Lord Knossos

Lord Knossos is a playable hero in Gigantic. He is a melee fighter who can deal great physical damage over a short time and get various control and debuff bonuses for his skills through upgrades. He is one of the first heroes to be revealed, debuting in the Pre-Alpha.

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Lord Knossos

Offensive powerhouse

Years of exile have not dulled his fighting spirit. Knossos knows he will be a warlord again one day.
HEALTH One full segment of in-game health bar represents 500 health points. 2500     ARMOR Reduces incoming DAMAGE by 1% to 1 point of armor. Heroes with light armor have 15 points of FRONT ARMOR and 7 points of BACK ARMOR. Heroes with heavy armor have 25 points of FRONT ARMOR and 18 points of BACK ARMOR. 15     SPEED Base speed value. Heroes can move faster by SPRINTING, JUMPING or DODGING, sometimes at the cost of STAMINA. 650
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Abilities

SKEWER LMB / RT Basic attack
	Base DAMAGE value, per first 3 hits. Against heroes with LIGHT ARMOR: Front: ?     Back: ? Against heroes with HEAVY ARMOR: Front: ?     Back: ? 100 Base RANGE value. melee	Melee attack combo.
Melee attack combo.

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Left path Bruiser			Pierce
Landing the first 4 hits boosts your basic attack DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage by 20%. (3s)			SPRINT+[LMB/RT]: Inflicts BLEED Deals armor-ignoring damage over time.bleeding. (50 dmg/s, 3s) Costs 10 STAMINA Special resource which allows hero to sprint, dodge, jump, and utilize powerful dodge and sprint attacks. By default all heroes have 100 points of stamina. While SPRINT and JUMPS consume stamina gradually when player is IN COMBAT, DODGE always cost 25 points (one segment of blue bar). Heroes OUT OF COMBAT slowly regenerate their stamina when they don't move actively.Stamina.
Sharpened Horns	Seeing Red		Adding Assault to Injury	Overrun
With Bruiser's damage boost active, hitting with SKEWER refreshes its duration.	After killing a foe, deal double DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage. (5s)		Increases BLEED Deals armor-ignoring damage over time.bleed damage. Hitting bleeding foes refreshes duration. (60 dmg/s, 3s)	SPRINT+[LMB/RT]: Inflicts CRACKED ARMOR Reduces armor by 10 and damages enemies over time.cracked armor. (-10 armor, 3s)

Right path Pierce
SPRINT+[LMB/RT]: Inflicts BLEED Deals armor-ignoring damage over time.bleeding. (50 dmg/s, 3s) Costs 10 STAMINA Special resource which allows hero to sprint, dodge, jump, and utilize powerful dodge and sprint attacks. By default all heroes have 100 points of stamina. While SPRINT and JUMPS consume stamina gradually when player is IN COMBAT, DODGE always cost 25 points (one segment of blue bar). Heroes OUT OF COMBAT slowly regenerate their stamina when they don't move actively.Stamina.
Adding Assault to Injury	Overrun
Increases BLEED Deals armor-ignoring damage over time.bleed damage. Hitting bleeding foes refreshes duration. (60 dmg/s, 3s)	SPRINT+[LMB/RT]: Inflicts CRACKED ARMOR Reduces armor by 10 and damages enemies over time.cracked armor. (-10 armor, 3s)

CHUCK RMB / LT
	Default ability COOLDOWN. 1s Base DAMAGE value. Against heroes with LIGHT ARMOR: Front: ?     Back: ? Against heroes with HEAVY ARMOR: Front: ?     Back: ? 175 Base RANGE value. 15m	Throws a spear.
Throws a spear.

