Shadow Knight

Shadow Knight

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Gnome Shadow Knight using Innoruuk's Cold Hatred (Epic 2.0)

What to expect from Shadow Knights on EZServer (2023): First things first, it's **NOT** recommended to make a Shadow Knight if you intend for it to be your main tank. If you got a special affinity for Shadow Knights, you could make it work somewhat, but in reality the Warrior has higher damage mitigation and just does a much better job at tanking on EZ. In the early years of the server (~2008-2011) the Shadow Knight was often the preferred tank for many players and at that point the SK was in fact a better tank. Today though everyone runs a Warrior as their main tank and for good reasons.

The Shadow Knight does a pretty decent job at being a damage dealer though if you compare it to the other melee classes (except Rogue). Slightly lower than a monk, but slightly higher than Rangers and Berserkers currently. People tend to use 2-handed weapons for their Shadow Knight, i.e. Deathfist People Splitta' and eventually maybe an Ultimate Great Axe XII. The Jailer's Impenetrable Chestplate from bosses in Veeshan's Peak will further increase your damage with the click effect that casts Death II.

The Shadow Knight has two different versions of their Epic Augment, one is a defensive augment, which is the best augment to use, both when tanking and when dealing damage. The reason is it procs a song on you that increases your mitigation, while it also debuffs the target's defense, making it take more damage. The offensive Epic Augment has a damage proc, which when parsed on a Practice Dummy deals less damage overall than if you use your defensive augment.

There are some useful spells for the Shadow Knight on EZ. As in EQ Live, SKs can use Feign Death with a spell called Death Peace. To improve their damage mitigation you may want to use Spell: Cloak of Anarchy and Spell: Armor of the Cursed from Veeshan's Peak. The Call of the Void line of spells will increase your spell damage, but may not stack with all other major items where spell damage is the focus effect.

With double Firestrike augments, however, the Call of the Void provides a significant increase in DPS for the SK. There are also three AoE DoTs and an AoE DD that provide a nice boost to DPS with Call of the Void on. The DoTs are Blood Ablaze, Virulence, and Vile Tightness. The DD is Shy Crustacean's Soul Eater.

Primary Uses

• On EZServer the SK works primarily as a damage dealer and does a decent job at it. As a tank it's not really a good option since the Warriors are superior in that area. The Call of the Void line of spells will increase your spell damage. You may also increase your damage once you hit Veeshan's Peak with the Jailer's Impenetrable Chestplate which casts rank II of Spell: Death.
• If you want to tank, make sure you pick up Spell: Cloak of Anarchy and Spell: Armor of the Cursed from Veeshan's Peak and use your defensive Epic Augment. Getting Shield of the Ages will also further increase your damage mitigation.
• The spell Harmshield will make you invulnerable for ~20 seconds and can be beneficial in certain situations along with Death Peace to feign death.
• Guardian's Charm will make your tanking easier up until Veeshan's Peak where it will hurt you more than do any good.
• Bashful Crustaceans' Rebuttal, Ultimate Armor Plate Gloves and Retribution's Edge all three have a click effect to increase your riposte, practically taking zero damage when they are active.
• Retribution's Edge has a click that adds Furious Discipline.
• Ultimate Armor Plate Bracer, single target resurrection click.

Shadow Knight Epic List

Shadow Knight Class Epics and Epic Augments 1.0 - 10.0

Epic Effect

Shadow Knights have two options for Epic Augments, "Defensive" or "Offensive" — turn one in to the Epic Vendor to receive the other type:

• Defensive Epic:
  • Click: –50% Melee Damage to All Nearby NPCs
  • Proc: Lifetap, Increase Melee Damage Taken (on mob), Stonewall (on SK, varying percentages)
• Offensive Epic:
  • Click: High Single Target Damage
  • Proc: Lifetap

Toys

• Bashful Crustaceans' Rebuttal — Riposte every attack for 12 seconds, cooldown 5 minutes

