Nasomi Community FFXI Server Board index International Jobs Dark Knight, Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests. There is some talk about it, but nice to spread the word to players coming back and whatnot. do -10% PDT on cape instead of -dt you can drop defending ring for another moonlight. 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. Ambu/Escha/+2 AF is the general area of gear I'm working with atm. The problem is that if you are stacking Last Resort and Souleater togethor, this staggers the timers and can lead to waste. Not sure of your augments of course but just to start get the Flamma head and feet +2 and see about getting an Utu Grip and Omen rings. Where Dragoon shines is Wyvern Earring, which is a +5% haste earring that can only be active when subbing Drg. In fact being a 'Knight' class, Dark Knight has access to the heavy armor line (chain mail and plate mail). on how Dark Knight utilizes each stat, visit the melding and stat priority page Most of the time, focusing on accuracy, attack, dexterity, and strength-boosting equipment is your best bet. This is the best sub job for all levels of zerging because the haste only gets better the more you have, and in zerg situations you are at very high haste levels to begin with. Happy to elaborate, i just need time to type it up. Ninja also finds it useful to sub when soloing for Stun to give them a few moments in order for them to re-cast shadows in a pinch. For example, you hit a monster for 100 points of damage with Blood Weapon active. Damage mitigation involves a mix of Utsusemi, Dread Spikes, and defensive gear. These sets are for those needing to maximize their damage output in order to Notes: Tempting although it may seem, do not Dual Wield on Dark Knight seriously. When this works, the scythe will be amazing. Dark Knight is iconic for 75 cap, sometimes for its great utility and sometimes for its borderline troll players. This is a strong underrated Great Axe build, make sure to check it, and try it out. This helps alleviate Elvaans low dexterity, and therefore low accuracy. GCDs at the end of uptime phases. Notes: Tempting although it may seem, do not Dual Wield on Dark Knight seriously. Offensively, Dark Knight gameplay involves building and spending both Mana and Blood while managing a suite of high-value offensive cooldowns. An infinite amount of time! I actually have Lycurgos for RUN and I considered building around that but ultimately I ended up doing Dolichenus and Decimation. Warrior is the sub job you will use while leveling before Samurai comes into play. 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. Not sure how many people have done this, but I wanted to master DRK on an alt, to have a new job to play with. Back Piece. (Don't) Fear The Reaper: A Dark Knight Guide - FFXIAH 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. This is also true of multihit weaponskills, but far less likely. Bind (20) & Sleep (30): If you have Enfeebling skilled up this can be useful to cast in weird situations, like a mob link or over pull. This is also the sub job you will use for any tanking. I just skimmed through it really *i dont play drk myself really* but i found it weird that Vbody wasnt mentioned at all. 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. In Dynamis, the Dark Knight will act as he does in parties, dealing damage and absorbing the mobs' stats. It basically trades-in a small portion of your damage over time for survivability and hate control, but only works well Lv.60 and higher. The spell only lasts 1 minute, so it can be frustrating to use, but when timed correctly is exceptionally rewarding. abbreviated by the community as UCOB. max-level content as well as suggestions for older ultimate-difficulty Combine with Shield Break, your Dark Knight will be able to deal significantly more damage (as much as 15% more) over time. Since I don't have Scourge atm, doing double dark with scythe seems to get me kills faster than using a GS when solo cping. Just one criticism 99calad should be the best or second best weapon on things that would start with 300tp(namely voidwatch, but a few other situations may apply). This power comes from the spell Utsusemi, both versions of it, which puts a buff on you that absorbs incoming damage. Dark Knight Beginner's Gear Guide : r/ffxi - Reddit Flexibility is the key to Dark Knights usefulness, in general the job struggles to keep up with the best DD jobs like Samurai or Warrior, but people still love to have them around just for the mixture of support and damage. Next is your body piece. This set has a lot of personal expression in it. 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. A great alternative for any Dark Knights support jobs. Well, some may argue that if you have spent your gil making a Caladbolg 99 instead of Ragnarok 99 chances are that you aren't intelligent enough to compete with a Borealis/OAT GS DRK. 