| ATTACKS | GROUND | AIR |
|---|---|---|
| SIDE HOLD 🡆 + J |
JINKIES! Velma tripes while shouting a word bubble. |
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| NEUTRAL J |
MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER Velma CHARGES a motivational speech beam PROJECTILE that hits enemies. When it overlaps an ally, a bubble forms around the ally before detonating shortly afterwards. |
MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER Same as ground. |
| SIDE 🡆 + J |
QUIP MASTER A COMBO of quips. |
LIGHT 'EM UP Velma CHARGES a flashlight flash. Has a chance to spawn EVIDENCE on hit. |
| UP 🡅 + J |
BRIGHT IDEA Velma CHARGES an idea light bulb. Has a chance to spawn EVIDENCE on hit. |
BRIGHT AIR-DEA Similar to ground, without CHARGE. |
| DOWN 🡇 + J |
CALCULATED VICTORY Velma CHARGES a calculation PROJECTILE that hits enemies downward. Has a chance to spawn EVIDENCE on hit. |
MY GLASSES! Velma CHARGES before briefly dropping her glasses, knocking enemies downward. |
May 30th, 2025: The game's online functionalities have been shut down. The game will remain playable offline for the foreseeable future for players who logged in during Season 5.
Velma
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Velma Dinkley is a Fighter from the Scooby-Doo Universe in MultiVersus. She was teased on the official Twitter account on March 4th, 2022[1] and was fully revealed on May 16th, 2022. Velma is also part of the game's initial release roster, having been playable since the second Tech Test.
Origin
Velma Dinkley is one of the core members of Mystery Inc., the amateurish crime-solving group of friends from the Scooby-Doo franchise. She's a very intelligent, sarcastic, and sharp-witted teenager with a thing for solving mysteries. Velma's considered the smartest member of Mystery Inc., as she's often the first one to decipher the clues and find the culprit's true identity.
Official Biography
Jinkies! We've got a mystery to solve!
Website
Velma has been solving mysteries since most people were still in diapers. With her insatiable appetite for answers and expert nose for knowledge, she’s the perfect mystery-solving machine. These days, she’s the undisputed super sleuth of Mystery, Inc., traveling with her friends to uncover criminals and bust hoaxes wherever she goes. She can sometimes get in over her head when she forgets to take her nose out of her books, but don’t underestimate her - Velma Dinkley can still kick some serious butt when she needs to.[2]
In-Games
With the clue-hunting skills at her disposal, Velma can power up and help her friends. Find evidence around the battlefield to solve mysteries and become even stronger!
Gameplay
Velma is a Mage-type character who specializes in heavy zoning and poking while offering various effects that can aid allies and cripple enemies. Her Neutral Attack launches speech bubble projectiles that, once hitting an enemy/ally, will set them as targeted, causing subsequent bubbles to lock-on to them; only one enemy or ally can be targeted at a time. Almost all of Velma's attacks have disjointed hitboxes, for instance, in her Side Air Attack, she pulls a flashlight and flashes it at her enemies, dealing a fantastic poke.
Her main Passive Ability revolves around collecting clues, which will spawn randomly around the Map, but also have a chance to appear when hitting enemies with certain attacks, namely her Air Side Attack, Up Attack (both ground and air), Ground Down Attack, Neutral Special and Up Air Special. Collecting enough evidence and filling the gauge unlocks a temporary new Ground Down Special for Velma, where she summons the Mystery Machine to pursue the closest enemy; if it catches them, they'll be incapacitated temporarily, and the vehicle will attempt to fall off the blast zone, taking their victim with it. Enemies inside the Mystery Machine can be damaged. The Mystery Machine can be destroyed by enemy attacks. If Velma is ringed out, her evidence meter will reset.
Velma's Neutral Special has Velma pulling a megaphone and delivering a speech in the form a very long ranged beam, which can hit enemies and allies alike, dealing damage and healing, respectively. The final hit of the beam applies targeted and one stack of weakened to enemies, while if it hits an ally, it'll create an additional beam that deals more damage and knockback. This attack is notable as it only goes on cooldown if Velma fully channels it. This ability halts Velma's momentum in the air, being a great mix-up when recovering.
