Dark Knight is a greatsword-swinging tank job with a focus on resource management, burst damage, and proper application of frequent, short-duration defensive cooldowns. Offensively, Dark Knight gameplay involves building and spending both Mana and Blood while managing a suite of high-value offensive cooldowns. A skilled Dark Knight player can plan ahead to combine their resource dumps for party buffs to bring out unparalleled burst damage from the tank role. On the defensive side, Dark Knight's strengths are flexibility and support. While The Blackest Night alone doesn't match the strength of the other tanks' new short-cooldown mitigation skills in Endwalker, it can be used nearly twice as often, and Oblation is an entirely new tool for Dark Knight players to throw into the mix for themselves or for other party members. Dark Mind also provides high value against the very frequent magic damage encountered in trials and raids, with a shorter cooldown than any comparable skill. This flexibility, along with its stylish aesthetic, make Dark Knight a popular pick both for casual play and hardcore progression.