A- skill is very solid and allows a fair bit of substitution of accuracy gear for Haste and Attack equipment. Souleater also adds +25 accuracy while its up, which can help offset accuracy loss from Souleater enhancing items. maximum value on both substats. Because of the short uptime periods in DSR, this set will only gain a handful This is the better half of DRK's selection of Empyrean weapons. With an enormous amount of dexterity and agility, landing hits is easy as pie, and avoiding them is a bit easier too. With Haste on, you can attack a lot too. In a pinch Dark Knight can even be a ghetto backline job, using absorbs, drains, aspirs, and stuns to do moderate amounts of damage and utility against mobs that dont particularly take physical damage. This has very little alternatives and I wouldn't honestly even bother with this set until you have the HQ Darksteel pieces. Since your attacks are so slow, and your accuracy is so low, its kind of a pain to solo. using synced CRIT+DET gear with enough CRIT+SkS pieces to reach your desired GCD GCDs over the whole fight vs 2.45. Notable Weaponskills: Spinning Slash (DRK level 66), Ground Strike (DRK level 72). haha well i'm at work atm and i've yet to unlock it i'm sure i have a decent amount of gear for it from other jobs or can get it atleast. Still havent been beaten on a parse with it equipped. Both the 2.45 and 2.50 sets are recommended and have near-identical performance. I recommend having 3 different TP sets you use, for Low, Mid, and High Accuracy totals. Replacing the Shout group ambuscade/dyna/whatever since sakpatas came out. Thank you very much, Quetz, great guide! Note: All weapons are being discussed for general usage, although I may reference more specific uses (zerging notably); this will be discussed in detail later. (Don't) Fear The Reaper: A Dark Knight Guide - FFXIAH Dark Seal - Pretty good one point wonder, this works much like Elemental Seal where it gives you massive magic accuracy bonuses when casting 1 dark magic spell. Dark Knights are melee damage dealers specializing in the use of Great Swords and Scythes. max-level content as well as suggestions for older ultimate-difficulty Sleep to build CE at first, but once you are capped or near capped on CE you can swap to Bind and Poison for cheaper/faster casts to maintain your VE. One cool thing most people don't know about this ability is that with 5/5 you don't need to use Hasso while it's up (because job ability haste caps at 25%) so you can use Seigan+Third Eye for defense. As a 13+ year career DRK .. this is what I think of all REMAs. are subject to change as more options are explored and more gear becomes My caladbolg is at level 90 already so Id just be doing the fun plate farming. Every race also gets "Race Specific Equipment", or "RSE", that will boost a race's stats to equal, or possibly even surpass other races. The "Attack Bonus" trait, its naturally high strength, and some of the most ruthless abilities ever make it well worth your while to level. To use Dark Knight optimally requires a lot of skill, and the player will have to be very careful of the hate threshold. Absorb-STR, DEX, and TP are great spells that can help boost either stat where you need it most. This is a strong underrated Great Axe build, make sure to check it, and try it out. overcap on the chosen substat as a result, indicated by red text in the melding Still, you are much better off with more accuracy (if you are eating meat) since you will certainly deal more damage if you land all the hits or simply more Str if you are munching sushi. Unfortunately, youd be better off with the Scorpion Harness at that level, and at Lv.59, you'll be wearing the Haubergeon body piece. menu. The last- and second-to-last steps of the Bozjan It also gives Warcry, which is a high level job ability (when subbed) that gives everyone in the area effect a boost to attack power; perfect for just before a skillchain is started. If you do not have a Bozjan resistance relic weapon, simply use any weapon Enjoy! Considering the only thing the HP buffer will do is increase your Souleater by 1.5 damage, its not that worth it. DRK Noob - FFXIAH.com the only piece with IX materia in it. the exact pieces used are just examples; any gear above the optimal sync These sets are for those needing to maximize their damage output in order to This is the recommended set for DSR and aligns nicely with each phase. Essentially you won't really take damage with Dread Spikes up from auto attacks until it wears off. Even though youd probably hit for zero damage base, youd still deal 100 damage through Souleater. I wish I had this guide when I first started. Weapon Grade: B- You will at least need to have a Haubergeon, a pair of Sniper or Woodsman ring and a life belt by level 60. Thanks Carrot, that is helpful. Buying the Later on Sturmwind is a very powerful 2-hit WS and can really put the hurt on mobs; also because it's multi-hit it synergizes very well with Souleater. Instead, Dark Knight tank is played in the same way that RDM/NIN or NIN/DRK is played at end game: you spam high hate generation spells to keep the mob's attention on you. This set follows the general stat priority except for one Direct Hit X and A whole lot of bang in a little buck. This is shown on the weapon, but it can be done on any other slot melding menu. Notes: Only practical in early levels, not worth using after a certain point. Plus 100 more through Souleater. Red Curry - One of the very few attack+150 foods. Combine with Shield Break, your Dark Knight will be able to deal significantly more damage (as much as 15% more) over time. If you choose this, you can benefit from an enormous HP pool, putting others to shame as your Souleater boosts your attack damage to beyond all proportion. be done on any other slots that won't overcap on the chosen substat as a result, In this guide I cover three typ. customizable substats and can be significant boosts to your damage. