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Armored Knight
Japanese	アーマーナイト
Rōmaji	Āmā Naito
Translation	Armor Knight
Type	Emblem Heartless
Games	Kingdom Hearts II Kingdom Hearts χ Kingdom Hearts Dark Road Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory

Armored Knight
Kingdom Hearts II
It charges its target in a group. Use the reaction command Rising Sun when it jumps into the sky, as it is about to unleash a tackling attack. Use Rising Sun in succession for various combos!
Kingdom Hearts Union χ
When in a pinch, this Heartless throws caution and itself to the wind. Boost your defenses before taking on this formidable foe!

Location		HP	Strength		Defense	EXP
Radiant Garden Episode 2 (pre-Space Paranoids)		32	27		15	21
Radiant Garden Episode 2 (post-Space Paranoids)		34	29		16	24
Radiant Garden Post-episode 2, pre-episode 3		37	32		18	32
Radiant Garden Episode 3		46	42		24	62
Beast's Castle Episode 2		39	34		19	37
Port Royal Episode 2		40	35		20	39
Halloween Town Episode 2		43	39		22	50
Pride Lands Episode 2		45	40		23	56
Physical	Fire			Blizzard
×1.0	×1.0			×1.0
Thunder	Dark			Neutral
×1.0	×1.0			×1.0
Rewards
HP prize (1) ×1 Lightning Gem (4%)
World(s)
Radiant Garden, Beast's Castle, Port Royal, Halloween Town, Pride Lands

Location		HP	Strength		Defense	EXP
Radiant Garden Episode 2 (pre-Space Paranoids)		32	27		15	16
Radiant Garden Episode 2 (post-Space Paranoids)		34	29		16	18
Radiant Garden Post-episode 2, pre-episode 3		37	32		18	24
Radiant Garden Episode 3		46	42		24	47
Beast's Castle Episode 2		39	34		19	28
Port Royal Episode 2		40	35		20	30
Halloween Town Episode 2		43	39		22	38
Pride Lands Episode 2		45	40		23	42
Physical	Fire			Blizzard
×1.0	×1.0			×1.0
Thunder	Dark			Neutral
×1.0	×1.0			×1.0
Rewards
HP prize (1) ×1 Lightning Gem (4%)
World(s)
Radiant Garden, Beast's Castle, Port Royal, Halloween Town, Pride Lands

Cup		HP	Strength		Defense
Hades Paradox Cup		• Match 8: 5 Armored Knight • Match 14: 2 Armored Knight • Match 21: 4 Armored Knight • Match 45: Infinite Armored Knight
		91	87		51
Physical	Fire			Blizzard
×1.0	×1.0			×1.0
Thunder	Dark			Neutral
×1.0	×1.0			×1.0

Cup		HP	Strength		Defense
Hades Paradox Cup		• Match 8: 5 Armored Knight • Match 14: 2 Armored Knight • Match 21: 4 Armored Knight • Match 45: Infinite Armored Knight
		91	86		51
Physical	Fire			Blizzard
×1.0	×1.0			×1.0
Thunder	Dark			Neutral
×1.0	×1.0			×1.0

Episode			LV		BP
Episode 2			21		91
			41		364
Episode 3			32		170
			44		416
Physical			Magic
Normal			Weak
Non-element		Fire		Water
Normal		Normal		Resist
Lightning	Wind		Light		Darkness
Weak	Normal		Normal		Normal
Poison	Sleep		Paralysis		Blind
Normal	Normal		Normal		Normal
Attack		Physical
Stats		—
Bonus		—
Passive Effects
Defeat 1		HP +1
Defeat 10		HP +1
Defeat 100		Defense +1
Defeat 1000		Strength +1

World		Rank		LV		BP
Agrabah		★★★		32		170
		★★★★		44		416
Wonderland		★★		21		91
		★★★		32		170
		★★★★		44		416
Physical			Magic
Normal			Weak
Non-element		Fire			Water
Normal		Normal			Resist
Lightning	Wind		Light			Darkness
Weak	Normal		Normal			Normal
Poison	Sleep		Paralysis			Blind
Normal	Normal		Normal			Normal
Attack		Physical
Stats		—
Bonus		—
Passive Effects
Defeat 1		HP +1
Defeat 10		HP +1
Defeat 100		Defense +1
Defeat 1000		Strength +1

Event			LV		BP
Winning Streak			24		104
Physical			Magic
Normal			Weak
Non-element		Fire		Water
Normal		Normal		Resist
Lightning	Wind		Light		Darkness
Weak	Normal		Normal		Normal
Poison	Sleep		Paralysis		Blind
Normal	Normal		Normal		Normal
Attack		Physical
Stats		—
Bonus		—
Passive Effects
Defeat 1		HP +1
Defeat 10		HP +1
Defeat 100		Defense +1
Defeat 1000		Strength +1

The Armored Knight is an Emblem Heartless introduced in Kingdom Hearts II.

Story

Kingdom Hearts II

During the Battle of the 1000 Heartless in Hollow Bastion, Sora has to single-handedly defeat a thousand Heartless, many of which are Armored Knights. Later, during a face-off against Saïx, Sora is surrounded by a group of Armored Knights summoned by Saïx, who expects him to fight them and release the hearts contained inside them. It is then that Sora and company are dragged into the Realm of Darkness by Maleficent.

Armored Knights appear in the scene in the Hall of Empty Melodies, but do not appear in any other part of the world.

Design

An Armored Knight, true to its name, is a very thin, humanoid Heartless clad from head to toe in black, grey, and silver armor. Its spherical, pitch-black head and glowing, yellow eyes are visible in its helmet, and there are two red spirals decorating its visor. It also carries a sword with a gold guard and handle. Its Heartless emblem is on its abdomen.

The Armored Knight's name is a direct reference to its appearance, which is reminiscent of armor-clad knights.

Strategy

The Armored Knight has low HP and is not especially aggressive, however it always appears in groups. Smaller groups can be dealt with using Magnet or Thunder magic, however in the Battle of the 1000 Heartless it is more efficient to utilize its powerful Rising Sun Reaction Command. In Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix, Armored Knights are somewhat more dangerous due to having more powerful attacks, however Limit Form provides an easy way to take out many at once with Sonic Blade while replenishing HP in the process.

The Armored Knight will often use its Jump Rush attack against distant opponents, as well as counterattacking with Spin Rush, both of which will display its Reaction Command.

Technique		Element	Power	Guard?
Tripping Slash (足払い斬り, Ashiharai Kiri)		Physical	—	x0.5[KH II] x0.65[KH II FM]	O
		Tilts body to the side and swings sword in a sweeping motion.
Spin Rush (回転突進, Kaiten Tosshin)		Physical	—	x0.5[KH II] x1.0[KH II FM]	O
		Displays sword and rushes forward while spinning sideways.
Jump Rush (ジャンプ突進, Janpu Tosshin)		Physical	—	x0.5[KH II] x1.0[KH II FM]	O
		After jumping, it thrusts its sword and charges.
Guard/Block: △ = Can be blocked; O = Can be blocked and interrupted (melee) or deflected back (projectile); X = Cannot be blocked.

Reaction Commands
Reaction Command	Element	Power	Description
Rising Sun (ライジングサン, Raijingu San)	Physical	x10.0	Can be used when an Armored Knight uses Spin Rush or Jump Rush. Float upward and perform charging lunges. Can be used up to five times consecutively. Unavailable in the Pride Lands.

Other appearances

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

Saïx is shown summoning a line of Armored Knights in the opening movie of Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days.