I still don't understand why you recommend avoiding skill speed. The reason for stacking skill speed is to fit five Bloodspillers in Delirium and five GCD's in Blood Weapon. That isn't just for the opener it's for your burst windows later on in your rotation as well to bump up your dps. You should be stacking SkS till you hit 2.38 GCD and then focusing on DH (for now). Tenacity isn't a bad stat when undergeared or when content is new, but you it's not completely necessary. It's much better in dungeons when the damage is coming out constantly rather than in spikes like in raids/trials and there is an argument to be made for stacking it over determination. I definitely wouldn't prioritize it over SkS though.
Hello, one correction about your video. During the Living Dead portion, you said that you have to be healed to max hp to remove the debuff. This is not the case. You only have to have healing equal to your full hp. If your healers continue to heal you while you are taking damage, they can preemptively remove your invuln by accident without bringing you to full hp
Damn yeah i feel u, unfortunatly cuz of school i can only play during vacation and i'm almost at the full end for ARR and i'm itching to embrace the darkness
i feel like this is more of a reminder how to play Dark knight, rather than a guide for someone that is actually new to it seems like you are making a lot of assumptions that the player already knows EXACTLY what each ability does and EXACTLY the situation to use it in i might just have to do some easy content like main story roulette and feel it out, trial and error
@@CipherBlackDragon well Gunbreaker and Paladin are both pretty easy to learn, but I basically just leveled Drk and War doing easy content for completionist sake, then never gonna touch them again
Same. Liking certain parts of ff14 vs wow but these these convoluted bloated roatations aren’t one of them. Dps rotations are even worse having insane openers with 20 abilities. Game would be fine with a quarter less buttons
@@mcgillicuttymashiwshcomisq5985 I'm getting more use to it and the fight mechanics are def superior to the rotations so I like that...I just don't want to be a negative to a dungeon or raid because I miss or forget button 21 outta 60 and drop my dps or buffs...feels bad....but I'm getting better..ish
@@mcgillicuttymashiwshcomisq5985 part of the fun is getting better at things. If you stop associating hard with bad, you would have a lot more fun in life and a lot more success. You don't have to be an expert from the moment you see what a rotation is. Just practice and have fun getting better! Don't be intimidated, most people can't see your dps anyways, lol.
@@alexrosario423 I agree. Sitting at a practice dummy and finally getting it right feels so good. And then getting it right in a dungeon feels even better
I can see your point :D I played as WM, what made also sense for me cause as WM you can stuff all this shitty light into yourself and kinda master it, without beeing destroyed instantly xD
@@TheNiceDice was a massive plot problem for me tho as a WHM xD Glare looks EXACTLY like lightbringer magic so i imagined everyone burning me at the stake the instant i cast that shit on a human opponent.
Nice guide. I find these to be insightful to understand what the ideal rotations are, but as you had emphasized many times, as a tank we have other responsibilities other than DPSing. So I tend not to focus on the openers and focus on hitting a good opener, but figuring out the ideal times for certain skills, like TBN. TBN is friggin amazing! I use it on my Tanking partner on tank busters for himself etc. Still, Dark Knight is DRASTICALLY more fun now than it was in HW when it came out. Cheers!
If you use on salted earth you can still use it at all times except you can no longer use it like a ranged dot. Also living dead requires you to be healed for your maximum HP value if you are hit to 1hp.
