Dark Class For Me?

Hi y’all, I’m leveling a warrior and dragoon. I’m very enjoying it but I miss one class in wow. Y’all see I used to play wow and love playing edgy classes like death knight, warlock, and demon hunter. I’m favorite class was death knight. I used to play blood and unholy but now I’m playing ff14 so I have a question. Are there any dark magic or unholy warrior classes in this game that I might really enjoy? I’m ok play tank and dps so any advice and lore on these edgy classes will make me so very excited and happy.

Dark Knight is a tank available right now but you can only start it's unlock quest line once you get to Ishgard (basically the start of Heavensward). Reaper is a melee DPS that will be available once EndWalker launches. Both are very much in line with what you are looking for.

As for casters, we do also already have Black Mage. Visually it's not really overly dark and edgy, especially in it's spell visuals, but the storyline quest and background lore for the class is fairly dark.

Thank you so much!! I’m excited to get my hands on them!

dark is probably best. Its literally warrior atm but minus one combo button and with a bit more clunk. Its not changing at all in EW unfortuantely. It used to have its own playstyle.

reaper will be the dps you want for when you hit 70 and EW is out

no edgy healer though. Just lots of salty healers

I can't think of anything more edgy than Reaper.

White mage, the most dark edgelord class. No one looks at you funny when you say stuff like blood for blood lily or your suffering make me stronger. Best green dps, and on the odd occasion, green tank.

Just to warn, Dark Knight (tank) plays nothing like Blood Death Knight. If you're looking for a similar gameplay experience you might be disappointed, however aesthetically it should match well.

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Originally Posted by Swampking

Hi y’all, I’m leveling a warrior and dragoon. I’m very enjoying it but I miss one class in wow. Y’all see I used to play wow and love playing edgy classes like death knight, warlock, and demon hunter. I’m favorite class was death knight. I used to play blood and unholy but now I’m playing ff14 so I have a question. Are there any dark magic or unholy warrior classes in this game that I might really enjoy? I’m ok play tank and dps so any advice and lore on these edgy classes will make me so very excited and happy.

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Dark Knight is a tank that uses darkness magic and a big, edge sword. One of their abilities is called Edge of Darkness. It can be unlocked once you start Heavensward in the story. https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/jobguide/darkknight/

Reaper uses a scythe and will be released next week and uses the void (also known as the world of darkness) as part of its lore and this is reflected in how a lot of their abilities look.

Red Mage balances white and black magic while occasionally doing melee attacks and Black Mage has a focus on black magic.

Playing a red mage in a bad group is the closest we've got to a necromancer job.

Why is red mage like necromancer? I though you can summon undead?

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Why is red mage like necromancer? I though you can summon undead?

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Red mage has the dual cast ability where every other spell is instant cast. So if a raid group is nearly completely dead; Red Mages are super useful since they can raise dead players

I’ve decided to try red mage out and holy cow this class is what I begged for in wow!

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I’ve decided to try red mage out and holy cow this class is what I begged for in wow!

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Glad you like it! RDM is my favorite magical DPS. And also the relic weapons are pretty neat and their artifact gear is pretty cool too!

dark knight and the upcoming reaper are probably your best choices if your going for a dark and edgy class, maybe black mage as well.

Tank: Dark Knight - An enigmatic being who wields the dark arts through & performs in the most unorthodox way that so astonishing & yet frightening. A being that may have no equals but the extend of his/her desire for supremacy or perhaps cursed.

DPS magic: Black Mage - A magi tracing as far back as Moch’s ancestry. Adept minded people who dared venture & test the Void which many fear. The first to tame demonic beings to their will & smile back in defiance. Though not as impulsive as Dark Knights, they’re calculating & cunning to further thwarp beyond Aether & their might can bring giants, heroes & foe alike.

Healer: Astrologian - Some say you’ll never dare to know much of your future & some consider it a forbidden dark art. In truth, they who studied the heavens were able to weaver through the dark beyond & stars to foresee potential fates or alter it. Who know what else have they uncovered, but certainly not to be taken lightly…

DPS melee: Reaper - A stoic yet unrelenting hunter who’s connection to the other world frightens most denizens of Eorzea. A communion through the spirits & other entities, who is to say what they’ll reap next.

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Tank: Dark Knight - An enigmatic being who wields the dark arts through & performs in the most unorthodox way that so astonishing & yet frightening. A being that may have no equals but the extend of his/her desire for supremacy or perhaps cursed.

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This is... completely inaccurate to the lore of the class in game.

Dark knights began as an Ishgardian knight discarding his oaths to stand up against the corrupt elements of the Holy See and vowing to use the power of the abyss to fight against it. However, despite the edgy themes, the class lore points out (spoilers for the 50-60 job quests):

... that one cannot properly defend with nothing but anger and hate. A true dark knight must also balance the darkness with love and the true desire to protect, or the only thing they face down the path is isolation and self-destruction. It is, essentially, a deconstruction and subversion of the dark and brutal anti-hero archetype.

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Dark knights began as an Ishgardian knight discarding his oaths to stand up against the corrupt elements of the Holy See and vowing to use the power of the abyss to fight against it. However, despite the edgy themes, the class lore points out (spoilers for the 50-60 job quests):

... that one cannot properly defend with nothing but anger and hate. A true dark knight must also balance the darkness with love and the true desire to protect, or the only thing they face down the path is isolation and self-destruction. It is, essentially, a deconstruction and subversion of the dark and brutal anti-hero archetype.

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there's also a bit of joking based on how the class story goes of

"There's a serious lack of therapists in Eorzea, so I picked up a sword and job stone from a dead guy and introjected him to be my therapist instead."

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I can't think of anything more edgy than Reaper.

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A male Au'ra named Shadow Bringer, wielding the Shadowbringer Sword and spamming Shadowbringer/Flood of Shadow, while wearing any of the DRK Jobgear sets. Bonus points if you got a edgy chatmacro for all your Buffs and Limitbreak.

So I’m confused so dark knight do not use dark magic?

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So I’m confused so dark knight do not use dark magic?

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They use dark magic to augment their swordplay. But one of the running themes across most of the game is balance; dark isn't always evil and light isn't always good. Dark knights are essentially a case of Good Is Not Soft.

Knights that are anti hero’s, using a great sword, and dark magic users. Sign me up I’m pumped!

If you are just starting I recommend buying a level boost for a dark knight and just play through the lower level content with your armor level reduced.
Then when reaper drops you can play that right away through the story content.

You will likely end up playing darknight/reaper/ everyone plays red mage

I would but everyone tells me that the dark knight story is amazing. I want to see the dark knights story.