Chemist (Tactics)

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Chemist (アイテム士, Aitemu-shi?) is a job from Final Fantasy Tactics. It is the basic mage job where all mage job classes start, as opposed to Squire that is the basic job of warrior classes. Chemist is the only job that can initially use items, and can even throw them over great distances. Chemist also has two important passive abilities to learn, one for safeguarding equipment from being destroyed or stolen, and another for finding hidden treasure beneath the earth.

Once the player's party has arrived at Goug Machine City in Chapter 2, they can buy guns for Chemists to equip, which will instantly increase their offensive capability in the battle. It costs 5,140 JP to master this Job.

Leveling Chemist up to level 2 unlocks White Mage and Black Mage, leveling it to level 6 with Squire unlocks Onion Knight, and mastering this job along with Orator, Summoner, Geomancer, Squire, and Dragoon unlocks Dark Knight.

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Stats

An expert in the use of items to recover HP or remove vexing status ailments.

Prerequisite	Weapons	Helmet	Armor	Equip Shields?
None	Knives, Guns	Hats	Clothes	No

Move Rate	Jump Rate	Speed	Physical Evasion Rate	Base Attack	Base Magic	Base HP	Base MP
3	3	8	5%	Low	Average	Low	Average

Abilities

Innate Abilities

• Throw Items

Item/Items

Chemist job command. Enables the use of items to assist allies in need.

All HP/MP recovering are based on the item's Power. All Items have a 100% hit rate.

PS1 Name	PSP Name	Description	Range	Effect	Speed	JP Needed
Potion		Use a potion to restore HP or inflict damage on the undead. Restores: 30 HP.	4	1	Now	30
Hi-Potion		Use a Hi-Potion to restore HP. A more potent draught than a Potion. Restores: 70 HP.	4	1	Now	200
X-Potion		Use an X-Potion to restore HP. A more potent draught than a Hi-Potion. Restores: 150 HP.	4	1	Now	300
Ether		Use an ether to restore MP. Restores: 20 MP.	4	1	Now	300
Hi-Ether		Use a Hi-Ether to restore MP. A more potent draught than an Ether. Restores: 50 MP.	4	1	Now	400
Elixir		Use an elixir to fully restore HP and MP.	4	1	Now	900
Antidote		Use an antidote to nullify poison. Removes: Poison.	4	1	Now	70
Eye Drop	Eye Drops	Use eye drops when vision has been magickally compromised. Removes: Blind.	4	1	Now	80
Echo Grass	Echo Herbs	Use echo herbs to restore a unit's power of speech, permitting them to cast magicks once again. Removes: Silence.	4	1	Now	120
Maiden's Kiss		Use a maiden's kiss to change a unit that has been transformed into a toad back to its original form. Removes: Toad.	4	1	Now	200
Soft	Gold Needle	Use a gold needle to change a petrified unit back to normal. Breaks after one use. Removes: Stone.	4	1	Now	250
Holy Water		Use holy water to lift the curse of undeath from a unit. Removes: Undead, Vampire.	4	1	Now	400
Remedy		Use a remedy to cure various status effects. Removes: Poison, Blind, Silence, Toad, Stone, Confuse, Oil, Sleep.	4	1	Now	700
Phoenix Down		Use phoenix down to restore life to a fallen unit. Vanishes after one use. Removes: KO.	4	1	Now	90

Reaction Abilities

PS1 Name	PSP Name	Description	Trigger	JP Needed
Auto Potion		Use a Potion to restore HP.	HP Loss	400

Support Abilities

PS1 Name	PSP Name	Description	JP Needed
Throw Item	Throw Items	Throw items within an increased radius, even if not a Chemist.	350
Maintenance	Safeguard	Prevent equipment from being destroyed or stolen.	250
Equip Change	Reequip	Change equipment mid-battle. Adds the Reequip command.	0

Movement Abilities

PS1 Name	PSP Name	Description	JP Needed
Move-Find Item	Treasure Hunter	Discover items hidden on tiles upon moving to them.	100

Other Appearances

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game

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Final Fantasy Portal App

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The male Chemist appears on a Triple Triad card.

Gallery

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Etymology

[view · edit · purge]A chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. The Japanese term kusuri-shi is literally "drug practitioner/technician", close to the common British English use of "chemist" to mean a compounding pharmacist.

Trivia

• Aerith is listed as being a Chemist in the game's data, even though she never actually participates in battle. She even wears a similar headdress of the female Chemist.
• The design of the female Merchant job class of the Korean MMORPG, Ragnarok Online, bears a striking resemblance with the female Chemist of Final Fantasy Tactics.
• Both the male and female Chemist sprite models appear as cameos in the backdrops of several cutscenes in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance.
• The Chemist is the only job class that has an ability that costs 0 JP to learn, besides special jobs that have abilities already learned.

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