Am4z1n9_AZ Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Just wondering what are the best Job Class combinations and what peoples setups are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rikwebb Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Theres a load of recommendations and setups here : Hope this helps anyone in general 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LezardValeth80 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Great post! And some things I hadn't considered. Looks like I'm starting over since I'm already locked into some... :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucileRose Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I went with: Vaan - Shikari+ Red Battle Mage Balthier - Knight + FoeBreaker Fran - Archer + Time Battle Mage Basch - Monk + Machinist Ashe - White Mage + Bushi Penelo - Black Mage + Uhlan I've never played the game before so this just my own combinations without knowing too much besides some research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Virdeborn Posted July 12, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted July 12, 2017 My lore friendly set-up, also taking Revenant Wings into consideration, that ensures all 12 jobs are used. It also gives everyone 3x Swiftness and at least 3 optimal combinations: Vaan - Shikari / Foebreaker He's definitely a Shikari, the closest thing to a thief/hunter. Foebreaker is a nice complementary job that also takes advantage of his high VIT stat. Penelo - Monk / Black Mage While she canonically ends up being a Dancer and White Mage hybrid, official artwork depicts her without a weapon and as a Black Mage. I'd like to think that she started out being a DPS and ended up being a Healer. Being a Monk gives her access to high-level white magicks and also gives her a much needed HP boost! Balthier - Machinist / Uhlan Obviously a Machinist. Uhlan refers to the Polish cavalry, who originally wielded spears but eventually upgraded to guns so I'd say there's a decent connection there. Fran - Archer / Red Battlemage What could she possibly be other than an Archer? Well, she's also depicted as a Red Battlemage and this job also happens to be a Vierra exclusive in other Ivalice games. Basch - Knight / Bushi He's literally a knight and it sort of makes sense to make him the ultimate master of swords. Adding Bushi into the mix also boosts his speed, which he lacks as a Knight. Ashe - TIme Battlemage / White Mage In Revenant Wings she's portrayed as a Time Mage, with access to hand-bombs. The artwork portrays her wielding the Treaty-Blade, but that doesn't require any license to equip. She's also donning the White Mage robe in official artwork. This is the ultimate Healer combination. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Am4z1n9_AZ Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 Thanks for the replies, I looked at that thread I like the suggestions. My current roles are. Vaan - Monk Balthier - Bushi Fran - Archer Basch - Knight Ashe - White Mage Penelo - Shikari I think i'm going with these combinations. Vann - Monk/Black Mage Basch - Knight/Time Battlemage Ashe - White Mage/Machinist No idea what to have for the other three, if anybody wants to give me some input on the others I would really appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unnxandros Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I went with: Main Team: Vaan Level 99 - Foebreaker / Shikari Balthier Level 92 - Machinist / Red Battlemage Basch Level 98 - Knight / Bushi Ashe Level 97 - White Mage / Black Mage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNSpradlin Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 This is what I am going with: Vaan - Shikari/Bushi Basch - Knight/Bushi Ashe - Black Mage/Monk Balthier - Uhlan/Time Mage Fran - White Mage/Machinist Penelo - Black Mage/Red Mage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPage17 Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 21 hours ago, Virdeborn said: My lore friendly set-up, also taking Revenant Wings into consideration, that ensures all 12 jobs are used. It also gives everyone 3x Swiftness and at least 3 optimal combinations: Vaan - Shikari / Foebreaker He's definitely a Shikari, the closest thing to a thief/hunter. Foebreaker is a nice complementary job that also takes advantage of his high VIT stat. Penelo - Monk / Black Mage While she canonically ends up being a Dancer and White Mage hybrid, official artwork depicts her without a weapon and as a Black Mage. I'd like to think that she started out being a DPS and ended up being a Healer. Being a Monk gives her access to high-level white magicks and also gives her a much needed HP boost! Balthier - Machinist / Uhlan Obviously a Machinist. Uhlan refers to the Polish cavalry, who originally wielded spears but