The Knight

"The Knight alone is a terrifying monster on the battlefield, but with his loyal Guards, he is nearly unstoppable.
Together, the Guardia Compagnia fights for their own freedom, killing anyone who gets in their way."

SPECIAL ABILITY: GUARDIA COMPAGNIA
The Knight can summon his three loyal companions one at a time to patrol nearby areas, hunt Survivors, or perform tasks on his behalf.

SPECIAL ABILITY: GUARD SUMMON
Press and hold the Secondary Power button to cycle through the 3 Guards.
Press and hold the Power button to enter the Guard Summon Mode.
Press the Secondary Power button to exit it at any time.

While in the Guard Summon Mode, The Knight can move forwards at 13.8 m/s while steering with his camera, represented to Survivors as a Ghostly Orb that quickly fades to become invisible after exceeding 10 metres.
Moving in this form leaves a trail known as the Patrol Path.

The Knight automatically exits the Guard Summon Mode after exceeding the maximum length of the Patrol Path of 32 metres or after 10 seconds have elapsed.

The Knight is unable to see Survivors in this mode, as well as their Scratch Marks and Pools of Blood, but can still see their interactions with the environment.

The Knight can summon a new Guard at any time while another one is already active, causing that one to de-spawn and go on cool-down.

SPECIAL COMPANIONS: GUARDS
Each of the 3 Guards comes with his own special abilities and has their own separate cool-down:

• The Carnifex performs a Guard Order more quickly and has a shorter cool-down.


• The Assassin walks faster during a Hunt and inflicts hit Survivors with Deep Wound Status Effect.


• The Jailer walks faster during a Patrol, has a larger Detection range, and longer Hunt and Patrol durations.

SPECIAL ABILITY: GUARD PATROL
While in the Guard Summon Mode drawing a Patrol Path of at least 10 metres grants the ability to order a Guard Patrol, summoning a Guard at the far end of the Patrol Path, causing him to repeatedly walk it up and down until either the Power Gauge is depleted or he detects a nearby Survivor, which will initiate a Hunt.
Additionally, the following effects apply, depending on the final length of the Patrol Path:

• Grants The Knight a +5 % Haste Status Effect for 2 to 10 seconds.


• Reduces the duration of the Hunt Start-up phase of a Guard by -10 to -25 %.


• Increases the duration of the Hunt of a Guard by a factor of x1 to x1.5:
  
  • 1 to 15 metres: x1
  
  
  • 16 to 25 metres: x1.25
  
  
  • 26+ metres: x1.5


• Increases the Materialisation phase of the Standard placed by a Guard by a factor of x1 to x2:
  
  • 1 to 15 metres: x1
  
  
  • 16 to 25 metres: x1.5
  
  
  • 26+ metres: x2

The Knight can cancel an active Patrol by hitting the Guard with a Basic Attack:

• Reduces the Cool-down duration of that Guard for that time to 10 seconds.

SPECIAL ABILITY: GUARD ORDER
While in the Guard Summon Mode, press the Attack button while within 6 metres of a Breakable Wall, dropped Pallet, or partially repaired Generator to initiate a Guard Order, causing the summoned Guard to perform the Break or Damage action on the highlighted object.

A Guard Order regresses a Generator by -5 %.

SPECIAL ATTACK: GUARD HUNT
If a Survivor is inside the Detection range of a Guard and either in his line-of-sight or triggers a Loud Noise Notification, the Guard will detect their presence and phase through the environment, including through floors and across elevation, to reach their exact detected location over 2.5 seconds, after which he starts a Hunt , chasing after the Hunted Survivor:

• Places a Standard at the exact detected location of the Survivor, which materialises over several seconds.


• Damages any Survivor coming into its attack range, regardless of whether they are the Hunted Survivor or not.

Hunted Survivors can escape a Hunt unharmed by doing either of the following:

• Grabbing the materialised Standard by walking into it.
  
  • This also grants the Survivor a +50 % Haste Status Effect and the Endurance Status Effect, both lasting for 3 seconds.


• Unhooking another Survivor.


• Outlasting the duration of the Hunt indicated on their HUD portrait.

If The Knight comes within 8 metres of his Guard, the Depletion rate of the Hunt is increased by a factor of x3.
If either the Guard or The Knight damages the Hunted Survivor, the Hunt ends immediately and the former disappears.
If the Guard downs the Hunted Survivor, they trigger Killer Instinct for 3 seconds.