Lothric Knight
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| Enemy Type | Humanoid Hollow |
| Weakness | Lightning, Frost, Poison/Toxic Hollowslayer GS |
| Resistances | Physical-type, Fire, Bleed |
| Immune | n/a |
Lothric Knights are a type of Enemy in Dark Souls 3.
Enemy Description
Once famed and feared for their drake cavalry, the Lothric Knights fought bravely until slain, sworn faithful as one of the monarch's three pillars; for they who raise Lothric's banner are still to be feared, the cut of their blades as sweet, sudden and merciless as it ever was. These virtuous warriors have yet to cease patrolling Lothric, and will test any fighter's mettle and resolve.
Lothric Knights can be found from the beginning to the end and are most dangerous when their visors are raised. Blue coaks and royal armor announce the fiercest knights - felons and ill-doers - tread warily - as should any not abiding the rule of the three pillars.
They are proficient in sword arts, and can defend and attack in equal measure.
Combat Information
- Will use a Shield Bash if fought in close proximity and when rolling behind them.
- Breaking their guard can be effective, particularly against the greatshield variant.
- Blue Cloak variants using swords will increase their sword's attack with Blessed Weapon.
- Blue Cloak variants met at Grand Archives using either Lothric Knight Greatsword or Lothric Knight Long Spear may buff their weapon with Crystal Magic Weapon.
- Variation using Lothric Straight Swords deals Standard, Thrust and Strike damage.
- Variation using Lothric Knight Greatsword deals Standard, Thrust, Lightning and - if his weapon is buffed - Magic damage.
- Variation using Lothric Knight Long Spear deals Thrust, Strike and - if their weapon is buffed - Magic damage.
- They are weak to Hollowslayer Greatsword, Frost, Poison/Toxic and Lightning.
- Resistant to Physical-type damage, Fire and Bleed.
- Can be drawn by Alluring Skulls.
- They are affected by the Rapport pyromancy.
- Vulnerable to parrying, setup parries are especially effective due to their constant attacking.
Notes & Trivia
- These knights are one of the "Three pillars of the king's rule" in lore, as mentioned in the Knight's Ring, Priestess Ring and Scholar's Ring descriptions.
- The only enemy to drop Sunlight Medal.
Variations
Sword or Spears
Red-Eyed Royal Guard
Anonymous06 Apr 2018 18:45
For Lothric Castle the greatsword red eye variety also drop lightning gems and the spear/greatshield red eye variety also drop refined gems
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28 Feb 2018 23:22
High Wall ones are pretty good enemies for practice parrying against straight swords, given they deal low damage (in comparison to the rest of the game), and the fact they use the Lothric Knight Sword.
- Anonymous
16 Feb 2018 11:53
The normie knights at High Wall of Lothric can also drop an ember. Just gone one at the Tower on the Wall Knight.
- Anonymous
22 Jan 2018 05:24
Not to be a whiner; but can we get rid of the move where the Greatsword ones can take about 12 freaking steps before dealing ~1000 damage with an R2?
- Anonymous
15 Jan 2018 06:04
The one next to lothric castle bonfire is the best way to farm souls... in ng+ he drops 10k souls with symbol of avarice and the +3 ring and he is just sitting 5 meters away from the bonfire...of course it is easier with casters.. I two shot him with sunlight spear reload and repeat.. takes me 5 to 7 seconds to do it.. could work with other spells too I guess
- Anonymous
31 Dec 2017 20:08
https://darksouls3.wiki.fextralife.com/Lothric+Knight+Greatshield
Greatshield links misspell Lothric (as Lothic), so use this link or correct the link (by adding a R) to get to the page.
- Anonymous
29 Dec 2017 05:37
what talisman do the royal guard use I want to make a cosplay and I want it to be perfect
- Anonymous
24 Dec 2017 21:32
I’ve killed about 30 of these chumps with 477 item discovery, and not one sunlight medal. I’m mostly killing the one right by the sunlight statue/altar. Those are the right ones, right?
- Anonymous
24 Oct 2017 18:34
The ones at Lothric Castle can also drop Lightning Gems, got dropped one why I was trying to get a LKGS.
23 Oct 2017 23:28
They were my bane, in my first playthrough (along with the *****ing Jailers) but eventually I got good enough with parrying....now they're my *****es
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29 Jul 2017 13:04
Fun fact: despite not being regular human like enemies, these things can climb ladders. Have fun running away from them on an aggression mod run.
- Anonymous
10 Jul 2017 00:05
will the knights in the High Tower drop the sword? i spent a couple hours today farming and nothing, although plenty of greatshields, spears, armor and embers
- Anonymous
15 Jun 2017 11:36
I remember the first time i saw one of the royal knights close to the Vordt boss fight. Took me over 3 tries just to get past the first two normal knights consistently, only to get my ash kicked by the royal guard over 5 times...
Now every knight is a piece of cake, and i use the royal knight as a quick way to get souls. Good times, man.
- Anonymous
28 May 2017 21:43
anybody know the greatshield drop rate? is it just as low as the armor piece?
if so, then i'll have to spend another 2hours farming the spear ones
- Anonymous
27 May 2017 00:49
The next 2 commenters are suffering from git gud syndrome so don't worry about them
- Anonymous
09 Apr 2017 03:51
What an awesome concept - literally heals itself WHILE you are landing hits. As if it wasn't OP enough already. This game just keeps getting better and better. Maybe the next boss will add HPs when I attack instead of subtracting them. SMH
- Anonymous
24 Mar 2017 00:44
Somebody nerf the *****ers with the greatswords. Bull*****hitboxes, Bull*****unstaggerability, tankyness and speed that make Oceiros weep, and healer you can't kill without having 70% of your health gone in one hit.
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- Anonymous
02 May 2018 10:41
Frieda's scythe's WA attacks destroy these guys
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