You can turn anyone in your party into Dark or Divine element. If you want to go all dark, first you need to class change to terror knight or warlock/witch, use Dark charm and then change them to any class you want. Like Dark White Knight or Dark Sword Master since 2H sword 4th finishing moves is dark element If you want to change them to Divine, you must change to cleric/rune fencer/Valkyrie first use Divine charm then change them to the class you want. Anyone who uses a 1H sword/Fusil is good being divine element since they have Divine finishing move
Also worth noting that the best 2h Katana is the game is the Dark Element, that applies Dark Adverse to targets hit, and does 15% extra damage to humans. Definitely worth having Swordmasters as Dark or Fire (for Sunbloom)
you can also class into a necroprentice, unlocked by recruiting Cressida on chaos chapter 4. That class automatically changes your unit to Dark element
Aside from Lord (the most busted job in game) Shaman and Lich are hands down the best jobs. Shamans can one shot just about everything majority of the game and the Lich have reflect that is an auto skill that goes on all characters within a range of 2 from the Lich. Just have the Lich and team stand still and do nothing, while you watch end game bosses just cast a spell to hit the entire party and then just kill themselves due to the reflect skill. The last boss first phase killed himself second turn just because of reflect. If you turn Denam into a Lich pretty sure he can get reflect as well. I still need a ring to turn him into one though to see if it does work.
Denams unique class is the best class, because he can have ANY skill or weapon specialization from all the classes he was PREVIOUSLY in. So if you're at 50 and switch into ninja for x2 Attack and then Cleric for Meditate 4 before you switch him to the UNIQUE class, he can have both those skills, the only limit is that he can't switch into all classes.
Kinght Commander is fantastic especially if you went Law route on your first playthrough. I started on Chaos route, so my top class was Vartan (Canopus.) My strategy for most of the game was Canopus with a one-handed bow (Baldur Bow +1,) and a one-handed hammer (Spiked Flail +1.) He can fly around collecting cards while using his bow and saving up MP as he moves into position for a hammer finisher on bosses or back-line enemies. That strategy worked all game for me to get 100% Steam acheivements and even into CODA.
The best in my opinion is lord with a weapon skill, double attack, meditate, and mighty impact. Ozma can be set up like this minus meditate. I give her the intimidate skill for debuffing in stead. Mighty impact plus double attack is two guaranteed critical hits.
Top classes IMO (not counting Lord or Princess): Lich (simply a better version of Necromancer, and the next logical step in necromancer progression; can cast all spell schools except divine and get Nature's Touch) Swordmaster (extreme synergy with Lich: unlike magic, War Dances are unaffected by Reflection and thus you can heal/buff your team - even Undead are healed - without ruining Reflection and/or nullifying your own spells) Paladin (White Knight meets Phalanx) Knight Commander (a UNIT)
i play all the TO games since they came out in the PSX, and after playing the PSP version, i think the best way to play the game is first Neutral, then Chaos and end with Loyal routs, because the characters you get in loyal are just too OP for the game to be a challenge anymore. It's only my opinion though.
Rune fencer falls off the list once you have hero classes. which is why i use White knights instead. currently using 3 of them, their speed is insane for the whole group Shaman is likely the best caster class, like an indirect sniper the songstress is also game changing imo.
@6:00 casts Paradigm shift and it procs on no one :( haha Such is life in TO sometimes. I found Mirdyn's velocity shift to be substantial enough for the same reason, and when it activates everyone benefits. Takes the RNG out of it. I do LOVE the stats on your necro and will definitely be on the lookout for that raw damage potential though!
Lich can equip all Necro and more spells. In fact Necro spells round out the Lich wonderfully. Can recruit one in the Pirates Graveyard. Floor 3 or 4. Really early on. Random appearance.