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. DRK is one hellova job to tackle for a guide. Apocalypse - The king of Dark Knight weapons, this is the relic scythe and is probably the single biggest power increase a relic weapon can provide to a job. The problem is that if you are stacking Last Resort and Souleater togethor, this staggers the timers and can lead to waste. But as a Dark Knight, taking 1 or 2 less damage should be the least of your worries. Somehow I wasn't even aware of the existence of the item 'Fire Bomblet', shows how mage-focused I've been Ws sets you should min/max depending on race/enemy/ws especially with guillotine. Now, purchase a Yagudo Cherry from the auction house or a Kolshushu regional vendor. The former can be done in Pretty much only used for Ouryu but absolutely amazing for that fight. This is also true of multihit weaponskills, but far less likely. These sets are specifically for The Unending Coil of Bahamut (Ultimate), This set is intended for compatibility with the UCoB set and does not require General substat priority is followed with the exception of two Direct Hit melds Salvage will add the Ares set which also is.okay. FINAL Great Sword becomes a very appealing choice at lv66 for a Drk due to. Even without Kraken Club, a well equipped and heavily merited Dark Knight can still dish out a lot of damage since they can reach the 80% haste cap. or is that just from using Drain 3? Unrestricted Party and Minimum IL options enabled. FINAL FANTASY is a . Following the path west, head to H-7. replaced with Determination and one Critical Hit meld replaced with Direct Hit FANTASY is a registered trademark of Square Enix Co., Ltd. (Don't) Fear the Reaper: A Dark Knight Guide. INT is lagely going to give 2 INT = 1 Macc, and 1 Dark Skill = 1 Macc so choose whichever piece gives more magic accuracy. Anywhere you can get Physical Damage Taken-% or Damage Taken-% that is the real MVP stat here. A+ skill means you will require less accuracy on gear at higher levels, freeing up more slots for Haste and Attack. Weapon Grade: A+ The only thing you have to worry about is AoE magic, which will instantly clear your Utsusemi and do full damage, and some AoE weaponskills which can pierce shadows or clear certain amounts of them. These are shown on the weapon and rings, overcap as a result in order to reach a 2.49 GCD speed. loses around 1.5% total damage output compared to the other sets. And how well exactly does afterglow calad hold up? Weapon Grade: C (Don't) Fear The Reaper: A Dark Knight Guide - FFXIAH If you have 2 Marches in your tank party you can shed off another 9%~ in equipment haste for more enmity. I can almost guarantee this is when youll want to start moving into this weapon proficiency more often than not. This job-race combinations strength is rivalled by no other, and is super lethal. Youve acquired your first piece of AF. Dark Knight is iconic for 75 cap, sometimes for its great utility and sometimes for its borderline troll players. Another cool use is Tonko and Monomi, which are cheaper alternatives to using Prism Powders and Silent Oils. That says it all. Any three melds can be replaced so long as a given Like I said, a cool concept. Curty: That's what I meant when I said it can contend with the both of them, lol. If youre a Great Sword junkie like me, this is a really notable case of why you should have both of your weapon skills capped. For one, Bloody Bolts can drain the targets HP for no MP cost, and a lot faster than your spell Drain. sync by queuing into Alphascape V2.0 (Savage) with the Unrestricted Party and However, you make up for it by having a decent amount of agility, and the highest vitality in the game, making you by far the most survivable of all Dark Knights. Category:Guides | Classic FFXI community | Fandom Replacing two Direct Hit melds with Skill Speed will bring you clear the savage tier on the first or second week. normal mode release. Dread Spikes is 100% based on your total HP so macroing in a ton of HP is the play. This includes daggers, swords, axes, great swords, great axes and scythes. Then, you restore that 100 HP and also deal all that extra damage. On Eden currently, this effect is not coded so I would not recomend anyone buy or even look at this weapon. Ranger is the sub job of choice before Warrior! Dark Knight is a greatsword-swinging tank job with a focus on resource management, burst damage, and proper application of frequent, short-duration defensive cooldowns. Also like Warrior, many are simply not practical for general usage. As with the 2.50 set, you can run a slightly faster speed for comfort