Her Ground Up Special is e decent stage control ability, while its aerial version not only can break armor and spike, but can also be comboed out of her Down Air Attack and Up Air Attack against low percentage enemies, being a fantastic combo starter. Her Grounded Side Special can catch enemies by surprise if properly used, while the aerial version can aid her recovery. Lastly, Down Special is unique as it reduces Velma's and her ally's cooldowns, at the expense of the ability having a very long cooldown itself.
Velma's fantastic utility is offset by her dependency on cooldowns, as well as her frailty. Despite her many disjointed hitboxes, she has limited options against rushdown characters, that can prevent her from using her many ranged abilities. In addition, some of her attacks are very situational since they're telegraphed or slow, giving enemies plenty of time to react, such as her Ground Side Special, which takes very long to charge, being hard to use effectively in 1v1, while being even easier to intercept in 2v2. Lastly, her Ground Side Attack, while being a powerful zoning tool, has a bit of lag between the second and third hits, allowing enemies to dodge away.
For 2v2 fights, Velma is at her best with allies that can provide a solid frontline, to allow her to spam her abilities and speech bubbles safely. Iron Giant and Superman are formidable at that, and the latter has great synergy with Velma thanks to his Ground Up Special to quickly build-up stacks of ice and freeze enemies. Given her Down Special being able to reduce cooldowns, she pairs extremely well with other heavy-cooldown users, such as Bugs Bunny and Tom & Jerry. One of her most formidable pairings is Morty, who can cause havoc in the battlefield with his grenades while possessing a powerful and versatile kit that synergizes with Velma's, in addition to also being cooldown dependent.
Skills
| SPECIALS | GROUND | AIR |
|---|---|---|
| NEUTRAL K |
SUPPORTIVE WORDS Velma shouts a word bubble PROJECTILE that seeks out her ally. If the bubble hits any fighter, ally or enemy, they become TARGETED and additional bubbles will lock onto their location. Allies who become TARGETED will also briefly gain HASTENED. If a bubble hits an ally who is already TARGETED, it will fire an additional bubble in the direction they are facing. Velma can create word bubbles until she runs out of AMMO. |
SUPPORTIVE WORDS Same as ground. |
| SIDE 🡆 + K |
FAST THINKER Velma CHARGES a sprint forward. CHARGING increases the speed of the sprint. Allies can hop into Velma's arms for the sprint, increasing the attack's power and giving Velma and her ally ARMOR and GRAY HEALTH. Enemies will be GRABBED by Velma and thrown upwards at the end of the sprint. |
HIT THE BOOKS Velma opens up a textbook that knocks enemies backward and propels her forward. |
| UP 🡅 + K |
TOXIC CONCOCTION Velma spills a toxic goop HAZARD on the ground and jumps upward. Enemies standing in the goop will receive continuous STACKS of ICE, before eventually FREEZING. |
SHUTTERBUG Velma snaps a picture downward with a camera that sends her and enemies upwards, BREAKING ARMOR. Has a chance to spawn EVIDENCE on hit. |
| DOWN 🡇 + K |
SPREAD THE KNOWLEDGE Velma throws a book PROJECTILE that homes onto her ally. Velma and her ally get EDUCATED if the book hits them, reducing the duration of their COOLDOWNS. COOLDOWN applies. |
SPREAD THE KNOWLEDGE Same as ground. |
PASSIVE ABILITIES
SNOOPIN'
During the match, EVIDENCE will appear, either at random or when Velma uses certain moves. Velma and her ally can pick up EVIDENCE to fill up her EVIDENCE METER. When the meter is full, Velma can call the MYSTERY MACHINE. The MYSTERY MACHINE will seek out the nearest enemy, DISABLE them, and attempt to drive off the map. Enemies must STRUGGLE to escape the MYSTERY MACHINE. Enemies can attack the MYSTERY MACHINE to try and release their teammate.