Desperius FFXIV no problem, thanks for the informative video. I don't even play DRK atm but it's very informative and the example fight is good too. Keep up the good work ^^
awesome vid my friend!😍 08:20 well, useing instead of did the trick for me :D it places SE at your center so it does not fail at some bosses. its even nice when pulling large groups in dungeons cause they tend to surround you with their stupid big hitboxes😋
that´s a grate guide (DRK Main since HV) I quit that job since SB cause the changes, but now i am back and enjoy that class again. You explains that class perfect ;D
Good stuff. Suffer well, brother. A couple things that might help you. Swap Blood Weapon into your second off-global spot (TBN/Edge -> BW -> gcd). Else-wise you will only be able to fit 4 gcd's within the duration. You'll see it happen during your dummy and Titania examples, Blood Weapon falls off right before that 5th gcd both times but this can be avoided by delaying its cast during the gcd timer the same way that you would with Delirium or Inner Release. On Titania, put your potion into the spot of your first Plunge. Generally, openers should be a couple gcds early for this fight and you want to get as much of your damage in fully-buffed windows as you can. Be very careful about using Living Dead especially without a WHM. With poorly scaling heal magic potency and the loss of Convalescence, without using Benediction, its much more resource intensive for your healers to get you back up to full than it was pre-5.0. Executing this ability properly requires a much greater degree of scrutiny and stratagem than its counterparts on other tank jobs (healing buffs, raid mitigation, cooldowns held in reserve) and that should be emphasized. In any situation where LD can be avoided in favor of a tank-swap or another invuln., it should be.
I just recently picked up DRK and I'm having a blast with it. The personal story for it is in my opinion one of the best so far (as of this moment I'm only up to the stormblood part of it). I only wish that Living Dead would get a second look and it would be cool if we all got the massive MP pools we used to have back since DRK butt chugs MP. But on the other hand I guess a lower MP pool forces us to thing more about what we do and when as apposed to going ham 24/7.
As a Kingdom Hearts fan: The deeper the Darkness, the brighter the Light shines. The brighter the Light shines, the deeper the Shadows. As a Cardfight Vanguard fan: Where there is Light, there is Darkness! Rising up from the Darkness, My Avatat! I ride Blaster Dark!
Living dead doesn’t require 100% health. It requires you to be healed the equivalent to your max health, so it’s not percentage based it’s raw numbers. Other than that somewhat minor thing fantastic video
I'll just stick to the basic rotation and wing it from there, when I started this class 2 years ago I figured it out pretty quick, just need to remember how to play after not playing for a while. Tank will always be my go to in mmos, I need to have a purpose when playing... and instant ques :P
@@DesperiusFFXIV That's great to hear. I have been a DRG main since ARR and really wanted to try out Black Mage. I purchased a level skip potion for black mage and I kind of regret it now because all these spells and abilities have me confused.
Love your videos as always Desperius. Its too bad Living Dead, Dark Mind, and TBN are still mechanically garbage compared to the defense CDs other tanks get.
Again, it is a VERY strong shield regardless of target. But it is only good for the Dark Knight IF it pops. Other tanks do not have their defensive abilities tied directly to damage output and neither should TBN. So this is not a just a "yes or no" question. Is TBN good or not. It is good conditionally and it should not have that condition. It is "garbage" compared to other tanks because they do not have that restricting condition.
The intro cinematic where Despierus' character is beating up some sin eaters... Anyone know what quest that's from. I honestly don't remember it and its no where to be found in my inn room?
@British Blue I was referring to self healing potency, Pal has clemency and War has equilibrium and Dark knights soul eater is only a fraction of those two. I keep playing DKn anyways.
Off Global Cooldown. Y'know how the line swirls around your skills once you use them? That's called the Global Cooldown (GCD). So when you use a skill that's OFF global cooldown (OGCD), you are effectively being twice as efficient with your downtime. The concept of using OGCD skills in between GCD skills is called "weaving" them into your rotation. So next time you hear someone complaining that the tank sucks at weaving, this is what they're talking about lmao
@@flutterbree ooooh okay that makes sense. Then again I always have tried to maximize my output during cooldowns. Good to know it has terminology XD I was so lost like original gangster.... what?
/ac “Salted Earth” is a better macro for this. Using will fail on large boss fights, whereas will place it under yourself, so as long as you are inside the hit box it will hit the boss. Also great for large pulls as it ensures your SE is not placed on the ranged trash in the back that you accidentally targeted.
