The Only Dark Knight Guide You'll Ever Need (Dawntrail Edition)

[@AzuriteTV]

With Patch 7.1 slightly adjusting DRK I think it's relevant to make a pin Will I be making a new guide due to the changes? No, these changes are slight number tweaks and some QoL, everything in this video still applies EXCEPT you can now use Dark Mind and Dark Missionary on Physical damage. The Carve and Spit change does barely anything, it's a nice change but you'll still just press it on cooldown. Overall as said, the changes are mostly QoL and don't change how you fundamentally play Dark Knight. Also I wanted to address something I keep seeing in the comments; "I wanted to play Dark Knight but watched this video and now I'm sad" power phrasing of course but this video is satirical, yes DRK is a bit boring when not in the 2-minute burst window from a purely DPS standpoint, but tanking activities will keep you busy (sometimes), so please, just play what appeals to you, I love DRK, it's my main, sure I'm a bit disgruntled over what its become over the past few years (mostly Dawntrail) but it still has my favourite aesthetic amongst the tanks and I enjoy it for what it is.

[@MastaBroshiX]

The defeated dark knight delivery is accurate lol

[@AzuriteTV]

Someone gets it!

[@crazycrackerkt]

Sadly switched too gun breaker until 8.0 which is most likely 2 years

[@crazycrackerkt]

I see you haven’t made a gun breaker guide in 2 years and your the reason I made a dark knight. Can it be done? 😅

[@AzuriteTV]

@@crazycrackerkt Soon, kinda, who knows... will try to cover another DPS or 2 before I make another tank guide

[@TajinQ]

Good guide. The faster it becomes obsolete due to a rework, the better

[@AzuriteTV]

TRUE

[@SharfKnows]

He's slowly going crazy guys

[@AzuriteTV]

My marbles are gone

[@VashimuXIV]

The edge lord act is absolutely perfect for the vibe of doing this sort of guide Azu. With all the discussions we’ve had about Dark Knight in the recent weeks, it’s certainly made me reconsider a lot of my own feelings on the job. It’s still my favorite job in terms of aesthetics and I’m biased because it was my first tanking role, but even I find myself playing Paladin more for its better utility in high end raids. I still enjoy the job and always will, but I do certainly feel like I was forcing myself to enjoy its Dawntrail iterations until our community started talking about it more objectively. But I don’t ever plan to stop playing it, my soul is already too steeped in edge to be plucked out. And because I still suck with the opener so that’s a great tool to have as well. Cheers mate.

[@NeffyXIV]

Why are you’re job guides so entertaining 😩

[@AzuriteTV]

I do my best! Learning through entertainment is always much more fun then just dry information!

[@admittedlyme]

These guides are my bread and butter. It is hands down the most helpful guides around AND it’s entertaining! ❤

[@ZessaSnake]

I really like the intros of your videos! They tell a small little and funny story!

[@Zytyx13]

You know it'll be good when it opens with an FFXI track

[@zillahstar]

Commenting for the KZbin algorithm because it took KZbin two days to recommend this video to me even though I clicked the bell

[@RikutheDarktamer]

Loved the guide. Loved the acting. Made me think of the old skills from Drk. Who remembers Tar Pit?

[@ironbadger8985]

I appreciate the FFXI music on this good video.

[@michaelmulholland6679]

Good guide, both in content and in reflecting my own feelings on tank homogenisation. Fun fact, comeuppance (come-up-ance) refers to a punishment that is deserved. Fitting for DRK's lore, though not its players, who keep getting their favourite job kicked in the nuts.

[@okllo]

stay strong dork night bros!

[@veldtpr]

Sometimes when im talking to ppl playing fem auras, i will randomly read their msgs in azurite's voice, and idk what to do about this

[@AzuriteTV]

Lmaooo, I'm so sorry

[@mirageowl]

tsundere azurite

[@michaelbowman6684]

They couldn't even try to make the Role Actions at least fit the themes of the jobs that can share them, and instead made them all literally identical, generic, simple, boring, no Holy Kick or Darkness Rampart or anything. And Living Shadow is literally just a fancy glorified version of Scourge, which was only in the game for a single expansion before being axed because "DoTs are bad" even though honestly it would be appreciated right now if only because it'd give DRK another button to push outside the 2 min. Also damn Dark Arts would be nice to have with a GCD Abyssal Drain, maybe some Blood Price to have an ability that actually has an interaction with both MP and Blood, maybe C&S could just become a third charge of Shadowbringer, reduce the cooldown to 40 seconds, and the whole ability could gain MP restoration/build a small amount of Blood at like 10 per charge to encourage pushing it more often outside the 2 min for some kind of potential DPS increase, I don't know I'm not a game designer but Modern DRK feels boring as hell outside the opener, like it's an incomplete Job or something.

