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Template:Infobox hero The Knight is one of the Guardians and a starting hero.

Stats

As a Guardian, the Knight benefits from extra stats purchased in between runs for Shards. The Knight does not gain XP from the tavern by eating food Food and can only gain XP from defeating Monsters in Combat.

The Knight's attacks do Physical Damage and have no Element. The Knight's attacks do not apply any additional Effects.

The Knight cannot be placed on Towers.

Base stats	Maxed Base stats	Lvl 10	Max Lvl 10
5 11 13 5% 0% 0%	6.25 14.3 16.9 5.63% 15% 15%	53 50 100 5% 0% 0%	66.25 65 130 5.63% 15% 15%

Abilities

Active: defense

Charges enemy

 10x
 1s
 50m

Upgrades

Rank 1	Shield of mankind		Inspire
	Attacks Faster 2× for all heroes		Attacks hit in a small area +20 % for heroes with full
Rank 2	Shield of mankind A	Shield of mankind B	Inspire A	Inspire B
	Attacks even faster 3x for all heroes	stuns target 2x and poison immunity for all heroes with	Attacks hit in a medium area +30 % for heroes with full	Attacks faster +1 regeneration

Relics

The Knight is required for the following Relics:

• Hungry Shield
• Metal Mage

The Knight benefits from the following Relics:

• Eagle Eye
• Hungry Shield
• Knock Knock
• Armor
• Cloak
• Helmet
• Knife
• Sword
• Shield
• Glasses

Tactics

the knights upgrades are all very useful for shield heroes

Shield of mankind B is a very useful upgrade for countering poison. Especially so because the heroes with highest shield, the human ones are weak to poison.