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Keeping grouped teams alive through messy fights and turning deaths into a second chance when positioning is disciplined.
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StrategistB tier
Adam Warlock
The genetically-engineered Adam Warlock wields mighty Quantum Magic, allowing him to connect and heal souls with a gentle touch. When the time comes for his allies to unite, Warlock emerges as the unwavering epicenter of cosmic justice!
- 01 StartSource profile first
- 02 CheckStrategist job check
- 03 LeaveOne ranked habit
Queue briefing
Decide how Adam Warlock fits before hero select gets loud
2Swap when
The pressure pattern repeats
Swap or tighten your position if divers reach you before your team can punish them.
3Practice first
Queue with one habit
Stand where one teammate can peel for you, then call the first diver and move after spending a defensive cooldown.
Pocket Rivals ranked read
How Adam Warlock should create ranked value
Adam Warlock: Keep the team alive through the first burst, then add damage or control when the fight stabilizes.
Editorial note: this section is Pocket Rivals advice for everyday ranked lobbies. Use the official source panel for canonical ability text, then use this ranked read to decide what to practice next.
First job
Prefer Vanguards who fight where you can actually see them.
Practice next
- 1Use defensive cooldowns for enemy engages, not random poke.
- 2Heal the teammate currently contesting space.
- 3Add damage when your team is stable and your escape is ready.
Avoid
Do not use your panic button for harmless chip damage. Save it for the engage.
Strategist role hubKeep rescue routes, defensive cooldowns, and peel calls ready before pressure arrives.Hero pool guideDecide whether Adam Warlock is your comfort pick, safe swap, or role backup.
Hero-specific editorial
Ranked module for Adam Warlock
Best for
Keeping grouped teams alive through messy fights and turning deaths into a second chance when positioning is disciplined.
Struggles into
Dive and burst pressure that force defensive cooldowns before revive value can change the fight.
First swap trigger
Swap or tighten your position if divers reach you before your team can punish them.
everyday ranked mistake
Saving utility for the perfect revive while teammates lose the fight around avoidable support pressure.
Practice drill
Stand where one teammate can peel for you, then call the first diver and move after spending a defensive cooldown.
Review basis
Based on Pocket Rivals counter notes that use Spider-Man dive, Black Panther burst, and Venom disruption against Adam Warlock's slow support rotations.
Official details
Base stats and hero story
Official article date: 2024/11/23
- Health
- 250
- Movement Speed
- 6 m/s
Adam Warlock was created to be the perfect specimen. Able to manipulate powerful cosmic forces, he represents the full potential of what we could one day become. Until then, he stands alone as a shining golden beacon of all that is good within us.
When the Timestream Entanglement struck, Adam Warlock reflexively shielded himself in a protective cocoon. When he emerged, his cosmic senses identified Knull's impending threat. Traveling to Klyntar, Adam encountered the Guardians of the Galaxy and discovered a power even greater than Knull's, ready to incinerate the planet-and countless others.
Skills
Abilities and details
Normal Attack
Quantum Magic
- Casting
- Single-cast direct hit
- Damage
- 60 damage per round
- Damage Falloff
- Falloff begins at 20m, decreasing to 60% at 40m
- Fire Rate
- 2 rounds per second
- Ammo
- 15
- Critical Hit
- Yes
Launch quantum energy to deal damage
Ability
Karmic Revival
- MOVEMENT BOOST
- 4m/s
- MAXIMUM ENERGY
- 120
- ENERGY COST
- 30/s
- ENERGY RECOVERY SPEED
- 8/s
Take to the skies, entering a flying state and swiftly surge forward
Ability
Karmic Revival
- Casting
- Persistent spell field that surrounds the caster
- Special Effect
- Revive allies within range, centered on Adam. Continuously monitor for fallen allies within this range; if they enter the area, they can be revived at the casting location
- Health Upon Revival
- 30% of the Max Health
- Range
- 35m spherical radius
- Duration
- 10s
- Energy Cost
- 4500
- Health Upon Revival
- Allies revived will be blessed with Bonus Health equal to 70% of their Maximum Health with a 5s duration. Bonus Health falloff begins at 5s, decreasing to 0 in 2s.
Awaken the karma of allies to revive them. Allies revived have lower health but enjoy a brief period of Invincibility
Ability
Soul Bond
- Casting
- Instant Cast
- Special Effect 1
- Adam Warlock will share a portion of the damage sustained by linked allies. If Adam Warlock sustains damage that would KO him due to the link, then the link will be broken, and he will retain 1 Health. The link will also break once enough damage is sustained, if Adam Warlock or the linked ally leave the link's range, or after a certain length of time has passed
- Special Effect 2
- Adam can hover and attack during the ability's duration
- Healing Amount
- 15/s
- Range
- 15m
- Duration
- 6s
- Maximum Damage Shared Per Target
- 250
- Cooldown
- 40s
Forge a soul bond with allies, granting Healing Over Time and distributing damage taken across the bond
Ability
Avatar Life Stream
- Casting
- Targeted
- Special Effect
- Bouncing target does not include Adam Warlock
- Healing Amount
- 95
- Healing Amount (Self)
- 35
- Number of Bounces
- 2
- Range
- 20m spherical radius
- Cooldown
- 2 charges, with each charge taking 6s to recharge; when a critical hit lands on an enemy, reduce the cooldown time of Avatar Life Stream by 1s.
Target an ally for a bouncing stream of healing energy, which also heals himself upon casting; self-targets if no ally is selected
Ability
Cosmic Cluster
- Casting
- Charged release, with multiple delayed projectiles
- Damage
- 38
- Maximum Projectile Count
- 5
- Fire Rate
- The firing interval for a single charged shot is 0.3s, while the interval for multiple shots is 0.07s
- Projectile Speed
- 100 m/s
- Special Effect
- Cosmic Cluster shares ammo with Quantum Magic, each hit reduces the cooldown of Avatar Life Stream by 0.08s.
Gather quantum energy into a cluster and then swiftly launch it at the enemy
Passive
Regenerative Cocoon
- Cooldown
- 105s
Once his body perishes, Adam Warlock can freely move as a soul and reforge his body at a chosen spot
Ability
HEAVENLY HARMONY
- Movement Boost
- 5m/s
- Maximum Energy
- 120
- Energy Cost
- 30/s
- Energy Recovery Speed
- 8/s
- Trail Width
- 4m
- Trail Duration
- 5s
- Healing Amount
- 35/s
- Movement Boost
- 0.25
Storm channels her elemental power into Adam Warlock. When Adam uses Soaring Surge, his movement speed is increased. While flying, Adam leaves behind a storm-charged trail that heals and speeds up allies within it
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