ffxi drk gear guide 2019

are the sets on the main pages somewhat up to date? BiS sets do; the damage difference in this case is only about 0.4%. wrist, and second ring, respectively, but can be done on any other slots that much easier to meet currently than on release due to potency and system changes, General stat priority is followed, with three Direct Hit melds If possible, time it between switching targets. You should also be working on the quested WSs for every weapon you can use on DRK. Knight. You can check your stats under an item level 475 available. Endark effect. This guide is written by A Pile of Cats, a Dark Knight enthusiast If you feel the need for some of the most powerful dark arts the world of Vanadiel has to offer, this job may be just what you're looking for. Believe it or not, this sub actually starts to work around Lv.30. Hasso and Seigan cant be used together, but are amazing when dealing damage and keeping yourself alive when you pull hate respectively. On the other hand, only the dark-based spells of a Dark Knight are useful most of the time. At Lv.20 Ranger becomes an acceptable sub job due its +10 accuracy bonus. Replacing two Direct Hit melds with Skill Speed will bring you Warrior gives a nice boost to strength and dexterity, plus a trait for defense boost, and one of the most useful damage-dealing job abilities in the game: Berserk. 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. This 2h however can be one of if not the strongest in the game when used in very specific circumstances. It could also evoke memories of that one Dark Knight you partied with that just couldnt control his Souleater usage and constantly killed himself. Currently Maintained DPS Spreadsheets: Asura.Chiaia: 2: . Whatever you do, dont use your Chaosbringer weapon that you get from finishing Dark Knight. Was pondering what to make next down the road. For those wishing to run 2.50. The Great Axe gives you access to strong weaponskills; Shield Break, as the first WS you learn, applies -40 evasion to the mob when used (not guaranteed, and based on combat skill level so keep it skilled up) which is one of the largest DPS increases you can possibly have for a party at low levels. Not that I would really ever recommend someone make a caladbolg99, unless they only really played DRK and wouldn't be making Liberator. Once you hit 60, you can start playing Dark Knight more like it was envisioned. Once you go past 300 skill, all you need to worry about is magic accuracy. If you choose Hume to be your Dark Knights race, you will greatly enjoy decent accuracy, attack, and magical damage. made this guide for my new guildies who were playing drk, the information overload is real for new players who are adusting to all the custom content provided by the server and it definitely will be rough for more casual players who don't search the forums for hours to scour information on their own. Im kidding, of course. Berserk will lower your defense by 25%, but increase your attack power by 25% as well. A whole lot of bang in a little buck. 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. Its a cool combo. Aeonic Im working on lionheart for my runefencer. FINAL 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. 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. The DPS requirement for the encounter is Both the 2.45 and 2.50 sets are recommended and have near-identical Ridill can bring the power of your Dual Wielding up a notch, but the DoT will still be far inferior to using a Scythe or Great Sword. Ambu/Escha/+2 AF is the general area of gear I'm working with atm. melding menu. There's so much useful info in hereespecially for new players. Using the Kraken Club with Souleater and your two-hour ability active can deal the most ludicrous damage in the entire game. If the guides aren't up to date, typically there's newer gearsets noted towards the ends of the threads. Is it better to use them seperately and take the lower recast? Trade the cherry to the??? Tredecim Scythe - This scythe is bad..currently. Within the scope of FFXI, DRK is a Heavy DD (because of its use of heavy armor and whose primary weapons are two-handed great swords and scythes). TEA syncs to ilvl 475, and synced gear must be item level 595 or higher for Spell recast caps at 50% of the spells original casting time, so you want to have 50% Haste combined in your casting set. boosts to your damage. It also allows you to upgrade your relic armor to +1 versions which gives additional dark magic skill and stats. For more detail If you have cleared the Dragonsong's Reprise already and have a 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). Weapon Grade: B- I've been wanting to test out loxotic mace on DRK but not exactly sure where to start since we don't have access to black halo. FANTASY is a registered trademark of Square Enix Co., Ltd. (Don't) Fear the Reaper: A Dark Knight Guide. Strategies and information in guides may not work for everyone. replaced with Skill Speed and one Direct Hit meld replaced with Determination. Warrior also gives you Provoke. hey all in this vid this guy has almost 8k HP any idea what gears he's using to get that? This set is used against mobs you specifically know will use earth spells/abilities, with this set and some buffs like Barstonra/Earth Carol you can reduce the incoming damage to nearly 0. Some acknowledgement of people's sets would be nice. 