Warriors appear in Final Fantasy XI as one of the base classes available to a player from character creation. Warrior possesses both offensive and defensive abilities. They have no MP but have a good amount of HP.
Galka make a good choice for warrior because of high strength and high HP totals.
Since Warrior is a basic job in Final Fantasy XI, players can choose to become a warrior at any time, including when starting the game. A player who chooses to become a warrior when creating his character will be given an onion sword in addition to the adventurer certificate and ring associated with each city for qualifying races.
The role of warriors can change over time. In the lower levels, Warriors are often expected to tank enemy creatures, but as the game progresses, other jobs become better at this job. Warriors become primarily offensive in nature or become a "First Provoke" class. At any level, a warrior can be a useful ally. They can use most weapons and have a good rating in many of them. They excel with the use of Axes and Great Axes.
Ninja is the most common support job for warriors after level 20. The ability to Dual Wield is highly valued. Some Warriors wield two axes, allowing them to do great damage and gain TP quickly. Utsusemi is helpful to avoid physical attacks when the Warrior gains the greatest enmity after a Weapon Skill or in case they need to Provoke to save other party members.
Samurai is a valuable support job for Warriors who want to use great axe, great sword, or polearm at high levels. Samurai both helps the warrior gain TP quickly through its store TP trait and meditate, but it also provides the ability hasso which gives haste, accuracy, and a strength boost to users using a two handed weapon.
Monk probably remains the most popular support job for warriors under level 20 and will occasionally be seen as a support job for even higher level warriors. Monk statistics compliment warriors well and provide a moderate boost in total HP. Also, some monk abilities are useful for warriors, like boost. Martial Arts reduces the delay of hand-to-hand attacks for warriors wanting to skill up that weapon or who want to actually use this type of weapon, though such use is rare.
Thief is a great support job upon reaching level 30 and obtaining Sneak Attack. Sneak Attack gives a free critical hit with 100% accuracy, which makes it a good choice for combining with a high powered weapon skill. Thief statistics will assist in accuracy, which is very important for Great Axe-wielding Warriors who may get frustrated from missing on such a high-delay weapon. Thief-specific job traits such as Gilfinder and Treasure Hunter are among other important boosts that help any job.
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Concept art of a Warrior.
Promotional artwork of the Warrior job class by Yuzuki Ikeda.
Promotional artwork of the Warrior job class by Yuzuki Ikeda.
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A Mithra Warrior in Artifact Armor.
TCG card.
