Ultimate Lord Knight Guide (AGI Crit, Bash & Pierce Build)

Lord Knights are one of the most powerful and versatile job classes in the world of Ragnarok M: Eternal Love. They have a great combination of insanely high damage output and defensive tank abilities.

In this guide we’ll teach you how to build your Lord Knight’s stats, skills, equips and runes for all three LK builds: AGI Crit, Bash and Pierce builds.

Overview

There are three main types of Lord Knights and each have their own pros and cons:

1. AGI Crit Build — auto-attackers, relies on high ASPD and Crit for damage, little to no SP consumption
2. Bash Build — versatile build, relies on high Bash damage, effective vs. small-medium mobs, great for PvP
3. Pierce Build — spear-wielding, relies on Pierce skill for damage, great vs. large monsters and MVP hunting

Just a quick warning though, Knights are expensive to build! Runes and certain equips are necessary for them to deal decent damage. If you’re just starting out, we highly recommend a farming Wizard or Whitesmith build .

For Runes, I recommend using this spreadsheet for reference .

AGI Crit Knight Build

Stats Build

• STR 90
• AGI 60
• VIT 40
• LUK 40

For AGI Crit Knights, AGI and LUK will be what makes you an AGI Crit build. However, you’ll want to have at least 90 STR. After all, a fast attack speed and Crit rate won’t mean anything if you don’t have a high base attack damage.

Skill Build

Swordsman

• Sword Mastery 10
• Increase Recuperation 5–10
• Bash 10
• Magnum Break 1
• Taunt 5–10
• Endure 5–10

As a Swordsman, max Bash and Sword Mastery for damage.

Get 1 point on Magnum Break for the bonus +20% damage and Fire element. You only need 1 point here as the buff duration and bonus damage remains the same from Lv 1–10.

For your defensive and tanky skills, get Increase Recuperation, Taunt and Endure.

Knight

• Cavalry Combat 5
• Cavalry Mastery 5
• One Hand Quicken 10
• Aura Blade 10
• Max  Taunt/Endure

One Hand Quicken and Aura Blade are your bestfriends to pump your damage and ASPD, giving you a high overall auto-attack DPS.

Lord Knight

• Lord’s Aura 10
• Concentration 5
• Call Of Justice 5
• Sword Parry 10
• Head Crush 10

The rest of the Knight and Lord Knight skills are pretty straightforward—you’ll want as much damage and ASPD buffs as possible.

Equips

Weapon	Holy Avenger Flamberge / Cutlus
Off-Hand	Fox Wrist Bracer —> Noble Bracer
Headgear	Cat Ear Beret / Bapho Horns Hockey Mask / Nut On Head Spiked Scarf / Pipe Devil Wing Marchosias Tail
Armor	Mink Coat —> Beast Heart Tights
Garment	Cotton Shirt —> Undershirt
Shoes	Rune Shoes —> Rune Boots
Accessory	Brooch —> AGI Pin STR Ring —> Powerful Ring Flower Ring —> Frozen Rose Ring Matyr’s Leash for MVP hunting

Runes

• Normal Attack
• Sword Mastery
• One Hand Quicken
• Aura Blade Empower
• Taunt
• Cavalry Mastery
• Concentration

Bash Knight Build

Stats Build

• STR 99
• VIT 99

Pierce and Bash Knights only need to max two stat attributes: STR for maximum damage and VIT for tankiness and survivability. Just rush for STR as much as possible—you won’t need to take damage if your targets are dead in 1 blow!

You can put a bit of DEX early on for some HIT, but late game you can rely on Runes and the Lord Knight’s Concentration skill for +50 HIT.

Skill Build

Swordsman

• Bash 10
• Sword Mastery 10
• Magnum Break 1
• Taunt 10
• Endure 5 / 9
• Increase Recuperation 4 (if Endure 5)

Bash will be your main offensive bread-and-butter skill (duh). Bash Knights are almost overpowered during the late game. Once you complete your gears and 10 Bash Runes, your Bash will deal an insane amount of damage, capable of 1 or 2-shotting your targets, not to mention the 30% chance to Stun.

A Bongun Card deposited to your Handbook is very essential to increase your Bash damage.

Get 1 point on Magnum Break for the bonus +20% damage and Fire element. You only need 1 point here as the buff duration and bonus damage remains the same from Lv 1–10.

Knight

• Cavalry Combat 5
• Cavalry Mastery 5
• Heart Of Steel 5
• One Hand Quicken 5
• Bowling Bash 5–10
• Max Endure/Increase Recuperation
• Aura Blade 10

Heart of Steel is a great skill for tanking. Leave One Hand Quicken at 5 as a requirement for LK’s Sword Parry. Bowling Bash is an optional offensive skill.

Aura Blade doesn’t affect Bash damage, only auto attacks. But in the late game, there’s a Rune that gives bonus ATK based on its skill level. By then you should have it maxed.

Lord Knight

• Concentration 5
• Lord’s Aura 10
• Head Crush 10
• Call Of Justice 5
• Sword Parry or HP Alight & Frenzy

As a Lord Knight, most of your skills such as Lord’s Aura , Concentration and Call of Justice are all essential buffs to increase your damage further. The rest of the skills are more defensive and optional ones and depends on your preference.

