Duskblade

Employ the power of darkness to absorb the target's MP.

Final Fantasy Tactics description

Duskblade (暗の剣, An no Ken?, lit. Black Sword), also known as Dark Sword, is a recurring ability in the Final Fantasy series, and is an ability associated with Goffard Gaffgarion.

Appearances[]

Final Fantasy XIV[]

To live by the sword is to die by the sword. There is time enough for regret in the flames of hell.

Activation quote

Duskblade is used by The Thunder God in The Orbonne Monastery. When casting, multiple dark circles will appear on the ground. Each circle requires three people to be standing in them. Once the cast is finished, all players are hit, with the damage scaling on how many circles were inadequately filled.

Final Fantasy Tactics[]

Dead or alive...slash magic power! Dark Sword!

Activation quote (PSX)

Duskblade is an ability of the Fell Knight class, exclusive to Gaffgarion learned for 500 JP. It deals Dark-elemental damage and drains the target's MP with a range of 3.

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Final Fantasy Brave Exvius[]

Drain MP from one enemy

Description

Duskblade is an active ability that allows the user to deal physical damage (1.4x) to a single enemy and drain its MP by 30%. It costs 7 MP to execute, and can currently be learned only by Gaffgarion (level 36, 4★) in the Global version; in the Japanese version, it can be learned by Orlandeau (level 58, 5★).

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Gallery[]