*Buccaneer is awesome on Canopus* Dual-wield, flying, has speedstar as auto skill and nullify one physical attack. He is my go-to loot collector in Palace of Dead
I prefer the matriarch/ patriarch class to shamans. They get ivory tower and apostate to give them.actual survivability. And they can use summons as well
Lord (Denam) followed by Knight Commander (Ozma) followed by Shaman (Phoraena sisters, Deneb and Iuria) are the best classes. Lord and KC due to their double attack- mighty impact- dragon/beast-slayer skills. Shamans due to summon/ summon2 dealing absurd single target magic damage with nature's touch doubling it, you can easily oneshot units that are at lv60+ while you're at 50, except beasts/dragons obviously due to their monster hp. Honorable mention to Princess (Catiua) for being a divine shaman -able to use the divine summons- without nature's touch to double her damage but giving luck with Lucky Stars to everyone around her allowing them to crit even without crit cards.
try having three white knights with velocity shift and paralysis blade. Keep them near each other and they can keep triggering velocity shift on each other and just get an absurd amount of turns.
Does elemental magic give you STAB damage as well? I know it affects defense against spells but not sure if your element jacks up slightly spells of the same nature.
Thanks for clearing that up, I remember doing some testing and I thought it was INT since the success rate was noticeably higher than my other magic users, but it probably was MND. I should have mentioned Concentrate for Spellstrike as well
@@FetchQuestsYT it's np, high int growth characters tend to have high MND as well, so your assumption with Necromancers is fairly accurate regardless. Though healers have the highest, which doesn't make sense since you know, they don't have spells that makes use of the stat lol.
Do they still have the item you die as a mage and come back as a necromancer. That was always the gigachad class in the original game. The old game the way you lvl up the necromancer was the best. the Even lvling changes the game alot. The solo target classes would be better than a class that can just kill everything and get a mvp lvl.
in the early gmae im finding rune fencers/valkeries very effective, i run 2 with 3 nights 3archers a mage and a cleric, im thinking of making denim a rune fencer instead of a knight though because i am noticing the speed differences
Rune fencers are one of the best in my opinion because they can attack close range and long range with spells. Where a knight can only attack close up. A lot of times I will use the rune fencer to move on a buff card like +attack and they attack with a ranged spell, that way I'm doing damage and getting a buff for next turn. I'm in chapter 4 and I still use 3 rune fencers because they are so good. Also some advice, archers really fall off in damage in like act 3, maybe think of turning those into rune fencers, also one more thing be sure to recruit at least 2 of the winged men. The guys that can fly like Canopus. Being able to fly is a huge boost and they can be rune fencers, which feels so powerful. You only really need like 2 winged men but try to get them early for huge boost.
I know I say INT in the video, that’s what I thought it was from my testing. But it’s very possible that unit also had significantly higher MND than the one I was comparing to. I’ve heard both play a role but maybe it’s primarily MND
rune fencers honestly aren't top 3 logically if we talking main game, Berserker is OP, Warlocks/enchantress with poison or aoe magic ninja doubleattack/poison if we talking post game lich RIDIC high damage high int, shamans, they can use summon/nature touch far more damage then rune fencer and can oneshot each summon, and once again ninja with * and i didn't include uniques because obviously denam is the best class, buccaneer ozma
The beauty of this game is every player can have their favorites and a team’s composition can be so varied. Berserker is good, though I found myself in too many situations where I couldn’t hit the enemy without hitting my own units due to berserk, or I’d counter and accidentally hit my other units nearby. Warlocks/Enchantress are also very good. I used 2 mages on pretty much all maps with different specialties. My Necromancer always used aoe magic and sometimes poison. Ninjas are great, I’m using one right now. They are super squishy however and Steelstance procs much less frequently than I would like, so I shoot for the support cards on the map. Either way, enemy archers and mages target ninjas quite often, I’d say they fell more often than my cleric since they’re in the fray. Pros and cons for sure. I’m excited to get a Lich, I’m working on that 😊 Your suggestions are legit! 🔥 there’s endless possibilities to having a powerful squad
@@FetchQuestsYT well yes anything is viable which is why reborn is good and you can honestly use whatever you want and make it work but if we talk about best classes those are it very easily Berserk with sanguine GG can take out 3-5 enemies and skill cards are all over the field so activating it is not an issue very valuable Warlocks are good till postgame magic is really strong and for some reason you can just aoe decimate and poison enemies as for ninjas they are more solid cleanup then people you send out on the frontlines for me cuz they do alot of damage so let others engage let the ranged people dod amage and they come in and oneshot what's left but yeaaa if i redid the game again i'd have alot more berserkers they are sooo strong, they do way more damage
I need to play through and get Dievold, his lower RT would be amazing. I had Denam as a terror knight much of my game and they’re really good but also slow! Luria is fun, though I need to get more instruments
@@GachaWade Sorry, I mean Oelias is the best semi-unique cleric. Olyvia is an unique character and only good in term of RT. IMO it would be a waste to keep her as a cleric.
