Summary
Repulsors, unibeam, flight — Stark tech owns the airspace.
Iron Man owns the airspace. Flight plus repulsor fire produces attack angles most of the cast cannot make, and official guidance still rates him relatively easy to learn.
Beam characters have shaped Marvel team play since the Vs. series, from the assist slot as much as on point. Flight duration, beam durability, and his best pairings are the numbers to watch when the launch build gets measured.
Move list: Iron Man
| Move | Type | Gauge | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repulsor Shot5U/j.U | Unique Move | — | Rapid-fire energy shots; mashable.Air OK |
| Repulsor Shot (Crouching)2U | Unique Move | — | Angled upward variant. |
| Repulsor Blast6[H] | Unique Move | — | Energy-blast follow-up to Repulsor Shot.Air OKHoldable |
| Multi-Dash | Unique Move | — | Rapid mid-air dash in any direction.Air OK |
| Free Flight | Unique Move | — | Unrestricted mid-air movement for a limited time.Air OKHoldable |
| Unibeam236L/M/H | Skill | 25 | Beam projectile; chains into Free Flight or Multi-Dash.Air OK |
| Iron Flash623L/M/H | Skill | 25 | Rising attack with anti-air invincibility.Air OK |
| Iron Avenger214L/M/H | Skill | 25 | Forward charging lunge; aerial version picks its angle.Air OK |
| Smart Missiles22L/M/H | Skill | 25 | Multiple homing missiles for coordinated pressure.Air OK |
| Unibeam Max236M+H | Super Skill | 50 | A bigger, meaner beam.Air OK |
| Champion Buster632146M+H | Ultimate Skill | 100 | Summoned assault; can chain into Unibeam Overdrive. |
| Unibeam OverdriveChampion Buster > X | Ultimate Skill | 50 | Follow-up to Champion Buster: an extremely powerful beam.Holdable |
Inputs use numpad notation for a character facing right: 2 is down, 6 is forward, so 236 is a quarter-circle forward and 623 a “dragon punch” motion; L/M/H are the three attack strengths and U is the Unique button. The game also has simplified one-button skills — the controls guide covers both.
Startup, active, recovery and on-block values need the retail build to measure and land here after August 6, 2026. Invented frame data is worse than none.
How to play Iron Man
Iron Man controls the air. Repulsor Shot rapid-fires energy (and mashes for more), Unibeam is a beam that chains directly into Free Flight or Multi-Dash — so the pattern is shoot, then reposition in the air before the opponent can punish. His whole game is fought from above the ground.
Smart Missiles add homing pressure for coordinated offense, Iron Flash is his invincible anti-air, and Iron Avenger is a charging lunge that picks its angle in the air. Everything reinforces air superiority and controlling the approach.
No install to manage; the ceiling is the flight-cancel loop — Unibeam into Free Flight into more shots, keeping him mobile and safe while he zones. Champion Buster into Unibeam Overdrive is the Ultimate cash-in.
In the open beta he was picked 93 times (7th), split 12 on point and 81 as an assist — about 87% assist. Unibeam is exactly the kind of screen-covering beam that makes a lockdown assist, and the split shows the ladder used him that way.
Kit-level gameplan from Iron Man’s documented moves and the open-beta usage split — not frame data. Specific frame advantages and matchup reads land once the retail build is tested.
On the Vibranium and above leaderboard, Iron Man was picked 93 times across 1,600 character slots — 7th most-picked of the 16 playable.
Players overwhelmingly used Iron Man as an assist — 87% of picks — rather than as the fighter they started the match with. Compare every fighter’s beta pick rate.
By raw picks, Iron Man landed just ahead of Ghost Rider and just behind Doctor Doom.
Popularity is not strength — this counts what people chose over one three-day weekend on a pre-launch build, not what wins.
Official character guide
Iron Man Character Guide
MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls | Iron Man Character Guide
MARVEL Tokon: Fighting Souls
Iron Man is voiced by Josh Keaton — officially credited (source).
Combos
Combo routes for Iron Man live at ComboForge, where players have been submitting and voting on them for a year. That is a better source than anything we would assemble here.
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