Signature abilities

Final Fantasy	Warrior of Light	Ascension - Bitter End - Crossover - Oversoul - Radiant Sword - Rune Saber - Shield of Light - Shining Wave - Sword Thrust - Ultimate Shield
	Sarah	Soul Voice
	Garland	Chain Cast - Deathblow - Highbringer - Round Edge - Soul of Chaos - Twin Swords - Twist Drill
Final Fantasy II	Firion	Double Trouble - Fervid Blazer - Fulminating Strike - Grand Fist - Lance Combo - Lord of Arms - Reel Axe - Rope Knife - Straightarrow - Swordslash - Weaponsmaster
	Maria	Blast
	Emperor Mateus	Dreary Cell - Starfall - Thunder Crest
	Leila	Thunder XVI
Final Fantasy III	Onion Knight	Blade Torrent - Extra Slice - Multi-Hit - Sword & Magic - Swordshower - Turbo-Hit
	Cloud of Darkness	0-form Particle Beam - Aura Ball - Feint Particle Beam - Flood of Darkness - Fusillade Particle Beam - Tentacle of Pain
	Luneth	Eternal Wind
Final Fantasy IV	Cecil Harvey	Dark Cannon - Dark Flame - Gravity Ball - Holy Flame - Nightfall - Paladin Force - Radiant Wings - Sacred Cross - Saint's Fall - Searchlight - Shadowbringer - Shine Blast - Soul Shift - Valiant Blow
	Kain Highwind	Double Jump - Dragon's Fang - Dragoon's Pride - Lance Barrage - Lance Burst - Rising Drive - Sky Rave - Spiral Blow
	Golbez	Abyssal Quasar - Binding Cold - Black Fang - Genesis Rock - Glare Hand - Nightglow - Rising Wave - Summon Shadow Dragon - Twin Moon
	Scarmiglione	Back Attack - Cursed Elegy - Poison Gas
	Cagnazzo	Tsunami
	Barbariccia	Maelstrom - Ray
	Rubicante	I'll Recover You! - Inferno
	Ursula	Five Star Crimson Palm - Tenketsu - Twin Wing Frenzy
	Edge Geraldine	Ultimate Art: Advent of Phoenix
	Yang Fang Leiden	Oboro Strike
	Ceodore Harvey	Awaken - Holy Cross
	Multiple characters	Infinity
Final Fantasy V	Bartz Klauser	Master Mime
	Gilgamesh	Bitter End - Cross Slash - Dual Thrust - Morphing Time! - Rift Breaker - Slice Thrice - Strongest Sword - Tsubame Gaeshi - Ultimate Illusion
	Exdeath	Almagest - Black Hole - Grand Cross
	Kelger Vlondett	Lupine Attack
Final Fantasy VI	Terra Branford	Magitek Missile - Riot Blade
	Locke Cole	Mirage Dive - Phoenix Ray
	Edgar Roni Figaro	Air Anchor - Auto Crossbow - Bioblaster - Bravo Figaro - Debilitator - Chainsaw - Drill - Royal Shock - Sunbeam
	Sabin Rene Figaro	Aura Cannon - Meteor Strike - Phantom Rush - Raging Fist - Razor Gale - Rising Phoenix - Tiger Break
	Shadow and Interceptor	Takedown - Wild Fang
	Cyan Garamonde	Dragon - Fang - Flurry - Oblivion - Sky - Tempest - Tiger
	Celes Chere	Runic - Spinning Edge
	Setzer Gabbiani	Dive Bomb - Prismatic Flash - Red Card
	Strago Magus	Sabre Soul
	Relm Arrowny	Sketch - Star Prism
	Gogo	Punishing Meteor
	Kefka Palazzo	Forsaken Null - Havoc Wing - Hyperdrive - Lickety-Split Thundaga - Scatter Spray Blizzaga - Twisty-Turny Blizzaga - Waggle-Wobbly Firaga - Zap-Trap Thundaga
Final Fantasy VII series	Cloud Strife	Aerial Fang - Blade Beam - Braver - Climhazzard - Cross Slash - Double Cut - Finishing Touch - Meteorain - Omnislash - Omnislash Version 5 - Slashing Blow - Sonic Break - The power of mako
	Barret Wallace	Big Shot - Catastrophe - Grenade Bomb - Hammer Blow - Mindblow - Satellite Beam - Ungarmax
	Tifa Lockhart	Beat Rush - Burning Arrow - Dolphin Blow - Elbow Smash - Falcon's Dive - Final Heaven - Meteodrive - Meteor Crusher - Meteor Strike - Rolling Blaze - Somersault - Waterkick
	Aerith Gainsborough	Fury Brand - Great Gospel - Healing Wind - Planet Protector - Prayer of the Cetra - Pulse of Life - Seal Evil
	Red XIII	Blood Fang - Cosmo Memory - Earth Rave - Lunatic High - Sled Fang - Stardust Ray
	Cait Sith	Dice - Game Over - Toy Box - Toy Soldier
	Cid Highwind	Boost Jump - Dragon Dive - Dynamite - Hyper Jump
	Yuffie Kisaragi	All Creation - Bloodfest - Clear Tranquil - Doom of the Living - Gauntlet - Greased Lightning - Landscaper
	Vincent Valentine	Chaos (Chaos Saber · Satan Slam) - Death Gigas (Gigadunk · Livewire) - Galian Beast (Beast Flare · Berserk Dance) - Hellmasker (Splattercombo · Nightmare)
	Sephiroth	Black Materia - Deen - Heartless Angel - Heaven's Light - Hell's Gate - Oblivion - Octaslash - Pale Horse - Reaper - Scintilla - Shadow Flare - Sudden Cruelty - Super Nova - Transience
