Blocking is a skill possessed by all playable characters, minus the Cars characters. Blocking protects the characters from certain attacks. It does not protect against most[1] Block Breakers. When an enemy is about to make a Block Breaker, it flashes beforehand, as a sign to the player to get away.
When players block, they can also dodge. Blocking can also be upgraded in certain characters' Skill Trees to have other features.
Dodge[]
Dodging is done by moving, while still holding in the 'block' button. Characters can dodge forward, backward, left, and right. It is used to avoid being hit by an attack, especially a Block Breaker, as blocking doesn't protect against that.
Evade Attack[]
Evade Attacks are attacks that can only be performed after dodging, usually being a powerful slam attack. These can only be used by certain 3.0 Marvel Characters.
Characters[]
A list of Characters known to have an Evade Attack
- Ant-Man - Growth Opportunity
- Black Panther - Cartwheel Kick
- Black Suit Spider-Man - Dodge Almighty
- Captain America - The First Avenger - Evade and Punish
- Ultron - Thrust and Thrash
Other[]
There are two other kinds of dodge-related attacks, those being the Dodge Counter and the Dodge Punish, both only able to be performed by Time. The Dodge Counter (Pressed for Time) is done when an enemy attacks you while dodging, doing an attack similar to that of Quick Thinking (see below). The Dodge Punish (The Clock Strikes) can be used after doing a Dodge Counter and launches the enemy similar to a Counterattack.
Healing Block[]

Healing Aura Upgrade
Healing Block is a skill possessed by a few characters. It is used to heal the player when that player blocks. Healing Block can also be upgraded to heal Sidekicks and characters on the same team as the player, with an upgrade called Healing Aura.
Characters[]
A list of characters known to have Healing Block.
- Rapunzel - Healing Block/Aura (Not in the first game.)
- Tonto - Getting Better/Healing Aura (Not in the first game.)
- Iron Fist - Healing Block/Aura
- Maleficent - Healing of the Moors
- Tinker Bell - Healing Magic
Repel[]

Repel Upgrade
Repelling is a skill that most characters have in their Skill Trees. The only characters to not being able to Repel is Elsa, Phineas, Nova, Star-Lord, and Tinker Bell. Spider-Man and Venom have the skill unlocked by default. A character can Repel by Blocking just as an enemy attacks them. This will cause the enemy to be flung backwards, being dealt damage. If the character has the Heightened Senses skill, Blocking can be begun a little earlier, and still Repel enemies.
Quick Thinking[]
Commonly known as Jedi Defenses, the Quick Thinking skill counters an enemy when the Block button is pressed just as an enemy attacks just as Repel does, but unlike Repel the attack will do no damage and instead stun them for a short amount of time. This is given to most 3.0 Characters instead of Repel, not including the Inside Out cast and a few others who have Repel.
Characters[]
A list of Characters that are known to have Quick Thinking.
- Ahsoka - Jedi Defenses
- Alice - Curious Deflection
- Anakin Skywalker - Jedi Defenses
- Ant-Man - Shove Off
- Baloo - Belly Bounce
- Black Panther - T'Challa's Charge
- Black Suit Spider-Man - Spider Reflexes
- Boba Fett - Quick Thinking
- Captain America - The First Avenger - Strong Block
- Chewbacca - Quick Thinking
- Darth Maul - Maul's Counterattack
- Darth Vader - Force Defenses
- Ezra Bridger - Jedi Defenses
- Finn - Finn's Fend Off
- Han Solo - Quick Thinking
- Hulkbuster - Perfect Parry
- Judy Hopps - Last Line of Defense
- Kanan Jarrus - Quick Thinking
- Kylo Ren - Force Defenses
- Luke Skywalker - Quick Thinking
- Mad Hatter - Black Tar Blast
- Mickey Mouse - Block Party
- Mulan - Defender of China
- Nick Wilde - No You Don't
- Obi-Wan Kenobi - Jedi Defenses
- Olaf - Snow Screen
- Poe Dameron - Poe's Parry
- Princess Leia - Quick Thinking
- Rey - Rey's Reaction
- Sabine Wren - Quick Thinking
- Time - Timely Deflect
- Ultron - Perilous Parry
- Vision - Field of Vision
- Yoda - Jedi Defenses
- Zeb Orrelios - Quick Thinking
Counterattack[]
A counterattack can be performed after parrying an enemy with Quick Thinking. These are often very powerful attacks and make up for the low knockback and damage output of Quick Thinking.
Characters[]
A list of Characters known to have a Counterattack
- Ant-Man - Ant-Like Reflexes
- Baloo - Club Swing
- Black Panther - Spin Kick
- Black Suit Spider-Man - Kick Off Time
- Boba Fett - Counter Measures
- Captain America - The First Avenger - Cap's Counter
- Chewbacca - Chewie's Charge
- Finn - Stormtrooper's Strike
- Hulkbuster - Jackhammer Punch
- Kylo Ren - First Order Counterattack
- Luke Skywalker - Luke's Counter Attack
- Mad Hatter - Confetti Burst
- Mulan - Staff of Honor
- Obi-Wan Kenobi - Obi-Wan's Countermove
- Rey - Staff Lunge
- Ultron - Countermeasures
- Vision - Heart of the Matter
Ricochet[]

Ricochet Upgrade
Ricochet is a skill some characters can be upgraded to have in their Skill Tree. It allows them to send certain Ranged Attacks back to who send them.
Characters[]
A list of all characters known to have the Ricochet skill in their Skill Tree.
- Aladdin - Scimitar Sheild
- Anna - Ricochet Block
- Barbossa - Parlay Away
- Captain America - Vibranium Defense
- Captain America - The First Avenger (untitled, unlocked by default.)
- Davy Jones - Parlay Away
- Jack Sparrow - Parlay Away
- Lone Ranger - Defendin' Justice
- Mr. Incredible - Back At Ya
- Sam Flynn - Disc Defender
- Ronan - Ricochet
- Violet - Ricochet
Additionally, all characters wielding lightsabers (not the pack) can be upgraded to automatically redirect projectiles back from where you face, and repel them back harder when timed right.
Trivia[]
- Groot has an ability similar to the Healing Block. When he has activated his Special Move, he grows a protective bark shield. If damaged, it can be regrown by blocking.
- In 1.0 and 2.0, Dodging goes around 2.5 blocks for all characters, but for an unknown reason this was nerfed to 1-1.5 blocks with the distance varying between Characters in 3.0.
- Lightsaber characters can repel projectiles from any direction while blocking.
- There is a strange glitch with Blocking where if you continuously dodge or input another action, you will be stuck Blocking even when not holding the Block button. The only way to fix it is by pressing the block button again or dodge again.
- There is another glitch related to this where if you jump and very quickly hold Block, you will be blocking for as long as you are in the air or until you let go.
- ↑ Jack Skellington's Block Breaker does not actually break blocks, but it does do a large amount of damage.