Trained in the dark arts and wielding her mighty Soulsword, Magik leaps through portals to navigate the arena with ease. Once Illyana transforms into the demonic Darkchylde, all who dare stand against her will fall before her merciless blade.
Official description
Magik is a Duelist hero in Marvel Rivals, and is the 9th hero introduced to the game's roster.
She has team-up abilities that work in conjunction with Doctor Strange.
A sword-wielding skirmisher with great survivability, who excels at close-range combat, capable of getting in and out of fight using her Stepping Disc portals and Umbral Incursion.
Has the highest melee range in the game due to her large sword hitbox.
Her passive, Limbo's Might, converts 30% of all damage done into bonus health, up to a maximum of 150. This gives Magik amazing survivability as long as she continuously strikes at her enemies.
Her primary fire, Soulsword, consists of slashes in a wide arc in front of her.
Players can frame cancel the endlag animation of these attacks by using any of her other abilities.
Her secondary fire, Magik Slash, is a charge-up attack that launches a projectile in a straight line. The damage increases based on charge time.
Unlike most melee-oriented characters, Magik has a different attack for the dedicated melee bind, which is a short-range pummel with the hilt of the sword.
This does not deal a lot of damage compared to her other attacks but it is very quick, nd can be used to cancel her primary fire at any point during the swing. Melee can be used to quickly deal follow-up damage immediately after her sword swing connects.
Umbral Incursion is a quick dash forward that covers a decent distance. Upon connection with an enemy, Magik will follow up with a rising slash that launches her opponents upwards.
This ability gives Magik a lot of mobility and flexibility, as it can be used both offensively and defensively.
Stepping Discs are Magik's main mobility and survivability tool. Magik is completely immune to damage while inside the portal, as well as briefly while entering and exiting them. This ability has two charges. Upon exiting a portal, she can execute two different attacks depending on the button input:
By pressing primary fire, she executes Eldritch Whirl, a full 360Ā° spin that deals reduced damage in a wide area around her.
By pressing secondary fire, she uses Demon's Rage, which temporarily summons a small, stationary Limbo demon that repeatedly strikes the air in front of it.
Her Ultimate, Darkchild, temporarily transforms Magik into her demonic form, which enhances all her abilities:
Enemies hit by Soulsword will be hit by another two delayed slashes in addition to the initial slash.
Magik Slash is faster, deals much higher damage, and has a shorter cooldown.
Umbral Incursion is faster, covers more distance, deals more damage, and has a shorter cooldown.
Stepping Discs's teleporting is faster and has a shorter cooldown.
Eldritch Whirl deals two delayed slashes in addition to the initial slash and covers double the radius.
Demon's Rage deals more damage and the demon has higher health.
When paired with Black Panther, Magik gains a team-up damage bonus of 15% (Note: Anchor bonuses are currently permanent and do not require team-up partners).
Weaknesses[]
Magik is the only melee-oriented character whose normal attacks are affected by damage distance falloff.
This means she needs to be very close to her opponents in order to maximize her damage.
Her survivability is very conditional, as it depends on her dealing constant damage to trigger Limbo's Might and gain bonus health.
Has no ranged attacks aside from Magik Slash, which has a cooldown.
Transform into Darkchild, gaining enhancements to all her abilities.
CASTING - Transformation
ENERGY COST - 3400
SPECIAL EFFECT
ā¬ When in the Darkchild state, all of Magik's abilities are enhanced.
SHIFT
STEPPING DISCS
Jump through a Stepping Disc, teleporting a short distance in the direction of movement. Become Invincible while teleporting.
CASTING - Dash
CHARGES - 2
COOLDOWN - 6s
COMBO WINDOW - 3s
MAXIMUM DISTANCE - 10m
AVERAGE SPEED - 12m/s
SPECIAL EFFECT
ā¬ Magik is invincible while moving
ā¬ Magik can perform a combo ability within a certain time frame, choosing between Eldritch Whirl or Demon's Rage.
E
UMBRAL INCURSION
Dash forward and Launch Up enemies airborne.
