Knight

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> *..and so he left, battered to the core of hope.* - Knight
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### Description

The Knight is a seasoned swordsman who is determined to protect and empower his allies with an old-school sword and shield combo. Capable of deflecting attacks when timed correctly, his shield mastery brings him a level of protection unlike any other warrior of his class. Every primary attack after using  stuns enemies.

## Unlock

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                Defeat Ultra Providence.
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## Health

101 HP (+24 HP/LVL)

 Difficulty

151 HP

 Artifact

 151 HP

 101 HP

Knight

*..and so he left, battered to the core of hope.*

 Defeat Ultra Providence.

151 HP

101 HP

15 HP

10 HP

Difficulty
Artifacts

The **Knight** is the eleventh new survivor in the *Starstorm* roster, boasting the unique ability to parry attacks for high damage.

## Abilities

**Cooldown:**2 secondsHold to reduce incoming damage by 50%.

**Cooldown:**4 secondsDash and slash forward for 200% damage.

## Unlock

Ultra Providence can only be fought after activating an Ethereal Teleporter at least once during a run, after which Ultra elites can spawn in general. These can be found on any stage that contains an Artifact. The player will still need to reach the final stage to fight Providence. Be warned that the Ethereal Teleporter will increase the difficulty for the entire run significantly. Ultra Providence is much stronger than normal, and will additional spawn normal enemies during the fight.

## Strategy

The Knight is a melee survivor, meaning items like Frost Relic, Barbed Wire, and Brass Knuckles are useful due to the increase in close-range damage. Both  and  grant damage immunity, which can help you avoid attacks.

The window for parrying is roughly 1 second after you activate , so parrying isn't too difficult if you pay attention to attack animations. You can interrupt  with , which saves your momentum and gives you the damage reduction from  while still dealing damage if the  hits.

## Trivia

* Knight's personality has been described of as "a bit too serious and not trusting anyone but people he knows"
* Knight is the winner of the poll that decided who would be the eleventh character. The other options were Artillerist, Brawler, Scout, and Duke.

## Gallery

Selection screen.Decoy Sprite.Knight's unique buff icon.Idle sprite.Knight's graph.
## Version History

* 1.10.0: First introduction of the survivor.
* 1.10.2: Added Guardian, fixed missing Knight decoy.
* 1.10.3: Knight's primary now only changes after using .

## SURVIVORS

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ExecutionerMULECyborgTechnicianNucleatorBaronessChirrPyroDU-T**Knight**Seraph
Variant Survivors
SpecialistHeavyPoacherArbalistR-MORN-GBlacksmithAssassinAcerbidLegionaryChaserNINJAElectrocutionerBetaOperatorSPEE-DGuardianPrecursor
Nemesis Survivors
Nemesis CommandoNemesis EnforcerNemesis BanditNemesis HuntressNemesis HAN-DNemesis MinerNemesis SniperNemesis MercenaryNemesis LoaderNemesis AcridNemesis Executioner
Secret Variants

1. ↑ Neik's own words in the Discord.

Full quote: "knight being a bit too serious and not trusting anyone but people he knows, i like to think he's from a very specific culture / population that doesn't have a good relationship with the rest of modern humans"