Category:Combat Skills

Combat Skill indicates the proficiency a job has with the use of weapons and equipment pertaining to that skill. It is used in equations to determine accuracy and damage, typically by being compared to the enemy's own combat traits. Using abilities that relate to a combat skill may grant a skill increase with that skill.

Combat Skills and Magic Skills are stats that are natural to a character's job—they both go hand-in-hand as they are all used to battle mobs in one way or another.

There is a cap to each skill depending on the class and their proficiency with said skill. As your job level goes up, the cap rises as well.

Certain jobs excel at some skills, while other jobs excel at others. Make sure you know what skills your job excels at and raise them to reach the maximum potential of your character.

The amount of attack and accuracy you gain by equipping a weapon using a particular skill is directly proportional to the Combat Skill level.

Job Skill Ranks

	BRD	BST	BLM	DRK	DRG	MNK	NIN	PLD	RNG	RDM	SAM	SMN	THF	WAR	WHM
Axe		A-		C-					B-					A-
Great Axe				C+										A+
Club	D	D	E	C-	E	C+	E	A-	E	D	E	E	E	B-	B+
Dagger	B-	C+	D	C	E		C+	C-	B-	B	E	E	A-	B-
Hand to Hand						A+	E						E	D
Katana							A-
Great Katana							C-				A+
Polearm					A+			E			B-			B-
Scythe		B-	E	A+										B+
Staff	C+		C+		B-	B		A-				B-		B	C+
Sword	C-	E		B-	C-		C	A+	D	B	C+		D	B
Great Sword				A-				B						B+
	BRD	BST	BLM	DRK	DRG	MNK	NIN	PLD	RNG	RDM	SAM	SMN	THF	WAR	WHM
Archery							E		A-	D	C+		C-	D
Marksmanship				E			C		A-				C+	D
Throwing	E		D			E	A-		C-	F	C		D	D	E
	BRD	BST	BLM	DRK	DRG	MNK	NIN	PLD	RNG	RDM	SAM	SMN	THF	WAR	WHM
Evasion	D	C	E	C	C-	B+	A-	C	E	D	B+	E	A+	C	E
Guarding						A-
Parrying	E	C		E	C	E	A-	C		E	A-		A-	C-
Shield		E						A+		F			F	C+	D
	BRD	BST	BLM	DRK	DRG	MNK	NIN	PLD	RNG	RDM	SAM	SMN	THF	WAR	WHM
Dark			A-	A-						E
Divine								B+		E					A-
Elemental			A+	B+						C+
Enfeebling			C+	C						A+					C
Enhancing			E					D		B+					C+
Healing								C		C-					A+
Summoning												A-
Ninjutsu							A-
Singing	C
String	C
Wind	C

Skill Caps

Skill Rank /   Job Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
A+, A-	6	9	12	15	18	21	24	27	30	33	36	39	42	45	48	51	54	57	60	63
B+, B, B-	5	7	10	13	16	19	22	25	28	31	34	36	39	42	45	48	51	54	57	60
C+, C, C-	5	7	10	13	16	19	21	24	27	30	33	35	38	41	44	47	49	52	55	58
D	4	6	9	12	14	17	20	22	25	28	31	33	36	39	41	44	47	49	52	55
E	4	6	9	11	14	16	19	21	24	26	29	31	34	36	39	41	44	46	49	51
F	4	6	8	10	13	15	17	20	22	24	27	29	31	33	36	38	40	43	45	47

Skill Rank /   Job Level	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
A+, A-	66	69	72	75	78	81	84	87	90	93	96	99	102	105	108	111	114	117	120	123
B+, B, B-	63	65	68	71	74	77	80	83	86	89	92	94	97	100	103	106	109	112	115	118
C+, C, C-	61	63	66	69	72	75	77	80	83	86	89	91	94	97	100	103	105	108	111	114
D	58	60	63	66	68	71	74	76	79	82	85	87	90	93	95	98	101	103	106	109
E	54	56	59	61	64	66	69	71	74	76	79	81	84	86	89	91	94	96	99	101
F	50	52	54	56	59	61	63	66	68	70	73	75	77	79	82	84	86	89	91	93

Skill Rank / Job Level	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
A+, A-	126	129	132	135	138	141	144	147	150	153	158	163	168	173	178	183	188	193	198	203
B+, B, B-	121	123	126	129	132	135	138	141	144	147	151	156	161	166	171	176	181	186	191	196
C+, C, C-	117	119	122	125	128	131	133	136	139	142	146	151	156	161	166	170	175	180	185	190
D	112	114	117	120	122	125	128	130	133	136	140	145	150	154	159	164	168	173	178	183
E	104	106	109	111	114	116	119	121	124	126	130	135	139	144	148	153	157	162	166	171
F	96	98	100	102	105	107	109	112	114	116	120	124	128	133	137	141	146	150	154	159

