Dark Gaming's PvP META

beetleeye1602 · 2 March 2021 02:03

DEPRECATED, USE LOADOUT CHESTS

This is a guide to Dark Gaming’s PvP, things unchanged from Vanilla PvP will not be listed.

The distinguishing mechanic of Dark Gaming PvP is that weapons are modified with custom damage and velocity, armors are also modified with custom defense and damage bonuses. You can read more here.

Weapon and armor changes, bans and others can be seen in the PvP Manager website.

Learning the meta may be difficult for some people since it is very different from a normal meta, this guide was made to teach people the meta that Dark Gaming has.

Equipment

General Accessories

Wings, Hero Shield and Celestial Stone/Shell should always be equipped, and you should use your accessories with the Menacing prefix.

Name	Sprite	Info
Solar Wings		Fastest base vertical and horizontal speed
Stardust Wings		Indistinguishable from Solar Wings
Betsy’s Wings		Fastest horizontal hovering while holding Down + Jump
Empress Wings		Fastest ascent acceleration while holding Up
Hero Shield		Grants knockback immunity and 10 defense
Celestial Shell		Provides various stat-boosts (Including 10% increase to all damage). Does not stack with Celestial Stone
Celestial Stone		Indistinguishable from Celestial Shell. Does not stack with Celestial Shell
Tabi		Allows the ability to dash
Worm Scarf		17% damage reduction
Avenger Emblem		12% increase to all damage
Destroyer Emblem		10% increase to all damage

Viable Armor Sets

The following Armor Sets are good for any kit.

Solar Flare Armor

Provides good defense, melee damage and speed
Provides 12% damage reduction and increased regeneration
Solar Blaze (the shield set bonus) doesn’t reduce damage

Orichalcum Armor

16% increase to all damage and further 9% magic/ranged/melee damage increase depending on which helmet you use
Can double hit with set bonus (not guaranteed)

Gladiator Armor

27% increase to all damage
Grants knockback immunity (making it not necessary to use the Hero Shield)

Crimson Armor

36% increase to all damage
Increased regeneration

Crystal Assassin Armor

16% increase to all damage
Grants dash (making it not necessary to use the Tabi)

Class Specific Armors and Accessories

You can combine different armor pieces and accessories to maximize certain stats.

Mixed

Name	Sprite	Info
Titanium Mask		12% increased melee damage, 9% increased melee speed, 3 more defense than Palladium Mask
Palladium Mask		12% increased melee damage, 12% increased melee speed
Crimson Helmet		12% increase to all damage
Gi		11% increased damage, 10% increased melee speed
Valhalla Knight’s Breastplate		2% increased damage, extra life regeneration (4 HP/sec)
Palladium Breastplate		9% increased melee, ranged and summon damage, 13% increased magic damage
Chlorophyte Plate Mail		7% increased damage, 7 more defense than Palladium Breastplate
Crystal Assasin Pants		7% increase to all damage, 10% increased melee speed
Beetle Leggings		9% increased damage, 6% increased melee speed
Titanium Leggings		7% increased damage, 8 more defense than Crystal Assasin Pants
Forbidden Treads		40 extra mana, 12% increased magic and summon damage, 1 extra minion slot
Fire Gauntlet		12% increased melee damage and melee speed, enables autoswing for all melee weapons and whips, increases the size of swords by 10%. Stacks with Mechanical Glove
Mechanical Glove		Indistinguishable from Fire Gauntlet. Stacks with Fire Gauntlet
Berserker’s Glove		12% increased melee speed, increases the size of swords by 10%, enables autoswing for all melee weapons and whips, Grants 8 defense

