Swing your sword, hop the shockwaves, and take down a golem, a dragon and a lich.

Reading a boss fight

Boss fights in classic action-platformers are teaching exercises. Each attack has a telegraph, a short, readable animation that tells you what is coming, and a punish window afterwards when the boss is open. Pixel Knight is built on that rhythm. The Stone Golem raises both arms before a ground slam, shakes before it lifts a rock, and casts warning marks on the floor before rubble falls. Learn the tell, avoid the attack, then hit back while it recovers.

Against the Golem, stay close enough to swing but be ready to jump: the slam sends two low shockwaves along the floor that only a jump will clear, and thrown rocks arc toward where you are standing, so keep moving. Against the Ember Dragon, the safe places and the hit windows go together. The ledges on each side lift you above the swooping dive, and the dragon is only vulnerable while it is low, during a dive or when it lands to breathe fire. Attack it from the side it is not facing.

The Lich King vanishes and reappears, casting skull volleys and ripples of bone spikes along the floor — hop the spikes, and strike when he finishes a spell. All three bosses get faster and add attacks as their health drops, and each phase change drops a heart pickup. Hit-and-retreat beats trading blows: you have three lives, a short invulnerability window after each hit, and the sword's reach is longer than it looks.