Dark Knight (Final Fantasy X-2)

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Dark Knight
(ダークナイト, Dāku Naito?)
Portrait(s)
Availability
Location obtained	Bevelle Underground treasure chest during chapters 2, 3 or 5
Character users	All
Abilities
Stats	See stats
Command abilities	Darkness, Arcana, Charon
Support abilities	Many status-proof auto-abilities See auto-abilities
More information
Recurring appearance

Fight with a sword and use magical arts known as Arcana.

"Help" description

The Dark Knight is a dressphere in Final Fantasy X-2 obtained in the Bevelle Underground in Chapters 2, 3, or 5, in a treasure chest near the end of the area. In addition to Darkness and self-damaging skills, they use a number of status effect-inflicting spells, like Bio and Death, via their Arcana skillset. Dark Knight is strong and durable, but slow.

Profile

The Dark Knight dons heavy black and spiked battle armor.

Yuna wears indigo-tinted armor covering her chest, arms, and hips with pink and teal accents. Her armor is smoother than the others'. She wears pink bikini bottoms, pink thigh covers, knee-high armored boots and a crescent-shaped helmet.

Rikku wears brown-tinted armor covering her chest, arms, and hips with pink and teal accents. Her armor is spiked on the shoulders. She wears pink bikini and pink thigh covers. She wears knee-high armored boots and a spiked helmet.

Paine wears black armor covering her chest, arms, and hips with pink and teal accents. Her armor is pricklier than the others'. She wears pink bikini bottoms over blue shorts and pink thigh covers. She wears knee-high armored boots and a half moon-shaped prickly helmet.

Yuna wields Tidus's Caladbolg, Rikku wields Auron's Masamune, and Paine wields a customized sword.

Yuna's victory pose is to put her sword into the ground, then rest her arms and head on the hilt. Rikku holds her sword behind her, while Paine spins her sword above her head, then puts her sword into the ground.

Abilities

Mastering Dark Knight requires 490 Ability Points. Arcana abilities can be used outside of the Dark Knight dressphere by equipping the Arcane Lore accessory or the Chaos Maelstrom Garment Grid. Yuna has access to Arcana abilities through the Mascot dressphere. Even though it is classified as Arcana magic, Dark Knight cannot learn Osmose, which is instead accessible through the Covetous Garment Grid.

Spellspring can reduce Darkness's HP cost to 0, despite it being meant to apply only to MP costs.

Dark Knight's auto-abilities immunize her to status ailments.

Command abilities

Name	AP	MP	Description	Prerequisite	Image
Attack	Initial	—	Attack one enemy.	None
Arcana	Varies	Varies	Cast Arcana spells.
Darkness	Initial	—	Sacrifice HP to damage all enemies.	None
Charon	20	—	Sacrifice life to heavily damage one enemy.	None

Auto-abilities

Name	AP	Description	Prerequisite
Poisonproof	30	Character is bestowed with complete protection against Poison status.	None
Stoneproof	30	Character is bestowed with complete protection against Petrification.	Poisonproof
Confuseproof	30	Character is bestowed with complete protection against Confusion.	None
Curseproof	30	Character is bestowed with immunity against Curse which prohibits her from changing Dressphere.	None
Deathproof	40	Character is bestowed with immunity to Instant Death.	Curseproof

