Master Monk (Tactics A2)

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The martial arts of the master monk are without equal.
Description

Master Monk is a bangaa job in Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift and an upgrade of the White Monk job. Its main skillset is Martial Arts, and it can perform various up-front actions, such as bypassing an enemy's counterattack with Cross-counter while dealing massive damage and attacking twice in one turn with Pummel. Although Master Monks can wield poles, their attack is superior when bare-handed (with the exception of the weapon Whale Whisker, which will raise Attack by 17), comparable to that of Gladiators, Snipers or Dragoons.

Their healing abilities surpass those of White Monks making them ideal front line fighters, especially since they can equip two shields with the Shieldbearer passive ability, which when coupled with their naturally high Evasion can mean they evade half of all hits against them. Their Attack power is stronger when not equipped with weapons. A downside is that they do not have a good ranged game, as they have only two ranged attacks, one with 50% Accuracy at best and the other stands two squares in front of them. For this reason they are often paired with White Monk as a secondary job.

Requirements

To Unlock: Complete Bangbangaa!
To Use: Master 2 Warrior A-Abilities and 2 White Monk A-Abilities

Stats

Weapons	Head	Body	Equip Shields?
Poles	Hats	Light Armor	No

Move	Jump	Evasion	Unarmed Attack Raise	Resilience	HP	MP	Atk	Def	Mgk	Res	Spd
4	3	10	42	70	D	F	A	D	D	E	71%

Abilities

Martial Arts

MASTER MONKS use these age old attacks to deal debilitating blows with their fists.

Main article: Martial Arts (Tactics A2)

Skill	Source Equipment	Effect	AP To Master
Pummel	Eight-Fluted Pole	Hit opponent twice.	300
Dark Fist	Battle Bamboo	Consumes HP to perform a piercing attack.	300
Withering Strike	Gokuu Pole	Does damage equal to max HP minus current HP, accuracy is half of normal hit rate.	400
Lifebane	Esztam Baton	Damage and may inflict Doom.	400
Holy Strike	Sanjiegun	Holy-elemental damage.	350
Cross-counter	Fanatic	Attacks unit with great power. Ignores Counter ability.	350
Inner Focus	Tonfa	Recover HP and removes negative status.	300
Rend Armor	Cypress Pole	Destroys armor.	350