Marvel’s Avengers Iron Man Skills Guide – Skill Effects, How to Perform

This Marvel’s Avengers Iron Man Skills Guide will show you all the skills that are special to Iron Man in the game. Iron Man is one of the playable characters in the game that comes with his own set of special skills to unlock and perform.

Each character in Marvel’s Avengers has a different set of skills that follow the same pattern of skill trees. Skills can be unlocked from the Skills menu, which then allows you to perform special moves in combat.

Marvels Avengers Iron Man Skills Guide

Below we have detailed all the skills that are special to Iron Man.

Skill	Effect
Iron Gauntlet	Press Square to lunge forward and engage enemies in close-quarters combat. Rapidly press square four times to combo a series of Light Attacks dealing more damage.
Aerial Assault	Press square while in midair to dash forward and attack enemies. Airborne enemies hover in place when attacked, leaving them vulnerable to follow-up attacks.
Thruster Uppercut	Hold square to perform a thruster-assisted uppercut that breaks block and launches enemies into the air.
Power Dive	Hold Square while in midair to dive down, slamming airborne enemies down to the ground and staggering nearby enemies on impact.
Dive Amplifier	Increase the impact, Stun damage, and reaction severity for Power Dive. Also, the area of effect for Power Dive is increased by 35%.
Repulsor Shot	With Repulsors equipped, hold L2 to aim then press R2 to fire a Repulsor shot. While flying, press R2 to shoot enemies inside the reticle.
Hand Cannon	With Repulsors equipped, press Triangle to auto-target and shoot Repulsor shots at nearby targets. Rapidly press Triangle four times to combo a series of Heavy Attacks.
Power Blast	With Repulsors equipped, hold L2 to Aim and hold R2 to charge up a powerful Repulsor blast that inflicts extra damage.
Power Pulse	With Repulsors equipped, hold Triangle to auto-target and fire a charged Repulsor shot at nearby enemies, dealing more damage and knocking targets off their feet.
Muon Shotgun	Press Triangle while sprinting to auto-target and fire a dual Repulsor blast at nearby enemies.
Slingshot	Press Triangle while dodging to perform an evasive spin that quickly fires back-to-back Repulsor blasts towards the targeted enemy.
Repulsor Strike	Rapidly press square three times and triangle once to chain the Light Attack combo into a powerful Repulsor Heavy Combo Finisher that breaks through enemy defenses, knocking combatants away and leaving them vulnerable to more attacks.
Laser Beam	With Lasers equipped, hold L2 to aim then hold R2 to fire a focused laser. The longer the Laser is held on the enemy, the more damage it will inflict. While flying, wait for the reticle to auto-target an enemy, then hold R2 to lock onto and fire a sustained laser.
Photon Samurai	With lasers equipped, press Triangle to activate a sweeping beam that cuts through enemies, inflicting Stun damage. Rapidly press triangle three times to combo a series of heavy attacks.
Laser Scythe	With Lasers equipped, press Triangle while in midair to pull enemies into the air and open them up for follow-up attacks. Rapidly press Triangle three times to chain a series of aerial heavy attacks
Energy Lance	With Lasers equipped, hold L2 to aim then hold down R2 to power up the laser, allowing the beam to pierce through enemy targets and deal more damage.
Whirling Tempest	With Lasers equipped, hold Triangle to slice through surrounding enemies with a spinning dual-beam attack.
Magnetron	With the Laser equipped, hold Triangle while in midair to unleash both Lasers simultaneously, firing a forward-facing double beam that knocks enemies away.
Burning Edge	Press Triangle while dodging to slide forward and perform two large Laser swipes, staggering all enemies in a wide area.
Laser Strike	Rapidly press square three times and triangle once to chain the Light Attack combo into a Heavy Combo Finisher that breaks through enemy defenses, fiercely cutting down a wide swath of targets and leaving them vulnerable to more attacks.
Micro Rockets	With Rockets equipped, hold L2 to aim then press R2 to fire a small, high damage rocket. While flying, wait for the reticle to auto-target an enemy, hold R2 to lock onto up to four targets, then release R2 to fire missiles at all locked targets.
Scorched Earth	With Rockets equipped, press Triangle to quick-fire a powerful rocket at the most direct target.
Smart Rockets	With Rockets equipped, hold L2 to Aim then hold R2 down to lock onto targets. Once targets have been locked, release R2 to fire a burst of rockets that seek locked targets.
Javelin	With Rockets equipped, hold Triangle to fire sticky rockets that attach to nearby targets and detonate after a short delay.
Counterfire	Press Triangle while dodging backward to fire a pair of homing rockets toward nearby enemies.
Rocket Strike	Rapidly press square three times and triangle once to chain the light attack combo into a forceful rocket Heavy Combo Finisher that breaks through enemy defenses, pushing back the target before exploding.