Spellblade (Tactics A2)

Spellblades use their blade arts to damage and afflict foes with assorted maladies.Description

Spellblade is a job in Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift, exclusive to viera.

Profile

Spellblades use swords and their abilities consist on inflicting status effects alongside damage. They use status-imbued swords, such as Oil Blade, which coats the enemy with Oil, at which point an ally can attack with a Fire-based attack for extra damage. Despite being physical attacks, blade arts can be Doublecast and powered up by Turbo MP. Despite being named "Blade Arts", the abilities of a Spellblade can also be fired through a bow or greatbow.

The Spellblade compensates the both offensive and secondary effects into the attack with MP cost, but since Spellblade job is a type of advance job, the overall damage and MP cost is averaged.

Spellblades also have the potent Blood Price ability, which can easily be abused by a Red Mage, who can overcome the HP cost by double-casting an attacking spell that includes herself in its range and wearing the appropriate elemental robe to absorb the damage as health. Since Protect, Shell and Silence are on the Green Mage skill list, and Cure is on the White Mage skill list, one does not need to become a Red Mage to enter the Spellblade class.

A popular setup is to set Green Magick as the Spellblade's secondary, with the Spellbound Passive ability and Ribbon headgear equipped. This allows the Spellblade to Protect, Shell, Leap, and Tranq herself for long periods of time and cast many area of effect debuffs on enemies, even when she's in the spell's range. This combo is commonly called the Battlemage.

Because the Spellblade's A-abilities can also be used with a bow, Blade Arts is a popular secondary ability to set on Snipers. When used in conjunction with Turbo MP, the Sniper can alternate between a MP-free Sniper attack and then a ranged Spellblade attack on the following turn.

A great combination is the Spellblade's magicks with Doublecast from a Red Mage secondary—Double the chance of a single debuff working, a chance of two debuffs in one fell swoop, as well as the advantage of the damage done by two strikes. The Spellblade's stat growth boasts the highest defense of the viera race, the only other noteworthy stats being her excellent Speed and average Attack stat, but her abilities will benefit any bow-wielder to cause both damage and a chance to inflict a debuff from a distance.

A notable Spellblade, Valentyne is a member of Prima Donna.

Abilities

Blade Arts

These skills imbue the weapons of the SPELLBLADE with magicks that weaken those they strike.Description

Skill	Equipment	Range	AP	MP
Poison Blade	Blood Sword	Weapon range	200	8
Poison Blade	Attack with a magickally envenomed blade. Damages and POISONS the _target.
Oil Blade	Broadsword	Weapon range	300	8
Oil Blade	Attack with an oil-smeared blade. Damages and coats the _target with OIL.
Sleep Blade	Gale Sword	Weapon range	250	8
Sleep Blade	Attack with a Sleep-imbued blade. Damages and puts the _target to SLEEP.
Slow Blade	Silver Sword	Weapon range	300	8
Slow Blade	Attack with a Slow-imbued blade. Damages and SLOW the _target.
Confusion Blade	Onion Sword	Weapon range	300	8
Confusion Blade	Attack with a magickally befuddling blade. Damages and CONFUSES the _target.
Stun Blade	Burglar Sword	Weapon range	200	8
Stun Blade	Attack with a blade that numbs the legs of its _target. Damages and IMMOBILIZES.
Maim Blade	Restorer	Weapon range	350	8
Maim Blade	Attack with a blade that binds the hands of its _target. Damages and may inflict DISABLES the _target.
Doom Blade	Vitanova	Weapon range	400	8
Doom Blade	Attack with a death-imbued blade. Damages and DOOMS the _target.

Reaction

Skill	Equipment	Effect	AP
Critical: Evasion↑	Cachusha	Gain EVASION when user becomes HP Critical.	200

Support

Skill	Equipment	Effect	AP
Blood Price	Buster Sword	The user expends HP rather than MP when casting spells. The HP cost is twice the usual MP cost.	150

Other appearances

Final Fantasy Tactics S

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game

Spellblade appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game as Ice-elemental Forward cards.

Mystic Knight [12-035C] Chapter series card.

Mystic Knight [5-047C] Opus series card.

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Etymology

[view · edit · purge]A spell, charm or hex is a set of words, spoken or unspoken, which are considered by its user to invoke some magical effect. Historical attestations exist for the use of some variety of incantations in many cultures around the world.

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