Dark Knight or Paladin? - Page 5

April 16, 2007, 12:47 PM

I have to say that it was the dark knight.. because.. well.. that one blade that that caused death! That thing was awesome.. I'd just be running around.. get in a fight.. one hit, BAM! Level up..

I personally think he looked cooler that way too.

April 16, 2007, 8:35 PM

These are Dark Knight Cecil's stats at level 70:
Str: 61
Agil: 41
Vit: 41
Wis: 24
Will: 1

These are Paladin Cecil's stats at Level 70, with crystal equipment:

Str: 99
Agil: 41
Vit: 85
Wis: 36
Will: 68

Source: http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/snes/file/588330/11495

Actual stats may vary a little depending on your version, but no matter what version you have, Paladin Cecils stats far surpass Dark Knight Cecil's.

Paladin Cecil also has a much greater range of weapons and armour than Dark Knight Cecil, who has pathetically weak equipment in comparison. If you used a cheat device to allow you to use Dark Knight Cecil all the way through the game, you'd find that not even the auto-KO ability of his Deathbringer makes up for his shortcomings.

Dark Wave is no substitute for Cure, Cura, Esuna and Teleport. Esuna is Cecil's most useful ability aside from attack, as if he can cast it, Rosa doesn't have to, and his Esuna isn't weakened by his low Magic stat.

Incidentally, does anyone have the stats for a naked Lv70 Cecil for the original Japanese version of FFIV on the SNES?

April 22, 2007, 7:21 PM

I like him more as a Paladin just because he can use white magic and he has a ton more HP. He has more hp at level one has a paladin then he does at level 30 as a dark knight when you change into the paladin. I did like the dark attack but I sometimes used it too much and ended up in a bad situation.

April 26, 2007, 4:05 AM

Gotta say Paladin. Yeah, the Dark Knight thing is cool for a while, but it gets boring fast, since it's all so focused on "Man, I'm suck a dick for being a Dark Knight." Plus, Heal and Cure2 (or I guess they're calling it "Cura" now) are a lot more handy than Dark Wave.

April 27, 2007, 9:09 PM

i would stay with the dark knight bc of the power u have

April 27, 2007, 11:45 PM

i loved the scene which he became a paladin one of my faveorit ff moments ever so yeah a paladin

April 28, 2007, 3:12 PM

i like paladin in almost every way

also it was funny when i first played through ff4 and nearly died when facing dark cecil until i unequipped my weapons and armor thinking 'just kill me now' and then i won and then i thought so thats how you do it and then thought i was dumb for not noticing before

May 15, 2007, 1:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ALPHAZERO

i would stay with the dark knight bc of the power u have

Cecil as a Dark Knight is a weakling compared to Cecil as a Paladin.

May 17, 2007, 11:23 PM

i prefer Cecil as a paladin, he is more powerful and more useful. Plus he doesn't have to sacrifice his HP to do his special attack

June 18, 2008, 2:21 PM

i was wondering- do you think when cecil was a Dark Knight- was that -maybe- better than the Paladin he eventually turns into?