Newcastle's attacking revival has produced a 12-point increase in average scoring, the fourth-largest improvement in premiership history.
The Knights have achieved that despite Kalyn Ponga missing a third of the season through injury and their most expensive recruit, Dylan Brown, being sidelined by an ACL injury.
Justin Holbrook's arrival has helped drive the change, with Newcastle dedicating more training time to attack than defence.
Last year, the Knights scored their first try from a bomb in round 14 and finished with seven. They produced three such tries in their opening game this season.
Dom Young's aerial assist for Jermaine McEwan against South Sydney last week illustrated the transformation before Sunday's semi-final against the Warriors.
"Every time I'm going to go up and compete," said Young, the NRL's third-tallest player at 200cm.
"But when you watch games now, so many opportunities and tries are coming off the kicks on last plays. If you're not utilising it, then you're missing out."
Young and Greg Marzhew rank among the NRL's top four for tries and linebreaks, while Newcastle's tries from beyond halfway have risen from five to 31.
Passing sequences are creating fatigue and opportunities for an undermanned pack. Andrew Johns said the approach could trouble the Warriors at Eden Park, where wide attacks have recently challenged the hosts.
"We don't really have a structure of attack. It's just we have different plays on different parts of the field," hooker Phoenix Crossland said.
"We want to move it to Bradman and Gaggs and the backrowers. We just play what we see."