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Left path Heavy Barrel			Torus
HOLD [RMB/LT]: When fully charged, causes BLEED Deals armor-ignoring damage over time.bleeding. (50 dmg/s, 4s) Adds +3s to cooldown.			HOLD [RMB/LT]: Throw spears at targeted area. Now SLOW Reduces movement speed by 20%. MAJOR SLOW (30%) and MASSIVE SLOW (60%) are more powerful.slows enemies for 3s. (+11s cooldown)
Kidney Shot	Skill Shot		Immobilizing Torus	Spear Time
HOLD [RMB/LT]: When fully charged, foes hit BACK ATTACK Doing DAMAGE to an enemy from behind will deal an additional 10% damage. For melee heroes, a JUMP attack that hits an enemy in the back will deal even MORE DAMAGE and apply CRIPPLE to the target.in the back take +150 DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage.	HOLD [RMB/LT]: When fully charged, a hit gives +25% basic attack DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage for 5s.		HOLD [RMB/LT]: CRIPPLE Reduces movement speed by 40% and limits jump height.Cripples enemies. (3s)	HOLD [RMB/LT]: Reduces cooldown by 3s for each enemy hit.

Right path Torus
HOLD [RMB/LT]: Throw spears at targeted area. Now SLOW Reduces movement speed by 20%. MAJOR SLOW (30%) and MASSIVE SLOW (60%) are more powerful.slows enemies for 3s. (+11s cooldown)
Immobilizing Torus	Spear Time
HOLD [RMB/LT]: CRIPPLE Reduces movement speed by 40% and limits jump height.Cripples enemies. (3s)	HOLD [RMB/LT]: Reduces cooldown by 3s for each enemy hit.

GORE Q / LB
	Default ability COOLDOWN. 12s Base DAMAGE value. Against heroes with LIGHT ARMOR: Front: ?     Back: ? Against heroes with HEAVY ARMOR: Front: ?     Back: ? 130 Base RANGE value. ?m	Melee attack that INTERRUPT Disrupts any skills in use and very briefly slows the target's movement.interrupts attackers on hit.
Melee attack that INTERRUPT Disrupts any skills in use and very briefly slows the target's movement.interrupts attackers on hit.

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Left path Goring Up			Bulldoze
On hit, LAUNCH Knocks enemies up, interrupting any skills in use and preventing any further skill usage or movement until they land.launches enemies.			[Q/LB],[Q/LB]: Perform a powerful second attack. (+5s cooldown)
More Gore	Goring Toss		Focus on the Kill	Initiating Gore
On hit, also LAUNCH Knocks enemies up, interrupting any skills in use and preventing any further skill usage or movement until they land.launches enemies in a small area around your target.	LAUNCH Knocks enemies up, interrupting any skills in use and preventing any further skill usage or movement until they land.Launches enemies much higher.		[Q/LB],[Q/LB]: Deals +100 DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage. Killing an enemy grants 50% FOCUS Special resource that is accumulated and stored throughout every match, and can be used to unleash a FOCUS ABILITY, or upgrade young creatures to powerful adults. Focus requires to build up FOCUS CHARGES (maximum 3) before it can be used. They can be accumulated by dealing damage to enemies, healing allies, taking damage, and sometimes after being defeated and sent to the Airship.Focus.	Hitting an enemy over 75% HEALTH Special resource which represents hero's or creature's life pool, measuring for how long they are able to remain in fight. The amount of health is varied between characters. One segment of green bar represents 500 health points. Additional to it resources are TEMPORARY HEALTH (dark green) and SHIELD (light green). Taking DAMAGE and using some of the skills reduce health. When health bar reaches 0, hero is defeated and returned to the Airship, while creature just dies. Health can be recovered from various sources, while being OUT OF COMBAT slowly regenerates it.health gives +25% basic attack DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage. (5s)

