History Characters / FinalFantasyTacticsAdvanceAndA2Jobs

* DropTheHammer: One of the more physically oriented Viera classes despite their name, bringing maces and hammers to battle.

* DropTheHammer: Their other weapon option, along with [[BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon axes]].

A new class for Bangaa, which wields massive cannons to specialize in ranged attacks.

Another new class for Bangaa, these fighters wield cards to attack from a distance and deal devastating status effects.

Another new class for Bangaa, an evolution of the White Monk delivering even more powerful punches.

* SituationalDamageAttack: The ''Capture'' ability removes a damaged monster from the battlefield and leaves their soul, allowing their abilities to be used by the Nu Mou ''Morpher'' class, and the ''Oust'' ability can do the same without the benefits, by simply removing damaged monsters from the battlefield.

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* {{Animorphism}}: Downplayed. Visually, they don't change at all, but they go into a trance of sorts that allows them to use various monster abilities so they'll transform into a monster only when they launch an attack. Even when Nu mou

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: This is the only class from this game not to come back for the sequel, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2''.

* KungFuWizard: Their combo animations shows that Morphers are skilled at both martial arts and magical abilities
* LightningBruiser: Morphers have the highest HP, strength and speed growth for a Nu mou class, they'll also have unmatched stats once they morph into a monster with max stats.
* MagikarpPower: It takes a lot of time and money, but if you maximize a monster's affection and raise a morpher, you'll have a unit that is very fast, very sturdy and very strong! You can get every stat of a monster in the monster bank to be 999 and the Morpher will inherit those stats when morphed!

* MonsterAllies: Downplayed, the monsters captured for morphers don't fight themselves, but the player raises them and their stats so that when a morpher morphs, he takes on the monster's stats and abilities
* SoulPower: Their equippable weapons are ''souls,'' which the monsters evidently lose when captured. Despite this, the monsters are fully sapient and perfectly happy without their "Soul".

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A new draconic race exclusive to ''Tactics A2'', never appearing in any other Ivalice game due to being native to the Jylland region. Like the Viera, they are made up of only women, and like the Seeq, they have only four jobs available to them (and one of those, Hunter, is shared with Humes). Despite that, they make for powerful units.

* ChuckCunninghanSyndrome: This is the only class from this game not to come back for the sequel, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2''.

* {{Animorphism}}: Subverted. Visually, they don't change at all, but they go into a trance of sorts that allows them to use various monster abilities.

* PutOnABus: This is the only class from this game not to come back for the sequel, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2''.
* SoulPower: Their equippable weapons are ''souls,'' which the monsters evidently lose when captured.

* {{BFG}}: Flintlocks wield the same hand cannons as the Bangaa. However, in a Moogle's hands, the cannons are quite large, which is why they [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome need a turn to prime them]].

Another secondary Seeq class that uses axes in and lightning magic in battle. Unlocked by mastering one Ranger skill and completing the "Lord Grayrl!" mission.

* MeteorSummoningAttack: Meteor, which drops a meteor on its targets. ''A2'' instead gives them Protometeor.

* OneHandedZweihander: Also like Soldiers, they can learn Monkey Grip.

* HeroesPreferSwords: They can wield broadswords and knightsword, even though their artwork depicts them wielding a sort of bladed staff.

* SoulPower: Their equippable weapons are ''souls''.

* DropTheHammer: Their other weapon option, along with [[AnAxeToGrind axes]].

* DualWielding: They can unlock the Dual Wield support ability, which doubles their attack power by letting them attack twice.

A Hume-exclusive class, they very much resemble samurai in both attire and choice of weaponry. They're the polar opposite of Paladins in that they're designed to dish out as much damage as possible while taking little in return.

A new class for the Humes, it is a stronger variation of the White Mage that uses High Magick and wears the Cat-Eared Hood typically belonging to the Devout class in previous games.

An advanced Hume job. They are powerful fighters capable of DualWielding and taking out foes quickly. They can be seen as the Hume counterpart to the Viera's Assassin job. Unlocked by mastering two Thief skills.

An advanced Hume job that specializes in taking out different breeds of monsters from afar. They wield greatbows and almost all of their abilities are centered around taking down monsters or Capturing them for use by the Morpher or for rare items. The Viera job Sniper can be seen as their counterpart. Unlocked by mastering two Archer skills.

