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Dark Knight (DRK)  Disciple of War > Tank		The Armoury Patch 3.0
The pious Ishgardian clergy guide the flock, and the devout knights protect the weak. Yet even the holiest of men succumb to the darkest of temptations. None dare to administer justice to those sacrosanct elite residing outside the reach of the law. Who, then, defends the feeble from the transgressions of those meant to guide and protect them? A valiant few take up arms to defend the downtrodden, and not even the holy priests and knights can escape their judgment. Pariahs in their own land, they are known by many as "dark knights." These sentinels bear no shields declaring their allegience. Instead, their greatswords act as beacons to guide the meek through darkness.
Unlock: Our End (Lv. 50) Weapon Type: Greatsword Guild: Foundation Required: Heavensward Starting Level: 30

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Level	Name		Description	Stats
&00000000000000010000001 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Hard Slash	Hard Slash (Weaponskill)	Delivers an attack with a potency of 170.	170 Instant 2.5s 3y 0y
&00000000000000020000002 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Syphon Strike	Syphon Strike (Weaponskill)	Delivers an attack with a potency of 120. Combo Action: Hard Slash Combo Potency: 260 Combo Bonus: Restores MP	120 0s 2.5s 3y 0y
&00000000000000060000006 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Unleash	Unleash (Spell)	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 120 to all nearby enemies.	120 Instant 2.5s 0y 5y
&000000000000001000000010 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Grit	Grit (Ability)	Significantly increases enmity generation. Effect ends upon reuse.	Instant 2s 0y 0y
&000000000000001000000010 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Release Grit	Release Grit (Ability)	Cancels the effect of Grit.	Instant 1s 0y
&000000000000001500000015 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Unmend	Unmend (Spell)	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 150. Additional Effect: Increased enmity Additional Effect: Reduces the recast time of Plunge by 5 seconds	150 Instant 2.5s 20y 0y
&000000000000002600000026 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Souleater	Souleater (Ability)	Delivers an attack with a potency of 120. Combo Action: Syphon Strike Combo Potency: 340 Combo Bonus: Restores own HP Cure Potency: 300 Combo Bonus: Increases Blood Gauge by 20	120 Instant 2.5s 3y 0y
&000000000000003000000030 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Flood of Darkness	Flood of Darkness (Ability)	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100 to all enemies in a straight line before you. Additional Effect: Grants Darkside, increasing damage dealt by 10% Duration: 30s Extends Darkside duration by 30s to a maximum of 60s. Shares a recast timer with Edge of Darkness.	100 Instant 1s 3000 MP 10y 10y
&000000000000003500000035 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Blood Weapon	Blood Weapon (Ability)	Grants 5 stacks of Blood Weapon, each stack increasing Blood Gauge by 10 and restoring MP upon landing weaponskills or spells. Duration: 15s Effect does not stack when hitting multiple targets with a single attack.	Instant 60s 0y 0y
&000000000000003800000038 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Shadow Wall	Shadow Wall (Ability)	Reduces damage taken by 30%. Duration: 15s	Instant 120s 0y 0y
&000000000000004000000040 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Stalwart Soul	Stalwart Soul (Spell)	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100 to all nearby enemies. Combo Action: Unleash Combo Potency: 140 Combo Bonus: Restores MP Combo Bonus: Increases Blood Gauge by 20	100 Instant 2.5s 0y 5y
&000000000000004000000040 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Edge of Darkness	Edge of Darkness (Ability)	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 300. Additional Effect: Grants Darkside, increasing damage dealt by 10% Duration: 30s Extends Darkside duration by 30s to a maximum of 60s. Shares a recast timer with Flood of Darkness.	300 Instant 1s 3000 MP 3y 0y
&000000000000004500000045 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Dark Mind	Dark Mind (Ability)	Reduces magic vulnerability by 20%. Duration: 10s	Instant 60s 0y 0y
&000000000000005000000050 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Living Dead	Living Dead (Ability)	Grants the effect of Living Dead. When HP is reduced to 0 while under the effect of Living Dead, instead of becoming KO'd, your status will change to Walking Dead. Living Dead Duration: 10s Additional Effect: Restores HP with each weaponskill successfully delivered or spell cast Cure Potency: 1500 While under the effect of Walking Dead, most attacks will not lower your HP below 1. If, before the Walking Dead timer runs out, an amount of HP totaling your maximum HP is restored, the effect will change to Undead Rebirth. If this amount is not restored, you will be KO'd. Walking Dead Duration: 10s While under the effect of Undead Rebirth, most attacks will not lower your HP below 1. Undead Rebirth Duration: Time remaining on Walking Dead	Instant 300s 0y 0y
