Editing Promethean Knight/Gameplay

Knights are always equipped with Forerunner weapons, with the [[Z-130 Suppressor|Suppressor]] and [[Z-250 lightrifle|LightRifle]] being their default armament. Their right arms feature a lethal [[lightblade]], which they can use to engage enemies at close range. They often fight in concert with [[Promethean Watcher]]s and can even use [[Equipment]] depending on their rank.

* Knights can be killed in one shot with the [[Z-390 incineration cannon|Incineration Cannon]] or [[Z-750 binary rifle|Binary Rifle]], although the latter cannot do so on [[Legendary]] difficulty.

At range, Knights engage the player with their weapons and slash the player with their lightblades at close range. They often fight alongside [[Promethean Watcher]]s, sometimes deploying them from their carapaces; the Watchers provide protection with [[Z-90 hardlight shield|Hardlight Shields]] and can fight back with their built-in [[Z-110 Boltshot|Boltshots]] and by hurling ordnance back at the players. As with Elites, Knights can handily be defeated with the [[Noob Combo]] using the [[Eos'Mak-pattern plasma pistol|Plasma Pistol]], although this only works on either levels with ''both'' Covenant and Prometheans or if the player uses a loadout with a Plasma Pistol in ''[[Spartan Ops]]''.

In addition to their firearms and blade, Promethean Knights can also throw [[Z-040 pulse grenade|Pulse Grenades]]. They will point with their blade arm for a few moments before firing the grenade. They are very precise, often nailing the player right in the middle of the grenade's sphere, so one should be constantly moving if they see a Knight prepare to fire a grenade. However, the Knight is vulnerable when it prepares to throw its grenade, giving the player enough time to move away or quickly break its shields.

If a Knight loses its shields, it will likely roar and be enraged, during which it exposes its face. Shooting it there with a precision weapon will kill the Knight instantly. However, unlike Elites, Knights are more likely to fight back at close range with their deadly lightblades, which can prove fatal especially on Legendary difficulty. Destroying the Knight's facial armor will permanently expose its face, which then allows any headshot to kill it, once its shields are depleted. Knights can be splattered with vehicles, though they are resilient targets and may require considerable momentum.

Knight Battlewagons are close combat specialists. They are more resilient than their standard brethren in both shields and health, are armed with close combat weapons, usually the [[Z-180 Scattershot|Scattershot]], and can use [[Z-5080 Promethean vision|Promethean vision]] to detect targets through walls. Battlewagons will try to charge the player as soon as they see them. Battlewagons are more likely to dodge attacks, and quicker to melee a nearby player, never stopping a charge once it starts. They can even execute a massive leap attack, at the landing of which they will unleash a devastating strike with their lightblade, which will knock the player away if it doesn't kill them outright. However, Battlewagons lack any of the defenses of other Knights, being incapable of deploying neither Watchers nor Autosentries, and will be easy prey if a player can engage them at a distance.

Knight Commanders are the most dangerous type of Knight. They have the highest health and shield values of any Knight, and fight carefully from a distance, usually fielding the Incineration Cannon, which can instantly kill the player on any difficulty except [[Easy]] (on Easy, the player will also be killed if their shields are already down). Knight Commanders tend to fire their Incineration Cannon at the ground, relying on the weapon's massive splash damage, and will even leap backwards to do this on a player that moves close to them. Commanders will also deploy their Autosentries faster and more frequently, and are quick to strike in melee with their blade arms. However, they are also the rarest type of Knight, as they only appear in the missions ''[[Shutdown]]'' and ''[[Midnight]]'', although their appearance in the former mission can be skipped. Knight Commanders are slightly more common in ''[[Spartan Ops]]''. Overall, Knight Commanders should be treated as high-priority targets if they have Incineration Cannons due to the large explosion radius of their projectiles and the explosive submunitions they leave behind, which can easily kill an unsuspecting player.

To quickly kill one, shoot one at either one of its exposed side cores and then headshot it with a precision weapon once it exposes its head and "screams". If the Knight is not killed within this time, it will quickly draw its head back in again, forcing the player to destroy its last core to expose the head a second time. If the player fails to kill the Knight even after destroying the two cores, the Knight's exposed face will remain unprotected, leaving it vulnerable for the remainder of the match until destroyed or healed by a Watcher. However, Legendary and Mythic Knights cannot be killed through this method as they will not expose their face when they scream, forcing the player to destroy both cores to expose a weak point on their backs, which will cause the Knight to suffer more damage when shot from behind. They can still be assassinated, though, albeit only once their cores are destroyed.