An advanced Hume job that wields sabers and uses abilities learned from monsters in battle. Unlocked by mastering one Black Mage spell and one White Mage spell.

An advanced job available to Humes and Nu Mou using the power of the elements and illusions to attack every enemy on the battlefield, enabling them to stay out of harm's way. Unlocked by mastering five Black Mage spells and three White Mage spells.

A starter Nu Mou job wielding instruments. They can Control enemy monsters, which makes them useful for teaching abilities to Blue Mages. They have little to no usage on their own, however, and fall off in usefulness later in the game.

An advanced Nu Mou job that uses powerful magic to alter their opponent or their environment. Unlocked by mastering five Black Mage spells and three White Mage spells in ''Advance'', or four Black Mage spells and two White Mage spells in ''[=A2=]''.

An advanced Nu Mou job and a potent spellcaster. With high magic and even fairly high strength for a Nu Mou, they are a force to be reckoned with. Unlocked by mastering three White Mage spells and two Beastmaster skills.

A new class for the Nu Mou, a powerful magick using class that wields rods.

Another new class for Nu Mou that inflicts magickal damage to all units on the field, disregarding whether they are friend or foe.

An advanced job available to Viera. They specialize in instantly killing enemies and their stats are incomparable (except for their abysmal HP). Unlocked by mastering two Elementalist spells and one Sniper skill.

An advanced job available to Viera that blends together White Magic, Black Magic, and rapiers. Their ability to use Dualcast makes them invaluable in battle. Unlocked by mastering one Fencer skill.

An advanced job available to the Viera. They have a wide range of elemental magic skills that also have a chance to inflict a status ailment. Unlocked by mastering one White Mage spell and one Fencer skill.

An advanced job available to the Viera. With high magic growths that rival the Nu Mou, Viera Summoners devastate the battlefield with access to a variety of summoned beasts with a wide range. Unlocked by mastering two White Mage spells and two Elementalist spells.

A new class for the Viera, it focuses on buffing allies and weakening enemies with a variety of status effects. As their name implies, they wear green and wield Green Magic.

A new Viera job that specializes in inflicting status effects onto enemies with their enchanted rapiers using their Blade Arts skill.

* RoyalRapier: Like the Fencer, this is their weapon of choice.

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A secondary job available to Moogles. They can wield guns for a variety of effects, attacking exclusively at range. They have horrible stat growths but their abilities make up for it. Unlocked by mastering one Animist skill, which also unlocks the Mog Knight.

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!!Mog Knight

An advanced job available to Moogles. Skilled tricksters, these Moogles can inflict all kinds of status ailments on their opponents. Unlocked by mastering two Thief skills, which also unlocks the Gadgeteer.

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!!Gadgeteer

A new Moogle job, Chocobo Knights have no innate abilities of their own, and instead change their move set depending on what color chocobo they mount. They can, however, wield any non-ranged weapon type.

Another new Moogle job that can wield hand cannons. Unlike the similar Bangaa job Cannoneer, Flintlocks must "prime" their cannons before using any abilities, though they have powerful support capabilities.

A secondary Seeq job specializing in various skills, from support to absorption and dealing heavy damage at the expense of their own health, making them the class in this game most similar to the series' standard Dark Knight.

Another secondary Seeq class that uses axes in and lightning magic in battle.

* DropTheHammer: Their other weapon option, along with axes.

A secondary job available to the Gria, which enables them to use GeoEffects depending on the type of terrain on which they're standing.

* SquishyWizard: Averted. Geomancers have the highest magical and physical defense growths of any class in the game, but oddly enough she also has low Magick attack growths.

Another secondary class available to the Gria, it is generally regarded as an improved version of the Soldier and Warrior jobs, able to deal damage and lower enemy stats.

* MagicallyIneptFighter: Averted. Despite having no magical abilities of their own, they have the highest Magick growth of all the Gria classes, so any Geomancer would benefit from leveling up as a Raptor.

Another secondary class available to Gria. They specialize in brutal physical damage with their Feralism abilities and wield greatswords.

Another starter job available to both Humes and Moogles, capable of stealing the enemy's equipment, gil, and even experience points or abilities.