&000000000000005200000052 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Salted Earth	Salted Earth (Ability)	Creates a patch of salted earth at your feet, dealing unaspected damage with a potency of 50 to any enemies who enter. Duration: 15s ※Action changes to Salt and Darkness upon execution.	60 Instant 90s 0y 5y
&000000000000005400000054 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Plunge	Plunge (Ability)	Delivers a jumping attack with a potency of 150. Maximum Charges: 2 Cannot be executed while bound.	150 Instant 30s  x2 15y 0y
&000000000000005600000056 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Abyssal Drain	Abyssal Drain (Spell)	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 240 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Restores own HP Cure Potency: 200 Additional Effect: Restores MP Shares a recast timer with Carve and Spit.	240 Instant 60s 20y 5y
&000000000000006000000060 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Carve and Spit	Carve and Spit (Ability)	Delivers a threefold attack with a potency of 510. Additional Effect: Restores MP Shares a recast timer with Abyssal Drain.	510 Instant 60s 3y 0y
&000000000000006200000062 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Bloodspiller	Bloodspiller (Weaponskill)	Delivers an attack with a potency of 500. Blood Gauge Cost: 50	500 Instant 2.5s Blackblood: 50 3y 0y
&000000000000006400000064 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Quietus	Quietus (Weaponskill)	Delivers an attack with a potency of 200 to all nearby enemies. Blood Gauge Cost: 50	200 Instant 2.5s Blackblood: 50 0y 5y
&000000000000006800000068 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Delirium	Delirium (Ability)	Grants 3 stacks of Delirium, each stack allowing the execution of Quietus or Bloodspiller without Blackblood cost, restoring MP when landing either weaponskill. Duration: 15s	Instant 60s 0y 0y
&000000000000007000000070 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	The Blackest Night	The Blackest Night (Ability)	Creates a barrier around self or target party member that absorbs damage totaling 25% of target's maximum HP. Duration: 7s Grants Dark Arts when barrier is completely absorbed. Dark Arts Effect: Consume Dark Arts instead of MP to execute Edge of Shadow or Flood of Shadow	Instant 15s 3000 MP 30y 0y
&000000000000007400000074 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Flood of Shadow	Flood of Shadow (Ability)	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 160 to all enemies in a straight line before you. Additional Effect: Grants Darkside, increasing damage dealt by 10% Duration: 30s Extends Darkside duration by 30s to a maximum of 60s. Shares a recast timer with Edge of Shadow.	160 Instant 1s 3000 MP 10y 10y
&000000000000007400000074 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Edge of Shadow	Edge of Shadow (Ability)	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 460. Additional Effect: Grants Darkside, increasing damage dealt by 10% Duration: 30s Extends Darkside duration by 30s to a maximum of 60s. Shares a recast timer with Flood of Shadow.	460 Instant 1s 3000 MP 3y 0y
&000000000000007600000076 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Dark Missionary	Dark Missionary (Ability)	Reduces magic damage taken by self and nearby party members by 10%. Duration: 15s	Instant 90s 0y 15y
&000000000000008000000080 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Living Shadow	Living Shadow (Ability)	Conjure a simulacrum of your darkside to fight alongside you. Simulacrum Attack Potency: 350 Duration: 20s Blood Gauge Cost: 50 Additional Effect: Simulacrum is able to execute Shadowbringer, delivering an attack to all enemies in a straight line before it with a potency of 500 for the first enemy, and 25% less for all remaining enemies.	Instant 120s Blood Gauge: 50 0y 0y
&000000000000008200000082 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Oblation	Oblation (Ability)	Reduces damage taken by a party member or self by 10%. Duration: 10s Maximum Charges: 2	Instant 60s  x2 30y 0y
&000000000000008600000086 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Salt and Darkness	Salt and Darkness (Ability)	All enemies standing in the corrupted patch of Salted Earth take additional unaspected damage with a potency of 500 for the first enemy, and 50% less for all remaining enemies. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.	500 Instant 20s 0y
&000000000000009000000090 &{{{Min Level}}}Dark Knight	Shadowbringer	Shadowbringer (Ability)	Deals unaspected damage to all enemies in a straight line before you with a potency of 600 for the first enemy, and 50% less for all remaining enemies. Maximum Charges: 2 Can only be executed while under the effect of Darkside.	Instant 60s  x2 10y 10y

