First job
Play behind a Vanguard who creates the first distraction instead of opening alone.
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Scarlet Witch
Wanda Maximoff is adept at harnessing formidable chaos magic, casting hexes with the power to twist and reshape reality itself. Energy, space, and matter are mere playthings in the hands of Scarlet Witch!
Pocket Rivals ranked read
How Scarlet Witch should create ranked value
Scarlet Witch: 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 Scarlet Witch is your comfort pick, safe swap, or role backup.
Hero-specific editorial
Ranked module for Scarlet Witch
Best for
Applying close-to-mid pressure when enemies are already distracted and cannot kite your sustained damage freely.
Struggles into
Long-range burst, reliable ranged pressure, and setup that makes close approaches dangerous.
First swap trigger
Swap or play farther back if enemies keep denying your range before sustained damage becomes meaningful.
Bronze-to-Platinum mistake
Drifting into the enemy team because damage is connecting, then realizing every escape route is covered.
Practice drill
Pressure from cover, back up while damaging, and only chase if the target is already isolated from peel.
Review basis
Based on Pocket Rivals counter notes using Hela long-range burst, Punisher reliable pressure, and Peni Parker setup into Scarlet Witch's comfort range.
Official details
Base stats and hero story
Official article date: 2024/11/23
- Health
- 250
- Movement Speed
- 6 m/s
Wanda Maximoff's ability to manipulate chaos magic makes her one of the most powerful living beings in the universe. As the Scarlet Witch, she seeks to harness that chaos, restoring some semblance of order to a world that is constantly on the brink of destruction.
Since the Timestream Entanglement, chaos magic is one of the few forces holding the threads of reality together. Should her powers fail, the Scarlet Witch truly believes that this universe will disintegrate, along with everyone in it. It is a fate she refuses to allow... no matter the cost...
Skills
Abilities and details
Normal Attack
Chaos Control
- Casting
- Cylindrical Spell Field
- Range
- A cylindrical spell field with a radius of 3m and a height of 20m
- Fire Rate
- 0.1s per hit
- Damage
- 8.5 per hit
- Damage Falloff
- Falloff begins at 10m, decreasing to 90% at 20m
- Chthonian Burst Recharge Per Hit
- 0.15 per hit
- Ammo
- Infinite
- Critical Hit
- No
- Special Effect 1
- Attack the nearest enemy within range
- Special Effect 2
- Hitting with Chaos Control charges Chthonian Burst
Unleash Chaos Magic on enemies to deal damage and restore Chaos Energy
Ability
Reality Erasure
- Casting
- Spherical Spell Field
- Range
- 15m spherical radius
- Damage
- 9999
- Charge Time
- 4s
- Slow Rate
- Begin to slow down by 1.5s, with the effect gradually increasing to -25% by 3.5s
- Bonus Health (Self)
- 100
- Special Effect
- During this period, Scarlet Witch enters a Free-flight state, pulls in nearby enemies (within 15m radius) during cast charge. Max pull speed up to 3m/s
- Energy Cost
- 3400
Engage in free-flight while charging energy, then unleash it to deal massive damage
Ability
Mystic Projection
- Casting
- Dash
- Duration
- 1.5s
- Movement Boost
- 50%
- Charges
- 2
- Recharge Speed
- 10s per charge
- Special Effect
- During this period, Scarlet Witch enters the Projection state, can be healed by teammates
Enter the Phased state for free-flight. Press again to exit early
Ability
Dark Seal
- Casting
- Straight-line projectile that generates a spell field upon impact
- Projectile Speed
- 60 m/s
- Spell Field Generation Delay
- 0.8s
- Range
- 3m spherical radius
- Spell Field Duration
- 4.5s
- Detection Interval
- 1.25s
- Stun Duration Per Detection
- 0.5s
- Cooldown
- 12s
Land a hit on a target or the scene, or press E to generate a Force Field that periodically Stuns enemies within range
Ability
Telekinesis
- Horizontal Movement Speed
- 6 m/s
- Descending Speed
- 3.5 m/s
Hold Space to fall slowly
Ability
Chthonian Burst
- Casting
- Straight-line projectile that generates a spell field upon impact
- Projectile Speed
- 120 m/s
- Projectile Damage
- 40
- Range
- 3m spherical radius
- Spell Field Damage
- 40
- Charges
- 4
- Default Charging Speed
- 0.2/s
Consume Chaos Energy to fire explosive magic missiles, damaging enemies
Ability
Sorcery Surge
- Casting
- Straight-line projectile that generates a spell field upon impact
- Projectile Speed
- 120 m/s
- Projectile Damage
- 10
- Spell Field Range
- 1.5m spherical radius
- Spell Field Damage
- 6
- Fire Rate
- 0.15s per round
- Duration
- 10s
- Cooldown
- 30s
- Special Mechanic
- Chaos Control can released during the Sorcery Surge
Doctor Strange shares his arcane mastery, replacing Scarlet Witch's Chthonian Burst with Mystic Burst upon activation. Hold down the attack button to unleash a rapid, relentless salvo of magical missiles in the target direction
Ability
SORCERERS SUPREME
- Projectile Firing Interval
- 0.12s/shot
- Ability Energy
- 300
- Natural Recovery per Second
- 15
- Natural Decay per Second
- 50
- Energy Required to Activate
- 15
Base Effect: 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. Enhanced Effect: When teaming up with Doctor Strange, Scarlet Witch's maximum total Chaos Energy pool increases, and Chaos Control generates energy much faster when attacking.
Ability
SORCERERS SUPREME
- Ability Energy
- 450
- Natural Recovery per Second
- 22.5
- Natural Decay per Second
- 56.5
- Energy Required to Activate
- 22.5
- Charge per Enemy Detected by Magic Mastery
- 9
Base Effect: 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. Enhanced Effect: When teaming up with Doctor Strange, Scarlet Witch's maximum total Chaos Energy pool increases, and Chaos Control generates energy much faster when attacking.
Ability
HEX FIREWORKS
- Cooldown
- 12s
- Explosion Damage
- 52
- Vulnerability
- 15%
- Vulnerability Duration
- 2s
- Explosion Range
- 6m spherical radius
Base Effect: Infuse firework energy into the Dark Seal forcefield, turning it into a Plasmoid Seal, allowing for a secondary blast. After expanding the Plasmoid Seal, pressing the {Ability1} key again while it persists will detonate the fireworks, dealing damage and inflicting Vulnerability. Enhanced Effect: When teaming up with Jubilee, Scarlet Witch receives constant healing from the firework energy while using Mystic Projection.
Ability
HEX FIREWORKS
- Healing Amount
- 4.2/hit, 10 times per second
Base Effect: Infuse firework energy into the Dark Seal forcefield, turning it into a Plasmoid Seal, allowing for a secondary blast. After expanding the Plasmoid Seal, pressing the {Ability1} key again while it persists will detonate the fireworks, dealing damage and inflicting Vulnerability. Enhanced Effect: When teaming up with Jubilee, Scarlet Witch receives constant healing from the firework energy while using Mystic Projection.