Getting a 212 Knight

First and foremost I can't explain the importance of having a 212 knight! If you do anything in your city having a 212 is the most important and should be the first thing to focus on! It helps with everything you do in the game (attacking, training, building, defending etc.).  If you look in the knights hall you can assign and unassign your knight to different positions.  You should do this between each action in the game.  You don't have to leave it in the setting only when you are setting it up you can then remove the knight and it won't change the time to complete. So you can move it to research, building, training etc. and then unassign to attack with it.  Important note the Marshall helps in defending your city.  Using your 212 improves everything in the game and is the most useful tool in this game.  So here is how you get a 212 knight and prevent from coming short with a 211.  Begin by training with Arthur (the big one 50,000) up to level 184.  Once you get to level 184 you have to use the middle one (10,000) until you get to level 194 then you have to use the small one (1,000) until you get to level 199.  Once you get to level 199 you will see a 0100/3900 ratio.  The reason most people come up short is they use the big train a little too soon.  It has to be 3400/3900 or higher to make a 212, anything below will result in a 211.  There is a big difference between a 212 and a 211.  For example training 1000 t1 with a 211 is 3 min slower then with 212. 3 min may not seem seem like much but if your training 11000 t1's at a time or more it adds up to 33 min.  This is an even bigger difference with t2 & t3.  So once you reach level 199 you can no longer use the train with boosts to reach 3400/3900.  You will have to start attacking to gain experience (20 exp if you win and 10 if you lose).  This is the worst part of getting a 212.  At 20 it takes 170 attacks and at 10 340 attacks.  So pick a target that is very close to your city and and keep attacking it, the quickest it can be is 30 seconds to attack and 30 seconds to return.  Since this takes 30 seconds to attack and 30 seconds to return you can pick another lower level knight to to build up also.  With two knights going it becomes this continuous circle.  If you are uncomfortable with the process contact Rigs and she will walk you through it.