Buccaneers + white Knights + juggernaut / hoptile can also create great synergy. Buccaneers dual wielding swords or daggers, massive output, low RT and equip ivory tower. White knight one low RT and one deliberately high RT to speed up the melee team twice. And jugg/ hoptile have great magic resistance and also faster than knights/terror knights. IMO, physical attackers don’t need to learn magics at all; there is an opportunity cost - any turn they spent healing / casting support magics is a turn wasted for dealing more damage.
All of these lists always go with unique classes... Yeah, I know the unique classes are good because the unique characters have higher stats! How about generics?!
You are not very far in the game with such class tier list,once you start clearing sand bronsa and other coda content with enemies 10+ lvls higher,you will understand. Top classes atm are Lord>shaman>songstress>princess>lich
Hi Fetch great video !!! I'm playing right now and I'll consider the Rune Fencer for Denam, I'm on beggining of chapter 2 law route..., I intend to keep Catiua alive so no Lord class for now... Please check my Final Fantasy Tactics Ramza Solo Walkthrough... I hope you will like, Thank you Keep going bro ! My top 3 classes so far ! 1 - Canopus as Archer - he kills everything from range 2 - Denam as Berserker - he kills everything from meele 3 - Voltare (non unique character) Knight - Great Tank !!!
1. Lord. Second and third don't even come close; every skill in the game available + OP class unique abilities 2. Princess. Wrecks everything with AOE high tier spells and also decent in melee 3. Knight Commander. Double attack + regular spells, need I say more?
I don't know for the reborn version but abusing distance class (archer I think ?) was way too powerful in previous versions (Vista for the one I played)
Let me know what your top classes are!
Share your build and equipment ⚔️
In the PSP version of the game you could battle friends, that's where condemn was useful
You can turn anyone in your party into Dark or Divine element. If you want to go all dark, first you need to class change to terror knight or warlock/witch, use Dark charm and then change them to any class you want. Like Dark White Knight or Dark Sword Master since 2H sword 4th finishing moves is dark element
If you want to change them to Divine, you must change to cleric/rune fencer/Valkyrie first use Divine charm then change them to the class you want. Anyone who uses a 1H sword/Fusil is good being divine element since they have Divine finishing move
Also worth noting that the best 2h Katana is the game is the Dark Element, that applies Dark Adverse to targets hit, and does 15% extra damage to humans. Definitely worth having Swordmasters as Dark or Fire (for Sunbloom)
you can also class into a necroprentice, unlocked by recruiting Cressida on chaos chapter 4. That class automatically changes your unit to Dark element
Aside from Lord (the most busted job in game) Shaman and Lich are hands down the best jobs. Shamans can one shot just about everything majority of the game and the Lich have reflect that is an auto skill that goes on all characters within a range of 2 from the Lich. Just have the Lich and team stand still and do nothing, while you watch end game bosses just cast a spell to hit the entire party and then just kill themselves due to the reflect skill. The last boss first phase killed himself second turn just because of reflect. If you turn Denam into a Lich pretty sure he can get reflect as well. I still need a ring to turn him into one though to see if it does work.
White Knights rock. Velocity shift not only speeds you up, it speeds up your friends. And all 3 of them can boost each other.
Denams unique class is the best class, because he can have ANY skill or weapon specialization from all the classes he was PREVIOUSLY in. So if you're at 50 and switch into ninja for x2 Attack and then Cleric for Meditate 4 before you switch him to the UNIQUE class, he can have both those skills, the only limit is that he can't switch into all classes.
Heck yeah, I’m super excited to get his class!
My first play through I saved Catiua and got her Princess class
You can also add the critical hit skill for double crits. Only the second hit knocks back been using it for a while one shotting enemies.
@@FetchQuestsYT I didn't like catiuas attitude throughout the story so I offed her to get the unique class
@@justinkedgetor5949 That’s understandable 😅 I’m thinking of making a video with Denam’s unique class and various builds to play around with
Ozma is still better tho. It always has been.
