Moon Knight

Duelist Midnight Sons

Duelist · 275 HP · First appeared 1975 · Human

Origin

Marc Spector first appeared in Werewolf by Night #32 in August 1975, created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin. He started as a one-off mercenary antagonist before being reimagined as the avatar of the Egyptian moon god Khonshu in the late 1970s.

Comic history

Moon Knight has had more reinventions than almost any Marvel character, including five major eras: the Bill Sienkiewicz 1980s run that established his visual signature; the Charlie Huston 2006 series that emphasized the dissociative-identity-disorder angle; the Brian Wood and Warren Ellis runs of the 2010s; the Jeff Lemire Moon Knight series that cemented the modern psychological framing; and Jed MacKay's 2021 series. The Marvel Rivals design pulls primarily from the Lemire and MacKay eras.

Moon Knight in Marvel Rivals

Moon Knight is a 275 HP Duelist whose kit is the most projectile-centric in the role group. Crescent Dart is a bouncing projectile — it ricochets between enemies and walls — and the entire kit rewards pre-aiming bounces rather than direct line-of-sight shots. He has one of the highest damage ceilings in the role for players who learn his geometry and one of the lowest for players who treat him as a hitscan character.

Abilities

Crescent Dart and Moon Blade are his two damage tools. Night Glider is the gap-closer. Rising Leap and Moonlight Hook are his vertical mobility. Hand of Khonshu, his ultimate, summons a beam of moonlight that follows a fixed path and punishes positioning rather than rewarding aim.

Spotting Moon Knight in Rivaldle

Moon Knight's all-white costume is the strongest single Pixelation cue in the entire roster — no other Marvel hero is dressed in solid white. In Emoji Mode the moon icon is essentially literal. In Classic Mode the Midnight Sons affiliation is unique to him within this roster, so a green affiliation cell on a Moon Knight guess is the answer instantly.

Try the puzzle

Moon Knight is a possible answer in every Rivaldle mode. The fastest way to spot them is usually a combination of two columns in Classic Mode plus a quick read of the silhouette or pixelation. Once you get a feel for the database fingerprints — the unique species cell, the unique origin year, the unique HP value — most heroes can be solved in two or three guesses.

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