at the With your mostly useful artifact equipment in hand, the time is now to begin the last fifteen levels. Ill be honest, I used to really think this armor set was a load of hooey until I took the time to look into it better. He gloves with a synced CRIT+DET piece as well is a negligible DPS loss. and Critical Hit replaced with Determination). Was pondering what to make next down the road. The Eden developers have been nice enough to tell us what is in the pipeline and what we can expect as future events, which allows us to plan out gear ahead of time. Another prominent piece of equipment is the Haubergeon body piece. Arcane Circle (5) 10:00 Recast - Increases resistance to arcana. haha yeah i know. Allot no more than 127 points into each substat for These sets are specifically for The Weapon's Refrain (Ultimate), abbreviated FANTASY is a registered trademark of Square Enix Co., Ltd. (Don't) Fear the Reaper: A Dark Knight Guide. Is it better to use them seperately and take the lower recast? melding menu. desired GCD speed is perfectly adequate. Also, if you or anyone else dont know yet, you can easily make gravitation, lvl1 skillchain, to MB Drain3 with, using weapon bash with af gloves then entropy. I mean, a Dark Knight using a puny little club. Because much higher ilvl gear is required to cap out both substats on A Dark Knight without any Haste equipment and Str/Acc for weapon skill will deal as low as 50% the damage of a fairly well equipped Dark Knight with at least 15% haste in his equipment set. Both the 2.45 and 2.50 sets are recommended and have near-identical Good guide. Chances are, if you want to grab hate, you could easily hit yourself up with Last Resort or Souleater anyway. Also I'd recommend everyone use a parser program like Scoreboard, Kparse, Parse, or Deeps to keep track of their accuracy and a general idea of how you are doing damage wise compared to others. You might be asking why?, and the answer is Guillotine damage. helm. Physical Defense Bonus. You know, starting fights with debuffs, kicking ass, then Souleater + Weapon Skill near the end. So all in all it is a way to make a drk a supportive DD in situations that you have a ninja or warrior tank that cant normally handle the amount of hate you generate, with a minor decrease in overall damage. encounters. DRK fills additional roles in an auxiliary fashion such as: An off-tank (with some finagling as a main tank); If you need more accuracy you can use items like Toreadors Ring and Aces Helm. optimum efficiency. Buying both the tome headpiece and the ring for with the same substats will perform identically. However, some other leg wear are better (lv55 ones are great). Items like Neck, Earring, and Waist, and Ranged can vary entirely based on play style. Allot no This is a game changer, 10% haste is an unheard of amount of haste on a single item and it allows Dark Knight to effortlesly cap at 25% equipment haste while unequipping pieces of Haste gear for more STR, attack, accuracy, or other stats. With fast swinging weapons, many buffs, and against specific mobs, a Dark Knight can achieve unimaginable burst damage with this ability combination in what is commonly called a "zerg". Two items, Very high DMG leads to high individual hit damage, Scythes are generally very easily-accessible; top-end ones tend not to be difficult to get or rare/ex (the exception being the. These levels are both quite nice and really bad for Dark Knights. All FFXI content and images 2002-2023 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. This strategy is used to take down very scary end game monsters in 30 seconds flat like Vrtra, Bahamut, and Dynamis Lord. I super appreciate it! Thank you Kylos :) ya I have an afterglowd ragnarok and a 119 apoc already. Notes: Tempting although it may seem, do not Dual Wield on Dark Knight seriously. performance. At Lv.10 you get your first Attack Bonus, which puts you into position of damage-dealer right away. Offensively, Dark Knight gameplay involves building and spending both Mana and Blood while managing a suite of high-value offensive cooldowns. It also gives a huge amount of hate - 1300 Volatile Enmity which is about 2/3rds of a Provoke. Dark Knight excels in two types of weapons: Great Swords and Scythes. Gimmick fights like JoL /DRG or JoP /WAR . For those who just need to deal more damage, this is the perfect support job for you. A truly menacing job-race combination. Weapon Grade: A- The weapon, hands, feet, earring, neck, and wrist listed must be exact, but Personally I want to keep as much offensive pressure as I can in my PDT set so I just choose to swap in specifically PDT pieces. Stun (37): Probably the most useful spell that Drk has, it has a .5 second cast time so it comes out fast and lets you stop a mob from doing things. percent of the alternatives, you still need to keep this gap in mind. The difference between Paladin's Job Abilities and Dark Knight is that Dark Knight's abilities reduce survivability. Ninja is the other major sub for Drk, it offers basically zero offensive power but has unmatched defensive ability that in 75 cap play is exceptionally necessary at times. But was curious does the aeonic stack up well to the other scythes? I don't recommend this, as when you are using Souleater your damage output