Deathknight (Tactics)

Template:Sideicon Deathknight (デスナイト, Desu Naito?) is an enemy job in Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions. It is used by the undead Argath when the player fights him in Chapter 4. It is a stronger version of the Fell Knight job used by Gaffgarion.

Stats

A dark knight reborn under the protection of demons. Leeches the souls of enemies with a Fell Sword.

Prerequisite	Weapons	Helmet	Armor	Equip Shields?
None	Swords	Helmets, Hats	Armor, Robes	Yes

Move Rate	Jump Rate	Speed	Physical Evasion Rate	Base Attack	Base Magic	Base HP	Base MP
3	3	7	15%	Average	Average	High	Average

Abilities

Innate abilities

• Defense Boost

Fell Sword

Fell knight job command. Entreat the powers of darkness to release energy through one's sword.

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

The damage formula for Fell Sword is as follows:

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

Name	Range	Effect	Speed	JP Needed
Duskblade	3	1	Now	500
	Employ the power of darkness to absorb the target's MP. Element: Dark.
Shadowblade	3	1	Now	100
	Employ the power of darkness to absorb the target's HP. Element: Dark.

Reaction abilities

Name	Description	Trigger	JP Needed
Counter Tackle	Counterattack with a tackle.	Physical Attack	180

Support abilities

Name	Description	JP Needed
Equip Axe	Equip axes, regardless of job.	170
Beastmaster	Add an ability to all monsters in neighboring tiles with an elevation difference of 3h or less.	200
Defend	Defend oneself against an attack. Adds the Defend command.	50
JP Boost	Increase the amount of JP earned in battle.	200

Movement abilities

Name	Description	JP Needed
Move +1	Increase Move by 1.	200

Etymology

[view · edit · purge]In Dungeons & Dragons and other fantasy roleplaying games, a death knight (also known as a doom knight or demon knight) is a mighty warrior animated as an undead creature by the gods of death, evil deities, demon lords, or other malevolent forces.

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