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A brave and chivalrous warrior of unmatched skill. Uses a knight's sword to unleash the Arts of War.
Description
Knight is a job from Final Fantasy Tactics. They are the first real physical job acquired, with abilities that focus mainly on disabling hume characters by lowering their stats or destroying their equipment. The Rend equipment abilities will fail against a target who has equipped the support ability Safeguard and will do damage equal to a normal attack if the target does not have the corresponding equipment. It costs 3,750 JP to master.
Leveling Knight to level 3 unlocks the Monk, leveling it to level 4 with Dragoon and Monk unlocks Samurai. Mastering the job as well as getting the jobs Samurai, Ninja, Geomancer, Black Mage, and Dragoon to level 8, and having 20 kills with the character (meaning the enemy is crystallized or dropped a treasure chest) is needed to unlock the Dark Knight job.
While the sprites of knights from the Order of the Northern Sky and the Order of the Southern Sky use almost the same color scheme, they can be distinguished by examining the emblem color on the cape. Blue emblem represents the Northern Sky, and red emblem is of the Southern Sky.
Stats
| Prerequisite | Weapons | Helmet | Armor | Equip Shields? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lv. 2 Squire | Swords, Knight Swords | Helmets | Armor, Robes | Yes |
| Move Rate | Jump Rate | Speed | Physical Evasion Rate | Base Attack | Base Magic | Base HP | Base MP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 8 | 10% | High | Average | High | Average |
Abilities
Arts of War
Knight job command. Enables the use of "Rend" skills that destroy equipment or reduce attributes.
Description
The Dual Wield ability (acquired using the Ninja job) allows the player to take two chances at "rending" equipment and statistics. For example, players can rend an enemy's speed twice in one turn.
In the PlayStation version, the first four abilities are useless against enemies that cannot equip armor or weapons (i.e. "monsters").
| Name | Range | Effect | Speed | JP Needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rend Helm (Head Break) |
Depends on equipped weapon | 0 | Now | 300 |
| A technique that destroys the item equipped on the target's head. Effect: Destroy Headgear Success Rate: 45 + Physical Attack + Weapon Strength | ||||
| Rend Armor (Armor Break) |
Depends on equipped weapon | 0 | Now | 400 |
| A technique that destroys the item equipped on the target's body. Effect: Destroy Armor Success Rate: 40 + Physical Attack + Weapon Strength | ||||
| Rend Shield (Shield Break) |
Depends on equipped weapon | 0 | Now | 300 |
| A technique that destroys the target's equipped shield. Effect: Destroy Shield Success Rate: 55 + Physical Attack + Weapon Strength | ||||
| Rend Weapon (Weapon Break) |
Depends on equipped weapon | 0 | Now | 400 |
| A technique that destroys the target's equipped weapon. Effect: Destroy Weapon Success Rate: 30 + Physical Attack + Weapon Strength | ||||
| Rend MP (Magic Break) |
Depends on equipped weapon | 0 | Now | 250 |
| A technique that reduces the target's MP. Amount: 50% of Target's Max MP Success Rate: 50 + Physical Attack | ||||
| Rend Speed (Speed Break) |
Depends on equipped weapon | 0 | Now | 250 |
| A technique that reduces the target's Speed. Amount: -2 Speed Success Rate: 50 + Physical Attack | ||||
| Rend Power (Power Break) |
Depends on equipped weapon | 0 | Now | 250 |
| A technique that reduces the target's physical attack power. Amount: -3 Physical Attack Success Rate: 50 + Physical Attack | ||||
| Rend Magick (Mind Break) |
Depends on equipped weapon | 0 | Now | 250 |
| A technique that reduces the target's magickal attack power. Amount: -3 Magic Attack Success Rate: 50 + Physical Attack | ||||
Reaction abilities
| Name | Description | Trigger | JP Needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parry (Weapon Guard) |
Block physical attacks with the equipped weapon. | Physical Attack | 200 |
Support abilities
| Name | Description | JP Needed |
|---|---|---|
| Equip Heavy Armor (Equip Armor) |
Equip helms and armor, regardless of job. | 500 |
| Equip Shields (Equip Shield) |
Equip shields, regardless of job. | 250 |
| Equip Swords (Equip Sword) |
Equip swords, regardless of job. | 400 |
Other appearances
Dissidia Final Fantasy NT
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The Knight appears as an enemy.
Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade
- Ability Cards
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- Legend Cards
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Final Fantasy Trading Card Game
Knight appears with two Ice-elemental cards.
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Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances
Knights of the Crystals
Knight appears as a card in the Ivalice Special Arena has a limited-time special arena with eighteen floors.
Gallery
Etymology
A knight is a mounted soldier in armor who served his sovereign or lord in the Middle Ages. The word comes from Old English cniht ("boy" or "servant"), a cognate of the German word Knecht ("servant, bondsman, vassal"). In most European languages (with the notable exception of English), the word for "knight" comes from "horse", thus implying that a knight is a "noble horseman" or a "horse-mounted nobleman". The English noun cavalier, an archaic term for a mounted soldier, traces its roots to Latin, and is closer in meaning to the "horseman" of Romance languages.