Right path Bulldoze
[Q/LB],[Q/LB]: Perform a powerful second attack. (+5s cooldown)
Focus on the Kill	Initiating Gore
[Q/LB],[Q/LB]: Deals +100 DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage. Killing an enemy grants 50% FOCUS Special resource that is accumulated and stored throughout every match, and can be used to unleash a FOCUS ABILITY, or upgrade young creatures to powerful adults. Focus requires to build up FOCUS CHARGES (maximum 3) before it can be used. They can be accumulated by dealing damage to enemies, healing allies, taking damage, and sometimes after being defeated and sent to the Airship.Focus.	Hitting an enemy over 75% HEALTH Special resource which represents hero's or creature's life pool, measuring for how long they are able to remain in fight. The amount of health is varied between characters. One segment of green bar represents 500 health points. Additional to it resources are TEMPORARY HEALTH (dark green) and SHIELD (light green). Taking DAMAGE and using some of the skills reduce health. When health bar reaches 0, hero is defeated and returned to the Airship, while creature just dies. Health can be recovered from various sources, while being OUT OF COMBAT slowly regenerates it.health gives +25% basic attack DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage. (5s)

BULL RUSH E / RB
	Default ability COOLDOWN. 15s	Increases SPEED BOOST Increases the speed of hero by a percent determined by the skill applying it.movement speed. (20%, 5s)
Increases SPEED BOOST Increases the speed of hero by a percent determined by the skill applying it.movement speed. (20%, 5s)

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Left path Raging Bull			Major Beef
Gain +15% basic attack DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage. (5s)			Gives you TEMPORARY HEALTH Provided by certain skills, TEMPORARY HEALTH is added to the bottom of the HEALTH bar. When the skill expires, any remaining temporary health heals the hero by 50% of the remaining health.+300 HP. (5s)
Long Running	Mighty Yawp		Thick Skinned	Interrupting Cow
SPEED BOOST Increases the speed of hero by a percent determined by the skill applying it.Movement speed is doubled. (40%)	Gives +20% SPEED BOOST Increases the speed of hero by a percent determined by the skill applying it.movement speed and +15% basic attack DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage to nearby allied heroes. (5s)		Gives an additional TEMPORARY HEALTH Provided by certain skills, TEMPORARY HEALTH is added to the bottom of the HEALTH bar. When the skill expires, any remaining temporary health heals the hero by 50% of the remaining health.+200 HP.	On use, INTERRUPT Disrupts any skills in use and very briefly slows the target's movement.interrupts and DAMAGE Decreases target's HEALTH or SHIELD with successful attacks and leads to target's death after its health bar reaches 0.damages foes in front of you. (150 damage, ignores ARMOR Reduces incoming DAMAGE by 1% to 1 point of armor. Each hero has a base amount of armor that can be increased temporarily through skills and upgrades. Armored heroes have 25 Armor, while other heroes have 15 Armor.armor.)

Right path Major Beef
Gives you TEMPORARY HEALTH Provided by certain skills, TEMPORARY HEALTH is added to the bottom of the HEALTH bar. When the skill expires, any remaining temporary health heals the hero by 50% of the remaining health.+300 HP. (5s)
Thick Skinned	Interrupting Cow
Gives an additional TEMPORARY HEALTH Provided by certain skills, TEMPORARY HEALTH is added to the bottom of the HEALTH bar. When the skill expires, any remaining temporary health heals the hero by 50% of the remaining health.+200 HP.	On use, INTERRUPT Disrupts any skills in use and very briefly slows the target's movement.interrupts and DAMAGE Decreases target's HEALTH or SHIELD with successful attacks and leads to target's death after its health bar reaches 0.damages foes in front of you. (150 damage, ignores ARMOR Reduces incoming DAMAGE by 1% to 1 point of armor. Each hero has a base amount of armor that can be increased temporarily through skills and upgrades. Armored heroes have 25 Armor, while other heroes have 15 Armor.armor.)

