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Classes |
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*These classes are unavailable at launch. |
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Class overview |
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| Dread Knight |
| When the Dread Knight was announced, former Shadow Knights rejoiced. Many in the community assumed that the Dread Knight would just be a retooled Shadow Knight, a dark warrior wielding dark magic. But then Elidroth and Tagad shattered these preconceptions. "Dread Knights are /not/ Shadow Knights," Tagad explained. "Don't simply think 'evil knight' -- though it will be one of the classes that certainly lends itself to this." The Dread Knight uses magic to inspire soul-shattering terror in the hearts of their foes. What exactly that means remains to be seen, though psychological warfare seems likely given the "Dreadful Countenance" ability.
The Dread Knight will have some crowd control abilities in the form of a fairly long duration stun. This stun will break if the mob takes damage, so it works similar to a mesmerize. This gives the Dread Knight the ability to keep an enemy out of the action. Depending on the duration of the stun and the recast time, this might be a way to hold a mob out of the action completely until the group is ready to deal with them, or it may only be a partial crowd control method.
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Relative detail |
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| Abbreviation: DRK |
| Sphere: Adventuring |
| Archetype: Protective Fighter
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Allowed Races: Thestran/
Kojani/
Dark Elf
/Vulmane/
Kurashasa/
Lesser Giant/
Orc/
Qaliathari |
| Gear: Plate |
| Talents: Intimidation |
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Dread Knight Spells and Skills |
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Check here for full details. |
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Abilities and Skills |
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| Skill |
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Description |
| Dreadful Countenance |
Passive |
N/A |
A passive ability of the Dread Knight. This ability induces fear into an enemy while in combat, acting as a debuff that gets worse as the battle drags on. There are 5 levels to this ability, with higher levels affecting multiple targets. The dread knight needs not have the attention of the target for it to work. As you level up higher, you are allowed to achieve higher levels, but at level 1 you are only allowed to attain one level of dreadful countenance. |
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Levels of Dreadful Countenance:
First - Rising Dread
* Available at level: 1
* Increases the affected unit's chance to be critically hit by an incoming melee attack by 5%.
* Reduces all resistances.
Second - Wave of Despair
* Available at level: 5?
* Increases the affected unit's chance to be critically hit by an incoming melee attack by 7%.
* Reduces all resistances.
* Increases all incoming spiritual-type magic damage by 5%.
Third - Fell Aura
* Available at level: 15
* Increases the affected unit's chance to be critically hit by an incoming melee attack by 9%.
* Reduces all resistances.
* Increases all incoming spiritual-type magic damage by 10%.
* Decreases damage dealt by 5%.
Four -
* Available at level:
* Increases the affected unit's chance to be critically hit by an incoming melee attack by 11%.
* Reduces all resistances.
* Increases all incoming spiritual-type magic damage by 15%.
* Decreases damage dealt by 7%.
Fifth -
* Available at level:
* Increases the affected unit's chance to be critically hit by an incoming melee attack by 13%.
* Reduces all resistances.
* Increases all incoming spiritual-type magic damage by 20%.
* Decreases damage dealt by 10%.
* Increases damage done by you by 15%.
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Official Sources |
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| "Fear, dread and despair are the tools of the Dread Knight. Does this make him evil or is he simply using the tools of evil?" - Talisker
The Dread Knight is a terrifying opponent who surrounds himself in battle with a tangible pall of fear and dispair. These grim warriors use dark magic to empower and augment their already potent martial abilities. The aura of fear the Dread Knight radiates in combat demoralizes and weakens any opponent that dares draw near. The Dread Knight wears Heavy Armor and many types of Melee Weapons. Source = Vanguard: Saga of Heroes character creation screen as seen at E3 2006.
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