CASTING - Movement-Based Damage Ability
DAMAGE - 97
COOLDOWN - 8s
MAXIMUM DISTANCE - 16m
AVERAGE SPEED - 46m/s
ELDRITCH WHIRL
Spin while swinging the Soulsword after exiting a Stepping Disc.
CASTING - A cylindrical spell field in melee range
DAMAGE - 45
RANGE - A cylindrical spell field with a radius of 6m and a height of 5m
MAGIK SLASH
Strike forward an air slash. Each enemy hit reduces the cooldown of Stepping Discs.
CASTING - Charged projectile that travels in a straight trajectory
MAXIMUM CHARGE TIME - 2s
DAMAGE - 54 - 103 (Maximum damage is achieved after 1.8s of charging)
COOLDOWN - 6s
PROJECTILE SPEED - 80m/s
DEMON'S RAGE
Summon a Limbo demon that attacks enemies after exiting a Stepping Disc.
CASTING - A cuboid spell field in melee range
DAMAGE - 18 damage per hit
DURATION - 4s
RANGE - Length: 6.5m, Width: 3m, Height: 3m
ABILITY HEALTH - 100
PASSIVE
LIMBO'S MIGHT
Convert damage inflicted on enemies into Bonus Health to herself.
CONVERSION RATE - 30%
BONUS MAX HEALTH - 150
Team-Up Abilities
C
CHAIN OF CYTTORAK
Doctor Strange shares his arcane mastery with Scarlet Witch and Magik. Scarlet Witch's 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. Magik can unleash a Chain of Cyttorak that links two enemies and slows them; the farther they are apart, the greater the Slow effect inflicted during the link.
MAX LINK GENERATION DISTANCE - 15m
PROJECTILE SPEED - 120m/s
PROJECTILE HIT DAMAGE - 45
DAMAGE TO THE LINK'S SECONDARY TARGET - 30
LINK MAXIMUM DURATION - 4s
SLOW RATE - Begins at 0%, growing to 60% at 5m
LINK BREAKAGE DISTANCE - 30m
COOLDOWN OF ABILITY 1 - 15
DAMAGE OVER TIME - 10/s
Normal Attack
SOULSWORD
Slash forward with the Soulsword.
CASTING - Melee
DAMAGE - 74
MAXIMUM DISTANCE - 6.5m
DAMAGE FALLOFF - 4.5m, decreasing to 50% at 6.5m
Abilities
DARKCHILD
Transform into Darkchild, gaining enhancements to all her abilities.
CASTING - Transformation
ENERGY COST - 3400
SPECIAL EFFECT
ā¬ When in the Darkchild state, all of Magik's abilities are enhanced.
STEPPING DISCS
Jump through a Stepping Disc, teleporting a short distance in the direction of movement. Become Invincible while teleporting.
CASTING - Dash
CHARGES - 2
COOLDOWN - 6s
COMBO WINDOW - 3s
MAXIMUM DISTANCE - 10m
AVERAGE SPEED - 12m/s
SPECIAL EFFECT
ā¬ Magik is invincible while moving
ā¬ Magik can perform a combo ability within a certain time frame, choosing between Eldritch Whirl or Demon's Rage.
UMBRAL INCURSION
Dash forward and Launch Up enemies airborne.
CASTING - Movement-Based Damage Ability
DAMAGE - 97
COOLDOWN - 8s
MAXIMUM DISTANCE - 16m
AVERAGE SPEED - 46m/s
ELDRITCH WHIRL
Spin while swinging the Soulsword after exiting a Stepping Disc.
CASTING - A cylindrical spell field in melee range
DAMAGE - 45
RANGE - A cylindrical spell field with a radius of 6m and a height of 5m
MAGIK SLASH
Strike forward an air slash. Each enemy hit reduces the cooldown of Stepping Discs.
