Magik is a Duelist hero in Marvel Rivals. She is the Brawler/Skirmisher who relishes her role as the frontline DPS. She has surprisingly great survivability, able to generate more HP the more confrontational she is. Her attack speed and movement are no slouch either. Furthermore, her abilities chain together like a charm. The Darkchylde gets a three out of five stars rating in terms of difficulty, meaning even though she thrives in the chaos of the battle, she is still quite squishy so you must figure how to be more cunning with her zippy deadly kit.
This guide will inspire you on how to play Magik in Marvel Rivals, offering essential insights to elevate your gameplay. We will delve into her abilities, unveil expert strategies, and help awaken the demon within her to smite your foes.
All Magik Abilities In Marvel Rivals
| Name | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Soulsword | Normal Attack | She slashes her giant sword to deal damage. |
| Limbo’s Might | Passive Ability | Damaging enemies will grant some Bonus HP to Magik. |
| Stepping Discs | Movement Ability | Dashes through a portal that teleports her forward a short distance while being invincible. After exiting the portal, she has access to Demon’s Rage and Eldritch Whirl abilities for a short duration. |
| Umbral Incursion | Offensive Ability | She dashes forward while performing a sword uppercut at the end that launches up enemies. |
| Eldritch Whirl | Offensive Ability | After exiting Stepping Discs, she can perform a 360-degree sword strike. |
| Demon’s Rage | Minion Summon Ability | After exiting Stepping Discs, she can summon a stationary demon that automatically attacks. |
| Magik Slash | Ranged Attack | She charges her sword and shoots a straight-line projectile. |
| Darkchild | Ultimate Ability | She can transform into a demon which enhances her other abilities while it lasts. (More information on the power-ups below) |
| Disc Master | Team-Up Ability | Black Panther and Psylocke will gain rewind ability with Magik in their team. |
To cash in on Magik’s demonic power, you need to dive deep into the details of her abilities and unleash her true form:
Soulsword:
- Each strike deals 65 damage.
- Has a higher range of 6.5m than most other melee attacks in Marvel Rivals.
- Damage falloff begins at 4.5m, decreasing to 50% at 6.5m.
Limbo’s Might:
- 30% of the damage she deals to opponents will be converted to Bonus HP.
- She can only accumulate a maximum of 150 Bonus HP using this passive.
- The Bonus HP is temporary and will disappear after a short while.
Stepping Discs:
- The portal can allow her to travel a maximum distance of 10m.
- Magik is fully immune to damage while inside the portal, as well as briefly during entry and exit.
- After exiting the portal, she has 3 seconds to perform Eldritch Whirl or Demon’s Rage ability.
- The ability has two charges.
- Each charge takes 6 seconds to replenish.
Umbral Incursion:
- She can dash forward a maximum distance of 16m.
- If the dash connects to an enemy, Magik will perform a sword uppercut that deals 85 damage.
- She will launch the enemy vertically as well as herself.
- Has a cooldown of 8 seconds.
Eldritch Whirl:
- She can only use this ability within 3 seconds of exiting the portal.
- She swings her sword 360 degrees, striking all inside its 6m radius.
- The swing deals 45 damage to anyone caught in its path.
Demon’s Rage:
- She can only summon this demon within 3 seconds of exiting the portal.
- The demon will remain stationary where it is summoned and continuously claws the air. Any enemy inside its attack range will receive damage.
- Each hit by the demon will deal 18 damage.
- The demon will linger for 4 seconds or up until it’s killed. It has 100 HP.
Disc Master:
- If there is a Black Panther or Psylocke in your team, this Team-Up will unlock an activatable ability for them only.
- Magik does not gain any new abilities.
- She only receives a 15% damage boost from this team-up.
Magik Slash:
- The damage of the projectile will depend on the duration of its charge.
- You can charge it for a maximum of 2 seconds.
- The minimum damage (quick charge) is 45, while the maximum is 90 which can be achieved after 1.8 seconds of charging.
- Has a cooldown of 6 seconds.
