Editing Black Knight and Dread Knight

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{{Creature/Black Knight}}
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'''Black and Dread Knights''' are the level 6 creatures of [[Necropolis]]. They are recruited from the [[Hall of Darkness]].

''"Knights have a chance of [[Curse|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 blow|death blows]]."{{-}}<sup>[[Restoration of Erathia Manual Page 102|RoE manual]]''</sup>
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== Dwellings & Portraits ==
{{DwellingPortrait
| dwelling       = Hall of Darkness
| creature1      = Black Knight
| creature2      = Dread Knight
}}
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== Heroes with a [[Specialty#Creature_specialties|specialty]] ==
* {{H|Tamika|Death Knight}}
* {{swh|noicon=|{{H|Haart Lich|Death Knight}} {{withmapedhota}}|{{H|Lord Haart|hero_link=Haart Lich|image=Haart Lich|Death Knight}}{{-wa}}{{-ws}}}} (fixed-stat specialty)

== Special Abilities ==
=== Special Ability: Curse ===
Black Knights and Dread Knights have a 20% chance to afflict a target stack with Advanced {{Sn|Curse}} for 3 rounds after attacking them. This ability is unaffected by [[Fiery Fields]] but ''is'' affected by [[Magic Plains]].

=== Special Ability: Death Blow ===
Dread Knights have a 20% chance to deal double '''base''' damage when attacking a creature stack. The game states that Dread Knights deal double damage when the Death Blow occurs, but that is not technically correct; bonuses from [[Offense]], [[Luck]], or attack-defense difference are not doubled. See [[Damage|damage calculation]] for more detailed information about the matter.

== Sounds ==
{{CreatureSounds|Black Knight}}
{{CreatureSounds|Dread Knight}}
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== Gallery ==
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RoE 1.0 CD-Heroes3-DATA-HEROES3 VID-EVIL2C-smk-EVIL2C.webm|Dread Knight<br>([[Corporeal Punishment]] prologue)
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{{Fanopinion|
The Dread Knights are considered to be the best level 6 unit, alongside the [[Naga and Naga Queen|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 Queen|Naga Queens]] who have a fixed damage value). However, the weaknesses of the [[Bone and Ghost Dragon|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.
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{{creature 'see also'}}
* [[Comparison of Level 6 Creatures]]

[[Category: Creatures]]
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