COMPLETE Bravely Default 2 Jobs Guide

This Bravely Default 2 Jobs Abilities List will tell you every ability from every job, where to unlock the job and where its upgrade is located.

If you’re playing Bravely Default 2, you know that one of the main mechanics of the game is unlocking and leveling up a variety of different Bravely Default 2 jobs, ranging from Black Mages to Monks and Thieves to tanky Shieldmasters.

While you’re planning out your party, you’ll want to know what skills and abilities each of these Bravely Default 2 jobs have access to. This Bravely Default 2 jobs guide will tell you everything you need to know about each of the Bravely Default 2 jobs.

Bravely Default 2 Job Guides
All On One Page – Freelancer – Black Mage – White Mage – Vanguard – Monk – Bard – Beastmaster – Thief – Gambler – Berserker – Red Mage – Ranger – Shieldmaster – Pictomancer – Dragoon – Spiritmaster – Swordmaster – Oracle – Salve-Maker – Arcanist – Bastion – Phantom – Hellblade – Bravebearer

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Freelancer – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

Rating – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

★★★★★

Bravely Default 2 Jobs Overview – Freelancer
Freelancer is the first of the Bravely Default 2 jobs available in the game and its skillset is fairly useful from the moment you get it until the end of the game. Examine is useful whenever you encounter a new monster, until it becomes outclassed by the Salve-Maker’s Survey skill, Divining Rod is a must-have on at least one character throughout the game, JP Up and JP Up and UP are must-haves, and Square One is practically a necessity in many boss fights.

In the endgame, Freelancer is generally the best subclass on almost every character thanks to the massive stat boosts it provides via its Late Bloomer specialty.

Chapter Unlocked: Prologue

Upgrade Location: Automatic

Specialties

Stand Ground
Roughly 50% chance of surviving with one HP when taking enough damage to be knocked out. This ability will not be triggered if the user has one HP.

Late Bloomer
Boosts all stats based on the number of jobs mastered.

Abilities

Job Level	Name	Description
1	Examine	Reveal an enemy’s HP, weakness and family.
2	Treat	Restore 20% of a target’s HP and 10% of their MP.
3	Divining Rod	(Passive) Displays the number of unopened treasure chests nearby.
4	Forage	Search for items. The items found will depend on the user’s job level.
5	Dungeon Master	(Passive) Nullifies all terrain-inflicted damage.
6	Lucky Charm	Increase a target’s luck for five turns.
7	Self-Healing	(Passive) Cures poison, blindness and silence when battle ends.
8	Purge	Remove berserk, confusion, dread, charm and doom from a target.
9	JP Up	(Passive) JP earned is increased by a multiple of 1.2.
10	Square One	Remove various status effects from a target.
11	Body Slam	Deal physical damage to a target based on the user’s encumbrance, and delay the target’s turn.
12	JP Up and Up	(Passive) JP earned is increased by a multiple of 1.5 (increases to 1.7 when combined with JP Up).
13	Wish Upon a Star	Increase all allies’ luck for five turns. Even more effective at night.
14	Limit Breaker	Doubles the potential effects of all stat boosts received.
15	Mimic	Repeat the most recent action performed by the user or an ally without expending HP, MP, BP, pg or items.

Black Mage – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

Rating – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

★★★

Bravely Default 2 Jobs Overview – Black Mage
When it comes to Bravely Default 2 jobs, Black Mage is exactly what you’d expect from a basic, entry-level magic job. It has high magic power, access to multiple elemental spells and a handful of passives that help it regenerate the MP it burns through. It remains viable in the endgame thanks to its elemental variety, but it ultimately gets outclassed by the more advanced magic jobs that have higher stats and better specialties.

Chapter Unlocked: Prologue

Upgrade Location: Halls of Tribulation I

Specialties

Regenerative Default
Defaulting restores a little MP. The amount restored depends on the user’s level.

High-Velocity Spells
Prevents all attack spells from being nullified or absorbed. Will not bypass damage-halving or reflect effects.

Abilities

Job Level	Name	Description
1	Fire	Perform a fire magic attack on a target/all targets.
2	Blizzard	Perform a water magic attack on a target/all targets.
3	Thunder	Perform a lightning magic attack on a target/all targets.
4	Poison	Attempt to poison a target.
5	Lunar-Powered	(Passive) During the night, offensive magic, evasion and luck are increased, and 4% of MP is restored each turn.
6	Fira	Perform a powerful fire magic attack on a target/all targets.
7	Blizzara	Perform a powerful water magic attack on a target/all targets.
8	Thundara	Perform a powerful lightning magic attack on a target/all targets.
9	Aspir Attack	(Passive) Restores an amount of MP based on damage inflicted with the ‘Attack’ command.
10	Firaga	Perform an extremely powerful fire magic attack on a target/all targets.
11	Blizzaga	Perform an extremely powerful water magic attack on a target/all targets.
12	Thundaga	Perform an extremely powerful lightning magic attack on a target/all targets.
13	Flare	Perform an incredibly powerful fire magic attack on a target.
14	Freeze	Perform an incredibly powerful water magic attack on a target.
15	Burst	Perform an incredibly powerful lightning magic attack on a target.

White Mage – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

Rating – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

★★★★

Bravely Default 2 Jobs Overview – White Mage
White Mage is your standard healer when it comes to Bravely Default 2 jobs and it has a variety of recovery skills that are indispensable from the moment you get them right through to the end of the game.

Unlike the Black Mage, the White Mage is pretty much irreplaceable throughout the game thanks to its powerful and straightforward skillset, although Salve-Maker and Spiritmaster give it a run for its money. You’ll most likely want it as a sub-job on at least one character throughout the entire game.

Chapter Unlocked: Prologue

Upgrade Location: Halls of Tribulation VII

Specialties

Angelic Ward
Roughly 30% chance of any damage received being halved.

Holistic Medicine
All healing spells benefit all party members.

Abilities

Job Level	Name	Description
1	Cure	Restore a little of a target’s/multiple targets’ HP.
2	Protect	Increase a target’s physical defense by 15% for three turns. Stats cannot be increased beyond 200% of their base value.
3	Shell	Increase a target’s magical defense by 15% for three turns. Stats cannot be increased beyond 200% of their base value.
4	Raise	Revive a knocked-out target and restore a few HP.
5	Solar-Powered	(Passive) During the daytime, restorative power, aim and luck are increased, and 4% of MP is restored each turn.
6	Cura	Restore some of a target’s/multiple targets’ HP.
7	Benediction	Increase the user’s restorative power by 30% for three turns. Stats cannot be increased beyond 200% of their base value.
8	Basuna	Cure a target of poison, blindness, silence, sleep, paralysis, contagion, freezing and daubing.
9	Drain Attack	(Passive) Restores an amount of HP based on damage inflicted with the ‘Attack’ command.
10	Arise	Revive a knocked-out target with full HP.
11	Better than Ever	(Passive) When the user is healed beyond max. HP, their max. HP is temporarily increased by the remainder.
12	Curaga	Restore a lot of a target’s/multiple targets’ HP.
13	Esuna	Cure most of a target’s status ailments (works on all ailments cured by Basuna plus dread, berserk, confusion, charm, slow, stop, doom and resistance reductions),
14	Above and Beyond	(Passive) When a target is healed beyond ma HP, their max. HP is temporarily increased by the remainder.
15	Raise All	Revive multiple knocked-out targets with full HP.