EZ Custom Spells

Spell	Drop Location	Research Elements	Class	Ink	Vellum	Description
Spell: Animated Ghoul	T6	Anguish	SHD	Fire ×2 + Ice	—	Undead pet
Spell: Armor of the Cursed	T10.67	Veeshan's Peak	SHD	Quest	—	—
Spell: Blood Ablaze	P1	Qvic	SHD	Fire ×2	—	DoT
Spell: Blood Ablaze II	T1/2	Plane of Dragons	SHD	Fire ×2	—	Minor dragons DoT
Spell: Blood Ablaze III	T5	Abyss	SHD	Fire ×2	—	DoT
Spell: Blood Ablaze IV	T8	Veeshan's Temple	SHD	Fire ×2	—	DoT
Spell: Bloodied Bones	P1	Qvic	SHD	Fire ×2 + Ice	—	Undead pet
Spell: Call of the Void	T1/2	Plane of Dragons	SHD	Disease ×2 + Magic	—	Increase spell damage and decrease healing
Spell: Call of the Void II	T3/4	Airplane	SHD	Disease ×2 + Magic	—	Increase spell damage and decrease healing
Spell: Call of the Void III	T6	Anguish	SHD	Disease ×2 + Magic	—	Increase spell damage and decrease healing
Spell: Call of the Void IV	T7	Loping Plains	SHD	Disease ×2 + Magic	—	Increase spell damage and decrease healing
Spell: Call of the Void V	T9	Old Commons	SHD	Holy	—	Increase spell damage and decrease healing
Spell: Cloak of Anarchy	T5	Abyss	SHD	Disease + Magic + Poison	—	Self melee mitigation, damage shield and HP buff
Spell: Cloak of Anarchy II	T8	Veeshan's Temple	SHD	Holy	—	Self melee mitigation, damage shield and HP buff
Spell: Legend of Crab Lifetap	T3/4	Airplane	SHD	Disease + Magic ×2 + Poison	—	…
Spell: Legend of Crab Lifetap II	T7	Loping Plains	SHD	Disease	—	…
Spell: Risen Creation	T3	Halls of Honor	SHD	Fire ×2 + Ice	—	Undead pet
Spell: Shy Crustaceans Soul Eater	T3/4	Airplane	SHD	Poison ×2	—	Direct damage
Spell: Shy Crustaceans Soul Eater II	T5	Abyss	SHD	Fire + Poison ×2	—	Direct damage
Spell: Son of Sathir	T9	Old Commons	SHD	Fire ×2 + Ice	—	Undead pet
Spell: Theft of Survival	T1/2	Plane of Dragons	SHD	Holy + Magic	—	Reduce healing effectiveness
Spell: Theft of Survival II	T3/4	Airplane	SHD	Holy + Magic	—	Reduce healing effectiveness
Spell: Theft of Survival III	T7	Loping Plains	SHD	Holy + Magic	—	Reduce healing effectiveness
Spell: Theft of Toughness	P2	Cazic Thule	SHD	Fire ×2 + Holy	—	—
Spell: Theft of Toughness II	T5	Abyss	SHD	Fire ×2 + Holy	—	—
Spell: Theft of Toughness III	T9	Old Commons	SHD	Fire ×2 + Holy	—	—
Spell: Thirst of Muram	T1/2	Plane of Dragons	SHD	Disease + Magic ×2	—	Group lifetap
Spell: Thirst of Muram II	T5	Abyss	SHD	Disease + Magic ×2	—	Group lifetap
Spell: Thirst of Muram III	T8	Veeshan's Temple	SHD	Poison	—	Group lifetap
Spell: Vile Tightness	P1	Qvic	SHD	Ice ×2	—	STR and AC debuff with DoT
Spell: Vile Tightness II	T1/2	Plane of Dragons	SHD	Ice ×2	—	STR and AC debuff with DoT
Spell: Vile Tightness III	T5	Abyss	SHD	Ice ×2	—	STR and AC debuff with DoT
Spell: Vile Tightness IV	T8	Veeshan's Temple	SHD	Ice ×2	—	STR and AC debuff with DoT
Spell: Virulence	P2	Cazic Thule	SHD	Disease + Poison	—	DoT
Spell: Virulence II	T3	Halls of Honor	SHD	Disease + Poison	—	DoT
Spell: Virulence III	T6	Anguish	SHD	Disease + Poison	—	DoT
Spell: Virulence IV	T9	Old Commons	SHD	Disease + Poison	—	DoT
Spell: Voice of Cazic	P1	Qvic	SHD	Magic	—	Adds Voice of Cazic proc and hate increaser