Knight (Record Keeper ability type)

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

Mechanics

The Knight school is focused on defense, both for the user and the party. Many Knight abilities boost the user's DEF or RES, or deal damage based on the user's DEF. Other abilities grant the user Draw Fire or Magic Lure, forcing enemies to focus their attacks on the Knight and sparing the party. Some Knight abilities calculate power using both ATK and DEF. Knight abilities mostly deal Holy elemental damage, but have access to several Earth abilities as well.

Notable abilities in the Knight school include: Draw Fire and Magic Lure, which draw single-target attacks towards the user; Saint Cross, which casts Esuna and Regen on the user; The "Bringer" series of attacks that deal additional hits depending on the user's DEF; The "Sabre" series of attacks that deal five hits in exchange for a DEF penalty; and the Rank 6 ability Aegis Strike.

List of Knight abilities

Rank 2

Users:

Record spheres:

Ability	Uses	Damage	Cast time	Power	Element(s)	Status(es)	Crafting
	Description
Guard	4 (+2)	N/A	1.65s	N/A	None	Protect	x5 x8
	Grant Protect to user.

Rank 3

Users:

Record spheres:

Ability	Uses	Damage	Cast time	Power	Element(s)	Status(es)	Crafting
	Description
Draw Fire	2 (+2)	N/A	1.65s	N/A	None	Draw Fire (25s)	x8 x5
	Increase the Defense of the user and divert all single target physical attacks to them.
Bracing Bash	2 (+2)	Physical	1.65s	1.60	None	RES +50% (20s)	x5 x3 x3
	Damage one target and increase Resistance of the user.
Memento of Protection	2 (+2)	N/A	1.65s	N/A	None	DEF, RES +50% (25s)	x8 x5
	Temporarily raise the Defense and Resistance of one ally.
Shield Bash	2 (+2)	Physical	1.65s	1.60	None	DEF +50% (20s)	x5 x3 x3
	Deal physical damage to one target and temporarily boost the user's Defense.

Rank 4

Users:

Record spheres:

Ability	Uses	Damage	Cast time	Power	Element(s)	Status(es)	Crafting
	Description
Minus Strike	2 (+2)	Physical	1.65s	N/A	None	None	x5 x5 x5
	Deal damage equal to two times the difference between the user's max HP and current HP.
Magic Lure	2 (+2)	N/A	1.65s	N/A	None	Magic Lure (25s)	x5 x3 x3
	Increase the Resistance of the user and divert all single target magic attacks to them.
Banishing Strike	2 (+2)	Physical	1.65s	2.00	Holy	None	x5 x3 x3
	Deal physical holy damage to one target, and Dispel it.
Armor Strike	2 (+2)	Physical	1.65s	2.80	None	None	x5 x3 x3
	Deal physical damage based on the user's Defense to one target.

Rank 5

Users:

Record spheres:

Ability	Uses	Damage	Cast time	Power	Element(s)	Status(es)	Crafting
	Description
Saint Cross	2 (+2)	Physical	1.65s	2x 1.70	Holy	Regen	x10 x6 x6
	Deal two physical holy attacks to one target, and cast Esuna and Regen on the user.
Gaia's Cross	2 (+2)	Physical	1.65s	2x 1.70	Earth	Regen	x10 x6 x6
	Deal two physical earth attacks to one target, and cast Esuna and Regen on the user.
Guardbringer	2 (+2)	Physical	1.65s	?x 0.80	Holy	None	x10 x6 x6
	Deal three to five physical holy attacks to one target. The number of attacks dealt depends on the user's Defense. Deals extra attack at 798 and 2,736 DEF
Earthbringer	2 (+2)	Physical	1.65s	?x 0.80	Earth	None	x10 x6 x6
	Deal three to five physical earth attacks to one target. The number of attacks dealt depends on the user's Defense. Deals extra attack at 798 and 2,736 DEF
Divine Cross	2 (+2)	Physical	1.65s	2x 1.60	Holy	Draw Fire (25s)	x10 x6 x6
	Deal two physical holy attacks to one target, temporarily raise the user's Defense a large amount, and attract single-target physical attacks.
Assault Sabre	2 (+2)	Physical	1.65s	5x 1.71	Holy	DEF -30% (20s)	x10 x6 x6
	Deal five physical holy attacks to one target, and temporarily lower the user's Defense a moderate amount.
Earth Sabre	2 (+2)	Physical	1.65s	5x 1.71	Earth	DEF -30% (20s)	x10 x6 x6
	Deal five physical earth attacks to one target, and temporarily lower the user's Defense a moderate amount.

Rank 6

Unlocking access to Rank 6 Knight abilities requires the individual character to be at Level 65 and have their second level cap broken, unlocking their Record Spheres. The player can then use Knight Motes to unlock access to Rank 6 Knight. Note that only characters with innate access to Rank 5 Knight will have the Empowered Sphere that includes access to Rank 6 Knight; characters who must use their Record Spheres to access Rank 5 have no Empowered Sphere for Knight and cannot access Rank 6.

Users:

Ability	Uses	Damage	Cast time	Power	Element(s)	Status(es)	Crafting
	Description
Aegis Strike	2 (+2)	Physical	1.65s	3x 1.30	Holy	None	x10 x6 x6 (Note that this ability cannot be crafted, and is received from Empowered Spheres. These are the base components as extrapolated from its honing materials.)
	Deal three physical holy attacks to all targets. Damage dealt depends on the user's Defense.
Healing Smite	2 (+2)	Physical	1.65s	5x 0.80	Holy	None	x10 x6 x6
	Deal five physical holy attacks to one enemy, and restore 2,000 HP to one ally.
Gaia Force	2 (+2)	Physical	1.65s	5x 0.80	Holy	DEF +100%	x10 x6 x6
	Deal five physical earth attacks to one enemy, and temporarily raise the user's Defense a large amount. Deals more damage the higher the user's Defense is.
Great Form	2 (+2)	Physical	1.65s	5x 0.80	Holy, Earth	Damage Reduction Barrier (20%)	x10 x6 x6
	Deal five physical holy and earth attacks to one enemy, and grant the user a barrier that reduces the damage of one attack a small amount.

Hero Abilities

Ability	Uses	Damage	Cast time	Power	Element(s)	Status(es)	Crafting
	Description
Paladin Force (Cecil (Paladin))	2 (+2)	Hybrid	1.65s	5x 1.10 (Physical) 5x 3.55 (Magical)	Holy	None	*(x1 x1 x1)
	Deal five physical or white magic holy attacks to one enemy. Attack type depends on the user's stats.

Gallery

Armor Strike.

Banishing Strike.

Guard.

Saint Cross.

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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". The English noun cavalier, an archaic term for a mounted soldier, traces its roots to Latin, and is closer in meaning to the "horseman" of Romance languages.