Hell knight

The Hell Knight is a monster introduced in Doom II. It is very similar to the Baron of Hell (see that article for a strategy guide), except that it has half as many hit points, its palette is shifted so that it has brown instead of pink skin, and it has slightly different sounds.

The Doom II manual describes the Hell Knight as follows: "tough as a dump truck and nearly as big, these Goliaths are the worst things on two legs since Tyrannosaurus rex". In Ultimate Doom's manual, this was originally the description used for the Baron of Hell.

Appearance statistics
The IWADs contain the following numbers of Hell Knights:

Doom RPG
In Doom RPG, the Baron of Hell and Hell Knight both belong to the "Baron" monster class. There are three variations, identified by color:


 * Ogre (green torso, red hands, brown legs)
 * Hell Knight (brown torso, brown hands, pink legs)
 * Baron (pink torso, orange hands, brown legs)

As in the original, the Hell Knight is not as powerful as the Baron, though both are more powerful than the new "Ogre" variation.