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Final Fantasy Tactics

Part 168

Explore Ninja abilities in Final Fantasy Tactics, including Ninjutsu like Water Veil and Fire Veil, and passive skills. Learn AP costs and requirements.

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Explore Ninja abilities in Final Fantasy Tactics, including Ninjutsu like Water Veil and Fire Veil, and passive skills. Learn AP costs and requirements.

Requirements: 4 Thief Abilities

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    The Ninja class in Final Fantasy Tactics is unlocked by learning 4 Thief Abilities.
  2. 2
    A key advantage of the Ninja is the Dual Wield ability, allowing the use of two weapons simultaneously. This ability can be carried over to other classes, creating powerful offensive units.
  3. 3
    Ninja skills primarily focus on applying debuffs to enemies.

Ninjutsu Skills:

  • Throw - 100 AP (Kunai): Throws an equipped item to deal damage. Considered a wasteful skill as it consumes valuable inventory items.
  • Water Veil - 250 AP (Murasame): Deals water damage and inflicts SILENCE on the target. Useful against spellcasters.
  • Fire Veil - 250 AP (Ashura): Deals fire damage and inflicts CONFUSE on the target, causing them to attack allies.
  • Earth Veil - 250 AP (Osafune): Deals earth damage and inflicts SLOW on the target, reducing their turn speed. Effective against fast or dangerous enemies.
  • Wood Veil - 250 AP (Kotetsu): Deals damage and IMMOBILIZES the target. Effective for controlling enemy movement from range.
  • Gold Veil - 250 AP (Kiku-ichimonji): Deals damage and inflicts BLIND on the target, reducing accuracy. Its usefulness is diminished due to a nerf in this game.
  • Unspell - 300 AP (Ama-no-murakumo): Neutralizes enemy buffs. Particularly useful against enemies with advantageous buffs.

Other Notable Abilities:

  • Wind Slash - 200 AP (Murasame): An active skill that engulfs the target in a whirlwind, dealing wind damage. It is a ranged attack but may be redundant if similar powerful versions are already available.
  • Blade Rush - 200 AP (Ashura): An active skill requiring a Bladed Weapon. It strikes the target with the blade's face, attempting to IMMOBILIZE them. It has a high hit rate but deals less damage and does not disable arms, allowing the target to still attack.
  • Iai Blow - 300 AP (Osafune): An active skill requiring a Bladed Weapon. It offers a small chance to instantly kill the target, regardless of their health or level.
  • Lifethread Blade - 400 AP (Adazakura): An active skill requiring a Bladed Weapon. It strikes repeatedly with a dark-forged blade, marking the target with DOOM, which ensures their eventual demise. This is one of the few Dark elemental attacks.
  • Skyfury Blade - 400 AP (Kotetsu): An active skill requiring a Bladed Weapon. It strikes repeatedly with a lightning-imbued blade, dealing lightning damage and driving the target into a BERSERK rage, causing them to attack aggressively.
  • Hoarfrost Blade - 400 AP (Ama-no-murakumo): An active skill requiring a Bladed Weapon. It strikes repeatedly with a frozen blade, dealing ice damage and SLOWING the target, making them wait longer for their turn.
  • Shimmering Blade - 400 AP (Nosada): An active skill requiring a Bladed Weapon. It strikes repeatedly with a flaming blade, dealing fire damage and CONFUSING the target, causing them to attack allies.
  • Unburden Sould - 400 AP (Sumihomura): An active skill that sacrifices the user to completely restore all allies' HP and cure them of debuffs. Extremely useful for recovering a team in dire straits, especially if the unit can be revived.
  • Strike Back - 250 AP (Bone Plate): A Reaction ability that allows the user to avoid all basic attacks and launch a counter-attack. Considered one of the best reaction abilities for its defensive and offensive benefits.
  • Death Strike - 150 AP (Bracers): A Passive ability that increases the user's luck and the chance to score a critical hit. Less valuable compared to other passive abilities and privileges that enhance luck.
Tips
  • The Dual Wield ability from the Ninja class is highly sought after and can be combined with other classes to create powerful offensive builds.
  • Ninjutsu skills are excellent for applying status effects like SILENCE, CONFUSE, SLOW, and IMMOBILIZE, which can significantly control the flow of battle.
  • Consider the elemental damage types of Ninjutsu (Water, Fire, Earth) when facing specific enemy weaknesses.
  • The Unburden Sould ability is a high-risk, high-reward skill that can turn the tide of battle but requires the user to be sacrificed.
  • Strike Back is a crucial Reaction ability for survivability, allowing you to negate damage and retaliate.

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