Knighthood: How to Choose the Best Gauntlet

To choose the best Gauntlet in Knighthood, match the glove’s Rage generation trigger and hero class passives to your primary damage dealers. Gauntlets dictate how quickly your Hero Powers become available and grant flat percentage bonuses to specific hero classes and weapon types. Spreading upgrade cores across multiple gloves slows progress; commit your Cores of Power and Cores of Speed to one primary Gauntlet that powers your main roster.

Gauntlet Selection Criteria

Every Gauntlet shapes your build around three mechanics:

Rage Generation Triggers: The combat actions required to charge your Rage meter, including landing critical hits, using standard weapon strikes, punching, or taking enemy damage.
Hero Class Boosts: Static percentage multipliers applied to the ability damage and healing of two specific hero classes (such as Mages, Warriors, Rogues, Hunters, or Alchemists).
Weapon Damage Modifiers: Inherent scaling applied to specific weapon categories: Swords, Axes, or Hammers.

A glove that does not match your team creates an ability bottleneck. For example, pairing Mage heroes with a glove that boosts Warriors will result in weak ability scaling and slow skill cycling.

Gauntlet Roles and Synergies

Gauntlet	Primary Rage Trigger	Boosted Hero Classes	Favored Weapon	Primary Role
Maverick Gauntlet	Critical Hits	Mage & Warrior	None (Universal)	Endgame high-crit builds and burst damage in Arena
Chaotic Gauntlet	Punching / Weapon Hits	Mage & Alchemist	Hammer	Mid-game Mage builds and Hammer crowd-control
Holy Gauntlet	Weapon Strikes	Mage & Alchemist	Sword	Reliable campaign progression with steady Sword attacks
Valiant Gauntlet	Taking Damage / Punching	Warrior & Rogue	Sword	Defensive Warrior frontline builds and Arena brawlers
Rebel Gauntlet	Punching	Rogue & Hunter	Axe	Speed-clearing squishy targets with Axe setups

The Maverick Gauntlet

The Maverick Gauntlet serves as the primary target for late-game critical-hit builds. Because it generates substantial Rage on critical strikes, high-crit weapon and armor setups allow you to cast Hero Powers almost every turn. It buffs both Mages and Warriors, making it compatible with high-damage carries. Its main drawback is acquisition time: unlocking it requires grinding thousands of critical hits over prolonged play.

The Chaotic and Holy Gauntlets

Before unlocking the Maverick Gauntlet, the Chaotic and Holy Gauntlets provide the most dependable progression options for Mage and Alchemist setups. The Holy Gauntlet rewards consistent Sword attacks to generate Rage without relying on critical rolls. The Chaotic Gauntlet pairs with Hammers and rewards punching to trigger rapid Rage gain. Both gloves provide early access to Mage ability scaling, carrying teams through campaign hurdles like White Peak and Realm of Fire.

How to Allocate Upgrade Cores

Upgrade materials, specifically Cores of Power and Cores of Speed, are scarce. Maximize one Gauntlet’s key nodes before investing in a second option. Follow this upgrade priority:

Rage Generation Nodes: Prioritize nodes that increase Rage gain per trigger. Charging your Rage bar faster directly increases how often you can fire Hero Powers.
Hero Boost Nodes: Level the node that matches your primary carry hero's class (such as Mage or Warrior) to increase damage and healing output.
Weapon Damage Nodes: Upgrade the node corresponding to your primary equipped weapon type (Sword, Axe, or Hammer) to boost baseline swing damage.
Punch Speed and Base Damage: Leave punch damage nodes for last. Standard weapon strikes and Hero Powers deliver the majority of your total damage output.

Progression Path

Start campaign progression using the standard Knight's Gauntlet, but do not invest heavy resources into its later nodes. Once you unlock the Holy Gauntlet or Chaotic Gauntlet through guild activities and milestone rewards, shift your core investments into whichever glove matches your main hero carry. Use that Gauntlet as your primary engine until you accumulate enough critical hits to unlock the Maverick Gauntlet, at which point you can transition into high-crit endgame builds.