Stats

Level	HP	MP	Strength	Magic	Defense	Magic Defense	Agility	Accuracy	Evasion	Luck	+
1	231	88	18	17	98	65	36	100	0	8	-	2	289	91	20	19	100	66	36	100	0	8
3	347	94	22	20	100	66	36	100	0	8
4	405	97	25	22	102	68	36	100	0	8
5	462	101	27	23	103	68	36	100	0	8
6	519	104	29	25	104	69	36	100	0	8
7	577	107	32	26	105	70	36	100	0	8
8	634	110	34	28	106	71	36	100	0	8
9	691	113	36	29	107	71	36	100	0	8
10	748	117	39	31	109	73	37	101	1	9	-	11	805	120	41	32	109	73	37	101	1	9
12	861	123	43	34	111	74	37	101	1	9
13	918	125	45	35	111	74	37	101	1	9
14	974	128	48	36	112	76	37	101	1	9
15	1031	132	50	37	113	76	37	101	1	9
16	1087	135	51	39	114	76	37	101	1	9
17	1143	138	54	40	115	77	37	101	1	9
18	140	56	42	116	78	37	101	1	9
19	1255	143	58	42	116	78	37	101	1	9
20	1311	147	60	44	118	80	38	102	2	10	-	21	1366	150	62	45	118	80	38	102	2	10
22	1422	152	64	47	120	81	38	102	2	10
23	1477	155	65	47	119	80	38	102	2	10
24	1533	158	69	49	121	82	38	102	2	10
25	1588	161	71	50	122	82	38	102	2	10
26	1643	164	72	52	123	83	38	102	2	10
27	1698	167	75	52	123	84	38	102	2	10
28	1753	169	76	54	124	84	38	102	2	10
29	1807	172	78	55	125	84	38	102	2	10
30	1862	176	80	56	126	86	39	103	3	11	-	31	1917	178	82	57	126	86	39	103	3	11
32	1971	181	83	59	128	86	39	103	3	11
33	2025	183	85	59	127	86	39	103	3	11
34	2079	186	87	61	129	88	39	103	3	11
35	2133	190	89	62	130	88	39	103	3	11
36	2187	192	91	63	130	88	39	103	3	11
37	2241	195	94	64	131	89	39	103	3	11
38	2295	197	95	65	131	90	39	103	2	11
39	2349	200	97	66	132	90	39	103	2	11
40	2402	203	99	67	133	91	40	104	3	11	-	41	2455	206	100	68	133	91	40	104	3	11
42	2509	208	102	69	134	92	40	104	3	11
43	2562	211	103	70	134	91	40	104	3	11
44	2615	213	105	71	135	93	40	104	3	11
45	2668	216	107	72	136	93	40	104	3	11
46	2721	219	108	73	136	93	40	103	3	11
47	2773	221	110	74	137	94	40	103	3	11
48	2826	224	112	75	137	94	40	103	3	11
49	2878	226	114	76	138	94	40	103	3	11
50	2931	229	116	77	139	96	41	104	4	12	-	51	2983	232	117	78	139	95	41	104	4	12
52	3035	234	118	79	140	96	41	104	4	12
53	3087	236	120	80	140	96	40	104	4	12
54	3139	239	122	81	141	97	40	104	3	12
55	3191	242	123	81	141	97	40	104	3	12
56	3242	244	124	83	142	97	40	104	3	12
57	3294	247	126	83	142	98	40	104	3	11
58	3345	249	127	84	142	98	40	104	3	11
59	3397	251	128	85	143	98	40	104	3	11
60	3448	254	131	86	144	99	41	105	4	12	-	61	3499	256	132	86	143	99	41	105	4	12
62	3550	259	133	88	145	99	41	105	4	12
63	3601	261	134	88	144	99	41	105	4	12
64	3651	263	136	89	145	100	41	105	4	12
65	3702	266	137	89	145	100	41	104	4	12
66	3753	268	138	91	146	100	41	104	3	12
67	3803	271	140	91	146	101	41	104	3	12
68	3853	273	141	92	146	101	41	104	3	12
69	3903	275	142	92	146	101	41	104	3	12
70	3953	278	144	94	148	102	42	105	4	12	-	71	4003	280	145	94	147	102	42	105	4	12
72	4053	282	147	95	148	102	42	105	4	12
73	4103	284	148	95	147	102	42	105	4	12
74	4153	286	150	96	148	103	41	105	4	12
75	4202	289	151	97	149	103	41	105	4	12
76	4251	291	151	98	149	103	41	105	3	12
77	4301	293	153	98	149	103	41	105	3	12
78	4350	295	154	99	149	104	41	105	3	12
79	4399	297	155	99	149	103	41	104	3	12
80	4448	300	156	100	150	104	42	105	4	12	-	81	4497	302	157	100	149	104	42	105	4	12
82	4545	304	158	101	150	104	42	105	4	12
83	4594	306	159	101	149	104	42	105	4	12
84	4642	308	161	102	150	105	42	105	4	12
85	4691	311	162	102	150	104	42	105	3	12
86	4739	313	163	103	150	105	42	105	3	12
87	4787	315	164	103	150	105	42	105	3	12
88	4835	317	165	104	150	105	42	105	3	12
89	4883	318	166	104	150	105	42	105	3	12
90	4931	321	167	105	151	106	43	106	4	12	-	91	4978	323	168	105	150	105	42	106	4	12
92	5026	325	168	106	151	105	42	105	4	12
93	5073	327	169	106	150	105	42	105	3	12
94	5121	328	170	107	151	106	42	105	3	12
95	5168	331	171	107	151	105	42	105	3	12
96	5215	333	172	108	151	105	42	105	3	12
97	5262	335	174	108	151	106	42	105	3	12
98	5309	337	174	109	151	106	42	105	3	11
99	5355	338	175	109	151	105	42	105	3	11

