Transformation (Legend III)

There are six classes in Final Fantasy Legend III: Humans, Mutants, Beasts, Monsters, Cyborgs, and Robots.

Classes[]

Human[]

Humans are good with weapons, and little else. They hit hard, and are typically restricted to attacking a single enemy each round. They are optimal for boss battles and against weak enemies. Weapons with an elemental or status effect properties can be used to fight enemies with Damage to avoid the damage resistance. Humans lose their advantage toward the end of the game, when Mystic Swords become available.

2x damage with most weapons
Can equip equipment
Medium overall stats; low MP and magic power
Cannot use Talents

Upon hitting 999 in either HP or MP, a character will still gain more HP/MP upon level up. Exceeding the limit makes the Human and Mutant classes the more powerful classes in the game at higher levels. The only drawback is that the player will need to be at a higher level to take advantage of this, which will take lots of grinding.

Mutant[]

This class is called Esper in the Japanese version. Mutants are the magic specialists, and become more versatile as their magic inventory grows. The player can optimize spell damage by targeting the enemy's elemental weaknesses and avoiding their strengths. They can do decent weapon damage by using weapons with mutant bonuses. Mutants are more useful toward the end of the game, when powerful spells and MP-restoring items become available.

2x damage with attack spells
Can equip equipment
Medium overall stats; low HP and attack power
Cannot use Talents

Upon hitting 999 in either HP or MP, a character will still gain more HP/MP upon level up. Exceeding the limit makes the Mutant and Human classes the more powerful classes in the game at higher levels. The drawback is that the player will need to be at a very high level to take advantage of this, which takes lots of grinding.

Beast[]

Beasts get a little bit of everything. They can use weapons, talents, and magic, and are especially good with martial arts (Skill weapons), including unarmed strikes. A beast with high attack maximizes martial arts damage, and one with high magic has more MP for healing spells.

1.5x damage with martial arts and unarmed attacks
Can use both equipment and Talents
Medium overall stats

Monster[]

Monsters are identical to their enemy counterparts, and they can also use magic. They are useful when money is short, because they are fully functional without equipment. The drawback is they get no defensive benefit from armor and can't use weapons, though they can still hold the equipment. Due to their high stats, they make good healers and meat shields.

Fully powered with no investment
Can use Talents
High overall stats
Cannot use weapons, and Talents don't hit as hard as weapons
No benefit from equipment, and some have elemental weaknesses
No combat specialties

Cyborg[]

Cyborgs can use weapons, talents, and magic, but have no specialties. This can be offset by their high stats. Cyborgs can be good at anything if given strong equipment as they depend on it for most of their stats. In addition to the same benefits that other classes get from equipment, cyborgs also get bonuses that depend on the type and strength of the equipment. Cyborgs are best when Mystic Swords become available.

Equipment	Stat Raised
Equipment	Primary	Secondary
Weapon & Shield	HP	Attack
Helmet & Armor	HP	Defense
Gloves & Shoes	MP	Agility
Others & Others	MP	Magic

Can use both equipment and Talents
Highest overall stats if well equipped
Requires best available equipment for best results
No combat specialties

Robot[]

The player robots' stats are greatly atrophied compared to enemy robots'. The stats are gradually permanently raised by consuming capsules. The benefits cannot be transferred to other characters. The maximum bonus that a robot can get from capsules is 999 for HP and 99 for Attack, Defense and Agility. This is added to the robot's base stats and the equipment effects to give the final stats. In this way, robots can be made stronger than any other class. Due to the high, but constant, cost of capsules, robot development is easier later in the game. However, robots are unable to use magic.

Good damage with robot Talents
Can use both equipment and talents
Highest non-magic stats if well upgraded
Player controls stat growth
Requires costly capsules; capsule bonuses are non-transferable
Cannot use magic

Transforming[]

When the player defeats an enemy, there are times when they are presented with Meat or Parts. "Eating" or "installing" the parts, a character can change his or her Class and may change elements, attain new HP and MP levels, or adopt new Talents, strengths and abilities.

The controlling element of the new type depends on two things: the controlling element of the character, and the controlling element of the enemy that left the Meat or Parts. The following chart can be used to determine the new controlling element of the character.

