Shadow Knight

From EZ Server Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
Alt text
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, SK's 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 the Blood Ablaze, Virulence, and Vile Tightness. The DD is Shy Crustacean's Soul Eater.

Primary Uses

Shadow Knight Epic List

Shadow Knight Class Epics and Epic Augments 1.0 - 10.0

Shadow Knight Armor

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

EZ Custom Spells

Spell Drop Location Research Elements Class Ink Vellum Description
Spell: Animated Ghoul T6 Anguish Fire x2 + Ice SHD Anguish Undead pet
Spell: Armor of the Cursed T10.67 Veeshan's Peak Quest - -
Spell: Blood Ablaze P1 Qvic Fire x2 SHD Qvic DoT
Spell: Blood Ablaze II T1/2 Plane of Dragons Fire x2 SHD Minor Dragons DoT
Spell: Blood Ablaze III T5 Abyss Fire x2 SHD Abyss DoT
Spell: Blood Ablaze IV T8 Temple of Veeshan Fire x2 SHD Veeshan DoT
Spell: Bloodied Bones P1 Qvic Fire x2 + Ice SHD Qvic Undead pet
Spell: Call of the Void T1/2 Plane of Dragons Disease x2 + Magic SHD Minor Dragons Increase spell damage and decrease healing
Spell: Call of the Void II T3/4 Airplane Disease x2 + Magic SHD Minor Gods Increase spell damage and decrease healing
Spell: Call of the Void III T6 Anguish Disease x2 + Magic SHD Anguish Increase spell damage and decrease healing
Spell: Call of the Void IV T7 Loping Plains Disease x2 + Magic SHD Loping Plains Increase spell damage and decrease healing
Spell: Call of the Void V T9 Old Commons Holy SHD Old Commons Increase spell damage and decrease healing
Spell: Cloak of Anarchy T5 Abyss Disease + Magic + Poison SHD Abyss Self melee mitigation, damage shield and hp buff
Spell: Cloak of Anarchy II T8 Temple of Veeshan Holy SHD Veeshan Self melee mitigation, damage shield and hp buff
Spell: Legend of Crab Lifetap T3/4 Airplane Disease + Magic x2 + Poison SHD Minor Gods
Spell: Legend of Crab Lifetap II T7 Loping Plains Disease SHD Loping Plains
Spell: Risen Creation T3 Halls of Honor Fire x2 + Ice SHD Minor Gods Undead pet
Spell: Shy Crustaceans Soul Eater T3/4 Airplane Poison x2 SHD Major Gods Direct damage
Spell: Shy Crustaceans Soul Eater II T5 Abyss Fire + Poison x2 SHD Abyss Direct damage
Spell: Son of Sathir T9 Old Commons Fire x2 + Ice SHD Old Commons Undead pet
Spell: Theft of Survival T1/2 Plane of Dragons Holy + Magic SHD Minor Dragons Reduce healing effectiveness
Spell: Theft of Survival II T3/4 Airplane Holy + Magic SHD Minor Gods Reduce healing effectiveness
Spell: Theft of Survival III T7 Loping Plains Holy + Magic SHD Loping Plains Reduce healing effectiveness
Spell: Theft of Toughness P2 Cazic Thule Fire x2 + Holy SHD Cazic Thule
Spell: Theft of Toughness II T5 Abyss Fire x2 + Holy SHD Abyss
Spell: Theft of Toughness III T9 Old Commons Fire x2 + Holy SHD Old Commons
Spell: Thirst of Muram T1/2 Plane of Dragons Disease + Magic x2 SHD Major Dragons Group lifetap
Spell: Thirst of Muram II T5 Abyss Disease + Magic x2 SHD Abyss Group lifetap
Spell: Thirst of Muram III T8 Temple of Veeshan Poison SHD Veeshan Group lifetap
Spell: Vile Tightness P1 Qvic Ice x2 SHD Qvic STR and AC Debuff with DoT
Spell: Vile Tightness II T1/2 Plane of Dragons Ice x2 SHD Minor Dragons STR and AC Debuff with DoT
Spell: Vile Tightness III T5 Abyss Ice x2 SHD Abyss STR and AC Debuff with DoT
Spell: Vile Tightness IV T8 Temple of Veeshan Ice x2 SHD Veeshan STR and AC Debuff with DoT
Spell: Virulence P2 Cazic Thule Disease + Poison SHD Cazic Thule DoT
Spell: Virulence II T3 Halls of Honor Disease + Poison SHD Minor Gods DoT
Spell: Virulence III T6 Anguish Disease + Poison SHD Anguish DoT
Spell: Virulence IV T9 Old Commons Disease + Poison SHD Old Commons DoT
Spell: Voice of Cazic P1 Qvic Magic SHD Qvic Adds Voice of Cazic proc and hate increaser