Melee

Name	Sprite	Info
Titanium Mask		12% increased melee damage, 9% increased melee speed, 3 more defense than Palladium Mask
Palladium Mask		12% increased melee damage, 12% increased melee speed
Chlorophyte Mask		16% increased melee damage
Beetle Scale Mail		16% increased melee damage, 6% increased melee speed
Monk’s Shirt		20% increased melee damage
Frost Leggings		12% increased melee damage, 9% increased ranged damage, 10% increased melee speed
Fire Gauntlet		12% increased melee damage and melee speed, enables autoswing for all melee weapons and whips, increases the size of swords by 10%. Stacks with Mechanical Glove
Mechanical Glove		Indistinguishable from Fire Gauntlet. Stacks with Fire Gauntlet
Berserker’s Glove		12% increased melee speed, increases the size of swords by 10%, enables autoswing for all melee weapons and whips, grants 8 defense
Warrior Emblem		15% increased melee damage

Ranger

Name	Sprite	Info
Chlorophyte Helmet		16% increased ranged damage
Red Riding Dress		16% increased ranged damage, 2% increased melee, magic & summon damage, 8 more defense than Huntress’s Jerkin
Huntress’s Jerkin		20% increased summon and ranged damage
Vortex Leggings		16% increased ranged damage
Ranger Emblem		15% increased ranged damage
Sniper Scope		Enables zoom/scope function with all guns and Stake Launcher, 10% increased ranged damage. Stacks with Recon Scope
Recon Scope		Indistinguishable from Sniper Scope. Stacks with Sniper Scope
Magic Quiver		Increases arrow damage by 10% and doubles arrow speed. Arrow damage stacks with Molten Quiver and Stalker’s Quiver, arrow speed does not stack
Molten Quiver		Indistinguishable from Magic Quiver and Stalker’s Quiver but converts Wooden Arrows to Flaming Arrows. Arrow damage stacks with Magic Quiver and Stalker’s Quiver, arrow speed does not stack
Stalker’s Quiver		Indistinguishable from Magic Quiver and Molten Quiver. Arrow damage stacks with Magic Quiver and Molten Quiver, arrow speed does not stack

Ammo

Bullets

Name	Sprite	Info
Luminite Bullet		Standard bullet. High velocity, high damage
High Velocity Bullet		Fastest bullet, significantly less damage than Luminite Bullet. Use it if you want more consistency for less damage
Exploding Bullet		Slow bullet, significantly more damage than Luminite Bullet.

Arrows

Name	Sprite	Info
Venom Arrow		Standard arrow. High velocity, high damage
Jester’s Arrow		Disappears once it reaches the end of the screen. Significantly more damage than Venom Arrow. Is not affected by gravity
Luminite Arrow		Disappears once it reaches the end of the screen. Less damage but can double hit, use it if you want more DPS than raw damage and range
Hellfire Arrow		Slow arrow. Significantly more damage than Venom Arrow, but slower. Faster than Venom Arrow if you use a Quiver (see Ranger accessories)
Wooden Arrow		Slowest arrow, but has the highest damage

Mage

Name	Sprite	Info
Chlorophyte Headgear		80 extra mana, 17% reduced mana usage, 13% increased magic damage
Forbidden Mask		15% increased magic and summon damage
Forbidden Robes		15% increased magic and summon damage
Forbidden Treads		40 extra mana, 12% increased magic and summon damage, 1 extra minion slot
Celestial Emblem		15% increased magic damage. Stacks with Sorcerer Emblem
Sorcerer Emblem		Indistinguishable from Celestial Emblem. Stacks with Celestial Emblem

Summoner

Whip kits are the most viable Summoner variant. (summoned minions don’t directly attack players, Sentries can only deal contact damage)
Note: “Summon damage” refers to all damage from any weapon that deals summon damage; minions, whips, and sentries all benefit.

Name	Sprite	Info
Tiki Mask		10% increased summon damage and whip range
Shinobi Infiltrator’s Torso		5% increased melee damage, 20% increased melee speed
Solar Flare Leggings		15% increased melee speed
Fire Gauntlet		12% increased melee damage and melee speed, enables autoswing for all melee weapons and whips, increases the size of swords by 10%. Stacks with Mechanical Glove
Mechanical Glove		Indistinguishable from Fire Gauntlet. Stacks with Fire Gauntlet
Berserker’s Glove		12% increased melee speed, increases the size of swords by 10%, enables autoswing for all melee weapons and whips, Grants 8 defense
Power Glove		12% increased melee speed, Increases the size of swords by 10%, enables autoswing for all melee weapons and whips

