An Idiot's Guide to DARK KNIGHT | FFXIV Dawntrail

[@MegastarXIV]

Major 7.1 Changes: - Dark Mind now also mitigates 10% Physical Damage as well - Dark Missionary is now learned at Level 66 and mitigates 5% Physical Damage - Carve and Spit now also restores a bit of HP along with MP

[@StriderZessei]

We are so back.

[@menorasendaiba6404]

>8:14 >lack of mitigation >lack of self sustain >healer often complain to babysit >already squishy Like DRK players always say, it's already hard enough to keep living and to not press the "Living Dead"

[@DamnItsFae]

R.I.P. Plunge, at least it's still in PvP.

[@endeavour6009]

I don't care HOW much hate DRK gets as a job. I WANT TO BE THE BIG SWORD USER AND IM GONNA BE THE BIG SWORD USER

[@brandoncain]

HELL YEAH!!!! Let us become what we must, fellow Warrior of Darkness!

[@StevoIsus]

Me too 😂😂😂😂😂 There is nothing more badass

[@jezzlepops7186]

This is the way.

[@Aubig]

What hate? Genuinely curious, I’m pretty new to the game but I haven’t seen any job hate yet 😮

[@endeavour6009]

@Aubig eehhhh it's less hate and more indirect bullying of DRK. Considering its got no self heal you have to be constantly taken care of by the healer so people bash on it for being the worst tank. I beg to differ myself

[@Discount_ed]

I was taking a break from the game, came back and this is how I find out they gutted my main tanking job Im sobbing. Thanks for the guide love your vids :' )

[@Williamfount]

1:21 I felt that every time I do a rotation I forget sometimes it's gone

[@brandoncain]

DARK KNIGHT, MY BELOVED!!!!!

[@Songfulfire]

I wished abyssal drain had charges or we had something more to help dark knight survive in big packs of enemies. TBN is still a good mit but it feels like heart of corundum on gunbreaker just does it better now. Dark knight is about letting out the inner darkness.. because we suffering.

[@HyouVizer]

I wish Abyssal Drain was a GCD again, it use to give a powerful heal (much like war does now) to use often before Shadowbringers ruined being an ability and not a spell anymore.

[@someclevername8167]

TBN is massively power-crept nowadays. It was a great mitigation for its time but now? Other tanks just do its job better

[@1Mrstephen]

If Dark Arts you get from TBN pop allowed you to get a free abyssal drain, the job would be saved.

[@StrawMan-c6b]

Hey thats me! 0:04 thx for letting me be in the video Star! :) (AMAZING GUIDE!)

[@Redfield253]

Thank you for contributing!! :)

[@dumbsterdives]

drk currently is in such an odd state because it sometimes feels like its just a few changes away from having its issues fixed. make 2/3rds of their mitigation not situational, make tbn not be wasted if it isnt fully broken, and make delirium not just boneless inner release and actually something unique like every other tank has. theres more that could be better (better self sustain, split abyssal drain and carve and spit cooldown are ones i can think of) but those 3 changes would go a long way

[@zogizogi]

1:22 This is DARK KNIGHT, it makes you feel helpless and desperate!

[@waffle-234]

I play for the glamor Nice vid

[@qtoz6114]

Really appreciating the re-caps with the new expansion

[@cristianredes7812]

That Moonlight-Greatsword-looking-sword interests me very much

[@thebluestlime58]

It's from the lvl 93 dungeon in DT, in case you still need info

[@cristianredes7812]

@@thebluestlime58 Thank you very much for the info, now i need to buy the game and lvl up to 93 to farm it xd

[@internetdragon7624]

Thank you so much for including your hotbar setup!

[@ntma]

I like how right after you hit abyssal drain, all that health is gone. buff dk yoshipls

[@christophermyers6372]

Only level 51 on my DarkKnight but love the asthetics, the level 50 quest really hits you in the feels. The rotation at this level feels really slow and squishy, looking at the comments it seems that doesnt really change.

[@cyclogenisis]

should just give drk a higher health pool and leech to solve the squishyness issue, similiar to wow DK

[@_AndyGordon_]

I’m probably one of the few who likes Dark Knight.

[@conflicteddweet]

The first five seconds had me screaming LOL

[@sensationalrebel9459]

Dark Knight is truly the most underwhelming job in FFXIV, lack of proper mitigation and self sustain compared to Paladin and Warrior make it downright unbearable in certain dungeons.

[@danbagon924]

There I am Garry, there I am!

[@Williamfount]

YESSSSSSSSS

[@kiwianomaly]

truly the dark knight guide of all time

[@TenebrisGladius]

They been fucking DRK since SHB rework....this is the conclusion of our nerf arc.