Vanguard – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

Rating – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

★★★

Bravely Default 2 Jobs Overview – Vanguard
Vanguard is your first tanking class among the Bravely Default 2 jobs and it’s the most offense-oriented tanking class available. It gains access to several decent physical and earth-elemental attacks, as well as a taunt and a handful of debuff skills that reduce enemies’ offensive power. It can get extremely high attack power once it’s mastered thanks to its Attention Seeker specialty.

Chapter Unlocked: Prologue

Upgrade Location: Halls of Tribulation VII

Specialties

Shield-Bearer
Equipping a shield does not negatively affect speed, aim or evasion.

Attention Seeker
Physical attack power and critical chance are boosted based on the user’s chance of being targeted.

Abilities

Job Level	Name	Description
1	Cross Cut	Perform two physical attacks on a target in quick succession.
2	Shield Bash	Use equipped shield to perform an earth-imbued physical attack on a target and slightly delay their next turn.
3	Defang	Perform a physical attack on a target and decrease their physical attack by 7% for five turns. Stats cannot be reduced below 65% of their base value.
4	Skull Bash	Perform a weak physical attack on a target and decrease their magical attack by 7% for five turns. Stats cannot be decreased below 65% of their base value.
5	Pain into Gain	(Passive) Taking damage in battle while not Defaulting has a roughly 30% chance of increasing physical attack power by 1-3%.
6	Aggravate	Increase the user’s likelihood of being targeted by 25% for three turns. Stats cannot be increased beyond 200% of their base value.
7	Sword of Stone	Perform a powerful earth-imbued physical attack on a target.
8	Shield Stun	Use equipped shield to perform a quick physical attack on a target and significantly delay their next turn.
9	Defensive Offense	(Passive) Performing an attack with a weapon equipped will cause all damage to the user to be reduced to 70% until their next turn.
10	Enrage	Guarantee that an enemy’s next two actions will be aimed at the user.
11	The Gift of Courage	Give one of the user’s own BP to a target.
12	Neo Cross Slash	Perform two powerful physical attacks on a target in quick succession.
13	Infuriate	Increase the user’s likelihood of being targeted by 50% for three turns. Stats cannot be increased beyond 200% of their base value.
14	Quake Blade	Perform an extremely powerful earth-imbued physical attack on a target.
15	Ultimatum	Perform an extremely powerful physical attack on all targets, after which the user is less likely to be targeted until their next turn comes around.

Monk – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

Rating – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

★★★★

Bravely Default 2 Jobs Overview – Monk
Monk is extremely powerful among the Bravely Default 2 jobs when you first unlock it and remains the undisputed king of physical attack damage throughout most of the game until you unlock some of the later classes like Swordmaster and Phantom.

Eventually, though, it does get outclassed as equipment weight becomes less important and passive abilities from weapons become extremely powerful. Still, for a solid 60-80% of the game, Monk is the go-to physical damage class and Bare-Knuckle Brawler alone is worth giving it 4 stars.

Chapter Unlocked: Prologue

Upgrade Location: Halls of Tribulation VI

Specialties

Concentration
Causes critical chance to increase every time Invigorate, Inner Alchemy or Mindfulness is used. The effect lasts for the duration of the current battle.

Single-Minded
Prevents berserk, confusion and charming. Using Martial Arts abilities or Default causes the next turn to come around more quickly.

Abilities

Job Level	Name	Description
1	Strong Strike	Perform a physical attack on a target that deals heavy damage, but has a slightly reduced chance of landing.
2	Inner Alchemy	Restore 20% of the user’s HP and cure poison, blindness and slow.
3	Bare-Knuckle Brawler	(Passive) Boosts user and equipment’s physical attack by 80% and aim by 30% when both hands are empty.
4	Firebird	Perform a fire-imbued physical attack on a target. Target’s resistance to fire is reduced for two turns.
5	Qigong Wave	Perform a physical attack that can penetrate a target’s Default stance.
6	Mindfulness	Restore 15% of the user’s MP and cure silence, dread and contagion.
7	Flying Heel Drop	Perform a powerful physical attack on a target.
8	Invigorate	Boost the user’s physical attack by 15% for three turns. Stats cannot be increased beyond 200% of their base value.
9	Tortoise Kick	Perform a physical attack on a target and delay their next turn.
10	Flames of War	Perform an extremely powerful fire-imbued physical attack on a target.
11	Pressure Point	Perform a powerful physical attack on a target that ignores physical defense and Default status.
12	Focal Blast	Perform an incredibly powerful physical attack on a target which will also reduce a random stay by 20% for four turns. Stats cannot be reduced below 65% of their base value.
13	Natural Talent	(Passive) Boosts physical attack and aim by 200% when no weapons, armor or accessories are equipped.
14	Phoenix Flight	Reduce the user’s HP to one, and deal the amount of HP lost as damage to a target twice.
15	Maximise HP	Doubles maximum HP during battle. This can enable HP to exceed 9999.

Bard – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

Rating – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

★★

Bravely Default 2 Jobs Overview – Bard
Bard is not a bad class in terms of Bravely Default 2 jobs, but it has two main problems holding it back.

First, in most battles where you’d want to boost your stats, you’re going to be either constantly healing or reserving your MP for healing, meaning you’d need a second support character to take care of all of your stat buffing, which would dramatically lower your damage output.

Second, by the time MP is no longer an issue, you’ll have a mastered Spiritmaster which will have Purebringer going off every round, purging all of your stat buffs. As a result, it’s hard to find room for a Bard in most parties. Epic Group-Cast is pretty good, though.

Chapter Unlocked: 1

Upgrade Location: Halls of Tribulation II

Specialties

Extended Outro
The effects of Singing abilities last a turn longer.

Encore
When a Singing ability is performed, there is a 25% chance that an additional Singing ability will be triggered.

Abilities

Job Level	Name	Description
1	Don’t Let ‘Em Get to You	Reduce physical damage to multiple targets by 15% for three turns. Stats cannot be reduced below 65% of their base value.
2	Don’t Let ‘Em Trick You	Reduce magical damage to multiple targets by 15% for three turns. Stats cannot be reduced below 65% of their base value.
3	Step into the Spotlight	Increase the likelihood of a target being the subject of enemy attacks by 20% for three turns. Stats cannot be increased beyond 200% of their base value.
4	Close Those Tired Eyes	Attempt to put a target to sleep.
5	Born Entertainer	(Passive) The effects of Singing and Artistry abilities are increased by a percentage based on the user’s level divided by fifteen.
6	(Won’t) Be Missing You	Increase multiple targets’ aim by 5% for three turns. Stats cannot be increased beyond 200% of their base value.
7	Right Through Your Fingers	Increase multiple targets’ evasion by 5% for three turns. Stats cannot be increased beyond 200% of their base value.
8	Hurts So Bad	Increase physical damage inflicted by multiple targets by 15% for two turns. Stats cannot be increased beyond 200% of their base value.
9	Work Your Magic	Increase magical damage inflicted by multiple targets by 15% for two turns. Stats cannot be increased beyond 200% of their base value.
10	All Killer No Filler	Increase multiple targets’ critical chance by 15% for two turns. Stats cannot be increased beyond 200% of their base value.
11	Screamin’ It Out	Perform an extremely powerful non-elemental magic attack on multiple targets.
12	Shut Up and Dance	Cause a target to act immediately after the user.
13	Thank You, and Goodnight	Perform a powerful non-elemental magic attack on all targets that may also put them to sleep.
14	Epic Group-Cast	(Passive) Targeting all enemies with spells or abilities will not reduce their damage or effects.
15	More! Mooore!	Extend the effects of all Singing abilities currently affecting all targets for another three turns.