Why are you saying that Sks is for the opener?? And why are you saying to avoid it? The point of sks is to be able to fit those 5 GCD's inside of BW and delirium windows. The Balance discord is recommending 1523 sks. edit: gramarz
it's funny that you're focusing on that when he clearly said in the exact same scene "when pulling with unmend you can easily put it behind that" and you typically want to start with bloodweapon anyway so that you can get enough blood gauge to use Fray after the first soul eater
@@jslaughter95 you get 50 from your Soul Eater combo anyway. 10, 10, 30 So instead of starting with BW, just start with TBN, Unmend(Plunge), then BW and start your SE combo. That way you also dont clip out a GCD on BW. After Hard Slash you can throw in the EoS you got from your TBN breaking.
@@Evilman_520 except there are rarely times in my experience on boss fights that the boss will break TBN just from auto hits so thats kind of a waste of MP as opposed to just starting with EoS
@@jslaughter95 TBN at max level gives roughly 30k hp. She hits for 14-15k on average with her Auto Attacks. It takes 2 auto attacks from her to break TBN. And she throws out at least 5 or 6 before the first Phantom Rune
this seems like a guide for people who have immense experience as a tank, i have no idea what is being discussed here. id prob have to study this video along with DRK actions/traits every night for a few weeks before i even had the slightest idea of what your doing. i guess this is a descent guide if you've already max leveled a DRK and have a ton of hours with the job. lol i find it so difficult to find any descent guide for jobs in this game, literally the only way to figure a job out it to level the class from start to finish and figure it out on your own, maybe these guide are more of suggestions on what rotations to use, not really a guide for what everything does and tanking.
Nonsense, SkS is only useful for blood weapon, because when you time it correctly, you can easily use the max amount of spillers in the Delirium window, even with base SkS. For BW it is a different story, but none to that makes a tremendous difference.
maybe the person meant strengh melds .....inner release from WAR grants 100% critical and direct hits during its duration so why should DH has no effect?🤔 (u should just avoid DH melds on WAR cause of IR grantig it so u benefit more from determination melds) on the other tanks you can go full DH if you cant get over at least 2,5k crit😉
iNuclearPickle I’m new, but people claim it’s the second busiest of the tanks, behind Gunbreaker. Do you not find that to be true? If it is true, and DRK is still boring, how bad are Warrior and Paladin?
Scott Souder I’m no expert and everyone differs on opinion but I just find the rotation boring when compared to past drk and I feel drk is more constricted to it’s 123 combo more often just trying to get mp for the abilities that cost 3000 mp with a few ogcds between. I started playing gunbreaker and I’m having a blast idk about the other tanks because before 5.0 I just played drk.
Yeah man just do your basic roation and click ogcds when available. Try to dps well but that ends in not having enough mp for blackest night to take the tank buster. Then you have gunbreaker where you get options on what you want to do. You got the basis 123 than you get option of spending a cartridge on 1 of 3 things and use your other skills when off cooldown. As many buttons as it is it's super entertaining
Def not a DRK for beginners... more like.. if you level boost.. this is how to play it. A beginner would be at lvl 30 and have none of the skills and abilities you based this guide off of. Only helpful part for beginners is the gear stats and the 10 sec mention of the 3-part opener.
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You forgot to mention the more black you wear increases your dps
Oh yes, thanks for adding that, its the most important thing for the DPS 😁
@@DesperiusFFXIV indeed it is
5x soot-black dye = 5% dps increase :D
Just make sure you dont wear white, that reduces your dps
Is that true? Wtf
1:55: Job Overview
3:04: Gear & Stats
5:18: Clipping/Delaying
6:37: Basics & tips
12:28: Bloody Shadow Opener (suggestion)
14:32: Titania Extreme Opener (suggestion)
17:35: AoE damage & Dungeons
18:25: Conclusion
19:14: Outro
I still don't understand why you recommend avoiding skill speed. The reason for stacking skill speed is to fit five Bloodspillers in Delirium and five GCD's in Blood Weapon. That isn't just for the opener it's for your burst windows later on in your rotation as well to bump up your dps. You should be stacking SkS till you hit 2.38 GCD and then focusing on DH (for now). Tenacity isn't a bad stat when undergeared or when content is new, but you it's not completely necessary. It's much better in dungeons when the damage is coming out constantly rather than in spikes like in raids/trials and there is an argument to be made for stacking it over determination. I definitely wouldn't prioritize it over SkS though.
