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The Mega Knight has a massive spawn stomp

It's a huge area with a 1 tile knockback on medium-sized units

this deals twice as much as his regular attack

Its near the damage of a fireball

his second attack knocks out all of these "fireballie" units

Night Witch and Bandit are NOT fireballies

They have more health and require a second swing

His jump activates between 4 and 5 tiles,

has a 1.1 sec charge time

and it deals twice as much as his regular attack

Same with the spawn stomp

his jump has the same knockback, but the radius is a bit smaller

The stomp and jump will NOT target air units

he'll crush the skarmy, but that minion horde

is going to give him some problems

He has a 1 tile attack range

this is the same as the mini P.E.K.K.A or Dark Prince

Pretty standard melee attack

Just like a PEKKA, this guy is someone you do NOT want

locking on to your tower

He has the ability to take it out, and then some

He's got the same hit speed as the mini PEKKA as well

That means he shares the same mechanic

so if a Hog is running away while it's finishing its attack

it will still land that attack. As a result, the Hog

gets 0 hits on your tower

Even with a pig push, the Mega Knight will be able to

deny a hog entirely.

This is 7 for 4, but the counter-push potential is REAL

He is a force to be reckoned with

Even an Ice Golem-Hog combo only gets 1 shot off the tower

and now your opponent has to deal with a counter-push of a full-health Mega Knight

This is a very precise timing that can actually stop

all hits from the hog

but this is not practical to rely on

because it's nearly impossible to pull this off consistently

His attack has a splash radius of 1.3 tiles

To put that into perspective, the Dark Prince

has a 1 tile splash radius

Guards are a bit thicker so most of the time, he'll still hit 2 of them

You can surround him with guards on occasion

but it's very difficult and not practical to pull off.

Here's another example of his massive splash radius

you can surround him with Barbarians to counter him

but usually, 2 to 3 barbarians

will still get splashed on a certain side

That being said, you can easily surround him with a thinner skeletons

though that will not stop him

but of course, you can't expect 1 elixir to defend against 7

That's why you need to pair it with Minions,

Musketeer, Bats, or something with high damage output

Unlike the Bandit's dash, he is NOT invincible when he jumps

he'll continue taking damage while airborne

and can actually die mid-air

Here's an interesting interaction against the Bandit

his jump is already initiated, he will not falter

once he's already charged up, he's gonna jump

Although you can pull him with a tornado while mid-air,

you have to wait until he lands before that Tornado can suck him in

The Mega Knight can be substituted with a PEKKA in certain decks

but leaves you weak against Golem

PEKKA is THE best counter. Here's the difference though:

once that PEKKA is counter-attacking

it's relatively easier to distract with smaller swarm units

Here's the difference: if you defend with Mega Knight and counter-attack

it's much more threatening with the jump

if you don't have the proper counter in rotation

it's gonna cost A LOT to prevent him from locking on to your tower

not to mention this scenario does not include him having support units

If you're facing a beatdown deck with PEKKA or Golem

counter-push the other lane HARD

it's highly unlikely you opponent has a 3-elixir hard counter

to the Mega Knight and its support units

That being said, it's not the end of the world.

let's flip this scenario around. If you planted a PEKKA in the back,

you'll want to use his jump mechanic to your advantage

something ranged, but cheap like an Ice Wizard

can aggro him on to your PEKKA

The magic is his jump mechanic.

It increases his total damage output while exisisting

for example if you have a Golem and Zap

against an Inferno Tower, your Zap isn't going to help

the unsupported Golem, because it waddles so slowly towards the tower

Whereas if you have a Mega Knight

and Zap against the Inferno Tower, he'll jump

on to the Inferno immediately, and right before dying,

he'll jump on to the tower. Don't worry though

the Inferno is still a hard counter. But if they have Zap,

just put down and Ice Spirit or something

With spirits, they're an excellent way to

manipulate his pathing and bait out his jump

the spirits won't actually die from his jump and they'll survive long enough

to jump on to him

His jump is pretty deadly.

it can one-shot Archers and Bombers

then proceed to jump on to the next target

His regular attack deals 240 damage

so he'll one-shot Princess and Dart Goblin

but without that jump, those Archers and Bombers will survive the first swing

With the right units, the Mega Knight is not difficult to counter

if you have a tank and a support unit,

he'll melt. PEKKA or Prince can deal with him fairly well.

A Dark Prince can counter him surprisingly well too.

I mean if there was an Ice Spirit too,

it could stop him completely.

Skarmy is an OK counter to him

but with his 1.3 tile splash radius,

he can usually annihilate the Skarmy

If you time it just right

you can maybe stop him 1 in 10 times, this is not reliable

The timing and positioning are too precise to pull off in a real game

But I mean if he already has half health, absolutely use Skarmy to surround him

or at least have support units backing up that Skarmy

You do NOT want to plant units when he's ready to dash on to the tower.