Beastmaster – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

Rating – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

★★★★★

Bravely Default 2 Jobs Overview – Beastmaster
Beastmaster is unexpectedly extremely powerful when it comes to Bravely Default 2 jobs. Even if you never invest time into its capture skills, it gains a variety of great passive abilities.

Thanks to its Creature Comforts specialty that increases its stats based on how many monsters you capture, it’s one of just a few Bravely Default 2 jobs that can act as an alternative sub-job to Freelancer in the endgame. The capture skills themselves are also surprisingly powerful and give the Beastmaster amazing versatility… if you invest the time.

Chapter Unlocked: 1

Upgrade Location: Halls of Tribulation II

Specialties

Animal Rescue
When an attack on the user reduces their HP to 20% or lower, a random captured monster will be let loose on the enemy.

Creature Comforts
All stats are increased by an amount based on the number of monsters you’ve captured.

Abilities

Job Level	Name	Description
1	Capture	Capture a weakened monster. Chance of success is based on the target’s remaining HP — the lower the better. Will not work on humans or more powerful enemies.
2	Off the Leash	Let a captured monster loose on a target.
3	Staggering Swipe	Perform a physical attack on a target and significantly delay their next turn.
4	Muzzle	Attempt to silence multiple targets.
5	Mow Down	Perform a physical attack on all targets.
6	Mercy Strike	Perform a physical attack on a target. This attack cannot reduced HP below one.
7	Raw Power	(Passive) Every use of the Brave command increases physical attack by 10% until the end of the turn.
8	Spearhead	The user will act first in battle when a spear is equipped, unless the enemy has the advantage.
9	Mercy Smash	Perform a powerful physical attack on a target. This attack cannot reduce HP below one.
10	MP Saver	(Passive) Reduces MP consumption by 20%.
11	Beast Whisperer	(Passive) Roughly 30% chance of capturing defeated monsters.
12	Off the Chain	Send a captured monster to brutally savage a target.
13	Muzzling Maelstrom	Use equipped spear to perform four powerful physical attacks at random. These attacks may also silence their targets.
14	Brute Force	(Passive) Increases physical attack by 50% when three BP are spent performing the Brave command in the same turn.
15	Nature’s Blessing	Reduce the user’s MP costs to zero for two turns.

Thief – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

Rating – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

★★★

Bravely Default 2 Jobs Overview – Thief
Godspeed Strike is extraordinarily powerful and stealing is situationally useful. Those are the main things to keep in mind when it comes to the Thief. As a combat class, it’s generally outclassed by other Bravely Default 2 jobs like the Monk, Swordmaster and Phantom but, as I mentioned, Godspeed Strike is exceptionally strong and spamming it is probably the best way to melt bosses until you get better strategies later in the game.

Chapter Unlocked: 1

Upgrade Location: Halls of Tribulation II

Specialties

Sleight of Hand
Gives “Steal X” abilities the additional bonus of being able to take a single strengthening effect from an enemy and apply it to the user.

Up to No Good
Defaulting no longer causes BP to increase, but all abilities that are usually performed using BP can be performed using MP, and the cost of “Steal X” abilities is halved.

Abilities

Job Level	Name	Description
1	Steal	Attempt to steal an item from an enemy.
2	Steal Breath	Perform a quick physical attack on a target that also heals the user.
3	Flee	Escape from battle without fail. Won’t work in certain encounters.
4	Steal Spirit	Reduce a target’s MP and restore MP to the user.
5	Sky Slicer	Perform a wind-imbued physical attack on a target.
6	Steal Courage	Attempt to steal one BP from a target. This ability has a roughly 50% chance of success. BP cannot be stolen from targets who have 0 or fewer BP.
7	Attack Item Amp	(Passive) Damage inflicted by items is increased by 50%.
8	Mug	(Passive) The user occasionally steals items when performing regular attacks.
9	Godspeed Strike	Perform a physical attack on a target with an attack power bonus based on the user’s speed. Further damage will also be inflicted after a little time has passed.
10	Magpie	(Passive) Roughly 25% chance of acquiring rare items when stealing.
11	You Snooze, You Lose	Perform a physical attack that’s extremely effective on sleeping targets.
12	Rob Blind	(Passive) When stealing, two items can be acquired at once.
13	Tornado’s Edge	Perform an extremely powerful wind-imbued physical attack on a target.
14	Dagger Lore	(Passive) Dagger aptitude is increased to S.
15	Rest in Peace	(Passive) Attacking sleeping enemies will not wake them up.

Gambler – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

Rating – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

★★

Bravely Default 2 Jobs Overview – Gambler
Gambler is kind of a meme job in general. Its damage is highly random, and even at the high end of its damage, it still pales in comparison to what other, better Bravely Default 2 jobs can do reliably. The most useful thing from the Gambler skillset is unsurprisingly the Rare Talent passive, which increases the drop rate for rare items.

Chapter Unlocked: 1

Upgrade Location: Halls of Tribulation II

Specialties

All or Nothing
Experience, JP or pg earned after battle will drop to zero, but one of these three amounts will also very occasionally be multiplied by 15.

Born Lucky
Increases the number of winning slots in roulette abilities. Abilities with a chance of triggering extra effects are also more likely to do so.

Abilities

Job Level	Name	Description
1	Odds or Evens	Spin the wheel and perform a physical attack on a target that can deal double damage depending on whether the result is odd or even.
2	Life or Death	Spin the wheel to revive unconscious allies and restore their HP. The amount of HP restored depends on the result of the wheel, but stopping on a skull will KO the user.
3	Flash the Cash	Spend 50 pg multiplied by the user’s level to deal 1.3x that amount of damage to a target.
4	More Money	(Passive) Pg earned after battle increases by 10% for every party member with this ability.
5	Spin the Wheel	Spin the wheel and receive 77 times the result in pg.
6	Elemental Wheel	Spin a double wheel featuring both numbers and elements, and perform elemental attacks on random targets based on the result.
7	Triples	Spin the wheel and perform a physical attack on a target. Landing on a number in the range selected will result in triple damage.
8	Night Shift	(Passive) Non-roulette abilities with a chance of triggering extra effects are more likely to do so at night.
9	Bold Gambit	Spin a wheel featuring the numbers one to ten. Landing on ten will result in all allies or enemies earning three BP.
10	Rare Talent	(Passive) The likelihood of enemies dropping rare items increases by 10% for every party member with this ability.
11	High Roller	Spend 10000 pg to perform an extremely powerful physical attack on a target.
12	Dealer’s Choice	Trigger random effects that can affect enemies, allies or both.
13	Even More Money	(Passive) Pg earned after battle increases by 20% for every party member with this ability.
14	Real Elemental Wheel	Spin a double wheel featuring both numbers and elements, and perform powerful elemental attacks on random targets based on the result.
15	Unlucky Eight	Spin the wheel an perform a physical attack that will be eight times more powerful if you land on number eight.

Berserker – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

Rating – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

★★★

Bravely Default 2 Jobs Overview – Berserker
Among the Bravely Default 2 jobs, Berserker is a decent physical attacker and Amped Strike is definitely a powerful skill when you get it. It has some good passives, specifically Indiscriminate Rage and Unshakeable Will. Decent is the best word to describe it. It’s not noticeably better than other Bravely Default 2 jobs like Thief or Monk when you get it, and like Thief and Monk it eventually gets outclassed by Swordmaster and Phantom.