Weapons

Weapon	Name	Recommended Prefix
	Paladin’s Hammer	Unreal
	Possessed Hatchet	Rapid or Unreal
	Combat Wrench	Unreal
	Flying Dragon	Legendary
	Ice Sickle	Legendary
	Terrarian	Ruthless
	Daybreak	Unreal
	Shadowflame Knife	Unreal
	Solar Eruption	Ruthless or Unreal
	Starlight	Ruthless or Legendary
	Flower Pow	Unreal
	Drippler Crippler	Unreal
	Ghastly Glaive	Unreal
	Dark Lance	Unreal
	Gungnir	Unreal
	Mushroom Spear	Unreal

Ranger

The recommended prefix for all ranger weapons is Unreal.

Weapon	Name	Note
	Sniper Rifle	Ruthless is good too
	Revolver	Rapid is good too
	Clockwork Assault Rifle	Unreal can’t be applied so use Rapid or Demonic
	Tactical Shotgun
	Onyx Blaster
	Eventide	Only good with Wooden arrows
	Tsunami	Works best with Venom arrows
	Aerial Bane
	Pulse Bow
	Chlorophyte Shotbow	Works best with Hellfire arrows
	Phantom Phoenix
	Elf Melter
	Flamethrower	Ruthless is good too
	Marrow
	Hallowed Repeater
	Toxikarp
	Phoenix Blaster

Mage

Most of mage weapons recommended prefix is Unreal.

Weapon	Name	Note
	Aqua Scepter
	Shadowflame Hex Doll
	Heat Ray	Mythical is good too
	Laser Rifle	Rapid is good too
	Shadowbeam Staff
	Bat Scepter
	Stellar Tune
	Crystal Storm
	Crystal Vile Shard
	Bubble Gun	Ruthless is good too
	Betsy’s Wrath	Mythical is good too
	Razorpine	Mythical is good too
	Blizzard Staff	Ruthless is good too
	Tome Of Infinite Wisdom	Has two different attacks, normal attack fires paper and secondary attack (press Interact) fires a tornado
	Staff Of Earth
	Magic Missile	Ruthless is good too
	Rainbow Rod	Ruthless is good too
	Demon Scythe
	Cursed Flames
	Clinger Staff	Ruthless since it’s stationary
	Rainbow Gun	Ruthless since it’s stationary

Summoner

Weapon	Name	Recommended Prefix
	Rainbow Crystal Staff	Mythical
	Ballista Staff	Ruthless
	Staff Of The Frost Hydra	Ruthless
	Morning Star	Unreal

Not Recommended

These weapons are not recommended as they cannot be used in enough situations, are slow, or are overshadowed by other weapons.

Melee

Weapon	Name	Reason
	Death Sickle	Overshadowed by Ice Sickle
	Influx Waver	Slow and poor damage
	Chain Guillotines	Too slow
	Golem Fist	Overshadowed by Paladin’s Hammer
	Flying Knife	Too slow
	Spears	Overshadowed by Swords
	Copper Shortsword	Extremely low range

Ranger

Weapon	Name	Reason
	Vortex Beater	Overshadowed by Megashark and Clockwork Assault Rifle
	Star Cannon	Too slow
	Super Star Shooter	Too slow
	Candy Corn Rifle	Low damage
	Celebration Mk2	Extremely low damage
	Phantasm	Overshadowed by Tsunami
	Xenopopper	Low damage
	Paintball Gun	Slow and short range
	Uzi	Low damage and slow fire rate
	Ice Bow	Overshadowed by Hallowed Repeater
	Celebration	Small and inconsistent hitbox

Mage

Weapon	Name	Reason
	Inferno Fork	Extremely situational
	Laser Machinegun	Low damage
	Venom Staff	Slow and short range
	Water Bolt	Low damage
	Magnet Sphere	Extremely slow
	Sky Fracture	Small hitbox
	Nettle Burst	Overshadowed by Crystal Vile Shard

Summoner

Weapon	Name	Reason
	Kaleidoscope	Overshadowed by Morning Star
	Dark Harvest	Low maximum damage

Loadout Examples

Can’t decide on what weapons or equipment use? Look at some of these examples:

Loadout	Description
pvp	Meta loadout, may be hard to use
beetleeyepvp2	Melee loadout

Load them with /loadout load

Want more examples for armor? Refer to the armor comparison spreadsheet which has more armor pieces, their stats, and viable armor combination examples.

