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Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance

Armor Knight

By
Jarrod Garripoli
Portrait Description
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Graduates of a military academy that trains knights to protect Nether Nobles. When they graduate, they are appointed to work for a noble and given a set of obsidian armor. Recently, the number of female knights has rapidly increased, and they now nearly outnumber the men.

The Armor Knight is unlocked as a playable class upon reaching Rank 3 Fighter and Rank 3 Brawler. The Armor Knight is all about defense and everything pretty much revolves around defending in some fashion. With its unique Evility, Hero’s Shield, it can take the place of allies anywhere on the map while defending. Add some of its other Evilities into the mix and it’s going to be hard to break the Armor Knight’s defensive wall. Because of this, they have a super high DEF aptitude, as well as a pretty high HP aptitude. They are best with spears, since that is their best weapon, which also has DEF as a secondary stat.

The Armor Knight eventually becomes good with an Axe, too, if you want to try out something different. To make them even tankier, they even have a skill that does an attack, then immediately forces them to defend. Their one Evility can force an enemy to counter attack, so there’s even more you can do with an Armor Knight than just defend. One thing you can do to mitigate damage more is get the Sludge and Horseman unique Evilities.

Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Move Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Jump Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Range Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Throw Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Counter Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Critical
4 15 1 5 1 3%

Resistances

Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Fire Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Ice Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Wind
-10% -10% -10%
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Star Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Fist Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Sword
0% 30% 30%
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Spear Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Bow Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Gun
20% 20% 20%
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Axe Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Staff Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Monster
-20% -40% -30%

Stat Aptitudes

Coral Knight Onyx Knight Emerald Knight Sapphire Knight Ruby Knight Diamond Knight
HP 120% 125% 130% 135% 140% 145%
SP 60% 60% 65% 65% 70% 70%
ATK 100% 105% 110% 115% 120% 125%
DEF 130% 135% 140% 145% 150% 155%
INT 70% 70% 75% 75% 80% 80%
RES 120% 125% 130% 135% 140% 145%
HIT 100% 105% 110% 115% 120% 125%
SPD 60% 60% 65% 65% 70% 70%

Weapon Masteries

Coral Knight Onyx Knight Emerald Knight Sapphire Knight Ruby Knight Diamond Knight
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Fist D D D D D D
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Sword C B B B B B
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Spear A A A A A S
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Bow E E E E E E
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Gun E E E E E E
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Axe B B B B A A
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Staff E E E E E E
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance Screenshot Armor B B A A A A

Skills

Skill Unlock Notes
Noblesse Oblige Lv 10 Takes half damage for selected target for three turns
Galahad’s Shield Lv 30 Automatically defends after the attack

Evilities

The Armor Knight’s unique Evility is called Hero’s Shield, which allows them to protect their allies from attacks when defending. This happens across the entirety of the map, but they can only protect up to three times per map (some characters might get less than that), plus area-of-effect skills will only trigger Hero’s Shield on a single character, if more than one is targeted. Synch Guard, while defending, will decrease the damage taken by the number of adjacent allies by 10% each. Since the Armor Knight should be the one defending the others, this can be a bit of a blunder of an Evility.

Advance Guard makes it so when the unit is defending, they take 50% less damage. Needless to say, for any tank you make in this game, this is a must-have Evility. Hold the Line will make it so enemy units cannot enter within 2 panels of your position when defending. While this is nice and all, the goal of the Armor Knight is to draw enemies to your position and hopefully hold them there. Swift Stance will force your unit to always counter attack when defending. This is a great Evility if your character is quite powerful and can be nice in counter builds (it’s also great for helping to boost Weapon Mastery). The last common Evility is Defensive Stance, which will make the unit with this always defend when attacked from the front of side. With some of the other Evilities, you will almost always be defending.

Evility Slots Effect Req
Hero’s Shield Unique When defending, protect allies from attacks Default
Synch Guard 3 When defending, decreases damage taken by number of adjacent allies by 10% Rank 2 Armor Knight
Advance Guard 4 When defending, decreases damage taken by 50% Rank 3 Armor Knight
Hold the Line 4 When defending, enemy units cannot enter within 2 panels of this unit Rank 4 Armor Knight
Swift Stance 4 When defending, always counter attack (up to 20 times) Rank 5 Armor Knight
Defensive Stance 4 Always defend when attacked from the front or side Rank 6 Armor Knight
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Guide Information
  • Publisher
    NIS America
  • Platforms,
    PC, PS4, Switch
  • Genre
    Tactical RPG
  • Guide Release
    6 November 2015
  • Last Updated
    29 June 2021
    Version History
  • Guide Author
    Jarrod Garripoli

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There are three major areas in the Disgaea universe, Celestia, which is home to the angels, the Human World, and the Netherworlds. The Netherworlds are split up into a bunch of different ones, each governed by an Overlord, who has their own set of rules. Those very same Netherworlds are now in danger of being destroyed or taken over by an evil army known as The Lost, who is being led Void Dark. However, a ray of hope appears in the form of Killia, who seems to have a deep grudge against Void Dark. Can he really go through the rumored 10 billion Lost soldiers and exact his revenge against Void?

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