CASTING - Charged projectile that travels in a straight trajectory
MAXIMUM CHARGE TIME - 2s
DAMAGE - 54 - 103 (Maximum damage is achieved after 1.8s of charging)
COOLDOWN - 6s
PROJECTILE SPEED - 80m/s
DEMON'S RAGE
Summon a Limbo demon that attacks enemies after exiting a Stepping Disc.
CASTING - A cuboid spell field in melee range
DAMAGE - 18 damage per hit
DURATION - 4s
RANGE - Length: 6.5m, Width: 3m, Height: 3m
ABILITY HEALTH - 100
PASSIVE
LIMBO'S MIGHT
Convert damage inflicted on enemies into Bonus Health to herself.
CONVERSION RATE - 30%
BONUS MAX HEALTH - 150
Team-Up Abilities
CHAIN OF CYTTORAK
Doctor Strange shares his arcane mastery with Scarlet Witch and Magik. Scarlet Witch's 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. Magik can unleash a Chain of Cyttorak that links two enemies and slows them; the farther they are apart, the greater the Slow effect inflicted during the link.
MAX LINK GENERATION DISTANCE - 15m
PROJECTILE SPEED - 120m/s
PROJECTILE HIT DAMAGE - 45
DAMAGE TO THE LINK'S SECONDARY TARGET - 30
LINK MAXIMUM DURATION - 4s
SLOW RATE - Begins at 0%, growing to 60% at 5m
LINK BREAKAGE DISTANCE - 30m
COOLDOWN OF ABILITY 1 - 15
DAMAGE OVER TIME - 10/s
Normal Attack
SOULSWORD
Slash forward with the Soulsword.
CASTING - Melee
DAMAGE - 74
MAXIMUM DISTANCE - 6.5m
DAMAGE FALLOFF - 4.5m, decreasing to 50% at 6.5m
Abilities
DARKCHILD
Transform into Darkchild, gaining enhancements to all her abilities.
CASTING - Transformation
ENERGY COST - 3400
SPECIAL EFFECT
ā¬ When in the Darkchild state, all of Magik's abilities are enhanced.
STEPPING DISCS
Jump through a Stepping Disc, teleporting a short distance in the direction of movement. Become Invincible while teleporting.
CASTING - Dash
CHARGES - 2
COOLDOWN - 6s
COMBO WINDOW - 3s
MAXIMUM DISTANCE - 10m
AVERAGE SPEED - 12m/s
SPECIAL EFFECT
ā¬ Magik is invincible while moving
ā¬ Magik can perform a combo ability within a certain time frame, choosing between Eldritch Whirl or Demon's Rage.
UMBRAL INCURSION
Dash forward and Launch Up enemies airborne.
CASTING - Movement-Based Damage Ability
DAMAGE - 97
COOLDOWN - 8s
MAXIMUM DISTANCE - 16m
AVERAGE SPEED - 46m/s
ELDRITCH WHIRL
Spin while swinging the Soulsword after exiting a Stepping Disc.
CASTING - A cylindrical spell field in melee range
DAMAGE - 45
RANGE - A cylindrical spell field with a radius of 6m and a height of 5m
MAGIK SLASH
Strike forward an air slash. Each enemy hit reduces the cooldown of Stepping Discs.
CASTING - Charged projectile that travels in a straight trajectory
MAXIMUM CHARGE TIME - 2s
DAMAGE - 54 - 103 (Maximum damage is achieved after 1.8s of charging)
COOLDOWN - 6s
PROJECTILE SPEED - 80m/s
DEMON'S RAGE
Summon a Limbo demon that attacks enemies after exiting a Stepping Disc.
CASTING - A cuboid spell field in melee range
DAMAGE - 18 damage per hit
DURATION - 4s
RANGE - Length: 6.5m, Width: 3m, Height: 3m
ABILITY HEALTH - 100
PASSIVE
LIMBO'S MIGHT
Convert damage inflicted on enemies into Bonus Health to herself.
CONVERSION RATE - 30%
BONUS MAX HEALTH - 150
Team-Up Abilities
CHAIN OF CYTTORAK
Doctor Strange shares his arcane mastery with Scarlet Witch and Magik. Scarlet Witch's 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. Magik can unleash a Chain of Cyttorak that links two enemies and slows them; the farther they are apart, the greater the Slow effect inflicted during the link.