Tejdxa · 2 March 2021 10:05

You should add spaces between spoilers because some spoilers mix, and it’s a bit harder to read.

I also think you should use Headings so you can get that Table of Contents.

FAdadadada · 2 March 2021 10:09

Editing the poop out of this.

FAdadadada · 2 March 2021 11:01

Tbh, much more can be written about:

Buffs
Cart Dash and other Movement Tricks
Hooks
FFA Arena Strategies
Charm of Myths and Regen Band
Healing Armors
Useful Commands like /more
Hiding (eg Shroomite Armor, Psycho Knife, etc)
Item Descriptions
Ammo Type

I know this was written, but there is a lot more to PvP besides Armor Sets, Weapons, and Ammo.
(The only things changed by PvPManager.)

It’s just that writing anymore is going to be Painful considering that it should be formatted to look nice.

Tejdxa · 2 March 2021 15:15

For some reason, the images’ alts are “meter-pattern”

Also, these are recursive

FAdadadada · 2 March 2021 16:47

In order to append images to tables, they must have meter-pattern\.

Tru3thful · 3 March 2021 01:56

I’m not that good, but am I allowed to add Rapid as a modifier for Stellar Tune for the speed factor?

InjectuousPotato · 3 March 2021 01:58

If you aren’t allowed then I think someone can just change it back

beetleeye1602 · 3 March 2021 02:07

considering that all it does is make the notes move faster, i would say demonic is better

Tru3thful · 3 March 2021 02:54

Is it? I noticed the 13% increased casting speed in practice from Rapid vs. Demonic, which checks out because that’s how much the speed increases by with in - game rounding taken into account.

Tejdxa · 3 March 2021 06:51

Are you referring to this post?

I don’t think it requires “meter-pattern” specifically. All you need is to escape the pipe(|) by adding a forwards slash(\) before it

FAdadadada · 3 March 2021 15:42

Oh really?
That’s good to know.

Solysis · 23 March 2021 17:29

You can’t use all pieces of the shroomite armor, nor the vortex, meaning no invisibility set bonus. Also, Blanc told me that its not ideal to use Psycho Knife and that he is gonna remove it.

Madofado · 23 March 2021 17:32

aww, i use psycho knife to not get killed while im chatting

not that it’s hugely useful, with solar armor

FAdadadada · 23 March 2021 17:39

In regards to this, I was just thinking about throwing out suggestions earlier.

Also, Blanc said he’d remove the Psycho Knife a long ago. Still hasn’t happened yet.

Tru3thful · 23 March 2021 23:53

There was a time where it was banned from use after that statement (I recall being frozen by it), but then it was enabled again. Though, either the stealth from Psycho Knife only works clientside or the player “Undercover” is cheating as they found me 3 separate times fairly recently when I was hiding in stealth with it trying to type without being bothered, and there weren’t any indications of me being around at all.

Madofado · 24 March 2021 00:34

Bitwin also somehow homed into me every single time I tried to hide from him with it, but other people have gone right past me so I think it isn’t clientside, or maybe I’m just incredibly lucky.

Edit: nvm, it shows your healthbar

Madofado · 25 March 2021 14:41

Why does it say “Outdated, use the chests at spawn”?

Also I think the Red Riding set was unbanned and buffed/nerfed.

FAdadadada · 25 March 2021 15:32

The Red Riding Dress has been unbanned.

Also, which chests are you referring to?

Legolas · 25 March 2021 16:16

Since PvP is in a new world, loadout chests work now, however I think Blanc did only one loadout chest which is the ranger class.