Darkness (Record Keeper ability type)

Darkness is an ability type in Final Fantasy Record Keeper, and part of the Other category.

Mechanics[]

The Darkness school centers on attacking enemies with Dark-elemental attacks. Many have effects centering on the Doom status, such as inflicting it on the user for a stat boost, decreasing the Doom's countdown timer, or dealing more damage if the user is under Doom status. Many Darkness abilities come in physical and magical variants, and Mark of Darkness is the first ability to deal "Hybrid" damage, where it counts as physical if the user's ATK is higher than their MAG, and magical damage if the reverse is true. All Dark abilities deal Dark-elemental damage, and it is a trend for Darkness abilities to be usable by villainous characters, though some heroic characters can also use Darkness.

Notable abilities in the Darkness school include: Death Throes and Memento Mori, which inflict Doom on the user and raise their ATK or MAG, respectively; Dwindling Fear and Necrofear, which deal more hits if the user's Doom timer is below a certain threshold; Sanguine Cross and Crimson Cross, which deal four hits and damage the user; and Dark Zone and Reaping Scythe, which deal four hits and have higher power if the user is under Doom.

List of Darkness abilities[]

Rank 4[]

Users:

Record spheres:

Ability	Uses	Damage	Cast time	Power	Element(s)	Status(es)	Crafting
Ability	Description
Dark Bargain	2 (+2)	Physical	1.65s	2.20	Dark	ATK +30%, DEF -30% (20s)	x5 x3 x3
Dark Bargain	Deal dark physical damage to one target, temporarily raise the user's Attack, and temporarily lower the user's Defense.
Memento Mori	2 (+2)	Magical	1.65s	8.00	Dark	MAG +30% (50s) Doom (45s)	x5 x3 x3
Memento Mori	Deal magic dark damage to one enemy, raise the user's Magic, and afflict the user with Doom.
Death Throes	2 (+2)	Physical	1.65s	1.80	Dark	ATK +30% (50s) Doom (45s)	x5 x3 x3
Death Throes	Deal physical dark damage to one enemy, raise the user's Attack, and afflict the user with Doom.

Rank 5[]

Users:

Record spheres:

Ability	Uses	Damage	Cast time	Power	Element(s)	Status(es)	Crafting
Ability	Description
Sanguine Cross	2 (+2)	Physical	1.65s	4x 0.95	Dark	None	x10 x6 x6
Sanguine Cross	Deal four dark physical attacks to one target, and deal moderate damage to the user proportional to their max HP. Damages user 15% max HP
Dark Zone	2 (+2)	Magical	1.65s	4x 2.25	Dark	None	x10 x6 x6
Dark Zone	Deal four magic dark attacks to one enemy. Deals additional damage if user is afflicted with Doom. Power of each hit is 3.50 if user is under Doom status
Reaping Scythe	2 (+2)	Physical	1.65s	4x 0.55	Dark	None	x10 x6 x6
Reaping Scythe	Deal four physical dark attacks to one enemy. Deals additional damage if user is afflicted with Doom. Power of each hit is 1.00 if user is under Doom status
Morbid Countdown	2 (+2)	Magical	1.65s	4x 2.55	Dark	None	x10 x6 x6
Morbid Countdown	Deal four magic dark attacks to one target, and reduce the user's Doom countdown by 3. Deals more damage if the user is afflicted with Doom. Power of each hit is 3.80 if user is under Doom status
Dire Heal	2 (+2)	Magical	1.65s	4x 2.60	Dark	None	x10 x6 x6
Dire Heal	Deal four magic dark attacks to one target, healing the user for a portion of the damage dealt. Heals user 20% damage dealt
Dwindling Spirit	2 (+2)	Physical	1.65s	?x 0.88	Dark	None	x10 x6 x6
Dwindling Spirit	Deal three to five physical dark attacks to one target. Deals more attacks the shorter the countdown on the user's Doom. Deals four hits if Doom timer is 20 or less, and five hits if Doom timer is 5 or less
Necrofear	2 (+2)	Magical	1.65s	?x 0.88	Dark	None	x10 x6 x6
Necrofear	Deal three to five magical dark attacks to one target. Deals more attacks the shorter the countdown on the user's Doom. Deals four hits if Doom timer is 20 or less, and five hits if Doom timer is 5 or less
Dread Weapon	2 (+2)	Physical	1.65s	4x 0.75	Dark	None	x10 x6 x6
Dread Weapon	Deal four physical dark attacks to one target, healing the user for a portion of the damage dealt. Heals user 20% damage dealt
Crimson Cross	2 (+2)	Physical	1.65s	4x 1.10	Dark	None	x10 x6 x6
Crimson Cross	Deal four physical dark attacks to one target, and deal a moderate amount of damage to the user proportional to their max HP. Damages user 25% max HP
Mark of Darkness	2 (+2)	Hybrid	1.65s	3x 0.64 (Physical) 3x 2.64 (Magical)	Dark	Imperil Dark (25%, 15s)	x10 x6 x6
Mark of Darkness	Deal three dark physical or magical attacks to one enemy, with a chance to temporarily lower their dark resistance a small amount. Damage type depends on user's stats. Variably deals physical or magical damage, depending on if user's ATK or MAG is higher than the other.

Rank 6[]

Ability	Uses	Damage	Cast time	Power	Element(s)	Status(es)	Crafting
Ability	Description
Demon's Cross	2 (+2)	Physical	1.65s	5x 1.07	Dark	None	x10 x6 x6
Demon's Cross	Deal five physical dark attacks to one enemy, and deal a moderate to very small amount of damage to the user proportional to their max HP. Damage dealt to the user decreases depending on the number of times they've used Demon's Cross. Damages user 25% max HP on first use, 15% on second use, and 5% from third use onwards
Necro Countdown	2 (+2)	Magical	1.65s	5x 3.15	Dark	Doom (45s)	x10 x6 x6
Necro Countdown	Deal five magic dark attacks to one enemy, Doom the user (Countdown 45), and reduce the count of the user's Doom by 1. Deals six attacks if the user's Doom count is 19 or lower.
Touched by Darkness	2 (+2)	Hybrid	1.65s	3x 0.90 (Physical) 3x 3.44 (Magical)	Dark	Imperil Dark (every two uses, 15s)	x10 x6 x6
Touched by Darkness	Deal three physical or magic dark attacks to one enemy, and temporarily lower its dark resistance level by 1 every two times the user uses Touched by Darkness. Damage type depends on the user's stats. Variably deals physical or magical damage, depending on if user's ATK or MAG is higher than the other.