DAMAGE - Deals 3 hits at intervals of 0.15s, with each hit dealing 35 damage
INTERVAL - 1 hit/s
MAXIMUM DISTANCE - 10m
DAMAGE FALLOFF - 6m, decreasing to 25% at 10m
Abilities
SHIFT
STEPPING DISCS
Jump through a Stepping Disc, teleporting a short distance in the direction of movement. Become Invincible while teleporting.
CASTING - Dash
CHARGES - 2
COOLDOWN - 3s
COMBO WINDOW - 3s
MAXIMUM DISTANCE - 10m
AVERAGE SPEED - 17m/s
SPECIAL EFFECT
ā¬ Magik is invincible while moving
ā¬ Magik can perform a combo ability within a certain time frame, choosing between Eldritch Whirl or Demon's Rage.
E
UMBRAL INCURSION
Dash forward and Launch Up enemies airborne.
CASTING - Movement-Based Damage Ability
DAMAGE - 135
COOLDOWN - 6s
MAXIMUM DISTANCE - 20m
AVERAGE SPEED - 46m/s
ELDRITCH WHIRL
Spin while swinging the Soulsword after exiting a Stepping Disc.
CASTING - A cylindrical spell field in melee range
DAMAGE - Deals 3 hits at intervals of 0.25s, each dealing 35 damage
RANGE - A cylindrical spell field with a radius of 12m and a height of 5m
MAGIK SLASH
Strike forward an air slash. Each enemy hit reduces the cooldown of Stepping Discs.
CASTING - Charged projectile that travels in a straight trajectory
MAXIMUM CHARGE TIME - 2s
DAMAGE - 90 - 180 (Maximum damage is achieved after 1.8s of charging)
COOLDOWN - 6s
PROJECTILE SPEED - 100m/s
DEMON'S RAGE
Summon a Limbo demon that attacks enemies after exiting a Stepping Disc.
CASTING - A cuboid spell field in melee range.
DAMAGE - 25 damage per hit
DURATION - 4s
RANGE - Length: 6m, Width: 4m, Height: 4m
ABILITY HEALTH - 200
PASSIVE
LIMBO'S MIGHT
Convert damage inflicted on enemies into Bonus Health to herself.
CONVERSION RATE - 30%
BONUS MAX HEALTH - 150
Team-Up Abilities
C
CHAIN OF CYTTORAK
Doctor Strange shares his arcane mastery with Scarlet Witch and Magik. Scarlet Witch's 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. Magik can unleash a Chain of Cyttorak that links two enemies and slows them; the farther they are apart, the greater the Slow effect inflicted during the link.
MAX LINK GENERATION DISTANCE - 15m
PROJECTILE SPEED - 120m/s
PROJECTILE HIT DAMAGE - 45
DAMAGE TO THE LINK'S SECONDARY TARGET - 30
LINK MAXIMUM DURATION - 4s
SLOW RATE - Begins at 0%, growing to 60% at 5m
LINK BREAKAGE DISTANCE - 30m
COOLDOWN OF ABILITY 1 - 15
DAMAGE OVER TIME - 10/s
Normal Attack
SOULSWORD
Slash forward with the Soulsword.
CASTING - Melee
DAMAGE - Deals 3 hits at intervals of 0.15s, with each hit dealing 35 damage
INTERVAL - 1 hit/s
MAXIMUM DISTANCE - 10m
DAMAGE FALLOFF - 6m, decreasing to 25% at 10m
Abilities
STEPPING DISCS
Jump through a Stepping Disc, teleporting a short distance in the direction of movement. Become Invincible while teleporting.
CASTING - Dash
CHARGES - 2
COOLDOWN - 3s
COMBO WINDOW - 3s
MAXIMUM DISTANCE - 10m
AVERAGE SPEED - 17m/s
SPECIAL EFFECT
ā¬ Magik is invincible while moving
ā¬ Magik can perform a combo ability within a certain time frame, choosing between Eldritch Whirl or Demon's Rage.