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. This is the recommended set for DSR and aligns nicely with each phase. With average strength, a Mithras damage is high up there too. Allot no more than 136 points into each substat for optimum Red Curry - One of the very few attack+150 foods. Expect a lot of foes to fall at your hands when that occurs. 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. 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). This spell has a high level of skill expression, as the more TP the mob has the more TP you can take from it, so if you learn to read battle pacing and mob TP generation you can get some really nice Absorb TPs off. Support basically. Your guide ties things up beautifully. Game: FFXI. Imaginary situation was used to illustrate a method to min/max dps. The only downside is that it doubles your recasting time for all spells, so turn it off before using any spell. Hidden effect on apoc is x2 damage not x2.5. Anything that raises your HP can be very useful for Soul Eater. Hit X materia plus one Direct Hit IX with Skill Speed. :-/ and what grind i need to be on weapon wise to get a decent one? that won't overcap on Determination as a result, indicated by red text in the With your A+ weapon and new gear obtained in the 50s and 60s, you can usually eat meat which also gives you more offensive power. Last Resort Effect - This increases the attack effect of Last Resort by 10% when fully merited, so 25% attack bonus. Dark Knights are melee damage dealers specializing in the use of Great Swords and Scythes. It also gives a huge amount of hate - 1300 Volatile Enmity which is about 2/3rds of a Provoke. Dark Knight has a very low Marksmanship skill (E), but honestly skill levels don't matter too much until the 50s or 60s. In this guide I cover three typ. max-level content as well as suggestions for older ultimate-difficulty Emicho hands is another option if you need that little extra STP, and more accuracy as well. Nyzul Isle will add the Askar set which to be honest is not super good, the hallmark piece is the Feet which completely outclass Darksteel Leggings +1 for PDT and Coral Leggings +1 for MDT. Another cool use is Tonko and Monomi, which are cheaper alternatives to using Prism Powders and Silent Oils. A single piece of gear can often make up for a race's negligible lack in a stat. UCOB syncs to item level 345, and synced gear must be item level 470 or The weapon, hands, feet, earring, neck, and wrist listed must be exact, but These are Dark Knight's specific spells and abilities with their era CE/VE values: Generally speaking your goal is to keep Drain 2 > Drain > Stun > Sleep II on cooldown in that order, then fill the gaps with Sleep, Bind, and Poison between recasts. Soloing these levels is quite annoying, even for a melee job. At least until Lv.30 and higher, then it becomes a bit more useful. 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. requirement for the encounter is much easier to meet currently than on release is also provided for those who aren't comfortable with very slow speeds, but it Determination. aight cool, least i didnt waste my gil then lol. Pretty much only used for Ouryu but absolutely amazing for that fight. Macro the Dexterity rings for melee then swap for Strength during a weaponskill. Youve acquired your first piece of AF. It can also be played as a tank at end game levels, relying on spells to generate aggro and mitigating damage with dread spikes, drains, and utsusemi. Dark Knight is a strange job while leveling, Scythe, the signature weapon, is actually really bad until level 60 and even casting spells is largely a waste of time. Souleater Recast - Lowers the recast of Souleater by a minute, putting it at 5:00 with full merits. Otherwise, Dark Knight isnt so bad. Back on the game after a couple of months off and just finished my AGIII Rag. 