Chapter Unlocked: 1

Upgrade Location: Halls of Tribulation V

Specialties

Pierce Default
Attacking a Defaulting target will no longer result in reduced damage.

Rage and Reason
Actions can be chosen freely half the time while berserk.

Abilities

Job Level	Name	Description
1	Crescent Moon	Perform a physical attack on all targets.
2	Vent Fury	Go berserk for the next three turns. (While berserk, physical attack is increased by 50%, physical defense is reduced by 30% and only the ‘Attack’ command can be used.)
3	Double Damage	Perform a powerful physical attack on a target.
4	Water Damage	Perform a water-imbued physical attack on a target.
5	Bloody-Minded	(Passive) Physical attacks performed by the user cannot be evaded, but will also damage them. However, this damage cannot reduce their HP below one.
6	Free-for-All	The attacking abilities performed at random while berserk do not cost anything.
7	Shell Split	Perform a quick physical attack on a target that will reduce their physical defense by 5% for four turns. Stats cannot be reduced below 65% of their base value.
8	Scale Strip	Perform a quick physical attack on a target that will reduce their magical defense by 5% for four turns. Stats cannot be reduced below 65% of their base value.
9	Unshakeable Will	(Passive) Prevents all status ailments that impede the user’s ability to freely choose their actions. (Sleep, paralysis, dread, berserk, confusion, charm and freezing.)
10	Level Slash	Perform a powerful physical attack on all targets.
11	Indiscriminate Rage	(Passive) Allows regular attacks to target all enemies at full power, but causes the user’s next turn to come around much later.
12	Amped Strike	Perform an extremely powerful physical attack on a target.
13	Flood Damage	Perform a powerful water-imbued physical attack on a target.
14	Axe Lore	(Passive) Axe aptitude is increased to S.
15	Death’s Door	Perform an incredibly powerful physical attack on all targets. The lower the user’s current HP, the greater the damage inflicted.

Red Mage – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

Rating – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

★★★★

Bravely Default 2 Jobs Overview – Red Mage
Red Mage is pretty much an upgrade on the Black Mage in every way. It gets more skill versatility, it tends to have higher magic power, and its Chainspell specialty makes it the go-to sub-job for magic users right through to the end of the game.

The main downside is its elemental variety is somewhat lacking, having only access to two elements which are both among the more rare weaknesses.

Still, even with just two elements, Red Mage is rarely left without at least a neutral damage option against enemies. It also has access to two excellent passives in Magic Critical and Revenge.

Chapter Unlocked: 2

Upgrade Location: Halls of Tribulation VII

Specialties

Nuisance
All attack spells also have a chance of inflicting status ailments. The ailment inflicted depends on the spell element.

Chainspell
All spells cast are performed twice at no extra MP cost.

Abilities

Job Level	Name	Description
1	Stone	Perform an earth magic attack on a target/all targets.
2	Aero	Perform a wind magic attack on a target/all targets.
3	Heal	Restore 1000 HP to a target.
4	Stonera	Perform a powerful earth magic attack on a target/all targets.
5	Aerora	Perform a powerful wind magic attack on a target/all targets.
6	Healara	Restore 2000 HP to a target.
7	Magic Critical	(Passive) Enables magical attacks to inflict critical hits.
8	Revenge	(Passive) Roughly 25% chance of the user’s BP increasing by one when attacked.
9	Healaga	Restore 3000 HP to a target.
10	Stonega	Perform an extremely powerful earth magic attack on a target/all targets.
11	Aeroga	Perform an extremely powerful wind magic attack on a target/all targets.
12	Disaster	Perform an extremely powerful magical attack on a target that combines the powers of earth and wind.
13	Quake	Perform an incredibly powerful earth magic attack on a target.
14	Tornado	Perform an incredibly powerful wind magic attack on a target.
15	HP/MP Convertor	(Passive) Using abilities during battle expends HP instead of MP but at ten times the MP cost.

Ranger – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

Rating – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

★★★

Bravely Default 2 Jobs Overview – Ranger
Ranger is alright in terms of Bravely Default 2 jobs for the mid-game and its skills are actually quite powerful, if not a little MP demanding. Its passives are weak, so if you’re not actually in the Ranger job, you don’t get much out of it. There’s not too much to say about it, you’ll probably level it around the mid-game and then upgrade to one of the other Bravely Default 2 jobs when one becomes available and never look back.

Chapter Unlocked: 2

Upgrade Location: Halls of Tribulation VII

Specialties

Barrage
The more successive actions the user performs in a turn, the more damage they will inflict.

Apex Predator
“X Slayer” abilities are more powerful, and will earn one BP for every critical hit inflicted and enemy killed.

Abilities

Job Level	Name	Description
1	Bug Slayer	Perform a physical attack on a target. Particularly effective against Insect family monsters.
2	Plant Slayer	Perform a physical attack on a target. Particularly effective against Plant family monsters.
3	Shadowbind	Attempt to paralyze a target.
4	Beast Slayer	Perform a physical attack on a target. Particularly effective against Beast family monsters.
5	Aquatic Slayer	Perform a physical attack on a target. Particularly effective against Aquatic family monsters.
6	Counter-Savvy	The user is always able to evade physical counter abilities. Does not apply to magic and certain other abilities.
7	Quickfire Flurry	Perform 5-8 quick physical attacks on random targets. Extra damage will be dealt to paralyzed foes.
8	Humanoid Slayer	Perform a physical attack on a target. Particularly effective against Humanoid family monsters.
9	Who Dares Wins	(Passive) The user becomes more likely to inflict critical hits, and also immune to blindness when BP are at one or higher.
10	Sloth Hunter	Perform two physical attacks that are extremely effective against slowed targets.
11	Undead Slayer	Perform a physical attack on a target. Particularly effective against Undead family monsters.
12	Demon Slayer	Perform a physical attack on a target. Particularly effective against Demon family monsters.
13	Spirit Slayer	Perform a physical attack on a target. Particularly effective against Spirit family monsters.
14	Bow Lore	(Passive) Bow aptitude is increased to S.
15	Grand Barrage	Perform 5-8 quick physical attacks on all targets. Extra damage will be dealt to paralyzed foes.

Shieldmaster – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

Rating – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

★★★★

Bravely Default 2 Jobs Overview – Shieldmaster
Shieldmaster is the main specialized tanking class when it comes to Bravely Default 2 jobs. It has more tanking tools and defensive power than the Vanguard at the expense of lower offense, and while it’s not quite as defensively powerful as the Bastion, the Bastion is lacking any kind of taunt or bodyguarding ability, so the Shieldmaster tends to be the de facto job for protecting your party from damage.

The Shieldmaster’s Protect Ally specialty seems guaranteed and limitless. Having a Shieldmaster in your party will definitely increase the survivability of your party and the nature of its protection skills pairs well with the Swordmaster’s Fluid Stance.

Chapter Unlocked: 2

Upgrade Location: Halls of Tribulation III

Specialties

Protect Ally
The user will step in to take damage in place of allies who are close to death, automatically adopting the Default stance in the process. Certain status ailments may render this ability ineffective.

Chivalrous Spirit
Performing Protect Ally, Bodyguard or Defender of the People restores a little MP, and grants the user an additional BP.

