Final Fantasy V Job Classes

Ninja

Vital Statistics

"Stealthy fighters who excel at surprising enemies and can wield two weapons at once."

Job Description

I want you to answer this serious question. Have you ever seen a ninja in any video game that wasn't better at everything than the other characters? The Ninja as a Job has it all: decent Strength, great Agility and inherent First Strike and Dual-Wield. The damage potential is already there; you needn't really stick anything on there to make it work. Equip (weapon) can be a great support ability since Knives aren't the greatest thing, but that's just overkill. A magic skillset to boost the Ninja's Magic Power to mage levels is also incredibly effective to make Scrolls very powerful. In this scenario, it's a shame that the Ninja has no way of boosting the elements.

Job Ability Summary

!Image is divided into the physical department and the magical one. The Ninja is THE best physical thrower, as no Job combines Strength and Agility quite like him (Ninja and Mystic Knight come darn close). However, the truly deadly potential of !Image lies in its Scrolls. A Lightning Scroll is about 2.5 as powerful as Ramuh, but damage generally comes out about equal due to its reliance on the Ninja's only crappy stat, Magic Power. Stick !Image on a Mage, equip an elemental Rod of your choosing (Fire or Lightning) and watch the sickening amounts of damage fly.

!Image has potential it can hardly live up to. With a party full of !Image users, you can effectively make your entire party immune to physical attacks. However, it comes at the great cost of an ability slot so that scenario probably won't be the case. In addition, while self-applied Image is great, it's not good enough to, again, warrant an entire slot. Had it been a Scroll to Throw it would've made the perfect preparation attack, but as it stands you either need to find a physical-only boss or don't bother.

Dual-Wield is double damage at the cost of a shield, like Two-Handed. The big difference is that this works with any weapon (unless it requires two hands). This can greatly improve the damage output of the Thief, Dragoon, Beastmaster and Dancer Job classes. Actually, Dual-Wield and Two-Handed are very similar. When both can be used, Dual-Wield is more reliable (as it makes two Hit Rate checks, which means it’s much less likely that both attacks will miss) whereas Two-Handed is slightly more powerful most of the time since the most powerful weapon is often unique (meaning the other hands needs to 'settle' for a less powerful one).

Transfer to Freelancer

Awesome! First Strike is a good thing and the Ninja gives a very decent Agility boost, but Dual-Wield is where it's really at. It is a required component for the most powerful physical combo in the game and is just great all around.