Weapon (Equipment)
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A Weapon is the piece of equipment that a unit will use in battle, either primarily or secondarily. Whenever the standard Attack command is used, the unit will attack the target with their equipped weapon. Sometimes a weapon can be used in the attack, though not actually used to attack. An example of this would be Mages using their equipped rods and staves to cast their magic. Another example could be whenever a character uses the weapon to initiate some form of powerful attack.
Some job classes, such as the Red Mage, Blue Mage, and Gladiator can use a variety of weapon types, while the Mime class does not use weapons at all, rather relying on its own special skills.
[edit] Common Weapon Types
- Sword - the most common weapon, and has as many branches as classes that can equip them. Broadswords, Sabers, and Rapiers are a few of those. They are mostly used by Fighters and Warriors.
- Knight Swords - a type of heavy Swords used mostly by Knights.
- Katana - common weapons used by the Samurai and Ninja classes.
- Knuckles - for hand-to-hand combat with the Monk class.
- Nunchaku - optional weapon to fists for Monks.
- Rods - used mostly by Black Mages.
- Staves - used mostly by White Mages.
- Maces - variable bludgeons used by advanced mage classes such as Sages.
- Poles - long sticks used by both melee and magic classes in various games.
- Lances and Spears - used by the Dragoon class.
- Daggers - common weapons for Thieves.
- Bows, Crossbows, and Guns - Ranged weapons equipped by Corsairs, Rangers, Hunters, Archers, and Gunners.
- Axes and Hammers- used by the Berserker and Viking classes.
- Boomerangs- throwing weapons mostly used by Thieves and Ninjas.
- Cards and Dice - the weapons favoured by Gamblers.
- Flutes, Harps and other Instruments - musical instruments commonly used by Bards.
- Bells - commonly used by Geomancers as weapons.
- Whips - weapon of choice of Beastmasters.
- Shuriken and Scrolls - generally Thrown by the Ninja class.
- Bombs - explosives used by various characters in several games.
- Books - weapon of choice of Scholars and the like.
[edit] Unique Weapon Types
- Blaster Edges - projectile weapons used by Rinoa Heartilly in Final Fantasy VIII.
- Blitzballs - balls used in battle by Wakka in Final Fantasy X.
- Brushes - artist's tools used by Relm Arrowny in Final Fantasy VI.
- Cloths - cloths wielded by the female-only Dancer class in Final Fantasy Tactics.
- Dolls - animated dolls used in battle by Lulu in Final Fantasy X.
- Fell Swords - a type of Sword unique to the Dark Knight class in Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions.
- Forks - eating utensils used by Quina Quen in Final Fantasy IX.
- Gunarms - the other hand of Barret Wallace in Final Fantasy VII is replaced by these changeable weapons.
- Gunblades - swords with triggers to enhance the damage they cause, which were prominently used by Squall Leonhart and Seifer Almasy in Final Fantasy VIII.
- Hairclips - razors worn in the mane by Red XIII in Final Fantasy VII.
- Hoverboards - hovering surfboards used by Filo in Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings.
- Measures - calculating tools used solely in Final Fantasy XII.
- Megaphones - used by Cait Sith in Final Fantasy VII to bark orders to his stuffed moogle.
- Rackets - used as optional weapons by Garnet and Eiko Carol in Final Fantasy IX, as well as the Selkie tribe in Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles.
- Scythes - wielded primarily by the Dark Knight class in Final Fantasy XI.
- Souls - spirits of slain monsters used by the one-off Morpher class in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance.
