Taken Knight

"You are a Knight. Ancient warrior elite. Dreadful backbone of the Hive. You have scarred entire worlds. [...] You fear death. Even as you visit nothingness on your foes, even as you gather tribute from your acolytes, you know that one day your strength will be outmatched. And your centuries of slaughter will end. [...] You betray the sword logic. You compromise the totality of your violence. Why protect your ground when you could take the enemy’s? You need to make your guard into a weapon. There is a knife for you. It is shaped like [no more fear]. Take up the knife. Hide no more. Take your new shape."

— Grimoire description

Taken Knight
Biographical information
Species:	Taken
Rank:	Heavy Infantry
Class:	Knight
Combat information
Weapon(s):	Void Boomer (common) Arc Shredder (rare)
Abilities:	Launch Solar Traps Short Distance Teleport Solar Shield (Epic) Melee

The Taken Knight is a type of Taken Hive which fires explosive Solar jets in a wave to dissuade close combat and force players out of cover, teleports short distances to evade attacks. They are armed with a Void damage Boomer, which, unlike the Hive version, does not suffer from gravitational drop and its projectiles travel much faster, making it harder to evade long-range fire.

Trivia

Unusually, they are not armed with Cleavers, modified or otherwise, like their non-Taken counterparts. This could be a stylistic choice or for gameplay reasons.

List of appearances

• Destiny
  • The Taken King (First appearance)