DOOM Eternal | Hell Knight

Class: Warrior
Enemy Rank: Heavy

The Hell Knight's design is mostly similar to its depiction in Doom (2016), but with a few noticeable differences. The most obvious difference being the Knight's beady eyes entrenched inside of its skull, a detail that was not present in its previous iteration. Its color scheme has also become much lighter, with its armor going from a darker brown shade to a snowy white color. The rest of its body is more prominently purple shade. The Hell Knight still maintains its very well built muscle structure, but its neck muscles have become more densely packed in comparison to its last iteration.

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The Hell Knight behaves mostly identical to its depiction in Doom (2016), rushing down the player and slamming into them with powerful punches and ground slam attacks. The Hell Knight is capable of shrugging off damage from most weapons unflinchingly, charging through them to reach the player as quickly as possible. This serves as both a blessing and a curse, as they will not dodge out of the way of the Slayer's fire, but also require significant punishment to prevent them from reaching the player and dealing devastating amounts of damage.

Keeping the Hell Knight at an arms reach is the best way to deal with it, as it is one of the few demons in the game that completely lacks a ranged attack, meaning it needs to get up close to deal damage. The best way to take it down is with fully automatic gunfire, which increases the Hell Knight's chance of being faltered, temporarily halting its charge. The Heavy Cannon's Micro Missiles (especially with the Bottomless Missiles mastery) and Combat Shotgun's Full Auto modification are capable of serving this role in the early game, but the Chaingun is capable of tearing the Hell Knight to shreds in seconds. Alternatively, a single lock-on burst from the Rocket Launcher will kill them.