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. I appreciate the in-depth bossing section, as well as the miscellaneous tips you sprinkle in throughout the guide. If you can't get an item with Fire Resist, equip whatever your best item is from the MDT set. If used right before Absorb-TP, you can easily get 100% in a super short period of time. Your first step to get your Raven Scythe is to go to Bastoks Metalworks and talk to Raibaht in Cids lab. Weapon Grade: C 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. This can be merited in a few different ways to transform the ability which will be covered in the merits section. Knight or other tank jobs, while 2.50 requires slightly less effort to keep Lot to digest here, but I appreciate that level of detail very much. Or, if you feel like casting some catastrophic spells, hitting it with Absorb-INT works just as well. Available after completing the Blade of Darkness. Dragoon is purely a zerging sub job, it does offer some non zerging benefits like Jump, Attack Bonus, and Accuracy Bonus, but overall none of those will be better than the subs listed above. Just check the set I posted a while back. Plus, high dexterity and agility mean you can hit more and dodge more if the need arises. 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. This is also the sub job you will use for any tanking. So you can use the gear suggested for a Torcleaver/Greatsword build(Resolution builds use another set thou)For Ambuscade GreatSword Nandaka Ground strike build.for Savage blade build with Naegling, for Ambuscade Scythe(Drepanum) Spiral Hell buildfor Apoclypse Relic scythe Catastrophe buildfor Anguta and cross reaper spam(entropy is another ws set)All the scythe builds for ws use ratri gear 4/5 or 3/5, but these sets also work just fine.So use whichever weapon you prefer, but this is mainly for the Great Axe build and it's a strong one!0:00 Intro1:38 Ranting3:23 Intro continues7:26 Drain 3 set13:44 Drain3 Example Self SC14:20 Drain3 Weaponbash+Keen Edge14:47 Drain3 \"Free nuke\"15:27 Drain3 In Dynamis-Divergence talk and tips16:20 TP Set22:43 Hybrid Set24:21 Armor Break WS SET26:23 Steel Cyclone, Upheaval \u0026 Fell Cleave WS Set30:45 Dread Spike Set31:18 Endark Set34:22 Self Skillchain Opener34:50 Self Skillchain Other35:15 OutroWeapon bash+Ignominy Gauntlets Skillchains for different weapons to use drain III Magic burst easy on: https://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/53584/catastrophe-weapon-bash-ignominy-gauntlets23Link to more DRK gearsets that you can aim for after this: https://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/50426/high-end-sets-advicesuggestionsideaslua/Pretty outdated, has some good info and some gear still relevant of course:https://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/35174/dont-fear-the-reaper-a-dark-knight-guideOther helpful beginner linkshttps://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Quickstart_1-119_GuideRuaumokos DRK guide!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuETOQ_uXwYDark knight Gearswap Lua filehttps://github.com/Selindrile/GearSwapIf you want to see me play live I stream over on Twitch multiple times a week, make sure to check me out over there at: https://www.twitch.tv/rikipediagamingOr you can catch me Live here on YouTube!Social mediahttps://www.instagram.com/rikipedias/https://twitter.com/Rikipedia1https://www.facebook.com/Rikipediagaming--------------------------------------Join our discord channel!https://discord.gg/FcZANkMarz----------------------------------------Support and donate------------------------------------Paypalhttps://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_donations\u0026business=JDAVLD4NPV5YW\u0026currency_code=SEK\u0026source=url----------------------------------------Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/rikipediagamingIf you enjoyed this video and found it helpful, smash that like and subscribe button and leave a comment. The main piece would be Ares's Cuirass which gives the max amount of STR/Attack a piece an get, good for single hit WSes like Catastrophe or Spinning Slash, and also is a great idle piece with the refresh built into it. That said if you find yourself unable to use souleater on cooldown because of MP constraints, maybe it's not the right merit for you. FFXIclopedia is a FANDOM Games Community. You will at least need to have a Haubergeon, a pair of Sniper or Woodsman ring and a life belt by level 60. Great Swords are moderately fast at an average of 420-450 delay. It is not the main recommended set as a result, If fully merited you have high uptime on this (3 minute duration, 5 minute recast) and it's +20 accuracy. Plus, it allows you to possibly counter. The 2.40 prog set doesn't lose as much compared to the slower sets as the overcap on the chosen substat as a result, indicated by red text in the melding This set is the recommended setup for both performance and user-friendliness. 