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Dark Knight

Full Name

Elesis

Class

Dark Knight

Weapon

Claymore, Evil Energy, Blood

Age

18

Race

Human

Height

166 cm (5 ft 5 in)

ESP Collection

Damage increase in proportion to HP lost (Dungeon)

Class Tree

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Release Date

13 August 2014

28 January 2015

11 February 2015

11 February 2015
File:Bresil Flag.png 18 March 2015

Statistics

Speed

Average

Range

Short

Difficulty

Easy

Physical

“

Ruthless defender of the innocent.

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Dark Knight

[A Knight who harnesses the destructive power of darkness]

Background

In-game Version
Nexon Version

A dark swordsman following her own justice.

When Elesis realizes that she can't make everyone understand her justice, she decides to use a more hands on approach to persuade others even if it may go against her beliefs.

Elesis becomes the Dark Knight, to make her own justice a reality.

First Class Advancement

Completing the following advancement quest or using the Item Mall item: Dark Knight's Mark will change your job to Dark Knight.

Dark Knight

Dark Knight 1/4

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Quest Acceptance Prerequisites	Objectives
Achieve Level 15 Accept Dark Knight class advance quest	Enter 'Bethma Village' (Right-click from World Map (Press M Key) to see the location.)
Description
After the battle where she encountered demons, Elesis thought hard about where she should be. She believed it won't be easy to investigate as long as she's involved with the Kingdom. Though it wasn't an easy decision, Elesis leaves alone with just her sword behind her back.

Rewards
Currency/Experience		Common Rewards		Selective Rewards
EXP	500		N/A		N/A
ED	0		N/A		N/A
EP	0		N/A		N/A
AP	0

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Dark Knight 2/4

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Quest Acceptance Prerequisites	Objectives
Complete Dark Knight 1/4	Bethma - Clear 'Bethma Lake' 0/1
Description
As she wandered around searching for demons, finds corrupt nobles who used their position and power to exploit others. The tyranny that was happening unknown to the Kingdom was causing a lot of suffering. Let's raise the sword to defeat the corrupt noble and his personal guards.

Rewards
Currency/Experience		Common Rewards		Selective Rewards
EXP	500		N/A		N/A
ED	0		N/A		N/A
EP	0		N/A		N/A
AP	0

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Dark Knight 3/4

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Quest Acceptance Prerequisites	Objectives
Complete Dark Knight 2/4	Enter 'Bethma Village' (Right-click from World Map (Press M Key) to see the location.)
Description
There's many evil in this world they are everywhere and have many faces. She did know that they existed, but she thought her actions would make people change their minds for the better. Now she knows that she was naive. There was another way to persuade them. Even if that went against her beliefs.

Rewards
Currency/Experience		Common Rewards		Selective Rewards
EXP	3,500		N/A		N/A
ED	2,300		N/A		N/A
EP	0		N/A		N/A
AP	0

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Dark Knight 4/4

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Quest Acceptance Prerequisites	Objectives
Complete Dark Knight 3/4	Bethma - Clear 'Dragon Nest' 0/1
Description
The evil that takes root in dark corners hidden from sight. Demons were not the only thing she should have been guarding against, and rooting them out was her true path. She feels more cool and calm than ever before. It's now time to carry out justice. Let's show this resolve through action.

Rewards
Currency/Experience		Common Rewards		Selective Rewards
EXP	3,500		1st Job Change Promotion Cube x1		N/A
ED	2,300		[Cobo] 1st Job Useful Items Cube x1		N/A
EP	0		N/A		N/A
AP	0

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Upon reaching Lv. 35, a Dark Knight can advance into a Crimson Avenger.

Skill Tree

Skills

Passives

Level 15

Level 25

Level 30

Level 35

Level 40

Skill Traits unlocked at Level 40.
Final Enhanced Skill unlocked upon advancing to 2nd job class.

Additional Combos

  : All damage values for new and preexisting commands receive a 1.05x multiplier during 1st job.

Image	Description	Damage
	While dashing, Elesis sends out waves of blood at the cost of MP in front of her that pierce through two targets, hitting up to three targets. Repeatedly pressing will send out more waves. The last two waves will pierce all enemies. Waves can be absorbed/reflected.	166% Phy. Damage 215% Phy. Damage 50% Phy. Damage + 87% Phy. Damage x2 Initial Waves 87% Phy. Damage x4~20 Final Wave 105% Phy. Damage + 87% Phy. Damage x4
	Elesis rushes through the targets, turns around, and strikes her sword into them. She then releases dark El energy from her sword while in Super Armor, damaging them multiple times and finally sends them flying with a back kick. Note that the longer you hold , the longer she will release dark energy before doing the back kick. The back kick can be interrupted by movement, allowing you to continue comboing without knocking enemies away.	166% Phy. Damage 218% Phy. Damage 76% Phy. Damage + 100% Phy. Damage x 2~12 + 150% Phy. Damage
	Replaces the original with a faster variant, performing a quick slash sideways and forwards instead. Afterwards, continue slashing your opponent while in Super Armor with a quick combo attack that knocks the target up on the final attack. You are able to perform the uppercut at any point after the initial by pressing . Elesis's and can no longer be performed.	287% Phy. Damage 203% Phy. Damage EITHER 226% Phy. Damage 250% Phy. Damage 273% Phy. Damage 273% Phy. Damage 384% Phy. Damage OR 384% Phy. Damage
File:DKCombo6.png	After an air slash, Elesis will charge and fire a black disk either forward or at an angle downward.	172% Phy. Damage 97% ~ 180% Phy. Damage (multi hit)

