Dark Knight Megathread

[Crater]

The thing is, due to how TBN is set up, you do NOT want to use mitigation with it

Whoa, whoa, whoa. This is the most insane shit I've ever read. Have you not been using TBN in conjunction with other mitigation in big dungeon pulls where you're taking easily 3-5x as much damage as it takes to break one? Did we just solve the mystery of why a bunch of you guys think Dark Knight is bad in dungeons?

You are not in danger of ever not having a TBN break in a dungeon double-pull, no matter what mitigation you use alongside it, in any situation other than "A WHM is spamming Holy and enemies haven't built up Stun resistance yet" or "There are two enemies left from a 7-enemy pull and they're about to die too" - situations where you don't really need any mitigation because you're taking close to zero damage.

Using TBN while Rampart is up is the equivalent of a 31.25% shield without Rampart; using TBN while Shadow Wall is up is the equivalent of a ~35.7% shield without Shadow Wall. It makes an enormous difference to your overall survivability and you should always be trying to pair TBN with standard mitigation in a situation like a dungeon pull where you know that incoming damage is high.