Holy Knight (Tactics)

Holy Knight is a special Job class from Final Fantasy Tactics. Agrias's default Job class, this Job focuses on swords and techniques that cause heavy damage from afar. They are the game's equivalent of the Paladin, but lack the defensive qualities usually associated the Paladin class instead having more offensive capabilities. It costs 3,350 JP to master this Job.

Delita has this Job class from Chapter 2 onwards with the addition of Chant. Wiegraf is a White Knight with the same skillset, excluding Divine Ruination.

Their Job Command "Holy Sword" contains powerful moves which deals damage and inflict one ailment to the targets afar and without the requisite of charging time or MP. However, like all Swordplay skills, the user must have Sword or Knight Sword equipped in order to use them. Wiegraf is an exception that even player has stolen or broken his sword, he can still execute the Holy Sword skill using the punching motion.

Despite its name and the in-game help message, all Holy Sword skills do not associate with holy-elemental (nor lightning-elemental for Hallowed Bolt). Instead the elemental quality is dependent on the user's equipping weapon, primarily the one on the right hand. However the game AI still regards them, including Hallowed Bolt, as holy-elemental and will not use them if the target has immunity against holy-elemental.

Stats
Baptized in the divine light of the Church, the Holy Knight smites foes with powerful Holy Sword techniques.

Note: The Holy Sword abilities have the element of the weapon equipped.

Holy Sword
Damage inflicted with Holy Sword Abilities is calculated by a Unit's Physical Attack and its Right Handed Weapon's strength. Damage = PA x (Weapon str + [Skill power]) The Ability Chant is only available to Delita during Chapter 2, when his job is Holy Knight.

Trivia

 * The concept of Northswain's Strike's additional instant death effect is a reference to the Chinese deity of Northern Dipper. He is said to associate with death, the role is close to the Western Grim Reaper.

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