eventually upgraded to guns so I'd say there's a decent connection there. Fran - Archer / Red Battlemage What could she possibly be other than an Archer? Well, she's also depicted as a Red Battlemage and this job also happens to be a Vierra exclusive in other Ivalice games. Basch - Knight / Bushi He's literally a knight and it sort of makes sense to make him the ultimate master of swords. Adding Bushi into the mix also boosts his speed, which he lacks as a Knight. Ashe - TIme Battlemage / White Mage In Revenant Wings she's portrayed as a Time Mage, with access to hand-bombs. The artwork portrays her wielding the Treaty-Blade, but that doesn't require any license to equip. She's also donning the White Mage robe in official artwork. This is the ultimate Healer combination. Look at that skirt. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacier_Silver Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 On 7/12/2017 at 8:58 AM, LezardValeth80 said: Great post! And some things I hadn't considered. Looks like I'm starting over since I'm already locked into some... :/ My copy of this game is in the mail. I played this on the PS2. So the class system getting locked? Is that from very beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNSpradlin Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Just now, Glacier_Silver said: My copy of this game is in the mail. I played this on the PS2. So the class system getting locked? Is that from very beginning. The PS4 version is based off the international version where you are locked to certain jobs once you select them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rikwebb Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 13 hours ago, Glacier_Silver said: My copy of this game is in the mail. I played this on the PS2. So the class system getting locked? Is that from very beginning. 13 hours ago, JNSpradlin said: The PS4 version is based off the international version where you are locked to certain jobs once you select them. To follow from what @JNSpradlin said, you get to choose one job for each person to start off with then you get to select a second one once you get your first esper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DansomeTV Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Vaan - Shikari / Breaker Basch - Knight / Bushi Ashe - Black Mage / Monk Balthier - Uhlan / Time Mage Fran - Archer / Red Mage Penelo - White Mage / Machinist First three being main party with Panelo swapped in for Vaan or Ashe, depending. Basch is a main-stay because his combo is too strong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNSpradlin Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 On 7/13/2017 at 9:03 AM, JNSpradlin said: This is what I am going with: Vaan - Shikari/Bushi Basch - Knight/Bushi Ashe - Black Mage/Monk Balthier - Uhlan/Time Mage Fran - White Mage/Machinist Penelo - Black Mage/Red Mage I ended up making the following: Vaan - Shikari/Bushi Basch - Knight/Bushi Ashe - Black Mage/Monk Balthier - Uhlan/Time Mage Fran - White Mage/Time Mage Penelo - Black Mage/Red Mage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SyBob12 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 (edited) I went with- Vaan- Bushi/Time Battlemage Balthier- Machinist/Monk Frab- Archer/Foebreaker Basch- Uhlan/ White mage Ashe- Shikari/ Red battlemage Penelo- Knight/ Black mage A little unorthodox, but it balanced out the team quite well, all had something to bring to the party. Penelo can hit things with a Tournesol and then cast Scathe on groups. Plus having some curative magic and heavy armour makes her very versatile. The Foebreaker is so useful end game I just wish I made Basch one so I wouldn't have to swap in Fran. Made Yiazmat a laugh hitting the party for only 100 damage a time once it's fully Withered. Edited July 17, 2017 by SyBob12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelgrievous Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 On 7/13/2017 at 9:16 AM, hugglebunn-e said: Look at that skirt. don't worry, everyone is. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDelDante Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 (edited) I wanted to use all the jobs and went with the below. Pretty good all round Shikari/Breaker: Hunter's ninja swords are one of the best weapons to use with Genji Gloves, and Hunter/Breaker is arguably the best way to do so. This combination gives you 3x swiftness, a decent ranged weapon (hand bomb), all 4 breaks, Genji gear, high strength and HP, and ninja swords. Black Mage/Monk: perhaps the ultimate offensive magic user. Monk upgrades your Black Mage with 3x swiftness, tons of HP, and access to White Magick 9-13. Being able to exploit Holy weakness is a huge advantage, and the best staff (Staff of the Magi) boosts Holy damage by 50%. This combo