Walkthrough:Final Fantasy V/Drake/Part 4

This section covers the jobs found in the Earth Crystal. As a general note, at this point I think they ran out of ideas, because they only give you four new jobs. Where are the Dark Knights, Sages and Paladins? I'm gonna bring those three classes up again because it's worth noting they passed up some good ideas.

Dragoon

Dragoon
Command	Jump			Innate Skills		None			Equipment	Spears, Knives
Ability 1	Jump			Description	Jump on an enemy for extra damage							50 ABP
Ability 2	Lance			Description	Absorb HP and MP from an enemy							150 ABP
Ability 3	Equip Spears			Description	User can equip Spears							400 ABP
Ability 4	None			Description	N/A							N/A ABP
Ability 5	None			Description	N/A							N/A ABP
Ability 6	None			Description	N/A							N/A ABP
Ability 7	None			Description	N/A							N/A ABP

The Dragoon is a job class close to my heart. Some of the coolest characters in the series have donned the title of Dragon Knight, like Kain, Freya, and the latest entry to the club, Oerba Yun Fang. But then there's that one lame-ass Dragoon wanna-be, consider him a black mark on an otherwise flawless record. But I don't obsess over Dragoons like many do, I save my adoration for Summoners, Warriors, Black Mages and Mystic Knights.

In FF5, Dragoons aren't really that cool. The problem is they just don't bring anything that good to the table. Lance isn't that useful, and there are some good spears but they're only really useful for certain bosses, in which case you can switch to Freelancer which can equip anything. The only ability you would really want to use is Jump, so learn it for 50 AP and move on. FF5 proves it's the Character under the armor, not the Abilities associated with it, that make the Dragoon awesome.

Dancer

Dancer
Command	Dance			Innate Skills		None			Equipment	Knives
Ability 1	Flirt			Description	Charm enemy to stop attacks							25 ABP
Ability 2	Dance			Description	Perform one of four random attacks							50 ABP
Ability 3	Equip Ribbons			Description	User can equip Dancer equipment							325 ABP
Ability 4	None			Description	N/A							N/A ABP
Ability 5	None			Description	N/A							N/A ABP
Ability 6	None			Description	N/A							N/A ABP
Ability 7	None			Description	N/A							N/A ABP

The Dancer is an interesting class. Flirt is obviously useless, but Dance has a use. When the Dancer uses Dance, one of four random effects happens - You confuse enemies, you drain some MP, some HP, or do an attack with 4x power. Fortunately, the Red Slippers and Rainbow Dress equipment pieces boost the chance of the 4x hit appearing. With them on, you've actually got more like a 50/50 chance, and since the flip side of the coin is only slightly less advantageous than the side I want, that's a chance I'm willing to take.

The problem with the Dancer is that it just doesn't have any indispensable abilities. The Ribbon is useful, but the "Equip Ribbons" ability isn't worth an ability slot, and the Freelancer can equip Ribbons without the ability. Try them out if you want to have fun with Dance, but you can skip these guys. It's not that they suck, they're not just good enough compared to other jobs.

Samurai

Samurai
Command	Zeninage			Innate Skills		Shirahadori			Equipment	Knives, Katana
Ability 1	Mineuchi			Description	Smack an enemy to paralyze them							10 ABP
Ability 2	Zeninage			Description	Throw money at enemies to damage them							30 ABP
Ability 3	Shirahadori			Description	Can evade attacks easier							60 ABP
Ability 4	Equip Katana			Description	User can equip Katanas							180 ABP
Ability 5	Iainuki			Description	Attack and kill all enemies							540 ABP
Ability 6	None			Description	N/A							N/A ABP
Ability 7	None			Description	N/A							N/A ABP

The Samurai is a job class you'll hate to use, because most of his abilities are impossible to spell, and don't even try pronouncing them. The Samurai's abilities are mostly sub-par. Mineuchi is glitched and is just a normal attack, and Iainuki is useless. Most Instant Death attacks are, but Iainuki is just the Odin summon without MP cost. Stop being a cheapskate and use Summoners. Shirahadori boosts evade and is passive, but not worth the AP of mastering the job so the Freelancer can pick it up.

As with the Beastmaster, the only ability of the Samurai you'll actually use is Zeninage, otherwise known as Gil Toss. It can easily do several thousand damage to enemies, but burns through your wallet like wildfire. These makes it impractical for 95% of the game, but in the final dungeon and the Sealed Temple, use it to great effect since money is no longer an issue. But besides Zeninage there's no point to using this job.

Chemist

Chemist
Command	Drink			Innate Skills		Pharmacology			Equipment	Knives, Staffs
Ability 1	Pharmacology			Description	Doubles effect of healing items							15 ABP
Ability 2	Mix			Description	Mix two items to various effect							30 ABP
Ability 3	Drink			Description	User can drink special Chemist brews							45 ABP
Ability 4	Recover			Description	Restore status ailments on party							135 ABP
Ability 5	Revive			Description	Revive all party members							405 ABP
Ability 6	None			Description	N/A							N/A ABP
Ability 7	None			Description	N/A							N/A ABP

The Chemist stirs mixed feelings in me. Like the Samurai, it's not a bad job, it's just not as good as others. The Chemist's innate Pharmacology ability doubles the effect of healing items, which isn't that bad. Mix lets you combine items, in-game you aren't told which ones do what, but click the link for Mix above for a list. Some more awesome Mixes include Triple Ether, Reincarnate, Goliath Tonic, Kiss of Life, Holy Breath and Shadow Flare. Drink, Recover and Revive are all useless.

So while the Chemist's Mix is good, it's not good enough to justify the job. To me anyway, maybe you feel different. Check the list, try some Mixes and use the job is it pleases you. But not needed in any way.

Contents

• Knight, Thief, Monk, Blue Mage, White Mage, Black Mage
• Red Mage, Time Mage, Summoner, Berserker, Mystic Knight
• Beastmaster, Geomancer, Ninja, Ranger, Bard
• Dragoon, Dancer, Samurai, Chemist
• Mime, Necromancer, Cannoneer, Gladiator, Oracle
• My Original Job Classes