1. Denam - lord, always get this firts run
2. Ozma - knight commander
3. Necros, they can hurt enemies and turn their hp into mp
Love that spell!!!
What spell is that 🤔
@@reggiemoore755
life force, your get it in palace of the dead 24.
Kinght Commander is fantastic especially if you went Law route on your first playthrough. I started on Chaos route, so my top class was Vartan (Canopus.) My strategy for most of the game was Canopus with a one-handed bow (Baldur Bow +1,) and a one-handed hammer (Spiked Flail +1.) He can fly around collecting cards while using his bow and saving up MP as he moves into position for a hammer finisher on bosses or back-line enemies. That strategy worked all game for me to get 100% Steam acheivements and even into CODA.
The best in my opinion is lord with a weapon skill, double attack, meditate, and mighty impact. Ozma can be set up like this minus meditate. I give her the intimidate skill for debuffing in stead. Mighty impact plus double attack is two guaranteed critical hits.
Top classes IMO (not counting Lord or Princess):
Lich (simply a better version of Necromancer, and the next logical step in necromancer progression; can cast all spell schools except divine and get Nature's Touch)
Swordmaster (extreme synergy with Lich: unlike magic, War Dances are unaffected by Reflection and thus you can heal/buff your team - even Undead are healed - without ruining Reflection and/or nullifying your own spells)
Paladin (White Knight meets Phalanx)
Knight Commander (a UNIT)
Swordmaster I don't agree with. But everything else yes. Only Hobyrim is even worth using as a swordmaster because of the RT and boost
i play all the TO games since they came out in the PSX, and after playing the PSP version, i think the best way to play the game is first Neutral, then Chaos and end with Loyal routs, because the characters you get in loyal are just too OP for the game to be a challenge anymore. It's only my opinion though.
Rune fencer falls off the list once you have hero classes.
which is why i use White knights instead. currently using 3 of them, their speed is insane for the whole group
Shaman is likely the best caster class, like an indirect sniper
the songstress is also game changing imo.
Great video loving this game atm, finished chaos now on law route
Sad route cause vyce died 😢
@6:00 casts Paradigm shift and it procs on no one :( haha Such is life in TO sometimes. I found Mirdyn's velocity shift to be substantial enough for the same reason, and when it activates everyone benefits. Takes the RNG out of it. I do LOVE the stats on your necro and will definitely be on the lookout for that raw damage potential though!
good video.. ninjas are pretty sweet too. double sword attack, movement and agility, lastly they cast magic
Lich can equip all Necro and more spells. In fact Necro spells round out the Lich wonderfully.
Can recruit one in the Pirates Graveyard. Floor 3 or 4. Really early on. Random appearance.
I’ve been needing a Lich! They have a special recruiting skill I need
cant forget that lich also lets you cheese bosses with their reflect aoe skill.
Don't forget beast tamer if you wanna get all the cool beast and dragons they are essential
*Buccaneer is awesome on Canopus*
Dual-wield, flying, has speedstar as auto skill and nullify one physical attack. He is my go-to loot collector in Palace of Dead
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Papillion Reel..
isn't that a Vagrant Story skill ?
Shaman. Once you got one and some summon spells there is no going back.
I prefer the matriarch/ patriarch class to shamans. They get ivory tower and apostate to give them.actual survivability. And they can use summons as well
Lord with teror knight base skill = " open the way for the almighty majesty " [ in old ver ofc that i play, not sure in reborn one ]
Status effects are affected by MND not INT btw.
No need to say "in my opinion". It's inherent in the fact that it's your video.
Lord (Denam) followed by Knight Commander (Ozma) followed by Shaman (Phoraena sisters, Deneb and Iuria) are the best classes.
Lord and KC due to their double attack- mighty impact- dragon/beast-slayer skills.
Shamans due to summon/ summon2 dealing absurd single target magic damage with nature's touch doubling it, you can easily oneshot units that are at lv60+ while you're at 50, except beasts/dragons obviously due to their monster hp.
