What type of hero is Pocket?

Pocket is a assassin. Mobile heroes who pick off isolated targets and burst them down. Complexity: moderate.

What are Pocket's abilities?

Barrage, Flying Cloak and Enchanter's Satchel, plus the ultimate Affliction. Each one has three upgrades that cost 1, 2 and 5 ability points.

How much health does Pocket have?

Pocket starts with 780 health and gains 36 more with every boon (each level from 2 onward).

Is Pocket good for beginners?

Pocket is rated moderate. If you're new, Graves, Haze and Infernus are easier places to start.

What should I buy first on Pocket?

Most Pocket players open with Mystic Burst, Monster Rounds and Extra Regen. See the full Pocket build for mid and late game items.

Assassin hero · Moderate

Infiltrates and disrupts the backline

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With a powerful shotgun and a thin frame, Pocket relies on their ability to briefly escape into a mystic suitcase and teleport via a flying cloak in order to survive close encounters.

Pocket starts with 780 health and a gun that deals 57 damage per second. Their abilities are Barrage, Flying Cloak and Enchanter's Satchel, with Affliction as the ultimate.

Pocket build Compare Pocket

Health: 780
Regen: 1/s
Move speed: 7.2m/s
Sprint: +1.6m/s
Stamina: 3
Gun DPS: 57

Win rate 44.8% Pick rate 19.2% 638k matches in the last 30 days Counters and synergy

The kit

Pocket abilities

Ability 1

Barrage

Cooldown: 32s

Channel to start launching projectiles that deal Spirit Damage and apply Slow around their impact point. Projectiles that hit a hero grant Pocket Damage Amp that stacks.
Casting while airborne will cause Pocket to float.

Casting AirDash or Flying Cloak will not cancel Barrage.

Amp Per Stack: 6%
Damage Per Projectile: 32 ×0.47 Spirit
Move Slow Percent: 24
Projectile Amount: 4
Slow Duration: 1.5s
Amp Duration: 15s

I
+16 Damage Per Projectile
1 AP
II
-16s Cooldown
2 AP
III
+4% Amp Per Stack and 3m Radius
5 AP

Ability 2

Flying Cloak

Cooldown: 26s

Launch a sentient cloak that travels forward and damages enemies. You can press Ability2 to teleport to its location.

Damage: 60 ×1.3 Spirit
Lifetime: 3.8s

I
+70 Damage
1 AP
II
+5 Weapon Damage for 6s
2 AP
III
+1.6s Lifetime and -10s Cooldown.
5 AP

Ability 3

Enchanter's Satchel

Cooldown: 17s

Escape into your suitcase. When the duration ends, deal Spirit Damage to nearby enemies. Duration can be ended early by performing any action.

Channel Duration: 1.5s
Damage: 65 ×1.1 Spirit

I
-5s Cooldown
1 AP
II
+90 Damage
2 AP
III
+s Duration
+4m Radius
-% Move Speed and Fire Rate for 4s
5 AP

Ultimate

Affliction

Cooldown: 170s

Applies Spirit Icondamage over time to enemies nearby.

Affliction's damage is non-lethal and does not apply item procs.

Damage Per Second: 32 ×0.21 Spirit
Debuff Duration: 10s

I
-35s Cooldown
1 AP
II
+3s Duration and +4m Radius
2 AP
III
Prevents all healing
+0.1 DPS with increased Spirit scaling
5 AP

What players buy

Pocket build

Full build

The items Pocket players pick most often in the early game, and how often they buy each one.

I

Mystic Burst 800
Picked in 88% of games
I

Monster Rounds 800
Picked in 69% of games
I

Extra Regen 800
Picked in 51% of games
II Active

Cold Front 1,600
Picked in 34% of games

From recent matches

Teammates and counters

All matchups

Pocket wins 44.8% of 638k matches in the last 30 days. Here's who Pocket does best with, the heroes Pocket struggles against most, and the ones Pocket beats most often.