Darkchild (Transformation):
- Activating the ultimate will transform Magik into her demon form, Darkchild.
- The transformation lasts for 12 seconds.
- During this point, Magik’s other abilities and attacks will benefit from special effects:
- Soulsword:
- The initial slash is followed up with another two delayed slashes, meaning it will attack thrice with just a single swing.
- Each hit deals 35 damage, resulting in 105 damage total if all slashes hit an enemy.
- The attack range is increased to 10m.
- Damage falloff begins at 6m, decreasing to 25% at 10m.
- Has a lower attack rate than the base version.
- Stepping Discs:
- The average speed of the teleportation is faster.
- The cooldown is lowered to 3 seconds.
- Everything else remains the same.
- Umbral Incursion:
- The average speed of the dash is faster.
- The dashing distance is increased to 20m.
- The sword uppercut deals boosted damage of 135.
- The cooldown is lowered to 6 seconds.
- Eldritch Whirl:
- The attack radius is doubled to 12m.
- The initial slash is accompanied by two additional slashes that follow after a brief pause, meaning the attack will occur a total of three times.
- Each hit deals 35 damage, resulting in 105 damage total including all delayed slashes.
- Demon’s Rage:
- Each hit from the demon deals 25 damage.
- The range is slightly bigger.
- The demon’s HP is increased to 200.
- The demon’s attack speed and lingering time remain the same.
- Magik Slash:
- The damage is bumped to a minimum of 90 and a maximum of 180 for the fully charged projectile.
- The projectile speed is faster.
- The cooldown is lowered to 3 seconds.
- The charge time remains the same.
How To Play Magik In Marvel Rivals?
This section presents crucial considerations you need to keep in mind if you want to dominate while playing as Magik in Marvel Rivals:
- Magik thrives as an aggressive DPS. Her Bonus HP passive encourages her to play very in your face.
- Her kit is crafted around getting the kill and getting out.
- Not only is she a fantastic damage dealer, but she’s also pretty good at survivability and being a self-tank.
- Unfortunately, Magik is the only hero in Marvel Rivals whose primary melee attack suffers from damage falloff. This means you need to stick very close to foes to deal maximum damage.
- Her portal and dashing attack can be used to both engage and disengage from fights.
- She is the bane of existence for enemy Strategists like Cloak and Dagger. She can easily dive in and eliminate squads of supports in mere instances.
- Practice her combos a lot. Try chaining her abilities. When you understand how they link together, you’ll be zipping between targets like its nothing.
Pro Tips
Now that we know what Magik is capable of, let’s gloss over some super helpful tips for playing as her. Here are some cool tricks from top Magik players in Marvel Rivals that you won’t want to miss:
1) Valuable Soulsword Tips
There are some nifty tricks for Magik’s sword and how it interacts with other characters. For starters, it can hit through multiple enemies at the same time, so if someone is hiding behind a tank, no big deal—you can slice through all of them.
Speaking of tanks, take Doctor Strange, for example. This sword can bypass his shield and also deal damage to it. This combined damage isn’t utilized enough, as many players tend to only focus on flanking with Magik. However, she can serve as a soft tank if your team only has one, making her an excellent choice against characters with strong shields.
What separates someone trying to play Magik from someone who wants to master the character is incorporating melee attacks between her Soulsword swings. Press the melee button right after the Soulsword swing connects to see the results. Not only does this give you a nice cancel to her long Soulsword animation, but it will also have a drastic difference to her DPS.
2) Magik Slash: Starter and Finisher
The Magik Slash has great dual usage: you can deliver quick damage of 45 in a combo or charge it up as you enter the fight. Typically, you can use it to deal damage to someone trying to escape and as an opening to a combo. However, I find myself using it more often within the fight rather than just as a finishing move. Still, it’s definitely effective for securing a kill.
3) Stepping Discs and Follow-Up Attack
The Stepping Discs ability is Magik’s main distraction, diversion, and damage setup. It is great for overall mobility and gives her an escape. Her portals are going to teleport her a short distance while also giving her invincibility and since it has two charges, you should be using it quite often, both as an engagement and retreating tool.
