Black Desert Online is one of the most popular massively multiplayer online role-playing games out there at the moment. It features many different classes for players to choose from (that just keep on coming) and each differs vastly from the others.

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The Dark Knight is a part of one of the main factions: Vedir. Its members call themselves the children of Sylvia, the goddess that created them. They follow the moon and therefore oppose the sun and its followers: the Ganelle.

Dark Knights fight with the Kriegsmesser, a ludicrously large knife, and magic. On the battlefield, they switch between stabbing and slashing with the Kriegsmesser up close and using magical spells from a distance.

Regarding playstyle, Dark Knights combine ranged and melee. They are constantly moving and dish out attacks incredibly quickly. Not only does the Dark Knight shine in PvE, but this class also shines in PvP too. When it comes to crowd control and big damage, the Dark Knight stands above the rest.

10 Dusk

Black Desert Online Dark Knight Official

The Dusk skill is a basic mobility skill that Dark Knights benefit from greatly. It allows them to dash sideways, using some stamina. Actually, Dusk even recovers a little bit of mana instead of using any.

Also, when using Dusk, the player gets an invincibility frame of about five seconds. When at max rank, Dusk can be used twice in a row. (No collision with Dusk too!)

9 Smoky Haze

Black Desert Online Dark Knight Explosion

Like Dusk, Smoky Haze is another basic mobility skill. Except, using Smoky Haze, Dark Knights will dash forward instead of sideways. The cool thing about Smoky Haze is that the player gets Super Armor while dashing, and a slight boost in movement speed. However, Dark Knights will experienced collision with objects when using Smoky Haze.

8 Unveiled Dagger

Black Desert Online Dark Knight Stance

One of the basic attacking skills for the Dark Knight is Unveiled Dagger. The Dark Knight stabs the target to inflict Stiffness and apply Bleeding. It grants a small Attack Speed buff too.

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As long as Unveiled Dagger is used when off the cooldown of about three seconds, Dark Knights will be able to keep up their offensive prowess. The efficiency of Unveiled Dagger comes from its ability to start combos or chain them together with other attacking skills.

7 Air Strike

Black Desert Online Dark Knight Desert

The Air Strike skill is an attack. It is fantastic when it comes to crowd control for the Dark Knight. There are a couple of parts to it too: an upward slash that may inflict Floating and a downward slash that may inflict Bound. Moreover, the player has invincibility frames while Air Strike is active.

6 Slanted Balance

Black Desert Online Dark Knight Look Down

There is of course a need for big damage in the Dark Knight's arsenal, and Slanted Damage is it. Plus, it will inflicting Floating and has a Forward Guard attached to it. Dark Knights will use Slanted Damage to start a combo or mid-combo, making contact with targets with ease.

5 Lunacy Of Vedir

Black Desert Online Dark Knight Magic

The Lunacy of Vedir skill is for the Dark Knight's 100 percent Black Spirit Rage. Not only does it have a 100 percent chance to deal a Critical Hit with each slash, but it also gets increased damage when used with 100 percent Black Spirit Rage.

On top of the big damage, Lunacy of Vedir enjoys Super Armor while active. It hits a maximum of 10 targets and inflicts Bound, to boot.

4 Wheel Of Fortune

Black Desert Online Dark Knight Field

Lunacy of Vedir has a sibling skill, and that is Wheel of Fortune. Like Lunacy of Vedir, Wheel of Fortune allows the Dark Night to deal big damage. It will hit a maximum of 10 targets at max rank and inflict Floating on each and every one of them.

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Wheel of Fortune has Super Armor too. It is useful when starting combos or in the middle of a combo, and compliments Lunacy of Vedir on the battlefield.

3 Shattering Darkness

Black Desert Online Dark Knight Attack

One of the flashiest skills the Dark Knight has is Shattering Darkness. Using it, the Dark Knight will jump backward and create an explosion in front of them.

On top of big damage, the player will recover mana for each hit landed on opponents as well as deal additional Magic Damage. It does not stop there too, Shattering Darkness enjoys a 100 percent Critical Hit chance and Forward Guard (while active).

2 Spirit Legacy

Black Desert Online Dark Knight Moon

Another 100 percent Black Spirit Rage skill is Spirit Legacy. At its core, Spirit Legacy has a 100 percent Critical Hit chance and damages enemies right in front of the player.

Dark Knights like this skill because Spirit Legacy regenerates mana for each hit in addition to stunning the enemies. Also, it has Forward Guard. Spirit Legacy is best used with 100 percent Black Spirit Rage of course but does still work without.

1 Corrupt Ground

Black Desert Online Dark Knight Crowd Control

Corrupt Ground is a skill that stuns up to seven targets all around the Dark Knight. Additionally, it recovers mana and health points. Like, a lot of mana and health points.

So, players will be using this constantly when connecting attacks or if mana and health are running low. The good thing about Corrupt Ground is how often it can be used, especially in a bind.

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