Most Marvel Rivals tier lists agree: Scarlet Witch is likely one of the worst heroes to play in the event you plan on climbing the sport’s aggressive ranks. Like Moira in Overwatch, she’s devastating if left unchecked, however crumbles as quickly as individuals know learn how to cope with her. Within the highest ranks the place the meta revolves round Storm, no one bothers selecting her — besides one participant who has devoted a whole account to enjoying Scarlet Witch and Scarlet Witch solely.
“She is DEFINITELY not as unhealthy as individuals say,” Byou, one of many highest ranked Scarlet Witch gamers, instructed epicgamejourney on Discord. “I do assume she wants minor buffs, but when what you’re doing together with her, you’re fairly efficient and might help a number of totally different [team] comps.”
Byou has over 200 hours within the sport and has spent 47 hours enjoying matches as Scarlet Witch. He stated excessive rank gamers have been essentially the most skeptical of his choose, however as soon as he put in sufficient time to earn her Lord icon, they’ve began to respect his alternative.
Most heroes should give attention to touchdown their talents and aiming their weapons as an alternative of predicting their opponent’s subsequent transfer. Scarlet Witch doesn’t, and Byou stated it’s the explanation he’s doing so properly together with her. “She means that you can put the ‘mind energy’ you’d put into the character, into the sport,” he stated. “Paying extra consideration to your environment, voice calls, cooldown monitoring, and so forth.”
Not like different heroes, Scarlet Witch can simply fly up into the air and pester individuals from above. Her injury output is low, however she will nonetheless be sufficient of a nuisance to assist arrange kills for her workforce. Byou stated most gamers don’t notice how vital that’s: “You create a ton of strain and distraction, one thing that your workforce gained’t discover as a result of that’s not one thing that exhibits up on the scoreboard.”
Her Darkish Seal potential can stun enemies in place on your workforce to take them out. It may be a bit unwieldy to make use of, however Byou stated it’s essential if you wish to enhance together with her, particularly in greater ranks the place gamers usually tend to act on it. He likes to sit down close to the enemy spawn doorways and toss it at Dr. Unusual gamers making an attempt to position their portal, shutting down the workforce’s shock assault.
Relating to her final, which is an explosion of pure chaos that may clear all the room, Byou has discovered it unreliable. If you happen to don’t get taken out earlier than it goes off, individuals simply run out of its vary, he stated. Byou stated the one approach it might work is in the event you use it whereas a help hero pumps out therapeutic with their final, or in the event you use it towards an enemy help hero doing the identical factor “since they’ll’t out-heal a one-shot.”
Byou has discovered one of the best ways to play Scarlet Witch is sort of a mosquito, hovering across the battlefield and pestering individuals once they don’t count on it. She’s nice at hovering above her fellow duelists when they search out squishy targets, he stated, including that when melee heroes like Magik and Thor are within the fray, she will damage their day earlier than they’ll even contact her.
Regardless of being the weakest hero within the roster, Byou stated he doesn’t assume she wants a lot assist. There are bugs to repair, like one which causes her major fireplace beam to latch onto terrain as an alternative of enemies, however she’s in any other case fairly balanced, he stated, including, “Exterior of some heroes and all the therapeutic ultimates being over-tuned, the sport is in an ideal spot in season 1.”
