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Bursting distracted targets from cover and forcing the enemy backline to respect short all-in windows.
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Magik
Trained in the dark arts and wielding her mighty Soulsword, Magik leaps through portals to navigate the arena with ease. Once Illyana transforms into the demonic Darkchild, all who dare stand against her will fall before her merciless blade.
- 01 StartSource profile first
- 02 CheckDuelist job check
- 03 LeaveOne ranked habit
Queue briefing
Decide how Magik fits before hero select gets loud
2Swap when
The pressure pattern repeats
Swap or play safer if your first engage never reaches a target before control and burst healing arrive.
3Practice first
Queue with one habit
Wait for one enemy defensive cooldown, enter from cover, then reset before the whole team turns.
Pocket Rivals ranked read
How Magik should create ranked value
Stage near cover, burst a distracted target, then reset before the enemy team collapses on you.
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 Magik is your comfort pick, safe swap, or role backup.
Hero-specific editorial
Ranked module for Magik
Best for
Bursting distracted targets from cover and forcing the enemy backline to respect short all-in windows.
Struggles into
Teams that hold ground near setup, save control, and punish the exit path after a portal commit.
First swap trigger
Swap or play safer if your first engage never reaches a target before control and burst healing arrive.
everyday ranked mistake
Starting the engage from open space and spending every tool before the target is actually vulnerable.
Practice drill
Wait for one enemy defensive cooldown, enter from cover, then reset before the whole team turns.
Review basis
Based on Pocket Rivals build notes for staged bursts and counter notes that reward punishing Magik's exit path.
Official details
Base stats and hero story
Official article date: 2024/11/23
- Health
- 250
- Movement Speed
- 6m/s
Born with the Mutant ability to create portals that allow her to teleport through the nether realm called Limbo, Illyana Rasputin augmented her natural gifts with powerful sorcery and an arcane sword fueled by souls to become the warrior known as Magik.
As the ruler of Limbo, Magik has been serving as a general in a timeline-spanning war across dimensions, battling malevolent gods and demons. She frequently confers with her Mutant allies on Krakoa, discussing their species' best chances for survival in the wake of the Timestream Entanglement.
Skills
Abilities and details
Normal Attack
Soulsword
- Casting
- Melee
- Damage
- 75
- Maximum Distance
- 6.5m
- Damage Falloff
- Falloff begins at 4.5m, decreasing to 50% at 6.5m
- Attack Interval
- 0.83s per hit
Slash forward with the Soulsword
Ability
Darkchild
- Casting
- Transformation
- Duration
- 12s
- Energy Cost
- 3400
- Special Effect
- When in the Darkchild state, all of Magik's abilities are enhanced
Transform into Darkchild, gaining enhancements to all her abilities
Ability
Stepping Discs
- Casting
- Dash
- Average Speed
- 12m/s
- Maximum Distance
- 10m
- Combo Ability Casting Window
- 3s
- Cooldown
- 6s
- Charges
- 2
- Special Effect 1
- Magik is invincible while moving
- Special Effect 2
- Magik can perform a combo ability within a certain time frame, choosing between Eldritch Whirl or Demon's Rage
Jump through a Stepping Disc, teleporting a short distance in the direction of movement. Become Invincible while teleporting
Ability
Umbral Incursion
- Casting
- Movement-based damage ability
- Average Speed
- 46m/s
- Maximum Distance
- 16m
- Upward Slash Damage
- 85
- Cooldown
- 8s
Dash forward and launch up enemies
Normal Attack
Eldritch Whirl
- Casting
- A cylindrical spell field in melee range
- Damage
- 50
- Range
- A cylindrical spell field with a radius of 6m and a height of 5m
Spin while swinging the Soulsword after exiting a Stepping Disc
Ability
Magik Slash
- Casting
- Charged projectile that travels in a straight trajectory
- Maximum Charge Time
- 2s
- Projectile Speed
- 80m/s
- Damage
- 45 - 81 (Maximum damage is achieved after 1.2s of charging)
- Special Effect
- Projectile pierces enemies and reduces Stepping Discs cooldown by 1s per enemy pierced
- Cooldown
- 6s
Strike forward an air slash
Ability
Demon's Rage
- Casting
- A cuboid spell field in melee range
- Damage
- 20 damage per hit
- Attack Speed
- 0.25s per hit
- Range
- Length: 6.5m, Width: 3m, Height: 3m
- Maximum Duration for Summons
- 4s
- Summons' Health
- 100
Summon a Limbo demon that attacks enemies after exiting a Stepping Disc
Passive
Limbo's Might
- Conversion Rate
- 30%
- Bonus Max Health
- 150
- Energy Cost Special Effect
- Convert damage taken into Bonus Health
Convert damage inflicted on enemies into Bonus Health to herself
Ability
CHAIN OF CYTTORAK
- Max Link Generation Distance
- 15m
- Projectile Speed
- 120m/s
- Projectile Hit Damage
- 45
- Damage to the Link's Secondary Target
- 30
- Link Maximum Duration
- 4s
- Slow Rate
- Begins at 0%, growing to 40% at 5m
- Link Breakage Distance
- 30m
- Cooldown
- 20s
- Damage Over Time
- 10/s
Doctor Strange shares his arcane mastery with Scarlet Witch and Magik. Scarlet Witch's Chthonian Burst is replaced with Mystic Burst upon activation. Hold down the attack button to unleash a rapid, relentless salvo of magical missiles in the target direction. Magik can unleash a Chain of Cyttorak that links two enemies and slows them; the farther they are apart, the greater the Slow effect inflicted during the link
Normal Attack
Soulsword
- Casting
- Melee
- Damage
- Deals 3 hits at intervals of 0.15s, with each hit dealing 35 damage
- Maximum Distance
- 10m
- Damage Falloff
- Falloff begins at 6m, decreasing to 25% at 10m
- Attack Interval
- 1 hit per second
Slash forward with the Soulsword
Ability
Stepping Discs
- Casting
- Dash
- Average Speed
- 17m/s
- Maximum Distance
- 10m
- Combo Ability Casting Window
- 3s
- Cooldown
- 3s
- Charges
- 2
- Special Effect 1
- Magik is invincible while moving
- Special Effect 2
- Magik can perform a combo ability within a certain time frame, choosing between Eldritch Whirl or Demon's Rage
Jump through a Stepping Disc, teleporting a short distance in the direction of movement. Become Invincible while teleporting
Ability
Umbral Incursion
- Casting
- Movement-based damage ability
- Average Speed
- 60m/s
- Maximum Distance
- 20m
- Upward Slash Damage
- 140
- Cooldown
- 6s
Dash forward and launch up enemies
Normal Attack
Eldritch Whirl
- Casting
- A cylindrical spell field in melee range
- Damage
- Deals 3 hits at intervals of 0.25s, each dealing 45 damage
- Range
- A cylindrical spell field with a radius of 12m and a height of 5m
Spin while swinging the Soulsword after exiting a Stepping Disc
Ability
Magik Slash
- Casting
- Projectile that fires in a straight trajectory
- Maximum Charge Time
- 2s
- Projectile Speed
- 100m/s
- Damage
- 90 - 180 (Maximum damage is achieved after 1.8s of charging)
- Cooldown
- 3s
Strike forward an air slash
Ability
Demon's Rage
- Casting
- A cuboid spell field in melee range
- Damage
- 25 damage per hit
- Attack Speed
- 0.25s per hit
- Range
- Length: 6m, Width: 4m, Height: 4m
- Maximum Duration for Summons
- 4s
- Summons' Health
- 200
Summon a Limbo demon that attacks enemies after exiting a Stepping Disc
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