Element Chart[]

Character's Element	Enemy's Element
Character's Element	Earth	Water	Fire	Air
Earth	Earth	Fire	Air	Water
Water	Air	Water	Earth	Fire
Fire	Water	Air	Fire	Earth
Air	Fire	Earth	Water	Air

Once the player has the new controlling element of what the character will change into, the following charts can be used to see what type of creature the character will turn into.

Monster ↔ Beast ↔ Human/Mutant ↔ Cyborg ↔ Robot

Meat will transform the character towards the left, and parts transform them toward the right. For example, a Robot needs to eat four pieces of meat to become a Monster, and a Monster need to install parts twice to become a Human or Mutant. Once a character is a Beast or Monster it will change into whatever type of Meat it eats. Similarly, a Cyborg and Robot will change into whatever part it installs.

Charts[]

Monsters[]

The following chart can use to see what kind of creature they'll become.

Level	Earth	Water	Fire	Air
1–2	Worm	Turtle	F-Drake	Raven
3–4	Wolf	Ray	Wisper	Big Eye
5–6	Fungus	Starfish	Baby-D	Gargoyle
7–8	LandWorm	Adamant	F-Liz.	Amprex
9–10	Scorpion	Angler	Fireball	Evil Eye
11–12	Mushroom	Pentagon	DualMask	Ghost
13–14	GigaWorm	Igasaur	Salamand	Griffon
15–16	GreyWolf	DrainRay	Tire	BabyWyrm
17–18	Snake	Octopus	Young	Remora
19–20	BlackCat	Squid	D. Bone	Typhoon
21–22	Hunter	BulbFish	Wheel	Wyrm Kid
23–24	Serpent	Ammonite	EvilMask	Specter
25–26	MummyCat	Amoeba	D. Fossil	Tempest
27–28	Romulus	BoltRay	FireFan	Wyrm
29–30	Hydra	Kraken	Kraken	Hydra
31–99	Sei-Ryu	Sei-Ryu	Garuda	Garuda

Beasts[]

Level	Earth	Water	Fire	Air
1–2	Silver	Orc-Orc	Diviner	Sprite
3–4	Fighter	SeaMonk	Broomer	Nymph
5–6	Kelpie	Mad Boar	Thoth	Familiar
7–8	Mustang	Pirate	Witch	Fairy
9–10	Warrior	SaltMonk	Magician	Pixie
11–12	Centaur	Werepig	Horus	Fiend
13–14	Nitemare	Viking	Wizard	Sylph
15–16	Liz Man	Brooder	Watcher	Thanos
17–18	Medusa	Fish Man	Osiris	Loki
19–20	Lamia	Merman	Hermit	Soarx
21–22	Liz Duke	Big Head	Mage	Siren
23–24	Naga	Nix	Set	Mephisto
25–26	Scylla	Selkie	Sorcerer	Succubus
27–28	Liz King	Dagon	Warlock	Sphinx
29–30	Echidna	Gill Man	Gill Man	Echidna
31–99	Anubis	Anubis	Anubis	Aeshma

Cyborgs[]

Level	Earth/Water	Fire/Air
1–2	Hooligan	Quacky
3–4	Thief	Talker
5–6	Headless	Stranger
7–8	Burgler	Imposter
9–10	Brigand	Busybody
11–12	Duke	LoonyGuy
13–14	Outlaw	Cracker
15–16	Soldier	Rumorer
17–18	Dullahan	Ronin
19–20	Terorist	Samurai
21–22	Commando	Tattler
23–24	Brain	Hatamoto
25–26	HiredGun	Daimyo
27–28	SS	Virago
29–30	Shogun	Shogun
31–99	Removed	Removed

Robots[]

Level	Earth/Water	Fire/Air
1–2	Orb Rat	Flower
3–4	Tomtom	Trixter
5–6	AirMaid	Cosmos
7–8	Jerrit	IronRose
9–10	Maitie	Con Man
11–12	Iron Lady	Reaper
13–14	Spectrat	Cactus
15–16	Guard	Beguiler
17–18	Valkyrie	Bazooka
19–20	Keeper	75mm
21–22	Moniter	Swindler
23–24	Iken	105mm
25–26	Searcher	150mm
27–28	Alert	Hustler
29–30	210mm	210mm
31–99	Venus	Venus

Reverting[]

The Flushex enables the lead character to revert to their original class. To change back, the player can walk through the wall to the right of the Talon's exit and step into the thing found there.