Blue magic is probabley the most useful. Most blue magic spells don't work using your magic stat like other magic. In fact, its more useful on a character with a high HP like a knight or a monk. Whitewind heals HP equal to the current hp of the user, so a character with a high HP can use it more effectively. ???? deals damage equal to how much HP you've lost, so a monk with a high HP who has been owned in a battle can start dealing some massive damage. There are 30 blue magic spells and the majority of them are already available or will very soon be available.

Once you learn barefist any class will attack for 300-400 damage if they are equipped with it. But the damage isn't going to increase as you go through the game. Try to learn 2-handed (knight ability) which doubles your attack power, it's more effective than barefist because more powerful weapons are frequently becoming available which can be deadly in two hands.

Don't neglect to train a sorcerer. It's quick to learn and lets you cast spells on your sword. So you can cast an enemies elemental weakness on a sword heald in two hands or holding a sword in each hand for massive damage.

Hunter has been said but seriously learn sshot. holding two swords means a straight 8 attacks in a row. later in the game when you get the appropriote magic, you can bump that up to 16 attacks consecutively for that character.

Black mages are crap (well not really, they have their uses) Time mages are especially useful later as are white mages, but you won't need them in a lot of battles. Summoning CAN be useful and is fun, but the game can very easily be done without the need for summoning a single time.

Most abilities aren't that great. I never used a geomancer, a dancer, or a chemist. Samurai's are only useful for learning eqkatana. Beserkers dont offer much. red mage is very useful but takes the entire game to learn.


I wouln't master jobs one by one. That way, you end up with a level 6 white mage with no level 6 white magic and so on. But learning 2-handed and then switching to lean sword3 will be very effective and quick. Change your jobs to suit your needs.