[@liontamer4132]

TBN feels great! Levels before it are! Struggle!

[@AzuriteTV]

Real

[@malenbadger7733]

Havent finished the video yet but one interesting thing with living shadow thats interesting is it can help you get out of chained/confined states when soloing fights like a certain eden savage fight

[@sirlenemodesto2665]

I feel like dark's new identity is new expancion releases and everyone conplains about the state of the job(actual identity, how it plays, animations and stuff lost to time) them the EX stuff comes out and raiders complain about how the job works in that cenario while forgeting all the other issues, and them Dark gets a buff only to damage/performance and them this circus is repeated in the next one. Also there is the fact every tank get's new shiny stuff every time! Square should do like black game and up the damage bonus of dark side like they do enochain, would be a signal for the mains to suffer in silence and give up on changes atleast.

[@MichaelDeSain]

It is really sad to see dark knight fall down further but ill still keep it leveled and geared up for the day it eventually gets reworked. Hopefully for rhe better this time around...

[@viperkimg568]

Does anyone know whats going on the the blackest knight and oblation macros in the top left? are those for insta targeting specific party members? i would love to know how to make one of those

[@veralanngaming]

Sonic unleashed music, instant sub

[@Mullen_Malla]

Thanks for doing this guide. Just cleared my first savage tier on paladin and am currently leveling DRK. I thought living shadow mimics my actions, but it is just a dot which is kinda disappointing 😢

[@tatlxtael2303]

So is this outdated now or can I still use it?

[@AzuriteTV]

You can still use it, just pretend I sound happier and also Dark Mind and Dark Missionary can now be used for physical damage, and Carve and Spit heals, but it doesn't change DRK's gameplay in any meaningful way except just being QoL

[@Mauricio-bk8le]

Bro i got into ffxiv just to become a dark knight, and use a big sword nooooooooo😭

[@Andreas444Channel]

DRK are bottoms,definitely not telling from experience or anything,also Fray would be disappointed in SE and would personally do a crusade against them for how terrible DRK is in DT. Thanks for the video tho,to remind me that to live is to suffer (as a DRK main) :c

[@skarletmalthael9461]

damn....im playing as a WAR as my first tank and i wanted to play DRK soooo much ( cuz big sword and edgy af !!! ) but lookin at the other tanks i cannot convince myself to play it... But thanks for the video !! i can only hope it will be playable like PLD im planning to play as atleast.

[@thiagoftz2934]

I really hope SE fix drk on 7.1 (they won't)

[@cyeskye4871]

Only question i have is why are you not doing two edge of shadows during one minute burst? i regularly can always edge twice in 1 minute bursts and then have 3000 mp right after in case of a raid wide or tank buster. Typically you would get 1 edge and 1 or 2 blood spillers off inbetween your one minute and two minute burst then going into the burst youd have your 70 gauge of blood and over 6000 or so mp for 2 edges on odd minutes and 3 on even minutes.

[@AzuriteTV]

Because there is no benefit, it's not like we're getting buffs during 1-mins, except our own that don't directly increase damage percentage. You can of course do that if you want, the important part is just not letting your Darkside drop and having enough MP and Blood for the 2-min burst.

[@cyeskye4871]

@AzuriteTV you will for the 2 minutes anytime, but you can still pump out 2 edges during your one minute for more burst and still have enough left over for a TBN if needed is all. Either way good guide.

[@jonlangston-i5h]

first i was literally looking at starting dark knight lol

[@XMarksEden]

Others: I watch to gain knowledge Me: I watch for the glamour Anyway… what the f is that sick glamour??? Tell me 😩😩😩

[@chestercarter6081]

Finally btw I think thus version of drk is best since stormblood though remove abysmal off shared and give plunge animation back

[@chestercarter6081]

Whoops forgot to mention just make TBN a defensive only n dark arts at all with it and remove mp from it ifk maybe make it a longer cd?