Velma can also move while crouching.
Fighter Mastery Track
Velma Wins |
125 Perk Currency |
150 Perk Currency |
175 Perk Currency |
500 Fighter Road XP |
250 Perk Currency |
275 Perk Currency |
300 Perk Currency |
325 Perk Currency |
1,000 Fighter Road XP |
500 Perk Currency |
600 Perk Currency |
700 Perk Currency |
1,500 Fighter Road XP |
150 Gleamium |
Bonus Rewards (RARE) |
Update History
Season 4 1.4.3 Patch
- Ground Dash Attack
- + Knockback scaling increased to 19 from 18
- + Start-up window reduced 1 frame
- Ground Side Attack 3
- + Damage increased to 7 from 6
- + Knockback scaling increased to 18 from 17
- Ground Down Attack
- + Start-up window after charge reduced 1 frame
- + Hitbox active duration increased 1 frame
- + On-hit cancel window advanced 2 frames
- – On-whiff cancel window delayed 7 frames
- Air Side Attack
- ~ Knockback angle made more horizontal
- – Knockback influence multiplier increased to 1.1 from 1.0
- Ground Side Special
- + On-hit cancel window after throw advanced 45 frames
- * Fixed an issue where enemies were not properly entering their ride pose after they were grabbed
- Ground Up Special
- + Hitbox added to Velma’s arm that knocks back enemies
- Air Side Special
- + On-hit cancel window advanced 1 frame
- ~ Now allows more player movement control during attack
- Passive
- * Fixed an issue where spawning evidence would consume the electric projectile buff from the Static Electricity perk
- Ground Down Special (Mystery Machine)
- + Cancel window after summoning Mystery Machine advanced 40 frames
- + Mystery Machine now takes 0.6 seconds to activate after being summoned, down from 1 second
- + Mystery Machine air speed increased to 2500 from 2000
- + After capturing an enemy, Mystery Machine will begin moving again after 0.67 seconds, down from 2.5 seconds
- + After capturing an enemy, Mystery Machine now gains a small movespeed buff
- – Mystery Machine capture hitbox size reduced
- – Mystery Machine can no longer capture enemy fighters while the Mystery Machine is in hitstun
- – Mystery Machine now self destructs after 10 seconds if it has not captured a fighter
- ~ Enemy fighters captured by Mystery Machine now have an easier button mash requirement to escape at low damages, and a harder button mash requirement to escape at high damages
- * Fixed an issue where the Mystery Machine was unable to jump to track enemy fighters
- * Fixed an issue where the mash timer for captured enemy fighters would sometimes appear far above the Mystery Machine
- * Fixed an issue where fighters would be prevented from turning invisible after being captured by the Mystery Machine
- * Fixed an issue where fighters that relied on invisibility could not perform certain actions after being captured by the Mystery Machine
- General
- + Ground movement speed increased to 2065 from 2050
- Ground Side Attack 1
- ~ Hitbox size adjusted to better match visuals
- Ground Side Attack 2
- ~ Hitbox size adjusted to better match visuals
- Ground Side Attack 3
- ~ Hitbox size adjusted to better match visuals
- Air Side Attack
- ~ Now limits fall speed during attack recovery
- Air Down Attack
- ~ Hitbox size adjusted to better match visuals
- Ground Down Special (Mystery Machine)
- * Fixed an issue where fighters could disappear permanently after being captured by the Mystery Machine
- Air Side Special
- + On-hit cancel window advanced 1 frame
- + Now maintains more momentum during attack
- ~ Hitbox size adjusted to better match visuals
Season 3 1.3.3 Midseason Patch
- Air/Ground Down Special
- ~ Book projectile now ignores platform collision
- Air Neutral Attack
- + Now maintains more momentum when executed as part of a dodge attack
- Air Side Attack
- – Now maintains less momentum in the direction opposite Velma’s facing during the attack
- + Now maintains more momentum when executed as part of a dodge attack
- Air Down Attack
- + Now allows fast fall during attack start-up
- + Now maintains more momentum during attack start-up
- Air/Ground Neutral Special
- – Speech bubbles no longer home to a target once reflected
- ~ Fixed certain projectile clank interactions for all speech bubble types
- Air Side Special
- + Now maintains more momentum when executed as part of a dodge attack
- Air/Ground Down Special
- ~ Fixed certain projectile clank interactions
- + Now maintains more momentum when executed as part of a dodge attack
1.2.2 Mid Season Patch
Velma can be oppressive as a projectile zoner, but still lacks the tools to complete her combos when she gets into melee range. We are limiting the strength of her projectile tools while increasing the strength of her close-range attacks to give her a better punish-game when she finds her moment to strike. We have also given her a new attack in the form of an on-cooldown down special that she can use to start combos at close range.