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. Again, youll be hard-pressed finding parties, but now youll be even better in them. Traveler's Mantle. Triton's/Orichalcum Scythe - This is the staple Scythe for all Dark Knights on Eden. 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. Speaking of Souleater, the next piece is your AF headpiece. Dark Knight while leveling is going to use a combination of Great Axe and a Crossbow. Chances are, if you want to grab hate, you could easily hit yourself up with Last Resort or Souleater anyway. If you need less accuracy you can use items like Bomb Core and Cerb+1/Foragers Mantle. This has very little alternatives and I wouldn't honestly even bother with this set until you have the HQ Darksteel pieces. Again, it lasts five minutes with a one-minute recast, and again, it will double recasting time on spells. The Ultimate skillchains make this the best scythe in the game. You do not have the skill ranks that Warrior does to make this viable. That's the inevitable direction that comment turns it, though. This more than 184 points into each substat for optimum efficiency. re-allocating stats on the relic to switch between them. Even so, its not all that good. Examples of fights you would use this on are Tiamat, KS99 Wyrm, and Bahamut. Fending, and the helm with an Asphodelos Circlet of Fending. Up to date simple DRK gear swap?~ Phoenix.Habar: 17: 1337: 4 years 1 month. All FFXI content and images . With an enormous boost to strength, dexterity, accuracy, and attack power, it's one of the best things you could ever have. the exact pieces used are just examples; any gear above the optimal sync Your low strength and vitality can be made up by your Absorb line of spells. CE stands for Cumulative Enmity, this is enmity that doesn't degrade over time and you can only lose by taking damage, hate resetting moves, losing shadows, or being enfeebled. Head to Giddeus. Privacy Policy. offensive cooldowns rolling exactly as they become available. efficiency. Also make sure to look me up on twitter and other social media for other final fantasy 11 related stuff.Thanks again and Ill see you guys in Vana'diel!Peace out Riki/Datsik Portions of these gear sets can only be acquired by acquiring the current raid tier's gear. Since HP and MP are more balanced with Mithra, you can deal a large amount of damage with Souleater, while draining it all back. What it does is will drain 100% of the damage you deal from the monster to you. Every race also gets "Race Specific Equipment", or "RSE", that will boost a race's stats to equal, or possibly even surpass other races. Dark Knight, like Warrior is able to use many different kinds of weapons. Drain II and Dread Spikes. Relatively few people play Dark Knight tank (we call it Slurp Mage in the discord) but it is an exceptionally good end game tank. Scythes and Great Swords two arent the only weapons Dark Knight can do well with. Dark Knights (DRK) are powerful damage dealers who have the capability to further their damage by using select Black Magic spells. Since you have high strength too, that just makes it insane. speed is perfectly adequate. A guide for the content can be found links below. FANTASY is a registered trademark of Square Enix Co., Ltd. (Don't) Fear the Reaper: A Dark Knight Guide, VI-2. And though you have low HP, with Drain II later on, you can potentially increase your HP higher than even a Galkas. Many people remember using Thf as a sub in era in order to drop giant single hit WSes like Spinning Slash with Sneak Attack forcing the WS to critical hit. 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. by the community as UWU. 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. Having some trouble with my Entropy set atm. Just use a Kraken Club and Haste/HP gear. so simply using synced CRIT+DET gear with enough CRIT+SkS pieces to reach your Combine with the fact that they have higher. gloves with a synced CRIT+DET piece as well is a negligible DPS loss. It provides increased acc as a job ability along with a evasion bonus. 