骑士

“A tough melee fighter. The Barbarian's handsome, cultured cousin. Rumor has it that he was knighted based on the sheer awesomeness of his mustache alone.”

The Knight card is unlocked from the Training Camp (Tutorial). He is a single-target melee troop with moderately high hitpoints and moderate damage. The Knight has a blond-colored mustache and eyebrows, and wears chain mail along with a team-colored scarf while wielding a sword. A Knight card costs 3 Elixir to deploy.

Strategy[]

Knight has good statistics for his cost, and is able to survive a single hit from all damaging spells at equal levels. He is able to act as a Lightning rod to protect weaker troops on defense, like a Musketeer or an Electro Dragon.
The Knight is fairly weak to air troops, as he is unable to target them and does not move quickly. Bats and Minions can easily defend against a Knight for a low Elixir investment.
The Electro Wizard works well with the Knight because the Electro Wizard can stun and reset attackers to cause them to re-target onto the Knight instead.
- He has a great synergy in particular with Goblin Barrel decks. His low cost and relatively high hitpoints allow him to easily be used to attack with the Goblin Barrel, making the Goblins much harder to take down if a Zap or Giant Snowball is their only spell. On defense, he is the primary tank in the deck which helps against larger pushes. However, The Log or Barbarian Barrel will still counter the Goblin Barrel even if the Knight is tanking for them, so it is not recommended to use him in a combo when these cards are in the opponent's hand.
- The Knight is also a decent counter to a Goblin Barrel if the player has no other counters, because he one-shots Goblins. He should be placed on the side of the player's Princess Tower closest to the edge of the Arena so he can take out the Goblin the tower isn't targeting; this allows for more effective damage distribution between the player's units and often results in less damage taken.
- If he is paired with fast moving units like a Hog Rider, the Knight will be pushed closer to the Princess Tower for extra damage or towards a defending unit, allowing him to attack the defending unit earlier.
The Knight's merely average hit speed and his inability to hit multiple targets makes him somewhat weak to swarms. However, since his damage per hit is high enough to one shot Goblins, swarms with a lower troop count should be placed further away from him so that less of them get eliminated during the deploy time and can counterpush.
The Knight has enough health and damage along with a low enough cost to counter low hitpoint or low damage support troops like a Musketeer or an Executioner. With the help of a Crown Tower, the Knight can neutralize several 1-on-1, like a Prince or even a Giant Skeleton.
A Knight can be used to bait the enemy's swarms or tank counter, allowing a more threatening tank like a Giant to have an easier time on offense.
He can be supported with Skeletons, Goblins, or Spear Goblins to quickly deal high damage on offense or defense. If the opponent tries to eliminate one of the two units, the overall cheap cost of the combo often gives the player enough time to back up the other one. When defending against this push, area damage and air troops are the most efficient way to clean it up.
A lone Knight will deal great damage to a Princess Tower by himself, taking around half of its health before he is defeated. Cheap troops like Skeletons can pull him towards the center and negate most of his damage.
The Knight can be used as a cheap tank for an enemy X-Bow. If the player knows the X-Bow user cannot block him in time, he will do a fair amount of damage to it for 3 Elixir. However, if the X-Bow user does have enough resources to back it up, it is more effective to place him further back and to rely on another troop to deal damage to the building, as he will otherwise be in range of the opponent's Princess Tower and take extra damage. On the contrary, he can be used as a tank for your X-Bow or Mortar due to his low upfront cost and high hitpoints. He will act as a shield for enemy attacks that would be used against the building, while also doing damage to them.
The Knight paired with Archers can replicate the effect of the Rascals for a slightly more expensive cost. However, the Archers have more hitpoints than the Rascal Girls, and their lower individual costs allow the player to defend more efficiently to several attacks (i.e, they are not forced to overcommit with 6 Elixir to a single attack, like with the Rascals' 5 Elixir cost).
The Knight can also counter a lone Sparky that has crossed the bridge for a Plus 3 Elixir Trade. This is because at Tournament Standard (Level 11), the Knight can tank one Sparky shot and take it out before it charges up again.

History[]

The Knight was released with Clash Royale's soft launch on 4/1/16.
On 3/5/16, the May 2016 Update increased the Common card level cap to 13 (from 12).
On 18/5/16 a Balance Update increased the Knight's hitpoints by 10%.
On 12/12/17 a Balance Update decreased the Knight’s hit speed to 1.2 seconds (from 1.1 seconds).
On 12/2/18, a Balance Update decreased the Knight's hitpoints by 6%.
On 25/4/18, the Clan Wars update increased the Knight’s hitpoints by 3%.
On 6/8/18, a Balance Update increased the Knight's damage by 5%.
On 4/2/19, a Balance Update increased the Knight's hitpoints by 2.5%.
On 15/4/19, the Trophy Road Update added an extra Star Level.
On 1/7/19, a 'Rulebook' Update increased the Knight's range from 1 to 1.2 (now classified as 中距离近战).
On 2/12/19, a Balance Update increased the Knight's hitpoints by 5%.
On 30/3/21, a Balance Update decreased the Knight's hitpoints by 5%.
On 27/10/21, the 2021 Quarter 3 Update increased the level cap of all cards to 14 (previously 13).

Trivia[]

From his description, it is implied that Knight and the Barbarians are distant cousins, which is corroborated by their physical resemblance. Coincidentally, both the Knight and Barbarians are voice acted by John Mondelli.
In the tutorial, the Knight is the first card that the player is told to use, although it is not required to place him down first.
A popular meme derived from Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft known as "Good Stats for the Cost" is commonly associated with the Knight.
The Knight used to have team-colored shoulder pads, though they were later removed.
The Knight is the subject of 2 Emotes.

数据

花费	攻击速度	移动速度	部署时间	射程	目标	数量	行进方式	类型	稀有度
3	1.2秒	中等（60）	1秒	1.2（中距离近战）	地面目标	x1	地面	军队	普通

等级	生命值	伤害	每秒伤害值
1	651	79	65
2	716	86	71
3	787	95	79
4	865	105	87
5	950	115	95
6	1,041	126	105
7	1,145	139	115
8	1,256	152	126
9	1,380	167	139
10	1,516	184	153
11	1,666	202	168
12	1,829	221	185
13	2,011	244	203
14	2,206	267	222