- Dodge Land
- * Fixed an issue where Velma was unable to Dodge Land
- Ground Side Attack 1
- + Start-up window reduced 2 frames
- – On-whiff cancel window delayed 3 frames
- Ground Side Attack 2
- + Hitstun increased
- Ground Up Attack
- + Hitbox added to Velma’s chest; should help with hitting smaller characters more consistently
- Ground Down Attack
- + Start-up window reduced 2 frames
- – On-whiff cancel window advanced 8 frames
- Air Side Attack
- + Uncharged damage increased to 9 from 8
- – Uncharged knockback reduced to 1300 from 1450
- + Uncharged knockback scaling increased to 18 from 12.5
- – Maximum charge knockback multiplier reduced to 1.15 from 1.5
- ~ Visuals now better match hitbox
- Air/Ground Neutral Special
- – Homing speech bubbles now stop homing if the target enemy dodges the speech bubble
- – “Sass” speech bubble maximum lifetime reduced to 2.5 seconds from infinite
- ~ “Sass” speech bubble knockback angle made more horizontal and backwards towards Velma
- – Ally-empowered “Toodles” speech bubble maximum lifetime reduced to 8 seconds from 10 seconds
- * Fixed an issue where the ally-empowered “Toodles” speech bubble could home towards Mojo Jojo on the Townsville map
- * Fixed an issue where speech bubbles would home towards certain characters’ feet rather than their midpoint
- Ground Down Special (Mystery Machine)
- – Mystery Machine capture hitbox is now low priority
- + Can now re-hit enemies that have dodged the capture hitbox after one second
- Air Side Special
- ~ Movement and knockback have been completely revamped. This attack now moves Velma farther and knocks back enemies into her path, allowing her to use this attack as a combo starter.
- Air Up Special
- + Vertical movement increased
- Air/Ground Down Special (Book)
- + Book spawn location moved closer to Velma; should prevent close-range whiffs
- *NEW* Air/Ground Down Special (Cooldown)
- ~ Down special can now be used while on cooldown to spawn a short-range book projectile. The projectile can be used as a combo starter in air and on ground. The projectile does not grant any buffs to Velma or her allies.
- Ground Down Special (Mystery Machine)
- * Fixed an issue where the Mystery Machine could grab two fighters if it hit them on the same frame
1.05 Mid-Season Patch These are the changes we were referring to after our Velma changes in the 1.02 patch. We hope to address some of the worst bugs impacting Velma players and also give her some strength in her zoning tools.
- General
- * Fixed an issue where Velma could get stuck to any fighter that grabbed Velma under certain conditions
- Passive
- * Fixed an issue where evidence would stop randomly spawning on the map after Velma was rung out.
- Ground Side Attack 1
- + On-whiff branch window advanced 4 frames
- Ground Side Attack 2
- + On-whiff branch window advanced 4 frames
- Ground Up Attack
- + Velma can now hold forward to slide forward during attack start-up
- Air/Ground Neutral Attack
- + Velma can now aim the megaphone
- Air/Ground Neutral Special
- ~ Branch windows now standardized for both air and ground versions
- ~ “Heyyy” projectile hurtbox size increased to match hitbox size. Should address issues with inconsistent projectile interactions.
