Night Walker
LUK focus · Thief · Cygnus Knights
Spreads bats and poison marks for aerial burst and unrivaled mobility.
Legion effect
Grants flat LUK10/20/40/80/100
Link skill
Cygnus Blessing
Attack Power and Magic ATT: +35, Status Resistance: +22, Elemental Resistance: +22%
Class overview
Night Walker is LUK thief class part of the Cygnus Knights. Night Walkers are known for their bossing capabilities. Additionally, they use Throwing Stars as ammo for their skills
Overview
Attack stats
Base multipliers and passive boosts unlocked while leveling.
| Weapon Multiplier | 1.75x | |
|---|---|---|
| Attack Speed | 8 | Stage 6  +2 |
| Weapon Mastery | 85% | Base +15%  +70% |
| LUK | +80 +1 per 2 levels & +15% to assigned AP | +20  +60  +1 per 2 levels  +15% to assigned AP |
| Attack | +14% +95(185) |  +4%  +10% +25  +10 +30  +30  +60  +30 |
| Crit Rate | +40%(100%) | Base +5%  +35%  +100% |
| Crit Damage | +30% | +10%  +10% +10% |
| Damage | +30%(160%) |  +30%  +10%  up to +120% |
| Boss Damage | +0% | |
| Final Damage | +26.5%(125.88%) |  +15% × +10% × +20% ×  up to +20% × +10% in Stage 1+24% in Stage 2 |
| Ignore DEF | +44.75% | +15% ×  +7% per stack(Max. +35%) |
All actives
Quick reference for buffs, summons, and defensive utility to keep track of.
| Active buffs |  [180s] |
|---|---|
| Toggles |  [  /  ]  |
| Summons & placables |  [7s/60s](60s/0s cd)  [45s](60s cd)  [22.5s / 70 Attacks](30s cd) |
| Buffs with cooldowns |  [20s](120s cd) [20s](120s cd) [60s](120s cd)  [58s](120s cd) [30s](60s cd)  [45s](120s cd) [2400s](300s cd) |
| Binds |  [10-12s](120s cd)  [10s](360s cd) |
| iFrames |  [200s](Special) [4s](1800s cd revive)  [3s](75s cd) (120s cd) (360s cd) |
| Damage reduction (%Max HP) |  [15s](10% HP | Barrier)  [Up to 2.4s](-50% | 60s cd) [45s](-5% | 120s cd) |
Inner ability
Suggested line rolls.
For Bossing
- Boss Damage +20%
- Damage to Abnormal Status +8%
- Buff Duration +38% / Attack +21
For Training
- Meso Obtained +20%
- Item Drop Rate +15%
- Damage to Normal Monsters +8%
Hyper skills
Node picks once Lv.140+.
Quintuple Star - Reinforce and Boss Rush
Dark Omen - Cooldown Cutter and Reinforce- Vitality Siphon - Reinforce
V Matrix nodes
Boost node pairings & notes.
Skills To Boost
Any combination of these skills are good
3 Boost Nodes total are needed to reach Master Level 60 for these skills (with Matrix Points used)
- Nodes with the same Main Skill (skill at the top) cannot be equipped at the same time
- Each skill above should appear in 2 nodes
Other notable combinations
HEXA Leveling Priority
Use the chart below as reference for HEXA leveling priority. The sheet is mostly focusing on burst/party play. If you're aiming to push solo content, consider leveling the mastery skills earlier.
Dark Attribute & Throwing Star Skills + Dark Sight
All of Night Walker's attacks are dark-attribute including clones, bats, and shadow spears. In 5th Job, successful dark-attribute attacks allows Shadow Spear to gather dark energy until a spear appears that strikes enemies
clones, bats, and shadow spears. In 5th Job, successful dark-attribute attacks allows Shadow Spear to gather dark energy until a spear appears that strikes enemiesThrowing Star Skills
Throwing Star skills refer to skills that consume Throwing Stars to use. The skills below have interaction with Throwing Star skills:
- Dark Elemental (1st Job)
- Shadow Bat (1st Job)
- Dark Servant (3rd Job)
- Ravenous Bat (4th Job)
- Shadow Illusion (Hyper Skill)
- Greater Dark Servant (5th Job)
Throw-type Skills
There are also skills listed as 'Throw' skills. Throw-type skills have two parts, the initial attack and the final attack - both attacks count towards successful Throwing Star attacks. Only the final attack is dark-attribute for Throw-type skills (except for where both attacks are dark-attribute). These skills are also Throwing Star skills however have unique interactions with the skills below:
where both attacks are dark-attribute). These skills are also Throwing Star skills however have unique interactions with the skills below:
Shadow Jump (1st Job)
Shadow Dodge (1st Job)- Shadow Momentum (3rd Job)
Below are a list of all your Throw-type skills:
- Triple Throw (2nd Job)
- Quad Star (3rd Job)
- Quintuple Star (4th Job)
- Rapid Throw (5th Job)
Dark Sight
Credits to the Night Walker Discord for the list of attacks avoidable with Dark Sight. For an actively maintained version, please check out the Night Walker Discord
In 1st Job, Dark Sight is unlocked that allows you to dodge certain attacks. Below is a list of avoidable attacks that have been tested:
Dark Sight is unlocked that allows you to dodge certain attacks. Below is a list of avoidable attacks that have been tested:| Boss | Avoidable Attack |
|---|---|
| All Enemies | Touch Damage |
| Hilla | Lightning Bolt, Flame Breath |
| Cygnus | All minion touch damage + attacks |
| Ursus | Falling Debris |
| Princess No | Butterfly Throw, Sakura Shower |
| Magnus | Immobilizing Gas, Falling Debris, Dash |
| Papulatus | Hand Smash, Floor Rift, Timed Cursed/Seal, Falling Debris |
| Gollux | Reverse / 99% Bomb |
| Crimson Queen | Burn DoT |
| Pierre | Falling Hats, Fire Spin (Blue Form) |
| Von Bon | Falling Debris |
| Vellum | Falling Stun Rocks |
| Pink Bean (Statuses) | All attacks except Laser, Poison Clouds, Mini Pink Beans |
| Pink Bean | Blue ground attack, Big Bang, Mini Pink Beans |
| Lotus | Phase 2 Stun Debris |
| Damien | Falling Fireballs, Dash, Thorn Bind |
| Will | P1 Red Meteors, P2 Web, P2 Dash |
| Guardian Angel Slime | Slime Pool DoT, Slime minion touch damage |
| Verus Hilla | Corpse DoT |
| Gloom | Falling Debris |
| Darknell | Debris, Small Minion touch damage |
| Black Mage | Red Lightning, Falling Debris, Knights' Dash |
| Seren | Dash, Falling Debris |
References & thanks
This guide cross-checks data from the following resources.