Hello, one correction about your video.
During the Living Dead portion, you said that you have to be healed to max hp to remove the debuff. This is not the case. You only have to have healing equal to your full hp. If your healers continue to heal you while you are taking damage, they can preemptively remove your invuln by accident without bringing you to full hp
@@Daemic9 Yeah I have told it incorrectly, sorry about that and thanks for correcting me 😊👍
8:30 perfect exit :-P
I just got into ishgard and unlocked DRK. And BOI. am I in the mood for some DARKNESS after all the shit that went down on Ul'dah.
Same!!! Got tp Ishgard this morning
@@Solidus_25 ayyyyy... Welcome to the feels train. It will only hit harder from here on out.
Damn yeah i feel u, unfortunatly cuz of school i can only play during vacation and i'm almost at the full end for ARR and i'm itching to embrace the darkness
Agreed. I switched form scholar to dish out some beatings! I just thought it would be silly to beat people up with a book...
@@Vo-Daddy insert *I m a healer but ....* Meme.
"Dark messenger" is the perfect OST for this vid/job/intro/explanation. A true Kuja's fan. +1
Me watching the cool intro while staring at my character who is clad in orange scale armor and a chocobo head
i feel like this is more of a reminder how to play Dark knight, rather than a guide for someone that is actually new to it
seems like you are making a lot of assumptions that the player already knows EXACTLY what each ability does and EXACTLY the situation to use it in
i might just have to do some easy content like main story roulette and feel it out, trial and error
same feels. Ive watched it twice and its all just over my head.
Same here, I'm more confused than I am confident... also terrified of tanking isn't helping either
@@CipherBlackDragon well Gunbreaker and Paladin are both pretty easy to learn,
but I basically just leveled Drk and War doing easy content for completionist sake, then never gonna touch them again
The quality of this video is intense. Like the edginess of the DRK.
I swear you Always have the Best cinematic opening to your videos.
It's like, the best part
"That everyone can easy master"
*sees 25 skill long complex rotation* *cries*
This exactly....decided to return to 14 from WoW....im struggling to enjoy myself with these million button rotations....
Same. Liking certain parts of ff14 vs wow but these these convoluted bloated roatations aren’t one of them. Dps rotations are even worse having insane openers with 20 abilities. Game would be fine with a quarter less buttons
@@mcgillicuttymashiwshcomisq5985 I'm getting more use to it and the fight mechanics are def superior to the rotations so I like that...I just don't want to be a negative to a dungeon or raid because I miss or forget button 21 outta 60 and drop my dps or buffs...feels bad....but I'm getting better..ish
@@mcgillicuttymashiwshcomisq5985 part of the fun is getting better at things. If you stop associating hard with bad, you would have a lot more fun in life and a lot more success.
You don't have to be an expert from the moment you see what a rotation is. Just practice and have fun getting better! Don't be intimidated, most people can't see your dps anyways, lol.
@@alexrosario423 I agree. Sitting at a practice dummy and finally getting it right feels so good. And then getting it right in a dungeon feels even better
It felt so right in every way to play through the Sh.B story as a Drk.
I can see your point :D I played as WM, what made also sense for me cause as WM you can stuff all this shitty light into yourself and kinda master it, without beeing destroyed instantly xD
@@TheNiceDice was a massive plot problem for me tho as a WHM xD Glare looks EXACTLY like lightbringer magic so i imagined everyone burning me at the stake the instant i cast that shit on a human opponent.