[@jmfoal]

yeeey... Dark Knight.. i love that job... and yes i use TBN and oblation in the other tank it i see a tank buster... dudes.... its free damage!!

[@SchrosDinger]

Adding 5 seconds to reprisal at level 98 sounds like a joke.

[@vibeczech1965]

Tbf it is a buff that every tank gets. It's not just exclusive to DRK

[@KainH93]

Another day another great guide

[@Jpzthemann]

All of your guide video are really nice; for an autisme its easier to understanding your guides 👍👍😁

[@dragonsoldier200]

Idiot's guide... im the idiot for loving this class so much even with all its problems.. just put me down

[@NEViking]

For the tank targetable mits, I have my Nascent macroed and next to the party list so I can do some sheild and heals

[@SRYimWithU]

Please make a guide to viper you are the only guide series i understand and like!!!

[@derginadaydream]

my beloved edgy tank

[@blackdragoncyrus]

Why doesn't the Dark Knight have any attacks that expend HP? It's literally the class' gimmick.

[@FemboyJoe]

That sadly kinda? Went to warrior. Buts that's lifesteal really qwq

[@raarasunai4896]

I don’t dislike the merging of delirium and blood weapon, but I don’t love it. Pure middle of the road for me. I do miss plunge. I LOVE that Living Shadow doesn’t need gauge anymore.

[@AlKohaiMusic]

Ive already been told that i am annoying to have to babysit. But i like the basic rotation and armor and just got to heavensword and im sorry i decided thats my PC's cannon class for this expansion. I leveled them to 50 for this purpose. and considering its impossible to find tanks for shit i dont care if people think im squishy. At least im getting us out of que guess what we 90 minutes to do this dungeon. We might have to do the designed wave mechanic properly., which weirdly results in just enough enemies to no drop us. Its not all a speedrun.

[@Wellington10323]

Will you do Ninja as well?

[@Itachiflameamaterasu]

Step 1: Switch to another tank.

[@filipvadas7602]

Dark Knight , in my opinion, suffers from a lot of obsolete and unneccesarily overbalanced design decisions. TBN - has no reason to only last 7 seconds and not heal you when the shield goes away (through the countdown or when it breaks) Dark Mind - a far too situational tool that you won't use 99% of the time. It should at least be changed to where it mitigates ALL damage instead of just magic Salted Earth - should really just be the PvP version Abyssal Drain & Carve and Split - have no reason to share a cooldown Dark Missionary - really should be moved down to Lvl 70 content Living Shadow - the clone is animation locked for around a quarter of the ability's total 20s duration. It should really only start ticking down after the summon animation is over.

[@dumbsterdives]

both living shadow and automaton queen desperately need to not have the countdown start until theyre done spawning

[@darrentan1739]

Sage next please

[@coldyx7085]

well DRK is the only tank that is in every top speed clear partys :) coincidence? and most of them being double DRK tanks

[@benwagner3692]

rotation!

[@justarando5190]

cheese

[@kagi6421]

hey could you do a video on paladin soon?

[@Halvos12]

... Wait so Living Dead only gives you Holmgang and Raw Intuition right? Like there's no damage bonus or anything? In other words if a healer keeps you alive through out the fight that you used Living Dead it would in fact be basically the same outcome. Like if you win faster it's not because Living Dead did anything more than allow the healer time to deal damage Why do people care if they don't get to pop Living Dead exactly, like this seems like an incredibly shit skill if I'm honest.

[@chestercarter6081]

I'm so glad they merged blood weapon into Delirium. What I would change to DRK personally however is. Remove dark arts entirely so we don't need to have it active to do stuff (shadowbringer) etc...Bring back plunge animation atleast. Just make TBN a defensive only but if dark arts removed I guess that would solve that. Remove abyssal drain off carve and spit. Just make it a 30 second cd. I guess that's it for me.

[@ArngrimTV]

Bring back HW era DRK. Didnt even buy Dawntrail cus im tired of the class being chipped away with every expansion.

[@Thenewkrookkud]

Idiots guide to Dark Knight. Step 1: play Dark Knight

[@HyouVizer]

don't ever keep full MP, keep using your darkness abilities. Yes even when the dark Arts dmg buff is still up, as these darkness abilities hit pretty hard, so continue to use them in-between your GCD combos always. But if LV70+ save 3k MP for TBN to be kept on cooldown for dungeon mobs or a tankbuster from a boss. Under LV70 tho, go nuts, your drk MP should be always near empty cuz of it. Drk that have full MP are always dealing less damage.

[@micahlindley7515]

Yeah, I do that too. Figured it out pretty quickly. I don't really follow any rotation guides, because it's just not fun. For me, the fun comes from experimenting with button combinations and strategies for different situations.