Skill Rank / Job Level	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75
A+	207	212	217	222	227	232	236	241	246	251	256	261	266	271	276
A-	207	211	215	219	223	227	231	235	239	244	249	254	259	264	269
B+	199	203	207	210	214	218	221	225	229	233	237	241	246	251	256
B	199	202	205	208	212	215	218	221	225	228	232	236	240	245	250
B-	198	201	204	206	209	212	214	217	220	223	226	229	232	236	240
C+	192	195	197	200	202	205	207	210	212	215	218	221	224	227	230
C	192	194	196	199	201	203	205	208	210	212	214	217	219	222	225
C-	192	194	196	198	200	202	204	206	208	210	212	214	216	218	220
D	184	186	188	190	192	194	195	197	199	201	203	205	207	208	210
E	172	174	176	178	180	182	184	186	188	190	192	194	196	198	200
F	161	163	165	167	169	171	173	175	177	179	181	183	185	187	189

Combat Skill Level Chart

Skilling Up

Combat and magic skills are traditionally raised by using the skill on monsters or allies of an appropriate level for your skill.

• For weapons, attack or perform physical weapon skills.
• For defensive combat skills, perform the defensive action (e.g., blocking, evading, or parrying), or simply get hit by an attack that is eligible to be blocked, evaded, or parried.
• For offensive magic skills, cast spells on an enemy.
• For supportive/healing magic skills, cast on yourself or other players (target level doesn't matter).
  • Healing magic can also be cast upon undead for skill ups, similar to offensive magic.
• For summoning skill, summon an avatar or use Blood Pact: Rages and Blood Pact: Wards
• Some magic skills include both offensive and supportive/healing magics and can be skilled up in multiple ways.

To work out the minimum level mobs required for skill ups, follow these steps:

• 1. Using the job skill ranks table, identify the rank of the skill for your job.
• 2. Note your current skill level, and follow the appropriate row in the skill caps tables for your rank, moving up in levels until you reach the level where the skill cap exceeds your current skill level.
• 3. That level is the minimum level required of mobs for you to gain any skill ups with that particular job and particular skill.

Example 1:
Lv 70 RDM skilling up dagger, dagger skill is currently at 150.

• Using the job skill ranks table, RDM's dagger rank is "B".
• Since the rank is B, we'll look at the B+/B/B- row for Lv 1-60, and the B row for Lv 61-80 in the skill caps tables.
• Moving along the B+/B/B- row, skill level 150 is first exceeded at Lv 51 (which has a skill cap of 151).
• So a Lv 51 mob would give the RDM skill ups on dagger, but only until 151 skill, mobs higher than Lv 51 are needed to continue skill ups.
• In order to cap off dagger skill at Lv 70 (which would be 228 for the Lv 70 RDM), he'll need to fight Lv 70 mobs or higher.

Example 2:
Lv 70 BLM skilling up dagger, dagger skill is currently at 150.

• Using the job skill ranks table, BLM's dagger rank is "D".
• Moving along the D row, skill level 150 is first exceeded at Lv 54 (which has a skill cap of 154).
• So at minimum, a Lv 54 mob is needed for the BLM to skill up dagger.
  • Note the same Lv 54 mob would allow the Lv 70 RDM to skill up dagger until 166, since RDM's dagger rank is B.
• In order to cap off dagger skill at Lv 70 (which would be 201 for the Lv 70 BLM), he'll also need to fight Lv 70 mobs or higher.

Note that:

• In order to cap any skill, you must fight Even Match or higher targets eventually.
• The maximum skill obtainable on a certain level target differs between jobs and between skills, as it is determined by the rank of the particular skill for the particular job, as per the job skill ranks table.

Special Consideration:

• Several jobs are capable of equipping weapons (or shields) while also not having access to that combat skill.
• Jobs that do not innately possess a skill are considered to have a 0 in that skill, even if they have that skill leveled on another job.

Skill Caps by Job

• Bard Skill Caps
• Beastmaster Skill Cap
• Black Mage Skill Caps
• Dark Knight Skill Caps
• Dragoon Skill Caps
• Monk Skill Caps
• Ninja Skill Caps
• Paladin Skill Caps
• Ranger Skill Caps
• Red Mage Skill Caps
• Samurai Skill Caps
• Summoner Skill Caps
• Thief Skill Caps
• Warrior Skill Caps
• White Mage Skill Caps