UMBRAL INCURSION
Dash forward and Launch Up enemies airborne.
CASTING - Movement-Based Damage Ability
DAMAGE - 135
COOLDOWN - 6s
MAXIMUM DISTANCE - 20m
AVERAGE SPEED - 46m/s
ELDRITCH WHIRL
Spin while swinging the Soulsword after exiting a Stepping Disc.
CASTING - A cylindrical spell field in melee range
DAMAGE - Deals 3 hits at intervals of 0.25s, each dealing 35 damage
RANGE - A cylindrical spell field with a radius of 12m and a height of 5m
MAGIK SLASH
Strike forward an air slash. Each enemy hit reduces the cooldown of Stepping Discs.
CASTING - Charged projectile that travels in a straight trajectory
MAXIMUM CHARGE TIME - 2s
DAMAGE - 90 - 180 (Maximum damage is achieved after 1.8s of charging)
COOLDOWN - 6s
PROJECTILE SPEED - 100m/s
DEMON'S RAGE
Summon a Limbo demon that attacks enemies after exiting a Stepping Disc.
CASTING - A cuboid spell field in melee range.
DAMAGE - 25 damage per hit
DURATION - 4s
RANGE - Length: 6m, Width: 4m, Height: 4m
ABILITY HEALTH - 200
PASSIVE
LIMBO'S MIGHT
Convert damage inflicted on enemies into Bonus Health to herself.
CONVERSION RATE - 30%
BONUS MAX HEALTH - 150
Team-Up Abilities
CHAIN OF CYTTORAK
Doctor Strange shares his arcane mastery with Scarlet Witch and Magik. Scarlet Witch's 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. Magik can unleash a Chain of Cyttorak that links two enemies and slows them; the farther they are apart, the greater the Slow effect inflicted during the link.
MAX LINK GENERATION DISTANCE - 15m
PROJECTILE SPEED - 120m/s
PROJECTILE HIT DAMAGE - 45
DAMAGE TO THE LINK'S SECONDARY TARGET - 30
LINK MAXIMUM DURATION - 4s
SLOW RATE - Begins at 0%, growing to 60% at 5m
LINK BREAKAGE DISTANCE - 30m
COOLDOWN OF ABILITY 1 - 15
DAMAGE OVER TIME - 10/s
Normal Attack
SOULSWORD
Slash forward with the Soulsword.
CASTING - Melee
DAMAGE - Deals 3 hits at intervals of 0.15s, with each hit dealing 35 damage
INTERVAL - 1 hit/s
MAXIMUM DISTANCE - 10m
DAMAGE FALLOFF - 6m, decreasing to 25% at 10m
Abilities
STEPPING DISCS
Jump through a Stepping Disc, teleporting a short distance in the direction of movement. Become Invincible while teleporting.
CASTING - Dash
CHARGES - 2
COOLDOWN - 3s
COMBO WINDOW - 3s
MAXIMUM DISTANCE - 10m
AVERAGE SPEED - 17m/s
SPECIAL EFFECT
ā¬ Magik is invincible while moving
ā¬ Magik can perform a combo ability within a certain time frame, choosing between Eldritch Whirl or Demon's Rage.
UMBRAL INCURSION
Dash forward and Launch Up enemies airborne.
CASTING - Movement-Based Damage Ability
DAMAGE - 135
COOLDOWN - 6s
MAXIMUM DISTANCE - 20m
AVERAGE SPEED - 46m/s
ELDRITCH WHIRL
Spin while swinging the Soulsword after exiting a Stepping Disc.
CASTING - A cylindrical spell field in melee range
DAMAGE - Deals 3 hits at intervals of 0.25s, each dealing 35 damage
RANGE - A cylindrical spell field with a radius of 12m and a height of 5m
MAGIK SLASH
Strike forward an air slash. Each enemy hit reduces the cooldown of Stepping Discs.
