Knife Thrower

Knife Throwers are enemies in Dead Cells.

Behavior
Knife Throwers remain in stealth unless a valid target is within range. Their only attack is a kunai combo.

They can also backstep or teleport to avoid the player at close range.

Strategy

 * Knife Throwers are tricky due to their stealth ability, mobility and rapid attacks. Their real weakness is their generally low health.
 * It is not recommended to attack as soon as you reach it since it will simply backstep and ambush you from behind.
 * Using ranged weapons can avoid this problem. Alternatively, roll only during the attack before the combo ends.
 * Using a shield can render Knife Throwers extremely vulnerable as one can easily parry all 3 knives and likely kill it before it can attack again.
 * While the knives don't deal a lot of damage, the poison effect will eat away at your Rally HP.

Trivia

 * Knife Throwers were added with the v1.2 update in March 2019.
 * Knife Throwers used to be able to change direction during their 3-projectile combo briefly during the alpha of v1.2
 * While their daggers are toxic, the kunai cannot poison other enemies when parried.
 * Knife Throwers are also known as Kunai Masters in the game files. They were with the assets long before their formal introduction, and reused Dark Tracker's sprite when spawned.