which one is cooler dark knight cecil or paladin cecil

[Alder]

I personally like the Cecil before you can control him when he fights on his ship, I mean that bolt attack would have been very useful, why did they have him use abilities he never had, that annoyed me...

THE JACKEL

That wasn't an ability; that was an item that existed in the Japanese version. The lightning equivalent of a Firebomb, which exists in the US version and you can win from Red Dragons in the lunar core.

Anyway.

I think Paladin Cecil is cooler. He looks more heroic and more powerful. Dark Knight Cecil just looks like some knight. As a Paladin, he looks like a legendary warrior.