Abilities

Job Level	Name	Description
1	Bodyguard	The user will step in and take damage in place of a selected ally, automatically adopting the Default stance in the process.
2	Dual Shields	(Passive) Allows a shield to be equipped in each hand. Doing so increases aim by 100%.
3	Blinding Flash	Attempt to blind all targets.
4	The Courage to Resist	(Passive) Defaulting does not increase BP, but does nullify all status ailments except slow, stop and doom.
5	Crushed Ice	Perform a physical attack that’s extremely effective on frozen targets.
6	Reprisal	For five turns, 50% of any damage received by the user will also be inflicted on the attacker.
7	Defender of the People	Take up to three attacks in place of allies before the user’s next turn, automatically adopting the Default stance in the process. Does not apply to attacks that target all allies.
8	Heavy Hitter	Perform a physical attack on a target. The heavier the equipment in the user’s left hand, the greater the damage inflicted.
9	Bumblewhacker	Perform a physical attack that’s extremely effective on confused targets.
10	Fast Hands	(Passive) Any speed reductions caused by equipment in either hand become speed bonuses instead.
11	No Guts, No Glory	(Passive) Physical and magical defense increase with BP, but will also decrease when BP drops below zero.
12	The Gift of Wisdom	Donates 33% of the user’s max. MP to a target. If MP is below 33% of max. level, all available MP will be donated.
13	Super Heavy Hitter	Perform two physical attacks on a target. The heavier the equipment in both the user’s hands, the greater the damage inflicted.
14	Firmly Grounded	Boost MP and magical attack for three turns by an amount based on the user’s encumbrance. Any negative effects of being overburdened are ignored.
15	Harsh Reprisal	For three turns, 100% of any damage received by the user will also be inflicted on the attacker.

Pictomancer – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

Rating – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

★★

Bravely Default 2 Jobs Overview – Pictomancer
Pictomancer is kind of a reverse Bard. The main problem with Pictomancer is not that it’s a bad class, it’s that its competition among the other Bravely Default 2 jobs is too stiff. It would make a fantastic sub-job for an attack mage thanks to its access to Light and Dark spells… but Red Mage, once you unlock Sub-Specialty 2, and Spiritmaster are way better choices for a sub-job.

Its debuffs are great for a support character, but it’s really difficult to pass up Spiritmaster on a support. For the brief window between when you unlock Pictomancer and when you get Spiritmaster, it makes a decent sub-job for white or black magic users.

Chapter Unlocked: 2

Upgrade Location: Halls of Tribulation V

Specialties

Self Expression
Using Artistry abilities on oneself costs nothing, and will cause positive instead of negative effects.

Extra Coat
All status effects instigated by the user last a turn longer.

Abilities

Job Level	Name	Description
1	Disarming Scarlet	Reduce a target’s physical attack by 10% for four turns. Stats cannot be reduced below 65% of their base value.
2	Splatter	Attempt to daub a target. Targets’ resistance to all elements and weapon types is reduced by one when daubed.
3	Disenchanting Mauve	Reduce a target’s magical attack by 10% for four turns. Stats cannot be reduced below 65% of their base value.
4	Purify	Remove various status effects from a target.
5	Incurable Coral	Reduce a target’s restorative power by 10% for four turns. Stats cannot be reduced below 65% of their base value.
6	Freehand	Inflict ten times the ability’s casting cost as magical damage 1-5 times on a random target.
7	Indefensible Teal	Reduce a target’s physical defense by 10% for four turns. Stats cannot be reduced below 65% of their base value.
8	Zappable Chartreuse	Reduce a target’s magical defense by 10% for four turns. Stats cannot be reduced below 65% of their base value.
9	Sub-Job BP Saver	(Passive) The BP cost of using sub-job abilities is reduced by one.
10	Chiaro	Perform a powerful light magic attack on a target.
11	Scuro	Perform a powerful dark magic attack on a target.
12	Convert MP	(Passive) Taking damage will cause the user’s MP to be restored by a proportional amount.
13	Dirty Fighter	The more status ailments a target is afflicted with, the more damage is inflicted when attacking that target.
14	Brush with Death	Attempt to inflict the doom ailment on a target. If the target is immune to doom or instant death, they will receive a set amount of magical damage instead.
15	Mass Production	For three turns, the user’s Artistry abilities can be applied to multiple targets.

Dragoon – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

Rating – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

★★★

Bravely Default 2 Jobs Overview – Dragoon
Among the Bravely Default 2 jobs, Dragoon is fast, it’s powerful and it has some interesting tools. Still, it doesn’t have the sheer killing power that some of the other late game physical attacking Bravely Default 2 jobs get access to. When you switch your attackers to it to master its abilities, you’ll be fairly happy with it, but once you’re done with it and move on, you probably won’t miss it.

Chapter Unlocked: 3

Upgrade Location: Halls of Tribulation IV

Specialties

Momentum
Jump abilities will be performed more quickly, and will be more powerful the more weight the user is carrying.

Highwind
Any additional effects applied to regular attacks also apply to Jump. Also, there will be no stat reduction for wielding two weapons as long as a sword or spear is equipped in the left hand.

Abilities

Job Level	Name	Description
1	Jump	Jump up and out of the field of battle, then come crashing down next turn, performing a powerful physical attack on a target.
2	Sonic Thrust	Perform a physical attack on all targets.
3	Thunder Thrust	Perform a powerful lightning-imbued physical attack on a target.
4	Spirit Surge	Perform a powerful physical attack on an enemy that will heal an amount of the user’s HP and MP based on the damage inflicted.
5	Comeback Kid	(Passive) All status ailments will be automatically removed two turns after being inflicted, at which point HP and MP will be fully restored, and BP will be reduced by one.
6	Angon	Perform a powerful physical attack that can penetrate a target’s Default defense.
7	Sky High	(Passive) Performs Jump on a random enemy at zero cost as soon as battle begins.
8	Suffer in Silence	Perform a physical attack that’s extremely effective on silenced targets.
9	Soul Jump	All allies jump up and out of the field of battle, then come crashing down on their next turn, performing powerful physical attacks on random targets.
10	Full Force	(Passive) Applying spells or other abilities to multiple targets will increase their effect, including the amount of damage inflicted.
11	Spirit-Crusher	Perform a quick physical attack on a single target that has a good chance of removing one of their BP. (A critical hit is required to take BP to -2 or below.)
12	Brave Front	(Passive) Spells or attacks affecting all enemies will inflict more damage the more BP the user has.
13	Spear Lore	(Passive) Spear aptitude is increased to S.
14	Bolt Blast	Perform an extremely powerful lightning-imbued physical attack on a target.
15	Super Jump	Jump up and out of the field of battle, then come crashing down next turn, performing a powerful physical attack on all targets.

Spiritmaster – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

Rating – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

★★★★★

Bravely Default 2 Jobs Overview – Spiritmaster
Spiritmaster is one of the best Bravely Default 2 jobs available. It’s definitely the best support job. Even before you master it, its skillset is useful, but once you master it, that’s when it begins to really shine. Its There in Spirit specialty makes all of its spirit skills persistently active as long as the user has 1 or fewer BP, even if the Spiritmaster is dead.

That means just having a maxed out Spiritmaster in your party will cast a Cura-level party-wide heal, cure most negative status effects, revive all party members, refill a significant amount of MP and gives everyone an extra BP every regularly for free. It’s hard to beat. Oh, also it’s passively immune to almost every status effect and can’t be killed by damage unless it’s at 1 HP already.

