks self-sustain, making him an easy target if not played with caution. Yet, in the hands of a skilled player, he can pose a serious threat to opponents.
Ultron Abilities
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Ability |
Description |
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Encephalo-Ray |
Basic Attack: Fires a damaging beam that delivers 6 ticks of 12 damage each, culminating in a final blow of 75 damage. |
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Rage of Ultron |
Ultimate Ability: Summons Ultron Drones that unleash projectiles dealing 8 damage while healing allies for 25 HP per hit. Each drone fires five projectiles in an AOE effect. |
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Imperative: Firewall |
Alternate Fire: Deploys drones that grant bonus health—a total of 75 for Ultron and 55 for allies—within an 8m spherical radius. This effect diminishes after 3 seconds with a 10-second cooldown. |
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Imperative: Patch |
Commands a drone to follow an ally, providing a continuous healing effect—45 HP per second for the target and 30 for nearby allies. There is no cooldown, but the drone detaches if the ally exits its line of sight for over 5 seconds. |
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Dynamic Flight |
Movement Ability: Engages a quick aerial dash, entering an accelerated state for 8 seconds and moving 40% faster than normal.8-second cooldown. |
While Imperative: Patch may not provide healing as swiftly as other abilities, it effectively turns the targeted ally into a mobile healing station, allowing multi-target healing albeit at a slower pace.
To excel as Ultron, manage your drone effectively while ensuring persistent battlefield presence without falling to enemy fire.
Continuing the trend of other aerial Heroes, Ultron remains in constant flight mode, marking him as the sole flying Strategist character available, capable of delivering consistent damage support while healing teammates from above.
His ultimate ability, Rage of Ultron, inflicts splash damage and provides healing to allies, paralleling Loki’s basic attack mechanics.
Ultron Offensive Strategies
Optimal Utilization: Ultron operates effectively as a backup DPS amidst battle chaos. Use the Encephalo-Ray to target stragglers and opponents in critical health while positioning yourself to support your team.
Though Ultron’s healing isn’t the strongest, it remains reliable. As long as the drone is attached to an ally, you will consistently deliver healing alongside steady damage.
- Hone your aim. The ticks of damage guide you to ensure that the final burst of damage connects, which can be vital for securing eliminations.
- Animation cancels: Skilled players should learn to cancel animations between shots to minimize vulnerability during reloads, effectively shaving time during attacks.
- Establish a consistent threat: As a flying Hero, leverage the altitude advantage to target foes, prioritizing enemies with lower health for simple eliminations.
- Accompany divers: Should a Vanguard or Duelist engage, follow closely to provide consistent healing and cover fire.
- Positioning of your drones: Start by placing Imperative: Patch on frontline allies during initial engagements, then reposition as required to maintain healing coverage.
- Initiate pushes: Utilize Rage of Ultron to establish frontline pressure while keeping teammates healthy and targeting weakened foes.
- Dynamic Flight: Generally suited for fencing off enemies, employ it strategically for pursuing kills only if sure of success to avoid overextending.
Ultron Defensive Strategies
Unlike Iron Man or Human Torch, Ultron lacks significant escape abilities and is susceptible to damage due to positioning challenges, making stealth and awareness critical.
- Master cover use to peek and shoot effectively while healing during engagements.
- Maintaining movement is essential; avoid predictable pathways to evade enemy targeting.
- Beware elevation: While height advantage may seem advantageous, it makes you vulnerable to long-range attackers. Position yourself advantageously relative to your team.
- Limit height: Given the spherical nature of healing/damage effects from Imperative: Patch and Imperative: Firewall, high-altitude positioning can limit your effectiveness.
- Adopt a proactive approach with Imperative: Patch—use it as soon as possible on teammates with lower health.
- Capitalizing on your bonus health utility, Imperative: Firewall can greatly benefit the team, particularly if your allies are engaged in extended combat.
- Use Dynamic Flight to escape dangerous situations or reposition effectively, though be selective to avoid unnecessary risks.
- Acknowledge that Dynamic Flight offers an extended cooldown; reserve it for dire situations where quick repositioning is essential.
- Bear in mind that Ultron’s ultimate has a slow wind-up; remain shielded during the initial activation for best results. Use healing primarily over damage output—aim for utilizing it to sustain allies effectively.
- Active dash capabilities during Rage of Ultron can facilitate movement, providing essential chase opportunities as needed.
Ultron Team-Up Abilities
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Team-Up Ability |
Heroes Needed |
Description |
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Left Beam |
Iron Man |
Active Ability: Iron Man enhances Ultron’s basic attack by launching an unstoppable Nano Ray that penetrates through enemies while providing health restoration to allies for 8 seconds. This ability outputs 70 damage and heals for 85 HP per second with a 30-second cooldown. |
Starting this Season, Iron Man can amplify Ultron’s primary fire to unleash a continuous beam, capable of both damaging enemies and healing allies simultaneously.
This alteration transforms Ultron’s attack into a steady damage-dealing and healing mechanism, permitting sustained support during battles. The nature of Ultron’s healing complements his damaging capacity.
Pocket-healing allies with Iron Man becomes a strategic asset; however, it’s essential to remember that this may limit overall team healing. Consequently, this strategy thrives when paired with a proficient Iron Man player.
Ultron Counters and Mitigation Strategies
While Ultron’s aerial capabilities are advantageous, his mobility falls short, making him vulnerable to various heroes equipped with fast projectiles or hit-scan attacks.
Vanguard
Even though few Vanguards can reach Ultron at height, a well-placed Emma Frost may catch you off-guard, executing a devastating chain combo during her Diamond Form transformation. Maintain a safe distance when engaging with her.
Duelist
Despite Ultron’s metal composition, he is surprisingly fragile, making him an easy target for many Duelist characters like Spider-Man and Iron Fist who can tactically close the distance.Utilize Dynamic Flight to maintain distance from them.
In ambush scenarios, your survival depends on your positioning and the accuracy of your Encephalo-Ray—stay near teammates to bolster your defenses.
Watch out for opponents employing hit-scan attacks—names such as Punisher, Hawkeye, Hela, and Black Widow excel at taking you down swiftly. Keep strategic cover while alerting teammates to assist against these threats.
Strategist
Similar vulnerabilities exist against other Strategist Heroes, such as Jeff, Adam Warlock, Mantis, and Luna Snow, all boasting hit-scan primary attacks. Look for opportunities to outmaneuver them in terms of damage output and mobility, while requiring higher skill to do so effectively.
Ideal Ultron Team Compositions
Vanguard
Frontline characters capable of establishing barriers—such as Groot, Doctor Strange, Magneto, or Emma Frost—pair excellently with Ultron. They gain passive healing through Ultron’s Imperative: Patch ability, enhancing their durability during combat.
Alternatively, teaming with agile divers like Hulk and Thor to flank enemy positions allows Ultron to provide critical cover fire and healing support, shattering enemy lines.
Duelist
Beyond Iron Man, other effective Duelist allies include Magik and Mister Fantastic, who can leverage their bonus health to become effective pseudo-tanks, augmenting survivability.
Strategist
To offset Ultron’s relatively low healing output, consider including another Strategist Hero with strong healing capabilities to maintain team vitality. Characters like Luna Snow, Cloak & Dagger, Invisible Woman, and Jeff the Land Shark can effectively complement Ultron’s dual-role playstyle.
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