Level	Name		Description	Acquisition
&00000000000000080000008	Rampart	Rampart (Ability)	Reduces damage taken by 20%. Duration: 20s	Instant 90s 0y
&000000000000001200000012	Low Blow	Low Blow (Ability)	Stuns target. Duration: 5s	0s 25s 3y 0y
&000000000000001500000015	Provoke	Provoke (Ability)	Gesture threateningly, placing yourself at the top of a target's enmity list while gaining additional enmity.	Instant 30s 25y 0y
&000000000000001800000018	Interject	Interject (Ability)	Interrupts the use of a target's action.	Instant 30s 3y 0y
&000000000000002200000022	Reprisal	Reprisal (Ability)	Reduces damage dealt by nearby enemies by 10%. Duration: 10s	Instant 60s 0y 5y
&000000000000003200000032	Arm's Length	Arm's Length (Ability)	Creates a barrier nullifying most knockback and draw-in effects. Duration: 6s Additional Effect: Slow +20% when barrier is struck Duration: 15s	Instant 120s 0y 0y
&000000000000004800000048	Shirk	Shirk (Ability)	Diverts 25% of enmity to target party member.	Instant 120s 25y 0y

Level	Name	Description
&00000000000000010000001Tank Mastery	Tank Mastery	Reduces damage taken by 20%. Furthermore, a bonus to maximum HP is granted based on your vitality attribute, and a bonus to damage dealt based on your strength attribute.
&000000000000006200000062Blackblood	Blackblood	Allows for Blood Gauge accumulation upon the landing of certain actions.
&000000000000006600000066Enhanced Blackblood	Enhanced Blackblood	Allows for Blood Gauge accumulation upon the landing of any weaponskill or spell while under the effect of Blood Weapon.
&000000000000007400000074Darkside Mastery	Darkside Mastery	Upgrades Flood of Darkness and Edge of Darkness to Flood of Shadow and Edge of Shadow respectively.Upgrades Flood of Darkness to Flood of Shadow. Upgrades Edge of Darkness to Edge of Shadow.
&000000000000007800000078Enhanced Plunge	Enhanced Plunge	Allows the accumulation of charges for consecutive use of Plunge. Maximum Charges: 2
&000000000000008400000084Enhanced Unmend	Enhanced Unmend	Reduces recast time of Plunge by 5 seconds when executing Unmend on most targets.
&000000000000008400000084Melee Mastery (Dark Knight)	Melee Mastery (Dark Knight)	Increases the potency of Hard Slash to 170, Syphon Strike to 120, and Souleater to 120.Increases the potency to 170. Increases the potency to 120. Increases the potency to 120.
&000000000000008800000088Enhanced Living Shadow	Enhanced Living Shadow	Increases the potency of attacks dealt by your simulacrum to 300.
&000000000000009000000090Enhanced Living Shadow II	Enhanced Living Shadow II	Upgrades Flood of Shadow executed by your simulacrum to Shadowbringer, which delivers an attack to all enemies in a straight line before it with a potency of 450 for the first enemy, and 25% less for all remaining enemies.

