The Definitive Dark Knight Guide

[HidingYoshis]

Now a couple questions:

Dark Passenger.

Carve and Spit.

For Dark Passenger: I'd say outside of opener, in single target, use it when you have enough MP that it isn't going to disrupt anything. If it causes your Darkside to fall off, it wasn't worth it. But the damage it deals is pretty good.

In mass pulling situations, I do suggest using Dark Arts on it for the blind and burst damage/threat. The blind on that many targets will increase your survivability far more than parrying will, and it also leaves Dark Dance up for afterwards.

For Carve and Spit: Never use it for MP. Always use Dark Arts. Its mana generation is.. Less than phenomenal, and at 100 base potency it's not really doing much for you. It's your highest potency skill in the game, and will hit the hardest. I'm hitting nearly 2k crits with it, and my gear (as you can see on my profile) is less than stellar at the moment.

[Zyph]

In mass pulling situations, I do suggest using Dark Arts on it for the blind and burst damage/threat. The blind on that many targets will increase your survivability far more than parrying will, and it also leaves Dark Dance up for afterwards.

Yeah, I dunno, maybe in between Blood Price cooldowns if I still have leftover MP. I kinda thrive off Blood Price though in large pulls, wouldn't want to waste it.

For Carve and Spit: Never use it for MP. Always use Dark Arts. ... It's your highest potency skill in the game, and will hit the hardest.

Gotcha. I see I was totally off base with my assumption on how to use it. I suppose that on a minute cooldown if you don't have the MP for a Dark Arts by the time it's up again then you should just go home.

[HidingYoshis]

Keep in mind that Sole Survivor is a good skill. Now that the tooltip is fixed, there are no misconceptions.

It reduces downtime and helps in those big pulls. A massive chunk of your MP returns and would really help facilitate using Dark Passenger.

A 20% return to your HP and MP is huge, and it's very reliable unlike Mercy Stroke. Certainly turned from one of my least favorite skills (when we initially saw the effect) into one of my favorites (when we learned the real effect)

It's meh at raiding, but not everything has to be great for raiding. Wish they would replace Abyssal Drain with another cooldown or make Reprisal reliable.

[Zyph]

A 20% return to your HP and MP is huge, and it's very reliable unlike Mercy Stroke. Certainly turned into one of my least favorite skills (when we initially saw the effect) into one of my favorites (when we learned the real effect)

I'm still salty that we can't also put it on party members.

Would have had so much fun trolling.