The Book of Moon Knight (Avengers)

[MrNobody]

Really dig that!

I am planning on maybe hitting a Marc Spector design one day that lets you switch between Moon Knights that have different classes. Could be fun to give this guy a different class to play into that, but also kinda fine with him filling the same "niche" as MK vI in that kind of build.

[Arkham]

Yeah I’m not sure what other class would be fitting, open to recommendations if there’s a really good one though!

I propose a vote to move to Initial Playtesting.

[IAmBatman]

yea

[Tornado]

Yea

[MrNobody]

Yea

[Arch-vile]

yea

[Arkham]

This passes.

Testing Version:

Spoiler Alert!

LIFE = 4

MOVE = 6
RANGE = 4
ATTACK = 4
DEFENSE = 4

POINTS = 190

AUDACIOUS AVENGER
At the start of the game, place a white Avenger Marker on the card of a friendly figure. Anytime a friendly adjacent figure with an Avenger Marker on its card would receive one or more wounds, you may instead have Moon Knight receive those wounds.

RELENTLESS RESOLVE
Moon Knight may attack non-adjacent figures while he is engaged. After attacking with Moon Knight, if he did not inflict a wound, you may remove an unrevealed Order Marker from a card in your army or place a Wound Marker on this card to attack again.

RISE WITH THE MOON
Once per game, when the last friendly figure would receive enough wounds to be destroyed, if Moon Knight is currently destroyed, immediately remove all Wound Markers from this card and place Moon Knight on an empty space on the battlefield.

C3G INITIAL PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE TEST UNIT Moon Knight

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Army Test 1
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units:
Moon Knight(190), Luke Cage(190), Cap(220), Spider-Woman(250), Spider-Man(250) (1100)
vs.
Star-Lord(250), Nebula(240), Gamora(300), She-Hulk(310) (1100)

Spoiler Alert!

Attack Damage:


AUDACIOUS AVENGER:
Takes 3 wounds for Spider-Woman, is killed.

RELENTLESS RESOLVE:


RISE WITH THE MOON


Notes:
Avenger Markers on all except Cap.

R1: S-L puts a wound on Spider-Woman. She-Hulk puts 2 wounds on Moon Knight. Cage puts a wound on She-Hulk. Gamora kills Moon Knight. Cage puts a wound on She-Hulk.

R2: She-Hulk heals. Spider-Woman puts a wound on She-Hulk. Gamora puts 4 wounds on Spider-Woman. Cap puts a wound on Star-Lord. Cage takes 1 wound from LEA. She-Hulk kills Spider-Woman. Cage puts a wound on S-L. Gamora puts a wound on Cap.

R3: She-Hulk heals. Gamora kills Cap(botch). Spider-Man kills S-L. Cage puts 3 wounds on Gamora. Gamora takes 1 wound from LEA, puts a wound on Spider-Man. Spider-Man kills Gamora. Cage puts 3 wounds on She-Hulk(botch). Spider-Man kills She-Hulk.

R4: Spider-Man puts 3 wounds on Nebula. Nebula puts a wound on Cage with VS. Nebula puts 2 wounds on Cage with VS, then kills him with her attack. Nebula heals.

R5: Spider-Man puts a wound on Nebula. Nebula puts a wound on Spider-Man with VS, then attacks him for 2 wounds(botch). Spider-Man kills Nebula(botch).


Spider-Man with 4/5 wounds. (1 life)

Close finish that saw decent luck from the Fighters. The Guardians never got any Nebula bonus activations, which means they were scoring wounds at least, but couldn't quite seal the deal.

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Army Test 2
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units:
Moon Knight(190), Wasp(160), She-Hulk(370), Wolverine(270) (990)
vs.
Luke Cage(190), Iron Fist(260), Thing(340), Daredevil(200) (990)

Spoiler Alert!

Attack Damage:
1 wound on Daredevil(+1). (+1 from height)
1 wound on Luke Cage, kills him. (+1 from height)
1 wound on Thing(+1).

AUDACIOUS AVENGER:
Takes 2 wounds for Wasp.
Takes 2 wounds for Wasp, is killed.

RELENTLESS RESOLVE:
Removes X to attack again.
Places a wound to attack again.
Places a wound to attack again.
Removes X to attack again.

RISE WITH THE MOON
R4T2: Placed on battlefield when Wasp would be destroyed.

Notes:
R1: She-Hulk leaps into Cage for 1 wound, then puts a wound on Cage with her attack. DD puts a wound on MK. She-Hulk objects to Cage's turn. She-Hulk throws Wolverine into Cage for 1 wound, then attacks him for 1 wound.

R2: Thing puts a wound on Wolverine. Thing puts 6 wounds on She-Hulk in 2 attacks. Thing puts 2 wounds on Wolverine in 2 attacks. Wolverine puts 3 wounds on Thing with AF. She-Hulk would kill Thing, but he plays One More Hand.

