Dark Knight Guide/Heavensward

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This Dark Knight guide is aimed at players that understand the basics of tanking, but need help understanding the basics of how this particular tank works. The information within this guide covers how abilities work with each other and some basic tips for playing the Dark Knight.

Rotations

Enmity Generation

It is best practice to activate Grit and Darkside while generating enmity.

Single Target Enmity

This rotation assumes that you have Grit and Darkside already active. Additionally this rotation may not be optimal for all encounters, but is given as a basic entry-level opener.


Unmend -> Hard Slash -> Spinning Slash -> Dark Arts -> Power Slash -> Hard Slash -> Spinning Slash -> Power Slash


Multi-Target Enmity

This rotation assumes that you have Grit and Darkside already active. Additionally this rotation may not be optimal for all encounters, but is given as a basic entry-level opener.


Unmend -> Unleash -> Abyssal Drain -> Switch Target -> Hard Slash -> Spinning Slash -> Switch Target -> Power Slash -> Unleash -> Switch Target -> Hard Slash -> Spinning Slash -> Switch Target -> Power Slash

Tips and Tricks