Doing no damage as Dark Knight

[Kurisu Makise]

Hey, I started playing yesterday and tried the sorceress and the dark knight so far. With both classes I don't seem to a lot of damage in comparision to my friend, who plays hashinshin and sage.
Is it just the classes or am I doing something wrong, like combos I'm not using right, because right now it just feels like my classes are both useless while my friend just one shots everything in comparison to me, even at level 54 with the same ap.

[Nazara]

If you could kist all of your AP values and DP values as well as your friend's, and any socketed crystals as well as the total amount of skill points both of you have, that would give us a better idea.

[Tsel13]

On top of what "Nazara" asks, How many Skill Points do you have and what Skills have you chosen to level up? Also, in the Catfish area, I never felt like I could one shot things (levels 52-54) until I got both my weapons up to TRI. When my weapons were at DUO it took 2 to 3 hits.

[Sweets]

need more info

Sorc can be a little hard to get the hang of but the dark knight should be doing loads better

[joj0.st4r]

sorc is weak and awkward early on
dk is slow and clunky but should be stronger than sorc early on

so compared to a very mobile hashashin and a very strong sage
(early on)
they will seem weaker

[Kurisu Makise]

Originally posted by Nazara:

If you could kist all of your AP values and DP values as well as your friend's, and any socketed crystals as well as the total amount of skill points both of you have, that would give us a better idea.

We both have 84 AP with mainly Naru gear. I'm at 113 DP and my friend was at 123 iirc.

Originally posted by tsel13:

On top of what "Nazara" asks, How many Skill Points do you have and what Skills have you chosen to level up? Also, in the Catfish area, I never felt like I could one shot things (levels 52-54) until I got both my weapons up to TRI. When my weapons were at DUO it took 2 to 3 hits.

Currently I'm sitting at 515 skill points. I mainly leveled up the F abilities (Unveiled Dagger, Hidden Strike, Air Strike) and Ravage Rake, everything else I kinda leveled by what was available when I leveled up.

[Tsel13]

Okay, at the stage you're at now Naru Gear starts to feel pretty underwhelming. Before Narchillan Gear existed I'd start trading up the Naru Gear for regular Green Gear. Then I'd level it up the Green Gear to DUO and make it Ultimate. NOTE: The Narchillan Gear exchange can only be done once per Family.

Armors: basically the mainstream BDO players suggest going Grunil or Heve, but for my DK, I always preferred to go Agerian up to TRI for the attack and casting speed increase. Green Gear is a cheap stepping stone to Boss Gear and I really didn't miss the AP increase the Grunil Gear gave between levels 52 to 59.

Weapons: Main - Rosar Kriegsmesser or Krea Kriegsmesser (depending on what the market has on hand) and Off Hand - Saiyer.

Again, these are only stepping stones to your Boss Gear.
For your DK, the Q Block is your best friend and will help you loads when the Main Questline sends you briefly to Hasrah Dungeon.

[[FuFo] Mortucus]

games all about gear and skill point total

[⸸ Krmzn 𓅓]

Succession DK is strong. Awaken DK isnt. no clue about Sorc

[Space Fart]

Im lv 55 DK and I have 113 AP and 188 DP and 556 skill points. I had the same issue till I enhanced my Naru gear. Currently at Altinova and there's exactly only 1 enemy (that I encountered today) that can kill me if I don't dodge and that one enemy plus another take more than 3 seconds to die.

[Skeleton]

Sorceress is a combo-based class. Single hits won't do much, especially compared to Sage - who is slow but hits hard. You're supposed to transition from one skill to another in long chains that gradually build damage, stack buffs, and apply debuffs as you go. You also have the "Shards of Darkness" mechanic, where certain skills will give you the secondary Shards/Fragments resource and others will spend it.

At your point, your best skills will probably be Dark Flame [RMB while using Claws of Darkness, ↓ + LMB], Dream of Doom [Shift + E], and Abyssal Flame [LMB + RMB to charge].

If you're looking for a simple combo:
Rushing Crow [↑ + RMB] or Midnight Stinger [Shift + LMB] to get close
Shadow Eruption [Shift + F]
Claws of Darkness [↓ + LMB]
Dark Flame [Claws of Darkness + RMB]
Evade backwards or sideways
Abyssal Flame [LMB + RMB, can be cast instantly if you input the command while teleporting]
Dream of Doom [Shift + E, can be cast instantly if you input the command while casting Abyssal Flame]
Absolute Darkness [↓ + RMB]
Black Wave [LMB while casting Absolute Darkness, it's a multi-hit AoE that builds a lot of Shards
Shards of Darkness [Q] to spend your shards to restore MP and buff AP before repeating the cycle.

[Kurisu Makise]

Thanks a lot for your answers everybody

[Space Fart]

Originally posted by Kurisu Makise:

Thanks a lot for your answers everybody

well don't leave us hanging buddy gimme an answer. Are those thighs deadly again???

[Kurisu Makise]

Originally posted by Space Fart:

Originally posted by Kurisu Makise:

Thanks a lot for your answers everybody

well don't leave us hanging buddy gimme an answer. Are those thighs deadly again???

I swapped to Lahn for now but will try Sorceress and Dark Knight again soon

[Space Fart]

My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined. Jk, enjoy whatever you choose to play :D

[BLANK]

You should not compare classes below a certain amount of AP. Lower levels and lower AP in BDO are unbalanced and some classes just deal more damage than others early on.
You can start comparing damage when you hit at least 200 AP.