Knight/Hero

“Imagine a mustache so magnificent it lures enemies to their doom! Hero Knight takes great care to wax his shield and mustache in equal measure, so as to always twist the tide of battle in his favor.”

The Heroic Knight is a Common card that is unlocked with 200 . It spawns one single-target, ground-targeting, melee, and ground troop with high hitpoints and moderate damage. The Heroic Knight takes the appearance of a man who has glowing yellow eyes, a bigger blond-colored mustache, goatee and eyebrows, and wears chainmail, a golden chestplate, a team-colored cape, a belt, platinum arm pads with a golden base, and golden shoes with platinum plates and straps on them, while wielding a large saber as his weapon and carrying a large platinum shield with a golden handle, base, mustache and goatee, along with a Hero Shard in the middle. A Heroic Knight card costs 3 to deploy.

Ability: Triumphant Taunt[]

“Gains a shield and taunts nearby enemies, forcing them to attack him.”

The Hero Knight has a special ability accessible from whatever side of the screen was put in, just above the player's card slots in battle. After a 1-second delay, the Hero Knight activates his “Triumphant Taunt”, taunting every enemy troop and building in a 7.5-tiles range, causing them to attack him. He also gains a shield. Both the shield and the taunt effect last for 5 seconds, unless the former is destroyed, although enemy troops and buildings will still target him afterwards until he is defeated. The ability goes on a 25 second cooldown after the duration ends. The Triumphant Taunt ability costs 2 Elixir to activate.

Strategy[]

For the purposes of determining Elixir trades, the Heroic Knight and his activated Ability count as 5 Elixir, as the player must play the 3 Elixir Heroic Knight and then spend a further 2 on his Ability.
This card would be good in Goblin Barrel decks as with his ability, he will make the tower troop refocus onto himself, letting the Goblins get amazing chip damage on the tower, if left undisturbed by a spell. On the other hand, he can also work well against a Goblin Barrel, pulling the goblins away from the tower with his ability on defense.
It would also be good on things that would really need something to tank for it, like Graveyard and Skeleton Army, preferably with its Evolution. This with either would be amazing as with Graveyard, Heroic Knight doesn't have to be timed perfectly to work. You just have to place it during the same time period of a few seconds to make it work and not be a waste. Paired with the Evolved Skeleton Army, the Knight can be anywhere on your opponent's side, and until the General is close to dying, then you can use the ability. To help use it further, try to place the Knight at the front, so that it absorbs the damage regardless of the ability, and after taking the first tower, then use it when the ability range is going to affect both the King and Crown Tower left.
Spells are completely ineffective against the Heroic Knight. His shield is able to withstand a Fireball of equal Level while the Knight himself will survive any lone spell, including the Rocket. Even spells with multiple hits like the Poison and Void are ineffective against him, with the former even being unable to take out the shield by itself.
- The Barbarian Barrel and Royal Delivery are slightly more effective against him, due to spawning troops that will continuously attack the Heroic Knight. However, unless he is distracted by something else, the Barbarian and Royal Recruit will not be able to defeat him.
Paired with the Mini P.E.K.K.A., Prince, or Mighty Miner you can take down something like a P.E.K.K.A., as with the ability, the P.E.K.K.A will retarget onto the Knight, while either one of the 3 damage dealers finishes her off.
Even without the ability, the Heroic Knight can still defend against many things the regular can, but unlike its Evolution, it can no longer defend better against ranged troops, with its 65% damage reduction when not attacking no longer present.
With great timing of the ability, a Heroic Knight can pull away both barrels of an Evolved Goblin Barrel for a slight negative Elixir trade.
If you have a big push coming towards an enemy tower, you can help it succeed by dropping a Heroic Knight on the other lane and activating the ability when defending troops are in range. This is especially useful if the enemy is trying to use a building or ranged troop to defend in the center, because the ability will move the defenders' attention to the other lane, allowing your push to break through.

Statistics

Cost	Hit Speed	First Hit Speed	Speed	Deploy Time	Range	Target	Count	Transport	Type	Rarity
3	1.2 sec	0.5 sec	Medium (60)	1 sec	Melee: Medium (1.2)	Ground	x1	Ground	Troop	Common

Triumphant Taunt Attributes

Cost	Taunt Range	Cast Time	Ability Duration	Ability Cooldown
2	7.5 tiles	0.933 sec	5 sec	25 sec

Level	Hitpoints	Damage	Damage Per Second	Shield Hitpoints
1	690	79	65	322
2	759	86	71	353
3	834	95	79	388
4	917	105	87	426
5	1,007	115	95	468
6	1,104	126	105	514
7	1,214	139	115	564
8	1,331	152	126	619
9	1,462	167	139	680
10	1,607	184	153	746
11	1,766	202	168	819
12	1,938	221	184	899
13	2,132	244	203	987
14	2,339	267	222	1,084
15	2,566	293	244	1,190

History[]

2025

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

The word "Knight" comes from the German "Knecht", meaning "servant or vassal". Originally, knights were associated with mounted warriors, later being considered a class of lower nobility, until eventually, knighthood had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior. Often, a knight was a vassal who served as an elite fighter or a bodyguard for a lord, with payment in the form of land holdings.
The Heroic Knight was one of the first Heroes to be added in the game, alongside the Giant, Mini P.E.K.K.A., and Musketeer.
Before the Knight Hero’s release, the Triumphant Taunt’s Elixir cost was increased to 2 Elixir (from 1 Elixir), but his Shield Hitpoints were increased by 47.27%.
He's the only Hero to be Common card, the rest are Rare cards.