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. Physical Defense Bonus. If you can, picking up a crossbow can really help. This playstyle has almost entirely vanished on Eden, as with proper gearing and buffing, even on the hardest mobs you will likely have buffs and be able to just sub Sam or Nin to melee the mob down, which results in far more damage than the spike of SAWS. From here, you must travel all the way to Windurst Waters and talk to Cochal-Monchal at F-8. the OP guide has them for some but the sets i've seen don't seem to be using them now. You can check your stats under an I dont play enough to have a linkshell right now. Whatever you do, dont use your Chaosbringer weapon that you get from finishing Dark Knight. If you do not have a Bozjan resistance relic weapon, simply use any weapon Your AF flanchard (pants) is(are) very underrated. With an enormous boost to strength, dexterity, accuracy, and attack power, it's one of the best things you could ever have. Overview of Job Abilities, Traits, and Spells. Your guide ties things up beautifully. There are three very useful types of bolts you can, and should use. Believe it or not, this sub actually starts to work around Lv.30. Gaude1 . This section will lay out specific best-in-slot gear configurations for Dark This set loses about 1.5% DPS compared to the 2.50 and 2.45 sets, and is Combine with the fact that they have higher. this is a nice giude, ty for throwing out all that information, but it looks like your tp sets are /sam based. Leather Belt+1. You can check your stats under an item level 375 Weapon Grade: B- This is popular to use with Drain II ensuring you get a unresisted HP boost before you go out to Souleater something. This set follows the general stat priority except for one Direct Hit X and All of them have similar layouts, so if you've read one, it's easy to find the information you are looking for in another. Should probably have one for pulling in case you have to anyway. The stats alone are incredible, highest damage, good delay, and accuracy+20 allows for some deep gear swapping away from accuracy. The main issue is Last Resort effect vs Last Resort recast and there is validity to both of those options. Having some trouble with my Entropy set atm. I can't wait to check out the rest of your videos. optimum efficiency. Trying to be #1 on the parse becomes a pissing contest most of the time that people will even sacrifice the whole group to just benefit themselves and their ego. Great Axe weapon skill, Dark Knight stays relatively annoying to level until Lv.30 when you get. Weapon Grade: A- This strategy is used to take down very scary end game monsters in 30 seconds flat like Vrtra, Bahamut, and Dynamis Lord. Drain II at Lv.62 will actually work well at the start of fights, since you can actually drain. un-augmented version with one Critical Hit and one Skill Speed meld. Secondly, you deal 100 damage. Traveler's Mantle. I super appreciate it! 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. 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. with CRIT+DET on it. Bonus" +10, "Save TP" +20, STR+15 Accuracy+5 Physical damage taken -5%, Enmity+15 VIT+15 "Store TP"+15 "Double Attack"+3%, DT -10% Occasionally negates MP cost Auto-Reraise Sphere: Reraise. Classic FFXI community is a FANDOM Games Community. With Haste on, you can attack a lot too. seems the one on ffxiah seems to be super old. Third Eye, acquired at Lv.30 allows you to anticipate any attack directed at you, is increased by a ton when used in conjunction with Seigan acquired at Lv.70. You do not have the skill ranks that Warrior does to make this viable. The guide is basically my attempt to make the information easier to digest and locate with convenience and also serves as a self-reflection of what I've learned in the past 1-2months. Your two-hour ability is pretty useless here, even in a problem situation. You might be asking why?, and the answer is Guillotine damage. Scythes aren't a very good option until level 10 (However, if you have no Scythe skill, it might be a wise idea to just stick it out with a scythe from level one, otherwise you wont be able to hit anything once you start partying). Having above 1 in every elemental resist opens up the ability for you to 1/8th and 1/16th resist spells which I think is worth doing but some people don't. Plus, if you party with a Paladin, theres almost no way he or she is going to lose hate to you, so you can just go absolutely nuts. Plus, it allows you to possibly counter. This gives Imaginary situation was used to illustrate a method to min/max dps. It's important to keep in mind the people you're playing with. using synced CRIT+DET gear with enough CRIT+SkS pieces to reach your desired GCD This is the #1 utility ability that Drk has access to, you can stun giant -aga spells, pecking flurries, lock a mob down so it doesn't Mijin Gakure or Astral Flow, or just stun to let someone get shadows up. Where this weapon really shines though is the relic weaponskill, Catastrophe. These are shown on the weapon and rings, aight cool, least i didnt waste my gil then lol. 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. to receive a key item. As with the 2.50 set, you can run a slightly faster speed for comfort at the The most important part of this set is hitting 300 Dark Magic Skill which caps the damage of your Drain/Drain 2. This is probably the Dark Knight "signature" ability, it allows you to add massive amounts of damage to every swing at the cost of your own HP. And if you are a newcomer to this game, the Beginner guide may teach you a few things you didn't already know. wrist, and second ring, respectively, but can be done on any other slots that Also most of the time Souleater is either deleting the mob or the mob is unable to act when being attacked via stuns so it doesn't matter if it's facing you. Things to know before you read this wall of text: Thanks for the extensive writeup Carrot! 