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Creating airborne fire pressure on grouped enemies and forcing teams to move before the objective fight settles.
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Human Torch
The Fantastic Four's resident heartthrob, Johnny Storm, adds an intense flare to every battle he fights. Shrouded in roaring flames, the Human Torch always manages to look cool while turning up the heat!
- 01 StartSource profile first
- 02 CheckDuelist job check
- 03 LeaveOne ranked habit
Queue briefing
Decide how Human Torch fits before hero select gets loud
2Swap when
The pressure pattern repeats
Swap or play lower if enemies punish every flight lane before your fire zones force movement.
3Practice first
Queue with one habit
Pressure from one airborne angle, drop to cover after the first response, and avoid stacking fire zones on empty space.
Pocket Rivals ranked read
How Human Torch should create ranked value
Human Torch: Win a useful angle, force attention, and finish targets your team is already pressuring.
Editorial note: this section is Pocket Rivals advice for everyday ranked lobbies. Use the official source panel for canonical ability text, then use this ranked read to decide what to practice next.
First job
Play behind a Vanguard who creates the first distraction instead of opening alone.
Practice next
- 1Take an off-angle before using burst cooldowns.
- 2Keep mobility or a defensive tool for the exit.
- 3Shoot the target your tank or other Duelist is already pressuring.
Avoid
Do not open every fight by burning mobility forward. If the burst fails, you need an exit.
Duelist role hubPick targets by punish windows instead of chasing the first health bar you see.Hero pool guideDecide whether Human Torch is your comfort pick, safe swap, or role backup.
Hero-specific editorial
Ranked module for Human Torch
Best for
Creating airborne fire pressure on grouped enemies and forcing teams to move before the objective fight settles.
Struggles into
Long-range burst, sustained ranged fire, and air contest that deny predictable hover or channel paths.
First swap trigger
Swap or play lower if enemies punish every flight lane before your fire zones force movement.
everyday ranked mistake
Hovering above cover for too long because the damage looks good, then getting focused by the whole lane.
Practice drill
Pressure from one airborne angle, drop to cover after the first response, and avoid stacking fire zones on empty space.
Review basis
Based on Pocket Rivals counter notes that use Hela burst, Punisher sustained fire, and Storm air contest against Human Torch's airborne pressure.
Official details
Base stats and hero story
Official article date: 2025/02/20
- Health
- 250
- Movement Speed
- 6m/s
- Movement Mode
- Flight
Teenager Johnny Storm joined his sister on the crew of an experimental space mission in hopes of visiting the stars. Instead, he became one, gaining powers and popularity as a member of the world famous Fantastic Four. Able to generate scorching flames, Johnny is the hottest hero in town - the Human Torch.
Since darkness fell on New York City, Johnny has been busy burning Dracula's legions with flames brighter than the sun.
Skills
Abilities and details
Normal Attack
Fire Cluster
- Casting
- Burst Projectile
- Charges
- 6
- Charge Speed
- Instantly recover all Fire Cluster energy after not using Fire Cluster for 1s
- Fire Rate
- 0.5s per round
- Projectile Speed
- 150m/s
- Shot Damage
- 5.5 per round
- Damage Falloff
- Falloff begins at 15m, decreasing to 60% at 20m.
- Crosshair Spread Radius (at 10m)
- 0.33m
- Critical Hit
- Yes
Launch forward a splittable fireball
Ability
Blazing Blast
- Casting
- Straight-line projectile that generates a spherical spell field upon impact.
- Charges
- 3
- Charge Speed
- 2.5s per strike
- Blazing Blast Projectile Speed
- 80m/s
- Blazing Blast Damage
- 45
- Flame Field Range
- 3m spherical radius
- Flame Field Duration
- 6s
- Flame Field Continuous Damage
- 20/s
Launch a fireball to create a Flame Field at the targeted area
Ability
Flaming Meteor
- Max Dash Speed
- 80m/s
- Range
- 5m spherical radius
- Damage
- 40
- Flame Field Detonation Range
- 3m spherical radius
- Flame Field Detonation Damage
- 55
- Bonus Health
- 50
- Cooldown
- 20s
Dive towards the ground, dealing damage to enemies and detonating any Flame Fields hit
Ability
Plasma Body
- Movement Boost
- 2.5m/s
- Duration
- 4s
- Maximum Distance
- 10m
- Cooldown
- 2 charges, with each charge taking 10s to recharge
Enter a state of accelerated ascent
Ability
Pyro-Prison
- Max Link Distance
- 40m
- Max Link Height
- 2m
- Fire Wall Duration
- 5s
- Fire Wall Damage
- 65
- Pyro-Prison Continuous Damage
- 40/s
- Cooldown
- 15s
Form a fire wall between Fire Fields to burn enemies
Ability
Supernova
- Energy Cost
- 3400
- Duration
- 8s
- Activation Shock Wave Range
- 20m spherical radius
- Activation Wave Damage
- 75
- Flame Tornado Unleash Speed
- 0.7s per use
- Flame Tornado Range
- 3m spherical radius; 8m high capsule-shaped spell field.
- Flame Tornado Continuous Damage
- 110/s
- Supernova Damage Reduction
- -30%
Explode with cosmic fire to deal damage to enemies within range. Upon skill activation, all Flame Fields will transform into Flame Tornadoes, dealing extra damage
Team-Up Ability
Storm Siblings
- Duration
- 5s
- Cooldown
- 25s
- Bonus Health Growth
- Generate 5 Bonus Health per 0.1s
- Bonus Max Health
- 100
- Team-Up Target
- Invisible Woman
The Invisible Woman taps into her powers, channeling Psionic Might to fortify the entire Fantastic Four team, granting damage resistance. Once activated, they can continually generate Bonus Health, making up for lost Health
Passive
Pyrokinetic Energy
- Team-Up Bonus
- 5% Damage Boost
Human Torch stores Pyrokinetic Energy in Spider-Man's suit, enabling him to unleash an Inferno Blast that sprays a fiery web while performing a backflip to create distance. The flames damage enemies and apply a Burn-Tracer. Detonating these Burn-Tracers inflicts Damage Over Time
Ability
Two In One
- Cooldown
- Successfully interacted: 30s; fail to interact: 3s
- Maximum Distance
- 20m
- Flight Speed
- 15m/s
- Slam Down Initial Horizontal Velocity
- 15m/s
- Maximum Flight Duration
- 8s
- Damage
- Launch-up spell field causes 30 damage; mobility abilities disabling spell field causes 15 damage per second
- Launch Up Range
- A cylindrical spell field with a radius of 8m and a height of 1m
- Mobility Abilities Disabling Range
- A cylindrical spell field with a radius of 8m and a height of 8m
Human Torch can lift The Thing into the air and slam him down, dealing damage, launching enemies, and creating a zone that disables mobility abilities
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