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Known as the beginner-friendly Duelist, Scarlet Witch is an easy-to-use DPS hero inMarvel Rivalswho specializes in attacking the enemy’s backlines. Her attacking, stun-locking, and escaping abilities are some of the most straightforward you’ll find in-game.
Scarlet’s auto-aim attacks are undoubtedly her kit’s highlight — her primary fire sticks to an enemy the moment you remotely point in their direction. This is an ideal tool for dealing with quick-paced dive characters, letting you lock onto them while they’re desperately trying to run away. Combined with her high-damage Chthonian Burst projectile and stun orb, Scarlet can be a pain to deal with.
How To Counter Scarlet Witch
The main reason why Scarlet is such a threat in the backlines isprimarily because of her stun orb, the Dark Seal. Because of its wide radius, it cancreate gaps between strategists and other team memberswhile alsoblocking off chokepointslike narrow doorways.
On top of that,her overall attacks are extremely versatile— she can use her primary fire, Chaos Control, forfast-paced characters like Black PantherandSpider-Man, and reserve her Chthonian Burst charges for slow tanks.
Of course,you may’t forget her escape mechanic, Mystic Projection, which makes her completely invincible and offers enough mobility to let her climb and crawl out of situations.
Still,she only has 250 HPand arelatively weak range and time-to-kill (TTK), so you can exploit those weaknesses by strafing and attacking her from afar.
Chaos Control has a range of three meters, so you’re able to justspace it out with almost any non-melee characterso it doesn’t hit you. The Chthonian Burst, being a projectile, isslow enough that you can dodge it with effective movement, further proving that Scarlet isincredibly weak against ranged heroes.
Finally, there’s her Ultimate Ability, which is probably one of the easiest ultimates to deal with. When she triggers the ability, you can locate her exact location (even through walls) thanks toher audible screams and the red exclamation mark accompanying her. During this charge-up animation, she’s completely vulnerable, so you can eitherkill her mid-animation or knock her out of itwith a snare, grab, or some other stun ability.
Scarlet Witch’s Ultimate Ability deals 800 damage to nearby enemies and detonates approximately four seconds after triggering.
How To Counter Scarlet Witch As A Vanguard
Scarlet Witch is usually an easy target for Vanguardsbecause of her low health. Still, it’s worth noting thatChaos Control does more damage to tanksbecause of its scaling property, meaning the higher your HP, the more injury it’ll cause.
Melee Vanguardslike Captain America,Hulk,Thor,Venom, andGroot, simply need toclose the gap with any mobility tools they have. Hulk’s Radioactive Lockdown is especially strong in this aspect since itnot only lets Hulk get closer but also prevents Scarlet from retreating.
Doctor StrangeandMagnetocan also hold their own quite well, andtheir shields are a solid counter against all of her attacks.Finally, there’s Peni Parker, who candeploy her Nest to keep Scarlet away and use her Cyber-Web Snareto immobilize her while she’s at it.
Hulk’s Radioactive Lockdown and Peni’s snare to knock Scarlet Witch out of her ult. Additionally, Doctor Strange and Magneto can use their shields to block the damage in a specific direction, often being enough to save a few teammates.
How To Counter Scarlet Witch As A Strategist
Strategists, and especially isolated strategists, are the Scarlet Witch’s primary target, and she hasall the skills to ambush or catch up to them.
Except for Mantis, no other healer can contest her in a one-on-one encounter, so your best course of action would be tostay near an ally Vanguard, particularly when you’re not sure where the enemy Scarlet might be.
As for escape routes,you can use immobilizing abilities,like Luna Snow’s Absolute Zero,Invisible Woman’s Force Physics, and Mantis' Spore Slumber, to consistently stay away from her. You can even utilize these toolsand Jeff’s ult to knock the Scarlet Witch out of her Ultimate Ability. Still, the overall highlight here isusing your abilities to ensure she doesn’t trap you.
How To Counter Scarlet Witch As A Duelist
In the grand scheme of things, theScarlet Witch’s slow TTK makes her a relatively weak duelistand at a major disadvantage against most others.Melee DPS heroes like Iron Fist, Black Panther, Spider-Man,Magik, andWolverine, far outscale her in damage, so all they need to do isattack her relentlessly and try to keep up when or if she tries to evade.
On the other hand,ranged heroes like Hela,Hawkeye,Namor,The Punisher,Moon Knight,Winter Soldier, andStar-Lord, can exploit Scarlet’s main weakness, reach, and strike her from afar. When she gets close, they all have the expertise toextend the gap and continue the assault.
One key strategy Scarlet Witch playersoften use against duelists is poking— her kit makes it easy to jab an enemy and quickly withdraw, thanks to Mystic Projection. This is where you may use stuns,like Squirrel Girl’s Squirrel Blockade, totemporarily immobilize her before she can run away. Then, with a Duelist’s offensive prowess, you can snuff off her remaining HP.
