This Final Fantasy Tactics Stat Growth Guide will teach you all about stat growths and stat multipliers for every classes, including special character classes.
If you’re playing Final Fantasy Tactics (FFT) you’re going to want to learn about how stat growths and stat multipliers work. In short, you have all these different job classes in Final Fantasy Tactics. Thief, Monk, Black Mage, and so on.
Each of these classes has two hidden attributes: stat growths, which determine how much of each stat the character gains on each level up while using that class; and stat multipliers, which multiply the character’s base stats by a certain amount while they’re in the class.
Stat Growths – Final Fantasy Tactics Stat Growth
Stat growths, not to be confused by stat multipliers, are how much a character’s base stats go up when they level in a certain class. Ideally, you want to gain levels as classes with high stat growths, and then, maybe you want to switch over to a class with high stat multipliers.
Generic Classes – Final Fantasy Tactics Stat Growth Guide
Lower is better when it comes to stat growths.
| Class Name | HP | MP | SPD | PA | MA |
| Squire | 11 | 15 | 100 | 60 | 50 |
| Chemist | 12 | 16 | 100 | 75 | 50 |
| Knight | 10 | 15 | 100 | 40 | 50 |
| Archer | 11 | 16 | 100 | 45 | 50 |
| Monk | 9 | 13 | 100 | 48 | 50 |
| Thief | 11 | 16 | 90 | 50 | 50 |
| Geomancer | 10 | 11 | 100 | 45 | 50 |
| Dragoon | 10 | 15 | 100 | 40 | 50 |
| Samurai | 12 | 14 | 100 | 45 | 50 |
| Ninja | 12 | 13 | 80 | 43 | 50 |
| Dancer | 20 | 20 | 100 | 50 | 50 |
| Dark Knight | 12 | 20 | 100 | 40 | 50 |
| Onion Knight (1-7) | 13 | 13 | 100 | 80 | 50 |
| Onion Knight (8) | 6 | 8 | 80 | 35 | 40 |
| White Mage | 10 | 10 | 100 | 50 | 50 |
| Black Mage | 12 | 9 | 100 | 60 | 50 |
| Mystic | 12 | 10 | 100 | 60 | 50 |
| Time Mage | 12 | 10 | 100 | 65 | 50 |
| Summoner | 13 | 8 | 100 | 70 | 50 |
| Orator | 11 | 18 | 100 | 55 | 50 |
| Arithmetician | 14 | 10 | 100 | 70 | 50 |
| Bard | 20 | 20 | 100 | 80 | 50 |
| Mime | 6 | 30 | 100 | 35 | 40 |
As you can see, the best classes to level in (theoretically) are Level 8 Onion Knight (#1 in every category) and Mime (#1 in every category but Speed and MP). However, unlocking and leveling in those classes is tedious and impractical. Realistically, the best classes to use for leveling are Ninja (#1 in Speed, #3 in PA), Knight (#3 in HP, #2 in PA) and Summoner (#1 in MP).
Unique Classes – Final Fantasy Tactics Stat Growth Guide
You get a ton of unique characters thrown your way in Final Fantasy Tactics and they all come with a unique class that replaces their Squire class. These classes have their own stat growths and some of them are incredibly good. Again, lower is better. Note that these growths are only in their base classes. If they change classes, they use the growths of the class they change into.
| Name | HP | MP | SPD | PA | MA |
| Ramza | 11 | 11 | 95 | 50 | 48 |
| Mustadio | 11 | 13 | 100 | 50 | 50 |
| Agrias | 10 | 11 | 100 | 50 | 50 |
| Rapha | 11 | 11 | 100 | 50 | 50 |
| Marach | 10 | 11 | 100 | 50 | 50 |
| Orlandeau | 10 | 11 | 100 | 42 | 42 |
| Meliadoul | 10 | 15 | 100 | 39 | 50 |
| Reis (Human) | 5 | 10 | 95 | 39 | 38 |
| Beowulf | 10 | 11 | 100 | 48 | 45 |
| Cloud | 11 | 11 | 100 | 42 | 46 |
| Luso | 11 | 11 | 95 | 50 | 48 |
| Balthier | 10 | 13 | 80 | 50 | 50 |
Things to note here. Balthier gets Ninja speed. Reis has the best stat growth in the game by a huge margin, even including Onion Knight and Mime. #1 in every stat except SPD, where she’s #2 among other uniques (#3 overall), Beowulf gets better than average MA growth. Orlandeau has #2 PA and MA. Everyone else basically has nothing spectacular and should probably change to a Knight or Ninja.
