Star-Lord Peter Quill

Most characters in MARVEL Tōkon have a gameplan they impose. Star-Lord has a menu he selects from, and that is a genuinely different skill. He is described as neither excelling at pure zoning nor pure offence — which is accurate and is the point. His strength is that he is never in a matchup with no answer; his weakness is that the answer is often not the one currently loaded.

On top of the element system he has full air mobility — Free Flight and Multi-Dash, the same pair Iron Man uses. So he can pick an element, take an angle, and fire from a position the opponent was not covering. That combination is why he is a difficulty spike despite having no state, no transformation and no unique gauge.

Playing Star-Lord well is mostly one question asked repeatedly: is the element I have loaded the one I need next? Everything else follows from the answer.

Neutral. Blaster Shot is the free multi-shot projectile — grounded fires level, the air version angles down — and it costs nothing on Light and Medium, so it is your default screen control while you hold your element for something specific. Gravity Mine lobs a grenade, and the Heavy version drags the opponent in as it detonates, which is a genuinely strong way to force a neutral reset in your favour.

Picking an element. Ice is the one to reach for when you want damage — it freezes on hit, which converts a poke into a full combo from a range most characters cannot start one at. Earth is the matchup answer: it raises a shield that blocks and then fires, so against Magneto or Doctor Doom you can hold ground and threaten at the same time. Fire is multi-hit pressure, Lightning is the honest poke.

Offense. Ravager Rush is a low sliding attack with extra hits, and Heavy finishes with a rising kick; the aerial version slams the opponent down with gunfire added on Medium and Heavy if the first hit lands. Command Normal is an overhead — but note that it cannot be cancelled into normals or Skills, so it is a mix-up option rather than a combo starter. Use it to open, not to extend.

Mobility and meter. Free Flight and Multi-Dash let him fire from angles the opponent is not watching, and Rocket Step is a low hopping movement with an attack on Heavy. Elemental Outlaw empties his guns and finishes with whichever element is loaded — so the Super's ending changes with your loadout. Dance Off grants bonus Element Blast shots afterwards, which is the most direct way to refill the ammo economy.

Sixteen entries, and six of them are the element system — that is the character.

Star-Lord competes with his own team for Skill Gauge — five Skills at 25 on Heavy plus a 50-gauge Super plus a 100-gauge Ultimate. If he is your main damage, pair him with characters who function on zero meter, like Wolverine or Captain America.