LABYRINTH F,LMB / LS+RT,RT  Focus ability
	Base DAMAGE value, ignores armor. Against heroes with LIGHT ARMOR: Front:      Back: Against heroes with HEAVY ARMOR: Front:      Back: 200/300/400 RADIUS of impact. ?m BLEED Deals armor-ignoring damage over time.85 dmg/s	Deals armor-ignoring DAMAGE Decreases target's HEALTH or SHIELD with successful attacks and leads to target's death after its health bar reaches 0.damage, STUN Interrupts and prevents skill usage and movement for the duration of the stun.stuns all nearby enemies and inflicts BLEED Deals armor-ignoring damage over time.bleeding and CRACKED ARMOR Reduces armor by 10 and damages enemies over time.cracked armor. (4s/5s/6s)
Deals armor-ignoring DAMAGE Decreases target's HEALTH or SHIELD with successful attacks and leads to target's death after its health bar reaches 0.damage, STUN Interrupts and prevents skill usage and movement for the duration of the stun.stuns all nearby enemies and inflicts BLEED Deals armor-ignoring damage over time.bleeding and CRACKED ARMOR Reduces armor by 10 and damages enemies over time.cracked armor. (4s/5s/6s)

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Left path Dominator			Bloody Minded
[LMB/RT]: +5% DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage for each kill without dying. (Maximum: +15% damage)			INVULNERABILITY Negates all incoming DAMAGE and prevents the application of debuffs.Immunity to WEAKNESS Reduces outgoing damage by 25%. MAJOR WEAKNESS (50%) and EXTREME WEAKNESS (75%) are more powerful.weakness. Recover from DAZE Interrupts and prevents skill usage for the duration of the daze.daze twice as fast.
Battle Fury	Remorseless		Life Line	Hardy
Gain 10% FOCUS Special resource that is accumulated and stored throughout every match, and can be used to unleash a FOCUS ABILITY, or upgrade young creatures to powerful adults. Focus requires to build up FOCUS CHARGES (maximum 3) before it can be used. They can be accumulated by dealing damage to enemies, healing allies, taking damage, and sometimes after being defeated and sent to the Airship.Focus for each kill or death.	+10% SPEED BOOST Increases the speed of hero by a percent determined by the skill applying it.speed and +10% DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage boost after killing an enemy. (6s, does not stack)		+20% to self HEALING Provides HEALTH every second. The amount is determined by the source of the healing.healing. When out of COMBAT A state in which characters enter while using their DAMAGE dealing skills and taking damage from enemies. During combat active movements (SPRINT, JUMP and DODGE) consume STAMINA. In 7 seconds after not performing attacks and taking damage, character is OUT OF COMBAT and begins to regenerate his HEALTH and STAMINA.combat, your health returns faster.	25% DAMAGE REDUCTION Reduces incoming DAMAGE by a certain percentage, as determined by the skill that applies the reduction.degen resistance. [F,LMB/LS+RT,RT]: 50% DAMAGE REDUCTION Reduces incoming DAMAGE by a certain percentage, as determined by the skill that applies the reduction.degen resistance after using FOCUS. (Lasts until you die)

Right path Bloody Minded
INVULNERABILITY Negates all incoming DAMAGE and prevents the application of debuffs.Immunity to WEAKNESS Reduces outgoing damage by 25%. MAJOR WEAKNESS (50%) and EXTREME WEAKNESS (75%) are more powerful.weakness. Recover from DAZE Interrupts and prevents skill usage for the duration of the daze.daze twice as fast.
Life Line	Hardy
+20% to self HEALING Provides HEALTH every second. The amount is determined by the source of the healing.healing. When out of COMBAT A state in which characters enter while using their DAMAGE dealing skills and taking damage from enemies. During combat active movements (SPRINT, JUMP and DODGE) consume STAMINA. In 7 seconds after not performing attacks and taking damage, character is OUT OF COMBAT and begins to regenerate his HEALTH and STAMINA.combat, your health returns faster.	25% DAMAGE REDUCTION Reduces incoming DAMAGE by a certain percentage, as determined by the skill that applies the reduction.degen resistance. [F,LMB/LS+RT,RT]: 50% DAMAGE REDUCTION Reduces incoming DAMAGE by a certain percentage, as determined by the skill that applies the reduction.degen resistance after using FOCUS. (Lasts until you die)

Talents

Wind Up
	BATTLE	BATTLE [RMB/LT]: CHUCK deals more DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage and ignores ARMOR Reduces incoming DAMAGE by 1% to 1 point of armor. Each hero has a base amount of armor that can be increased temporarily through skills and upgrades. Armored heroes have 25 Armor, while other heroes have 15 Armor.armor.
	CLASH	CLASH After hitting, your basic attacks ignore armor (4s)

Trample
	BATTLE	BATTLE [Q/LB]: GORE covers more ground and deals 50 more DAMAGE BOOST Increases outgoing DAMAGE dealt by skills.damage.
	CLASH	CLASH On hit, GORE cooldown is 7s shorter.