Nice guide. I find these to be insightful to understand what the ideal rotations are, but as you had emphasized many times, as a tank we have other responsibilities other than DPSing. So I tend not to focus on the openers and focus on hitting a good opener, but figuring out the ideal times for certain skills, like TBN. TBN is friggin amazing! I use it on my Tanking partner on tank busters for himself etc. Still, Dark Knight is DRASTICALLY more fun now than it was in HW when it came out. Cheers!
If you use on salted earth you can still use it at all times except you can no longer use it like a ranged dot. Also living dead requires you to be healed for your maximum HP value if you are hit to 1hp.
Oh yes, thanks for adding that macro tip and sorry for explaining that Living dead functionality in a wrong way 😅
Desperius FFXIV no problem, thanks for the informative video. I don't even play DRK atm but it's very informative and the example fight is good too. Keep up the good work ^^
Great video as always Desperius! Love the intro and outro.
Thank you 🤗
I reallg enjoyed your video! It was so informative and the way you presented the information was visually engaging! Well done
awesome vid my friend!😍
08:20 well, useing instead of did the trick for me :D it places SE at your center so it does not fail at some bosses. its even nice when pulling large groups in dungeons cause they tend to surround you with their stupid big hitboxes😋
Thats a good advice, thanks for adding that 😉👍
genius :O wow, have a commendation... or a thumbs up xD
Def gon try that
This is a amazing guide , well done bro :D
🤗
After practicing this guide helped me 10000%
Just got to endgame content and this was perfect for elevating my knowledge of DRK
I think my brain overloaded since I just got the job and its level 30 have almost nothing of the stuff mentioned here lol.
same!!
that´s a grate guide (DRK Main since HV) I quit that job since SB cause the changes, but now i am back and enjoy that class again. You explains that class perfect ;D
Welcome back and thank you 😊
Fantastic intro @_@ Naisu!
Yeah, just cast 90 skills per second. Easy to master!
Cries in noob.
5:23 Sword name plz
Good stuff. Suffer well, brother.
A couple things that might help you.
Swap Blood Weapon into your second off-global spot (TBN/Edge -> BW -> gcd). Else-wise you will only be able to fit 4 gcd's within the duration. You'll see it happen during your dummy and Titania examples, Blood Weapon falls off right before that 5th gcd both times but this can be avoided by delaying its cast during the gcd timer the same way that you would with Delirium or Inner Release.
On Titania, put your potion into the spot of your first Plunge. Generally, openers should be a couple gcds early for this fight and you want to get as much of your damage in fully-buffed windows as you can.
Be very careful about using Living Dead especially without a WHM. With poorly scaling heal magic potency and the loss of Convalescence, without using Benediction, its much more resource intensive for your healers to get you back up to full than it was pre-5.0. Executing this ability properly requires a much greater degree of scrutiny and stratagem than its counterparts on other tank jobs (healing buffs, raid mitigation, cooldowns held in reserve) and that should be emphasized. In any situation where LD can be avoided in favor of a tank-swap or another invuln., it should be.
Great video! Keep up the good work! I'm learning so I enjoy the education.
Glad to know there's another fan of FFT music out there!
Not only the music, its one of my all time favourite games alongside 7/8/9/10 and 14
i love these guides! need you to do a Summoner one so i feel less lost playing it :)
Excellent opening!
Thank you 😊
Guide actually starts at 2:00
I just recently picked up DRK and I'm having a blast with it. The personal story for it is in my opinion one of the best so far (as of this moment I'm only up to the stormblood part of it). I only wish that Living Dead would get a second look and it would be cool if we all got the massive MP pools we used to have back since DRK butt chugs MP. But on the other hand I guess a lower MP pool forces us to thing more about what we do and when as apposed to going ham 24/7.
As a Kingdom Hearts fan: The deeper the Darkness, the brighter the Light shines. The brighter the Light shines, the deeper the Shadows.
