Sky Pirate (Tactics)

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Sky Pirate
空賊 (Kūzoku?)
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Abilities
Stats	High base attack and HP, low base magick and MP See stats
Weapons	Guns, Swords, Polearms, Knight Swords, Knives, Crossbows, Bows
Armor	Helmets, Hats, Armor, Clothes, Robes
Command abilities	Piracy See Piracy
Support abilities	See reaction abilities, support abilities, movement abilities
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Recurring appearance

Your mistakes were twofold, I'm afraid. You sprung your trap without looking to see if the game you hunted was the one you'd snare. And you sold me short, I'm no thief. I'm a Sky Pirate.

Balthier

Sky Pirate is a special job in Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions. It is Balthier's default and exclusive job, that focuses on guns. It costs 6,600 JP to master. It is an enhanced combination of the Thief and Machinist jobs, with the Plunder abilities having a higher rate of stealing compared to Steal, while also boasting from superior stats and more equipment options.

Stats

A pirate who sails the open sky, free from all laws and obligations. He never lets a mark escape.

Description

Prerequisite	Weapons	Helmet	Armor	Equip Shields?
None	Guns, Swords, Polearms, Knight Swords, Knives, Crossbows, Bows	Helmets, Hats	Armor, Clothes, Robes	Yes

Move Rate	Jump Rate	Speed	Physical Evasion Rate	Base Attack	Base Magic	Base HP	Base MP
4	4	8	25%	High	Low	High	Low

Abilities

Innate abilities

• Safeguard

Piracy

Sky pirate job command. Unsurpassed in gunplay and thievery. No prey goes uncaught, no target unscathed.

Description

Plunder abilities generally have a 10% greater chance of success than normal Steal abilities.

The success rate for Plunder Heart is as follows:

$MagickAttack+PWR$

The success rate for all other abilities is as follows:

$Speed+PWR$

Amount stolen for Plunder Gil is equal to Speed * Level.

Amount of EXP stolen for Plunder EXP is equal to Speed + 15.

Balthier can deal the most damage in the game by equipping the Chaos Blade and using Barrage, easily dealing over 2000 damage.

Name	Range	Effect	Speed	JP Needed
Leg Shot	Depends on equipped weapon	0	Now	200
	Inflict damage to the legs, preventing movement. Effect: Immobilize.
Arm Shot	Depends on equipped weapon	0	Now	300
	Inflict damage to the arms, preventing weapon use and spell casting. Effect: Disable.
Seal Evil	Depends on equipped weapon	0	Now	200
	Petrify the cursed beings known as the undead. Effect: Stone.
Barrage	Depends on equipped weapon	1	Now	1200
	Unleash 4 attacks with the emphasis on speed. Each strike inflicts half the usual damage.
Plunder Gil	1	1	Now	0
	Pilfer gil from the target.
Plunder Heart	3	1	Now	250
	Capture the target's heart, enthralling them.
Plunder Helm	1	1	Now	450
	Purloin the target's equipped helmet.
Plunder Armor	1	1	Now	550
	Purloin the target's equipped armor.
Plunder Shield	1	1	Now	450
	Purloin the target's equipped shield.
Plunder Weapon	1	1	Now	750
	Purloin the target's equipped weapon.
Plunder Accessory	1	1	Now	600
	Purloin the target's equipped accessory.
Plunder EXP	1	1	Now	350
	Filch experience points from the target.

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	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	Increase the amount of JP earned in battle.	250

Movement abilities

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

Other appearances

Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade

Legend Cards

Seal Evil (SR).

Seal Evil (SR+).

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Leg Shot.

Arm Shot.

Seal Evil.

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Etymology

[view · edit · purge]Air pirates, also known as sky pirates, are a type of stock character from science fiction and fantasy. Fictional air pirates typically operate as pirates in the air, or, in general, the atmosphere of a planet, dwarf planet or moon, and travel by aircraft, as opposed to the more traditional pirates on the high seas, who travel by ship.