Fighter (Tactics A2)

Fighters are masters of the sword who put offense over defense.

Description

Fighter is a job class exclusive to humes in Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift.

Profile[]

Fighters use blades and inflict heavy damage both at range and point-blank. A drawback is the Fighter's inability to equip heavy armor.

Fighters are powerful frontline units with decent defenses. Learning three Fighter A-Abilities unlocks the more offensively minded and faster Parivir. Fighters have slightly higher defense and resistance growth than Parivirs, but have lower attack and magick growth.

Fighters aren't as suited to be tanks like Paladins, yet they can be used perfectly as front-liners. Fighters are on par with Moogle Knights and Gladiators as they are the trio offense-defense front-liners. The Fighters average their Speed with their defense to compensate for their slow HP growth.

If a Fighter wears armor that absorbs or is immune to fire, Back Draft will cause no harm to the user (Fighters can equip the Venus Blade, which absorbs fire as well).

One of the known fighters is Bowen, the leader of an elite head hunting clan named after him, House Bowen, who frequently appear in clan tournaments and bear a grudge against Klesta, an oversized Cockatrice who killed Bowen's wife, Friese, and has a habit of fleeing at the brink of being slain.

Abilities[]

Pugilism[]

FIGHTERS use these abilities to attack with a fury of blades.

Description

Skill	Equipment	Range	AP
Rush	Sweep Blade	Weapon range	100
Rush	Attack with staggering force, knocking the target back.
Wild Swing	Ogun Blade	All sides	250
Wild Swing	Spin in a tight circle with weapon outheld, damaging surrounding units.
Beat Down	Shadow Blade	Weapon range	250
Beat Down	An all-out attack that deals heavy damage, but with a reduced chance to hit.
Blitz	Sun Blade	Weapon range	250
Blitz	Take the measure of the target before attacking. Increases chance to hit but deals less damage.
Air Render	Atomos Blade	3	250
Air Render	Focus the user's ki, sending blades of air tearing through the target.
Aurablast	Kwigon Blade	4	350
Aurablast	Unleash a detonation of ki, dealing damage to units in a small area.
Air Blast	Air Blade	T area in front of unit	300
Air Blast	Breathe a rush of air, dealing wind damage to units in a cone in front of the user.
Back Draft	Flametongue	1	400
Back Draft	Focus the user's ki into a fiery attack, dealing fire damage to the target and the user.

Reaction[]

Skill	Equipment	Effect	AP
Bonecrusher	Wygar	Counter attack after taking physical damage. Always deals greater damage than that taken.	300

Support[]

Skill	Equipment	Effect	AP
Doublehand	Venus Blade	Wield one-handed weapons with both hands. Deals additional damage.	250

Other appearances[]

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game[]

Fighter appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game as Fire-elemental Forward cards.