Trickster (Tactics A2)

Tricksters spin a web of deception, twisting the flow of battle to their advantage.

Description

The Trickster (トリックスター, Torikkusutā?) is a job for the bangaa in Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift. They use cards as weapons, allowing them to attack from a range, and their skills primarily revolve around inflicting statuses. Unusual for bangaa, the Trickster job features an excellent Speed and Magick growth, but with the downfall of very low MP. A popular secondary A-Ability is the Gladiator's Sparring moveset, which grants elemental damage and the bangaa's Ultima attack.

Since Ultima's damage is based on the user's Magick stat, Tricksters can do higher damage than most of the bangaa's other classes, and with a better range and Half MP as support, the Trickster can deal massive damage at long range every two turns. This class is at a disadvantage against units immune to debuffs (via Cachusha, Barette, Ribbon, or the Impervious passive ability). The Trickster is the only job that wields cards.

One of the four bosses of Duelhorn, the Night Dancer, is an androgynous bangaa Trickster.

Pygmalion is a clan of Tricksters that not only bestows this unique job class after the player defeats them, but also appears in auctions and a Bonga Bugle quest, time and again proving a nuisance.

Requirements[]

To unlock the Trickster, the player must complete the "Sleight of Hand" mission. To use the job, a character must master two Master Monk A-Abilities.

Stats[]

Weapons	Head	Body	Equip Shields?
Cards	Hats	Light Armor	No

Move	Jump	Evasion	Unarmed Attack Raise	Resilience	HP	MP	Atk	Def	Mgk	Res	Spd
4	3	10	10	60	E	H	E	E	B	E	88%

Abilities[]

Sleight of Hand[]

The TRICKSTER deceives his foes with these crafty abilities.

Skill	Equipment	Range	AP	MP
Snigger	Eight of Hearts	4	150	8
Snigger	Laugh snidely at the target, driving them into a BERSERK rage.
Suggestion	Six of Diamonds	4	450	32
Suggestion	Inflicts Frog.
Hypochondria	Four of Spades	4	150	12
Hypochondria	Magickal chant that convinces the target they've come into contact with a deadly POISON.
Shadow of Doubt	Jack of Diamonds	4	250	12
Shadow of Doubt	Whisper rumors in the target's ear, undermining their confidence. IMMOBILIZES target.
Charisma	Two of Clubs	4	400	24
Charisma	Inflicts Charm.
Traumatize	King of Hearts	4	300	8
Traumatize	Add injury to insult, damaging debuffed targets. Deals greater damage to targets with more debuffs.
Agitate	Queen of Clubs	4	400	8
Agitate	Deal damage equal to the user's lost HP. Damages unit in a small area.
Mug	Ace of Spades	1	250	—
Mug	Attack the target an steal loot from it in the ensuing commotion.

Reaction[]

Skill	Equipment	Effect	AP
Absorb Damage	Thief's Cap	Gain HP equal to 10% of damage taken.	250

Support[]

Skill	Equipment	Effect	AP
Ribbon-bearer	Orb of Minwu	Enables the user to equip a ribbon, regardless of their current job.	300

Other appearances[]

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game[]

Trickster appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game as Ice-elemental Forward cards.

Behind the scenes[]

The class is reminiscent of Gambler Nobodies from the Kingdom Hearts series. Both use cards as weapons, and the emblem on the Tricksters' trousers somewhat resembles part of the Nobody emblem. They have a similar white-and-purple color scheme.

The Trickster's abilities make use of the nocebo effect, the opposite to the placebo effect.

Pygmalion means a concept of psychology describing the behavior of individuals as people expect them to behave.

Gallery[]

Etymology[]

[view · edit · purge]In mythology and the study of folklore and religion, a trickster is a god, goddess, spirit, man, woman, or anthropomorphic animal who exhibits intellect or secret knowledge and uses it to play tricks or otherwise disobey normal rules and conventional behavior.