Elementalist (Tactics Advance)

Turns the power of nature spirits into magic

Description

Elementalist is a job in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. Available to viera, Elementalists use the power of the elements to deal elemental damage and perhaps inflict a status ailment. Out of all of the viera jobs, Elementalist is second best for well-rounded leveling up, but it has a far lower overall stat range to the Assassin.

Growth[]

The Elementalist is the viera's mid-tier magic job. Their stats are almost identical to the Red Mage, although the Elementalist has higher MP, slightly higher Magic Power, and slightly lower Speed.

HP	MP	Atk	Def	Mag Pwr	Mag Res	Spd
6.8 C+	4.2 B-	8.1 B-	7.6 C	8.8 B+	7.6 C	1.1 D

Abilities[]

Spirit Magic[]

Elementalist command. Draw on spirit power to attack.

Description

Skill	Equipment	AP	MP	Range	Power
Fire Whip	Scarlette	100	12	4	30
Fire Whip	Ring of flame. Damages and disables target.
Earth Heal	Fleuret	200	12	4	40
Earth Heal	Focuses power from the earth to heal HP.
White Flame	Flamberge	100	24	3	40
White Flame	Soothing fairy fire. Heals HP.
Shining Air	Djinn Flyssa	200	12	4	30
Shining Air	Rush of air. Damages and inflicts darkness.
Evil Gaze	Joyeuse	300	12	4	30
Evil Gaze	Fiendish presence. Deals damage and confuses.
Heavy Dust	Estoc	200	12	4	30
Heavy Dust	Lobs a chunk of earth to damage and immobilize.
Sliprain	Silver Rapier	200	12	4	30
Sliprain	Drops damaging water ball to slow target.
Elementalshift	Epeprism	300	6	4	—
Elementalshift	Randomly shifts resistance to elements in target.

Reaction[]

Skill	Equipment	Effect	AP
Absorb MP	Lordly Robe	Absorbs MP used to cast a spell against you.	300

Combo[]

Skill	Equipment	Effect	AP
Spirit Combo	Mythril Rapier	Well-balanced combo ability for elementalists.	100

Overview[]

Skilled in physical and magical combat, the Elementalist is a nice all-around job whose abilities are comparable to Ninja's, both using ranged status effect magic. Elementalists provide ranged magic support while also sporting some healing abilities. The Elementalist class is required to access the Summoner and Assassin classes. Due to being so well-rounded, Elementalists will only ever be about average. They won't deal outstanding damage or have amazing speed and lack area damage abilities and rapiers are not among the stronger weapons in the game. Overall, Elementalist is a good all-around class able to handle physical combat and use some support magic and serves as a vital part on the class routes to Assassin and Summoner.

Since Elementalists are so average, their enemy variants can be beaten by units more specialized in offense or support than they are. Like Ninjas, their status magic can be annoying, but Elementalists are not as fast or strong. They can have some healing abilities, but it's nothing that offensive units would not be able to outwork. Defensive units able to cure themselves have little to fear from Elementalists.

Elementalists cannot use staves despite wielding one in their official artwork.