also has excellent physical strength, which especially comes in handy earlier in the game before you get all the really good offensive spells. Samurai/Uhlan: katana damage benefits from Uhlan's high strength and heavy armor. Uhlan's Holy Lance benefits from access to holy-boosting White Robes. White Mage/Machinist: This is a nice upgrade for your healer. Machinist gives you lots of HP, 3x swiftness, eventual access to Hastega, and guns (which do fixed damge regardless of your stats, making them ideal for a weak healer-type character). Guns give you a way of doing some decent damage during downtime from healing/buffing. What's more, you can equip Dark Shot + Black Robes to boost their damage by 50% AND heal allies with dark-absorbing gear. Just be sure to set up your gambits so you don't heal any dark-absorbing enemies. If you want to use guns, this is the best combo to do so. Archer/Red Mage: Archer gets the fire-boosting Burning Bow to boost Red Mage's Ardor spell. You also get 3x swiftness and all the item lores. Overall this isn't as powerful as the Black Mage/Red Mage combo, but it's a good choice if you already have a Black Mage/Monk and you don't want to double up on the Black Mage job. Knight/Time Mage: Time Mage gives the slow Knight 3x swiftness, a ranged weapon (Bowguns), and some decent magic power to make the best of his White Magick. Plus Time Magick, of course. This combo makes for a great attacker with lots of support abilities. On 12/07/2017 at 4:44 PM, Virdeborn said: Basch - Knight / Bushi He's literally a knight and it sort of makes sense to make him the ultimate master of swords. Adding Bushi into the mix also boosts his speed, which he lacks as a Knight. Love this one. The synergy here is incredible. Samurai's katanas do damage based on both strength and magic. Samurai has very high magic power, along with the magic-boosting mystic armor, but has just mediocre strength. Knight has excellent strength and strength-boosting heavy armor, so this combo will greatly increase katana damage. But it gets better. Knight unlocks a bunch of excellent White Magicks, but has lousy magic power. Samurai's magic ability will make those spells far more effective. What's more, this is the only combo in the game that allows White Robes (50% damage boost for Holy element) + Excalibur (Holy elemental sword) + 3x swiftness, making you the ultimate undead slayer. Edited July 20, 2017 by MrDelDante Formatting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durandart Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 (edited) EDIT: If got now all classes. I use this one. Vann: Monk / Hunter(Shikari) Penelo: Uhlan / Black Mage Balthier: White Mage / Breaker Fran: Red Mage / Time Mage Basch: Archer / Knight Ashe: Samurai / Knight So Basch an Ashe are my main tanks/Damage dealer. Vann has nice Stats and fits good as an allrounder with Monks healing and the effekts from the Hunter. Penolo is weak, therefore the Uhlan (Heavy Armor) and she has also nice magic stats so the Black mage fits also very well. Balthier is low in magic at the beginning but has a high strengh, the combo with a High attack an meanwhile (level 22) the highest magic stat fits also very well Fran is not such a good char in my opinion, but as a Support mage its good, she has a lot of MP so its good this way. Basch has a high damge output with the bow, more live an power from the knight (also with Greatswords later) will help. Ashe makes a lot of combos with katanas etc. espacially later with the Genji Armour. Katanas also skill from Strengh and Magic, and shes good in both stats. I know i miss the machinist but to be honest, it seems likes a useless class.....and for all trophy hunters, you don't need all Jobs for the technic trophy. I read in some other forums and they say, you have to own it but not to learn. Edited July 25, 2017 by Durandart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava_Yuki Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 (edited) I wasn't too sure what to pick. My favourite party in the original was Fran, Ashe and Basch and I also had used these three for Yiazmet. I will mainly use Fran, Basch, Ashe and Vaan most likely, with either Balthier and Penelo as support roles Vaan: Shikari + Bushi (Yiazmet killer) Fran: Foebreaker + Shikari (good ranged attack and debuffing as she's my favourite so I want to use her a lot, even if she's not the best character for stats I'll persist anyway) Basch: Knight + Bushi (good undead slayer with x3 swiftness and excaliber ) Ashe: Black Mage or Uhlan + Monk Balthier: White Mage + Machinist (healing with support, hastega) Penelo: Time Mage + Knight (time magic and support with some attack) Edited September 28, 2017 by Lava_Yuki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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