When Reed Richards finished his experimental starship and wanted to take it on an unsanctioned test flight, his college buddy (and former USAF pilot) Ben Grimm agreed to fly it. Together with Richards' girlfriend Sue Storm and her brother Johnny, Ben and Reed launched into space, where they were exposed to unprecedented levels of cosmic radiation.Marvel Source
The radiation triggered mutagenic changes in each of the four passengers. In Grimm's case, he became a brutish creature with orange, rocky skin. Sue's description of him as a "thing" stuck as his heroic nickname, and Thing became a founding member of the Fantastic Four.
Playstyle:
Charge/Leap> Punch/Headbutt> Shockwave> Challenge> Clobber> Defense
Charge/Leap into the fight w/Gaurdian toggled on. Attack with the basic Bruising and spam your broken spirit generating taunt along with Clobberin and Leap every time they are off cooldown. Headbutt single targets. Keeping Defense up is easy when it is maxed. If you choose to use Assault, assigning it to the space bar for easy use. Attention & Defender DPS boosts effectiveness would increase from pulled aggro if taunt worked.
I dropped Smash and maxed Leap for spirit issues although spamming Smash may provide more DPS in 4 sec than Leap. Also made all offensive skills one-pointers and maxed Defense for max absorption. My gear provided Directed Shockwave at a level equal to the damage that would have been provided by Ground Smash, so I chose to increase DPS by placing a skill in my rotation that was boosted without the allocation of skill points, which allowed Defense to be maxed.
Looking forward to thing's rework. He was my starter Hero and is currently the least enjoyable.