Black Knight

• Weapon: Alondite

• Assist: Swap / Pivot

• Special: Black Luna  

• Passive A: Steady Breath / Warding Breath / Steady Stance

• Passive B: Bold Fighter

• Passive C: Armor March / Armor Buff / Panic Ploy

• Sacred Seal: Quick Riposte / Quickened Pulse

This set aims to give Black Knight strong potential on both Player and Enemy Phase through guaranteed doubles and Black Luna activations, making him a dominant force no matter the situation.

Bold Fighter in the B slot is what makes Black Knight’s Player Phase power, granting him a guaranteed follow-up attack and extra Special cooldown when he initiates combat. If his enemy retaliates and doesn’t have something that prevents Special charge such as Guard, he will always activate Black Luna on his second attack, making Black Knight an extremely dangerous foe to bait.

The A slot and Sacred Seal is for securing Black Knight’s power on Enemy Phase. Steady Breath as the A slot grants him a nice boost to Defense as well as an extra Special charge whenever he’s attacked, once again allowing him to guarantee a Black Luna activation on his second attack. To ensure he will perform his second attack, Quick Riposte is used as the Sacred Seal to guarantee a follow-up on Enemy Phase when he’s above 70% HP. Another Sacred Seal option is Quickened Pulse. Quickened Pulse reduces Black Luna's Cooldown by one at the start of the battle, down to two. If Black Knight is then attacked, Black Luna will fully charge and will activate on his first retaliation. Black Knight’s personal weapon Alondite also ensures that he can retaliate against whoever attacks him unless a skill that blocks counterattacks is used. Alternatively, Warding Breath could be used to give the same Special charge effect as Steady Breath but boosting Resistance instead of Defense. If neither skill is available, Black Knight’s default Steady Stance works nice for a strong boost to Defense.

For the C slot, Black Knight should be equipped with an armor skill if he’s on an armored team. Armor March, while expensive, allows him to offset the poor movement of armors. Ward Armor is another good option which allows Black Knight to boost the defenses of his fellow armored units. If Black Knight is not on a armor team, Panic Ploy allows him to turn his opponent’s buffs into debuffs. He can make great use of Panic Ploy thanks to his solid HP. For his Assist, both Swap and Pivot are good general choices for armor units.

• Weapon: Alondite  

• Assist: Swap / Pivot

• Special: Black Luna

• Passive A: Steady Stance / Close Def

• Passive B: Vengeful Fighter / Quick Riposte

• Passive C: Armor March / Armor Buff / Panic Ploy

• Sacred Seal: Close Def / Distant Def

This set is designed to give Black Knight a strong Enemy Phase presence, particularly against physical opponents.

Alondite, Black Knight’s personal weapon, comes with built-in Distant Counter, which allows Black Knight to retaliate against ranged foes and frees up his A slot skill for something else. Black Knight’s default A slot Steady Stance is a strong option, granting him with a solid Defense boost whenever he’s attacked. Close Def is another strong option, granting the same Defense boost with a bonus Resistance boost too, though only when attacked at close range. In the B slot, Vengeful Fighter grants Black Knight with a guaranteed follow-up on Enemy Phase when he’s above half HP, as well as extra Special charge whenever he counterattacks, allowing him to always activate his powerful Special Black Luna on his second attack. For a cheaper alternative, Quick Riposte grants the same guaranteed follow-up effect as Vengeful Fighter, though with a stricter HP requirement and no extra Special charge. Finally, Black Knight can take one’s choice of either Close Def or Distant Def for extra Defense and Resistance when he’s attacked at either close range or a distance depending on which is used.

The C slot should be an armor buff if Black Knight is alongside other armored units. Armor March lets him give himself and adjacent armored allies one extra movement point at the start of each turn. A cheaper alternative could be Ward Armor, which allows Black Knight to buff the defenses of nearby armored allies. If Black Knight is not alongside other armored units, Panic Ploy is a nice option that he can put to use thanks to his solid HP. For the Assist, Swap, and Pivot are both popular and strong choices for armored units to help them with their positioning and mobility.

• Weapon: Brave Sword+

• Assist: Swap / Pivot  

• Special: Black Luna

• Passive A: Death Blow

• Passive B: Bold Fighter

• Passive C: Armor March / Armor Buff / Panic Ploy

• Sacred Seal: Quickened Pulse

A more gimmicky but still potent set, Black Knight can unleash a lot of destructive power with a Brave Sword.

The Brave Sword gives Black Knight a second attack when he initiates combat, and the potential to perform four attacks if he naturally doubles. With Black Knight being an armored unit, he can completely offset the need to outspeed with Bold Fighter, giving him a guaranteed follow-up attack when he initiates combat. With this, Black Knight will always perform four attacks.

His power doesn’t stop there though. Bold Fighter also has the added benefit of giving two special charge per attack instead of the usual one. If Black Knight has the Quickened Pulse Sacred Seal, his Special Black Luna will start at a cooldown of two. Combined with Bold Fighter, Black Knight will activate Black Luna on his second attack, before the enemy can even retaliate. In addition to this, if his enemy retaliates, he can potentially activate Black Luna twice in a single round of combat, assuming his opponent isn’t already KO’d by his fourth attack. Death Blow in the A slot is also used to push Black Knight’s raw damage even further.

Assuming Black Knight can survive the enemy’s first retaliation, he can potentially handle incredibly defensive blue threats, including fully merged Nowi with a Defense boon, Def refined Breath, Steady Breath, Close Def, and a buff from Fortify Dragons (so long as Nowi doesn’t have Guard). He will be incredibly injured in the process, so do take caution even if he can handle such threats.

For his C slot, Armor March will let Black Knight boost the movement of himself and adjacent armored units by one, making it easier for Black Knight to strike his ideal foe. Armor buffs such as Ward Armor are also strong choices in a armored team. Outside of an armored team, Black Knight with his high HP can utilize Panic Ploy to turn the foe’s buffs into debuffs.