	Zack Fair	Air Strike - Apocalypse - Chain Slash - Costly Punch - Exploder Blade - Lucky Stars - Meteor Shots - Rush Assault
	Reno	Electro-Mag Rod - Electroprod - Neo Turk Light - Pyramid - Turk Light
	Rude	Grand Spark
	Angeal Hewley	Charge of Greed - Defense of Lust - Rage of Sloth - Thunder of Envy - Unleashed Wrath - Wings of Pride
	Genesis Rhapsodos	Black Feather - Black Flurry - Dark Energy - Grade 4 Rapier
	Shelke Rui	Countertek
Final Fantasy VIII	Squall Leonhart	Beat Fang - Blasting Zone - Brutal Shell - Fated Circle - Keen Edge - Lion Heart - Renzokuken - Revolver Drive - Rough Divide - Savage Claw - Solid Barrel - Thunder Barret - Upper Blues
	Quistis Trepe	Laser Eye - Shockwave Pulsar
	Zell Dincht	Booya - Burning Rave - Different Beat - Heel Drop - Mach Kick - Meteor Barret - Meteor Strike - My Final Heaven - Punch Rush
	Selphie Tilmitt	The End
	Rinoa Heartilly and Sant' Angelo di Roma	Angel Wing - Angelo Cannon - Angelo Recover - Angelo Rush - Angelo Search - Angelo Strike - Invincible Moon - Wishing Star
	Irvine Kinneas	Armor Shot - Canister Shot - Flame Shot - Hyper Shot - Normal Shot - Quick Shot - Scatter Shot
	Seifer Almasy	Bloodfest - Demon Slice - No Mercy - Zantetsuken Reverse
	Laguna Loire	Desperado - Missile Salvo - Ragnarok Blade - Ragnarok Buster - Ricochet Snipe
	Ward Zabac	Massive Anchor
	Edea Kramer	Astral Punch - Ice Strike - Maelstrom
	Fujin	Sai
	Raijin	Raijin Special
	Ultimecia	Apocalypse - Great Attractor - Hell's Judgment - Shockwave Pulsar
	Kiros Seagill	Blood Pain
Final Fantasy IX	Zidane Tribal	Annoy - Booster 8 - Free Energy - Grand Lethal - Lucky Seven - Meo Twister - Rumble Rush - Scoop Art - Shift Break - Solution 9 - Soul Blade - Stellar Circle 5 - Storm Impulse - Swift Attack - Thievery - Tidal Flame - What's That!?
	Adelbert Steiner	Charge!
	Freya Crescent	Cherry Blossom - Dragon Breath - Dragon's Crest
	Eiko Carol	Double White Magic - Emerald Light - Guardian Mog
	Amarant Coral	No Mercy
	Beatrix	Climhazzard - Shock - Stock Break
	Kuja	Burst Energy - Final Requiem - Flare Star - Force Symphony - Snatch Blow - Soulsplitter
Final Fantasy X series	Tidus	Blitz Ace - Energy Rain - Full Slide - Jecht Shot - Jecht Shot 2 - Slice & Dice - Sonic Buster - Sphere Shot - Spiral Cut - Quick Hit - Wither Shot
	Auron	Banishing Blade - Dragon Fang - Shooting Star - Tornado
	Rikku	Chaos Grenade - Electroshock - Grenade - Hazardous Shell - Hyper Mighty G - Hyper NulAll - Potato Masher - Shockstorm - Soul Swipe - Tallboy - Ultra Cure - Ultra NulAll - Vajra - Winter Storm
	Wakka	Attack Reels - Aurochs Reels - Aurochs Spirit - Element Reels - Status Reels
	Lulu	Firaga Fury - Flare Fury - Focus - Thunder Fury - Ultima Fury
	Yuna	Grand Summon - Great Whirl - Scattershot - The Sending - Trigger Happy
	Kimahri Ronso	Seed Cannon
	Paine	Demi Sword - Hurt - Ice Brand - Liquid Steel - Sword Dance - Whelmen
	Jecht	Blitz King - Hot Steel - Jecht Beam - Jecht Blade - Jecht Bomber - Jecht Rush - Jecht Stream - Triumphant Grasp - Ultimate Jecht Shot
	Yunalesca	Mega Death
	Seymour Guado	Banish - Cross Cleave - Lance of Atrophy - Multi Fira - Requiem - Total Annihilation
	Leblanc	Sonic Fan
Final Fantasy XI	Shantotto	Colossal Shantotto - Divine Malison - Play Rough - Retribution - Salvation Scythe - Vidohunir
	Prishe	Backhand Blow - Combo - Dragon Kick - Knuckle Sandwich - Nullifying Dropkick
	Curilla V Mecru	Savage Blade
	Maat	Bear Killer
	Lion	Pirate Pummel - Powder Keg - Walk the Plank
	Shadow Lord	Bowels of Agony - Implosion
	Zeid	Abyssal Strike
	Kam'lanaut	Great Wheel - Light Blade
	Lilisette	Dancer's Fury - Sensual Dance - Viper Bite - Vivifying Waltz - Whirling Edge
	Aphmau	Imperial Authority - Shield Subverter - Sixth Element
	Eald'narche	Omega Javelin - Stellar Burst
Final Fantasy XII	Vaan	Dervish - Luminescence - Pyroclasm - Red Spiral - White Whorl - Windburst - Calamitous Orb
	Penelo	Evanescence - Intercession - Resplendence
	Balthier	Element of Treachery - Fires of War - The Fleetfooted - Tides of Fate
	Fran	Feral Strike - Shatterheart - Whip Kick
	Basch fon Ronsenburg	Apocalypse Shield - Flame Purge - Fulminating Darkness - Ruin Impendent
	Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca	Heaven's Wrath - Maelstrom's Bolt - Northswain's Glow
