Mecha Knight

• HP: 300 (Ascension: 320)
• Act: Path of Glory
• Passive: Artifact 3 (blocks the first 3 debuffs)

Among the strongest elites in the game. HP 300, Artifact 3, and a 4-action rotation with scaling damage — without a truly polished deck, this fight is unwinnable. When picking routes, decide whether you're ready for Mecha Knight based on deck completion.

A fixed 4-action cycle: Charge then Flamethrower then Wind-Up then Heavy Cleave, repeating.

Cycle 1 alone is dangerous, but cycle 2 onward is true hell. Strength +5 stacks, so cycle 2 Charge is 30+ and Heavy Cleave is 40+. Flamethrower keeps stacking Burn cards into the deck, so your deck falls apart the longer the fight runs.

• Artifact 3 means you need 4+ debuff applications to land Weak or Vulnerable. Burn the first 3 slots with cheap debuffs and save the real debuffs for slot 4+
• Flamethrower adds 4 Burn per cycle. Burn pollutes hand and deals damage at end of turn. Long fights destroy the deck
• Wind-Up turns have no attack — attack opportunity. But with +15 Block, attacks that turn need to exceed 15 to land
• Heavy Cleave's 35 (40+ on cycle 2+) is a high-alert situation. When intents appear, go all-in on Block
• HP 300 means a 2+ cycle fight. Without scaling (Strength, Poison, Orbs) a win is very unlikely
• The real strategy is deciding whether to fight at all. With an incomplete deck, rerouting around Mecha Knight is a perfectly valid play

• Ironclad: Strength scaling can chew through HP 300. Pack 3 cheap debuff cards to Burn Artifact, then use Weak from slot 4+ to soften damage
• Silent: Poison isn't blocked by Artifact. Poison stacking is the most stable path to HP 300. Save Weak for after Artifact is burned
• Defect: Frost Orbs prep for Heavy Cleave while Dark Orbs build for big hits. Long-fight friendly, but watch the Burn buildup
• Necrobinder: Spread damage across minions and grind it down. Flamethrower's Burns pollute the hand, so lean on minions rather than heavy card play
• Regent: Power scaling shines in long fights. After burning Artifact, landing debuff Powers stabilizes the fight