Honorable mention to Princess (Catiua) for being a divine shaman -able to use the divine summons- without nature's touch to double her damage but giving luck with Lucky Stars to everyone around her allowing them to crit even without crit cards.
try having three white knights with velocity shift and paralysis blade. Keep them near each other and they can keep triggering velocity shift on each other and just get an absurd amount of turns.
why you prefer Rune fencer for Jeunam over Dragoon and also when will you get Conserve mp?
Equipping two swords does make your attack stronger?
Does elemental magic give you STAB damage as well? I know it affects defense against spells but not sure if your element jacks up slightly spells of the same nature.
Would like to add Minds Eye will level up and net you 3 just like Ivory Tower.
debuff and buff success chance is based off MND stat btw, not INT.
Thanks for clearing that up, I remember doing some testing and I thought it was INT since the success rate was noticeably higher than my other magic users, but it probably was MND.
I should have mentioned Concentrate for Spellstrike as well
@@FetchQuestsYT it's np, high int growth characters tend to have high MND as well, so your assumption with Necromancers is fairly accurate regardless. Though healers have the highest, which doesn't make sense since you know, they don't have spells that makes use of the stat lol.
@@takarahayashi4124 Exactly! My thought was “clerics can’t even make use of their MND for debuffs, so that can’t be it” 🤣
Top three classes imo are Lord, Shaman and White Knight
Shaman really needed a spot. There are people running 6 shaman teams with white knights and songstress just to buff the shamans
Summons are overpowered in this game. Definitely top 3 class
How the hell do people end up recruiting characters. I always try it's like a 0 - 22% chance and ofc ends up missing
Do they still have the item you die as a mage and come back as a necromancer. That was always the gigachad class in the original game. The old game the way you lvl up the necromancer was the best. the Even lvling changes the game alot. The solo target classes would be better than a class that can just kill everything and get a mvp lvl.
knight -> swordmaster -> wizard
(Rogue, Archer)
Well if knight commander can be in your list. Danem special class Lord should be on the top of everything
in the early gmae im finding rune fencers/valkeries very effective, i run 2 with 3 nights 3archers a mage and a cleric, im thinking of making denim a rune fencer instead of a knight though because i am noticing the speed differences
Rune fencers are one of the best in my opinion because they can attack close range and long range with spells. Where a knight can only attack close up. A lot of times I will use the rune fencer to move on a buff card like +attack and they attack with a ranged spell, that way I'm doing damage and getting a buff for next turn. I'm in chapter 4 and I still use 3 rune fencers because they are so good. Also some advice, archers really fall off in damage in like act 3, maybe think of turning those into rune fencers, also one more thing be sure to recruit at least 2 of the winged men. The guys that can fly like Canopus. Being able to fly is a huge boost and they can be rune fencers, which feels so powerful. You only really need like 2 winged men but try to get them early for huge boost.
How do i use instill magic? Do i asign the same element instill spell to as my characters instil?
Isn't mind the stat governing your chance to apply debuffs, instead of intelligence?
I know I say INT in the video, that’s what I thought it was from my testing. But it’s very possible that unit also had significantly higher MND than the one I was comparing to. I’ve heard both play a role but maybe it’s primarily MND
@@FetchQuestsYT Thank you. It's still pretty hard to figure out exactly what stats are supposed to do
i’m pretty sure debuff chances are determined by you mind not your int
It’s both, but mind works best. Black lizard powder gives you spellstrike, which is a flat 30% boost to affliction spells.
rune fencers honestly aren't top 3 logically
if we talking main game, Berserker is OP, Warlocks/enchantress with poison or aoe magic ninja
doubleattack/poison
if we talking post game lich RIDIC high damage high int, shamans, they can use summon/nature touch
far more damage then rune fencer and can oneshot each summon, and once again ninja with *
and i didn't include uniques because obviously denam is the best class, buccaneer ozma
The beauty of this game is every player can have their favorites and a team’s composition can be so varied.
Berserker is good, though I found myself in too many situations where I couldn’t hit the enemy without hitting my own units due to berserk, or I’d counter and accidentally hit my other units nearby.
Warlocks/Enchantress are also very good. I used 2 mages on pretty much all maps with different specialties. My Necromancer always used aoe magic and sometimes poison.
Ninjas are great, I’m using one right now. They are super squishy however and Steelstance procs much less frequently than I would like, so I shoot for the support cards on the map. Either way, enemy archers and mages target ninjas quite often, I’d say they fell more often than my cleric since they’re in the fray. Pros and cons for sure.
