First job
Play behind a Vanguard who creates the first distraction instead of opening alone.
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Black Cat
One of the world's premiere thieves, Felicia Hardy glides across the battlefield with swift precision and a dancer's grace, ever ready to purloin an opponent's fortune. Those who meet the Black Cat's gaze should beware, as her omens never miss their mark!
Pocket Rivals ranked read
How Black Cat should create ranked value
Black Cat: Win a useful angle, force attention, and finish targets your team is already pressuring.
Editorial note: this section is Pocket Rivals advice for Bronze-to-Platinum lobbies. Use the official source panel for canonical ability text, then use this ranked read to decide what to practice next.
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 Cat is your comfort pick, safe swap, or role backup.
Hero-specific editorial
Ranked module for Black Cat
Best for
Threatening slippery flank routes when the enemy support line is split or missing key control.
Struggles into
Prepared support protection, saved freeze or sleep, and teams that force flanks through setup.
First swap trigger
Swap or delay the flank if the enemy plays close enough that every commit becomes a trapped duel.
Bronze-to-Platinum mistake
Entering before the team creates pressure, which turns mobility into a solo-feed timer.
Practice drill
Wait until the main fight starts, enter through the shortest safe route, and leave after the first failed pick attempt.
Review basis
Early practical read based on Pocket Rivals counter notes for setup tools, saved control, and close-team peel.
Official details
Base stats and hero story
Official article date: 2026/04/16
- Health
- 150+125 Regenerative Shield
- Movement Speed
- 600
Felicia Hardy is one of the most notorious thieves in the world. Once the Black Cat has her eyes on a prize, it's already as good as gone. This is one feline femme fatale you don't want to cross... because luck is always on her side!
After being ousted from the Thieves Guild, the Black Cat was recruited by Wilson Fisk to infiltrate Doctor Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum. Her job: Steal the Tablet of Life and Time so the Kingpin can harness its ancient power to counter Alchemax's dangerous timestream incursion.
Skills
Abilities and details
Normal Attack
FELINE FURY
- Casting
- Melee
- Damage
- 35
- Maximum Distance
- 3.5m
Swipe forward with razor-sharp claws
Ability
CALLING CARD
- Energy Cost
- 3100
- Maximum Dash Distance
- 40m
- Fore-swing Damage Reduction
- 50%
- Ability Duration
- 10s
- Maximum Targeting Distance
- 8m
- 1st Claw Strike Damage
- 30
- 2nd Claw Strike Damage
- 70
Issue a Calling Card to all enemies. Instantly dash to any enemy in sight and range, tearing into them with your claws to deal Percentage Damage
Ability
CAT'S CRADLE
- Maximum Dash Distance
- 15m
- Damage
- 40
- Cooldown
- 1 charges, with each charge taking 8s to recharge
Lunge forward with claws bared, slicing through any enemies caught in your path
Ability
TURN OF FORTUNE
- Hook Speed
- 120m/s
- Hook Maximum Distance
- 30m
- Hook Damage
- 30
- Bonus Health from Hook Hit
- 50
- Cooldown
- 5s
Launch a grappling hook forward that damages an enemy on impact and steals Fortune before pulling it back to Black Cat
Ability
THIEVING GRACE
Perform a double jump
Ability
FORTUNE'S FAVOR
- Grapple Swipe Fortune Consumption
- 150
- Phantom Pursuit Fortune Consumption
- 300
Spend Fortune to unleash either Grapple Swipe or Phantom Pursuit
Ability
STEALTHY CATWALK
Hold {Jump} to crawl up vertical surfaces
Passive
MALKIN MISFORTUNE
Apply Jinxto enemies on hit. Jinxedfoes have a chance to lose their bonus damage when striking Black Cat with a Critical Hit
Passive
GIFT OF GOLD
- Team-Up Bonus
- 5% Damage Boost
Black Cat shares items acquired from Insider Trading with White Fox and Captain America. White Fox receives the Life Orb, which restores Spirit Fox Tail energy and converts life energy into Nine-Tailed Radiance that auto-tracks nearby allies and enemies, granting allies speed and healing while dealing damage and slowing enemies. Captain America receives the Vibranium Energy Amplifier, which expands shield block range when raised and reflects projectiles back along the crosshair direction.
Normal Attack
CLAW WHIP
- Spell Field Range
- 150° cone spell field with a radius of 7.5m and a height of 2.5m
- Spell Field Damage
- 65
- Attack Interval
- 0.6s per hit
- Damage Falloff
- Falloff begins at 30°, drop to 30% of maximum damage at 75°
- Bonus Health Per Hit
- 25
- Max Bonus Health
- 50
Fire out tethered claws and whip them forward in a devastating arc, dealing damage to all enemies caught in range
Ability
CALLING CARD
- Energy Cost
- 3100
- Maximum Dash Distance
- 60m
- Fore-swing Damage Reduction
- 50%
- Ability Duration
- 10s
- Maximum Targeting Distance
- 8m
- 1st Claw Strike Damage
- 30
- 2nd Claw Strike Damage
- 30+20% Target's Maximum Health
Issue a Calling Card to all enemies. Instantly dash to any enemy in sight and range, tearing into them with your claws to deal Percentage Damage
Ability
CAT'S CRADLE
- Maximum Dash Distance
- 15m
- Damage
- 40
- Cooldown
- 1 charges, with each charge taking 8s to recharge
Lunge forward with claws bared, slicing through any enemies caught in your path
Ability
PHANTOM PURSUIT
- Dash Duration
- 0.25s
- Damage
- 70
- Maximum Dash Distance
- 20m
- Cooldown
- 2s
Swiftly dash to an enemy, unleash a rapid flurry of claw attacks, and flash back to your starting position. Black Cat is Untargetableduring this move
Ability
THIEVING GRACE
Perform a double jump
Ability
FORTUNE'S FAVOR
- Grapple Swipe Fortune Consumption
- 150
- Phantom Pursuit Fortune Consumption
- 300
Spend Fortune to unleash either Grapple Swipe or Phantom Pursuit
Ability
STEALTHY CATWALK
Hold {Jump} to crawl up vertical surfaces
Passive
MALKIN MISFORTUNE
Apply Jinxto enemies on hit. Jinxedfoes have a chance to lose their bonus damage when striking Black Cat with a Critical Hit
Passive
GIFT OF GOLD
- Team-Up Bonus
- 5% Damage Boost
Black Cat shares items acquired from Insider Trading with White Fox and Captain America. White Fox receives the Life Orb, which restores Spirit Fox Tail energy and converts life energy into Nine-Tailed Radiance that auto-tracks nearby allies and enemies, granting allies speed and healing while dealing damage and slowing enemies. Captain America receives the Vibranium Energy Amplifier, which expands shield block range when raised and reflects projectiles back along the crosshair direction.