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. Anyone have some sets they could post for me? As an Elvaan Dark Knight, you will be one of the deadliest of them all. Hit and one Skill Speed materia in the ring and two Critical Hit materia in the Drk is my next best job and I do enjoy scythe but 119 apoc against an afterglow ragnarok isnt a good contest. Now lets say, for example you deal that same damage, have 1000 HP, and use Souleater. Even so, its not all that good. Nice job. The gimmick behind Tredecim Scythe is that it should automatically crit every 13th swing, adding essentially a 7.69% crit rate ontop of the weapon. If you can't get an item with Fire Resist, equip whatever your best item is from the MDT set. about ~0.4% DPS output but adds some wiggle room in execution. Berserk will lower your defense by 25%, but increase your attack power by 25% as well. with the same substats will perform identically. :-/ and what grind i need to be on weapon wise to get a decent one? Replacing the 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. Souleater Recast - Lowers the recast of Souleater by a minute, putting it at 5:00 with full merits. Just use a Kraken Club and Haste/HP gear. It could also evoke memories of that one Dark Knight you partied with that just couldnt control his Souleater usage and constantly killed himself. While it should still perform within a couple Crossbow is exceptionally powerful at lower levels, if you have the proper crossbow and gear you should be able to hit harder and faster than your 2 hander by shooting bolts. On the bright side, like most other damage-dealers, you can solo, or do Besieged and Campaign to get some experience. Items like Neck, Earring, and Waist, and Ranged can vary entirely based on play style. RuberCaput 2 yr. ago As others have said, the last pages of the ffxiah guides usually have some sets you're looking for. And though you have low HP, with Drain II later on, you can potentially increase your HP higher than even a Galkas. Essentially you won't really take damage with Dread Spikes up from auto attacks until it wears off. Dark Knight/Equipment Guide | FFXIclopedia | Fandom Allot no more than 127 points into each substat for Your high mind stat will help boost your Guillotines damage when the time comes. normal mode release. The NQ is super affordable, and the HQ is a little pricy but is not impossibly expensive. Warrior with Berserk and Axe belt and Dragoon with Jump, haste (5%) and a small attack boost from the back equipment. You do not have the skill ranks that Warrior does to make this viable. For T2 Odin, refer to this page for battle pattern and rewards. the other pieces are just examples; any gear above the optimal sync threshold It has a really high damage over time and simultaneously boosts both your strength and your intelligence stats. Pretty much only used for Ouryu but absolutely amazing for that fight. Last Resort Effect - This increases the attack effect of Last Resort by 10% when fully merited, so 25% attack bonus. You can also cast spells like Absorb-TP, which if timed well can give you huge chunks of TP to increase your damage and lower the mob's damage. What about the club that hits eight times per hit! You can with a bit of work reasonably unlock mythic, empyrean, and aeonic WSs without having those full weapons. 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. meet currently than on release due to potency and system changes, so simply and Minimum IL options enabled. 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. the exact pieces used are just examples; any gear above the optimal sync BiS sets do; the damage difference in this case is only about 0.4%. It has a decent defense rating at this level, and with spells can often take monsters down to one-hit KO range before they even reach you. There's so much useful info in hereespecially for new players. As a 13+ year career DRK .. this is what I think of all REMAs. Dark Knight | Classic FFXI community | Fandom melding menu. 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. A single piece of gear can often make up for a race's negligible lack in a stat. As a Tarutaru Dark Knight, you enjoy a wicked MP pool and intelligence in which to use it. Another downside is these levels are where most damage-dealers get quite expensive. It looks really cool, and is really awesome. The two-handed Great Axes have an amazing damage over time, and get some pretty cool weapon skills. I'm not even a DrK but I just wanted to applaud you for this write-up. the feet. This is a huge boost to accuracy for a low level character. Using the Kraken Club with Souleater and your two-hour ability active can deal the most ludicrous damage in the entire game. menu. linked below. threshold with the same substats can be substituted at no loss. I appreciate the in-depth bossing section, as well as the miscellaneous tips you sprinkle in throughout the guide. Caladbolg. Times that by 8. If you are not at full HP this simply works as a normal drain spell, so make sure to be capped off on HP in order to gain the bonus max HP. Still havent been beaten on a parse with it equipped. Contents 1 Notes 2 Dark Knight Equipment Chart Notes desired GCD speed is perfectly adequate. Additionally replace the chest or pants if you wish to run The later has the are more powerful and has the highest delay in all weapons at around 528. 