(Don't) Fear The Reaper: A Dark Knight Guide

Shoha has an attack bonus and made it solid. Didnt try Scythe but your points are valid.

Did Fimb, Torc and Reso with GS. Reso was terribad.

This is probably true, but at the time we didn't know this to be the case. I likely misremembered this fact when i typed my response, but I had in mind how we approached the fight 3+ years ago, and it was one of the reasons we felt SAM wouldn't be as effective because we fought from behind. Hence, DRK would be stronger (our thoughts at the time). Good clarifying comment.


Can Sworn set "fix" Resolution?

I don't think it can fix it much better than Ampulla can. Reso's already 5 hits and Ampulla's turning it into 7, just one hit short of cap.

The att penalty is the biggest issue with Reso. Its good with Ampulla and capped attack.

I've always used DRK for Mboze KI1, using father time so the SB2 on mpaca pants don't mean ***.

The heals from origin are laughable. The healer is basically AFK the entire time because mboze doesn't do ***for damage. Also: since you're incredibly underbuffed, having a WS/aftermath that benefit from PDL is a joke. You aren't remotely close to attack capped, at all.

Soul enslavement doesn't hold a candle to mighty strikes, I'm sorry. You could say it's a bit safer, if that's relevant (note: most of the time it isn't), but it doesn't provide anywhere NEAR the level of offensive capability as MS does.

It's one thing to want to support your favorite job and talk about the reasons you like it. I love DRK, it's my primary DD job on maletaru. It's entirely another thing to glaze it with false praise and pretend Absorb-AGI will save your life.

If someone asked me if they should play DRK I'd tell them it can serve as a fine DD in a lot of content, but it's rarely optimal or the meta choice. You can definitely get by with it, it's very fun and it has a lot of unique characteristics, but it's not the best. It also feels like dragging your nuts through a swamp about a quarter of the time because of the LR situation.