Knight Elite Skills

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Knights, like all classes, have a selection of elite skills dependant upon their secondary class. Most of these increase their ability to mete out Light damage or focus on enhancing their shield and ability to tank.

Knight / Mage

The Knight / Mage combination focuses on passive damage and protection, giving them a Light-damaging aura (Holy Light Field), a slowing component to Whirlwind Shield (Lightning Shield), reflective armor (Lightning Armor), the power to take damage to mana instead of health (Mana Shield), and a powerful buff to Mana Return (Enhanced Mana Return).

(Mage/Knight)

Icon	Skill Name	Lvl	Consume	Cast Time	Cooldown	Range	Skill Effect	Upgradeable
	Holy Light Domain	15	30 mana	Instant	None	Self	The power of the holy Light in you inflicts 20 (+6 per upgrade) points of Light damage every 2 seconds. Also adds a Holy Illumination effect which reduces target's attack damage by 1.0% (+0.375% per upgrade). Lasts for 6 seconds.	+6 damage per 2 seconds and +.375% debuff per grade
	Lightning Shield	20	N/A	Passive	N/A	N/A	Your Whirlwind Shield now slows the target for 5 seconds.	No
	Lightning Armor	25	30(+3 perupgrade)	Instant	None	Self	Lightning flows over your armor causing 20 (+2 per upgrade) points of Wind damage to anyone attacking you. (Does not activate on critical hits.)	+2 damage and +3 mana cost per grade
	Mana Shield	30	None	Instant	300 seconds	Self	Each point of damage absorbed by the Mana Shield will cost 1 MP. This shield will last 30 seconds.	No
	Enhanced Mana Return	35	N/A	Passive	N/A	N/A	Enhances the effect of your Mana Return.Increases the initial mana returned by Mana Return to 90 and increases mana returned per rank to 9.	No
	Hall of Order	40	N/A	Passive	N/A	50	Increases your Holy Light Domain hatred, and extends the effect by 6 seconds.	No
	Wind of Protection	45	N/A	Passive	N/A	50	Cloaks Lightning Armor with wind energy that can restore mana when you are attacked.	No
	War Prayer	50	30 mana	Instant	25 seconds	50	Activate Light Seals on the target's body. Temporarily boost your own parry rate by 10 for 12.0 seconds (Three Light Seals must be stacked upon the target's body.)	2.4 parry per upgrade

Knight / Priest

The Knight / Priest combination focuses on their ability to deal light damage and protect group members, giving them a damage over time effect (Holy Light's Fury), a powerful strike usable when the DoT is on the target (Holy Smite), a tool to reduce aggro generation (Holy Protection), the ability to prevent mobility hampering effects on any target (Free Will), and a powerful buff to Shield of Valor (Firm Courage).

(Priest/Knight)

Icon	Skill Name	Lvl	Consume	Cast Time	Cooldown	Range	Skill Effect	Upgradeable
	Holy Light's Fury	15	30 mana	Instant	None	100	Inflicts 8 (+3.2 per upgrade) points of Light damage every 2 seconds for 12 seconds.	+3.2 damage per upgrade
	Holy Smite	20	30 mana	Instant	8 seconds	50	You lash out with all your holy power, inflicting 70 (+28 per upgrade) points of damage. (Target must be affected by Holy Light's Fury)	+28 damage per upgrade
	Holy Protection	25	30 mana	Instant	None	150	Target's aggro rate is reduced by 1.0% (+0.4% per upgrade) for 600 seconds.	-0.4% aggro rate per upgrade
	Free Will	30	30 mana	Instant	2 minutes	200	Target is immune against Root and Slow effects for 10 seconds.	No
	Firm Courage	35	N/A	Passive	N/A	N/A	Increases the physical damage your Shield of Valor can block.Increases base block % to 10% and increases % added per upgrade to 0.5%.	No
	Concentration Practice	40	N/A	Passive	N/A	N/A	Increases the accuracy of your physical attacks by 2.	0.46 accuracy per level
	Great Inspiration	45	N/A	Passive	N/A	N/A	Increases maximum HP by 1.5...12.5% and completely resists the next attack (when Resolution is activated).	upgrades with resolution
	Holy Illumination	50	50 mana	Instant	90 seconds	60	Boost the healing capacity of party members within a radius of 60 by 3.0% for 15 seconds.	0.24% per upgrade

Knight / Rogue

The Knight / Rogue combination emphasizes the ability to crit, increasing Holy Strike's chance to crit (God's Sword), a strike only usable after critical hits (Smash), an increase to Blind Stab's duration (Blind Stab Mastery), a consistent buff increasing the ability to crit (Crazy Blades), and a powerful weapon-based area of effect skill (Dance of Two Blades).

(Rogue/Knight)