Ability
GILDED DEAL
Use the Spatial Resonator to open a portal to the Elder Gods' dimension, consuming Fortune to trade with the Golden Elder and acquire items from the New York Thieves Guild vault.
Ability
TABLET OF DESTINIES
- Special Effect
- Gain 0/50/200/500 Fortune randomly
- Fortune Consumption
- 100
Gain a random amount of Fortune
Ability
HELM OF HADES
- Fortune Consumption
- 200
- Invisibility Duration
- 2s
- Movement Speed Boost Duration
- 2s
- Movement Boost
- 60%, drop to 0 in 2s
Enter Invisiblestate for a set duration
Ability
FALTINE FLAME ORB
- Fortune Consumption
- 200
- Summon Health
- 50
- Maximum Summon Quantity
- 1
Conjure an orb of mystical Faltine Flame to Revealand mark all nearby enemies
Ability
CHERNOBOG'S CRYSTAL
- Fortune Consumption
- 300
- Special Effect
- Remove any active control effects
Purify yourself, instantly removing any active control effects
Ability
RING OF ZONA
- Fortune Consumption
- 300
Open a portal on a surface, allowing instant traversal to the opposite side
Ability
MENTO-FISH
- Fortune Consumption
- 300
- Casting
- Projectile that generates a spell field upon impact
- Projectile Speed
- 30m/s
- Spell Field Range
- A cylindrical spell field with a radius of 5m and a height of 40m.
- Slow Ratio
- 35%
Create a hypnosis field. Inflicts Slow, disables movement abilities, and Groundsall enemies caught within
Ability
STICKY PAWS
- Fortune Gained per Target Hit (Feline Fury)
- 50, up to 50
- Fortune Gained per Target Hit (Claw Whip)
- 50, up to 100
- Fortune Gained per Target Hit (Phantom Pursuit)
- 150, up to 150
- Fortune Gained per Hit (Turn of Fortune)
- 300
- Fortune Gained per Hit (Calling Card)
- 300
- Fortune Lost Upon Death
- Lose 50% of Fortune when defeated, with a minimum deduction of 200
Steal a set amount of Fortunewhenever your attacks hit an enemy
Ability
FELINE ALLIANCE
- Cooldown
- 12s
- Damage Taken Threshold
- 50
- Spell Field Range
- 8m spherical radius spell field
- Spell Field Damage
- 45
- Movement Boost
- 3 m/s, decaying to 0 over 3s
- Bonus Health
- 25
Base Effect: Taking damage accumulates Vibranium Energy. Upon reaching a specific threshold, Black Cat can unleash a violent explosion, damaging and Knocking back surrounding enemies while gaining a brief Speed Boost and Bonus Health. Enhanced Effect: When teaming up with Black Panther, this explosion is no longer restricted by the energy threshold and can be triggered at any time.
Ability
FELINE ALLIANCE
- Special Effect
- No longer limited by energy accumulation ratio; can be cast anytime
Base Effect: Taking damage accumulates Vibranium Energy. Upon reaching a specific threshold, Black Cat can unleash a violent explosion, damaging and Knocking back surrounding enemies while gaining a brief Speed Boost and Bonus Health. Enhanced Effect: When teaming up with Black Panther, this explosion is no longer restricted by the energy threshold and can be triggered at any time.
Ability
BINDING TIES
- Cooldown
- 2 charges, 5s each
- Bonus Damage on Mark Trigge
- 45
Base Effect: Turn of Fortune is replaced by Spider-Web Grapple, which has 2 charges. Landing the grapple on an enemy steals Fortune and applies a Spider-Tracer. If Black Cat hits an enemy carrying a Spider-Tracer with any other ability, she triggers the mark to deal bonus damage. Enhanced Effect: When teaming up with Spider-Man, using Spider-Web Grapple to hit an enemy already marked with a Spider-Tracer temporarily Immobilizes them in place.
Ability
BINDING TIES
- Imprison Duration
- 0.5s
Base Effect: Turn of Fortune is replaced by Spider-Web Grapple, which has 2 charges. Landing the grapple on an enemy steals Fortune and applies a Spider-Tracer. If Black Cat hits an enemy carrying a Spider-Tracer with any other ability, she triggers the mark to deal bonus damage. Enhanced Effect: When teaming up with Spider-Man, using Spider-Web Grapple to hit an enemy already marked with a Spider-Tracer temporarily Immobilizes them in place.