The Thing

OVERVIEW

Meet The Thing.

Durable frontliner who creates space through close-range pressure.

Ben Grimm · Fantastic Four. Explore the kit, practice notes and story below.

Official kit sourcesDebut: Season 1.5Observed 2026-10-13

Strengths & limitations

WHAT TO BUILD AROUND

A useful advantage

Frontline durability and close pressure help protect a team's working space.

WHAT TO WATCH

The trade-off

A durable body still needs support when several opponents focus it.

Editorial practice guidance. These observations are not win-rate measurements or a tier ranking.

Kit & attributes

Values observed on 2026-10-13. Each form remains separate; a dated observation is not a guarantee that every value remains unchanged.

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Health	725
Movement Speed	6m/s

Gallery & reference media

Character imagery has not been added yet. The official profile is linked below.

Source reference

Sources & scope

Kit tables are factual observations of the official profile. The biography and practice notes are original editorial summaries. Historical gaps remain explicit, and source disagreements are not silently resolved.

Source reference Official patch index ↗

Ability viewer

INTERACTIVE ABILITY VIEWER

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Rocky Jab

No verified clip dedicated to this ability is currently available.

Hero-level video, not a confirmed demonstration of this individual ability.Official ability reference

VIDEO AVAILABLE

Primary · THE THING

Rocky Jab

Left Click

Primary action in the THE THING kit, assigned to Left Click. Recorded effects and conditions appear below; a complete editorial description is not yet available.

KeyLeft Click

DamageDouble strike, 40 per hit

Attack Range4m

Attack IntervalDouble strike 0.33s between attacks, 1s between sets.

Kit source

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CHARACTER SYNERGIES

Team-up abilities

Abilities from the selected observation. Active pairings can vary by season.

TEAM-UP / 01

TWO IN ONE

KeyCCooldown18sRock Jab Max Attack Range6mStone Haymaker Max Attack Range9.5m

TEAM-UP / 02

TWO IN ONE

KeyXCooldown30sSpell Field Range8m spherical radiusDamage45

TEAM-UP / 03

UNBREAKABLE FORCES

KeyCCooldown15sDuration5sBonus Health Recovery15/hit

TEAM-UP / 04

UNBREAKABLE FORCES

KeyCBonus Health Recovery20 per hitDamage Taken Required to Trigger Healing125Healing Amount80

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THE WARDROBE / VERIFIED ANNOUNCEMENTS

Cosmetics & releases

Named costumes from our sourced release archive. Dedicated costume artwork appears when an approved image is available.

No independently verified cosmetic entry is indexed for this hero yet.

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FIELD NOTES

Make your next session count.

Stay near allies who can take advantage of your frontline.

One focused exercise

Advance between positions your supports can see rather than treating durability as permission to walk alone.

Read the current form and its resource conditions before entering a match.
Try the exercise with one target or one route so you can recognise what changes.
Review the engagement: could your allies see you, and did you preserve an exit?

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THE PERSON BEHIND THE KIT

Story & connections

Ben Grimm's flight with Reed Richards exposes him to cosmic rays and transforms his body. As the Thing, he remains a loyal member of the Fantastic Four, with an outwardly formidable presence that does not erase his humanity.

The biography above describes the game’s interpretation. Comic continuities and film portrayals can differ, and gameplay statistics do not measure a character’s fictional power.

Source reference

Keep exploring

Related reading follows shared stories and themes; these links do not assert an active gameplay team-up.

Documented changes

31 indexed announcements mention this hero. Mentions may concern fixes, cosmetics or story as well as balance.

2026-10-09Version 20261009 Balance PostBalance

Hero and team-up tuning for this version.

Unbreakable Forces ability cooldown: 20s → 15s

the damage threshold required to trigger healing: 150 → 125

Read update on Volpedia ↗Source reference

2026-09-11Version 20260911 Balance PostBalance

Hero and team-up tuning for this version.

base health: 750 → 725

Yancy Street Charge cooldown: 10s → 12s and reduce spell field duration from 5s to 4s

Two-in-One cooldown: 15s → 18s, and reduce its duration from 10s to 8s

Read update on Volpedia ↗Source reference

2026-08-13Version 20260813 Patch NotesPatch

This release documents heroes, fixes, cosmetics.

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2026-07-16Version 20260716 Patch NotesPatch

This release documents heroes, fixes, events, cosmetics.

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2026-07-10Version 20260710 Balance PostBalance

Hero and team-up tuning for this version.

Bonus Health cap provided by Stone Haymaker: 100 → 150

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2026-05-15Version 20260515 Patch Notes - Season 8 Begins!Season

This release documents heroes, fixes, events, cosmetics. Featured: Path to Doomsday: The Avengers.

Read update on Volpedia ↗Source reference

2026-05-15Version 20260515 Balance PostBalance

Hero and team-up tuning for this version.

Read update on Volpedia ↗Source reference

2026-03-20Version 20260320 Patch Notes - Season 7 Begins!Season

This release documents maps, heroes, fixes, events, modes.

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