Category:Dark Magic
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Dark magic spells are insidious and self serving, leeching the target's strength and making it weak. All the spells under dark magic (with the exception of Bio, Tractor, Stun and Klimaform) take strength from the target and give it to the caster, whether it be in the form of stats (such as DEX), Hit Points, Magic Points, or Tactical Points.
There are a handful of types of Dark Magic spells:
- Bio: Status Effect that deals Damage Over Time and lowers an enemy's Attack.
- Drain: Steals an enemy's Hit Points and gives them to the caster.
- Aspir: Steals an enemy's Magic Points (assuming they have any) and gives them to the caster.
- Absorb Spells (e.g. Absorb-STR): Steals an enemy's stat (such as STR) and gives it to the caster temporarily.
- Tractor: Teleports a dead body to your current position. Casting range is the same as other magic.
- Stun: Temporarily prevents an enemy from acting.
- Dread Spikes: Damage spikes that absorbs health from attacking opponents.
- Klimaform: Increases the magic accuracy for spells of the same element as the current weather.
Dark Magic skill is the skill base from which Dark Magic derives. It is most synonymous and most importantly relational to the resistance rate of all attack spells therein. In short, Dark Magic is the largest factor which determines if a Dark Magic Spell lands unresisted or not. The skill also helps defend against spell interruptions for any spells in its category, and helps the player climb DoT tiers for Bio II and Bio III, increasing the amount of damage the enemy receives per 'tick' (roughly 3 sec.)
| Job | Skill Ranking | Cap at Level 1 | Cap at Level 37 | Cap at Level 75 |
| Black Mage | A- | 6 | 114 | 269 |
| Dark Knight | A- | 6 | 114 | 269 |
| Scholar* | D | 4 | 101 | 210 |
| Red Mage | E | 4 | 94 | 200 |
- Scholar's Dark Magic skill increases to B+ rating under Dark Arts.
See: Combat Skills for more Skill information.
Equipment that Enhances this Skill
Pages in category "Dark Magic"
The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
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A cont.BD |
D cont.KSTV |
