Marvel Rivals Black Widow guide: Abilities, how to play, and more

Black Widow in Marvel Rivals is one of the more classic characters, as you can utilize a standard rifle to shoot down your opponents. Natasha Romanova is an elite spy who has mastered the sniper and is one of the best picks for players who like to take fights from a safe distance. Her secondary weapon, shock batons, is perfect for quick close-combat scenarios and can be used to defend in case of aggressive rushes.

Black Widow in Marvel Rivals has a suite of different abilities that complement her ability to snipe from far away and eliminate opponents. You can also participate in team fights to help out the squad during fights with a disorienting ability to knock enemies. The ability kit is quite balanced and only depends on how consistently you can land your shots.

This article will highlight Black Widow in Marvel Rivals and her abilities alongside the most effective playstyle.

Note: Parts of this article are subjective and reflect the author’s opinion.

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Black Widow in Marvel Rivals: All abilities

Black Widow has a total of two weapons and features four abilities with a single team-up power. Here is a quick overview of all her abilities and weapons:

Widow’s Bite Baton: Use the shock batons to deal close-range damage to opponents.

• Red Room Rifle: A basic rifle that can deal devastating damage with hip fire.
• Straight Shooter: Utilize the scope on the Red Room Rifle to turn it into a sniper rifle and shoot highly accurate shots across the map. This is great for poking enemies and helping the team during team fights.
• Electro-Plasma Explosion: Enables Destruction mode on the rifle to release a powerful electro-plasma blast. The blast deals lethal damage to enemies in a limited range and places plasma on the floor that slows down opponents.
• Fleet Foot: Activates a forward dash followed by an enhanced jump to get to higher grounds.
• Edge Dancer: Perform a spinning kick that can disorient enemies by knocking them up in the air for a short time. Black Widow can follow up with a grapple to land a second kick.
• Supersensory Hunt: Black Widow can take advantage of Hawkeye’s Hunter’s Sight to deal damage to enemy afterimages.

Ability list of Black Widow in Marvel Rivals (Image via NetEase Games)

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Black Widow ability guide in Marvel Rivals

Movement

Black Widow in Marvel Rivals has only a single movement ability, Fleet Foot, that can be used to quickly relocate a short distance. However, the super jump that is enabled after the jump is far more important than the dash itself. This jump can allow you to climb up to different vantage points from where you can easily snipe enemies and deal damage. This is also quite effective when melee attackers try to close in on your location.

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Playstyle

Black Widow in Marvel Rivals is quite straightforward and takes the long-range position on the team. Your abilities will almost always be used to deal damage or the final blow on enemies to create space for the squad. You should aim to spam the Plasma shots as much as possible throughout the match, as they can turn the tides of the battle with their extra damage output.

Black Widow in Marvel Rivals (Image via NetEase Games)

It is important to remain on the backlines and support the Vanguard, as Black Widow to ensure that the team can push continuously and emerge victorious.

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Team Up

Black Widow can become even more effective with Hawkeye on the team, as you can see afterimages of enemies and damage them. This is especially great when chasing high-mobility heroes like Spiderman or Ironman. However, this can only be done with the team-up ability is ready to use and can provide you with the extra edge that you need to win battles.

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