Terror Knight

Terror Knight
Sprite(s)
Gender	Male (MOTBQ) (LUCT) (PLC) Unisex (LUCT PSP)
Race	Human (MOTBQ) (LUCT) (PLC) Human, Orc, Skeleton (LUCT PSP)
Alignment	Chaotic
Element	(MOTBQ) (PLC) (LUCT)

"The howls of tormented spirits can be heard with every step of the terror knight's boots. Skilled in weakening enemy attacks and defense, they function as a wall to enemy advance."

— LUCT Class Description

The Terror Knight, also known as Black Knight and Evil One, is a generic playable class in Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen, Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber and both versions of Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together. Trained to intimidate, these warriors are the backbone of chaotic units designed to decimate their enemies without remorse.

Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen

Black Knight		Resistances
Requirements	Level 16, Cha. 60+, Ali. 0-30	Physical	54
Size	Small	Fire	46
Leader	Yes	Cold	40
Recruit	Berserker, Wizard	Lightning	39
Movement Type	Plains	Black	55
Deployment Cost	770 Goth + (130 x level)	White	25
Statistic Increases Per Level
Hit Points	Strength	Agility	Intelligence
6-10	3-5	2-4	2-4

Attacks
Row	Description	# of Attacks	PSX Name	SNES Name	Element
Front	Chops the enemy with his enormous axe	2	Slice	Chop	Physical
Back	Launches a fireball from his axe toward the enemy	2	Fire Ball	Fireball	Fire

Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (SNES/PS)

Recruitment

Male human units with 117 STR, 114 VIT, 104 DEX, Chaotic alignment and over 30 total kills can be classed as Terror Knights.

In Chapter 3N, the player can recruit the special Terror Knight Debordes during the storyline.

Overview

• Favored Weapon: Axes.

The Terror Knight is an advanced male-exclusive generic class. Compared to the other three alignment-exclusive physical warriors, the Dragoon and Swordmaster, the Terror Knight lacks agility and magic options, but more than compensates with his attack power, defense, and debilitating passive.

In some ways this class can be considered the next stage for the Berserker class, as it shares a similar playstyle: Terror Knights are meant to be played as front-line tanks with high melee damage, either one or two-handed. This is further enhanced by their passive Terror Effect, which reduces the attack power of enemies in a range of three tiles of distance from the unit.

However, unlike the Berserker, the Terror Knight's WT, low AGI and heavy armor makes it particularly slow compared to other classes. It's adviced to gain a few levels as a Ninja, before and after reclassing, to help mitigate this problem; with sufficient levels, turn speed won't be a problem at all.

Having one or two Terror Knights in a party is recommended, as they in some ways can be better protectors than the designated Knights, great compensation for Chaotic units which otherwise get barred from most endgame options. This class is a good choice for a Chaotic Denim, especially if the player intends to recruit Kachua, just bear in mind that by Chapter 4 Denim's stat growths will resemble those of his Lord class, regardless of his actual class.

Legend of Ogre Battle Gaiden: Prince of Zenobia

The Black Knight class is identical to its iteration in The March of the Black Queen, aside from slightly reduced HP growth. It can also be promoted to the new class Revenger, with a Black Brand item.

Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber

Statistics

Black Knight
	Requirements	ALI 0-40 STR 117 VIT 112
	Class Type	Master (Male)
	Size	Small
	Leadership Rank	Unit Leader
	Carriable Items	2
	Movement Type	Plains

Statistic Growth Per Level
Hit Points	Strength	Vitality	Intelligence	Mentality	Agility	Dexterity
6	7	6	5	5	4	4

Equipment
2H Axes & Hammers	Full-Body Armor
Satan's Bullova	Baldr Armor
Accessories	Helms
Valiant Mantle	Armet

Attacks
Row	Attack Name	Description	# of Attacks	Element
Front	Cleave	Cleaves an enemy with his axe	2
Middle	Cleave	Cleaves an enemy with his axe	2
Back	Weapon Magic	Casts a basic spell of his chosen weapon's element	2	Varies

Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (PSP)

Recruitment

Due to the reworking of class and alignment mechanics, there are no special conditions for reclassing into or recruiting Terror Knights. Like every other generic human class, they can be recruited by any unit with the Recruit ability (higher chance for having the same alignment and race/clan), and they can be reclassed with Dreadknight's Marks, which can be bought from any General Shop after clearing Chapter 1.

Overview

• Weapon: 2H Sword, Axe (2H only), Hammer, Cudgel (Baldur & Damasc only), Crossbow (basic, Baldur & Damasc only).
• Shields: All except Shield of Sages.
• Body armor: Heavy armor, except Titania Mail.
• Other armor: Good access.

Like it's the case of the Valkyrie and Swordmaster classes, veterans of the original version will find themselves soon dissapointed by this iteration of this class.

Their biggest drawback is having the highest RT delay score of all classes, which coupled with their heavy armor options, make them the overall slowest possible class in the game, and unlike the SNES/PS version stats are unique to each class, so there's no way to reduce the turn delay besides using lighter armor. For this reason Shields are heavily discouraged.

The Terror Knight is meant to be played as a melee tank with skills to debilitate enemies; in practice however the Terror Knight is terrible at receiving damage, lacks options to handle damage like the Knight's Phalanx or the Berserker's Risk Management, and suffers a penalty to their already low speed when equipping Shields. On the other hand, access to Dark Magic debuffs, Spellstrike III* and Lament of the Dead mean they do play their role as debilitators well, and Drain allows them to steal enemies' HP, MP or TP.