Stat Multipliers – Final Fantasy Tactics Stat Growth
Not to be confused with Stat Growths, when you change into a class, your base stats get multiplied by the amount below. Stat Growths = base stats. Multipliers = what base stats are multiplied by when using a class.
Generic Classes – Final Fantasy Tactics Stat Growth Guide
| Class Name | HP | MP | SPD | PA | MA |
| Squire | 100% | 75% | 100% | 90% | 80% |
| Chemist | 80% | 75% | 100% | 75% | 80% |
| Knight | 120% | 80% | 100% | 120% | 80% |
| Archer | 100% | 65% | 100% | 110% | 80% |
| Monk | 135% | 80% | 110% | 129% | 80% |
| Thief | 90% | 50% | 110% | 100% | 60% |
| Geomancer | 110% | 95% | 100% | 110% | 105% |
| Dragoon | 120% | 50% | 100% | 120% | 50% |
| Samurai | 75% | 75% | 100% | 128% | 90% |
| Ninja | 70% | 50% | 120% | 120% | 75% |
| Dancer | 60% | 50% | 100% | 110% | 95% |
| Dark Knight | 80% | 90% | 100% | 140% | 80% |
| Onion Knight (1-7) | 50% | 50% | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| Onion Knight (8) | 150% | 140% | 120% | 130% | 120% |
| White Mage | 80% | 120% | 110% | 90% | 110% |
| Black Mage | 75% | 120% | 100% | 60% | 150% |
| Mystic | 75% | 110% | 100% | 50% | 120% |
| Time Mage | 75% | 120% | 100% | 50% | 130% |
| Summoner | 70% | 125% | 90% | 50% | 125% |
| Orator | 80% | 70% | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| Arithmetician | 65% | 80% | 50% | 50% | 70% |
| Bard | 55% | 50% | 100% | 30% | 115% |
| Mime | 140% | 50% | 120% | 120% | 115% |
Top 3 HP: Onion Knight (8), Mime, Monk
Top 3 MP: Onion Knight (8), Summoner, Time Mage/Black Mage
Top 3 SPD: Onion Knight (8)/Mime/Ninja, White Mage/Thief/Monk, Everyone Else
Top 3 PA: Dark Knight, Onion Knight (8),Monk
Top 3 MA: Black Mage, Time Mage, Summoner
Unique Classes – Final Fantasy Tactics Stat Growth Guide
These multipliers only take effect in the character’s base class.
| Name | HP | MP | SPD | PA | MA |
| Ramza | 120% | 105% | 100% | 110% | 100% |
| Mustadio | 100% | 75% | 115% | 95% | 100% |
| Agrias | 140% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Rapha | 90% | 100% | 115% | 80% | 100% |
| Marach | 100% | 110% | 110% | 105% | 100% |
| Orlandeau | 160% | 120% | 110% | 120% | 90% |
| Meliadoul | 125% | 80% | 105% | 120% | 90% |
| Reis (Human) | 140% | 115% | 120% | 120% | 110% |
| Beowulf | 122% | 145% | 105% | 125% | 105% |
| Cloud | 125% | 116% | 100% | 123% | 120% |
| Luso | 120% | 105% | 100% | 123% | 120% |
| Balthier | 110% | 80% | 120% | 115% | 100% |
Once again Reis is a standout here. Beowful also has very strong multipliers, and Orlandeau is no slouch.
Conclusion – Final Fantasy Tactics Stat Growth
As far as Final Fantasy Tactics stat growth goes, Onion Knight (8) and Mime are the best, but it’s terribly impractical to unlock or use those classes, so go with Ninja or Knight. As far as multipliers go, among the generic classes, Black Mage is a standout for its insane MA multiplier (150%), Dark Knight is great for its high PA multiplier and both Monk and Ninja are strong for their high multipliers across the board.
When it comes to unique classes, Reis’s stats are bonkers across the board, and of course, Orlandeau is quite good. Meliadoul boasts a surprisingly high PA, and Balthier is lightspeed fast.
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