Just like the Bandit, once he's already initiated the dash,

you will not be able to stop his jump

The Zap spell does NOT reset his dash attack

Once it's initiated,

he's dead set on going Lebron James on that Ice Golem

Don't even think of planting down an Electro Wizard to disrupt his charge

because it doesn't. This is even worse because it's classified as a

fireballie. He's gonna disappear fast.

Aside from Tornado, the only other spell that can reset his charge

is the mighty Log

the knockback resets it completely

and lets you quickly plant a tank to prevent him from charging the jump

But even the mighty Log can't hit the Mega Knight

while he's mid-air. He'll dodge it completely

because he's quite literally airborne

and the Log only hits ground units.

If you don't have a PEKKA or Prince, the second

best way is to put down a tank and a strong hitting unit.

Ice Golem is an OK tank. Make sure to plant him

in front of the Mega Knight. Pair it with an E-Wiz, and they'll

just be able to stop him. This is 6 elixir,

on your side

Placement is KEY

if you place the Ice Golem too high, the outcome is

completely different. Your E-Wiz dies, and your tower takes 1000 damage

It doesn't have to be an E-Wiz

could be Minions or other high DPS units.

Minions and Ice Golems are probably one of the cheapest 2-card combos

it will barely stop him

Of course this only works if they don't have

splash support units behind them, or arrows.

If Mega Knight becomes meta, I'd rather have a Knight than an Ice Golem

so a tank can be something like a Valkyrie, a Knight or an Ice Golem

and the heavy hitter can be Bats, E-Wiz, Musketeer, Minions, etc.

A Mini PEKKA is not enough to take out a Mega Knight

you'll need something to support the Mini PEKKA

This is an 8 for 7 elixir

This is not a negative elixir trade, because you now have the option

to counter-push with that leftover Musketeer

The problem with these combos is sometimes,

you may have only one of the two cards in rotation necessary to counter him

he's gonna jump on your tower fast.

At least the Cannon Cart stops him alone.

One interesting way to counter him is to sacrifice 25%

of your King tower to prevent all that damage for a +3 trade

This should only be done once

You're trading lifeforce for sweet, sweet elixir

Another combo that wrecks the Mega Knight is the classic "Exnado" combo

The only thing with this though is that

you have to make sure you have a beefy tank to ensure that he

doesn't jump on to your executioner

The tank you use must be able to withstand Mega Knight

and its supporting units behind him.

Of course, if you have an Inferno tower, it'll stop him,

as long as they don't have prediction Minions, a Zap spell,

or a Night Witch behind him.

There are 2 more buildings that can stop this beast

The Bomb Tower can take care of him, because it has

so much health

A Barbarian Hut barely stops him.

A 7 for 7 trade. A few barbs will

spawn if you want to consider counter-pushing

The spawn stomp radius is massive but it's not that big

to be able to take care of a Goblin Barrel surrounding your tower

But just like the E-Wiz, if you time it correctly and

deploy right as the shadow of the barrel flies past the tower,

you can destroy all of the goblins.

This is a ridiculous combo, but maybe against

Log bait you don't have the Log in rotation

This is a reliable technique that you can pull off every time.

It's a matter of practice.

Once a King tower (sic.) is down, the optimal tile

to deploy him is the deepest.

He'll deal the same damage so it's best that he starts as

close to that tower as possible.

If you have a ranged or flying unit like Musketeers or Minions,

a Tombstone is actually really good at stopping him

it makes him want to play Hopscotch. And of course,

he wrecks X-Bow decks. Here's a real

situation where a prediction Golem will not stop

him from connecting to that X-Bow. Even though that Mega Minon is

deployed, that Mega Knight is tanky!

7 elixir versus 12. Now imagine

if I decided to commit more elixir on that defense.

So he's intimidating to counter, but with the right cards,

he can be managed every single time.

If you substitute the PEKKA with a Mega Knight, this changes

the dynamic of your deck entirely

and leaves you extremely vulnerable to Golem decks.

Even though he replaces the PEKKA, he is

extremely weak to Golem and PEKKA decks

He has his strengths, where he's very strong against

"fireball-y" units, so decks that have a lot of

Ice Wiz, E-Wiz, Wizard, Witch, they're gonna suffer his wrath

But decks that have anti-lightning like the "Splashyard" deck,

will have Baby Dragon, Knight, and Bowler.

These are the units that can resist Lightning, Fireball, and

the Mega Knight's Jump. Even though he appears scary,

the bottom line is that the Night Witch costs 4 elixir

and fits in every deck. This guy does not.

He costs 7 (?) more elixir than the Night Witch.

And can counter some decks really well,

but he can get countered really well too.

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