As the avatar of the Egyptian God of Vengeance, Marc Spector's body has been enhanced by Khonshu himself. Bathed in a luminous aura that pierces the darkness, Moon Knight glides through the night, ready to sear his enemies with his master's sacred Ankhs.
Official description
Moon Knight is a Duelist hero in Marvel Rivals, and is the 27th hero introduced to the game's roster.
He has a team-up ability that works in conjunction with Cloak & Dagger.
Overview[]
Strengths[]
- A long-ranged, area-of-effect specialist with high mobility who excels at dealing conditional damage to multiple enemies grouped together.
- Has access to a double jump.
- Can glide upon reaching a certain height.
- Has access to a grappling hook, which pulls Moon Knight towards the location.
- If the player aims it directly downwards while on the ground, Moon Knight will be slingshotted upwards instead.
- His primary fire, Crescent Dart, is the core of his gameplay, being unique as it can bounce between enemies close to each other, up to three times.
- Crescent Dart will also bounce between the doppelganger illusions spawned by Loki.
- It can also bounce between his Ancient Ankh.
- His secondary fire, Moon Blade, launches a projectile in a straight line that deals higher damage than his Crescent Dart, but is limited by a cooldown.
- Much like Crescent Dart, it can also ricochet between enemies and Ancient Ankhs.
- Moon Blade can be fired immediately after using primary fire. It can be used to cancel primary fire's recovery frames.
- Ancient Ankh is a tool that further enables Moon Knight's kit and makes his projectile ricocheting even stronger. Both his Crescent Dart and Moon Blade will ricochet from it to any enemy within the Ankh's spell field range. This gives his ricochets an exceptional area-of-effect and allows the player to strategically deal quick burst damage to isolated enemies.
- When thrown, the Ankh briefly pulls enemies towards it while dealing a small amount of damage.
- The Ankh can be attached to any surface, and will remain there indefinitely until destroyed.
- Ankhs persist even if the surfaces they are placed on are destroyed.
- A maximum of two Ankhs may be active at any time.
- His melee attack, Triple Eclipse, is a three-hit combo with his truncheons. The third strike briefly knocks enemies up. It may be used to provide space between an attacker when Moon Knight is attacked in close range.
- His Ultimate, Hand of Konshu, creates a large radial portal in the location, creating a spell field that deals high multi-hit damage.
- It is most effective when used in choke points and areas where enemies are grouped together.
- When paired with Cloak & Dagger, Moon Knight gains access to Full Moon, granting him the ability to turn invisible by creating a small spell field around himself.
- The field lasts for a few seconds; only Moon Knight gains invisibility while within it.
Weaknesses[]
- Relies heavily on grouped enemy positioning to achieve the most damage.
- Relatively poor single target damage compared to other Duelists unless an Ankh is used.
- His Crescent Dart and Moon Blade have a damage falloff of -20% per bounce.
- Not as useful in larger maps where the enemy team is less likely to stay close to each other.
- His effectiveness falls significantly when Ancient Ankh is in cooldown.
- Hand of Konshu is relatively easy to avoid unless the enemies are under some crowd control effect.
