I was fortunate enough to pull B. Knight off of challenge coins this morning. He has definitely jumped up my list of red heroes to max, passing Grazul, Red Hood and Mitsuko.
My current defense team is:
Kingston +9 (ATK route)
Ariel +9 (DEF route)
Ursena +10 (DEF route)
Gravemaker +10 (ATK route)
Joon +10 (ATK route)
Gravemaker has been my go-to hero as he was my first ever 5* from Atlantis last May (?), and has held various positions on my defense team - but, is he better than Gravemaker in a defensive capacity? Is my defense team scarier with B. Knight instead of Gravemaker?
I also have the following 5* maxed:
G. Gazelle
Athena +9
Alberich +9
Ares +8
I am also currently in the process of maxing Mother North and Frida.
I might reallocate paladin emblems to Frida once done, but I think I’ll keep my cleric emblems on Ariel.
An option might be to kick Ariel off the defense team and incorporate B. Knight as he would increase the durability of the entire team, but I also imagine Ariel’s mana boost being a problem with a damage dealing tank like Ursena.
For me as a more novice player, I’ve mowed through a good number of Gravemakers in Raids and Wars, but the Black Knight is one I avoid. When fully maxed and emblemed just a bit, defensively BK goes way further in my eyes than Graves. But maybe it does depend on your emblem situation as @Hcmitchellr said.
But if you do have the emblems for BK, then I’d go BK without question.
It depends largely on which position in the defensive line up they will be filling…
If it’s the tank position it’s BK without a doubt…
If it’s the flank position it could go either way depending largely on what style of tank you are running… If it’s a passive / defensive tank (e.g. Guinevere or Kunchen) than GM is better as he deals damage… If it’s an offensive tank (e.g. Yunan or Ursena) then BK is probably better as his special will protect the tank from enemy snipers & will buff the attack of all allies.
If it’s the wing position it’s GM without a doubt… More speed is needed in the wings than any other position on a defensive line up…
I dont agree with this I used bk, grave, and guin, and bk gets attacked and wins more than the other 3 keeping me in diamond. I get attacked but much higher teams when guin or grave are in so I guess it’s just subjective to who you can flank him with.
I forgot to mention the flanks and corner heroes also matter. Basically, Zeline on the right side of BK will make the defense team much better. Otherwise, Kunchen and Ursena will avg slightly more cups on defense.
The best place for Black Knight on defense is tank IMO.
You could run this as your defense:
Kingston | Athena | Black Knight | Ursena | Joon
You could also try it with Ariel instead of Athena – only reason I put Athena is because defense down + attack buff is not fun to go up against (particularly when it can be followed by an Ursena special attack).
I prefer BK tanks when attacking; dump my tiles into him until I’m ready to unload my snipers and take him out. BK on flank is where I find him scary.
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