Dark Arts (Bravely Default)

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Dark Arts is a skillset in Bravely Default for the Dark Knight. Many of its attacks involving sacrificing its own HP to deal damage which pierces defenses, making the abilities risky.

List of abilities

Ability	Job Level	Cost	Description
Dark Bane	1	HP	Sacrifice 20% of your maximum HP to unleash a dark physical attack on one target that deals 1.25 times the damage of a conventional attack.
Demon Master	4	6 MP	Charm one target of the demonkind family.
Minus Strike	6	16 MP	Damage one target by an amount equal to the number of HP you have lost.
Black Bane	8	HP	Sacrifice 30% of your maximum HP to unleash a dark physical attack on all enemies that deals 1.5 times the damage of a conventional attack.
Absorb Magic	10	0 MP	Start at the beginning of a turn to nullify damage from magic attacks during that turn and restore your MP by the amount of MP used to attack you. Does not apply to reflected magic damage.
Dark Nebula	11	HP	Sacrifice 20% of your maximum HP to unleash a dark physical attack on all allies and enemies that deals four times the damage of a conventional attack.
Life or Death	13	0 MP	Your physical attack magic attack, physical defense, and magic defense rise 50% for four turns, but you enter the doomed state. *The upper limit for P.Atk, M.Atk, P.Def, M.Def is 150%.
Rage	14	2 BP	Repeats Dark Bane on a random enemy target until HP is 1, or up to 5 times.