Knight (Warcraft I)

Knights are the fighting elite in his Majesty's service. Using the difficult skills required for mounted combat, these warriors wield huge maces in order to crush their opponent's skulls. Their warhorses make them fast and deadly, as they can maneuver much more quickly than an unmounted foe. Knights are well respected throughout the realm, and the tales of their fighting prowess are known far and wide.

Knights are the main melee attacking unit. They are extremely useful as they have a good amount of HP and five points of armour. Their main usefulness is the fact that they are the fastest unit, and can also be upgraded to become even faster, making them useful in luring the enemy into a barrage of arrows. They are also very useful against Catapults and spell casters; Catapults aren't able to hit a Knight due to the former's slow attack speed and a spell caster is only useful from afar.

• Upgrade S w ord Strength
• Increases the basic attack damage of Footmen, Knights, Clerics, Conjurers, Scorpions, Water Elementals and Lothar by 2

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• Upgrade S w ord Strength
• Further increases the basic attack damage of Footmen, Knights, Clerics, Conjurers, Scorpions, Water Elementals and Lothar by 2

! Research Cost !! Researched At !! Upgrade Time

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• 1500 [[File:WC1Gold.gif]] || Blacksmith || 120
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• Upgrade S h ield Strength
• Increases the armor of all your units and buildings by 2

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• Upgrade S h ield Strength
• Further increases the armor of all your units and buildings by 2

! Research Cost !! Researched At !! Upgrade Time

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• 1500 [[File:WC1Gold.gif]] || Blacksmith || 120
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• B reed Faster Horses
• Increases the speed of Knights by 1

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• B reed Faster Horses
• Further increases the speed of Knights by 1

! Research Cost !! Researched At !! Upgrade Time

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• 1500 [[File:WC1Gold.gif]] || Stables || 140
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• The manual describes them as using maces, but the weapon depicted in-game is more properly called a flail.

• See Warcraft I human quotes

• Knight (Warcraft II)
• Knight (Warcraft III)