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A fearsome warrior steeped in the dark power to which he is bound. He cleaves enemies with a ghastly glowing blade.

Description

Nightblade, originally localized as Knight Blade, is an enemy job in Final Fantasy Tactics. It is exclusive to Isilud and is an improved version of the Knight job (stat-wise) with traits of the Dragoon job as secondary action ability.

Stats[]

Prerequisite Weapons Helmet Armor Equip Shields?
None Swords, Knight Swords, Ninja Blades, Polearms Helmets Armor, Robes Yes
Move Rate Jump Rate Speed Physical Evasion Rate Base Attack Base Magic Base HP Base MP
4 4 8 10% High Low High Low

Abilities[]

Arts of War[]

Nightblade job command. Employs "Rend" skills to destroy equipment or lower attributes.

Description

The formula for the success rate of breaking items is as follows:

The formula for the success rate of reducing stats is as follows:

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.
Rend Armor
(Armor Break)
Depends on equipped weapon 0 Now 400
A technique that destroys the item equipped on the target's body.
Rend Shield
(Shield Break)
Depends on equipped weapon 0 Now 300
A technique that destroys the target's equipped shield.
Rend Weapon
(Weapon Break)
Depends on equipped weapon 0 Now 400
A technique that destroys the target's equipped weapon.
Rend MP
(Magic Break)
Depends on equipped weapon 0 Now 250
A technique that reduces the target's MP.
Rend Speed
(Speed Break)
Depends on equipped weapon 0 Now 250
A technique that reduces the target's Speed.
Rend Power
(Power Break)
Depends on equipped weapon 0 Now 250
A technique that reduces the target's physical attack power.
Rend Magick
(Mind Break)
Depends on equipped weapon 0 Now 250
A technique that reduces the target's magickal attack power.

Jump[]

Dragoon job command. Jumps high into the air, then dives downward into the opponent.

Description
Name Range Effect Speed JP Needed
Horizontal Jump 8 8 1 1100
Allows you to jump 8 panels horizontally.
Vertical Jump 8 0 1 1500
Allows you to jump 8 panels vertically.

Reaction abilities[]

Name Description Trigger JP Needed
Counter Tackle Counterattack with a tackle. Physical Attack 180

Support abilities[]

Name Description JP Needed
Equip Axes Equip axes, regardless of job. 170
Beastmaster
(Monster Skill)
Adds an ability to all monsters in neighboring tiles with an elevation difference of 3h or less. 200
Defend Defend oneself against an attack. Adds the Defend command. 50
JP Boost
(Gained JP Up)
Increase the amount of JP earned in battle. 250

Movement abilities[]

Name Description JP Needed
Move +1 Increase Move by 1. 200
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