CASTING - Charged projectile that travels in a straight trajectory
MAXIMUM CHARGE TIME - 2s
DAMAGE - 90 - 180 (Maximum damage is achieved after 1.8s of charging)
COOLDOWN - 6s
PROJECTILE SPEED - 100m/s
DEMON'S RAGE
Summon a Limbo demon that attacks enemies after exiting a Stepping Disc.
CASTING - A cuboid spell field in melee range.
DAMAGE - 25 damage per hit
DURATION - 4s
RANGE - Length: 6m, Width: 4m, Height: 4m
ABILITY HEALTH - 200
PASSIVE
LIMBO'S MIGHT
Convert damage inflicted on enemies into Bonus Health to herself.
CONVERSION RATE - 30%
BONUS MAX HEALTH - 150
Team-Up Abilities
CHAIN OF CYTTORAK
Doctor Strange shares his arcane mastery with Scarlet Witch and Magik. Scarlet Witch's 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. Magik can unleash a Chain of Cyttorak that links two enemies and slows them; the farther they are apart, the greater the Slow effect inflicted during the link.
MAX LINK GENERATION DISTANCE - 15m
PROJECTILE SPEED - 120m/s
PROJECTILE HIT DAMAGE - 45
DAMAGE TO THE LINK'S SECONDARY TARGET - 30
LINK MAXIMUM DURATION - 4s
SLOW RATE - Begins at 0%, growing to 60% at 5m
LINK BREAKAGE DISTANCE - 30m
COOLDOWN OF ABILITY 1 - 15
DAMAGE OVER TIME - 10/s
Strategy[]
Magik is a highly versatile Duelist, and her ideal role will vary depending on the structure of the team. In a team with two vanguards, Magik is ideally utilised as a flanker to take out the backline of healers as quickly as possible. However, if there are less than two vanguards, Magik can also be used to fill this role, given her high mobility, AoE attacks, and passive bonus health boost.
It's important to note that Magik's basic swing combo is extremely slow and ineffective. It is recommended to follow each swing with a melee jab entirely regardless of your situation, as this cancels the animation, allowing you a significantly higher damage output over time.
In a scenario in which two tanks already exist on your team, Magik performs exceedingly well in targeting healers. It is generally best to flank the enemy team and attempt to reach their backline through alternative routes to prevent being noticed; however if this fails , ou can always use her Stepping Discs to grant brief invincibility, allowing you a moment to escape or reach the backline. Once there, use the Umbral Incursion dash ability to begin an extremely effective combo. If landed, the dash will launch the enemy Strategist into the air. While aloft, perform a basic attack quickly followed by a melee for the animation cancel, then another basic attack plus a second melee if necessary. This combo is enough to eliminate every Strategist, provided they are receiving no healing/have no buffs in general. Once completed, use the Stepping Discs to teleport away, ideally using the demon ability to provide cover and delay pursuit. This combo is extremely effective for shattering an enemy team's backline quickly.
If there is one or no Vanguards in your team, Magik can be, though not preferably, used as a semi-tank. Her AoE ability after Stepping Discs allows you to jump into the center of a team and inflict damage in a huge radius, though this does leave you vulnerable afterwards. If undertaking this role, ensure there are at least one healer on you at all times.
Magik's long-range attack has no fall-off damage and a relatively short wind-up time for the damage generated, making it especially useful for opening combos. Consider chaining a long-range attack into the dash-swing-melee combo mentioned before, as this is usually enough to kill any non-tank character (heals excluded).
Magik's Stepping Discs and Umbral Incursion can be chained to generate up to 30m of almost instantaneous movement, effective for escapes or chase.s Begin by teleporting, followed by the dash. Stepping Discs provide a 3-second window to use either ability, so after dashing, quickly use the swing. This will perform an animation that combines both the swing and the dash, moving Magik up to 30 meters in under a second while also dealing damage the whole way.
Personality[]
I try to embrace what I've experienced. My strife has given me strength.