Cosmetics[]
Abilities[]
Normal Attack
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CRESCENT DART |
Unleash Crescent Darts forward that can bounce between enemies and Ankhs, dealing damage to enemies. ABILITY TYPE - Triple shot that fires in a straight trajectory DAMAGE - 25 per round AMMO - 30 FIRE RATE - 0.05s between shots - 0.57s between rounds of shooting CRITICAL HIT - Yes DAMAGE FALLOFF - Falloff begins at 30m, decreasing to 50% at 50m -20% per bounce MAXIMUM BOUNCE DISTANCE - 7m NUMBER OF BOUNCES - 3 | ||
Abilities
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HAND OF KHONSHU |
Open a portal that allows Khonshu to bombard enemies with his talons. ABILITY TYPE - Delayed Spherical Spell Field DAMAGE - 75 per hit DURATION - 3s RANGE - 8m radius (area of effect) - 5m (projectile explosion) NUMBER OF HITS - 14 ABILITY DELAY - 1.5s ENERGY COST - 2800 | ||
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NIGHT GLIDER |
Hold SHIFT to glide. MOVEMENT SPEED - 8.7m/s (horizontal) - 1.5m/s (descending) | ||
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ANCIENT ANKH |
Fire an Ankh to launch up enemies within its radius towards the center. ABILITY TYPE - Straight-line projectile that generates a spell field upon impact COOLDOWN - 12s PROJECTILE SPEED - 60m/s BOUNCING RANGE - 7m PULL-IN RANGE - 5m spherical radius PULL-IN DAMAGE - 20 | ||
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MOONLIGHT HOOK |
Launch a frontal grappling hook that pulls Moon Knight towards it. ABILITY TYPE - Dash COOLDOWN - 15s RANGE - 25m MAXIMUM DISTANCE - 21.5m/s MOVEMENT SPEED - 120m/s | ||
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RISING LEAP |
Perform a double jump. COOLDOWN - 6s | ||
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MOON BLADE |
Launch forward a Moon Blade that can bounce between enemies and Ankhs, dealing damage to enemies. ABILITY TYPE - Projectile that fires in a straight trajectory DAMAGE - 80 COOLDOWN - 6s CRITICAL HIT - Yes PROJECTILE SPEED - 120m/s DAMAGE FALLOFF - Falloff begins at 30m, decreasing to 50% at 50m -20% per bounce MAXIMUM BOUNCE DISTANCE - 7m NUMBER OF BOUNCES - 3 | ||
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TRIPLE ECLIPSE |
Perform a combo with his truncheon, and the third strike will launch up the enemy hit slightly. ABILITY TYPE - Melee RANGE - 3m | ||
Team-Up Abilities
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FULL MOON |
Cloak & Dagger can inject light and dark energy into Moon Knight to create a Light & Dark Realm where Moon Knight can become Invisible. DURATION - 6s COOLDOWN - 30s RANGE - 4m spherical radius |
Strategy[]
To be added
Lore[]

Mercenary Marc Spector was given a second chance at life when he became the avatar of the Egyptian moon god, Khonshu. As Moon Knight, he doles out righteous vengeance, locked in a never-ending battle with both the criminals on the streets and the voices in his head.
He's been fighting for so long he can barely remember how he got there. All he knows is that he can't stop until he claims victory in his master's name.
— Biography
The Dusk of the New Moon[]
"Come to me, my Moon Knight!"
The ancient voice boomed in the back of Marc Spector's brain, momentarily throwing him off his game. It wasn't as if hearing someone else's words in his head was something new. He'd been sharing the space with multiple personalities for years now. But this wasn't even the enigmatic Mr. Knight. This was the boss.
"I'm a bit busy..." Spector replied out loud, as he thrust his white boot into the face of yet another garishly super-villain, "...trying to keep the Zodiac from ransacking one of your temples. You sent me here, remember? So, you'll need to call back another -"
"NOW," the voice commanded.
A sudden burst of pain coursed through Spector's skull. He closed his eyes for a moment to try to clear his head. And when he opened them again, he was no longer at the heart of an epic battle between good and evil. In fact, he was nowhere.
Okay, so "nowhere" might be a bit dramatic. But it's the best that Spector could come up with to describe the blank white space between planes of reality that he had unexpectedly been transported to. A deafening silence hung in the void. For once, even the other voices in Marc Spector's head had nothing to say. For a moment, he felt as though he was the only being that existed. But he knew better. If he had been summoned here, he was well aware who had done the summoning.
Marc Spector turned to see an enormous figure towering over him, draped in white Egyptian robes. Where his head should have been, instead there sat the skull of a long-beaked bird. Its empty sockets peered into Marc Spector's soul, judging him, Always judging him.
"Hey, Khonshu," Spector replied casually to his patron, the Egyptian God of the Moon. "Fancy seeing you here."
"This Divine Space is where I dwell," Khonshu replied, not seeing any humor in Spector's words. "It is from that I watch the realms beyond and find those who have earned my vengeance..."
"Yeah," Spector chimed in, "and from here that you sit pretty while I do your dirty work in the real world."