Equips

Weapon	Cutlus —> Nagan
Off-Hand	Floral Bracelet —> Rosa Bracelet
Headgear	Cat Ear Beret / Bapho Horns Hockey Mask / Nut On Head Spiked Scarf / Pipe Devil Wing Marchosias Tail
Armor	Tights
Garment	Ancient Cape
Shoes	Rune Shoes —> Rune Boots
Accessory	STR Ring —> Powerful Ring Luna Brooch Flower Ring —> Frozen Rose Ring Matyr’s Leash for MVP hunting

Runes

• Bash 10/10
• Ignore Def
• Sword Mastery & Advanced Sword Mastery
• Taunt
• Aura Blade Empower
• Cavalry Mastery
• Concentration

Pierce Knight Build

Stats Build

• STR 99
• VIT 99

Pierce and Bash Knights only need to max two stat attributes: STR for maximum damage and VIT for tankiness and survivability. Just rush for STR as much as possible—you won’t need to take damage if your targets are dead in 1 blow!

You can put a bit of DEX early on for some HIT, but late game you can rely on Runes and the Lord Knight’s Concentration skill for +50 HIT.

Skill Build

Swordsman

• Bash 9
• Magnum Break 1
• Increase Recuperation 10
• Taunt 10
• Endure 10

Pierce builds use Spear weapons, so unlike the other Knight builds, switch Sword Mastery for Spear Mastery 10 .

Get 1 point on Magnum Break for the bonus +20% damage and Fire element. You only need 1 point here as the buff duration and bonus damage remains the same from Lv 1–10.

Knight

• Cavalry Combat 5
• Cavalry Mastery 5
• Pierce 10
• Spear Mastery 10
• Heart Of Steel 0-10
• Aura Blade 10

Pierce will be your main offensive skill. The main value of the Pierce skill lies in its size damage modifier—it deals 1 / 2/ 3 times more damage to Small / Medium / Large monsters respectively. That’s why Pierce Knights are great for MVP hunting as MVP bosses are Large-sized mobs.

Aura Blade doesn’t affect Pierce damage, only auto attacks. But in the late game, there’s a Rune that gives bonus ATK based on its skill level. By then you should have it maxed.

Lord Knight

• Lord’s Aura 10
• Concentration 5
• Call Of Justice 5
• Spiral Pierce 10
• HP Alight 5
• Frenzy 5

As a Lord Knight, Lord’s Aura , Concentration and Call of Justice are all essential buffs to increase your damage further. Spiral Pierce is great for hitting Small targets.

Equips

Weapon	Pole Axe —> Halberd Ivory Axe
Off-Hand	Floral Bracelet —> Rosa Bracelet
Headgear	Cat Ear Beret / Bapho Horns Hockey Mask / Nut On Head Spiked Scarf / Pipe Devil Wing Marchosias Tail
Armor	Tights
Garment	Ancient Cape
Shoes	Rune Shoes —> Rune Boots
Accessory	STR Ring —> Powerful Ring Luna Brooch Flower Ring —> Frozen Rose Ring Matyr’s Leash for MVP hunting

Runes

• Ignore Def
• Spear Mastery
• Aura Blade Empower
• Endure
• Pierce Range
• Spiral Pierce Range
• Cavalry Mastery
• Taunt (decrease Atk effect)
• Concentration

Cards

AGI Crit Build

• Steam Goblin Card (Weapon) — Crit Damage +10%
• Baphomet Jr. Card (Garment) — Agi +2 Crit +5
• Male Thief Bug Card (Footgear) — Equipment ASPD +3%
• Kobold Card (Accessory) — Str +4, Crit +10

Bash Build

• Bongun Card (Deposit) — Causes Bash to be affected by STR

Any Build (AGI Crit/Bash/Pierce)

• Minorous Card (Weapon) — Damage to Large monsters +25%, Atk +15
• Deviruchi Card (Headgear) — STR +3
• Raydric Card (Garment) — Neutral Dmg Reduction 10%
• Chon Chon Card (Footgear) — STR +2
• Mantis Card (Accessory) — STR + 5

Pets

Full Guide: How to Catch Pets + Taming Item and Location List

AGI Crit Build

Baphomet Jr.	Crit Damage +5%
Mandragora Seed	Crit +10
Yoyo	ASPD +5%

Bash/Pierce Builds

Deviruchi	Attack +40
Baby Desert Wolf	Ignore Def +5%
Savage Babe	Refined Attack +10

How to Maximize Attack Damage

Full Guide: 15+ Ways To Increase Your Physical Attack Damage

Here are all the methods you can use to maximize your damage and be able to one-shot kill monsters.

• 6x Cooked foods that give Atk and Ignore Def buffs
  • Fantasy Fish Soup – Atk +30, Ignore Def +1.5%
  • Al De Baran Fish Soup – Atk +32, Ignore Def +1.75%
  • Song For You – Atk +36, Ignore Def +2%
  • Prontera Royal Seafood Soup – Atk +38, Ignore Def +2.25%
  • Complete List of Cooking Recipes
• Elemental converters
• STR Dish A / STR Dish B
• Priest/Whitesmith skill buffs
• Guild Blessing
• Aesir Monument Runes
• Item Enhancements/Refine/Enchants
• Craft/Deposit Headgears in Adventurer Handbook
• Loot/Craft/Deposit Cards in Adventurer Handbook
• Level 10 Cook/Taste Mastery