Fighter (Tactics Advance)

Masters the use of many swords for offense.

Description

Fighters are the powerhouses of the hume in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. Fighters have many useful abilities that can overwhelm opponents from close range or far away, and with access to support abilities, like Strikeback or Doublehand, they can easily defeat the opposition due to their high Attack stats.

Growth[]

The Fighter class is an all-out physical attacker without much in the way of magical power or resistance. Their speed is on par with most hume, bangaa, and nu mou.

HP	MP	Atk	Def	Mag Pwr	Mag Res	Spd
7.2 B-	1.1 E	9.2 A-	8.1 B-	5.6 E	6.8 D+	1.1 D

Abilities[]

Fighter Tech[]

Fighter command. Use many different sword techs.

Description

Skill	Equipment	AP	Power	Range
Rush	Sweep Blade	100	As Weapon	As Weapon
Rush	Full-on bull rush. Pushes target back. Can knock back target. Element is same as equipped weapon.
Wild Swing	Ogun Blade	200	As Weapon	Self
Wild Swing	Swinging weapon attack. Hits to front, back, side. Element is same as equipped weapon.
Beatdown	Shadow Blade	200	As Weapon	As Weapon
Beatdown	Aggressive attack. Low hit rate, but very damaging. Double damage, halved Accuracy. Element is same as equipped weapon.
Blitz	Sun Blade	200	As Weapon	As Weapon
Blitz	Uses aggression to sense and attack target. High hit rate, low damage. Halved damage, double Accuracy. Element is same as equipped weapon.
Air Render	Atmos Blade	200	45	3
Air Render	Releases aggression. Can damage at a distance.
Far Fist	Kwigon Blade	200	35	4
Far Fist	Unleashed aggression deals area damage at a distance.
Air Blast	Air Blade	300	35	Cone
Air Blast	Creates damaging whirl-wind in front of you.
Backdraft	Flametongue	300	60	1
Backdraft	Releases aggression. Self-damaging fire attack. 1/4 of the damage dealt is dealt to the unit as recoil.

Reaction[]

Skill	Equipment	Effect	AP
Bonecrusher	Ninja Gear	Powerful counterattack (1.5 x normal atk.) after taking weapon damage.	300
Strikeback	Wygar	Block enemy attack and counterattack. Ineffective vs. A-abil.	300

Support[]

Skill	Equipment	Effect	AP
Doublehand	Venus Blade	Hold one-handed weapon in two hands.	300

Combo[]

Skill	Equipment	Effect	AP
Fight Combo	Mythril Blade	Easily chained combo ability for fighters.	100

Overview[]

Aggressive and moderately fast, Fighter can dish out great single-target and area damage. With excellent attack growth and powerful blades, Fighter is well equipped to handle the otherwise tough units, like Defenders and Templars. The class is easy to acquire early on, as its unlocking criteria are not difficult to achieve. Fighter abilities are also easy to access since many blades are purchasable in even the early game.

While the Fighter can deal massive damage to mages, the opposite also holds true. With horrible MP and magic power growth, Fighter cannot become an effective mage. The job lacks supporting/healing abilities, so a Fighter cannot help teammates or debuff enemies. The job is not the fastest around, so even faster units like Ninjas or Assassins can exploit the Fighter's meager defense. Overall, Fighter is the physical powerhouse of humes and one of the most physically inclined classes who likes to get things done before being exposed to status effects and enemy magic.

Magic is deadly against enemy Fighters, but the player must protect their mages too, since Fighters have powerful ranged combat options as well. Status effects like Blind or attack reduction significantly reduce Fighters' powerful offense. Even faster units, like Ninjas, can dispatch Fighters before they can inflict any lethal damage. Fighters do have access to some powerful reaction abilities, making them intimidating to go against in melee combat. They cannot inflict status effects, so other support classes can go crazy on them.