Other appearances

Final Fantasy X-2: Last Mission

Dark Knight increases Defense, Magic and Accuracy by 1 point per each level. It has the highest HP of all available dresspheres and is the only dressphere with abilities that cost HP instead of MP, these skills drain HP from the base character and not the dressphere itself. Its regular attack range is one tile ahead of the character. Multiple copies can be found on the ground inside the tower or bought in shops.

Abilities

Name	Cost	Description	Range	Image
(P)Dark Blade	40 HP	Damages enemies. (Unique)	7x7 square around the character.
(M)Black Sky	80 HP	Damages enemies.	Entire room.
(-)Doom	5 HP	Inflicts the Doom status.	One tile ahead of the character.

Auto-abilities

Name	AP	Description	Prerequisite
50% Discount	70	Items are 50% cheaper in shops.	Dark Knight + Warrior + Samurai
Confuseproof	55	Prevents the Confusion status.	Dark Knight + Gunner
Darktouch	60	Inflicts Darkness when attacking physically.	Dark Knight + Gun Mage
Doomproof	60	Prevents the Doom status.	Dark Knight + Samurai + Trainer
Magic Training	50	Magic goes up easier when leveling up.	Dark Knight + White Mage
MP Heal Over Time	75	Restores a small amount of MP every few turns.	Dark Knight + Gun Mage + Black Mage

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Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade

Weapon Cards

Paine's Knight Sword (SSR).

Paine's Knight Sword (UR).

Paine's Knight Sword (UR+).

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Behind the scenes

From a design standpoint, Paine's Dark Knight is costume designer Tsukamoto's favorite of her designs. "I handled a lot of monster designs prior to working on the costumes for FFX-2", he says. "It feels like the scales of the monsters apply to this design. That's why I like it a lot." He also reveals that each of the girls' head pieces reflect their personalities, with the sharp edges of Paine's head piece to reflect her prickly outlook.^{[citation needed]}

Gallery

Dark Knight dressphere location.

Yuna as a Dark Knight.

Rikku as a Dark Knight.

Paine as a Dark Knight.

Caladbolg, Yuna's weapon.

Masamune, Rikku's weapon.

Paine's unique weapon.

Yuna's spherechange.

Rikku's spherechange.

Paine's spherechange.

Yuna's victory pose.

Rikku's victory pose.

Paine's victory pose.

Attack.

Darkness.

Charon.

Etymology

[view · edit · purge]A knight is a mounted soldier in armor who served his sovereign or lord in the Middle Ages. The word comes from Old English cniht ("boy" or "servant"), a cognate of the German word Knecht ("servant, bondsman, vassal"). In most European languages (with the notable exception of English), the word for "knight" comes from "horse", thus implying that a knight is a "noble horseman" or a "horse-mounted nobleman".

[view · edit · purge]In European history, dark knights, also known as black knights, were a minority group of knights who refused to serve lords or kings. Instead they either looted and raided, hunted bounties, or lived off the charity from the more humble folk, in much the same manner as a Japanese ronin. As they had no master, and thus no squire, they would paint their armor a signature black color to prevent rust and damage. Dark knights were considered by many a necessary evil, as they would protect villages and lesser people from invaders and bandits, but would also cause problems in the regions they dwelt in to sustain themselves. In some legends, black knights were reputed to be nigh-invincible in combat.

The Charon ability's name derives from the Greek mythology's Charon, the ferryman who transports the newly deceased across the river Styx.