Berserker Knight

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Berserker Knight
Official art of a Berserker Knight.
Featured in	Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Location	Bryyo, Pirate Homeworld
Homeworld	Pirate Homeworld
Attacks	Picking up and throwing other enemies, Phazon Orbs, Blaze Orb, Phazon Quake, Slashes
Weakness	Own attacks, vulnerable spot under Phazite plating.

A Berserker Knight is a Space Pirate heavily mutated by Phazon. They have Phazite plating on their weak spot. Normally to destroy the plating, shooting the purple orbs will damage it. Then the plating will be destroyed and the weak spot will be open to attack. However with the use of the X-Ray Visor in combination with the Nova Beam, Samus can target an organ to instantly kill the creature. Some Berserker Knights become Berserker Lords after surviving the highest levels of Phazon Corruption. Ghor defeats one in close combat on Norion by stabbing the weak point.

The first time Samus must defeat a Berserker Knight is in the Bryyo Thorn Jungle, the second is when Samus must escort the Demolition Troopers on the Pirate Homeworld. Thankfully, at this time Samus has the Nova Beam, so it can be killed easily. In the Bryyo Thorn Jungle, Samus can call her Gunship in for a bombing run and kill the Berserker Knight in one hit.

They are similar to Elite Pirates and Ingsmashers and play the same role. They also show little concern for their fellow Space Pirates and will even use them as projectiles. This is likely due to their brain tissue having deteriorated due to Phazon infusion.

Oddly, despite the Space Pirates in the original Prime being very hunched, the Elite Pirates stand tall and are not so hunched. However, the Pirates in Corruption are less hunched (only the neck is bent), yet the Beserker Knights and Lords are very bent in structure.

[edit] Logbook entry

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption: "A Berserker Knight's Phazite armor must be removed before unit can be damaged: only the Phazon-based projectile attacks the creature fires can destroy it. The Berserker Knight serves as a shocking example of the lengths the Space Pirates will go to in their quest for dominance. Heavily mutated by Phazon exposure, the unit is nearly mindless, driven by battle lust."

[edit] Gallery

Ghor kills a Berserker.	More Artwork for the Berserker Knight.		More Concept Art.
A Beserker Knight with two Pirates.	"Berserker G" - Gandrayda's Berserker Knight form.

Phazon Creatures
Native to Phaaze	Leviathan • Jelsac • Liquid Phazon • Phazon Grub • Phazon Leech
Corrupted Creatures	Phazon Hopper • Phazon Nightbarb • Phazon Shriekbat • Phazon Puffer • Phazon Pillbug • Tangle Weed
Space Pirates	Aurora Unit 313 • Elite Pirate • Phazon Elite • Omega Pirate • Berserker Knight • Berserker Lord
Phazon Metroids	Fission Metroid • Phazon Metroid • Hopping Metroid • Metroid Hatcher
Leviathan Core Guardians	Metroid Prime • Emperor Ing • Mogenar • Helios • Omega Ridley
Born of Phazon	Phaazoid • Red Phaazoid • Ing • Dark Samus