First job
Play behind a Vanguard who creates the first distraction instead of opening alone.
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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!
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 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 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.
Bronze-to-Platinum 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
- 275
- Movement Speed
- 600
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
ASSASSIN'S FOCUS
- Energy Cost
- 2800
- Bullet Damage
- 160
- Rounds
- 6
- Critical Hit
- Yes
- Critical Hit Multiplier
- 1.5x
- Fire Rate
- 0.8s/Round
- Maximum Duration
- 12s
Switch the Red Room Rifle to sniper mode. Shots fired in this state pierce through targets and deal increased damage
Ability
ELECTRO-PLASMA BLAST
- Casting
- Charged release, with delayed projectiles.
- Cooldown
- 10s
- Projectile Speed
- 100 m/s
- Explosion Range
- 3.5m to 5m radius spherical spell field
- Explosion Damage
- 40~60
- Slow Rate
- -0.40
- Maximum Charge Time
- 1s
Fire an electro-plasma round forward. Upon hitting the environment or an enemy, it explodes and applies a Slow effect
Ability
EDGE DANCER
- Casting
- Melee
- Spinning Kick Damage
- 35
- Maximum Distance
- 5m
- Flying Kick Distance
- 12m
- Second Flying Kick Damage
- 35
- Flying Kick Stun Duration
- 0.2s
- Flying Kick Casting Window
- 5s
- Cooldown
- 15s
Unleash a spinning kick to Launch Up enemies. Landing the hit will allow her to zip to the target with a grappling hook for a second kick
Ability
WIDOW'S BITE SLAM
- Casting
- Targeted
- Damage
- 30
- Cooldown
- 15s
- Damage Range
- 5m radius
Leap toward a target area and slam the ground with her Widow's Bite gauntlet, dealing damage to enemies within range
Passive
ALLIED AGENTS
- Focus Gained on Crit
- 2 stacks
- Focus Gained on Red Room Rifle Hit
- 1 stack
- Focused State Bullet Damage
- 55 damage per round
Base Effect: Landing hits with Red Room Rifle builds Focus. At three stacks, enter a Focused state where the next bullet gains the Hunter's Sight effect, granting Damage Boost and pierce effects. Enhanced Effect: When teaming up with Hawkeye, landing a critical hit prevents the Focused state from expiring, allowing continuous enhanced fire until missing a crit.
Passive
ALLIED AGENTS
- Special Effect
- Landing a critical hit prevents the Focused state from expiring, allowing continuous enhanced fire until missing a crit.
Base Effect: Landing hits with Red Room Rifle builds Focus. At three stacks, enter a Focused state where the next bullet gains the Hunter's Sight effect, granting Damage Boost and pierce effects. Enhanced Effect: When teaming up with Hawkeye, landing a critical hit prevents the Focused state from expiring, allowing continuous enhanced fire until missing a crit.
Passive
BURNING BULLETS
- Fire Rate Increase
- 15%
- Plasma Cannon Damage
- 70
- Plasma Cannon Cooldown
- 10s
- Plasma Cannon Range
- 5m spherical radius
- Plasma Cannon Slow Effect
- 40% for 3s
Base Effect: Activation grants the Red Room Rifle a Fire Rate Boost. Additionally, the Plasma Cannon projectile becomes a hitscan laser that no longer requires charging. Enhanced Effect: When teaming up with Phoenix, her Plasma Cannon gains a second ability charge.
Passive
BURNING BULLETS
- Special Effect
- Plasma Cannon has 2 charges
Base Effect: Activation grants the Red Room Rifle a Fire Rate Boost. Additionally, the Plasma Cannon projectile becomes a hitscan laser that no longer requires charging. Enhanced Effect: When teaming up with Phoenix, her Plasma Cannon gains a second ability charge.