Ninja (Final Fantasy III job)



The Ninja is a Job class in Final Fantasy III gained in the hidden land of Eureka in the Famicom version, and from the Earth Crystal in the 3D remake versions. Ninjas can deal massive damage by throwing weapons and specialized projectiles at the enemy. In remake versions the Ninja is weaker than in the original version to be equal to other Jobs. Ninja is considered to be a powered up version of the Dark Knight, or Magic Knight Job. With its high agility, Ninja has many attacks at a slightly lower attack strength, dealing the same damage as a mid job level Knight when first converted.

NES version
Ninja lacks a special ability but it can equip almost every weapon. The Ninja can equip Shuriken as normal weapons, which is consumed after the next use of the Fight command. Shuriken is the disposable equivalent to the Onion Sword, therefore, a fully-equipped Onion Knight is technically the strongest physical class.
 * Special Ability - None

Remake versions
Ninja can throw any weapon in the party's inventory; this is the only way to use Shurikens, which are no longer equippable. Upwards of 10,000 HP of damage can be inflicted this way, although the game will always display such damage as 9,999. Throw damage and hit rate are determined by the following formulae:
 * Special Ability - Throw


 * Throw Damage = (Weapon Attack x 2.5 + 100) x (100 + JobLv) x 10 / 99 x Random No. between 1.0 and 1.8


 * Hit Rate = (95 + JobLv / 22)%

Equipment
In the NES original, Ninja could equip any item except for the Onion Equipment. For the remake, the Ninja has a more limited equipment list.

Dissidia Final Fantasy
In Onion Knight's EX Mode, he utilizes the Ninja Job class whenever he uses a physical attack. If his EX Burst is activated by a physical HP attack, the Onion Knight will use Shuriken and Back Attack, or just Back Attack if the player fails to select Shuriken. During the EX burst, a Final Fantasy III battle window will appear and the player must select Shuriken under throw section.

A Ghost Card bearing the Final Fantasy III Ninja Player Icon can be fought by the player. The ghost is a Level 100 Onion Knight, and has the Green Gem and Noah's Lute to be won via Battlegen.