Combo Flowchart

 

Combo Flowchart

Level	Name		Description	Stats
&00000000000000010000001 &{{{Min Level}}} 1	Shield Wall	Shield Wall (Limit Break Level 1)	Reduces damage taken by all party members by 20%.	0s 50y
&00000000000000010000001 &{{{Min Level}}} 2	Stronghold	Stronghold (Limit Break Level 2)	Reduces damage taken by all party members by 40%.	0s 50y
&00000000000000010000001 &{{{Min Level}}} 3Tank	Dark Force	Dark Force (Limit Break Level 3)	Reduces damage taken by all party members by 80%.	0s 50y

Upon learning the action Grit, a symbol will appear on the screen indicating when it is in effect. Grit increases enmity gained from using other actions.

Upon learning the trait Blackblood, the symbol which indicates the use of Grit will change to also display the Blood Gauge. The Blood Gauge displays the amount of Blackblood a dark knight has accumulated, which can be used to execute several actions such as Bloodspiller (acquired at level 62) and Quietus (acquired at level 64).

Upon learning the action Flood of Darkness, an additional gauge will be displayed, indicating the remaining duration of Darkside. Darkside increases damage dealt, and its duration can be extended by using actions such as Flood of Darkness and Edge of Darkness (acquired at level 40).

Upon learning the action The Blackest Night, an icon indicating the effect of Dark Arts will be displayed on the Darkside Gauge. Dark Arts is granted when the barrier created by the Blackest Night is completely absorbed. It can then be used to execute Flood of Darkness or Edge of Darkness without MP cost.

Upon learning the action Living Shadow, you can conjure a simulacrum to fight alongside you. Its duration will be displayed alongisde the Darkside Gauge.