	Gabranth	Circle of Judgement - Enrage - Frost Purge - Fulminating Oblivion - Guilt - Hatred - Innocence - Ruin Unflinching - Sentence - Vortex of Judgement
	Vayne Carudas Solidor	Contempt - Divine Sword - Force of Will - Gigaflare Sword - Inviolable Will - Mach Wave - Tree of Sephira
	Cidolfus Demen Bunansa	S-27 Tokamak - S-85 Cyclotrone
	Ba'Gamnan	Eviscerator
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings	Llyud	Enfuse Spirit
Lightning Saga	Lightning	Army of One - Beat Down - Blaze Rush - Crushing Blow - Flourish of Steel - Gestalt Drive - Heavy Slash - Legion of One - Light Slash - Lightning Strike - Overclock - Seismic Strike - Skyward Swing - Smite - Stormblade - Thunderfall - Valhalla's Call
	Sazh Katzroy	Caltrop Bomb - Cold Blood
	Snow Villiers	Chaos Geyser - Ice Ramp - Impact Driver - Sovereign Fist
	Hope Estheim	Brutal Sanction - Last Resort - Obliterator - Retributive Blast
	Oerba Dia Vanille	Piercing Ray
	Oerba Yun Fang	Aerial Loop - Highwind - Ignis - Pulsar Burst
	Serah Farron	Ultima Arrow
	Noel Kreiss	Deathblow - Meteor Javelin
	Cid Raines	Metamorphose - Seraphic Ray
	Jihl Nabaat	Sadistic Surge
	Caius Ballad	Eye of Bahamut - Graviton - Pulsar Burst
	Barthandelus	Thanatosian Smile
Final Fantasy XIV	Y'shtola Rhul	Aetherial Pulse - Cleric Stance - Fluid Aura - Medica II - Spiritual Ray
	Thancred Waters	Circle of Scorn - Dancing Edge
	Papalymo Totolymo	Astral Fire
	Yda Hext	Fists of Earth - Forbidden Chakra
	Estinien Wyrmblood	Blood of the Dragon
Final Fantasy XV	Noctis Lucis Caelum	Armiger - Warp-strike
	Prompto Argentum	Crackshot - Puncture - Starshell - Trigger Happy
	Gladiolus Amicitia	Dawnhammer - Impulse - Royal Guard - Tempest
	Ignis Scientia	Overwhelm - Regroup - Sagefire
	Iris Amicitia	Eclipse
	Aranea Highwind	Air Superiority
	Cor Leonis	Lion's Roar
	Ardyn Izunia	Dark Tornado - Rising Phantom - Royal Retribution - Spectral Charge
Final Fantasy Tactics	Ramza Beoulve	Raging Inferno - Shout - Stone Throw - Tailwind
	Delita Heiral	Northswain's Strike
	Mustadio Bunansa	Seal Evil
	Agrias Oaks	Cleansing Strike - Divine Ruination - Hallowed Bolt - Judgment Blade
	Goffard Gaffgarion	Duskblade - Shadowblade
	Marach Galthena	Corporeal Void
	Rapha Galthena	Ashura - Celestial Void - Heaven's Wrath
	Ultima	Eschaton
Final Fantasy Type-0	Ace	Attack Hand - Cut Cards - Jackpot Shot - Jackpot Triad - Mega Burst - Spirit Hand - Support Hand - Wild Card
	Deuce	Concerto - Crescendo - Dissonant Sonata - Hymn of Healing - Requiem of Ruin
	Trey	Burst Delta - Charged Shot - Dynamite Arrow - Raining Arrows
	Cater	Debuff Shot - Explosive Shell - Land Mine
	Cinque	Cheerleader - Earthquake - Full Swing - Gaia Pulse - Mace Cyclone - Whirling Mace
	Sice	Dark Nebula - Death Maelstrom - Negative Aura
	Seven	Diving Strike - Drainlash - Elementalash - Osmoselash - Sadistic Spikes
	Eight	Lightspeed Jab - Quickbolt Stance - Swiftwind Stance - Wildfire Stance
	Nine	Javelin Throw - Laser Lance - White Knight
	Jack	Deliverance - Ninja Slice - Piercing Gleam - Transience
	Queen	Balestra Lunge - Divine Judgment - Gate of Destiny - Magic Martyr - Mana Sphere
	King	Endless Waltz - Iron Will - Magazine Blast - Multitask - Point-Blank Shot - Trigger Finger
	Machina Kunagiri	Awakening - Dark Side - Furious Blades - Guardian Blades - Siphon Sword - Stunning Slash
	Rem Tokimiya	Dagger Boomerang - Flying Daggers - Seraphim Strike - Siphon Delta - Siphon Sphere - Undying Wish
	Kurasame Susaya	Absolute Zero
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles	Ciaran	Soulshot
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest	Benjamin	Mega Grenade
Final Fantasy Dimensions	Baugauven	Final Backdraft
Final Fantasy Dimensions	Vata	Buffet
Final Fantasy Record Keeper	Tyro	Cyclone Grimoire - Judgment Grimoire - Last Judgment Grimoire - Sentinel's Grimoire
Final Fantasy Record Keeper	Dr. Mog	Dr. Mog's Teachings
World of Final Fantasy	Enna Kros	Atomic Impact
Mobius Final Fantasy	Wol	Round Slash
Mobius Final Fantasy	Echo	Breaker's Gift - Elemental Gift - Hastening Gift
Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin	Jack	Chaosbringer - Lightbringer - Soul of Chaos