Infiltrates and disrupts the backline.
- Win rate
- 44.5%
- Pick rate
- 17.5%
- KDA
- 2.53
- Matches
- 905.8K
Updated · Patch Nov 4, 2026
Pocket abilities
Barrage
Channel to start launching projectiles that deal spirit damage and apply slow around their impact point. Projectiles that hit a hero grant Pocket increased damage that stacks. Casting while airborne will cause Pocket to float. Casting AirDash or Flying Cloak will not cancel Barrage.
Flying Cloak
Launch a sentient cloak that travels forward and damages enemies. You can press Ability 2 to teleport to its location.
Enchanter's Satchel
Escape into your suitcase. When the duration ends, deal spirit damage to nearby enemies. Duration can be ended early by performing any action.
Affliction
Applies damage over time to enemies nearby. Affliction's damage is non-lethal and does not apply item procs.
Pocket skill order
Max Flying Cloak first, then follow the grid point by point.
Most played
45.7% win rate · 43,103 matches
| Ability | Point 1 | Point 2 | Point 3 | Point 4 | Point 5 | Point 6 | Point 7 | Point 8 | Point 9 | Point 10 | Point 11 | Point 12 | Point 13 | Point 14 | Point 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||||||||
 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | |||||||||||
 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |||||||||||
 | 7 | 14 | 15 |
Highest win rate
49% win rate · 3,248 matches
| Ability | Point 1 | Point 2 | Point 3 | Point 4 | Point 5 | Point 6 | Point 7 | Point 8 | Point 9 | Point 10 | Point 11 | Point 12 | Point 13 | Point 14 | Point 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
How to play Pocket
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.
Winning Pocket players open with Mystic Burst and Monster Rounds, spike in the mid game with Cultist Sacrifice and Swift Striker and close it out with Spirit Burn or Greater Expansion.
Pocket game plan
A trickster who hides in a suitcase and then hits you with a shotgun.
How to beat Pocket
- Wait out Enchanter’s Satchel instead of wasting abilities into it.
- Affliction can’t kill you — don’t panic-use cooldowns.
- Shoot the Flying Cloak path; he’ll teleport there.
Respect Enchanter’s Satchel. Punish after he leaves the Satchel.
Strong & weak against
Pocket questions
Who counters Pocket?
In recent matches Pocket wins least often against Graves (37%), Paige (38.6%), Rat King (38.8%). See the Matchups tab for the full list.
What should Pocket build first?
The most-bought early items are Mystic Burst, Monster Rounds, Extra Regen. Mid game, players move into Cultist Sacrifice and Swift Striker.
Is Pocket good for beginners?
Pocket is rated Medium: comfortable once you know the map.
What role does Pocket play?
Pocket's official class is Assassin, and in fights they play pick / carry: a hero who infiltrates and disrupts the backline. 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.