Dark Knight

Melee warrior. High HP and weapon skills driven by Strength.

28Starting strength

20Starting agility

25Starting vitality

10Starting energy

5Points per level

Blade KnightSecond class

How it plays

The Dark Knight is the melee warrior: the one with the most HP and the one who tanks best. He hits with Strength, and his weapon skills multiply the hit based on his Energy. He spawns in Lorencia.

Strength: damage (STR/6 to STR/4) and the requirements for weapons and sets.
Energy: every point raises weapon skill damage: damage × (200 + ENE/10) %.
Agility: attack speed (AGI/15) and defense.
Vitality: the Dark Knight gets more HP per point than the other classes.

How to spend your points

From level 1 to your first reset: Strength to hit and for your gear, with some Agility.
After that: add Energy so your skills hit harder and Vitality to tank in a party.
Blade Knight: Marlon's quest teaches you the combo, which adds damage based on Strength, Agility and Energy. At that point it pays to keep all three balanced.

The skills

Weapon skills (Falling Slash, Lunge, Uppercut, Cyclone, Slash): they come with the weapon. Check the "Skill" column in Weapons.
Twisting Slash: the spin that hits everyone around you. Learned with an orb.
Rageful Blow and Death Stab: the Blade Knight's strong skills.
Greater Life: raises max HP for the whole party.
Impale: with a spear, learned with its orb. Fire Breath: riding a Uniria or Dinorant.

Orbs are sold by Hanzo in Lorencia and others drop from monsters.

Gear

Weapons: swords, axes, maces and spears. One with a skill gives you one more attack to use.
Sets: Bronze, Leather, Scale, Brass, Plate, Dragon, Black Dragon and Dark Phoenix. The high-level ones drop from monsters.
Wings: Wings of Satan (level 1) and Wings of Dragon (level 2, Blade Knight only).

In a party

He's the one up front: he takes the hits, pulls the monsters together and hits them with Twisting Slash while the rest attack. With Greater Life the whole party has more HP.

Starting stats and growth

	FUE	AGI	VIT	ENE
Start	28	20	25	10

	HP	Mana
Start	110	20
Per level	2	0.5
Per VIT / ENE point	3	1

Points per level: 5

Combat formulas

Damage: STR/6 to STR/4.
Weapon skills (Falling Slash, Lunge, Uppercut, Cyclone, Slash, Twisting Slash, Rageful Blow, Death Stab, Impale, Fire Breath): damage × (200 + ENE/10)%.
Defense: AGI/3.
Attack speed: AGI/15. Magic speed: AGI/20.
Defense rate: AGI/3.

Skills

Skill	Damage	Mana	Range	How to learn it
Defense	—	30	—	With a shield equipped
Falling Slash	—	9	3	with the weapon: Heliacal Sword, Double Axe, Tomahawk, Battle Axe…
Lunge	—	9	2	with the weapon: Katana, Gladius, Sword of Salamander, Legendary Sword…
Uppercut	—	8	2	with the weapon: Sword of Assassin, Falchion, Serpent Sword
Cyclone	—	9	2	with the weapon: Blade, Light Saber, Double Blade, Lighting Sword…
Slash	—	10	2	with the weapon: Giant Sword, Dark Breaker, Thunder Blade, Crystal Sword…
Twisting Slash	—	10	2	Orb of Twisting Slash
Rageful Blow²	1	25	3	Orb of Rageful Blow
Death Stab²	1	15	2	Orb of Death Stab
Impale	15	8	3	Orb of Impale
Greater Life	—	22	—	Orb of Greater Fortitude
Fire Breath	30	9	3	Riding Uniria or Dinorant