Chapter Unlocked: 3

Upgrade Location: Halls of Tribulation IV

Specialties

Spirited Defence
When spirits summoned by abilities are present, instant-death effects and status ailments that render their target inactive (sleep, paralysis, dread, berserk, confusion, charm, stop and freezing) are prevented, and as long as HP is at 20% or higher, the user can survive any attack with one HP.

There in Spirit
Spirited Defence effects apply even when spirits are not present, and the effects of all spirit-summoning abilities learned so far are applied automatically when the user has one or fewer BP.

Abilities

Job Level	Name	Description
1	Healthbringer	Summon a spirit that will restore all allies’ HP three times at regular intervals. Two spirits cannot be summoned at once. Summoning a new spirit will cause any existing spirit to disappear.
2	Banish	Perform a light magic attack on a target/all targets.
3	Devotion	Restore a target’s MP by an amount equal to 20% of the user’s max. MP.
4	Regeneration	Restore 10% of a target’s HP at the end of their turn. Effect will remain until actively removed.
5	Banishra	Perform a powerful light magic attack on a target/all targets.
6	Reraise	A selected ally will be automatically revived if knocked out. Effect will remain until target has been revived or effect is removed.
7	Spiritbringer	Summon a spirit that will restore all allies’ MP three times at regular intervals. Two spirits cannot be summoned at once. Summoning a new spirit will cause any existing spirit to disappear.
8	Sub-Job Specialty 1	(Passive) The first specialty listed for the user’s sub-job is activated.
9	Basunabringer	Summon a spirit that will perform Basuna on all allies three times at regular intervals. Two spirits cannot be summoned at once. Summoning a new spirit will cause any existing spirit to disappear.
10	Banishga	Perform an extremely powerful light magic attack on a target/all targets.
11	Purebringer	Summon a spirit that will remove status effects from all allies three times at regular intervals. Two spirits cannot be summoned at once. Summoning a new spirit will cause any existing spirit to disappear.
12	Holy	Perform an incredibly powerful light magic attack on a target.
13	Lifebringer	Summon a spirit that will revive all allies three times at regular intervals. Two spirits cannot be summoned at once. Summoning a new spirit will cause any existing spirit to disappear.
14	Staff Lore	(Passive) Staff aptitude is increased to S.
15	Bravebringer	Summon a spirit that will restore a BP to all allies three time at regular intervals. Two spirits cannot be summoned at once. Summoning a new spirit will cause any existing spirit to disappear.

Swordmaster – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

Rating – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

★★★★★

Bravely Default 2 Jobs Overview – Swordmaster
Solid Stance is insanely good. It doubles your damage for 0 MP. In addition to that, its actual damaging abilities (Fourfold Flurry and Ninefold Flurry) are extremely powerful. Much more powerful than any of the skills on offer by other physical damage Bravely Default 2 jobs you have when the Swordmaster becomes unlocked.

Swordmaster is easily one of the premiere physical attack jobs out of all the Bravely Default 2 jobs. If you give it Indiscriminate Rage (Berserker), it can pretty much end every encounter for the rest of the game on its first turn.

Chapter Unlocked: 3

Upgrade Location: Halls of Tribulation III

Specialties

Redoubled Effort
The more BP the user has, the more damage inflicted when regular attacks and swordmaster counterattacking abilities are performed.

Double Duty
Equipping the same type of weapon in both hands will activate sub-job specialties.

Abilities

Job Level	Name	Description
1	Solid Stance	Adopt a stance from which the ‘Attack’ command is automatically performed twice every time it is selected.
2	Fluid Stance	Adopt a counterattacking stance from which the user will automatically hit back against any attack aimed at them.
3	Counter	(Passive) 50% chance of answering any physical attack with a counterattack. Will not be triggered by attacks that target the entire party.
4	Solid Right Style	Usable when in Solid Stance. Perform a physical attack on a target that will delay their next turn.
5	Fluid Left Style	Usable when in Fluid Stance. When attacked, hit back with a physical strike that will reduce the opponent’s BP by one. This will happen every time the user is attacked until their next turn, even if they have a negative number of BP.
6	Out with a Band	(Passive) When the user is knocked unconscious, a hugely powerful physical attack will be unleashed on the perpetrator and their allies.
7	Divide Attention	For four turns, the user will be targeted as frequently as their most frequently targeted ally.
8	Fourfold Flurry	Perform four physical attacks on a target in quick succession.
9	2 Hands Are Better Than 1	(Passive) Equipping a sword, axe, spear or staff in the user’s right hand will result in its being used with both hands, increasing its stats to 1.4x normal levels. The user’s left hand must be empty.
10	Solid Slash	Usable when in Solid Stance. Perform a powerful physical attack on a target and bring the user’s next turn around more quickly.
11	Fluid Flow	Usable when in Fluid Stance. When attacked, hit back with a powerful physical strike that will increase the user’s BP by one. This will happen every time the user is attacked until their next turn, even if they have a negative number of BP.
12	Multitask	(Passive) 33% chance of any regular attack being followed up with a further quick physical attack.
13	Ninefold Flurry	Perform nine physical attacks on a target in quick succession.
14	Solid Smash	Usable when in Solid Stance. Perform an extremely powerful physical attack on a target that will delay their turn, and also bring hte user’s next turn around more quickly.
15	Fluid Frenzy	Usable when in Fluid Stance. When attacked, hit back with a powerful physical strike that will steal one of the target’s BP. This will happen every time the user is attacked until their next turn, even if they have a negative number of BP.

Oracle – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

Rating – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

★★

Bravely Default 2 Jobs Overview – Oracle
Oracle is deeply, deeply underwhelming, especially since you get it right after the arguably broken Spiritmaster job. Elemental Supplement is kind of nice, and Hastega is decent, but otherwise it’s a questionable upgrade to a standard Black Mage. Triple sounds nice in theory, but usually if an enemy is weak to one of the 3 core magic elements, it resists or absorbs the opposite one. And, as I mentioned in the Bard section, Spiritmaster’s Purebringer clears buffs, so if you want to use Elemental Supplement or Hastega, you have to forego having a Spiritmaster.

Chapter Unlocked: 3

Upgrade Location: Halls of Tribulation IV

Specialties

In One’s Element
Attacks targeting elemental weaknesses deal 40% more damage and elemental magic costs 40% less to perform.

Moonlighting
Sub-job stat adjustments and weapon aptitudes are applied to the user’s main job.

Abilities

Job Level	Name	Description
1	Quick	Enable an ally to deliver 50% more hits with the ‘Attack’ command for two turns.
2	Slow	Attempt to slow a target down.
3	Haste	Make a target able to act more quickly for three turns.
4	Elemental Impairment	Reduce a target’s resistance to a selected element for two turns.
5	Triple	Perform up to three quick fire, water or lightning magic attacks on a target.
6	Elemental Supplement	Imbue a target’s regular attacks (performed with the ‘Attack’ command) and attacking abilities with a selected element for two turns.
7	Reflect	Place a magic-reflecting barrier in front of a target for two turns.
8	Stop	Attempt to stop a target.
9	Elemental Ward	Increase a target’s resistance to a selected element for three turns.
10	Noble Sacrifice	(Passive) When the user is knocked unconscious, any unconscious allies will be revived with full HP. One use per battle.
11	Triplara	Perform up to three fire, water or lightning magic attacks on a target in quick succession.
12	Hastega	Make a target act a lot more quickly for three turns.
13	Quickga	Enable an ally to deliver 100% more hits with the ‘Attack’ command for two turns.
14	Slowga	Attempt to slow a target down significantly.
15	Triplega	Perform up to three powerful fire, water or lightning magic attacks on a target in quick succession.