As a Cardfight Vanguard fan: Where there is Light, there is Darkness! Rising up from the Darkness, My Avatat! I ride Blaster Dark!
Just resubbed and forgot how to play the Dark. Thanks for this vid. :D
You are welcome
What was that cutscene with the angel dude at the end?
Great video as always
that opening was amazing
Thanks for your video, now I realize what I was doing wrong, and can embrace darkness perfectly from now on o/
The lvl 80 job set greatsword its a great piece of art.
It gives me dragonslayer vibes
Great guide need more like them for other classes!
I'm loving DRK rn can't wait to test out my new 446il on savage >:D
Epic intro is epic.
Living dead doesn’t require 100% health. It requires you to be healed the equivalent to your max health, so it’s not percentage based it’s raw numbers. Other than that somewhat minor thing fantastic video
Oh yeah, sorry for telling that wrong and thanks for correcting me on that 😅
Desperius FFXIV sorry if it’s the hundredth comment pointing it out but It just makes it easier on the healers.
Great video but watching on mobile. The ads. Omg the ads.
This guide is very well done. ty
I wish new delirium also gave DrK there black flames that they had when they got released in heavensward
Thx for the intel Gonna apply it into the game when I get home.
I'll just stick to the basic rotation and wing it from there, when I started this class 2 years ago I figured it out pretty quick, just need to remember how to play after not playing for a while. Tank will always be my go to in mmos, I need to have a purpose when playing... and instant ques :P
Great job !! Thx !!
Awesome video! Please do black mage next!
Thank you, actually I am doing exactly that at the moment ☺️
@@DesperiusFFXIV That's great to hear. I have been a DRG main since ARR and really wanted to try out Black Mage. I purchased a level skip potion for black mage and I kind of regret it now because all these spells and abilities have me confused.
Is it worth it to blow blood weapon at the beginning of the rotation like that? Shouldn’t you save it for when your mana gets low?
Great guide, thanks. I'm really looking forward for BLM and SMN guides.
This is super late, but what quest is that with you killing sin eaters? I've never seen that cutscene and I've completed the story
It is the Shadowbringers Benchmark 😊👍
Love your videos as always Desperius.
Its too bad Living Dead, Dark Mind, and TBN are still mechanically garbage compared to the defense CDs other tanks get.
TBN is amazing! The rest I agree with, but TBN is better than clemency as it does not lose you damage for casting it.
You are partially correct and incorrect. TBN IS a very powerful shield, and indeed you get that damage boost. but only IF it pops.
TBN is such a good spell imo, i dont get why u call it garbage.
Again, it is a VERY strong shield regardless of target. But it is only good for the Dark Knight IF it pops. Other tanks do not have their defensive abilities tied directly to damage output and neither should TBN.
So this is not a just a "yes or no" question. Is TBN good or not. It is good conditionally and it should not have that condition. It is "garbage" compared to other tanks because they do not have that restricting condition.
@@preshrunk_cyberpunk5479 and thats the part that differs good from bad DRKs :D a good knowledge of the fight is needed to perform DRK well😎
What weapon is the glam?
Cronus Lux
Can you share a link to that background on act :o (drk one on titania)
The intro cinematic where Despierus' character is beating up some sin eaters...
Anyone know what quest that's from. I honestly don't remember it and its no where to be found in my inn room?
Thats the Shadowbringers Benchmark
I love Dark Knight but you need a good healer too along side you.
One reason I'm glad my wife has mained WHM since 2.0 :D
@British Blue I was referring to self healing potency, Pal has clemency and War has equilibrium and Dark knights soul eater is only a fraction of those two. I keep playing DKn anyways.
Is there way get armor early
There is no Gear that has Direkt hit on tanks and Heals. Is it really worth it to meld Direct hit on such low values?
Great! Thank you for sharing!
What about a warrior guide? Yes, please?
From what scene is the dialogue at the beginning from?
