Dark Knight (Tactics)

Template:See Also The Dark Knight (暗黒騎士, Ankoku Kishi?) is a job class in Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions. It has abilities that focus on delivering damage to opponents using the darkness to drain their HP or MP, and also can attack sacrificing their own HP to inflict more damage. It costs 6,900 JP to master.

In the original PlayStation version, Dark Knight was Gaffgarion's exclusive Job class. His class has since been renamed to Fell Knight. While his two abilities, Shadowblade and Duskblade, appear identical to Sanguine Sword and Infernal Strike, Gaffgarion's variants are slightly more powerful.

Dark Knight is the only standard class in the game, other than the Knight, able to wield Knight Swords. They also have access to their own exclusive class weapon, called Fell Swords, that can only be obtained in the Multiplayer mode.

The Dark Knight possess the highest attack power of any standard class.

Stats

This warrior exchanges life for power, using Darkness to disintegrate all who stand before him.

Prerequisite	Weapons	Helmet	Armor	Equip Shields?
Master Knight Master Black Mage Level 8 Dragoon Level 8 Samurai Level 8 Ninja Level 8 Geomancer Kill 20 enemies with this unit (the enemies must be crystallized*.)	Swords, Fell Swords, Axe, Knight Swords, Flails	Helmets	Armor, Robes, Clothes	Yes

*Killing 20 enemies is not required in iOS version.

Move Rate	Jump Rate	Speed	Physical Evasion Rate	Base Attack	Base Magic	Base HP	Base MP
3	3	8	0%	High	Average	Low	Average

Abilities

Darkness

Dark knight job command. Cursed sword techniques cut down the foe.

Note: Units must be equipped with a sword to use these abilities.

The amount of HP/MP drained is as follows:

$0.8 \times Physical Attack \times (Weapon strength + PWR)$

The amount of damage done by Crushing Blow is as follows:

$Physical Attack \times (Weapon strength + PWR)$

The damage for Abyssal Blade and Unholy Sacrifice is as follows:

$(Physical Attack \times Magick Attack \times BF Factor) + (0.33 \times Max HP)$

The BF Factor that determines damage for Abyssal Blade and Unholy Sacrifice is:

• If using a knight's sword: (Bravery/100) [damage reduced if Bravery < 100]
• If using a fell sword:([100-Faith]/100) [damage reduced if Faith > 0]
• If using a regular sword: 1

Name	Description	Range	Effect	Speed	JP Needed
Sanguine Sword	Absorb HP from the target. Element: Dark.	3	1	Now	500
Infernal Strike	Absorb MP from the target. Element: Dark.	3	1	Now	500
Crushing Blow	Inflict damage with a sinister sword. Element: Dark. Effect: Stop.	3	2	Now	300
Abyssal Blade	Sacrifice own HP to deal damage to others, with the nearest units suffering the most damage. Element: Dark.	3	2	Now	1000
Unholy Sacrifice	Sacrifice own HP to deal extensive damage to all units in range. Element: Dark. Effect: Slow.	1	3	Now	1200

Support Abilities

Name	Description	JP Needed
HP Boost	Increase maximum HP by 20 percent.	2000
Vehemence	Increase attack power by 50 percent and decrease defensive power by 50 percent.	400

Movement Abilities

Male Units

Name	Description	JP Needed
Jump +3	Increase Jump by 3.	1000

Female Units

Name	Description	JP Needed
Move +3	Increase Movement by 3.	1000

Gallery

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Notes

• The Dark Knight is the only class in the game with 0% C-EV.
• Crushing Blow shares the same animation effect to Templar's Vengeance.
• Abyssal Blade shares the same animation effect to Monk's Shockwave (the ground burst).

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