Fury
	BATTLE	BATTLE [E/RB]: BULL RUSH lasts 3 seconds longer.
	CLASH	CLASH Your basic attack gives triple FOCUS Special resource that is accumulated and stored throughout every match, and can be used to unleash a FOCUS ABILITY, or upgrade young creatures to powerful adults. Focus requires to build up FOCUS CHARGES (maximum 3) before it can be used. They can be accumulated by dealing damage to enemies, healing allies, taking damage, and sometimes after being defeated and sent to the Airship.Focus during BULL RUSH.

Strategy

Knossos is the king of melee, but that comes with its own caveats. His damage output is huge, especially in terms of basic attacks, and his abilities only make this potential damage output higher. He's super flexible, getting in and out of conflict rather easily, but he is rather slow. A group of agile enemies can control his motions, and while he'll likely survive the bulk of such encounters, he can easily be kited around the arena if you're not paying attention, essentially negating your presence.

Tips and Tricks

• Knossos is very good at trapping enemies, use that to your advantage to then drop your spears on them.
• Knossos can dominate control points and negate creatures pretty quickly, so ensure you use him for that use case.
• You may not have good vertical mobility, but you excel at chasing opponents across horizontal surfaces. Remembering this, it may be a good idea to roll with an Uncle Sven or Voden who can help you reach high places, and in return you can use [E/RB] BULL RUSH to get you both to your destination sooner.
• Depend on healers like Vadasi to extend yourself during engagements, or your usability period will be pretty short.
• [E/RB] BULL RUSH might be a great attack, but it's an even better escape skill. If you find yourself outclassed, use it to get out of dodge.

• [RMB/LT] CHUCK
  • Chuck is great for drawing enemies out of groups, but when upgraded, is also a great skill for one on one engagements.
  • Your upgrades to Chuck should depend on the enemies your facing and your own comp:
    • if you have many ranged heroes, taking Heavy Barrel upgrade will add to your poke, while if enemies heroes have a lot of poke, range, and escapes, then its BLEED
      Deals armor-ignoring damage over time.bleed damage will whittle down squishier targets easily.
    • If you have other controllers, such as with the Margrave or Pakko, taking Torus will help lock entire teams down during a teamfight, letting you follow up with [F,LMB/LS+RT,RT] LABYRINTH; this upgrade is generally better suited against melee fighters.
  • Another way to use Torus upgrade: slow the enemy, run up and start using [Q/LB] GORE, then as the slow wears off use [E/RB] BULL RUSH to stick to them. If they haven't been taken down before Bull Rush's speed buff ends, try to tag them with a Spear as a finisher.

• [F,LMB/LS+RT,RT] LABYRINTH
  • Labyrinth is incredibly powerful for teamfights, as it will significantly boost your entire team's damage from all the armor you crack, and lock down all foes hit in the area. It is more powerful when you have your team with you, so using it when allies can follow up is best.
  • At the same time, don't save Labyrinth until you can hit 4-5 heroes; hitting two will likely ensure a kill on both, as the BLEED
    Deals armor-ignoring damage over time.bleeding and CRACKED ARMOR
    Reduces armor by 10 and damages enemies over time.cracked armor will let you finish them off swiftly.

• [Q/LB] GORE > [F,LMB/LS+RT,RT] LABYRINTH > [LMB/RT] SKEWER is by far most powerful, if tricky, combo.
• Go after "squishy" targets for the best bang for your buck. Focusing here will help lower the amount of enemies your team faces, and multiply your effectiveness.