Sazh casts Haste as a Synergist in Final Fantasy XIII.
Synergist (エンハンサー, Enhansā?, lit. Enhancer), abbreviated as SYN, is a special job class in the Final Fantasy series associated with the Command Synergy Battle system.
Appearances[]
Final Fantasy XIII[]
Synergist is a role which mainly bestows buffs on the party, which are divided into augments and defense buffs. Sazh and Hope specialize in the Synergist role, being able to learn most spells, but Sazh specializes in augments, while Hope specializes in defensive buffs.
Vanille and Fang are capable of learning higher-tier buffing abilities, which are more potent, but less durable. Though Vanille is the only character who cannot cast Haste, she has access to Bar-Spells, while Fang only learns Veil beyond the high-tier Synergist abilities. Lightning can learn all basic Synergist abilities aside from Bar-Spells, while Snow does not learn any Bar-Spells or En-Spells.
Cid Raines can assume the Synergist role when fought as a boss, where he gains access to Protect, Shell, Vigilance, and Haste, casting them on himself in quick succession.
Final Fantasy XIII-2[]
Haste is no longer a Synergist ability, and Serah and Noel can only learn some defensive abilities. The second tier of Synergist abilities are changed from the -ra suffix to -ga, which are multi-target abilities with the same potency as the single-target versions, but with similarly lower durations. Noel can learn all Synergist defensive abilities, while Serah is restricted to the single-target versions.
The player must rely on Paradigm Pack Synergists to apply augments and elemental buffs. A new command ability, Endless Blessings, is exclusive to some of them.
Lightning in the "Lightning's Story: Requiem of the Goddess" DLC scenario has a role based on the Synergist called Conjurer that grants several status enhancements with a single ability but removes all previously placed buffs.
Etymology[]
A synergist is a substance, organ, or other agent that participates in an effect of synergy. Synergy is the creation of a whole that is greater than the simple sum of its parts. The term synergy comes from the Attic Greek word συνεργία synergia from synergos, συνεργός, meaning "working together".
Other languages[]
| Language | Name | Abbreviation | English translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish | Inspirador | INS | Inspirer |
| Italian | Sinergista | SIN | Synergist |
| French | Tacticien | Tactician | |
| German | Augmentor | AUG | Enhancer |
| Chinese | 支援者 Zhiyuanzhe |
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