should be so insanely high that you will likely pull hate anyways. Here is a list of all the guides currenly on Eden. I know weapons have been discussed again and again but I was just curious on thoughts for all of them. If you have this skill leveled, you might even want to bring these to parties in low to mid levels since they are better than Scythes and Great Swords. HP+10% All attributes +15 Accuracy+5 Haste+5%, MND+5 "Subtle Blow"+10 TP Bonus +50 Haste+3%, HP +10%, All attributes +3, "Magic Def. With an "E" in the skill, it's really not very useful in parties, but for soloing it's a great idea to have. Damage mitigation involves a mix of Utsusemi, Dread Spikes, and defensive gear. Hit X materia plus one Direct Hit IX with Skill Speed. I haven't played with some of them, but I've heard/talked about the strengths/weaknesses of each many times. Dark Knight has a very low Marksmanship skill (E), but honestly skill levels don't matter too much until the 50s or 60s. reach the desired threshold. Meaning if you have a Ninja tank and are otherwise scared to even lift a finger, subbing Thief can pour all that enormous enmity on the Ninja, not only letting you deal all that damage, but even more later, since his or her hate threshold will be immediately increased. A 2.40 GCD set is also provided for those who . Also make sure to always use food when leveling, at low levels Sausage/Meat Jerky are king because they are cheap and NPC bought food with attack and ranged attack, eventually Sushi comes into play 40+ when you need acc/racc, or Couerl Subs when you need attack/ranged attack at higher levels. gloves with a synced CRIT+DET piece as well is a negligible DPS loss. Secondly, Acid Bolts lower the targets defense for your already high-powered weapon skills. melding menu. Plus, high dexterity and agility mean you can hit more and dodge more if the need arises. These are all great points. Combine with the fact that they have higher. Other then that you are actually hurting yourself because you only have 1 useful spell that becomes obsolete if you end up getting silenced anyway. The choice is up to the player. so simply using synced CRIT+DET gear with enough CRIT+SkS pieces to reach your Now I think its actually somewhat decent. I know at least for me, it can be overwhelming trying to reference multiple pieces of information. on how Dark Knight utilizes each stat, visit the melding and stat priority page Spell recast caps at 50% of the spells original casting time, so you want to have 50% Haste combined in your casting set. Good luck sir! This is such a strong spell and learning to use it correctly is integral to being a useful Dark Knight. compatibility with the sets for other tank jobs. Desperate Blows - The king of Drk merits, with this maxed out you get +25% job ability haste for the duration of your Last Resort with a 2-handed weapon equipped. the OP guide has them for some but the sets i've seen don't seem to be using them now. I use 4/5 sakpatas in my hybrid. due to potency and system changes, so simply using synced CRIT+DET gear with For how long? I dont play enough to have a linkshell right now. Other than the gloves, linked below. Souleater and Last Resort are great abilities to spike your hate at the start of a fight, after a hate reset, or when you need to rip the mob off someone - just remember to cancel them. Just check the set I posted a while back. Dark Knight is not even one of the most popular jobs on Eden, but Apocalypse is the most popular relic on the server, and for very good reason. At least until Lv.30 and higher, then it becomes a bit more useful. Other perks include Meditate which grants you free TP and Zanshin which offers a low chance to swing again if you miss. . Dark Knights (DRK) are powerful damage dealers who have the capability to further their damage by using select Black Magic spells. This set is the recommended setup for both performance and user-friendliness. user . No one likes a Dark Knight that sacrifices all damage in order to support, but no one likes a Dark Knight that never supports either, balance is the key to this job. Average HP allows your Souleater to deal vicious damage, while your vitality means you dont have to worry all that much about being killed from doing so. Awesome name too. However, subbing Ninja in end-game is widely overrated because of the Utsusemi. With the introduction of the Haste cap all the information that was in this section became obsolete and a lot of the fun nuance in zerging removed. There's so many ways to get accuracy in this set and the main issue is trying to cap accuracy without losing any STR/Attack. This is good, but you also have to remember that attack does cap at some point, and in many situations the +15% attack alone on Last Resort is enough to hit that point. to receive a key item. Cookie Notice Which Set to Use. B- skill means that you will have to sacrifice some Haste and Attack for Accuracy gear, producing less DoT in the long run. For those wishing to run 2.50. Not that I would really ever recommend someone make a caladbolg99, unless they only really played DRK and wouldn't be making Liberator. If fully merited you have high uptime on this (3 minute duration, 5 minute recast) and it's +20 accuracy.
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