Ninja (job)

Ninja is a job class from various games in the series. Ninjas are characterized by wearing bandanas which cover their mouths, as well as clothing that nearly shrouds them completely. Their weapons include special daggers and boomerangs. Their armor selection is very limited, as they can only equip lightweight armor. They are strong physically, but they also have high speed. However, their HP and defense tends to be lower than other physical jobs. Their special ability is called Throw, and they can use it to throw weapons, Stars, and magical Skeans that are usually very powerful. They usually also have methods of nullifying physical attacks, and a way to quickly escape from battle.

Notable Ninjas include Edge Geraldine of Final Fantasy IV, Shadow of Final Fantasy VI, and Yuffie Kisaragi of Final Fantasy VII. Amarant Coral of Final Fantasy IX can also be classified as a Ninja somewhat, as he has the the ability to Throw weapons.

Final Fantasy
Ninja is an upgrade from Thief. They can use low level Black Magic.

Final Fantasy III
Ninjas can dual wield, throw shuriken, and use any equipment save for the ones reserved for the Onion Kid.

Final Fantasy XI
Ninja appears in Final Fantasy XI as an advanced job available to players who have reached level 30 and completed the ninja flag quest. The quest itself is mostly just sneaking around, which suits well the class unlike a few other advanced job quests that do not seem to follow with the spirit of the job in question.

In Final Fantasy XI, ninjas are one of the two tank classes in the game. A tank is the person in a party that is supposed to make the enemy hate him the most so that the enemy attacks the tank at the exclusion of all others. Ninjas do this with low Vitality and Defense because they have good evasion, agility, and a few spells that allow them to create shadows. This is the most popular Ninja spell, called Utsusumi. It comes in Ichi and Ni formats, which is Japanese for one and two. The ichi form creates 3 shadows, and the ni version creates four, for a total of 7 shadows at any one time.

Ninjas also get other spells that allow them to blind, paralyze, and slow the enemy, as well as elemental attack spells and spells to make themselves invisible. All of these spells use powders or tools. They do not have an MP cost. Ninjas themselves have no MP at all, but they do benefit from Subjobs that give them MP, like Black Mage because of the raise in Intelligence.

Like in other titles, Ninjas have the ability to Dual Wield exclusively, making them a highly popular sub job in addition to their many other spells and ability.

Final Fantasy Tactics
Ninjas can wield swords and can throw objects such as Shuriken.

Reaction abilities:
 * Sunken State causes Clear status when the unit is damaged
 * Abandon doubles all evasion

Support Abilities:
 * Two Swords equip Two Swords

Movement abilities:
 * Move in Water Water is treated like normal ground.