- + All speech bubble types no longer collide with fall-through platforms
- Ground Side Special
- + Minimum charge run speed increased
- – Knockback reduced to 2300 from 2500
- + Knockback scaling increased to 9 from 0
- * Fixed an issue where Velma could run off the screen if the ground was destroyed beneath her while running
- Air Side Special
- ~ Now ignores player collisions during movement
- Air Up Special
- + Now has a chance to spawn evidence
- Ground Down Special (Mystery Machine)
- * Fixed an issue where Velma could fall to her death if the ground was destroyed beneath her while summoning the Mystery Machine
We are aware of some early feel issues with Velma following the initial launch. These are the start of some planned adjustments we have for her, and we will have more to share in the coming weeks.
- Ground Side Attack
- + More reliably combos from attack 2 to attack 3
- Air/Ground Neutral Attack
- + Hitbox now better covers Velma’s arm and head
- ~ Removed automatic targeting on ally
- Air Up Attack
- + Increased movement control
- Air Down Attack
- + Increased movement control
- Air/Ground Down Special
- + Cooldown reduced to 80s from 120s
- Air Side Special
- + Increased movement control
- ~ General
- Enabled 2D Hitboxes on Velma.
- - Air/Ground Neutral Special
- Light hits from Velma’s megaphone after it has passed through an ally no longer deals a small knockback.
- Initial beam length reduced to 2050, down from 3250 (ally follow-up beam is unchanged).
- - Air Up Special
- Hitbox size reduced by 33%.
- - Ground Side Special
- Ally carry gray health reduced to 4, down from 6.
- - Air/Ground Neutral Attack
- Ammo cooldown increased to 14s, up from 10s.
- - Ground Up Attack
- Added 6 frames of whiff recovery.
- ! Ground Up Attack
- Fixed an issue where this attack was not properly applying attack decay.
- - Ground Side Attack
- Hitboxes for Jab combo now only activate on Velma’s head and speech bubbles.
- + Ground Side Attack
- Speech bubble hitboxes now cover the entirety of the VFX.
- ! Ground Down Special
- Fixed a bug on Spread The Knowledge where Velma’s book projectile would not do any hitstun to opponents after passing through an ally
- ! Ground/Air Neutral Attack
- “Hey!” marker projectile no longer pierces armor.
- + Ground Forward Dodge
- Canceling into Grounded Up Attack carries momentum into the attack.
- - Ground Side Attack
- Increased whiff recovery by 5 frames on Jab 1
- - Air/Ground Up Attack
- Increased end lag by 8 frames
Others: Updated move list text for Arya, Batman, and Velma.
- ! Bug Fix (Neutral Special)
- Fixed an issue where “Sass” bubbles were not colliding with terrain.
- - Aerial Side Special
- Landing cancel window pushed to later to prevent being able to instantly attack with another move.
- ! Bug Fix
- Fixed several issues where Velma's speech bubbles would be destroyed when they shouldn't be.
- ~ Aerial/Grounded Neutral Special
- Megaphone is now classified as a projectile. Early hits are Light projectile hits, Final hit counts as a Normal projectile hit.
- Megaphone now applies projectile perks
- Megaphone is more reliably blocked by other projectiles and projectile-blocking effects
- Megaphone will ignore invulnerable fighters including those with a projectile sidestep buff
- - Aeriel Up Attack
- Has 2 less active frames at the start of the hit frame.
- - Grounded Side Special
- Added 12 seconds of cooldown
- Velma's Side Special is commonly used as a quick “pitstop” tool that serves as a means to supply her allies with constant gray health and armor when engaging enemy teams. Providing Velma's Side Special with cooldown allows us to provide a gate so that Velma players aren't able to consistently “micro armor” their allies (and self). This adjustment to Velma's Side Special will ideally still allow Velma players and their allies to more mindfully strategize around this move.
- ! Bug Fix
- Fixed a bug where Velma vial could apply ice even after fighters had stopped standing in her Chem Spill.
