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The lobby needs this job
Punishing exposed sightlines and forcing enemies to respect rotations before they cross open space.
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Black Widow
Natasha Romanova is the world's most elite spy in any era. Her mastery of the sniper rifle eliminates targets from afar, while her shock batons neutralize close-range threats. Black Widow is locked, loaded, and ready to deliver a fatal bite!
- 01 StartSource profile first
- 02 CheckDuelist job check
- 03 LeaveOne ranked habit
Queue briefing
Decide how Black Widow fits before hero select gets loud
2Swap when
The pressure pattern repeats
Swap or change perches if every fight starts with dive pressure clearing your angle before you find a pick.
3Practice first
Queue with one habit
Take one shot window, move after the enemy responds, and never dry-peek the same angle three fights in a row.
Pocket Rivals ranked read
How Black Widow should create ranked value
Black Widow: Win a useful angle, force attention, and finish targets your team is already pressuring.
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
Play behind a Vanguard who creates the first distraction instead of opening alone.
Practice next
- 1Take an off-angle before using burst cooldowns.
- 2Keep mobility or a defensive tool for the exit.
- 3Shoot the target your tank or other Duelist is already pressuring.
Avoid
Do not open every fight by burning mobility forward. If the burst fails, you need an exit.
Duelist role hubPick targets by punish windows instead of chasing the first health bar you see.Hero pool guideDecide whether Black Widow is your comfort pick, safe swap, or role backup.
Hero-specific editorial
Ranked module for Black Widow
Best for
Punishing exposed sightlines and forcing enemies to respect rotations before they cross open space.
Struggles into
Dive pressure, durable high-ground clears, and shields or portals that turn sniper lanes into wasted time.
First swap trigger
Swap or change perches if every fight starts with dive pressure clearing your angle before you find a pick.
everyday ranked mistake
Staying scoped on one lane while the objective fight moves and a diver takes the route behind you.
Practice drill
Take one shot window, move after the enemy responds, and never dry-peek the same angle three fights in a row.
Review basis
Based on Pocket Rivals counter notes using Spider-Man dive, Venom high-ground pressure, and Doctor Strange shield or portal rotations against Black Widow.
Official details
Base stats and hero story
Official article date: 2024/12/04
- Health
- 250
- Movement Speed
- 6m/s
Trained from childhood in the infamous Red Room, Natasha Romanova became one of the most feared spies and saboteurs in the world. For years, she put her unrivaled combat skills to use as a member of the Avengers, keeping pace with some of the most powerful beings who ever lived.
Imbued with supersoldier-like treatments that vastly extended her lifespan, Black Widow outlived most of her enemies and allies. But her fight still rages on decades into the future, where she leads the Red Room in its ongoing effort to overthrow the tyrannical Doom 2099.
Skills
Abilities and details
Normal Attack
Widow's Bite Baton
- Casting
- Melee
- Damage
- 45
- Maximum Distance
- 3m
- Fire Rate
- 2 strikes per second
Strike with the enhanced electric batons
Normal Attack
Red Room Rifle
- Casting
- Single-cast direct hit
- Damage
- 120 damage per round
- Damage Falloff
- Falloff begins at 10m, decreasing to 50% at 20m
- Fire Rate
- 0.83 rounds per second
- Fire Rate
- 15
- Critical Hit
- Yes
- Aiming down sights times
- 0.3s
- Special Effect
- Shares the same magazine with Red Room Rifle. Straight Shooter activates only after aiming down sights for a specific duration; otherwise, it will fire from the Red Room Rifle
Attack with the Red Room Rifle
Ability
Electro-Plasma Explosion
- Projectile Speed
- 100m/s
- Explosion Range
- 5.6m - 8m (Maximum range is achieved after 0.6s of charging)
- Explosion Damage
- 120 - 170 (Maximum damage is achieved after 0.6s of charging)
- Number of Plasma Globules
- 7 - 20 (Maximum amount is achieved after 0.6s of charging)
- Plasma Range
- 1.5m spherical radius
- Slow Rate
- -55%
- Plasma Duration
- 10s
- Vulnerability Effect Duration
- 4s
- Vulnerability Effect Rate
- 15%
- Energy Cost
- 2800
Switch the Red Room Rifle to Destruction mode and unleash an electro-plasma blast, damaging enemies within range and leaving plasma on the ground to Slow nearby enemies
Ability
Fleet Foot
- Movement Boost
- 33%
- Maximum Energy
- 120
- Energy Cost (Sprinting)
- 12/s
- Power Jump Energy Cost
- 24 per leap
- Energy Recovery Speed
- 30/s
Dash forward and enable a powerful jump
Ability
Edge Dancer
- Casting
- Melee
- CastingSpinning Kick Damage
- 35
- Maximum Distance
- 5m
- Flying Kick Distance
- 12m
- Flying Kick Damage
- 35
- Flying Kick Stun Duration
- 1s
- Flying Kick Casting Window
- 5s
- Cooldown
- 15s
Unleash a spinning kick to Knock enemies airborne. Landing the hit will allow her to zip to the target with a grappling hook for a second kick
Ability
Straight Shooter
- Casting
- Single-cast direct hit
- Damage
- 120 damage per hit
- Fire Rate
- 0.83 rounds per second
- Fire Rate
- 15
- Critical Hit
- Yes
- Special Effect
- Shares the same magazine with Red Room Rifle
Switch the Red Room Rifle to Sniper mode to fire high-energy rounds
Ability
PHOENIX SNIPER
- Cooldown
- 2s
- Shoot Interval
- 0.733s
- Damage
- 40
- Healing
- 50
- Spell Field Range
- 3m spherical radius spell field
- Spell Field Healing
- 40
- Spell Field Damage
- 30
Jean Grey imbues Wolverine and Black Widow with the awe-inspiring Phoenix Force. When active, Wolverine's Feral Leap transforms into Phoenix Warrior, gaining lifesteal on all damage dealt and enveloping him with Phoenix flames that scorch nearby enemies, dealing Percentage Damage. Black Widow gains Phoenix Force-empowered bullets; her Phoenix Rounds explode on impact and heal allies in the blast radius
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