Harald Legion Knights are enemies in Dark Souls III: The Ringed City.
In-Game Description
- Harald Legion, who sought the dark soul.
- The armor sank into the dark with the legion, where their cavities bloated in grotesque displays, never again to fit any ordinarily-shaped body.[1]
Description[]
Giant, rotund knights that wield curved greatswords. Their heads have been replaced by a mass of humanity and their bodies are wrapped in chains and dead branches.
Location[]
Throughout the Dreg Heap and the Ringed City Streets.
Lore[]
Knights of the Harald Legion that sought to acquire the Dark Soul of Humanity. However, they were ill-prepared to combat the dark and were devoured by the Abyss, their empty shells used to combat intruders.
Strategy[]
Harald Legion Knights have a lot of vigor and hit incredibly hard, so it is recommended to employ hit and run tactics against them. They move slowly but their sword blows have a long reach and they will often perform a back-swing if the player remains behind them too long. Their most dangerous move is a series of sword slams followed by a leaping dive attack that will often kill the player if they are unable to escape the combo. This move does leave them vulnerable for a few seconds, provided the player evades the initial slam attacks.
Harald Knights are extremely vulnerable to plunging attacks. In fact, using plunging attacks on the Harald Legion Knights constitutes a critical in of itself, as such, weapons with split damage can outright kill them with a plunging attack.
Any projectile that hits the head of these knights will stagger them and deal about double the damage. As such, a ranged engagement of these enemies with bows should not be overlooked.
Drops[]
| Item |  Titanite Chunk |
Titanite Chunk ×2 |
Titanite Chunk ×4 |
 Dark Gem |
 Harald Legion Armor |
| Drop Rate | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? |
| Item |  Harald Legion Gauntlets |
 Harald Legion Leggings |
|||
| Drop Rate | ??? | ??? |
Notes[]
- Immune to Alluring Skulls.
- Immune to Aural Decoy
- Immune to Rapport.
- One-handed attacks can be parried.
- Abyssal creature, therefore weak to Wolf Knight's Greatsword and Farron Greatsword.
- Despite their size, they have low poise and can be staggered easily.
- Incredibly weak against plunging attacks.
- Besides sustaining additional damage, headshots also stun them.
- They drop the Harald Legion Set, although each piece is an extremely rare to drop.
- They do drop Dark Gems quite often.
- Highly resistant to dark damage.
Trivia[]
- Their head is missing, and instead a humanity orb replaces it.
- It is entirely possible that the Harald Legion Knights are in fact Humanities that possess the deceased, vine-filled body of the Knights who lost their lives.
- Their attacks can damage other enemies and dark spirits.
- Looks similar to Human Effigies from Dark Souls II.
- Their armor looks similar to the Slave Knight Set.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Harald Legion Armor description.