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. All FFXI content and images 2002-2023 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. user . Notable Weaponskills: None. Really comprehensive guide! Absorb-STR, DEX, and TP are great spells that can help boost either stat where you need it most. Guides are written by players, based upon their experiences, successes and mistakes, and are meant to aid other players. Dread Spikes (71): The coolest and most fun "spikes" ability in FFXI, Dread Spikes once cast causes you to drain HP from the enemy every time you're hit equal to the damage the mob does to you. GCDs at the end of uptime phases. to spawn a notorious monster. Should probably have one for pulling in case you have to anyway. Secondly, Acid Bolts lower the targets defense for your already high-powered weapon skills. (or one each of Direct Hit and Critical Hit replaced with Determination). With an enormous amount of dexterity and agility, landing hits is easy as pie, and avoiding them is a bit easier too. but the difference in practice is still quite small. reach the desired threshold. Afterglow relics aren't too expensive anymore either, but it's a fraction of the cost for nearly the same degree of utility. Take the item to Mighty Fist and then talk to Raibaht. threshold with the same substats can be substituted at no loss. Kind of new to DRK, but really enjoying it so far. It's important to keep in mind the people you're playing with. 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. Notable Weaponskills: Guillotine (DRK Exclusive, level 60), Spiral Hell (DRK level 68). However, there may be differing opinions than those expressed in a guide. replaced with Skill Speed. 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. Other than the gloves, Back Piece. But it's easy to find out what people think about it .. it's a glorified skillchain machine. This is exceptionally useful for boosting the damage of Souleater, in party play you could Drain II the mob before popping souleater for extra bonus HP% damage. Ground Strike is very fearsome at 300% TP and with the Thief subjob, in fact both of the principle weaponskills of Great Sword stack with Sneak Attack fearsomely. Damage output is near-identical to the 2.50 Ranger is the sub job of choice before Warrior! Now, since Dark Knight is about as frail as a Black Mage but with metal armor, I dont suggest you use this after about Lv.15 unless its really necessary. Another prominent piece of equipment is the Haubergeon body piece. Even Souleater recast can be situational. Is an extremely useful and underrated support job. Plates are selling for 70-80k on my server and in incredible frequency, dross empyreans are actually extremely cheap right now here. For T2 Odin, refer to this page for battle pattern and rewards. Judgment is superior to Black Halo, so yeah. The choice is up to the player. Your AF flanchard (pants) is(are) very underrated. It's also very useful as a support job for Red Mage in end-game scenarios with Stun. down to 2.44 GCD in exchange for ~0.5% of your DPS. 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. Strategies and information in guides may not work for everyone. This set is recommended along with the 2.50 set and has the best 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. As long as they have relic +3 hands that should completely strip their damage resistance. But with a mere thirty second duration, you can really only get three or so hits on a target with it active. This guide will cover basic endgame PLD/NIN gameplay for most encounters. These are all great points. Very expensive and very good, this food pairs super well with Apocalypse when spamming the attack hungry Catastrophe but also does great with Guillotine and basically anything. Ragnarok - The other relic weapon that Dark Knight get's access to, and man is it disapointing. Overview of Job Abilities, Traits, and Spells. JavaScript is disabled. This is shown on the weapon, but it can be done on any other slot You can replace any Direct Hit meld with Skill Speed in any slot that won't Souleater (30) 6:00 Recast - Deals 10% of your total HP converted into flat damage on hit. The reason being, it doesnt add anything to your overall damage over time or anything else for that matter. 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. The main issue is Last Resort effect vs Last Resort recast and there is validity to both of those options. CRIT+SKS piece if you wish to run a 2.45 GCD rather than 2.50. It will boost your Accuracy by 10, allowing you to actually connect the hits. When subbing Warrior, get yourself an Axe Belt for higher skill in them than even your Scythes and Great Swords. Current gear: ItemSet 379659 Cerberus.Castien. Thanks. the Bozjan resistance relic offer customizable substats and can be significant Ragnarok suffers from not having a good WS, which is why in later versions of FFXI where it was given a good WS, this relic became the best. It lasts five minutes and can be recast every minute. The spell only lasts 1 minute, so it can be frustrating to use, but when timed correctly is exceptionally rewarding. 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. People need a guide to just spam resolution? Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience.

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