Portrait of KnightKnight — in-game sprite
Original portrait and sprite — Warcraft Wiki, © Blizzard
AllianceLand unitCavalry

Knight

FR ChevalierES CaballeroCounterpart on the other side: Ogre

Fast and sturdy heavy cavalry. Becomes a Paladin after research at the church.

Hit points
90
Armour
4
Damage
8 + 4
Range
1
Sight
4
Speed
13
Gold
800
Lumber
100
Trained at
Barracks

Upgrade: Paladin (research: Church, 1,000 gold). Bars: relative to the best land or air value on that side. Values checked against Warcraft Wiki.

Overview

Fast and sturdy heavy cavalry. Becomes a Paladin after research at the church.

Trained at Barracks once you have built Stables. Its counterpart on the other side: Ogre.

Production chain

  1. Town HallBuilding
  2. BarracksBuilding
  3. KeepBuilding
  4. StablesBuilding
  5. Knight800 gold · 100 lumber
  6. CastleBuilding
  7. ChurchBuilding
  8. PaladinUpgrade · 1,000 gold

Stats

Base values, without upgrades (source: Warcraft Wiki). Damage: basic + piercing; piercing damage ignores armour.
StatKnightPaladin
Hit points9090
Mana—255
Armour44
Damage8 + 48 + 4
Range11
Sight45
Speed1313
Cost800 gold · 100 lumber+ 1,000 gold

Upgrade: Paladin

Research: Church. It upgrades all of these units, present and future: they become Paladins and gain access to these spells.

  • Holy Vision70 manaTemporarily reveals a chosen area of the map.Comes with the upgrade
  • Healing6 mana / HPRestores hit points to a friendly organic unit.Research: 1000 gold
  • Exorcism4 mana / HPDeals heavy damage to the undead.Research: 2000 gold

In game

Knights in Warcraft II Remastered
Knights in Warcraft II Remastered — © Blizzard Entertainment, via IGDB
A similar melee with the original graphics
A similar melee with the original graphics — © Blizzard Entertainment, via IGDB

Head to head: Knight / Ogre

Knight / Ogre
KnightStatOgre
90Hit points90
4Armour4
8 + 4Damage8 + 4
1Range1
4Sight4
13Speed13
800 gold · 100 lumberCost800 gold · 100 lumber
BarracksTrained atBarracks
PaladinUpgradeOgre-Mage

On the same side