R3: Fist kills Wolverine(botch). She-Hulk throws Moon Knight into Thing for 1 wound. She-Hulk kills Thing. Fist kills Moon Knight. Reveals X to heal DD. She-Hulk attacks Fist for 2 wounds. Fist kills She-Hulk.

R4: Wasp puts 1 wound on DD with her SA. Fist puts a wound on Wasp then heals. Wasp puts 1 wound on Fist with her SA. Wasp puts 1 wound on Fist with her SA. Daredevil kills Wasp.


Iron Fist with 3/5 wounds. (2 life)
Daredevil with 1/4 wounds. (3 life)

Decent matchup, pretty close finish that could have gone either way had Wasp hit some luck with her SA or DD not hit decent attacks in the end.

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Army Test 3
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units:
Moon Knight(190), Cap(220), Ms. Marvel(350), Quicksilver(240) (1000)
vs.
Fantastic Four (1000)

Spoiler Alert!

Attack Damage:
1 wound on Human Torch(+4).
1 wound on Human Torch(+4), kills him.
1 wound on Mr. Fantastic(+4).

AUDACIOUS AVENGER:


RELENTLESS RESOLVE:
Removes X to attack again.
Places wound to attack again.
Removes OM3 to attack again.

RISE WITH THE MOON
R3T2: Placed on battlefield when Cap is destroyed.

Notes:
R1: Human Torch puts 2 wounds on Moon Knight. Human Torch takes a wound from LEA, then another wound from LEAs, puts 2 wounds on Ms. Marvel and kills Moon Knight with Fo4, then attacks Ms. Marvel for 2 wounds, but takes 1 wound from her BD. Thing would kill Ms. Marvel but Quicksilver saves her. Thing kills Quicksilver with full Clobberin' Time. Fantastic takes a wound from Ms. Marvel's BD. Thing kills Ms. Marvel with a full Clobberin' Time.

R2: Cap puts a wound on Invisible Woman. Thing would kill Cap, but Cap hits his ICDTAD roll, Thing takes 1 wound. Fantastic puts 2 wounds on Cap.

R3: Thing puts 2 wounds on Cap, then he would kill Cap but Cap hits his ICDTAD roll, putting 1 wound on Thing. Thing kills Cap.

R4: Fantastic puts 2 wounds on Moon Knight. Thing kills Moon Knight.


Thing with 2/6 wounds. (4 life)
Mr. Fantastic with 2/5 wounds. (3 life)
Invisible Woman with 1/5 wounds. (4 life)

Decent back and forth but the Avengers struggled to tear through the F4's defenses quick enough, and to get to Invisible Woman.

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Army Test 4
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units:
Moon Knight(190), Cap(220), Ms. Marvel(350), Vision(340) (1100)
vs.
Professor X(220), Gorgon(300), Phoenix(230), Colossus(260), Angel(90) (1100)

Spoiler Alert!

Attack Damage:
1 wound on Phoenix, kills her.

AUDACIOUS AVENGER:
Takes 1 wound instead of Vision from Phoenix Fire.

RELENTLESS RESOLVE:


RISE WITH THE MOON


Notes:
Vision rolls 3 skulls, 2 shields, and 1 blank.

R1: Phoenix puts a wound on Moon Knight(botch). Vision puts a wound on Phoenix, and Colossus takes 1 wound from PF. Ms. Marvel puts 3 wounds on Phoenix, and Colossus and friendly Vision take a wound from PF. Vision burns blank to avoid attack. Phoenix Fire puts a wound on Colossus and Gorgon. Gorgon avoids LEA, kills Moon Knight. Colossus takes 1 wound from LEA.

R2: Gorgon puts a wound on Ms. Marvel. Vision kills Colossus. Ms. Marvel takes a wound from Gorgon's PS. Angel puts a wound on Vision. Gorgon takes a wound from BD. Cap takes a wound from PS. Ms. Marvel takes a wound from Gorgon's PS. Gorgon kills Ms. Marvel. Vision puts 2 wounds on Angel.

R3: Angel puts a wound on Cap. Gorgon puts a wound on Cap. Vision puts 3 wounds on Gorgon. Cap would be killed by Gorgon, instead he hits his ICDTAD roll, killing Gorgon. Vision kills Angel(botch).

R4: Prof. X puts a wound on Vision(botch). Vision puts 2 wounds on Prof. X, then hits his DD roll and removes his OM2. Vision kills Professor X.


Vision with 3/6 wounds. (3 life)
Cap with 3/5 wounds. (2 life)

Decent back and forth throughout, and felt pretty even up until the end.

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Army Test 5
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units:
Moon Knight(190), Cap(240), Spider-Man(280), War Machine(260), Scarlet Witch(330) (1300)
vs.
Hawkwoman(260), Green Arrow(210), Black Canary(220), Wonder Woman(310), Martian Manhunter(300) (1300)

Spoiler Alert!