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. 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. With Souleater up you would usually lose 12% of your HP with every auto attack, but when paired with Blood Weapon you will heal all of that HP back making it do no damage to you (this does not work on WSes). In general, Dark Knights can use any type of blade weapons with a few exceptions. Which Set to Use. With that, you can open a skillchain, let a friend weapon skill to close it, and then perform a second one either off that one, or with another friend. You should also be working on the quested WSs for every weapon you can use on DRK. With a brilliant buff to strength, dark magic skill, and boosting Souleater to consume 12% of your HP per hit is unbelievable. Also like Warrior, many are simply not practical for general usage. Spell recast caps at 50% of the spells original casting time, so you want to have 50% Haste combined in your casting set. Other perks include Meditate which grants you free TP and Zanshin which offers a low chance to swing again if you miss. However, there may be differing opinions than those expressed in a guide. efficiency. You can replace any Direct Hit meld with Skill Speed in any slot that won't so simply using synced CRIT+DET gear with enough CRIT+SkS pieces to reach your General substat priority is followed with the exception of two Direct Hit melds 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. 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. Not that I would really ever recommend someone make a caladbolg99, unless they only really played DRK and wouldn't be making Liberator. or is that just from using Drain 3? 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. This guide is written by A Pile of Cats, a Dark Knight enthusiast You can only get this quest once you are Lv.30 or higher. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Awesome name too. It will then say Additional Effect: 100 HP drained from the Target. It won't actually drain the target's HP, but you will restore your own. This ability is okay, it's a relatively strong temporary attack boost you can slip in before a big WS. DRK_2022_Guide_V2 (1).docx. Souleater (30) 6:00 Recast - Deals 10% of your total HP converted into flat damage on hit. Maybe your LS will have some use for this sub, but I've been playing on Eden for a long time now and have used this playstyle almost never. slot won't overcap on Skill Speed as a result, indicated by red text in the The only downside is that it doubles your recasting time for all spells, so turn it off before using any spell. Thats 100x8 = 800 damage. Notes: The best weapon a Dark Knight can use until level 50, although it is not practical to do so since Scythe and/or Great Sword are very likely to become underlevelled. I can almost guarantee this is when youll want to start moving into this weapon proficiency more often than not. Monks also sub Dark Knight sometimes for the unholy power of Souleater + Asuran Fists to end a fight quickly. Relatively few people play Dark Knight tank (we call it Slurp Mage in the discord) but it is an exceptionally good end game tank. The DPS requirement for the encounter is Usually you will want to use this on cooldown just for more stats. Dark Knight Guide - Endwalker 6.3 - Final Fantasy XIV - Icy Veins MDT caps at 50% so with Shellra V you only need 23% to cap, if you want to play around just having Shell IV you need 28% to cap. Endark is a great boost to your accuracy and attack, so get some fast cast to start the spell, as much dark magic skill as you can find, and get in the habit of doing this spell. A guide to endgame PLD - Nasomi Community FFXI Server This is the recommended set for DSR and aligns nicely with each phase. Some acknowledgement of people's sets would be nice. a tiny bit more HP with a negligible hit to DPS. Enmity in era caps at 10,000 CE and 10,000 VE. A guide for the content can be found links below. 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. Hasso, Lv.50, boosts your strength by between 3-5 (when subbed), increases your accuracy by 5, and gives you 10% quicker attack speed. From 20-30 this sub will offer you a small Accuracy Bonus (+10) as well as Sharpshot that increases your ranged accuracy for spamming crossbow bolts which you should be doing at that level. But it's easy to find out what people think about it .. it's a glorified skillchain machine. Please add anything if it is needed, and take away anything that is either untrue or not needed. Current gear: ItemSet 379659 Cerberus.Castien. Expect a lot of foes to fall at your hands when that occurs. Knight. If you need more accuracy you can use items like Toreadors Ring and Aces Helm. Was pondering what to make next down the road. Zeni NMs or ZNMs add a ton