Final Fantasy Tactics Mystic Guide & Review

Mystic is one of the classes in Final Fantasy Tactics (FFT). There are a ton of classes in FFT and it can be overwhelming trying to figure out which is the right one. Which skills and abilities are good? Which classes are good? This guide will tell you everything you need to know about the Final Fantasy Tactics Mystic Class.

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Final Fantasy Tactics Mystic Quick FAQ

Stat Growths – Final Fantasy Tactics Mystic

(Lower is better)
HP: 12 MP: 10 SPD: 100 PA: 60 MA: 50

Mystic, like most magic-based classes, doesn’t have any notable growths. It has below average PA growth and slightly above average MP growth. There’s nothing spectacular about Mystic growths at all.

Moveset: Mystic Arts – Final Fantasy Tactics Mystic

Ability Name	JP Cost
Umbra	100
Empowerment	200
Invigoration	350
Belief	400
Disbelief	400
Corruption	300
Quiescence	170
Fervor	400
Trepidation	200
Delirium	400
Harmony	800
Hesitation	100
Repose	350
Induration	600

There’s nothing that Mystics can do that Beowulf can’t do better, since Beowulf doesn’t have charge time. Mystic’s main thing is inflicting status effects. Of all the status effects Mystic can inflict, Disable (Hesitation), Stone (Induration) and Sleep (Repose) are the most useful. Mystic has some nice self-sustain with Invigoration and Empowerment (HP and MP steal, respectfully). Unfortunately, to be a successful mystic, your character needs to have very high faith, which makes them susceptible to magic damage.

Reaction Abilities – Final Fantasy Tactics Mystic

Ability Name	JP Cost
Absorb MP	250

Absorb MP is a very bad Reaction Ability. If a spell gets cast on your character, he or she will gain MP equal to the MP cost of the spell that hit them. Since Mystic can restore its own MP with Empowerment and MP really isn’t that big of a deal anyway, you’re not going to get much use out of this skill.

Support Abilities – Final Fantasy Tactics Mystic

Ability Name	JP Cost
Defense Boost	400

Defense Boost increases physical defense by a decent amount. It’s not a bad Support Ability, but it’s outclassed by so many other abilities that it’s hard to make an argument for slotting this into a character build over big damage increase options like Dual Wield or Attack/Arcane Boost.

Movement Abilities – Final Fantasy Tactics Mystic

Ability Name	JP Cost
Ignore Weather	200
Manafont	350

Ignore Weather is very situational and not remotely useful even in the situation that it’s built for. Manafont is somewhat useful for mages to help give them some passive MP regeneration, and can be combined with Time Mage’s Manashield for a decent defensive combo.

Final Fantasy Tactics Mystic Overall Assessment

Mystic is sort of a middle child among all the classes. It’s very forgettable. It doesn’t offer anything particularly terrible, but also doesn’t offer anything particularly useful. It’s somewhat unique in that it can equip poles, which are a 2 square melee weapon that deals damage based on MA. It gets some mediocre support skills, and a decent moveset. Unfortunately, it’s moveset is completely and utterly replaced by Beowulf. If anything about Mystic seems interesting to you, just use Beowulf instead. He’s better in every way.

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Final Fantasy Tactics Class Guides:
Squire – Chemist – Knight – Archer – Thief – Monk – Geomancer – Dragoon – Ninja – Samurai – Dark Knight – White Mage – Black Mage – Time Mage – Mystic – Summoner – Orator – Bard – Dancer – Arithmetician – Mime – Onion Knight