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Marvel Rivals Marvel Rivals Cyclops Character Guide

In this Marvel Rivals Cyclops guide, you’ll learn the fundamentals of his abilities, unique play styles, and fundamental tips.

Cyclops Overview

"To me, my X-Men!" Cyclops joins the Marvel Rivals Roster on June 12th 2026!

He is a hitscan hero with great range, minimal falloff damage, and AoE abilities. Optic Blast primary fire rivals Hela and Phoenix in ranged lethality. Even up to around 40m, Cyclops can two-tap 300 HP heroes with two primary fire headshots.

When his ultimate is fully charged, he can unleash the full power of the punch dimension with Ruby Rage. When combined with stuns or mobility lockouts, this ability is a team-wiping machine!

Success with Cyclops will come from mechanical mastery to land consistent headshots, outplaying your opponents with Propulsion Burst's movement, and team play to earn fight wins with his ultimate.

Check Back on June 12th for the full breakdown, tips, synergies and best strategies for Cyclops

Strengths and Weaknesses Summary

Long-range lethality
Strong against brawl and triple Strategist
Burst mobility

All abilities have long cooldowns
AoE abilities are weak against isolated enemies
Easy for most heroes to evade the final burst of his ultimate

Ability Tips

Primary Fire: Optic Blast

DESCRIPTION	Fire a quick burst of kinetic force forward. Hitting enemies accelerates Ricochet Force charge rate
KEY	Left-Click
TICK RATE	0.03s per use
DAMAGE PER TICK	25

Tips for Optic Blast

Great ranged damage ability. Optic Blast has quicker ttk than Phoenix or Hela's primary fire at mid-range since it can two-tap critical hits at over 30m distance. At longer ranges, the damage is still very respectable as well.
Focus on Optic Blast against isolated enemies, because its single-target damage is much higher than its other abilities.

Secondary Fire: Concussive Beam

DESCRIPTION	Continuously fire a powerful beam that can refract between enemies and the environment. Hitting enemies accelerates Ricochet Force charge rate
KEY	Right-Click

Tips for Concussive Beam

Although not listed in the official stats, the base range of the concussive beam is just over 20m.
- 22m is the range of the beam, and each refraction gains its own ~22m range as well.
- Therefore, you can extend the effective range by first refracting the Beam off the environment or a closer target. (Damage and refraction falloff kick in significantly.)

[SHIFT]: Propulsion Burst

DESCRIPTION	Fire a propulsion beam to push yourself and the target backward, applying a Slow effect to the enemy
KEY	SHIFT
COOLDOWN	12s

Tips for Propulsion Burst

Hold the ability button to extend the duration of Propulsion.
- Quick or long use does not change the 12s cooldown.
Use a combination of aiming to move backward and left/right movement input to precisely control your trajectory.
Decent knockback, but only expect environmental KOs if the enemy is already very close to the ledge

[E]: Ricochet Force

DESCRIPTION	Fire a beam that can diffract and track nearby enemies after hitting terrain. Upon use, Cyclops gains Bonus Health
KEY	E
BEAM DAMAGE	80
ENVIRONMENT RICOCHET DAMAGE FALLOFF	65%

Tips for Ricochet Force

Direct hits deal 100%, then each ricochet has falloff damage, including bounces off the environment and heroes.
Best used against grouped-up teams, at choke points, and on the objective.
Excellent final blow tool for finishing off low HP enemies trying to escape. As long as you can hit the ground or another enemy near them, the richocet will give you an easy hit.

[F]: Optic Ascent

DESCRIPTION	Fire a propulsion beam directly downward to push yourself up and knock back hit enemies, applying a Slow effect to them
KEY	F
COOLDOWN	12s

Tips for Optic Ascent

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(Passive) Kinetic Hover

DESCRIPTION	Enter a slow-fall state while firing Concussive Beam mid-air
KEY	Passive

Tips for Kinetic Hover

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(Ultimate): Ruby Rage

DESCRIPTION	Remove visor and fire a powerful sweeping beam forward. The blast leaves behind volatile excess energy that erupts, dealing massive secondary explosive damage
KEY	Q
ENERGY COST	3700

Tips for Ruby Rage

The combined damage of hitting an enemy with both spell fields of the ult is 150 base damage +60% of the target's max HP.
- What this means: Even tanky Duelists like Blade at 350 HP are KO'd by Ruby Rage, but all Vanguards will require at least one additional bodyshot to KO.

(Team-Up Ability): Red Adamantium

DESCRIPTION	Cyclops supercharges Wolverine's claws, extending his attack range. While active, Wolverine's Vicious Rampage is replaced with Kinetic Claws, granting him a brief forward lunge that unleashes a flurry of slashes around him
KEY	Passive
TEAM-UP BONUS	5% Damage Boost

Tips for Red Adamantium

Coming soon

Synergies

Coming soon

1. Cyclops Overview 2. Strengths and Weaknesses Summary 3. Ability Tips Primary Fire: Optic Blast Secondary Fire: Concussive Beam [SHIFT]: Propulsion Burst [E]: Ricochet Force [F]: Optic Ascent (Passive) Kinetic Hover (Ultimate): Ruby Rage (Team-Up Ability): Red Adamantium 4. Synergies

Base Stats

Role	Duelist
Difficulty	2/5 Stars
Health	275
Movement Speed	6 m/s