DRK - Teach me when/how/where/why to use The Blackest Night

[Nabian]

So basically, spam TBN all the time as long as it can get broken... which isn't very fun at all and not what I imagined DRK to play like. I miss 3.0 DRK so much.

Also, why not Dark Arts Siphon Strike? That's one of my priorities for Dark Arts, since it almost fully refunds MP allowing you to get an extra Dark Arts value in whereas otherwise you wouldn't.

DA doesn't effect MP return on SS. There is nothing wrong with DA+SS, in fact many people do it during burn phase. The reason people more often DA+SE is because of the extra HP. There are many cases where you will want to use DA on both.