- ! Bug Fix
- Fixed a bug where Velma's ice would stack indefinitely.
- - Air/Ground Neutral Special
- Cooldown on beam increased from 6s to 8s.
- - Air Up Special
- Increased whiff lag by 3 frames.
- - Air Side Special
- Reduced active hit frames by 2 to better match visuals.
- - General
- Movement reduced to 2050 from 2100 .
- ! Bug Fix: Ground Up Special
- Fixed a bug where Velma’s vial wouldn’t apply stacks of ice reliably
- ~ Air/Ground Neutral Attack
- Bug Fix: Toodles speech bubble no longer consumes 1 additional ammo.
- Ally Enhanced Speech bubbles no longer apply 1 stack of weaken.
- ~ Air Down Attack
- Pushed Knockback angle to be more horizontal
- - Air/Ground Up Air
- Recovery increased by 3 frames.
- - Air/Ground Neutral Special
- Ally enhanced beam no longer applies 1 stack of weaken
- Ally enhanced beam base knockback reduced from 1750 to 1600.
- ~ Passive:
- Instead of calling the police, Velma now solves the mystery and calls the Mystery Inc. gang and the Mystery Machine to take the bad guys away.
- - Air Up Special:
- No longer applies weakened stacks on hit.
- - Air/Ground Neutral Attack:
- No longer heals Velma when she hits an ally with a speech bubble.
- - Movement Speed:
- Reduced to 2100 from 2200.
- - Air/Ground Down Special:
- Velma Educated buff reduced cooldown return from 75% over 8 seconds to 50% over 8 seconds.
- - Air Side Special - Reduced move distance.
- The distance this traveled before gave Velma additional recovery that wasn’t intended.
- - Air Up Special - Reduced Weaken stacks from 3 to 2.
- - Will no longer chain into Air Down Attack as easily to prevent easy application of damage.
- - Ground Side Special - Reduced gray health from 12 HP for 4 seconds to 6 HP for 3 seconds
- - Air Down Attack - Increased Recovery
- - Air Side Attack - Added whiff recovery
- - Ground/Air Neutral Attack - Fixed issues when word bubbles would go through Bugs’ Tunnels.
- Reduced ammo count from 4 to 3
- Reduced ammo return from 11 to 10
- - Weight - Decreased weight from 63 to 60.
- - Knowledge Is Power perk - Reduced gray health from 7 HP for 5 seconds to 3 HP for 3 seconds
- - Weight: reduced from 70 to 63
- It was an oversight on our part that Velma is one of the heaviest characters in the game. This change should bring her more in-line with where we originally envisioned her.
- + Police Car: Increased health from 15 to 18.
- - Neutral Dodge: Projectile Shield will only turn on if Velma has Dodge Meter.
- - Up Air Special:
- - Reduced size of hitbox.
- - Reduce knockback.
- - Reduced Weaken debuff stacks from 5 to 3 on hit.
- Bug Fix: Can no longer cancel during startup.
- - Grounded Up Special: Increased cooldown from 14s to 28s.
- - Grounded Side Special: Velma is now only able to cancel the grapple with Grounded Up Attack.
Closed Alpha, May 19th 2022
- Velma was a playable fighter in the Closed Alpha.
May 16th 2022
- Velma was fully revealed as a playable fighter in MultiVersus.
March 4th 2022
- Velma was teased to be a playable fighter in MultiVersus.
Trivia
- Velma was the first fighter to be announced after the initial reveal trailer for the game.
- When Velma walks while crouching during online matches, her player's screen will get a little blurry, a fun nod to the fact that she can't see well without her glasses.
- Prior to the Season 1.02 Patch, Velma used to call a police car rather than the Mystery Machine for her Snoopin' Passive Ability. The Mystery Machine replaced the police car following complaints that people of color on the roster (primarily LeBron James) being put in the police car could be seen as racist.
- In the Open Beta, Velma used to be classified as a Support Fighter, a class which was removed in the Full Launch.
- Velma's clues had a different design in the Open Beta.
External
References
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