Black Cat

Duelist Thieves Guild

Duelist · 275 HP · First appeared 1979 · Human

Origin

Felicia Hardy, the Black Cat, first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #194 in 1979, created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Keith Pollard. Her debut was as an antagonist for Spider-Man — a cat burglar with bad-luck powers and a flair for theatrical entrances — but the character pivoted quickly into a recurring love interest and reluctant hero across Spider-Man's supporting cast.

Comic history

Black Cat's defining era ran through the early 1980s under Wolfman and Tom DeFalco, where her relationship with Peter Parker grounded her motivations beyond burglary. The Kingpin-funded probability-altering powers from Spider-Man #87 cemented her power set as bad-luck-to-her-enemies. Modern runs by Jed MacKay (Black Cat 2019–2021) re-centered her as a heist-leading antihero with her own crew, leaning into the Thieves Guild and Defenders connections.

Black Cat in Marvel Rivals

Black Cat is a 275 HP Duelist whose entire kit revolves around Fortune — a resource generated by hitting enemies and spent at her in-match shop. She is one of the most mobile Duelists in the game, with wall-climb, double jump, and a target-locked dash via Phantom Pursuit. The skill ceiling is in resource management; she snowballs hard with Fortune banked, but she folds in extended fights without it.

Abilities

Feline Fury is her primary attack. Fortune's Favor is the secondary that launches Phantom Pursuit, her signature dash-and-strike. Cat's Cradle is the directional escape. Thieving Grace and Stealthy Catwalk handle her vertical mobility. Gilded Deal opens the Fortune shop. Calling Card, her ultimate, drops a marked playing card on the field that detonates for area damage.

Spotting Black Cat in Rivaldle

Her Thieves Guild affiliation is unique in the database, so a single green affiliation cell is a tell. Her 1979 origin year is also unique. In Pixelation Mode the white hair and black bodysuit silhouette is distinctive — most Duelists have darker palettes. In Emoji Mode the cat-and-luck combination is essentially literal.

Try the puzzle

Black Cat is a possible answer in every Rivaldle mode. The fastest way to spot her 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 affiliation cell, the unique origin year, the white-hair silhouette — most heroes can be solved in two or three guesses.

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