The Knight Counter Quickcard
30-second reference for live matches.
The Knight 30-Second Playbook
Use this quickcard as a live-decision flow: stabilize first, then convert into disengage from guard setups early and split pressure lanes. tempo.
Immediate Checks
- Threat call: Medium
- Danger trigger to avoid: Guard pathing creates forced path errors and denies routine rescue timings.
- Power read: Knight deploys guards to hunt or zone survivors while he repositions.
Execution Sequence
- Must-do opener: Identify setup clusters fast.
- Early-phase priority: Track first guard usage style (hunt vs zoning).
- Chase-phase priority: Pre-drop against trapped or controlled tiles; do not test unknown resources.
Recovery Plan
- Macro anchor: Pressure objectives away from established setup clusters.
- Most common throw: Looping trapped tiles repeatedly. Fix: abandon controlled tiles earlier.
- Fallback line: If your plan breaks down, play to free guard patrol value on key routes. and refuse use guards to zone survivors into bad decisions and maintain hook tempo.. Reset spacing first, then rebuild objective tempo.
At-a-Glance
- Threat: Medium
- Biggest danger: Guard pathing creates forced path errors and denies routine rescue timings.
- Counter theme: Disengage from guard setups early and split pressure lanes.
- Solo queue reality: If guard is active, do not stack the same tile with teammates.
What Their Power Means
Knight deploys guards to hunt or zone survivors while he repositions.
30-Second Plan
- Identify setup clusters fast.
- Play objectives away from trapped zones.
- Use route checks before committing to vaults.
- Trade hooks only with clear safe exits.
- Rotate out when map control is compromised.
Phase Priorities
Early game
- Track first guard usage style (hunt vs zoning).
- Avoid opening objectives in easy guard patrol corridors.
- Preserve long rotate routes for double-pressure scenarios.
Chase focus
- Pre-drop against trapped or controlled tiles; do not test unknown resources.
- Greed only where you have already scouted the route is clean.
- Rotate off setup zones quickly instead of taking repeated short loops.
- Commit to disarming, revealing, or path-clearing when chase is not active.
- Never vault blind into likely setup funnels.
Macro focus
- Pressure objectives away from established setup clusters.
- Avoid repeated hook trades inside their prepared zones.
- If setup snowballs, reset map control before contesting rescues.
Common Throws
- Looping trapped tiles repeatedly. Fix: abandon controlled tiles earlier.
- Ignoring setup audio/visual cues. Fix: scan route before every commit.
- Stacking rescues in trapped zones. Fix: coordinate from safer entry lines.
- Reusing obvious paths after being seen. Fix: reroute and force uncertainty.
- Over-cleansing/over-disarming at bad times. Fix: clear only high-value routes.
Emergency Fallback
If your plan breaks down, play to free guard patrol value on key routes. and refuse use guards to zone survivors into bad decisions and maintain hook tempo.. Reset spacing first, then rebuild objective tempo.