Basic Jobs
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Special jobs
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Lancer Job
Description NBA material. Kain... Basically a ranged attacking knight. Lancers have the ability to attack from 2 squares away with their spears(their weapon of choice), and this can be very useful against enemies with counters. Of course, the favourite attack of lancers is of course the Jump ability, which lets them leave the battlefield for a while(invincible while off the field), and attack their target from as much as 8 squares away(which is of course very useful).
Uses This is basically the replacement for the standard knight. Having the Jump ranged attack(which isn't ranged at first), lancers are much more versatile then knights. With upgraded Jump abilities(which is a definitly a must have), lancers become very good range attackers. This is one of the classes where you'll be spending a lot of time building JP if you want a good tough fighter. The h. jump 8 and v. jump 8 are very nice, but you can probably settle for the v. jump 7 if you don't want to spend too much time building JP. Dragon spirit is also nice since the lancer is almost always on the front lines and taking physical damage. It casts a reraise on the lancer whenever he/she is damaged by a physical attack(almost always). Note that the lancer won't respond with that if he/she is killed...
Tactics If you don't have the Jump upgrades, charge with your lancer. Remember that the lancer attacks best when 2 spaces away. This will both prevent counter attacks, and raise you hit %. If you do have the Jump upgrades, always try to take out the enemy magic users first. Enemies like Summoners and Wizards can ruin your day in a hurry. The Jump ability is kind of hard to time, but I've found that usually anything under 70 CT will most likely get hit with your Jump attack.
HP Bonus % ?? MP Bonus % ?? Speed Bonus % ??
HP Gain % ?? MP Gain % ?? Speed Gain % ??



Ability List
Name JP Description Notes
Action Ability
Horizontal Jump 2 150 Increases h. jump range -
Horizontal Jump 3 300 Increases h. jump range -
Horizontal Jump 4 450 Increases h. jump range -
Horizontal Jump 5 600 Increases h. jump range -
Horizontal Jump 8 900 Increases h. jump range Must have
Vertical Jump 2 100 Increases v. jump range -
Vertical Jump 3 200 Increases v. jump range -
Vertical Jump 4 300 Increases v. jump range -
Vertical Jump 5 400 Increases v. jump range -
Vertical Jump 6 500 Increases v. jump range -
Vertical Jump 7 600 Increases v. jump range Probably best 'buy'
Vertical Jump 8 900 Increases v. jump range -
Reaction Ability
Dragon Spirit 560 Reraise -
Support Abilities
Equip Spear 400 Allows character to equip spear -
Movement Abilities
Ignore Height 700 Ignores height when moving -

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