Dark Knight Cecil

Character Notes & Recommendations

Summon Board Passive selections: 

• Diabolos choose 3 / 4 / 6

• Odin choose 3 / 6 / 7

• Bahamut choose 1 / 6 / 7 (may as well since 4 & 5 will never be active since the threshold is high at HP > 80%)

• Usuals: 

  • Ifrit, Shiva, Ramuh, Brothers 4 / 5 / 7

  • Leviathan, Pandemonium, Alexander 4 / 5 / 6

• For more details and help with summons, check Summon Hub!

Additional Weapons

• Manikin Weapon: Adds S1 & S2 BRV DMG +10%

  • Acquire by finishing Act 2, Chapter 5 and going to Chapter 5.8

  • Acquire through Item Exchange > Power Token Exchange

Sphere Recommendations

• A Sphere - Focus ATK & BRV DMG. Notably, you should give him his own sphere or Rinoa’s though since he should almost always be operating at low health.

• C Sphere - Why does he have a C slot? :| Avoid the self healing spheres in general. Krile’s is probably the best, or Alphinaud’s… Lots of other mediocre options.

• E Sphere - ATK is best along with a 6T debuffing effect or longer. As he is a mixed physical attacker, avoid melee / ranged spheres. Seymour & Emperor are best, Eald & Serah are fine consider no other options are worth it.

How-To-Play Notes:

• Open with Soul Eater (LD) to upgrade his entire kit and apply his New Moon Mysteries and Dark Imperil to hit the ground running!

• Darkness+ (S1) is a great AoE BRV shave when you need it

• Valiant Blow+ (S2) is high turn rate, so always check to make sure that an earlier turn for him won’t ruin your expected launch. Hold down the skill to see where he’ll jump to!

• Dark Cannon (EX) whenever you like, it recharges in 3 skills, 2 of which will always be + skills thanks to his 1 use + version conditions being ignored.

• Danger Crush (AA) is your go-to if needed after a burst heal to drain your HP and set up + versions, but note that with any HP regen effect on the team, you might regen enough HP afterward to turn off your + versions..

• Start of a Distant Journey (BT) grants allies his pretty strong BT effects and he gains a potent HP poison (at the cost of your Party's health). While the poison doesn't scale with Force Time, it is a consistent, sizeable chunk of damage that adds up over time even outside of FR time. Just make sure party has survival tools for enemy turns should they get any.

• Dark Blast (FR) takes advantage of his BT effect by asking for:

  • Dark Damage on turn (20%) &

  • Being below full HP on turn (30%), if the acting member is below 50% of their max HP the bonus increases from 30% -> 60% 

  • Being under max HP also provides allies with 20% HP DMG & Limit.