Ninja blade (weapon type)

Ninja Blades, also known as Ninja Swords, Ninja Daggers, or Short Swords, are recurring weapons throughout the Final Fantasy series which are exclusive to the Ninja job. Depending on the game this weapon type appears in, Ninja Blades are sometimes classified as daggers or swords.

About Ninja Blades
Ninja Blades are katana variants, based off of a theoretical real life counterpart variant of the katana, the ninjato, blades said to have been wielded and crafted by ninjas themselves to accompany their repertoire and skill. Likewise to their real life counterparts, Ninja Blades are straight, short, and even more agile than their larger counterparts, and remain exclusive to their namesake job class.

Depending upon their presentation, Ninja Blades will often meld between hosting their own set list, commonly found in Ivalice titles, or, interestingly, boast the names of creators commonly associated with katana set lists. They may also deal Dark-elemental damage, keeping in theme with their shadowy and stealth based associative class.

Final Fantasy V
Short Swords can be equipped by Freelancer and Ninja Job class's.

List of Short Swords:
 * Kunai
 * Kodachi
 * Sasuke's Katana
 * Kagenui (GBA)

Final Fantasy VI
They were simply categorized as daggers in the game, but the description of Shadow's blade called them either, ninja dagger, ninja sword, or ninja blade. All Ninja Daggers enables the Runic command and Bushido command. Shadow is the only character that can equipped these.

List of Ninja Daggers:
 * Kunai
 * Kodachi
 * Sakura
 * Sasuke
 * Ichigeki
 * Kagenui
 * Oborozuki (GBA)

Final Fantasy XII
In the International Zodiac Job System, only the Shikari can equip these weapons.

The damage formula for ninja blades is:
 * $$DMG = [ATK * RANDOM(1..1.125)]- DEF] * [1 + STR * (Lv+SPD)/218]$$

Due to the weight put on user's Strength and Speed stats recommended Ninja Blade users are Vaan and Balthier.

List of Ninja Swords:
 * Ashura
 * Sakura-saezuri
 * Kagenui
 * Koga Blade
 * Iga Blade
 * Orochi
 * Yagyu Darkblade
 * Orochi N (International version)

Final Fantasy Tactics
Ninja Blades can be equipped by the Ninja Job and Lettie's Assassin Job.

List of Ninja Blades:
 * Ninja Blade
 * Kunai
 * Kodachi
 * Ninja Longblade
 * Spellbinder
 * Sasuke's Blade (PSP)
 * Koga Blade
 * Iga Blade
 * Orochi (PSP)
 * Moonsilk Blade (PSP)

Final Fantasy Dimensions
Ninja Swords can be equipped by Ninja, and include recurring Katana:


 * Kunai
 * Ashura
 * Osafune
 * Kotetsu
 * Kikuichimonji
 * Sasuke's Blade
 * Murasame
 * Masamune
 * Ame no Murakumo
 * Mutsunokami
 * Muramasa