Knight levels fastest when you farm stages efficiently, not when you overbuild defense. For TBH: Task Bar Hero, the usual advice is to push the Knight into a damage-focused farming setup while leveling, then switch back to tankier stats when progress stalls.

Fast leveling setup

  • Use the Knight in stages you can clear quickly and consistently, because faster clears give more gold, XP, and chests.
  • Keep his gear at a matching level and as high rarity as possible, since underleveled gear can drag his stats down a lot.
  • For farming, prioritize Attack Damage Enhancement over pure survivability so runs finish faster.

Skill focus

  • Early to mid-game, the Knight guide recommends maxing Piercing Thrust and Shield Charge first.
  • Put points into Health Enhancement and Armor Enhancement as needed, but don’t ignore damage if your goal is leveling speed.
  • When survivability starts becoming the bottleneck, shift into sustain tools like Aegis Field , health regen, and life leech.

What to avoid

  • Don’t stack slow, heavy defensive gear if it makes your clear speed drop too much.
  • Avoid wasting points on luck-based block investment too early if armor, health, and sustain are still giving better returns.
  • If a stage is too hard, farm a lower one you can clear smoothly instead of forcing a slow run.

Simple leveling route

  1. Farm the fastest stage you can clear repeatedly.
  1. Max the Knight’s main damage skills first.
  1. Upgrade gear so it stays close to his level.
  1. Add armor, health, and regen only when you start dying too often.
  1. Once farming slows down, move back toward tank/sustain stats.

Useful rule of thumb

If your Knight is “so fast,” that usually means he’s already good at farming, so the best way to level him is to lean into speed and damage first , then only add defense when it protects your clear rate.

TL;DR

Fastest Knight leveling in Task Bar Hero is usually: quick-clear farming stage + damage-first build + gear that matches his level.