"This has been our arrangement since your untimely demise years ago," Khonshu reminded Spector, "a gruesome fate you were spread by my intervention alone. Do you wish to alter our agreement?"
"No.." Spector replied. But I would like to finish one mission before you toss me into the next one. Maybe that's just the mercenary in me..."
"I have always appreciated your dedication to a task," Khonshu said, "but more pressing matters have arisen that require your special attention."
Something about Khonshu seemed different. He was more confident. More powerful. Less scattered than usual. It was almost like all of the fragmented personas that the Moon God had presented over the years were suddenly fused into one. Spector didn't know what had caused the change... he thought it must be nice...
"Fine," Spector replied, beginning to grow impatient. "Just tell me whose head I need to bust open already."
Spector's unfinished encounter with the Zodiac had pushed his level of aggression to the boiling point. He didn't want to just stand there and talk anymore. He wanted to get back into the fight. Any fight.
"What do you know of vampires?" Khonshu asked curiously.
"That they suck," Spector responded with a chuckle. "And that Dracula owes me money."
"As you know, Khonshu said, once again ignoring Spector's attempt to infuse some levity into the situation, "I have long served as a protector for travelers in the night."
"Vicariously, through me and the other Fists of Khonshu before me," Spector mumbled under his breath, "but sure... go on..."
"Ever since they first crawled from the darkness ages ago, vampires have imperiled my people and my purpose," Khonshu continued, "And now, I have had a vision that warns of their threat becoming far more permanent."
"I though yes," Khonshu said, "but bound by their curse to the cycle of day and night. They cannot walk in the sun, so their atrocities are limted to the hours under my watch, when the moon hangs high in the sky."
"So, what's the problem?" Spector asked. "Is Daylight Savings Time about to end or something?"
"No," another voice answered, "Daylight itself is about to end."
Spector turned to see that someone else had unexpectedly entered the Divine Space - an imposing figure in iron armor, wrapped by a dark green cloak. Spector instantly recognized the king of Latveria, Victor von Doom.
"This is sacred!" Khonshu yelled. "You shall not foul it with your presence! Banish him, my Moon Knight!"
"Yeah, yeah..." Spector said, reluctantly rushing towards Doctor Doom, "...I'm on it."
As he ran in his enemy's direction, Spector reached into a pouch on his belt and grabbed a hand full of crescent-shaped darts. He hurled them in Doom's direction, but the metal- clad monarch raised his gauntlet and deflected the projectile as if they were no more than cheap toys.
"I did not come here for a battle, Khonshu," Doom said, beginning to move his hands in a strange series of gestures. "But if you must turn your champion against me as a matter of honor, so be it."
As Doom finished his series of hand motions, his armored fists began to glow with mystical flames. Soon, two curved, burning blades materialized in his grip.
"The Daggers of Dormammu should end this Knight before he even begins..." Doom said, with a smirk that you could almost feel behind his faceplate.
"Good luck with that," Spector, swinging his flaming daggers at the white-clad warrior. Spector dodged the thrusts easily at first, but it wasn't long before his reactions started to slow. He'd barely had time to recover from his battle against the Zodiac, and a twelve- on- one battle tends to take a toll on even the mightiest of heroes.
Doom could see his opponent beginning to falter. He started to attack even more relentlessly, eventually gaining the upper hand. A kick to the chest sent Moon Knight stumbling back. Raising the enchanted blades above his head, Doom thrust hem down at Spector, narrowly missing his target's body. Instead, the blades pierced through Moon Knight's cape, pinning him to the floor - one Spector didn't even realize existed in the emptiness of the Divine Space.
"Enough," Khonshu said, "You have won the right to speak."
"And when Doom speaks," the victorious villain responded, casually gesturing for the mystical daggers to vanish, "all had best listen. For he only speaks once."
Moon Knight pulled himself back to his feet, standing between Doom and Khonshu, just in case Doom had any other tricks up his iron sleeve.
"Few recall the real origin of vampires," Doom said, "but you and I know the truth, Khonshu. Their race was born from an ancient curse inscribed in the pages of Darkhold, written in the blood of Varnae, the first of their kind. It was these Vampiric Verses that granted them immortal life, and, if my calculations are correct - which they always are- that same spell may hold the key to unlocking the very nature of time itself. I wish to study it further..."