Salve-Maker – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

Rating – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

★★★★

Bravely Default 2 Jobs Overview – Salve-Maker
Salve-Maker gives White Mage a run for its money. It’s capable of fully reviving party members for no MP cost, fully healing MP, healing the entire party for 2500 HP (or more, if you master Salve-Maker and use Bare-Fisted Brawler), examining all enemies at once, and making enemies vulnerable to any type of attack.

It’s an extremely useful class among the Bravely Default 2 jobs and makes an excellent sub-job for fast characters and tanks. You’ll definitely want to master this job on at least one character, if not multiple characters.

Chapter Unlocked: 3

Upgrade Location: Halls of Tribulation III

Specialties

Master Medic
One healing herb and one magic herb are received after every battle. Also, items will occasionally not be expended when used.

Unencumbered
All item effects are increased when the user is empty handed. Any effects earned from compounding will also be intensified, and the BP cost of all abilities will be reduced by one.

Abilities

Job Level	Name	Description
1	Compounding	Combine two items together for a range of interesting effects.
2	Survey	Scrutinise all enemies closely, revealing their HP, vulnerabilities and family.
3	Widen Area	Use an item on multiple targets instead of one.
4	Philtre	Attempt to charm a target.
5	Revive	Revive a knocked-out target with 50% of their HP restored.
6	Status-Conscious	(Passive) Increases the chance of inflicting status ailments.
7	Heartbreak	Perform a physical attack that’s extremely effective on charmed targets.
8	Thrust and Parry	(Passive) Reduces damage received by 15% x the number of weapons equipped. Damage is reduced by a further 20% if the Highwind or Dual Wield passive abilities are in effect.
9	BP Tonic	Mix up a medicine that increases BP by one, and administer it to a target.
10	BP Depleter	Mix up a medicine that reduces BP by one, and administer it to a target.
11	Analysis	Perform a quick physical attack on a target that will reveal their vulnerabilities. For the next three turns, any attacks on monsters of that family will deal vulnerability-exploiting damage.
12	Healing Item Amp	(Passive) The effects of all healing items are increased by 50%.
13	Advanced Compounding	Combine three items together for a range of exciting effects.
14	Double BP Tonic	Mix up a medicine that increases BP by two, and administer it to a target.
15	Multimix Elixir	Make five copies of an item and administer them to a target at regular intervals.

Arcanist – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

Rating – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

★★★

Bravely Default 2 Jobs Overview – Arcanist
Arcanist is a powerful mage, but damaging your own party is a major drawback. You can obviously turn it into your benefit by equipping enough elemental resistance gear to nullify or absorb the elements, but that’s not always feasible or worth the effort. The Arcanist specialties are at best underwhelming and at worst an outright drawback.

MP Regen and Magic Amp are both must-have passives for magic users. Even though Arcanist has the most powerful spells, it’s not possible to get Chainspell, Arcanist skillset and Freelancer stat bonuses all at once, and it’s better to cast Quake 8x with Freelancer stat bonuses than cast Meteor and have to choose between max stats and Chainspell.

Chapter Unlocked: 4

Upgrade Location: Halls of Tribulation V

Specialties

All In
Applying attack spells to multiple targets does not reduce the damage inflicted, but does cause them to target the user.

Wild Wizardry
Attack spells are 20% more powerful and also reduce their targets’ MP. However, they will occasionally target all allies and enemies.

Abilities

Job Level	Name	Description
1	Dark	Perform a dark magic attack on a target/all targets.
2	Ardour	Perform a magical attack on ally and foe alike that combines the powers of fire and water.
3	Drain	Perform a magic attack that absorbs a target’s HP.
4	Darkra	Perform a powerful dark magic attack on a target/all targets.
5	Electon	Perform a magical attack on ally and foe alike that combines the powers of lightning and light.
6	Aspir	Perform a magic attack that absorbs a target’s MP.
7	Darkga	Perform an extremely powerful dark magic attack on a target/all targets.
8	Meltdown	Perform a powerful magical attack on ally and foe alike that combines the powers of fire and wind.
9	Death	Attempt to instantly KO a target.
10	MP Regen	(Passive) MP is restored by 5% at the end of each turn.
11	Comet	Perform two to four quick non-elemental magic attacks on a target.
12	Doomsday	Perform an incredibly powerful dark magic attack on a target.
13	Magic Amp	(Passive) Spells cost 50% more MP but deal 25% more damage.
14	Apocalypse	Perform an extremely powerful magical attack on ally and foe alike that combines the powers of earth and darkness.
15	Meteor	Perform four incredibly powerful non-elemental magic attacks on random enemies in quick succession.

Bastion – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

Rating – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

★★★

Bravely Default 2 Jobs Overview – Bastion
Bastion has a really interesting and powerful skillset. Unfortunately it lacks the one thing a tank class needs to really excel as a tank class, which is either a taunt or a guarding ability. Without either of those tools, Bastion is really a support mage with high defense. Bastion with a Shieldmaster sub-job, though, can really shine, although the reverse is often better because Shieldmaster gains BP and MP rapidly from its specialties.

Chapter Unlocked: 4

Upgrade Location: Halls of Tribulation I

Specialties

Default Guard
When Defaulting, damage received is further reduced at a cost of 15 MP. The MP cost is incurred even if the damage is nullified by immunity or absorbed.

Fortitude
When Defaulting, one BP will be earned when attacked at a cost of 15 MP.

Abilities

Job Level	Name	Description
1	Bulwark	Perform a quick physical attack on a target and increase the user’s physical defense by 15% for three turns. Stats cannot be increased beyond 200% of their base value.
2	Phalanx	Perform a quick physical attack on a target and increase the user’s magical defense by 15% for three turns. Stats cannot be increased beyond 200% of their base value.
3	Rampart	Erect a barrier that will protect multiple targets from a single physical attack. Cannot be combined with Vallation.
4	Vallation	Erect a barrier that will protect multiple targets from a single magical attack. Cannot be combined with Rampart.
5	Light of Justice	Perform a powerful light-imbued physical attack on a target.
6	Wall	Increase the user’s physical and magical defense by 25% for three turns. Stats cannot be increased beyond 200% of their base value.
7	Blindsider	Perform a physical attack that’s extremely effective on blinded targets.
8	Auto Guard	(Passive) The user’s turn will come around more slowly, but they will Default automatically even when it is not their turn.
9	Critical Flow	Performing a critical attack may cause BP to increase by one.
10	Double Default	For three turns, Defaulting will increase BP by two instead of one.
11	Sanctuary	Shut up shop so that allied and enemy HP, MP and BP cannot be changed until the user’s next turn. (However, usage costs for any abilities used in the meantime will still be deducted.)
12	BP Limit Up	(Passive) Increases BP limit by one, allowing for up to four BP to be accumulated.
13	Holy Light	Perform an extremely powerful light-imbued physical attack on a target.
14	Shield Lore	(Passive) Shield aptitude is increased to S.
15	Corporal Punishment	Perform a powerful physical attack on a target that will deal more damage the higher the user’s physical defense.

