The Seven Deadly Sins: IDLE New Howzer Knighthood Boss Guide

To raise your Knighthood Boss scores in The Seven Deadly Sins: IDLE, add the new Legendary Howzer to your team as a physical sub-DPS and debuffer. He resolves damage falloff against stationary single-target bosses by providing consistent multi-hit attacks and defense-shredding uptime. To maximize his value immediately, place him in the mid-line, equip offensive gear sets, and aim for a 1-Star to 3-Star awakening benchmark before committing further summons.

Howzer's Role in Knighthood Boss Battles

Knighthood Boss encounters require sustained offensive pressure and damage amplification rather than heavy defense. Teams without continuous debuffs lose damage efficiency whenever baseline vulnerability windows expire. Howzer fixes this bottleneck through several combat traits:

High Hit Frequency: Howzer’s multi-hit rotations rapidly stack damage counters and trigger hit-count passives without losing frames against stationary bosses.
Continuous Armor Shredding: His kit applies defense reduction debuffs across the fight, ensuring primary burst damage dealers consistently strike weakened targets.
Sub-DPS Contribution: Beyond debuff support, his personal attack scaling adds significant damage instead of functioning merely as a passive buffer.
Energy Cycling: High attack frequency allows him to generate energy and execute ultimate skills rapidly within the time limit.

Knighthood Boss Team Composition

Howzer performs best when paired with an energy buffer to accelerate his skill cycling and a dedicated single-target carry to exploit his defense breaks.

Role	Heroes	Tactical Function
Primary Buffer / Enabler	Gowther	Supplies skill rank upgrades, energy generation, and team attack buffs.
Physical Breaker / Sub-DPS	New Howzer	Shreds armor, stacks hit counts, and maintains mid-range damage pressure.
Main Burst DPS	Escanor or Meliodas variants	Deals heavy single-target burst damage during Howzer's defense-reduction windows.
Support / Critical Buffer	Arthur or Helbram	Provides survival shielding against boss mechanics and boosts critical hit rates.

Position Howzer in the mid-line of your formation. This protects him from direct frontal cleaves while keeping him close enough to execute attack rotations without interruption. Pairing him with Gowther allows Howzer to upgrade and cycle his skills early in the encounter, establishing defense debuffs before your primary carry unleashes high-damage bursts.

Awakening Milestones

Allocate your summoning resources based on your guild's score requirements and Diamond reserves.

1-Star to 3-Star Awakening (Recommended Baseline)

Unlocking Howzer provides baseline utility, but reaching 1-Star to 3-Star awakening is the most cost-effective target for free-to-play and low-spending players. Early awakenings enhance his base attack and reduce skill cooldowns. Shorter cooldowns prevent his damage amplification and defense debuffs from dropping off between rotations.

5-Star Awakening (Competitive Ceiling)

Reaching a 5-Star awakening significantly raises Howzer’s personal damage scaling, turning him into a secondary hyper-carry capable of rivaling dedicated damage dealers. If your guild already clears required reward thresholds comfortably, stop at 3-Star to preserve summon currency for future rosters.

Equipment and Potential Priorities

Equip Howzer to hit hard and cycle attacks consistently without wasting stat budgets on unnecessary defense:

Gear Sets: Run offensive equipment sets focused on Attack percentage and Critical Damage. Knighthood Boss attack patterns are predictable, making defensive sets unnecessary.
Sub-Stats: Prioritize Critical Rate until Howzer critically hits consistently alongside your support buffers. Roll all remaining sub-stats into Attack percentage and Critical Damage.
Potential Board: Unlock offensive nodes that increase skill damage first. Avoid spending materials on HP and Defense nodes until offensive paths are complete.