"You know not what you tamper with, foolish mortal," Khonshu warned.
"I would know full well," Doom said, "had the Sorcerer Supreme not denied me access to the Darkhold. I have good reason to believe he has stashed it away on another plane of reality for safekeeping."
"Sounds like Strange made the right choice.." Spector said. "The last thing we need is you to accidentally unleash more vamps on the world!"
"Not the world.." Doom said. "All I want is a small portion of it. And that's where yo come in. If Khonshu were simply to hold his beloved moon in the sky and shroud a single city in eternal night, it would allow me all the time I need to unlock the secrets of the vampires, even without access to the Vampiric Verses themselves."
"You're crazy!" Spector said, "That city would instantly become a nesting ground for the creatures of the night!"
"Such an act would endanger countless innocents," Khonshu added.
"Please," Doom laughed. "Since when have the gods cared about the lives of a few million measly mortals? Together, we could use the vampires however we wish, then dispose of them completely when we-"
"I will not allow this discussion to continue any further," Khonshu said sternly, raising a bony hand to silence Doom. "There is far more at stake here than you could ever hope to know. A coming darkness lurking among the gods... a shadow even I may not be able to defeat.."
"And by I, he means me," Spector mumbled.
"My avatar may have lacked the skill required to remove you from this plane," Khonshu said, "but I have no such limits..."
"You fool!" Doom cried out as he began to fade from the Divine Space. "You're making a terrible mistake! Doom will have what he wishes, one way or another!"
As Doom's voice disappeared, a hunting silence returned to the empty whiteness surrounding Marc Spector. Khonshu was still there, but for once, it seemed the God of the Moon had nothing to say.
"So what now?" Spector finally asked.
"I must locate the Darkhold at once," Khonshu replied.
"The book with the spell that make vampires?" Spector asked, confused. "Isn't it better off stowed away wherever Strange hid it?"
"Just as the Vampiric Verses created our true enemies," Khonshu said, "There is another spell within the Book of Sins - the Montesi Formula - that could take their gift way. Permanently."
"So while you're cruising the Astral Plane looking for a lost library book," Spector pondered, "what on Earth am I gonna be doing?"
"Protecting the night and delivering my vengeance," Khonshu replied, "as you always have."
"And when Doom lives up to his promise and finds a way to unleash the bloodsucking hordes?" Spector asked.
"Then you must be ready," Khonshu said. "And so must I."
"I'm no vampire slayer," Spector responded. "Isn't that Blade's gig? Why not call him?"
"Because the Daywalker is not my Fist of Vengeance!" Khonshu replied defiantly, clearly angered that his own servant would dare question him.
"Also, he is currently unavailable..." Khonshu added quitely.
"All right then," Spector said, grinning behind his featureless mask. "But those fangers are about to find out that they aren't the only ones who want blood."
"I expected no less. Now, go, my Moon Knight..." Khnoshu said, his voice once again booming in Marc Spector's head. "...and serve me."
Spector blinked for a split second, opening eyes to discover that he was no longer in the Divine Space. Now, he was standing on a New York City rooftop. The silence was replaced by a symphony of sounds, including a scream emanating from a nearby alleyway. He was glad to be home.
As Moon Knight leapt off the edge of the building and swung across the night sky on a grappling cable, his bright white cape billowed out behind him, luminous light of the full moon.
It must've been a glorious sight to behold, he thought... but if Khonshu and Doom were right about what was to come, Marc Spector knew his costume wouldn't stay while much longer...
The Night of the Full Moon[]
(Coming soon. Stay Tuned!)
The Dawn of the Waning Moon[]
(Coming soon. Stay Tuned!)
Achievements[]
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Moonlit Hel | As Moon Knight, partner with Hela to land 1 KO. | ![]() 5 |
Punishment of the Moon | As Moon Knight, hit 4 enemies with a single use of Hand of Khonshu. | ![]() 10 |
Quotes[]
Gallery[]
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