I’m excited to get a Lich, I’m working on that 😊
Your suggestions are legit! 🔥 there’s endless possibilities to having a powerful squad
@@FetchQuestsYT well yes anything is viable which is why reborn is good and you can honestly use whatever you want and make it work but if we talk about best classes those are it very easily
Berserk with sanguine GG can take out 3-5 enemies and skill cards are all over the field so activating it is not an issue very valuable
Warlocks are good till postgame magic is really strong and for some reason you can just aoe decimate and poison enemies
as for ninjas they are more solid cleanup then people you send out on the frontlines for me cuz they do alot of damage so let others engage let the ranged people dod amage and they come in and oneshot what's left
but yeaaa if i redid the game again i'd have alot more berserkers they are sooo strong, they do way more damage
Haven't watched yet and idk if its generics only or special classes but Rune Fencer/Valkyrie better be best lmfao
Tried to recruit the necro during Chapter 3. 0% chance or recruiting him even after putting him into critical HP.
Familiar, necromancer (shift) and shamans for infinite turns (almost)
Ozma (Knight commander) - Law route exclusive character
Cresida (Necromancer) - Chaos route exclusive character
Dievold (Terror Knight) - Neutral route exclusive character
Luria (Songstress) - CODA exclusive character
Lancelot (Paladin) - CODA exclusive character
Warren (Astromancer) - CODA exclusive character
I need to play through and get Dievold, his lower RT would be amazing. I had Denam as a terror knight much of my game and they’re really good but also slow!
Luria is fun, though I need to get more instruments
Oelias is also exlusive character for Neutral route. She is the best semi-unique cleric I have so far.
@@pixie5566 Olyvia beats Oealias in terms of RT and Cleric role tho if you won't turn her into Shaman
@@GachaWade Sorry, I mean Oelias is the best semi-unique cleric. Olyvia is an unique character and only good in term of RT. IMO it would be a waste to keep her as a cleric.
nearing the end of chapter 1 and recruit always has a 0 percent chance.
Buccaneers + white Knights + juggernaut / hoptile can also create great synergy. Buccaneers dual wielding swords or daggers, massive output, low RT and equip ivory tower. White knight one low RT and one deliberately high RT to speed up the melee team twice. And jugg/ hoptile have great magic resistance and also faster than knights/terror knights.
IMO, physical attackers don’t need to learn magics at all; there is an opportunity cost - any turn they spent healing / casting support magics is a turn wasted for dealing more damage.
I finish on ps1. The best char is canopus using bow. Hahahhaa
All of these lists always go with unique classes... Yeah, I know the unique classes are good because the unique characters have higher stats! How about generics?!
My favorite so far is necromancer then lich when available. Is there also draconic magics in this game? Hope so.
Yup. You get draconic magic and summons on floor 24 of potd.
You are not very far in the game with such class tier list,once you start clearing sand bronsa and other coda content with enemies 10+ lvls higher,you will understand. Top classes atm are Lord>shaman>songstress>princess>lich
Hi Fetch great video !!! I'm playing right now and I'll consider the Rune Fencer for Denam, I'm on beggining of chapter 2 law route..., I intend to keep Catiua alive so no Lord class for now...
Please check my Final Fantasy Tactics Ramza Solo Walkthrough... I hope you will like, Thank you
Keep going bro !
My top 3 classes so far !
1 - Canopus as Archer - he kills everything from range
2 - Denam as Berserker - he kills everything from meele
3 - Voltare (non unique character) Knight - Great Tank !!!
LOOOOOVE FFT, I’ll check out your video!
Like for necromancers!
1. Lord. Second and third don't even come close; every skill in the game available + OP class unique abilities
2. Princess. Wrecks everything with AOE high tier spells and also decent in melee
3. Knight Commander. Double attack + regular spells, need I say more?
I don't know for the reborn version but abusing distance class (archer I think ?) was way too powerful in previous versions (Vista for the one I played)
Archer nerfed to the absolute ground. One of the weaker classes now
Ozma is broken.
LORD>KNIGHT COM>SHAMAN
A woman as knight commander? Lame.