Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII, a recurring Soldier, as he appears in War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius.
The Soldier (ソルジャー, Sorujā?), sometimes abbreviated as SLD, is a recurring unit in the Final Fantasy series that has appeared as both a playable job and enemy. The Soldier job is typically a baseline melee combatant while also commonly having the ability to lower enemy stats; notable exceptions to this are those originating from the world of Final Fantasy VII, where SOLDIER is an elite military organization. Notable Soldiers are Cloud Strife, Marche Radiuju, and Luso Clemens.
As an enemy, the Soldier, also known as the Sentry, Grunt, SOLDIER Trooper, or Terorist, is typically a common humanoid enemy encountered in the early game. The Soldier job may also be used by enemies in certain titles.
Appearances[]
Final Fantasy[]
The Soldier, also known as the SENTRY, appears as a moderately powerful enemy encountered in the Flying Fortress. It is weak to the Lightning-element. Unlike most other iterations of the Soldier, the Final Fantasy Soldier is a robotic creature.
Final Fantasy II[]
The Soldier is a common encounter in several areas during the early stages of the game, where it can be among the stronger enemies encountered. It can use the Bow I attack from the back row to hit one party member. It guards a couple of chests in the Dreadnought; one containing a Sleep Blade, and the other containing an Ice Shield.
Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-[]
The Soldier is a dummied enemy, seemingly based on the robotic Soldier from the original Final Fantasy.
Final Fantasy VI[]
The Soldier, also known as the Grunt, appears as an enemy encountered in the Imperial Camp. It has no in-game bestiary entry.
Final Fantasy VII[]
SOLDIER is the elite fighting force of the Shinra Electric Power Company. Rank and file members are divided into three numbered classes based on their ability, with 1st Class SOLDIERs representing the pinnacle of the organization. Several characters in the world of Final Fantasy VII are current or former members of the organization, including chief protagonist Cloud Strife and antagonist Sephiroth, which is referenced by them having the Soldier/SOLDIER job or similar in other appearances. Members of the organization can also be encountered as enemies throughout Final Fantasy VII series.
Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-[]
The SOLDIER Trooper (simply Soldier in the Japanese localization) can be encountered as an enemy in chapters 5, 9, and 10. It is a member of Deepground, a rogue subdivision of the greater SOLDIER organization.
Final Fantasy Tactics[]
The Soldier appears as a job exclusive to Cloud. Its abilities are mostly based on Cloud's Limit Breaks from Final Fantasy VII and deal heavy damage to a single foe, but have a hefty charge time that can make them risky to pull off.
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance[]
The Soldier (SLD) appears a job exclusive to humes, and can be used by both player and enemy characters. The Soldier is a basic melee unit, with great HP and Attack growth, but low Magic and Speed. The Soldier can use its Battle Techs to heal itself, or alter the stats of its opponents. The Soldier is typically only useful in the beginning of the game, as it quickly become outclassed by more advanced jobs. Marche Radiuju and a fellow hume clan member start out as Soldiers.
Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift[]
The Soldier returns as the default job of humes, and the main job of Luso, and can be used by both player and enemy characters. The Soldier can use its break abilities to inflict statuses on enemies. The Soldier is a basic tank with good Defense, power, and the best HP growth of any hume class.
Final Fantasy Tactics S[]
The Soldier appeared as a hume job available to both player and enemy characters. The Soldier had access to a break-type abilities, while also having several supportive moves that could aid the party in combat. The characters David, Samuel, and Cedric were unique Soldier units that could be obtained through the game's draw system.
Crystal Defenders[]
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The Terorist appears as a Cyborg-type enemy and potential transformation for party members.
Pictlogica Final Fantasy[]
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Final Fantasy Artniks[]
The Soldier from Final Fantasy Tactics Advance appeared as a normal rank card that could be obtained. It had an ATK of 300, with a DEF of 150. It cost 5 points to use in battle.
Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]
SOLDIER appears as the job of Cloud, Sephiroth, Zack, Angeal, and Genesis. All SOLDIER characters can naturally use high leveled Combat abilities. Each character also has specific secondary ability types for combat, Cloud using Samurai and Heavy abilities, Zack using Celerity, Sephiroth being proficient in Samurai and Darkness, Angeal utilizing Knight and Heavy, and Genesis using Spellblade and Darkness. While Marche from Tactics Advance appears as a unit, his job is Young Adventurer (優しい兄, Yasashi Ani?, lit. Kind Older Brother) instead of his default Soldier he had in his original appearance.
Aside from the SOLDIER job class, the Soldier from Final Fantasy VI appears as an enemy.
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius[]
The Soldier from the original Final Fantasy can be encountered during the "Flying Fortress - Exploration" event, while the Final Fantasy II Soldier can be encountered during the event "The Dreadnought."
War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius[]
The Soldier appears as the unique job of the winter version of Ramada, Schuzelt, and Sterne Leonis. The job gives a character access to the Soldier command set, having access to several hard hitting sword attacks and stances to increase their physical attack power, but at the expense of sacrificing a portion of their HP. Characters with access to the Soldier as a secondary job include Aileen, Cecil, Delita Heiral, Gilgamesh, Kitone, Luartha, Lilyth, Robb Hourne, Velric, Viktora, and Vistralle.
Cloud has a unique version of the Soldier known as "SOLDIER (FFVIIR)", which has based on his appearance in Final Fantasy VII Remake.
Final Fantasy Trading Card Game[]
The Soldier from Tactics A2 appears as a Fire-elemental Forward cards.
Related appearances[]
SOLDIER 1st Class[]
A unique variant of the Soldier job appears in both Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII and Mobius Final Fantasy, known as SOLDIER 1st Class (ソルジャー1st, Sorujā Fāsuto?, lit. Soldier 1st). SOLDIER 1st Class is a DLC garb available to Lightning in the former, while Mobius Final Fantasy had it available as an extremely rare job for Wol that could only be obtained from the game's summon draw.
This version of the job is loosely based on Cloud's fighting style and Limit Break moveset from the original Final Fantasy VII. In addition, both jobs allow the user to wield the unique Buster Sword weapon.
Non-Final Fantasy Appearances[]
Puzzle & Dragons[]
The Soldier from Crystal Defenders appeared as part of a crossover event.
Knights of the Crystals[]
The Soldier appeared as a silver card.
Etymology[]
A soldier is one who fights as part of an organized, land-based, sea-based or air-based armed force. A soldier can be an enlisted person, a non-commissioned officer, or an officer in the Army.