Magik
Illyana Rasputina, often known as Magik, has a layered personality shaped by her tragic background, which has left her with a harsh, frequently cynical, and distant, as well as a deep longing for forgiveness and connection. As a young girl, she was kidnapped into the hellish realm of Limbo by the demonic sorcerer Belasco, where she spent seven years struggling for survival and learning sorcery from both good and evil versions of her mentors. When she returned to Earth, only a few moments had elapsed, yet she was no longer a child, but a warrior with deep emotional scars. This made her cold, realistic, and often cynical. She is fiercely independent and guarded, with a sharp wit and a wicked sense of humor, and she hides her fragility behind sarcasm. Her personality is also marked by a dark sense of humor and a cynical worldview. She uses her deadpan humor as both a protection mechanism and a test; if someone can take her dark jokes, she is more likely to trust them. Magik can be tough and ruthless, but she also demonstrates profound devotion and a capacity for intense affection for her friends and comrades.
She is a powerful sorceress and swordswoman who is pragmatic but can also be harsh, with a darker side that is developing and becoming more vulnerable. Magik typically projects herself as calm and detached. She rarely expresses her emotions openly and speaks in short, precise sentences, as if she is always thinking two steps ahead. This stems from years of survival in Limbo, where displaying fear or hesitancy resulted in death. Her time in Limbo taught her to rely only on herself, and that hard-won self-reliance manifests in her pragmatic and often cold demeanor. Beneath that exterior, Illyana is sympathetic and loyal to people she loves, but she fights to show it because she is terrified that her evil side, the Darkchild, would harm them. Recently knowing what happened to the New Mutants in her timeline during the Timestream Entanglement through their in-game dialogue with Matt Murdock, this version of Illyana must have felt a worst deal of sorrow, burden, and anguish, hinting she is from the Collapsing Timeline same with Daredevil.
Despite her cold persona, Illyana is still fiercely loyal, protective, and compassionate to her loved ones and teammates like the X-Men, and fellow, now deceased New Mutants, like Sam Guthrie, Rahne Sinclair, and Dani Moonstar. Her older brother Piotr is arguably the person Illyana loves most. Colossus was her protector before her abduction into Limbo, and she has always looked up to him. Even after years in hell, when she emerged darker and more cynical, her love for Piotr never wavered. Though he is lost recently during the Entanglement, he still misses him a lot. Illyana simply does not express affection in typical ways. Instead of offering comfort, she'll give harsh advice or engage in a battle to help someone grow stronger. Her protectiveness often emerges as ruthlessness in the face of threats. She will go to terrifying lengths to defend mutants or friends, even if it means staining her soul in the process. Additionally, Illyana's connection to Doctor Strange stems from their shared mastery of magic, and she is a student at his Sanctum. Strange has acted as both a mentor and an ally, recognizing her enormous potential and frightening instability. He knows the responsibility of having great supernatural power and frequently serves as a moral counselor when she veers dangerously close to her demonic nature.
Illyana is usually perceived as dangerous. Her link to Limbo and her alter ego, the Darkchild, allows her to lose control and reveal her evil half. When she becomes angry, her eyes glow, her horns emerge, and her voice takes on a supernatural tone, serving as a visual reminder that she is never totally human again. Even when she is peaceful, other mutants can sense her power: teleportation circles crackling around her feet, shadows flickering abnormally. The X-Men trust her, but they are wary of her; even her friends are unsure if the lady in front of them is Illyana the mutant or Magik, the demon queen. This tension between her light and dark sides gives her a haunting charisma: she is both the demon queen and the lost girl.
Due to the way time works in Limbo, Magik's Stepping Discs also have time travelling capabilities. While Magik herself doesn't utilize this in-game, Psylocke and Black Panther did in their now-removed team-up.
Magik is voiced by Abby Trott, who has worked on various Marvel projects in the past, such as X-Men '97 (2024) and Marvel's Spider-Man (2018).
Doctor Strange tells Magik she's welcome back at his sanctorum at any time, given she was his disciple in the comics.[1]
The spelling of Magik's demonic form varies in-game, being spelled both as "Darkchild" and "Darkchylde"