Once you go through the portal, you’ll have 3 seconds to decide which of the two follow-up abilities, Eldritch Whirl and Demon’s Rage, is best for the situation.
You’ll typically cling a bit more to Eldrtich Whirl than the other ability. When it’s activated, Magik will fling her sword around in a wide radius, clipping all within this circle. It’s particularly great when enemies are grouped up for a massive amount of burst damage and gain a respectable amount of Bonus HP to continue pushing forward.
The best way to use it is after exiting the portal. Quickly press the Umbral Incursion button to dash toward the group of enemies and activate the Eldritch Whirl before the timer runs out. This will allow Magik to perform the 360-degree swing while dashing forward letting her strike multiple enemies along the path.
On the other hand, the Demon’s Rage ability is Magik’s most slept-on ability since you can’t really control their attacking and movement allowing enemies to walk away. However, these little freaks can dish out around 300 damage for their full duration, which is great. They things can cleave and hit multiple people at once. When the skirmishes get overcrowded, a well-placed demon inside the huddle can deal significant damage to the enemies involved. The demons are perfect for destroying Groot’s walls, Loki’s clones, and Punisher’s turret.
Your main aim for the demons should be placing them behind enemies while they’re pushing on the payload or behind their defense to put some pressure. You can also put them on top of the payload or objective or go up in the sky and aiming them down is a great way for them just to get a ton of damage on a huge amount of characters. It can also be great when someone like a Black Panther is chasing you, you can place the demon behind you to stop them in their tracks while you poof away.
4) How To Play As The Darkchild?
Its easy to get greedy and pop it as soon as Magik’s ultimate is fully charged. This transformation gives everyone a power rush and they think they can dominate the field. However, you need to think ahead and figure out if enemies have anything that can counter your ultimate.
Luna Snow’s and Mantis’ ultimates basically render Magik’s ultimate useless with the amount of counter-healing they provide their team. If you see them pop their counter ultimate, then it’s best to leave, even if you transformed already, rather than risk getting destroyed.
In case the enemies have nothing, then it’s time to fully commit. Use all your abilities and cooldowns to get the most out of this lethal form. The best thing about Darkchild is that it resets all your cooldowns. This allows you to utilize all your abilities beforehand and quickly transform to keep the pressure up. The best time to use it is when your team is ready to push. You can transform and take the lead of the charge.
As for her abilities, the first thing you want to do is avoid the Demon’s Rage ability. Even though the demon is far better in this form, the Eldritch Whirl is even better and more reliable, plus it deals hefty damage in a huge radius. Since the transformation duration is short, you need to make the most of it and the Eldrtich Whirl is superior.
Speaking of Eldritch Whirl, it goes up massively in overall damage. You should focus on portaling in and out and whirling, doing as much spread AOE damage as possible. This is not only going to build up your Bonus HP sheild to for self-sustain but also deal a ton of damage to take down squishies.
With this, you should combine her Umbral Incursion dashes and Magik Slash, both of which deals a huge amount of damage. Chain these three abilities has the potential of full team wipes if you know what you are doing. Ask your teammate Magneto of their shield or Mantis to give damage boost and the effectiveness of this combo goes through the roof.
Quick Combo for one-shotting 250 HP enemies: Darkchild+Stepping Discs+Eldritch Whirl+Magik Slash
DO NOT treat this as a Hulk transformation where you’ll get a boat load of HP to go crazy. Darkchild is a glass cannon during this form and if the enemy team zero in on you, you are as good as dead. Use this strategically, have a goal in mind, and take advantage of the chaos. The more frantic the fight, the better utility you’ll get out of Darkchild.
Magik is one of the best and somewhat easy DPS in Marvel Rivals. Her abilities, paired with that demonic transformation, can make quick work of your enemies, where she comes out laughing from inside the fray and gets ready to dive again. A good Magik can prove highly effective both in confronting the enemy frontline and butchering their backline.