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Human warrior that hunts monsters by bow.

Description

Hunter is a job in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance available to humes. They wield the almighty greatbows and use them most proficiently against monsters. Almost all of their abilities are centered around monster-fighting, with abilities like Sidewinder (which doubles the attack when used against monsters).

The Hunter has favorable stat growth and access to Ultima Shot, a powerful ability which triples attack power, making it an especially devastating job. Its counterpart is the Sniper, a viera job.

Appearance[]

Hunters are light-skinned humes equipped with hunting and nature survival gear. They wear a tan cap, green undershirt, a pair of white shorts, brown boots and beige gloves. A yellow satchel is slung over their right shoulder and a knife is holstered in the Hunter's belt. Enemy Hunters have purple shirts instead of green.

The Hunter's artwork shows him with a knife, but in gameplay Hunters can only equip greatbows. In Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift the Hunter job class may equip both, although all of their A-Abilities and passive abilities are learned from greatbows.

Growth[]

Hunters rival Fighters for the position of best Attack-oriented hume job. Like its predecessor, the Archer, Hunters have higher MP, Attack, Resistance and Speed than their sword-wielding counterpart, but have lower HP, Magic Power and Defense in return.

HP MP Atk Def Mag Pwr Mag Res Spd
6.8 C+ 3.2 C- 8.8 B+ 6.8 D+ 6.8 D+ 8.4 B 1.7 B+

Abilities[]

Hunt[]

Hunter command. Use your hunting skills to fight.

Description
Skill Equipment AP MP Power Range
Sonic Boom Cranequin 200 As Weapon 4
Uses weapon to create area-damage shockwave.
Oust Windslash Bow 200 As Weapon
Sweeps monsters from the field of battle.
Advice Twin Bow 100 1
Offer advice on tactics. Raises critical hit rate.
Aim: Vitals Fey Bow 300 As Weapon
Shot aimed at vital organs to cause status ailments.
Hunting Hunt Bow 300 As Weapon As Weapon
Felling blow delivered with style. Earns more JP.
Addle Master Bow 200 As Weapon
Addles monster. (Temporary loss of A and R-abilities)
Ultima Shot Seventh Heaven 999 60 As Weapon As Weapon
Hunting attack born from ultima magic.
Sidewinder Hades Bow 300 As Weapon As Weapon
Lashing attack. Deals heavy damage to monsters.
Capture Ranger Bow 200 As Weapon
Puts live monsters into the monster bank.

Oust's chance of success depends on the number of KOs the caster has been responsible for, and the percentage of HP the target has left.

Aim: Vitals has a random effect:

  • 11/101: Inflict Berserk
  • 25/101: Inflict Disable
  • 35/101: Inflict Blind
  • 25/101: Inflict Immobilize
  • 5/101: Reduce Target to 1 HP

Capture's chance of success is equal to the following:

Capture automatically fails under certain conditions.

Reaction[]

Skill Equipment Effect AP
Auto-Regen Gaia Gear Automatically regenerates HP when you take damage. 300

Support[]

Skill Equipment Effect AP
Weapon Atk+ Nike Bow Improves weapon attacks to deal more damage. 300

Combo[]

Skill Equipment Effect AP
Hunt Combo Mythril Shot Ranged combo ability for hunters. 100

Capture guide[]

Capture is a complicated attack as there are a number of factors that need to be in place to make it functional. The player must get in a fight with a monster and steadily weaken it but not kill it. The Hunter's Hunting ability and the Paladin's Subdue ability can be used slowly weaken the monster.

If there is 0% chance of being captured, one can go through the following checklist:

  • The monster cannot be at full health, or have at least 23/24 of it.
  • The monster cannot be the last remaining enemy on the battlefield. The player can revive another enemy, preferably rendering it asleep, disabled, or stopped.
  • The following enemies cannot be captured: Undead (Zombies and Vampires), Tonberrykind (Ton- and Masterberries), Rockbeasts (Toughskins and Blade Biters), and Fairies (Sprite and Titania).
  • Any monster with a Hero Medal cannot be captured.
  • A previously captured monster of the same species must not already occupy the available slot in the Monster Bank.

The success rate of Capture is mediocre at best; the best success rate is 24%, and Concentrate, Turbo MP, status ailments (including Stop and Sleep), and the facing do not affect it. The success rate is determined solely by the monster's remaining HP. For every 24th of max HP that was taken off the monster, 1% is added to the success rate. The only thing the player can do to aid in their capture is to either bring in more Hunters (or at least units with "Hunt" as the secondary A-Ability with Capture) or Haste the Hunter.

After capturing the monster, the player can raise it.

Overview[]

Even though many of the Hunter abilities revolve around monsters, the class is also a strong ranged combatant. Wielding greatbows and Weapon Atk+, Hunters can deal great physical damage. Archer abilities fit well with the Hunter since they provide some more support. Hunters are also commonly run with Blue Magic since their MP is high enough to actually use it to useful effect. Hunters are required for capturing monsters and training Morpher. Overall, Hunters are strong ranged units well-geared to eliminate other ranged enemies and make monster encounters easier to handle.

Enemy Hunters' monster-related techniques aren't very useful, but their other skills remain potent. The player should close the distance quickly, but mages and other fragile units will need to be wary; Hunters have an easy time reaching even the clan's backline fighters. Physical tanks, like Paladins or Defenders, can withstand Hunter attacks better than almost anyone else. When laws are in effect against bows or their abilities, Hunters become helpless.

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