Updates

Date		Changes
KR	NA	Changes
09/03/2015	02/17/2016	▲ Added new combo. Crimson Avenger's moved to Dark Knight. Crimson Avenger's moved to Dark Knight. Dark Knight's moved to Crimson Avenger. Dark Knight's moved to Crimson Avenger.
06/30/2016	07/13/2016	▲ now burns -2 MP per projectile.
07/04/2019	07/31/2019	▲ The final kick after can be cancelled by moving. ▲ Added Super Armor to 's final input. This also applies to interrupting it earlier with .

Blood Hit

Upon advancing to Dark Knight a new mechanic will become available to you through various skills called Blood Hit.
Blood Hit will drain a percentage of a skill's damage from your HP to vastly increase the skill's damage. The HP drained cannot bring you below 20% HP, but there is no limit to how much HP a skill can drain on its own up to that point. Only specific skills that mention Blood Hit in their description will drain your HP. Blood Hit is not optional, so caution is advised, though the HP loss can be mitigated through this path's various healing options such as Gale Mode and Burning Phantom's Blood Drain.

Blood Hit skills include Dark Wave, Brutal Cutter, Assault Strike, Blood Storm, Blood Cutter, Shade Illusion, Dread Weapon, Injection Stigma and Blood Falls.
Blood Hit is directly affected by the passive Overflowing Blood.

Updates

Date		Changes
KR	NA	PvE	PvP
08/21/2014	-	▲ Blood Hit still applies without consuming HP when below 20% HP
08/21/2014	-	None	Adjusted HP consumption modifiers
08/28/2014	-	▲ HP consumption cannot go past 10% HP remaining
08/28/2014	-	None	Adjusted HP consumption modifiers
12/18/2014	07/01/2015	None	▼ Blood Hit Damage Increase reduced to 30%
04/21/2016	05/18/2016	▼ HP Consumption decreased to 10% of skill damage ▼ HP Consumption limit increased to 35% HP
06/30/2016	07/13/2016	▼ HP Consumption decreased to 5% of skill damage
11/03/2016	11/23/2016	▲ HP Consumption increased to 10% of skill damage ▲ HP Consumption limit decreased to 20% HP

Skills

Dark Knight/Skills

Videos

Gallery

Full Gallery: Elesis/Gallery

Artwork

Dark Knight's portrait, illustrated by Sando.
Alternate portrait of Dark Knight shown in NA & CN.
Dark Knight's claymore.

Miscellaneous

Idle pose and Promo avatar.
Ready Animation.

Tips and Details

Dark Knight's Blood Hit system is similar to Weapon Taker's Overheat, as it both drains their health when they use it. The two classes do, however, have some major differences that should be noted:
- Unlike Weapon Taker, Dark Knight does not acquire a damage buff after consuming HP.
- She also has various skills that allow her to regenerate that lost HP, making her Blood Hit HP-to-damage conversion much safer and easier to use.
- Similarly to a Weapon Taker with Mercenary Behavior, Dark Knight and Crimson Avenger don't take damage from Blood Hit activation when below 20% HP.
Blood Hit's HP consumption is based on how much damage a skill would deal at that moment, taking into account your own Physical Attack, any Physical Attack buffs, the skill's skill trait, as well as the damage range on your weapon that is affected by the Maximize stat. Critical hits and Skill Damage Increase/Decrease effects are ignored.

Trivia

On Dark Knight/Crimson Avenger job path, Elesis' claymore gains a more blade-like appearance, similarly to Pyro Knight/Blazing Heart, demonstrating Elesis' decision to veer away from her original, formal swordsmanship and develop new weapons/forms of combat.
Interestingly enough, Dark Knight/Crimson Avenger does not use blood as a means of damage, only using it as a power boost. Her skill animations are either evil energy or gaps being torn through space.
After advancing to Dark Knight, Elesis' character selection screen quote changes to match her new personality.
- This also applies to Crimson Avenger.
Investigation of official document shows this class was initially called "고스트 나이트 (Ghost Knight)".

Alternative Names

Server	Name	Translation
South Korea	다크 나이트	Dark Knight
Japan	ダークナイト	Dark Knight
Taiwan (Traditional Chinese)	闇黑騎士	Dark Knight
China (Simplified Chinese)	黑暗骑士	Dark Knight
Germany	Dunkler Ritter	Dark Knight
Spain	Caballera oscura	Dark Knight
France	Chevalier ténébreux	Dark Knight
Italy	Cavaliere Oscuro	Dark Knight
Poland	Mroczny Rycerz	Dark Knight
Brazil	Cavaleira das Trevas	Darkness Knight

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