Best with

McGinnis 44.3% won together, 1.4 pts above expected

Kelvin 49.8% won together, 0.9 pts above expected

Billy 43.3% won together, 0.9 pts above expected

Counters Pocket

Rat King Pocket wins 38.0%

Graves Pocket wins 38.2%

Paige Pocket wins 38.9%

Pocket counters

Shiv Pocket wins 50.4%

Mirage Pocket wins 50.2%

Viscous Pocket wins 49.5%

From recent matches

Items Pocket players buy

Full build

How often Pocket players buy each item and how often they win with it, over 638k matches in the last 30 days. Expensive items bought late often show high win rates because the game was already going well.

Item	Bought in	Win rate	Usually bought at
Mystic Burst	95.6%	45.0%	4 min
Tankbuster	90.4%	45.4%	19 min
Superior Cooldown	83.1%	46.2%	22 min
Mystic Expansion	79.2%	45.7%	16 min
Monster Rounds	73.4%	44.6%	5 min
Superior Duration	73.2%	47.3%	25 min
Compress Cooldown	71.9%	45.5%	17 min
Greater Expansion	71.6%	47.9%	27 min
Cultist Sacrifice	69.2%	44.8%	11 min
Spirit Burn	67.8%	49.8%	27 min

Highest win rates (bought in 5% of matches or more)

Cheat Death 57.3% won · bought in 8.6%
Diviner's Kevlar 55.9% won · bought in 12.3%
Ethereal Shift 55.4% won · bought in 13.5%
Spiritual Overflow 55.3% won · bought in 11.2%
Indomitable 53.4% won · bought in 10.0%
Escalating Exposure 52.2% won · bought in 15.3%

Gun

The Black Sheep

DPS: 57; While firing
Sustained DPS: 38; Including reloads
Bullet damage: 4.28; × 7 pellets
Fire rate: 1.9/s
Magazine: 11; Empties in 5.78s
Reload: 2.82s

Damage over distance

Full damage to 16m Drops to 10% by 45.72m

Headshots deal ×1.65 damage. Bullets travel at 559 m/s and drop over long distances.

Initiate to Eternus

Pocket win rate by rank

How often Pocket wins at each rank (by the average rank of the match) over the last 30 days. The middle line is 50%.

Initiate 46.9% · 6,647
Seeker 45.9% · 14k
Acolyte 44.5% · 13k
Sentinel 44.5% · 12k
Mystic 45.1% · 11k
Ritualist 46.3% · 12k
Emissary 44.9% · 13k
Oracle 46.4% · 16k
Phantom 45.7% · 14k
Ascendant 46.8% · 5,751
Eternus 45.8% · 2,245

Every boon

Growth per level

Collecting souls levels you up. Each level from 2 onward is a boon, and every boon permanently adds:

Health: +36
Bullet damage: +0.14
Melee damage: +1.58
Spirit power: +1.1

Quick answers

Pocket questions

What type of hero is Pocket?: Pocket is a assassin. Mobile heroes who pick off isolated targets and burst them down. Complexity: moderate.
What are Pocket's abilities?: Barrage, Flying Cloak and Enchanter's Satchel, plus the ultimate Affliction. Each one has three upgrades that cost 1, 2 and 5 ability points.
How much health does Pocket have?: Pocket starts with 780 health and gains 36 more with every boon (each level from 2 onward).
Is Pocket good for beginners?: Pocket is rated moderate. If you're new, Graves, Haze and Infernus are easier places to start.
What should I buy first on Pocket?: Most Pocket players open with Mystic Burst, Monster Rounds and Extra Regen. See the full Pocket build for mid and late game items.

Case history

Pocket lore

Arin Fairfax, the eldest heir to Fairfax Industries, has been living in hiding for the past 5 years after being shot and left for dead on their 18th birthday. Arin doesn't know who is trying to keep them from taking control of their parent's company... but in the avarice fueled viper's nest that is Fairfax Industries it could be anyone.

Taking on the name "Pocket", Arin desperately wants to keep their true identity a secret... not only for their own protection; but because they want to forge their own identity separate from their parents.