Its an early cutscene with Hydaelyn (lvl5) being mixed up with later Cutscenes
Where in the heck does he get those cool intro videos? Are they from lvl 89 job quests?
What sword are you using?
Do gunbreaker plz
GNB/PAL guide pls pls 😍
That intro 😩
the cutscenes at 18:56, where is it come from? did i missed something 🤔
It is from the Benchmark of Shadowbringers 😊
can you add the dicord link to the video tysvm
Hallo :) wann soll denn der schurke bzw Ninja guide kommen von dir ? Bitte auf deutsch xD
I dont remember that cuteness in the game where dark Knight fights
These are from the Shadowbringers Benchmark.
@@DesperiusFFXIV thanks
Still new, what's an ogcd?
Off Global Cooldown. Y'know how the line swirls around your skills once you use them? That's called the Global Cooldown (GCD). So when you use a skill that's OFF global cooldown (OGCD), you are effectively being twice as efficient with your downtime. The concept of using OGCD skills in between GCD skills is called "weaving" them into your rotation. So next time you hear someone complaining that the tank sucks at weaving, this is what they're talking about lmao
@@flutterbree ooooh okay that makes sense. Then again I always have tried to maximize my output during cooldowns. Good to know it has terminology XD
I was so lost like original gangster.... what?
Great video! You should do one of these for paladin
Can some please tell me where did he get that cutscene where he is fighting the sin eater creatures in the dark knight uniform!?
Its from the official Shadowbringers benchmark, you can customize the Derplander to fit your own character 😊👍
Desperius FFXIV wow thank you so much! Keep up the good work!
I will, thank you !
Can you link where you got that ACT?
Is the stat priority still valid as of April 2020?
Head for Crit all the way after Ilvl and W-damage 🙂👍
Been looking for the cutscene at the beginning but im dumb and dont know where it is
These mostly are parts form the DRK Job quest, but mixed in with other cutscenes.
I don't know why but the ff14 dark knight animations remember me cecil dk
After the Endwalker reveal and looking at Shadowbringers logo, yeah they totally went full FFIV with the WOL.
Very cool video
Thank you 😊
Really ought to make the gameplay the bigger screen
do you have an example of a target macro fro salted earth?
/ac "Salted Earth"
@@thevoxdeus ty
/ac “Salted Earth” is a better macro for this. Using will fail on large boss fights, whereas will place it under yourself, so as long as you are inside the hit box it will hit the boss. Also great for large pulls as it ensures your SE is not placed on the ranged trash in the back that you accidentally targeted.
isn't it better to just take the melee trash to the ramnged one so you can group them all up?
So drk materia priorities is Crit and dh, not str?
you cant meld strengh anymore. all blue (primary-stat) materia is useless since 5.0 cause they do not have values anymore
@@M_aci1006 thanks its been a while for me since I've played
I hear kuja music 😍😍😍
What is the intro song?
How can i make my weapon shine like yous?
Its only for some specific weapons like the Anima weapon I got i the video
Why are you saying that Sks is for the opener?? And why are you saying to avoid it? The point of sks is to be able to fit those 5 GCD's inside of BW and delirium windows. The Balance discord is recommending 1523 sks.
edit: gramarz
no rampart?
I'm still new FF14 starts 2 and half week ago
Do I need the heavensward expansion?
Yup and to progress the main story until you unlock Ishgard
Is that why my dark knight has a white paladin armor?
john smith how much is it?
john smith also I play the game on ps4
@@captintemplar3705 I think it's free along with Stormblood if you purchase Shadowbringers
is that a remix of Kuja's theme??
