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Knuckles
Regular
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Gold
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Set:Mean Streets of GadgetzanMean Streets of Gadgetzan
Type:Minion
Minion type:Beast
Class:HunterHunter
Rarity:LegendaryLegendary
Cost:5 Mana icon
Attack:3 Attack icon
Health:7 Health
Abilities:Deal damage
Wiki tags:Attack-related, Triggered effect
Artist:Sam Nielson
After this attacks a minion, it also hits the enemy hero.
Flavor text

When confronted with accusations of performance-enhancing bananas, Knuckles replied, "I get my fruit from trees I knock down with my bare hands like everyone else."

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Knuckles is an legendary hunter minion card, from the Mean Streets of Gadgetzan set.

How to get

Knuckles can be obtained through Mean Streets of Gadgetzan card packs, or through crafting.

Card Crafting cost Disenchanting
Knuckles 1600 400
Golden Knuckles 3200 1600

Notes

  • Like all attack triggers, Knuckles' triggered effect only triggers if it attacks, not if it is the defender in an attack or if it deals damage by any other means (such as LegacyBetrayal).
  • Knuckles deals damage to the opponent after combat damage is dealt and resolved, but before any resulting deaths are processed.
    • For example, if Knuckles attacks an Blackrock MountainAxe Flinger which kills the friendly player with its triggered effect, its own trigger will still activate after combat. If the resulting damage reduces the enemy to 0 or less Health, then the game will end in a draw.
    • For example, if Knuckles takes lethal combat damage while attacking an enemy minion, it will still trigger and hit the enemy hero before dying.
  • Knuckles' extra after-combat damage is simply direct damage to the enemy, and does not itself count as an attack. Thus it will not trigger any effect based on attacking the enemy hero, such as LegacyVaporize or LegacyMisdirection.
  • Giving the poisonous ability to Knuckles does not make him poisonous to heroes.

Strategy

Since Knuckles inflicts damage twice when he attacks a minion (one time to the minion, another to the enemy hero), he is a good minion to buff, similar to minions with Windfury. Knuckles synergises very well with the Grimy Goons' card-buffing mechanics for the same reason. He is also a Beast, which make him eligible to be enhanced by cards such as LegacyHoundmaster, LegacyBestial Wrath, or The WitchwoodDire Frenzy.

Knuckles should always trade with a enemy minion since it will always attack the enemy hero providing both aggro and board control.

Knuckles is significantly more powerful when given Rush, allowing him to use his effect without waiting a turn. The WitchwoodHoundmaster Shaw, Scholomance AcademyGuardian Animals, Scholomance AcademyAnimated Broomstick, etc., effectively gives him Charge since he always deals damage to the enemy hero on attack.

Rastakhan's RumbleThe Beast Within and Scholomance AcademyTrueaim Crescent forces Knuckles to attack and add more face damage.

Lore

Knuckles is unique to Hearthstone. He is briefly mentioned in The Gadgetzan Gazette Volume 32 #7, where he escorts the news reporter out of the building after she asked Mayor Noggenfogger why he would be concerned with making the First Bank of Gadgetzan "unrobbable" after repeatedly denying the skyrocketing crime statistics in Gadgetzan.

On page 2 of The Gadgetzan Gazette Volume 32 #10, a sports article titled "Knuckles Defends Arena Title Amid Accusations Of Performance-Enhancing Bananas" and subtitled "Claims, 'I get my fruit from trees I knock down with my bare hands like everyone else'" discusses how Knuckles, the 32-time arena champion of Gadgetzan's Thunderdome, armed with nothing more than his watermelon-sized fists, seems to be an unstoppable force in the cage and how he is satisfied with getting paid in produce. The article goes on to describe that sports critics have been suspicious of Knuckles ever since the revelation that the fruit the gorilla is so fond of comes from a banana tree near a tainted pool by Sandsorrow Watch, with the proprietor of "Mad Larry's Completely Legitimate Watches" apparently claiming to have seen goblins go swimming in Sandsorrow and come out the size of orcs. The article concludes by stating that "Given the unregulated nature of the Gadgetzan Arena and officials' fear of being torn in half by an irate gorilla, it's unlikely that any action will be taken".

Trivia

Gallery

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Knuckles, full art

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