Magik | Marvel Rivals

Biography

Illyana Rasputina’s mutation allows her to open portals to any place, dimension, or plane. She does so by passing through the dangerous Limbo realm. She also possesses powerful sorcery and wields the arcane Soulsword.

Magik is an army general and has battled wars across various dimensions, against gods and demons alike. However, there is a dark side to her and once she transforms into her demonic form, Darkchylde, she makes Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hide look like nursery teachers.

Overview

Role – Duelist
Difficulty – ★★★✩✩
Tier – B
Team Up – Black Panther

Abilities

Normal Attack (Left Click): Soulsword –Slash forward with the Soulsword. It has a larger range than you think.

• Darkchild (Q) – Transform into Darkchild, gaining enhancements to all her abilities. Not only do her abilities have more damage, but their range is not normal for a sword. You will be amazed at how far you can slice through them.
  
  
• Stepping Discs (LShift) – Jump through a Stepping Disc, teleporting a short distance in the direction of movement. This is one of the abilities that make Magik feel like a ghost that you can not catch. Try to make your enemies guess where you are gonna be all the time and make them confused, also great for baiting CC abilities.
  
  
• Eloritch Whirl (Left Click) – Spin while swinging the Soulsword after exiting a Stepping Disc. This is very good when you are in the middle of them because it does a lot of damage and has great range.
  
  
• Demon’s Rage (Right Click) – Summon a Limbo demon that attacks enemies after exiting a Stepping Disc. This is the one you are gonna use most of the time because it is more consistent than Whirl but remember you have time to turn your demon the way you want to after exiting, don’t spam it.
  
  
• Umbral Incursion (E) – Dash forward and launch an enemy upward. Even tho you are gonna use it mostly to catch running enemies or combos, sometimes it’s good for escaping danger and also covering distance.
  
  
• Magik Slash (Right Click) – Strike forward an air slash. Her only long-range abilities, and great combo starter. The longer you hold it the more damage it does. But be aware you are an easy target while doing it.
  
  
• Limbo’s Might (Passive) – Convert damage inflicted on enemies into Bonus Health to herself. This is what makes Magik one of if not the best close-range characters because sometimes, how much HP she gets, she feels like another Vanguard on the field.
  
  
• Disc Master (C) – Team Up Ability – Magik opens a portal. Black Panther can use the portal. Amazing for covering distances and surprising enemies. Also can be used to escape if you are in trouble.

Strengths

Once she gets close, Magik becomes unstoppable as she gets Bonus Health whenever she does damage, which in return makes her very tanky, but also impossible to catch given the amount of escape abilities that she has.

Weaknesses

Long-range heroes and flying heroes are a big problem for Magik. Also, she has a big hitbox for a duelist so be ready to get cc a lot.

Counters

Iron Man, Storm, Mantis

It’s the same problem with both counters, they fly high in the air and stay there forever.

Magik doesn’t have a range weapon or flying abilities so if they play distance from her she can’t do anything same as her team up partner that’s why it’s hard to play them together even tho they make each other better.

Here I would suggest dodging their line of sight and going only for their Strategists. After their tank and duelists don’t have a way to heal they should help you deal with Storm or Tony.

Even tho Magik can kill Mantis fast, because of her big hitbox, and the fact she likes to go in your face, she is an easy target for her Mantis’s sleep, and once you take movement from Magik it’s a R.I.P.

Team-Ups

Whenever you have Black Panther on your team, he will have no problems following you into the enemy team’s backline thanks to the portals that Magik leaves behind for him to use!

Synergy

Heroes that can go in with Magik, such as her Team Up partner – Black Panther and Star-Lord work great with this hero as they can quickly obliterate unsuspecting enemy heroes!

Tips and Tricks

Try to stay out of the line of sight of long-range heroes, but try to come closer, flank, and attack them from an off angle.

Playing your cards right will let you one-shot squishier enemy targets by hitting her ranged right-click ability, then using the Umbral Incursion (E) ability and left-click, one after another. You will be surprised by your output!

Remember that you can aim your demon in the direction you want, you have time after you exit Stepping Discs (LShift), don’t spam it the moment you finish because it’s easy to get this bad habit.

When you press your Q and enter the Demon stage you can actually press your Umbral Incursion (E) at the same time with your Left Click after you exit Stepping Disc (LShift). It will feel like you are slicing through a whole map with this combo.

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