The Archfiend set was only available during Series Malmstone 1 back in Patch 6.10. There's no other way to acquire it as of today

There's not really a complicated rotation for DRK. It's basically Shadowbringer into Bloodspiller, or sometimes Shadowbringer twice into Bloodspiller.

There was no specific reason. I should have taken advantage of the free opportunity to Elixir. I was being greedy, but never got punished for it lol

@@johnnyfeller yeah, I noticed u were pretty lucky, ppl with low mana usually get focused down pretty quickly

Yeah, it happens all the time in Crystal elo games. But we can get away with anything versus Platinum players 😅

@@johnnyfeller tbh, true, I'm pretty surprised whenever I die in plat rank even after making very stupid plays 😆

Crystal to Platinum video coming soon 😂

​@@johnnyfellerfeel u 😅

If you ever see me on the enemy team, please go easy on me haha

@@johnnyfeller I may burn sleep on you ;)

@@johnnyfeller might have been the ninja with you 💯

Oh snap

It's a perfect time to start! Season 9 is coming OCT 31 with Patch 6.51, and there will be a new map called Red Sands for Crystalline Conflict too!

Place your Salted Earth AoE near corners of obstacles or walls, and do your best to fight inside them or retreat behind the corner. The 20% damage mitigation and passive healing is amazing for survivability, especially in opening engagements where everyone has their damage buttons ready! 8:00 is a great example Keeping track of enemy Purify/Guard and Limit Breaks is very important. This will help you make better callouts for your team, and give you the best chance for Plunge resets. Steal the enemy Medicine Kits! A Shadowbringer or two is the best way to dump your HP to yoink those for yourself from an enemy in need! 8:15 is another great example I hope this helps you climb into Diamond!

Appreciate the tips! I hope to get Diamond, or even Crystal on my first "tryhard" season.@@johnnyfeller

For any newcomers to DRK, I would reccomend you do the callouts for your team or follow the callout and burst down the target together with Plunge. Plunge resets are massive for a DRK's sustainability in a team fight. For PvP in general, I would advise everyone to work on minimizing their deaths outside of overtime. Whether it be overstaying in an extended fight, reengaging enemies without Purify/Guard, or not breaking line of sight to avoid damage. These are all factors that contribute to my deaths that Ive worked on and still improving upon since Season 1. I would definitely recommend playing Ranked. You'd have a goal to work towards, a reason to improve, and a way to keep track of your progress! I hope this answers your questions! Cheers!

@@johnnyfeller Thanks a ton for all the detailed advice! I will try to apply it bit by bit, most of all, the part of overstaying in teamfights (I do that a lot). Also, focus is sometimes hard when everyone is attacking a different target, I try to sign who to attack, and sometimes ofc is my fault too. Guess in ranked, people try to play a bit mote organized, which I should do too. Well, I will go into ranked today and keep at it! Again, thank you so much for the great vids and advice!! Cheers!!!

Congrats on hitting Crystal! I thought earned myself a free teleport back to spawn with that play, but glad it worked out in our favour

Perfect timing to come back my friend! <3 New Series 5 Malmstone, Season 9 starts near end of OCT and active ranked queues hopefully!

I would recommend that you join the PvP Revival Discord Community: discord.gg/pvprevival They have lots of resources and player mentors to help players improve. Please check it out!

Glad to hear you're enjoying the video! I hope you enjoy Crystal Conflict as much as I do!

Glad you're enjoying the video! I hope you find DRK fun to play as much as I do!

I say this as someone who avidly played feast in its final season

Hard to say, but we'll see what happens in Season 5. I'm honestly running out of ideas for gposes for the thumbnails haha

It's definitely helped during those opening engages and chaotic teamfights!

Thats why u dont purify the first stun

Accepted yes, expected no XD

Man that would be so broken tanks would be nigh unkillable with a healer behind them unless a lot of people swarmed them and DPS would be slapped down just from sustain

@@orakuotaku not at all, considering ff14 balance is actually good

​@@zsoltlang2144 I mean not back then when they did not care about the pvp at all, healers were demi gods and dark knight was OP af

Thank you for the kind words! The reason the higher ranks seems easier is because you're matched with players who are more experienced with their jobs, and are better organized as a team. The trick to climbing is to play consistently - win or lose!

Please go easy on me if you ever see me on the opposite team lol

I'm glad you're enjoying my gameplay! There's still more to come! Not sure about making a DRK guide, I don't feel like I'm qualified yet - but even if I did, I won't have much info to add to the existing guides already on KZbin!

I wouldn't say I'm proving them all wrong - I'm just the exception lol

Then there is me, who loves the job, has played every season and has never gotten out of bronze! I get that it must be after 3 seasons but I have spent hours in forums and learning the job and I get no where

Thank you for your kind words! I'm happy to hear you're enjoying my videos and how my gameplay is promoting the strengths of DRK in PvP. More videos to come for Ranked Season 3!

I usually guard when low HP. If the enemy team decides to stay, they will hold their burst/stuns until my guard expires. This is the ideal time to LB defensively right afterwards. 9:40 is a great example. For offensive LB's, it depends in how many people I can pull in with Salted Earth while my team is with me. If we look at 16:16 & 22:51, I pull in mutliple people with Salted Earth and LB at full HP dealing the max damage. I hope this answers your question!

They're added in while I'm using the video editing software, similar to the "Yoink" and "Nope" sound effects you might hear throughout the video!

The music is from kzbin.infoplaylists Good luck on the grind my friend!

@@johnnyfeller thanks man! Got to tier 25 on the pass, ranked has been slow😅

Don't let that discourage you! I had the same thoughts when I achieved Diamond myself. Diamond/Crystal players play/behave differently compared to other ranks. There's lots of value in spending in Diamond learning how to optimize your playstyle as a Sage to the new environment. For example, the biggest detail I noticed was that Healers always stayed behind their frontline. Don't be that Healer in the beginning of Game 8 that got caught out of position!

@@johnnyfeller carefully watching this you are making me want to take DRK to rank im currently gold cause RDM carried me there lol

@@200zero Make sure your glam is dyed black to maximize your DPS on Dark Knight 😆

@@johnnyfeller Oh i have that checked looong ago XD

Thank you for your kind words <3. More to come! I just reached Plat 4