Their equipment choices remain mostly terrible during the early-to-mid-game, but by the endgame they get access to armor which can boost their performance considerably: The Headsman (2H Sword) is relatively easy to acquire, is Dark elemental, and grants a +2 bonus to Lament of the Dead; the Ogre Blade increases their magic power, and with it the effectiveness of debuffs; and most importantly, Terror Knights are one of the very few classes capable of using the full Ogre Armor (Armor, Shield, Helm & Blade) and Dark Armor sets (Thanatos Armor, Skull Helm & Dagda's Hammer).

Overall, Terror Knights suffer the same early-mid-game slump as Valkyries/Rune Fencers without the end-game redeeming factor, and also fail to live up to the Knight's protection (besides access to Rampart Aura), but it may be worth to keep one around to exploit the full potential of the 'Frightened' debuff (one of the most useful in the game) and the Ogre and Dark Armor sets. It's recommended to recruit and train Dievold Obdilord as a designated Terror Knight instead of a generic, since the former has less RT delay.

*Asterisk signifies it must be taught from another class.

Suggested endgame skillset: 2H Swords, Dark Magic, Augment Darkness, Anatomy, Swiftfoot I, Constitution IV, Strengthen IV, Spellstrike III*, Rampart Aura IV, Lament of the Dead.

Statistics

Terror Knight
		Stats:	Level 1	Level 50
		STR		+124
		VIT		+118
		DEX		+113
Human, Orc, Skeleton		AGIL		+114
Classmark	Dreadknight's Mark	AVD		+124
Move	4 Agile, 2 Up, 3 Down	INT		+120
RT	38	MIND		+114
Basic Attacks		RES		+120
Melee	Punch	ATK		8
Ranged	Cast Stones	DEF		6
Magic		Class Skills
Dark Magic [Drain, Instill, Paralytic Wave, Sleep, Gravity Flux]		Fearful Impact [Lv.3] Shadowbreak [Lv.13] Squash [Lv.15] Lament of the Dead [Lv.20]

Skills & Abilities

Skills
Skill	Lv.	SP Cost	TP Cost	Usage
Dark Magic	1	50	MP	Drain, Instill, Paralytic Wave, Sleep, Gravity Flux
Fearful Impact	3	120	40	Next Physical attack has 100% accuracy and chance to inflict 'Frightened' status
Shadowbreak	13	330	40	Destroys all Shadows in a 1-tile range around the caster
Squash	15	370	30	Destroys barricades in one hit
Lament of the Dead	20	480	30	Inflicts 'Frightened' status on all enemies in a 1-tile range around the caster

Abilities
Skill	Lv.	Cost	Usage
Trajectory	1	50	Highlights path of ranged attacks
Steadfast	17	370	Prevents Knockback
Parry	12	240	Second chance to block melee attacks
Deflect	12	240	Second chance to block ranged attacks
Overpower	20	400	Ignores the target's Parry and Deflect
Rampart Aura I/II/III/IV	5/16/27/38	50/330/530/710	4/8/13/18-tile range aura that stops any units from advancing past the unit
Counterattack I-II-III	5/14/23	120/330/500	Counters physical attacks at 25/50/75% Physical damage
Knockback I/II/III	4/13/23	90/310/480	25/50/75% chance to knock attacked target back one tile
Strengthen I/II/III/IV	6/17/28/39	120/370/560/740	Increases ATK stat by 10/20/30/40%
Fortify I/II/III/IV	4/15/26/37	120/370/560/740	Increases DEF stat by 10/20/30/40%
Spellcraft I/II	7/20	120/370	Increases INT stat by 10/20%
Resistance I/II	10/22	200/440	Increases RES stat by 10/20%
Truestrike I/II/III/IV	4/16/28/40	90/370/580/770	Increases melee accuracy by 10/20/30/40%
Trueflight I/II/III	9/19/31	120/390/600	Increases ranged accuracy by 10/20/30%
Spellstrike I/II	9/19	90/350	Increases magic accuracy by 10/20%
Dodge I/II/III/IV	6/18/30/42	120/390/600/790	Increases melee avoidance by 10/20/30/40%
Sidestep I/II/III	8/22/34	150/400/610	Increases ranged avoidance by 10/20/30%
Spell Ward I/II	9/21	150/400	Increases magic avoidance by 10/20%
Constitution I/II/III/IV	7/18/29/40	200/420/610/790	Increases HP stat by 10/20/30/40%
Field Alchemy I/II/III/IV	3/8/16/24	50/220/370/500	Allows use of more powerful/effective items
Swiftfoot I	23	460	Increases Move by 1
Jump I	23	500	Increases Jump by 1
Wade I/II	11/21	220/420	Allows movement through water at cost of 2/1 Move while in water
Reflect Magic I/II	18/35	359/650	Reflects 10/20% of damage taken by magic attacks back to the attacker
Max TP I/II/III/IV	10/20/30/40	290/480/650/800	Increases max TP by 25/50/75/100

Transferable
Skill	Class	Usage
Spellstrike III	Wizard, Cleric, Rune Fencer, Swordmaster, Ninja, Warlock, Necromancer	Increases magic accuracy by 30%
Tactician I/II	Knight, Rogue	Increases TP accumulation by 20/40%
Absorb MP I/II	Wizard, Warlock, Necromancer	Absorb 20/40% of MP spent by enemies on equipped unit
Treasure Hunt I/II	Rogue	Improves quality of found hidden items
* Listing generic Human classes only

Localization

Game	Name
Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen (SNES)	Evil One
Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen (PSX)	Black Knight
Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber	Black Knight
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (PSX)	Terror Knight
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (PSP)	Terror Knight