Dark Knight (Tactics)

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Dark Knight (暗黒騎士, Ankoku Kishi?) is a job in Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions. It has abilities that focus on delivering damage to opponents using the darkness to drain their HP or MP, and also can attack sacrificing their own HP to inflict more damage. It costs 6,900 JP to master.

In the original PlayStation version, Dark Knight was Gaffgarion's exclusive Job. His job has since been renamed to Fell Knight. While his two abilities, Shadowblade and Duskblade, appear identical to Sanguine Sword and Infernal Strike, Gaffgarion's variants are slightly more powerful.

Dark Knight is the only standard job in the game, other than the Knight, able to wield Knight Swords. They also have access to their own exclusive weapon type, called Fell Swords, which can only be obtained in Melee and Rendezvous.

The Dark Knight possess the highest attack power of any standard job, it is also the only job in the game with 0% C-EV.

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Stats

This warrior exchanges life for power, using Darkness to disintegrate all who stand before him.

Prerequisite	Weapons	Helmet	Armor	Equip Shields?
Master Knight Master Black Mage Level 8 Dragoon Level 8 Samurai Level 8 Ninja Level 8 Geomancer Hidden: Kill 20 enemies (see note below)	Swords, Fell Swords, Axe, Knight Swords, Flails	Helmets	Armor, Robes, Clothes	Yes

Note: The unit must land the killing blow on twenty enemies, and they must die (their death counter must run out during battle, and the enemy must turn into a crystal or treasure chest). Each party member has its own hidden kill count.

Move Rate	Jump Rate	Speed	Physical Evasion Rate	Base Attack	Base Magic	Base HP	Base MP
3	3	8	0%	High	Average	Low	Average

Abilities

Darkness

Dark knight job command. Cursed sword techniques cut down the foe.

Note: Units must be equipped with a sword to use these abilities.

The amount of HP/MP drained is as follows:

0.8 \times Physical Attack \times (Weapon strength + PWR)

The amount of damage done by Crushing Blow is as follows:

Physical Attack \times (Weapon strength + PWR)

The damage for Abyssal Blade and Unholy Sacrifice is as follows:

(Physical Attack \times Magick Attack \times BF Factor) + (0.33 \times Max HP)

The BF Factor that determines damage for Abyssal Blade and Unholy Sacrifice is:

If using a knight's sword: (Bravery/100) [damage reduced if Bravery < 100]
If using a fell sword:([100-Faith]/100) [damage reduced if Faith > 0]
If using a regular sword: 1

Name	Description	Range	Effect	Speed	JP Needed
Sanguine Sword	Absorb HP from the target. Element: Dark.	3	1	Now	500
Infernal Strike	Absorb MP from the target. Element: Dark.	3	1	Now	500
Crushing Blow	Inflict damage with a sinister sword. Element: Dark. Effect: Stop.	3	2	Now	300
Abyssal Blade	Sacrifice own HP to deal damage to others, with the nearest units suffering the most damage. Element: Dark.	3	2	Now	1000
Unholy Sacrifice	Sacrifice own HP to deal extensive damage to all units in range. Element: Dark. Effect: Slow.	1	3	Now	1200

Support Abilities

Name	Description	JP Needed
HP Boost	Increase maximum HP by 20 percent.	2000
Vehemence	Increase attack power by 50 percent and decrease defensive power by 50 percent.	400

Movement Abilities

Male Units

Name	Description	JP Needed
Jump +3	Increase Jump by 3.	1000

Female Units

Name	Description	JP Needed
Move +3	Increase Movement by 3.	1000

Other Appearances

Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade

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