The Definitive Dark Knight Guide

[Drtoxicmedica]

I'm not sure how people are using DA + SE all that often when tanking unless they're dropping Grit and Using Blood Weapon. Since DA + SE is such a low priority, I rarely find I have enough mana to use it more than 1x per minute (maybe) in a single target fight.

This is with only using 1-2 power slash combos to start the fight and doing siphon combos (SE / DL) from that point on.



On lower level content like EX: DR, I find the extra SE's allow healers to stay in cleric longer.

Wth are you using the rest of your mana on lol you should be able to throw out at least 3 or 4 a minute not just 1. Hell I find I usually have enough mana to throw dark arts onto CaS for the dps gain.

[Giantbane]

Wth are you using the rest of your mana on lol you should be able to throw out at least 3 or 4 a minute not just 1. Hell I find I usually have enough mana to throw dark arts onto CaS for the dps gain.

unmend if i'm ever away from the boss and it won't break my combo > dark passenger > DA + carve & spit

maybe DA + Dark Mind depending on the fight?

only use DA + SE if I already have enough for all of the above.

[Lawson_Grey]

Wth are you using the rest of your mana on lol you should be able to throw out at least 3 or 4 a minute not just 1. Hell I find I usually have enough mana to throw dark arts onto CaS for the dps gain.

When you say "Hell, I find I usually have enough mana for DA C&S", you make it sound like you're not doing that normally. Should you, though? I feel like the priorities for mana are DA C&S > Dark Passenger > DA Soul Eater

If you divide mana spent by potency gained, DA C&S and even Dark Passenger vs 1 target comes out ahead of DA Soul Eater. DA Soul Eater is for when C&S and DP are on CD and you have excess mana. I'm open to any DRKs disagreeing and explaining why, but I've never used C&S for mana unless I just messed up my MP by not paying attention or something.