Dark Knight

1. Combat Skills
2. Magic Skills
3. Active Abilities
4. Passive Abilities
5. Spells

The Dark Knight's main asset is it's ability to deal heavy damage. The downside of this however is that it has a low defence. This makes the Dark Knight somewhat crippled for soloing as it can get damaged quite easily and has no healing magic. It does however have some Black Magic, which add to its array of ways to damange opponents.

Available Combat Skills

These are Combat Skills which are obtainable by the Bard
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Available Magic Skills

These are Magic Skills which are obtainable by the Bard
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Active Abilitites

Unlike Passive abilities these abilities must be cast in order to have any effect. They also have a duration in which they will work and a recharge time, which you have to wait before you can use it again

Blood Weapon
Level	Duration	Recharge
1	30 Secs	2 Hours
Effect
Physical attacks drain HP from enemy

Arcane Circle
Level	Duration	Recharge
5	3 Mins	5 Mins
Effect
Resistance against Arcana to party members in AoE

Last Resort
Level	Duration	Recharge
15	30 Secs	5 Mins
Effect
Increases attack and decreases defence.

Weapon Bash
Level	Duration	Recharge
20	N/A	5 Mins
Effect
Stuns enemy with attack. A 2-handed weapon is required

Darkness
Level	Duration	Recharge
30	1 Min	6 Mins
Effect
Sacrifices HP for greater attacks

Passive Abilitites

Once learnt, these abilities become automatic meaning what ever you do (whilst still having this Job) the bonuses of learning these abilities will stay with you.

Attack Bonus
Level	10
Effect	Increases physical attack power

Resist Paralyze
Level	20
Effect	Increases resistance against paralyze

Arcana Killer
Level	25
Effect	Increases damage to magic targets

Attack Bonus II
Level	30
Effect	Increases physical attack power

Resist Paralyze II
Level	40
Effect	Increases resistance against paralyze

Attack Bonus III
Level	50
Effect	Increases physical attack power

Spells

Like most previous Final Fantasies, magic will consume MP, and also like previous FF's, most magic has an element assigned to it
However, magic in FFXI also have a 'Skill' which is the type of action it will perform, whether it be Elemental, Healing or Enhancing.

Stone
Level	MP	Element	Skill
5	9	Earth	Elemental
Effect
Deals earth elemental damage

Poison
Level	MP	Element	Skill
6	5	Water	Enfeebling
Effect
Poisons an enemy

Drain
Level	MP	Element	Skill
10	21	Darkness	Darkness
Effect
Drains an enemy's HP, ineffective against undead enemies

Water
Level	MP	Element	Skill
11	13	Water	Elemental
Effect
Deals water elemental damage

Bio
Level	MP	Element	Skill
15	22	Darkness	Darkness
Effect
Weakens enemy's attacks and slowly decreases its HP

Aero
Level	MP	Element	Skill
17	18	Wind	Elemental
Effect
Deals wind elemental damage

Aspir
Level	MP	Element	Skill
20	10	Darkness	Darkness
Effect
Drains an enemy's MP, unless it's undead

Blind
Level	MP	Element	Skill
20	8	Ice	Enfeebling
Effect
Binds an enemy

Fire
Level	MP	Element	Skill
23	24	Fire	Elemental
Effect
Deals fire elemental damage

Poisonga
Level	MP	Element	Skill
26	44	Water	Elemental
Effect
Poisons enemies in AoE

Blizzard
Level	MP	Element	Skill
29	30	Ice	Elemental
Effect
Deals ice elemental damage

Sleep
Level	MP	Element	Skill
30	19	Darkness	Enfeebling
Effect
Puts the enemy to sleep

Absorb-MND
Level	MP	Element	Skill
31	33	Darkness	Darkness
Effect
Steals the enemy's MND

Tractor
Level	MP	Element	Skill
32	26	Darkness	Enhancing
Effect
Instanty pulls a dead target towards you

Absorb-CHR
Level	MP	Element	Skill
33	33	Darkness	Darkness
Effect
Steals the enemy's CHR

Thunder
Level	MP	Element	Skill
35	37	Lightning	Elemental
Effect
Deals lightning elemental damage

Absorb-VIT
Level	MP	Element	Skill
35	33	Darkness	Darkness
Effect
Steals the enemy's VIT

Absorb-AGI
Level	MP	Element	Skill
37	33	Darkness	Darkness
Effect
Steals the enemy's AGI

Absorb-INT
Level	MP	Element	Skill
39	33	Darkness	Darkness
Effect
Steals the enemy's INT

Bio II
Level	MP	Element	Skill
40	66	Darkness	Darkness
Effect
Weakens enemy's attacks and slowly decreases its HP

Absorb-DEX
Level	MP	Element	Skill
41	33	Darkness	Darkness
Effect
Steals the enemy's DEX

Stone II
Level	MP	Element	Skill
42	43	Earth	Elemental
Effect
Deals earth elemental damage

Absorb-STR
Level	MP	Element	Skill
43	33	Darkness	Darkness
Effect
Steals the enemy's STR

Poison II
Level	MP	Element	Skill
46	38	Water	Enfeebling
Effect
Poisons an enemy

Water II
Level	MP	Element	Skill
40	51	Water	Elemental
Effect
Deals water elemental damage

Aero II
Level	MP	Element	Skill
54	64	Wind	Elemental
Effect
Deals wind elemental damage

Sleep II
Level	MP	Element	Skill
56	29	Darkness	Enfeebling
Effect
Puts the enemy to sleep

Blizzard II
Level	MP	Element	Skill
660	83	Ice	Elemental
Effect
Deals ice elemental damage

Poisonga II
Level	MP	Element	Skill
66	112	Water	Elemental
Effect
Instant Poisons enemies in AoE