Icon	Skill Name	Lvl	Consume	Cast Time	Cooldown	Range	Skill Effect	Upgradeable
	God's Sword	15	N/A	Passive	N/A	N/A	Your Holy Strike's chance to do critical damage is increased by 40.	No
	Smash	20	5% HP	Instant	8 seconds	50	Direct attack on your enemy causing 80 (+28 per upgrade) main hand weapon DPS. (Can only be used after you inflicted a critical hit.)	+28 damage per upgrade
	Blind Stab Mastery	25	N/A	Passive	N/A	N/A	Extends the Blind Effect of your Blind Stab by 5 seconds.	No
	Crazy Blades	30	20 mana(+2 perupgrade)	Instant	None	Self	For 20.0 (+4.0 per upgrade) seconds your chance to deal critical hits with physical attacks is increased by 5.0 (+2.0 per upgrade).	+4.0 seconds per upgrade, +2.0 critical hit chance, and +2 mana cost per grade
	Dance of Two Blades	35	35 energy	Instant	10.0 seconds	50	The whirling weapons inflict 40.0% (+3.2% per upgrade) main hand weapon DPS to multiple targets for 2 times.	+3.2% damage per upgrade
	Lepoard Instinct	40	20 energy	Instant	60.0 seconds	Self	"Stimulates your leopard-like reaction abilities and increases dodging effectiveness by 30%. (Disappears after two successful dodges)"	No
	Panther's Blessing	45	N/A	Passive	N/A	50	Temporarily increase Dodge Rate for 10 seconds if you are attacked when under the protection of Shield of Valor or Shield of Discipline. (Dodge Rate is 0,6 - 10,6 %. The dodge rate depends on the level of the used skill.)	+0,2 dodge rate per level of specific skill
	God's Vengeance	50	N/A	Passive	N/A	N/A	Whenever you successfully use Holy Strike, there is a chance you can also boost your own defense. (This effect can only be triggered once in a 40-second period.)	No

Knight / Scout

The Knight / Scout combination focuses on the knight's tanking skills, giving them a ranged taunt (Arrow of Vengeance), a buff to Holy Strike (Enhanced Holy Strike), a monster type specific root (Holy Chains), a ranged area of effect taunt (Heavenly Arrow), and an additional chance to reduce damage dealt when using Heavenly Arrow (Weaken Weapon Strength).

(Scout/Knight)

Icon	Skill Name	Lvl	Consume	Cast Time	Cooldown	Range	Skill Effect	Upgradeable
	Arrow of Vengeance	15	20 Concentration	Instant	120.0 seconds	200	Fires an arrow that taunts your target and pulls aggro.(Requires ranged weapons.)	No
	Enhanced Holy Strike	20	N/A	Passive	N/A	N/A	Increases the main weapon damage of your Holy Strike.	No
	Holy Chains	25	20 mana(+2 perupgrade)	Instant	None	150	Roots your target with your holy powers for 10 (+0.4 per upgrade) seconds. (Can only be used on undead and demons)	+0.4 seconds and +2 mana per upgrade
	Heavenly Arrow	30	20 concentration	Instant	120.0 seconds	200	As you pray for the power of the holy light, an arrow of Light shoots down from the sky and taunts up to 10 enemies within range.(Radius of circle is possibly around 50 from target you cast skill on)	No
	Weaken Weapon Strength	35	N/A	Passive	N/A	N/A	When you use your Heavenly Arrow to taunt a target, it has a certain chance to lower the damage of its physical attacks.Damage reduction is 20% and lasts 20 seconds.	No
	Sacred Resistance	40	20 Concentration	Instant	?	?	Causes 60% ranged weapon DPS to your target and has a chance to increase your dexterity by 20. Effective for 10 seconds. (This effect will only trigger once every 20 seconds.)	3.6% DPS and 2 Dexterity per level
	Sacred Protection	45	60 mana	Instant	1 second	50	Focuses holy energy onto your shield, temporarily increasing your chance to shield block by 30 for 20 seconds.	3.9 block per level
	Disregard Danger	50	20 focus	Instanr	30 seconds	150	Share the damage of one attack with a party member, taking upon yourself 40.0% damage of the attack. (This buff cannot be cast on yourself.)	0.8% per upgrade

Knight / Warrior

The Knight / Warrior combination focuses more on area of effect and damage skills, giving them an increase in Whirlwind Shield damage (Whirlwind Shield Mastery), the ability to equip two-handed axes at increased effect (Two-Handed Axe Training), a buff to Whirlwind (Deadly Whirlwind), a cooldown increasing parry chance (Quick Reflexes), and a cooldown granting temporary immunity to fear (Fearless).

(Warrior/Knight)

Icon	Skill Name	Lvl	Consume	Cast Time	Cooldown	Range	Skill Effect	Upgradeable
	Whirlwind Shield Mastery	15	N/A	Passive	N/A	N/A	Increases the main hand weapon damage dealt by Whirlwind Shield.	No
	Two-Handed Axe Training	20	N/A	Passive	N/A	N/A	You can now equip two-handed axes with damage increased by 5% (+0.5% per upgrade).	+0.5% damage per upgrade
	Deadly Whirlwind	25	N/A	Passive	N/A	N/A	The rage cost for Whirlwind is reduced by 10 points, cooldown is reduced by 20 seconds. For 10 seconds the target suffers Deadly Wounds and the effectiveness of healings is reduced by 30%.	No
	Quick Reflexes	30	20 rage	Instant	120.0 seconds	Self	Gives you panther-like reflexes. Raises your chance to parry by 10.0 (+1.0 per upgrade) for 20.0 seconds.	+1.0 parry chance per upgrade
	Fearless	35	10 rage	Instant	60.0 seconds	Self	Increases your courage. For 5 seconds immune against Fear.	No
	Master of Parry	40	30 rage	Instant	90.0 seconds	Self	Increases your Block level by 300. (Disappears after two successful blocks)	No
	Survival Instinct	45	N/A	Passive	N/A	N/A	May temporarily increase physical defense and dexterity for 10 seconds if you are attacked when under the protection of Shield of Valor or Shield of Discipline.	No
	Authoritative Deterrence	50	10 rage	Instant	60 seconds	50	Force a target to face and attack you. Also decreases the next two physical and magical attacks you receive by 5%. Effective for 10 seconds.	0.6% per upgrade