The Stygian Knight is, errr, well, inshort, as good as he looks. It was once said "looks can be decieving", but this is not the case. In fact, arrows can't even pearce their armor, and so only cause the knight to flinch. They are great warriors on the combat field, deciemating all that stand in their path. Their ax is deadly, their armor strong, with only one drawback- explosions will take these guys apart. The Stygian Knight is a suit of armor held together by magic. It doesn't take much of an explosion to take it apart again. So stay away from dwarves, and just about anything else is dead. Some complain that they take to long to swing their ax. I don't think so. In fact, their ax is better than a faster sword. Just play the baron level (level 5) and see these stygian knights ruin everything.

here's what King Alric has to say about them. . . .

The Stygian Knight is an animated suit of armor. Because they are neither living nor dead, they are immune to pus-packet carrying ghols and wrights. They are also immune to the archers arrows and flaming arrows. Although immune to all long-range attacks except for the drawfs and warlocks, the Stygian Knights can easily be deafeted by a group of other hand-to-hand units. But when one on one, be carefull, for these guys can pack a HUGE punch. Warning-Drawfs can kick these guys ass

Stats

Health-8
Speed-.033
Multiplayer Cost-3
Sword attack range-4
Damage-.797-.898
Turning Speed-200 degrees/second
Healing Rate-0