Corrupted Excalibur

Corrupted Excalibur is the fallen-paladin dark counterpart to the base Excalibur, sitting comfortably at S- tier. Where Excalibur is radiant, Corrupted Excalibur bleeds dark-purple miasma and deals bonus damage against targets with active buffs — a fitting anti-hero identity. M1s are slow but deal 30 % more damage than standard swords, Z sends a curved corruption wave that lingers on the ground, X creates an eruption column at the cursor, and V activates Forsaken Smite — a two-stage skill that first pulls enemies in then explodes them outward. Boss-shredding specialist.

Pair Corrupted Excalibur with the Cyborg race for the defense reduction passive that amplifies the sword's already massive burst, then run Dark Step fighting style for the evade synergy that lets you close into Z-range safely. Your rotation is dash into Z to apply ground corruption, bait the V pull, explode with the second stage, then clean up with X and M1. The corruption wave on Z has deceptive hitbox size — many opponents do not expect it to reach as far as it does.

Corrupted Excalibur drops from the Dark Knight dungeon final boss at a 4 % rate. The dungeon takes approximately 8–12 minutes to complete solo at max stats, making it one of the more efficient farm routes. Trade value sits at 4–6 T3 Fruits with demand spikes whenever the meta shifts toward buff-heavy opponents that the sword naturally counters.