Dark Magic

Dark magic spells are insidious and self serving, leeching the target's strength and making it weak. All the spells under dark magic (with the exception of Bio, Tractor, Stun and Klimaform) take strength from the target and give it to the caster, whether it be in the form of stats (such as DEX), Hit Points, Magic Points, or Tactical Points.

There are a handful of types of Dark Magic spells:

• Bio: Status Effect that deals Damage Over Time and lowers an enemy's Attack.
• Drain: Steals an enemy's Hit Points and gives them to the caster.
• Aspir: Steals an enemy's Magic Points (assuming they have any) and gives them to the caster.
• Absorb Spells (e.g. Absorb-STR): Steals an enemy's stat (such as STR) and gives it to the caster temporarily.
• Tractor: Teleports a dead body to your current position. Casting range is the same as other magic.
• Stun: Temporarily prevents an enemy from acting.
• Dread Spikes: Damage spikes that absorbs health from attacking opponents.
• Klimaform: Increases the magic accuracy for spells of the same element as the current weather.

Dark Magic skill is the skill base from which Dark Magic derives. It is most synonymous and most importantly relational to the resistance rate of all attack spells therein. In short, Dark Magic is the largest factor which determines if a Dark Magic Spell lands unresisted or not. The skill also helps defend against spell interruptions for any spells in its category, and helps the player climb DoT tiers for Bio II and Bio III, increasing the amount of damage the enemy receives per 'tick' (roughly 3 sec.)

• Scholar's Dark Magic skill increases to B+ rating under Dark Arts.
  • Scholar's Dark Magic skill can only increase to B+ rating at Level 1 by using Tabula Rasa.

See: Combat Skills for more Skill information.

Equipment that Enhances this Skill

Name	Skill Increase
	+20	+15	+12	+11	+10	+7	+6	+5	+4	+3	+2
Crimson Belt (During Campaign)	Check
Wizard's Tonban +1		Check
Wizard's Tonban		Check
Scholar's Gown +1		Check
Scholar's Gown		Check
Diabolos's Ring		Check
Sorcerer's Gloves +1			Check
Blood Finger Gauntlets				Check
Sorcerer's Gloves					Check
Crimson Finger Gauntlets					Check
Dark Torque						Check
Argute Pants +1						Check
Argute Pants						Check
Abyss Gauntlets +1						Check
Abyss Flanchard +1						Check
Demon's Axe							Check
Nashira Manteel								Check
Merciful Cape								Check
Killer Mantle								Check
Inferno Sabots +1								Check
Genie Huaraches								Check
Demon's Harness +1								Check
Demon's Harness								Check
Charging Shield								Check
Chaos Burgeonet +1								Check
Chaos Burgeonet								Check
Blackjack								Check
Abyssal Earring								Check
Abyss Gauntlets								Check
Abyss Flanchard								Check
Igqira Huaraches									Check
Theta Sash										Check
Inferno Sabots										Check
Glamor Jupon										Check
Dusky Staff										Check
Dark Earring										Check
Crimson Belt											Check