Another basic class available to both Humes and Viera, specializing in ranged attacks with their bows.

The offensive starter magic class, available to Humes, Nu Mou, and Moogles. They wield powerful elemental magic, even early on in the game.

* BoringButPractical: Their sole focuse on the three levels of the Fire, Thunder, and Blizzard spells make them fairly boring compared to other mages and their more varied spells, but Black Mages make up for it with excellent magic attack growths compared to the more advanced mages. Even if you plan to move on to more interesting mages, it's always worth the time to gain some levels as a Black Mage first.

The first of the Hume advanced jobs, and the race's physical powerhouse. They wield many useful abilities to overwhelm their foes. Unlocked by mastering two Soldier skills, which also unlocks Paladin.

* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Averted - they wear half helms, showing most of their face.

An advanced job class available to Humes that can wield knightswords and greatswords, specializing in aiding and defending their allies.

** StarPower: Stardust, which summons [[DeathFromAbove meteors]], and Star Cross, which directly uses the powers of the stars.

* BreathWeapon: They have Dragon Breath abilities in the Fire, Bolt, and Ice Breath varieties, as well as the non-elemental [[SuperScream Bangaa Cry]].

An advanced Nu Mou job that uses powerful magic to alter their opponent or their environment. Unlocked by mastering five Black Mage spells and three White Mage spells.

An advanced job available to the Nu Mou and Moogles. They boast the highest magic stat of all the Nu Mou and Moogle jobs along with pretty decent speed.

* GravityMaster: They can use the Gravity and Graviga spells.

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* LongRangeFighter: Despite their artwork showing them with knives, Hunters exclusively use bows and greatbows. ''A2'' gives them the ability to use knives, but none of their abilities are learned from them. It is an option for Hume Hunters if they find a good enough knife, but Gria Hunters benefit more due to their ability to fly and stay at a long range.

* WalkingShirtlessScene: Despite wearing a helm and gauntlets, they don't actually wear body armor. [[GamePlayAndStoryIntegration This makes sense since Gladiators are an all-out offensive job with little in the way of defense]].

* SpinningAttack: Wild Swing has them spinning around to damage surrounding units.

* WeaponOfXSlaying: They have the Burial ability, which permanently kills undead enemies.

* CombatMedic: They can wield offensive and healing abilities, though their only outright healing spell is Cura, making White Mages better healers than them.

* InASingleBound: They have the classic Jump ability.

* ManaBurn: As professional [[MageKiller Mage Killers]], they have two abilities that directly damage MP.

Viera are a leporine race of mostly women. They are a tricky race because they are the only ones with a third tier of jobs. It is worth the hard work to get those classes, as they are two of the best in the game. Their Totema is Exodus.

* GaleForceNoise: Their Sonic Boom abilities does damage over an area with their weapon.

* UniquenessDecay: In ''Tactics Advance'', Humes were the only race with access to the Hunter job. When ''A2'' added the Gria race, they became able to use the Hunter job as well (and do it better thanks to their additional mobility).

* GlassCannon: Boasts some of the highest displays of single-target damage available to any Hume job, but are tied with Thieves and Mages in their terrible defense and their movement speed isn't anything to write home about either. They're strongest attacks require they get right next to their target too, rendering them useless if they can't catch up.

* ThroatChop: Aphonia is described as an attack aimed at the target's throat, which inflicts [[PowerNullifier Silence]].

* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: A Chocobo Knight's abilities depend entirely on the chocobo they're mounted on, and they are lost of the knight is knocked out or otherwise dismounts. They can wield ''any'' weapon but have horrendous stat growths aside from speed, neither of which matter when they mount their chocobos (but they do retain stat bonuses from their equipment). Furthermore, their job title actually changes depending on what they're mounted on: Red Rider for Red Chocobos, White Rider for White Chocobos, and so on. They also cannot use any secondary A-abilities when mounted.

* ForcedTransformation: They can use the Toad spell to transform enemies into toads.

* ItemCaddy: Alchemists are the only job that can naturally use the Item ability, even in addition to another A-Ability.
* MeteorSummoningAttack: Meteor, which drops a meteor on its targets.

* KatanasAreJustBetter: One of their weapon options, along with greatbows.

* HorsebackHeroism: Or birdback, more accurately.