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Dark Step
Type	Fighting Style
Source	Dark Step Teacher
Release Date	January 16, 2019
Obtainable in	First Sea Second Sea Third Sea
Price
Money	150,000

Dark Step is a leg-based fighting style obtainable in First Sea (or any other seas).

If the player activates Aura while Dark Step is equipped, the Aura will appear on the player's legs instead of their arms. This is entirely visual and provides no additional buffs compared to Aura on the arms in the same stage.

Obtainment

Dark Step can be learned for 150,000 from the Dark Step Teacher.

Mastery

• 300+ Mastery: Dark Step is one of the requirements to obtain Superhuman in Second Sea (or Third Sea).
• 400+ Mastery: Dark Step can be "upgraded" to Death Step in Second Sea (or Third Sea).

Moveset

• Moveset
• Damage

Flying Kick 1 Mastery + -
	The user launches towards their cursor, leaving an impact. This move launches the user in an arc, with a red line showing the user where they will land (can be inaccurate if used from a long distance). If used when Overheat is active it deals extra damage and does AoE damage upon impact.
Flying Kick
1 Mastery
The user launches towards their cursor, leaving an impact. This move launches the user in an arc, with a red line showing the user where they will land (can be inaccurate if used from a long distance). If used when Overheat is active it deals extra damage and does AoE damage upon impact.
Breakdance 40 Mastery + -
	The user handstands, starts spinning, attacks everything around them using their legs. Upon contact with an enemy, the user will deal damage and stun the enemy for the duration of the move. The user is unable to move during this. If used during Overheat, it deals extra damage and ignites the wind around the user.
Breakdance
40 Mastery
The user handstands, starts spinning, attacks everything around them using their legs. Upon contact with an enemy, the user will deal damage and stun the enemy for the duration of the move. The user is unable to move during this. If used during Overheat, it deals extra damage and ignites the wind around the user.
Barrage 80 Mastery + -
	The user releases a barrage of kicks towards their cursor. The duration of this move will be increased if the key is held down. If the user is hit during this move, the move is canceled. If used during Overheat, it deals extra damage and the barrage will be on fire.
Barrage
80 Mastery
The user releases a barrage of kicks towards their cursor. The duration of this move will be increased if the key is held down. If the user is hit during this move, the move is canceled. If used during Overheat, it deals extra damage and the barrage will be on fire.
Overheat 150 Mastery + -
	The user spins really fast and sets both of the user's legs on fire, increasing Dark Step's damage by 1.22x for 60 seconds. 90 second cooldown. This also deals damage after the leg lights on fire, but it's best not to use it for doing damage since it does the same amount of damage as a singular M1 click.
Overheat
150 Mastery
The user spins really fast and sets both of the user's legs on fire, increasing Dark Step's damage by 1.22x for 60 seconds. 90 second cooldown. This also deals damage after the leg lights on fire, but it's best not to use it for doing damage since it does the same amount of damage as a singular M1 click.

No accessories, Full Body Aura, 2550 Melee Stats, 600 Mastery

Move	Damage	Overheat Applied
M1 (Click)	AVG 1632 (four-hit combo: 1574, 1574, 1574, 1807)	AVG 1996 (four-hit combo: 1924, 1924, 1924, 2210)
[Z] Flying Kick	2448	2994
[X] Breakdance	2742	3353
[C] Barrage	4031	4929
[V] Overheat	1632	N/A

Overview

• Pros
• Cons
• Tips

Pros
General Good for farming in the First Sea. Currently The cheapest fighting style in the game (excluding "Combat", which is automatically given for free upon joining). All of the moves are AoE. Low mastery requirements.
[Z] Flying Kick Provides some form of air mobility.
[X] Breakdance Decent AoE. Good for grinding Aura due to the high amount of individual hits.
[C] Barrage Good stunning skills. Good damage.
[V] Overheat Provides a decent damage boost.

Cons
General Slowest click speed out of all the fighting styles, unless the player have an autoclicker (Combat is slightly faster). Slow and weak in PvP and is not good for Fruit Mains. It's recommended to just get Death Step. Pairs badly with Buddha, as the click attack is slow and weak, and most moves can't hit in Shift form. Extremely low damage Fighting Style. The moves are extremely hard to hit in PvP due to slow startup speed and low AOE.
[Z] Flying Kick Low damage. Has a high startup time as the user first needs to aim the move.
[X] Breakdance Lowers the user's hitbox, which could be problematic, especially when paired with Buddha, as it removes the invulnerability against some moves. (examples: Mythological Pirates' Electric X) It can also drown the user if they are too close to the sea surface. Locks the user in place and can be punished easily due to high endlag.
[C] Barrage Easy to cancel, as a single hit will stop the move. Low range.
[V] Overheat Can leave the user very vulnerable since it has a long animation. Extremely long cooldown (1 minute and 30 seconds).

Tips
This is a good Fighting Style for beginners. This style could theoretically also be good even until late game, since it has very high damage with Overheat activated. It doesn't have much knockback either, so it can be very good for grinding.
However, it is suggested to first purchase Water Kung Fu or Electric instead because of the more varied moves.
It is recommended to grind mastery on this fighting style last when trying to get Superhuman, because it does low damage and is generally more difficult than the others.
When grinding with Buddha it is recommended to spam [M1] attacks rather than use the moves of Dark Step, as most of them do not work or have extremely unusual hitboxes.

Trivia

Trivia
If the user uses [V] Overheat and goes into Light's [F] Light Flight, the flames will get messed up.
If [V] Overheat is used over 100 times, the user will have both legs on fire upon using it again, similar to Death Step's [V] move which doesn't have a requirement for both legs to be on fire and has it from the start upon use.
If the user uses [V] Overheat, and then switches to another fighting style, the user's legs will still be on fire without an expiration timer. Hence, it is possible to get both flame legs and flame fists by activating the move and equipping Dragon Talon. This effect only gets removed if the player dies or rejoins, and it is purely cosmetic if they switch to another fighting style. The expiration timer is however restored if using the [V] move again.
The damage multiplier is only applied while using Dark Step or Death Step's moves, so the user cannot use this to get extra damage on other moves.
If the player has Dark Step or Death Step equipped, their Aura stages will start at their legs, instead of their hands.
[C] Barrage is similar to Rubber's [C] Rush.
If the user uses [C] Barrage and quickly switch fighting styles while holding it, they will be stuck in the animation.
This is the first fighting style to have 4 moves instead of 3, the second being its successor, Death Step.
In the Update 9 rename, Dark Step was almost renamed Fire Feet.
By equipping Death Step/Dark Step and climbing a ladder, the user would climb with their legs instead of their hands, due to the user's hands being on their waist.
This Fighting Style is chronologically the first fighting style (aside from Combat) that the player can purchase.
Similar to Death Step, users of Dark Step can permanently have [V] Overheat activated by using Ghoul V3 to ignore 40% of the final cooldown time. However, for Death Step, the user needs to wait until the skill expires, otherwise it will only disable the flames and they will need to wait longer to be able to use it again.

Change History

Released in Update 1

Update 17.3

• Dark Step was reworked.

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Update 1

• Dark Step was released as a fighting style.