Iron Man became the face of the Avengers franchise with 2008's Iron Man film, which kicked off the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It's only natural that he would have a big part of Square Enix's Avengers game, and he is one of the five main members of Earth's Mightiest Heroes at the game's launch.

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Naturally, a lot of players are going to want to specialize with Iron Man and maybe even use him in the cooperative multiplayer. With that in mind, we here at Gamerant want to help players use the Armored Avenger to his fullest effect. To that end, here is a list counting down 10 Iron Man skills that players should unlock as soon as possible.

10 Micro Rockets

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Micro Rockets are the first upgrade you're going to want for an Iron Man build, specifically if you're looking to do a ranged combat-focused build for Tony Stark. The Micro Rockets are an upgrade to rockets that allow Iron Man to fire off a small missile that doles out large damage.

In order to use the Micro Rockets, you must first equip Iron Man's rocket weaponry. You can fire a single missile from the ground, but, while you're flying, you can lock onto up to four enemies with Micro Rockets and rain missiles down on them from the air. This attack does use Iron Man's Supercharge energy.

9 Scorched Earth

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Scorched Earth is another ranged attack upgrade to Iron Man's rocket abilities. It also requires that Micro Rockets are already unlocked.

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Whereas Micro Rockets require a target, Scorched Earth allows Iron Man to quickfire a rocket at his nearest opponent without the need to lock onto a target first. Like the initial Micro Rocket ability, this one also uses Supercharge energy.

8 Smart Rockets

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Another rocket upgrade that requires that the Micro Rockets are already unlocked, the Smart Rockets ability is an especially powerful upgrade, though it also uses Iron Man's Supercharge energy.

Smart Rockets is a skill upgrade that allows Iron Man to lock onto multiple enemies with Micro Rockets from the ground and launch these homing rockets at their chosen targets.

7 Javelin

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Finally, we reach our final rocket upgrade, the Javelin. This upgrade is especially potent, though it requires that Scorched Earth is already unlocked and uses Supercharge energy. The Javelin upgrade allows the player, when Iron Man has rockets equipped, to hold down the heavy attack button to launch sticky rockets at automatically chosen targets. The sticky rockets attach to foes and detonate after a short period of time. The longer that the heavy attack button is held, the more rockets that are fired.

This is a particularly devastating attack, especially if Iron Man's enemies are clustered together in front of him. They'll be damaged by the sticky rockets that have stuck to them as well as the rockets attached to their allies around them. This makes Iron Man a vital ranged attacker on any Avengers Strike Force team.

6 Arc Extension

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The Arc Extension skill upgrade is an improvement on Iron Man's Arc Overload default ability. Arc Overload automatically fills Iron Man's Overcharge energy, shocks nearby foes, and increases ranged attack power and attack speed for 10 seconds.

The Arc Extension improves this ability by extending the effect of Arc Extension by three seconds. That may not seem like much, but those three seconds can be vital in the chaos of combat.

5 Arc Field

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The Arc Field upgrade is another improvement on the Arc Overload skill, and it requires Arc Overload Specialization I to be unlocked.

The Arc Field improves Arc Overload by generating a protective bubble shield around Iron Man that still allows his ranged attacks from inside the shield to pass through it. With this ranged combat-focused build, an upgrade like the Arc Field could be absolutely vital.

4 Energy Pulse

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Energy Puls could be an especially powerful upgrade with a ranged build, as it helps Iron Man protect himself should an opponent get too close to him. The Energy Pulse skill is an upgrade to Iron Man's base Energy Shield ability.

With the Energy Pulse, Iron Man can use his Energy Shield to parry an incoming attack and turn it into an electrical pulse that damages any enemies in the area around Iron Man.

3 Energy Shunt

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Energy Shunt is a further improvement to the Energy Shield ability as well as the Energy Pulse ability. Naturally, it requires Energy Pulse to be unlocked as a prerequisite.

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The Energy Shunt ability charges Iron Man's Overcharge energy by 15% whenever an Energy Pulse is successfully activated. This means that Iron Man can reach his Overcharge mode even faster after an Energy Pulse is used.

2 Ranged Combat Mastery

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Ranged Combat Mastery is the perfect topper to all of these abilities, as it boosts ranged attack damage by 15%. All of these dangerous rocket attacks become even more dangerous, meaning Iron Man is even better at knocking out the hordes of foes that will be coming his way.

That said, Ranged Combat Mastery does have a prerequisite that hasn't been listed yet, which is Ranged Attack Mastery. That must be unlocked by Iron Man before he can attain Ranged Combat Mastery, and Ranged Attack Mastery requires that Iron Man be at Hero Level 15

1 Rocket Mastery And Rocket Efficiency

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Finally, we have Rocket Mastery and Rocket Efficiency. This bends the rules a bit, as they are technically two different skills that also require a prerequisite that hasn't been listed here yet. However, Rocket Mastery and Rocket Efficiency go so well hand-in-hand that it makes sense to list both at once.

Rocket Mastery requires Ranged Weapon Mastery to unlock, and Ranged Weapon Mastery itself requires Iron Man to be at Hero Level 15. Rocket Mastery improves all rocket attack damage by 12%. Rocket Efficiency requires Ranged Weapon Efficiency to unlock (which also requires Hero Level 15), and Rocket Efficiency decreases the Overcharge energy required to use rocket attacks by 10%

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