Name		Description	Stats
Bloodspiller (PvP)	Bloodspiller (PvP) (Weaponskill)	Delivers an attack with a potency of 6,000. Potency increases up to 12,000 as HP decreases, reaching its maximum value when HP falls below 25%. Can only be executed while under the effect of Blackblood. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.	6000 Instant 2.5s 5y 0y
Eventide (PvP)	Eventide (PvP) (Limit Break)	Delivers an attack to all enemies in a straight line before and behind you. Potency increases up to 24,000 as HP nears maximum. HP is reduced to 1 upon execution. Additional Effect: Grants Undead Redemption Undead Redemption Effect: Most attacks cannot reduce your HP to less than 1, and you absorb 100% of weaponskill damage dealt as HP Duration: 10s Additional Effect: Grants Blackblood Duration: 10s Can only be executed when the limit gauge is full. ※Souleater Combo changes to Bloodspiller while under the effect of Blackblood.	6000 Instant 40s 0y 30y
Hard Slash (PvP)	Hard Slash (PvP) (Weaponskill)	Delivers an attack with a potency of 3,000. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.	3000 Instant 2.5s 5y 0y
Plunge (PvP)	Plunge (PvP) (Ability)	Rushes target and delivers an attack with a potency of 2,000. Additional Effect: Afflicts target with Sole Survivor Soul Survivor Effect: Reduces target's HP recovered by healing actions by 20% Duration: 15s If that target should be KO'd in battle before Sole Survivor expires, your HP and MP will be restored by 20%, and the recast time of Plunge will be reset. Cannot be executed while bound.	Instant 30s 20y 0y
Quietus (PvP)	Quietus (PvP) (Weaponskill)	Delivers an attack with a potency of 8,000 to all nearby enemies. Additional Effect: Absorbs 100% of damage dealt as HP This weaponskill does not share a recast timer with any other actions.	8000 Instant 30s 0y 5y
Salt and Darkness (PvP)	Salt and Darkness (PvP) (Ability)	All enemies standing in the corrupted patch of Salted Earth take additional unaspected damage with a potency of 4,000. Additional Effect: Bind Duration: 3s ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.	Instant 40s 0y 0y
Salted Earth (PvP)	Salted Earth (PvP) (Ability)	Instantly draws nearby enemies to your side, and creates a patch of salted earth at your feet, dealing unaspected damage over time to any enemies inside. Potency: 2,000 Duration: 10s Additional Effect: Gradually restores your HP and reduces damage taken by 20% while standing in the patch of salted earth Cure Potency: 2,000 Additional Effect: Increases damage taken by enemies standing in the patch of salted earth by 10% ※Action changes to Salt and Darkness while Salted Earth is active.	Instant 5ms 0y 10y
Shadowbringer (PvP)	Shadowbringer (PvP) (Ability)	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 6,000 to all enemies in a straight line before you. Consumes 20% of your maximum HP when executed. Additional Effect: Grants Blackblood Duration: 10s Cannot be executed when current HP is lower than 20%. ※Souleater Combo changes to Bloodspiller while under the effect of Blackblood.	Instant 1s 12000 HP 10y 10y
Souleater (PvP)	Souleater (PvP) (Weaponskill)	Delivers an attack with a potency of 5,000. Combo Action: Syphon Strike Additional Effect: Converts 100% of damage dealt into HP ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.	Instant 2.5s 5y 0y
Syphon Strike (PvP)	Syphon Strike (PvP) (Weaponskill)	Delivers an attack with a potency of 4,000. Combo Action: Hard Slash ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.	4000 Instant 2.5s 5y 0y
the Blackest Night (PvP)	the Blackest Night (PvP) (Ability)	Creates a barrier around self or target party member that absorbs damage equivalent to a heal of 8,000 potency. Duration: 10s Grants Dark Arts when barrier is completely absorbed. Duration: 10s Dark Arts Effect: Consume Dark Arts instead of HP to execute Shadowbringer	Instant 15s 30y 0y

Role	Name		Description	Stats
	Guard (PvP)	Guard (PvP) (Ability)	Reduces damage taken by 90% and grants immunity to Stun, Heavy, Bind, Silence, Half-asleep, Sleep, Deep Freeze, and knockback and draw-in effects. Duration: 5s Movement speed is reduced by 50% for the duration of this effect. Effect ends upon reuse, using another action, or when the effect duration expires.	Instant 30s 0y 0y
	Purify (PvP)	Purify (PvP) (Ability)	Removes Stun, Heavy, Bind, Silence, Half-asleep, Sleep, and Deep Freeze. Grants Resilience upon successfully removing one of the aforementioned effects. Resilience Effect: Nullifies status afflictions that can be removed by Purify Duration: 5s Can be used even when under the effect of certain status afflictions.	Instant 30s 0y 0y
	Recuperate (PvP)	Recuperate (PvP) (Ability)	Restores own HP. Cure Potency: 15,000	15000 Instant 1.0s 2500 MP 0y 0y
	Sprint (PvP)	Sprint (PvP) (Ability)	Increases movement speed. Effect ends upon reuse or execution of another action.	Instant 1.5s 0y 0y
	Standard-issue Elixir (PvP)	Standard-issue Elixir (PvP) (Ability)	Restores your HP and MP to maximum. Casting will be interrupted when damage is taken.	4.5s 5.0s 0y 0y

The Blood Gauge displays the amount of Blackblood a dark knight has accumulated, which can be used to execute Bloodspiller and Quietus.

The Darkside Gauge indicates the remaining duration of Darkside. This effect is granted upon executing Edge of Shadow or Flood of Shadow, increasing damage dealt by all attacks.

When the barrier created by The Blackest Night is completely absorbed, the Dark Arts effect will be activated. This effect can be consumed instead of MP to execute Edge of Shadow or Flood of Shadow.

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