of items like the Aurum Cuirass set, a new great sword in Nagelring, and a ton of small upgrades that would take too long to list. These are shown on the earring Another little tip, but for those who have made their way in to Odyssey farming. You can mould yourself into any kind of Dark Knight you want from this point, since you have decent of every stat. 6.3). Might be good for you to look through those and then seek up to date sets after that: . You will have to take a loan out on your house to afford the current price (100k+ on Eden currently per!) If not all the way to Lv.75, then at least to Lv.50 or so. [click header for High-end Armor Sets (Offensive) section], VI-3. Thank you in advance and again sorry if its been discussed before. Pick up a Great Axe (at lv5 and 8) or Great Sword that has some decent damage over time to it. Is an extremely useful and underrated support job. All FFXI content and images . I have been doing RoE stuff and I'm following a guide to get 119 gear. A truly menacing job-race combination. This is one of those sets that you could go harder with, using items in open slots with stats like Defense, Parrying, Evasion, or HP. Offline. Hit X materia plus one Direct Hit IX with Skill Speed. On Eden, Dark Knight finds a home as a heavy DPS job that brings moderate amounts of support to the party with things like stun and enhancing the effect of chaos roll. If you choose Hume to be your Dark Knights race, you will greatly enjoy decent accuracy, attack, and magical damage. The Anything that raises your HP can be very useful for Soul Eater. Waist Piece. With an "E" in the skill, it's really not very useful in parties, but for soloing it's a great idea to have. Dark Knight Guide 2022 Dream Ms Guide is not entirely linear in progression, some parts of the lower sections will supplement knowledge of the earlier sections i.e APQ from the Money Making Section will supplement levelling via apple roar from 108-174. Strategies and information in guides may not work for everyone. Me, Id be Absorb-DEX all the way, but Im just an accuracy nut. so is argosy +1 set used for anything still these days? Oh and I didn't even mention that Catastrophe heals you for a percent of damage done which makes you very hard to kill with this weapon and allows for some very aggressive Souleatering. Enmity from gear caps at +100 but you don't really have to worry about that, it's impossible for Dark Knight in era. gloves with a synced CRIT+DET piece as well is a negligible DPS loss. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Thanks Carrot, that is helpful. It has enormous single hit damage and specializes in low level Black Magic instead of White Magic. It's hard to overstate just how important this merit is, and it should always be your first capped job merit. 2.45 should feel more familiar to those experienced with Dark Nice job on the guide! It depends on the situation, the healer's ability to support the Souleater usage, and many other things. It also gives a huge amount of hate - 1300 Volatile Enmity which is about 2/3rds of a Provoke. Final Fantasy XI: Dark Knight Beginner's Gear Guide 2021 - YouTube Weapon Grade: B- A 2.40 GCD set is also provided for those who . result, indicated by red text in the melding menu. Thoughts on this for a defensive hybrid set? set, and comfort should be the primary concern when choosing between them. reach the desired threshold. An average mixture of strength and dexterity also allow you to hit often and for a fair amount each time. The Ultimate skillchains make this the best scythe in the game. Does Armadaberk really come ahead in that many situations? be done on any other slots that won't overcap on the chosen substat as a result, Even though youd probably hit for zero damage base, youd still deal 100 damage through Souleater. JavaScript is disabled. Notable Weaponskills: Vorpal Blade. ok so i'm not SU3 yet so most of that i cant use but going by that set it looks like WSD and STR augs are what i'm looking for now. There's a whole food section at the bottom of this guide but it's worth mentioning to make sure to always use it, even on Colibri that steal your food. Here is a list of all the guides currenly on Eden. since he started playing during Sigmascape and mentor on the Balance. C skill means that you will not be able to sacrifice Accuracy gear, producing far less DoT in the long run. Apoc VS Calad: Fenrir.Puciato: 34: 2262: 4 years 1 month. Again, youll be hard-pressed finding parties, but now youll be even better in them. However, subbing Ninja in end-game is widely overrated because of the Utsusemi. hey all in this vid this guy has almost 8k HP any idea what gears he's using to get that? Curty: That's what I meant when I said it can contend with the both of them, lol. They can also use some crossbows. In Sky, the Dark Knight will be focusing more on stunning things like Meltdown, that can deal heavy damage to the party if not stunned in time. Gift. It's a misconception that Dark Knight has lower defense than warrior. These builds are current as of patch 6.3 and include sets for Plates are selling for 70-80k on my server and in incredible frequency, dross empyreans are actually extremely cheap right now here.
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