Yes it is linked into the description 😊👍
you wasted 3 seconds of blood weapon by casting it before engaging titania, i don't understand why you would do that.
it's funny that you're focusing on that when he clearly said in the exact same scene "when pulling with unmend you can easily put it behind that" and you typically want to start with bloodweapon anyway so that you can get enough blood gauge to use Fray after the first soul eater
@@jslaughter95 you get 50 from your Soul Eater combo anyway. 10, 10, 30
So instead of starting with BW, just start with TBN, Unmend(Plunge), then BW and start your SE combo. That way you also dont clip out a GCD on BW. After Hard Slash you can throw in the EoS you got from your TBN breaking.
@@Evilman_520 except there are rarely times in my experience on boss fights that the boss will break TBN just from auto hits so thats kind of a waste of MP as opposed to just starting with EoS
@@jslaughter95 TBN at max level gives roughly 30k hp. She hits for 14-15k on average with her Auto Attacks.
It takes 2 auto attacks from her to break TBN. And she throws out at least 5 or 6 before the first Phantom Rune
@@Evilman_520 not to mention you only get 50 blood gauge when you have blood weapon going, not naturally
Why does a job guide need to have spoilers in it
It doesn't need to, but it has, I think they are not that dramatically, to make a warning with it 🤷♂️
this seems like a guide for people who have immense experience as a tank, i have no idea what is being discussed here. id prob have to study this video along with DRK actions/traits every night for a few weeks before i even had the slightest idea of what your doing. i guess this is a descent guide if you've already max leveled a DRK and have a ton of hours with the job. lol i find it so difficult to find any descent guide for jobs in this game, literally the only way to figure a job out it to level the class from start to finish and figure it out on your own, maybe these guide are more of suggestions on what rotations to use, not really a guide for what everything does and tanking.
Dark Arts still exists, its locked behind another abilities additional effects
Sks is bis, do some research b4 leading ppl astray. Just like warr mechs you are looking to need about 1.5k sks to get maximum delirium output.
Nonsense, SkS is only useful for blood weapon, because when you time it correctly, you can easily use the max amount of spillers in the Delirium window, even with base SkS. For BW it is a different story, but none to that makes a tremendous difference.
Video starts at 01:55 if you wanna skip the cringe stuff.
Criiiinge !
@@DesperiusFFXIV that said, the video was very helpful.Thanks
I was told that direct hit has no effect on tanks anymore and should be changed immediatly, is that true or was i told a lie?
maybe the person meant strengh melds
.....inner release from WAR grants 100% critical and direct hits during its duration so why should DH has no effect?🤔 (u should just avoid DH melds on WAR cause of IR grantig it so u benefit more from determination melds)
on the other tanks you can go full DH if you cant get over at least 2,5k crit😉
You were lied to.
Tanks can still do Direct Crit hits.
Plunge salted earth blood weapon curve spit animatation cansil edge of shadow delerium u kne the rest how is that
Honestly I feel drk is kinda boring. Mainly because the rotation doesn’t give enough to do. But that’s my opinion
iNuclearPickle I’m new, but people claim it’s the second busiest of the tanks, behind Gunbreaker. Do you not find that to be true? If it is true, and DRK is still boring, how bad are Warrior and Paladin?
Scott Souder I’m no expert and everyone differs on opinion but I just find the rotation boring when compared to past drk and I feel drk is more constricted to it’s 123 combo more often just trying to get mp for the abilities that cost 3000 mp with a few ogcds between. I started playing gunbreaker and I’m having a blast idk about the other tanks because before 5.0 I just played drk.
Scott Souder it’s not busy at all
Yeah man just do your basic roation and click ogcds when available. Try to dps well but that ends in not having enough mp for blackest night to take the tank buster. Then you have gunbreaker where you get options on what you want to do. You got the basis 123 than you get option of spending a cartridge on 1 of 3 things and use your other skills when off cooldown. As many buttons as it is it's super entertaining
Def not a DRK for beginners... more like.. if you level boost.. this is how to play it. A beginner would be at lvl 30 and have none of the skills and abilities you based this guide off of. Only helpful part for beginners is the gear stats and the 10 sec mention of the 3-part opener.
Anyone here have a good shirk macro?
/ac "Shirk"