[@kohlicoide2258]

Tbh its for me kinda ironic that the remove from Plunge (Hottake i never like Plunge in the Beginning using it feels always slow.. i miss more "Rough Divide" from Gunbreaker) was the point where most people realize how flawed DRK is.. because DT DRK is ShB DRK with less Buttonspamming, i mean he has multiple issues TBN is the only Mitigation that punished you when you take not enough damage.. where other shortdefs with similar or _higher_ strength like Bloodwheeting.. Heart of Corundum etc He is the only Tank that have not his Job Unique Groupmitigation on lvl 70 (GNB learns it with 62 something and his Groupmitigation works exactly the same) He learn his most importent mitigation and his only Form of "Healing" (TBN) very late in compare to other Tanks And its still possible to die to Living Dead when you have a weird ping, play with 2.5 etc Imo he needs a Rework because going back to EW solve nothing besides "I can press many braindead buttons so i can ignore better the flaws of this job :) "

[@MsDreemurr]

Wooo I love pressing 1,2,and 3. I love modern FF14. Kill me plz

[@poch3323]

LETS GOOOO

[@Wanderingplayer227]

This job needs more survivability. And i dont like the damage specific mitigations its such an odd choice design

[@youtousim]

I miss xiv music in xiv videos. *Urge to play DRK intensifies.*

[@iTheDashy]

PogO drk main makes drk guide

[@jaydengt5637]

I really dont like the removal of plunge...

[@asatowolfe]

It still surprises me that all of the top speed kills in Savage right now are using double Dark Knight. I could have sworn it was in a bad place this expansion and was comparable or worse than Gunbreaker damage-wise, but now groups are even going as far as to give up the One Job Bonus (even handling Wicked Thunder's Cross Tail Switch raw and without LB3) just to go double Dark Knight. It's impressive.

[@AzuriteTV]

It was bad at the start of the expansion but they buffed it with the Savage patch and I guess its also scaled really well with gear compared to other tank jobs

[@asatowolfe]

@@AzuriteTV Yeah, I knew they buffed the jobs a bit, but DRK and NIN really surprised me with how they went from being (as most of the high end DRK and NIN players quoted) "practically unplayable" compared to the other jobs, to being the optimal job of their roles again. I'm glad to see it.

[@tacotuesdays3336]

DRK rework when

[@AzuriteTV]

7.3, surely...

[@chestercarter6081]

I do wish drk was a melee dps...though sorry bout that

[@feli6590]

I feel even worse for DRK mains nyow 😂

[@SilverNightbane]

That's me, I'm a DRK main through all the highs and lows... and hoo boy is it low again XD

[@anjoumaaka]

prepull shadow opener is better imo

[@deathbyspeed2]

I used to be a DRK main during HW/SB...... its sucks now. I was extra upset that they took away plunge.... like seriously fuck off SE 😂😂😂😂

[@wtfdidijustwatch1017]

I hate this job with a passion because they (SE) keep ruining it 😭😭😭😭😭

[@xRandenGuevarra]

Confirmed Azu is a bottom

[@AzuriteTV]

🤐

[@OGS1N]

you seem so disinterested in the beginning of the video

[@falxblade1352]

It's DT DRK. Why are you surprised? Our existence is suffering. Spiderman is looking at us with pity.

[@OGS1N]

@@falxblade1352 I don't like a majority of the changes. The class is just so aesthetically pleasing.

[@AzuriteTV]

It's just part of the act

[@OGS1N]

@@AzuriteTV I always love your videos and discord.

[@joshtrom01]

Well just started HW. Glad i saw this. Not unlocking this job.

[@OpPenguin24]

Bro they gotta change this class soon, I'm sick of getting flamed in dungeons

[@xierotron]

Why a 21min video when all you need to say is "yeh dont bother with Dark Knight, play any of the other 3"

[@AzuriteTV]

Why even make videos... because I like making them

[@Zarrakon]

So cringe

[@AzuriteTV]

Thanks

[@lestatstaton7856]

Your really going to whine and mope for the ENTIRE 20 minute video? Great content my dude, very engaging.

[@AzuriteTV]

It's literally an act and satire, do you also think actors who play bad guys also do all the evil shit they do? Get over yourself

[@Garbagevideoplatform]

@lestatstaton it's way more engaging than you are as a person it seems like lol.