Attack Damage:
1 wound on Hawkwoman.

AUDACIOUS AVENGER:
Takes 2 wounds for Scarlet. (During Scarlet's Uncanny Avenger placement)

RELENTLESS RESOLVE:


RISE WITH THE MOON


Notes:
R1: WW removes a marker. GA removes a marker, kills Moon Knight in 2 attacks, and 1 wound on Cap. Hawkwoman puts a wound on War Machine then puts a marker back on WW. GA removes a marker and puts 2 wounds on Cap.

R2: WW removes a marker. Hawkwoman kills War Machine, puts a marker back onto GA. GA removes a marker and kills Cap. Hawkwoman puts a wound on Spider-Man, puts a marker back on WW. Canary removes a marker and puts 2 wounds on Spider-Man. Scarlet places Cap, Cap puts a wound on Canary. Scarlet kills Canary. Cap is removed from the game. Scarlet takes a wound from Canary Cry.

R3: WW removes a marker. Scarlet places War Machine. War Machine puts a wound on Martian Manhunter with AA. Scarlet puts a wound on MM. War Machine is removed from the game. Hawkwoman puts a wound on Scarlet, places a marker back onto WW. Scarlet puts a wound on MM. Spider-Man puts 3 wounds on Hawkwoman. MM puts a wound on Spider-Man. GA removes a marker and puts a wound on Scarlet. Scarlet places Moon Knight. Moon Knight is removed from the game. Hawkwoman kills Scarlet.

R4: WW removes a marker. Hawkwoman kills Spider-Man.


Hawkwoman with 4/5 wounds. (1 life)
Martian Manhunter with 3/6 wounds. (3 life)
Wonder Woman unwounded.
Green Arrow unwounded.

Justice League hot the better rolls this game, but was a fun match. Scarlet had some interesting interactions here, but unfortunately Moon Knight was disposed of fast.

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THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY:
He serves a decent purpose. All of his powers had their uses in most of the games. Audacious Avenger of course is nice to save some key figures when possible. Can certainly challenge the opponent to get around him or force them to prioritize him first. Relentless Resolve was cool, allowing you to keep attacking to try and inflict at least one wound when it really counts, at the cost of unrevealed Order Markers or wounds on him, which can sometimes be a good tradeoff depending how important that wound is to get. Rise With the Moon obviously didn't come into play in games his team won, which of course is nice, and was cool to see him come back at the end when needed to save that last ally to potentially try and turn the tides.

Scarlet had some interesting interactions with some newer Avenger figures like War Machine who doesn't need to worry about LEAs again, and for Moon Knight she can bring him back and he can just keep attacking til he hits at least one wound, thanks to them not able to be destroyed during that turn. Pretty neat combo, though she removes him from the game when doing so, so it can be a hard judgement call to make if he's not already used Rise With the Moon, which assumed she's the last one and on death's door. Was worth the attempt in my last game against the JL since Scarlet was so weak to Hawkwoman's Nth Metal Defense, she needed whatever help she could right away.

Overall, he could probably come down a little in points? He's super easy to take out with 4 Life and 4 Defense. Even if he comes back a second time, you'll see his impact in each game was fairly minor, which isn't necessarily bad, but he never felt like a pest or anything and was quickly disposed of in most cases both times on the board. So either we up his Defense to 5, Life to 5, or just let his points come down a hair. 2 of his powers hurt his own life essentially to use, so 5 Life may not be that crazy? Not sure. Cool with whatever though.

[Arkham]

Few games in, I've cut the d20 auto-wounding from when he's brought back and made it so you have to place the wound or remove the OM before each additional attack rather than after(depending on if he caused the wound).

Both should help streamline him and keep his points down, which I prefer.

So far he's been fun. Absorbing wounds is of course nice, and Relentless Resolve is cool in that you're almost guaranteeing yourself finishing off a near death enemy in a pinch, as long as you're willing to pay with OMs or wounds.

Rise With the Moon was super lucky in the initial 3 games, coming back right away after dying. However, in game 4 he failed all 3 attempts and it costed his team. So it's nice that it's not a guarantee, giving the opponent a chance to score some wounds on key figures before his return.

[Arkham]

Just for the sake of doing something a bit different and interesting, how would people feel if we did something like this?

RISE WITH THE MOON
Once per game, when the last figure you control would be destroyed, if Moon Knight is destroyed, remove all Wound Markers from this card and place him on an empty space on the battlefield.

I feel like that maybe captures him in a bit of a cooler way?

@Arch-vile
@IAmBatman
@MrNobody
@Tornado
@Ronin

[tcglkn]

I like that.

[Arkham]

I'll wait to get buy in from others before proceeding. I think with that change, we could drop his life by 1 and up his move by 1? Probably should be faster than 5, and him getting a guaranteed resurrection near the end, 1 life down makes sense.

[Arch-vile]

Yeah, that’s pretty cool. I’d agree with a life drop.