Magik — biography, abilities & strategy

OVERVIEW

Meet Magik.

Teleporter and swordswoman specializing in sudden close-range skirmishes.

Illyana Rasputin · X-Men. Explore the kit, practice notes and story below.

Official kit sourcesDebut: Season 0Observed 2026-10-13

Strengths & limitations

WHAT TO BUILD AROUND

A useful advantage

Portals and melee sequences can make close-range pressure difficult to follow.

WHAT TO WATCH

The trade-off

Using every movement option to enter leaves few choices if the target survives.

Editorial practice guidance. These observations are not win-rate measurements or a tier ranking.

Kit & attributes

Values observed on 2026-10-13. Each form remains separate; a dated observation is not a guarantee that every value remains unchanged.

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MAGIK · Form 1

Health	150+125 Regenerative Shield
Movement Speed	6m/s

MAGIK · Form 2

Health	250
Movement Speed	6m/s

Gallery & reference media

Character imagery has not been added yet. The official profile is linked below.

Source reference

Sources & scope

Kit tables are factual observations of the official profile. The biography and practice notes are original editorial summaries. Historical gaps remain explicit, and source disagreements are not silently resolved.

Source reference Official patch index ↗

Ability viewer

INTERACTIVE ABILITY VIEWER

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Form

Soulsword

No verified clip dedicated to this ability is currently available.

Hero-level video, not a confirmed demonstration of this individual ability. Footage: 2024 Season 0. Gameplay can differ from the current patch.Official ability reference

VIDEO AVAILABLE

Primary · MAGIK · Form 1

Soulsword

Left Click

Primary close-range slashes.

Retained launch-era description. Check dated values below for subsequent changes.

KeyLeft Click

Damage75

Maximum Distance6.5m

Damage FalloffFalloff begins at 4.5m, decreasing to 50% at 6.5m

Attack Interval0.83s per hit

Kit source

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CHARACTER SYNERGIES

Team-up abilities

Abilities from the selected observation. Active pairings can vary by season.

TEAM-UP / 01

CHAIN OF CYTTORAK

KeyCCooldown20sSLOW RATEBegins at 0%, growing to 40% at 5mChain Damage over Time10/s, up to 4s

TEAM-UP / 02

CHAIN OF CYTTORAK

KeyC

TEAM-UP / 03

VOID PENTAGRAM

KeyCCooldown20sDuration5sMagic Circle Range8m radius

TEAM-UP / 04

VOID PENTAGRAM

KeyCHell Frontier Demon Health Increase25Hell Frontier Demon Attack Range Increase2.5m

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THE WARDROBE / VERIFIED ANNOUNCEMENTS

Cosmetics & releases

Named costumes from our sourced release archive. Dedicated costume artwork appears when an approved image is available.

No independently verified cosmetic entry is indexed for this hero yet.

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FIELD NOTES

Make your next session count.

Choose entry and exit positions before committing to melee.

One focused exercise

Practise the exit from a sequence as carefully as the opening attack.

Read the current form and its resource conditions before entering a match.
Try the exercise with one target or one route so you can recognise what changes.
Review the engagement: could your allies see you, and did you preserve an exit?

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THE PERSON BEHIND THE KIT

Story & connections

Illyana Rasputin's portals connect her to Limbo, where sorcery and the Soulsword shape her identity as Magik. In Rivals, she commands forces in a conflict spanning dimensions and discusses mutant survival with allies on Krakoa.

The biography above describes the game’s interpretation. Comic continuities and film portrayals can differ, and gameplay statistics do not measure a character’s fictional power.

Source reference

Keep exploring

Related reading follows shared stories and themes; these links do not assert an active gameplay team-up.

Documented changes

27 indexed announcements mention this hero. Mentions may concern fixes, cosmetics or story as well as balance.

2026-09-24Version 20260924 Patch NotesPatch

This release documents maps, fixes, cosmetics. Featured: New Map: God Quarry.

Read update on Volpedia ↗Source reference

2026-09-11Version 20260911 Balance PostBalance

Hero and team-up tuning for this version.

Void Pentagram cooldown: 15s → 20s

the Limbo Demon Health Boost: 100 → 25 (total Health reduced from 200 to 125)

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2026-08-13Version 20260813 Patch NotesPatch

This release documents heroes, fixes, cosmetics.

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2026-07-10Version 20260710 Balance PostBalance

Hero and team-up tuning for this version.

base Health: 250 → 150

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2026-06-12Version 20260612 Patch Notes - Season 8.5 ArrivesSeason

This release documents maps, heroes, fixes, events, cosmetics.

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2026-05-15Version 20260515 Patch Notes - Season 8 Begins!Season

This release documents heroes, fixes, events, cosmetics. Featured: Path to Doomsday: The Avengers.

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2026-04-23Version 20260423 Patch NotesPatch

This release documents heroes, fixes, events, cosmetics, modes.

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2026-03-26Version 20260326 Patch NotesPatch

This release documents events, cosmetics, modes.

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