Phantom – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

Rating – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

★★★★

Bravely Default 2 Jobs Overview – Phantom
Phantom has the vast majority of damage increasing passive abilities, a strong skillset that rivals any other attack job’s, high attack power and ridiculously high speed. A Phantom with a Salve-Maker sub-job can not only be your main damage dealer, but also an invaluable support character. The only problem with Phantom is it requires a massive amount of MP to dish out the damage Swordmaster can deal for free, and as a main class it’s weight allowance is abysmally low. Still, it’s a really, really good option when it comes to Bravely Default 2 jobs.

Chapter Unlocked: 4

Upgrade Location: Halls of Tribulation VI

Specialties

Achilles’ Heel
Any physical or magical attack that successfully exploits an enemy’s weakness has a 50% chance of inflicting critical damage.

Results Guaranteed
Expends 40 MP to guarantee that any ability effect with a percentage chance of occurring will be triggered.

Abilities

Job Level	Name	Description
1	Recurring Nightmare	Perform a single quick physical attack on a target. If the target is defeated, another action can be performed.
2	Become the Lightning	Increase the user’s physical and magical attack by 25% for three turns. Stats cannot be increased beyond 200% of their base value.
3	Dream Within a Dream	Perform three quick physical attacks on a target.
4	Shroud	Perform a powerful darkness-imbued physical attack on a target.
5	Milk Poison	Perform a physical attack that’s extremely effective against poisoned targets.
6	Critical Amp	(Passive) Critical hit damage is increased by 30%.
7	Flit	Enable the user to evade a single physical attack.
8	Sick Twist	Perform a physical attack that’s extremely effective against targets suffering from contagion.
9	Turn Tables	(Passive) Evading an attack will cause BP to increase by one.
10	Rewarding Results	(Passive) Inflicting a status ailment on a target will be rewarded with an extra action.
11	Dual Wield	(Passive) Equipping multiple weapons will not reduce their effectiveness.
12	Never-Ending Nightmare	Perform an extremely powerful physical attack on a target. If the target is defeated, another action can be performed.
13	Burial Shroud	Perform an extremely powerful darkness-imbued physical attack on a target.
14	Frenetic Fighting	(Passive) The maximum number of hits dealt by the ‘Attack’ command is increased from 16 to 32.
15	Ethereal Edge	Enable the user’s weapon to ignore enemies’ physical defense for three turns.

Hellblade – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

Rating – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

★★★★

Bravely Default 2 Jobs Overview – Hellblade
Hellblade’s high stats and MP regenerating specialty make is a surprisingly good main class for a magic-user. Obviously it’s also a strong physical attack class, but I’d point out it’s just generally a great main class. The big drawback is that if it dies, it automatically gets -3 BP, which is a pretty significant drawback. Overall, I think the best use of Hellblade is as a main class for a magic user until Freelancer/Beastmaster become powered up enough to overshadow it.

Chapter Unlocked: 4

Upgrade Location: Halls of Tribulation VI

Specialties

Deal with the Devil
8% of HP and MP are restored at the end of each turn, but being knocked out will reduce BP to 3.

Strength in Adversity
Taking damage equal to more than 25% of max HP will cause attack and defense to be increased by 10% for three turns.

Abilities

Job Level	Name	Description
1	Ruby Blades	Expend 25% of the user’s max. HP in order to perform three powerful fire-imbued physical attacks on a target at regular intervals.
2	Sapphire Blades	Expend 25% of the user’s max. HP in order to perform three powerful water-imbued physical attacks on a target at regular intervals.
3	Dread Blade	Attempt to fill a target with dread.
4	Diamond Blades	Expend 25% of the user’s max. HP in order to perform three powerful lightning-imbued physical attacks on a target at regular intervals.
5	Minus Strike	Inflict damage on a target equal to the user’s max. HP minus their current HP.
6	Carnelian Blades	Expend 25% of the user’s max. HP in order to perform three powerful earth-imbued physical attacks on a target at regular intervals.
7	Emerald Blades	Expend 25% of the user’s max. HP in order to perform three powerful wind-imbued physical attacks on a target at regular intervals.
8	Terrorise	Perform a physical attack that’s extremely effective against targets suffering from dread.
9	Quartz Blades	Expend 25% of the user’s max. HP in order to perform three powerful light-imbued physical attacks on a target at regular intervals.
10	Onyx Blades	Expend 25% of the user’s max. HP in order to perform three powerful darkness-imbued physical attacks on a target at regular intervals.
11	Death Throes	The user is doomed. In exchange, attack and defense are increased by 50%. Stats cannot be increased beyond 200% of their base value.
12	Surpassing Power	(Passive) The upper limit for the amount of damage that can be inflicted is increased so that it can exceed 9999.
13	Ultima Sword	Sacrifice all MP in order to inflict damage on a target proportional to the amount of MP expended.
14	Last Resort	(Passive) Physical and magical attack power increase as HP is reduced.
15	Deathstorm	Bombard all targets with ten magical sword strikes imbued with random elements, after which the user will be left with one HP, zero MP and -3 BP.

Bravebearer – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

Rating – Bravely Default 2 Jobs

★★★★★

Bravely Default 2 Jobs Overview – Bravebearer
Bravebearer is the last of the Bravely Default 2 jobs you get for a reason. It’s among the best jobs in the game. Its Equaliser skill lets Brave to -3 BP every round with no consequences. With the Maximise HP Monk passive, its Gigagravity skill deals around 15,000 damage to all enemies per cast, guaranteed. Wall of Woe can keep bosses from getting to max BP, which can not only save your party from some big attacks, but also sometimes seriously messes up their AI.

Bravebearer also has a great selection of passive skills. Sub-Job Specialty 2, in particular, is one of the best in the game especially when paired with Freelancer or Spiritmaster.

Chapter Unlocked: 6

Upgrade Location: Halls of Tribulation VII

Specialties

Adrenaline
Defeating a target increases BP by one.

True Grit
BP increases by one at the start of each turn.

Abilities

Job Level	Name	Description
1	Supergravity	Deal damage to all targets equal to 25% of the user’s current HP.
2	Wall of Woe	Cause all allies and enemies to lose one BP three times at regular intervals.
3	Sword Lore	(Passive) Sword aptitude is increased to S.
4	Practice Makes Perfect	Deal physical damage to a target based on the length of time for which the game has been played.
5	Dawn of Odyssey	Cause all allies and enemies to gain one BP three times at regular intervals.
6	Hypergravity	Deal damage to all targets equal to 50% of the user’s current HP.
7	Equaliser	Reduce BP by one for all allies and enemies who BP is at one or more, and increase it by one for anyone whose BP is at minus one or below.
8	Obliterate	(Passive) Any enemy twenty or more levels below the user is instantly killed at the beginning of battle.
9	Victory Smite	Deal physical damage to a target based on the number of battles you’ve won.
10	Sub-Job Specialty 2	(Passive) The second specialty listed for the user’s sub-job is activated.
11	Gigagravity	Deal damage to all targets equal to 75% of the user’s current HP.
12	Victory Double	Perform two physical attacks on a target, each dealing damage based on the number of battles you’ve won.
13	Across the Board	(Passive) Any ability that usually affects a single target now affects multiple targets.
14	BP Bump	Increase all allies’ BP by one.
15	Best Practice	Perform two physical attacks on a target, each dealing damage based on the length of time for which the game has been played.

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