Black Knight and Dread Knight

From Heroes of Might and Magic III
Jump to navigationJump to search
Necropolis creatures
Level 1
Skeleton Skeleton
Skeleton Warrior Skeleton Warrior
Level 2
Walking Dead Walking Dead
Zombie Zombie
Level 3
Wight Wight
Wraith Wraith
Level 4
Vampire Vampire
Vampire Lord Vampire Lord
Level 5
Lich Lich
Power Lich Power Lich
Level 6
Black Knight Black Knight
Dread Knight Dread Knight
Level 7
Bone Dragon Bone Dragon
Ghost Dragon Ghost Dragon
Towns
Castle Rampart Tower
Inferno Necropolis Dungeon
Stronghold Fortress Conflux
Cove Factory
Neutral
Creature-box.png
Dread Knight
Creature Dread Knight.pngCreature Dread Knight.png
CreatureBackground Necropolis.png
18
18
15–30
120
9
Move
Ground
Size
2
Growth
2
2382
2029
Cost Per Troop
Gold symbol for text.png
1500
Undead. Curses enemies. Death Blow attack.
Creature-box.png
Black Knight
Creature Black Knight.pngCreature Black Knight.png
CreatureBackground Necropolis.png
16
16
15–30
120
7
Move
Ground
Size
2
Growth
2
2087
1753
Cost Per Troop
Gold symbol for text.png
1200
Undead. Curses enemies.

Black and Dread Knights are the level 6 creatures of Necropolis. They are recruited from the Hall of Darkness.

"Knights have a chance of cursing opponents they strike. Cursed creatures inflict only minimum damage in their own attacks. Dread knights' attacks also have a 20% chance of inflicting double damage death blows." RoE manual

Dwelling-portrait-box.png
Hall of Darkness
Shadow of Death map icon.png
Horn of the Abyss map icon.png
Black Knight (adventure map).gif
Dread Knight (adventure map).gif
Black Knight portrait.png
Black Knight portrait (HotA).png
Mini Portrait Black Knight.png
Dread Knight portrait.png
Mini Portrait Dread Knight.png

Heroes with a specialty[edit | edit source]

Special Abilities[edit | edit source]

Special Ability: Curse[edit | edit source]

Black and Dread Knights have a 25% chance to curse their target stack for three rounds. This ability uses the Curse spell. However, Fiery Fields terrain does not affect creature spells. The ability is affected by the Magic Plains.

Special Ability: Death Blow[edit | edit source]

Dread Knights' special ability death blow gives them 20% chance of dealing double base damage when attacking a creature stack. The game information states that Dread Knights would deal double damage when the death blow occurs, but that is not technically correct as it only doubles the base damage. In other words, bonuses from Offense, Luck or attack-defense difference are not doubled. See damage calculation for more specific information about the matter.

Appearance[edit | edit source]

A Dread Knight appears at the beginning of the Corporeal Punishment scenario from the Long Live the King campaign in Restoration of Erathia.

550px|EVIL2C

User commentary

[Show user commentary]
[Hide user commentary]
Some may find the information in this section subjective or irrelevant.

The Dread Knights are considered to be the best level 6 unit, alongside the Naga Queens. They also have the highest attack, defense and health for a level 6 unit, accompanied by the largest damage range and max damage (together with the Naga Queens who have a fixed damage value). However, the weaknesses of the Bone and Ghost Dragons compensates for their strength.

They should be used as a powerful striking force, since they will both deal much damage to the enemy and also resist attacks pretty well.

In one-on-one combat with no stats bonus, a Dread Knight defeats a Naga Queen only if their Death Blow triggers.


See also:[edit source]