How to play as Psylocke in Marvel Rivals

Play as a Duelist in Rivals of wonder can be quite tricky since, despite the high damage, the heroes' low health makes them a very easy target. This is especially true for those Duelists who rely on enemy backlines to take down healers.

Psylocke is one such hero who can seamlessly dive behind enemy lines and strike down her opponents with her katana. If you're interested in learning Psylocke, the following guide will help you get used to both her kit and her playstyle.

Psylocke Overview

Psylocke is a High difficulty duelist who functions primarily as a swoop hero compared to other duelists like Punisher who would prefer to fight head-on. His key ability is Psionic crossbow where it will unleash powerful projectiles on enemies.

However, while shooting at the enemy, reduces the cooldown of his other abilities. She can too throws shurikens at enemies with his Wing Shurikens capacity. If Psylocke lands these Shurikens, she also gains bonus health which helps her as she swoops down on her enemy.

Psylocke can dash on the enemy and deal damage with his Psi-Blade Dash capacity. Furthermore, it can also do it he becomes invisible with his psychic stealth ability, where he receives a substantial movement boost.

Finally, the last of Psylocke, Butterfly Dance, allows her to deal massive damage to enemies in a large area as he uses his katana to deliver several devastating slashes. While this was an overview of what he can do, here's a detailed rundown of his entire kit.

Tips and tricks for playing Psylocke

Psylocke is a very difficult hero to master since, even though her kit seems simple, you will have to do it you rely on landing your attacks, managing cooldowns, and successfully diving the enemy. Taking advantage of opportunities will be crucial to becoming a good Psylocke player, and you'll need to learn this if you want to level up with her.

The first key aspect of his kit you will have to use the psionic crossbow effectively. Although it's just his normal attack, that's what you will use to deal damage, which means you will have to land your blows with precision. Additionally, you also get a cooldown reduction for landing your hits, which means if you end up diving the enemy, your aim must be precise.

Psylocke's psionic crossbow has limited ammo before it reloads, but you can spam it by holding down the attack button. This will allow you to deal damage quickly instead of repeatedly tapping the attack button. Unlike characters like Black Widow, it's not too difficult to aim with the psionic crossbow, so you shouldn't have much trouble attacking the enemy.

The key idea behind Psylocke's interpretation is you will start with your Psychic Stealth ability where you will become invisible AND launch a flank attack on the enemy. Ideally, you don't want enemy Duelists and Vanguards to see you diving. However, if they are too busy fighting your team, you can still use Psychic Stealth in front of them and initiate the dive.

Once you're behind enemy lines, start targeting healers or backline DPS with your psionic crossbow. If you can land a couple of shots, preferably to the head, follow it with your Wing-Shurikens. At this point, they should be low enough for you to do this finish them off with your Psi-Blade Dash.

If the enemy converges on you, it should be as good as you Psychic Stealth should be back from cooldown and you can use it in conjunction with the Psi-Blade Dash to escape. If not, you can try taking on the second healer as well. If you can successfully deal with the enemy team's healers and backline DPS, you have basically won the fight, as the enemy Forwards will no longer be able to survive.

However, although it seems simple, it is difficult to achieve as the enemy team will know that you will try to dive to the rear. If you're not smart about how you approach diving, all five enemies will jump on you and you'll basically fuel enemy kills which will act as a detriment to your team.

Tips for Using Psylocke's Ultimate

Psylocke has a very powerful ult and is one of the main tools when diving to the backline. If your Butterfly Dance is active, you can dive into the enemy's rear, perform your basic combos and then activate your ultimate.

Never use your ultimate skill on tanks because you will not be able to kill them if they are at full HP and you will waste your skill. You should always save this for enemy healers and DPS, who are much easier targets to kill.

If you time it correctly, you'll be able to take on the entire rearguard alone and secure a double or triple kill. Once the ultimate is activated, cut off the low health healers first. Once you've taken care of the healers, target the remaining DPS units that won't be able to survive once the healers are dead.