Noble Knight

The Noble Knight is an elite enemy of Pascal's Wager. Its name is a translation of the internal name 贵族骑士 ("noble knight"); see Enemies. It appears in the DLC and has 12 attack moves (arcane/dark/physical damage). In the reference placement (DLC (story 9)) it has 3580 HP in journey 1 and 13280 HP in journey 4. It attacks from a distance (AI range up to 12 m); it can inflict Poison; it has unblockable attacks.

Where it appears#

Each row is one area: level, HP, Physical attack and Physical defence of its placements there (a range when they differ). Reading guide: The Where it appears table.

Stats#

Reference placement: story 9, monster 9076 (DLC (story 9), the area with the most placements); how to read the table: The Stats section.

Senses and rewards#

Attacks#

How to read this table (move names, attack values, Poise and Resilience damage, AI column): The Attacks table.

Reaction and utility moves: threat roar (#106); alert (#109); idle (#110).

Move notes#

• Three stances: lance (1), shield (2) and bare hands (3); the Phase tags in the table show which stance a move belongs to.
• Lance: LLL1, HH1 and LP1 (a turning attack).
• Shield: HH2, HP2 (a spinning strike), LLL2 and LP2.
• Bare hands: LLL3, O3 (a homing arcane orb that applies Poison), H3 (a four-part grab, unblockable, dark) and LP3 (flailing all around).
• S: a guard used in the first two stances.

Animation clip names for each move are in reports/bosses_and_enemies.md.

Drops#

Rolls, groups and lists work as described in The Drops section.

Group DLC #90096 (used by 7 placement-rolls)

Group DLC #90098 (used by 5 placement-rolls)

Group DLC #90003 (used by 3 placement-rolls)

Group DLC #90013 (used by 2 placement-rolls)

Group DLC #90095 (used by 2 placement-rolls)

Group DLC #90023 (used by 2 placement-rolls)

Hidden mechanics#

• Scaling. Level 22 / 40 / 60 / 80 in the reference placement for journeys 1-4 (fixed per placement, rising with each New Game Plus journey); HP goes from 3580 to 13280 (x3.7) and Physical attack from 425 to 1012 by journey 4. Poise and Resilience never scale; the rule is in How enemy stats are built.
• Body flags. It has a large body, so it ignores other hit reactions while Weakened.
• Unblockable moves. H3 have Guard Break 999. An ordinary guard cannot hold against it: the hit lands as a normal hit and the defender's poise drops to 0, unless the guard value itself is higher (see Guarding#How a blocked hit is resolved).
• Status effects. Its moves can apply: Poison (see Status effects).
• Per-placement bonuses. StoryMonsterProperty adds flat extras (see How enemy stats are built): Hp -4200--3000 in 5 placements; PhysicDamage -100 in 2 placements.

See How to read the enemy pages for what the sections mean and How enemy stats are built for the stat rules.

Sources#

• es_storymonster.lua: 9 rows with HeroId 20050 (stories 9, 1006, 1007); es_storymonsterproperty.lua rows for the same story/monster ids; es_herodata.lua row HeroId 20050; es_heropropertydata.lua rows HeroId 20050; es_enemyattributedata.lua (attribute point to property curves).
• Moves: es_skilldata.lua rows HeroId 20050 (_id 1728-1756); AI tables logic/ai/behaviour/attack/attack20050.lua; move names gamedata/playerdefine/hero20050_define.lua.
• Shared rules (stat formula, drop roll, Dark Mist level rule, AI senses): see the Sources of Enemies.