FFT JOB FOCUS - MYSTIC - Guide to Abilities, Equipment and Stats

[Music] life death yin and yang all are kept in balance to focus the arcane powers and energies at the mystic's disposal enemies are driven to madness their blood boiling with rage or have their courage sapped from them reducing their form to little more than the gibbering chicken left to scurry about the battlefield mystics are sturdier than your average mage can often be found in close combat dealing surprising amounts of damage when they aren't weaving their strange magics on their foes hi i'm mikey from tactics live tournament and today i have another episode in the job focus series the goal of these videos is to crack open the hood on each class present technical information in a simplified way and help you make better choices when raising your squad in today's job focus we're going to do a deep dive into the mystic class looking at their equipment choices how their abilities work and touch on how to manage their stats are you curious about including a mystic in your pvp roster but are unsure how to utilize their stats and equipment for a truly unique combatant or have you been wondering how best to sap and drain your enemies energy in your storyline progression if so get ready to unravel the mystical forces of the body and mind as we get into a mystic job focus session [Music] the mystic isn't your typical caster it could be a strange unit to find a niche for in your roster unlike other casters the mystic doesn't deal direct damage or use curative healing spells to restore allies instead they rely on inflicting status effects other classes do not have access to such as berserk sleep and stone mystics also make formidable melee combatants thanks to the use of poles giving them extended range to strike their opponents from a safe distance while carrying some essential abilities usable by other classes to unlock the mystic you will need a level 2 chemist and a level 3 white mage considering the class of jobs needed to get started it can come as a surprise to see how much the mystic changes from an established healer to a debuffing support role for the mystic versatility seems to be the focus when it comes to your choice of weapons rods staffs books and poles are available to equip for this episode we will be focusing on polls as we have covered books during the arithmetician job focus and will cover rods and stabs in future episodes polls are considered lunging weapons the first of their kind we have covered so far it is worth noting that lunging weapons strike two tiles of distance so you do not need to be directly adjacent to your target anymore safely avoiding the risks of melee counter attacks in addition lunging weapons can strike three height both up and down directions giving your mystic greater range of damage against enemies trying to climb their way to safety why would you want your mystic in close combat in the first place you might be asking in this case it is because poles use your magic attack stat as a multiplier for damage against the weapon power of the pole this means when you are out of mp you can still use that generous ma stat line to inflict punishment on your enemies and continue to deliver value the rest of the mystics kit revolves around increasing your magic attack since mystics have access to clothes as well as robes you can attempt to boost their hp or speed if you would like to tune them for better close combat fighters with the thief's hat and a cape for better protection otherwise your standard magic based robes and accessories will give you the magic and melee punch you need [Music] for the mystic's action abilities we can derive our success rate for the various spells on the same equation which is based on your faith and the target's faith then your magic attack added to the factor for that individual spell this means that increasing your faith is going to have a much greater effect on your success rate than simply increasing your magic attack luckily the mystic comes with a spell to help you out with that belief which gives you the faith status effectively raising your faith to a hundred let's take a moment to look at the different success rates across the mystic arts with the highest successes being blind in harmony with 200 and a low of corruption with 100 [Music] let's take another moment to pick out a couple key action abilities the well-rounded mysik can always be found with starting with invigoration which deals 25 percent of your target's hp as damage and gives you that amount back in hp this is great against tanky characters whose defenses you just can't seem to get past and keeping up your own health has an added bonus next we have empowerment absorbing 33 of your target's mp against fellow casters this is a must-have as your own abilities have a relatively high mp cost of their own so why not use their pool of mp as yours these are the only two damaging abilities and the rest are used for debilitating status effects the first you will probably pick up even before the first two mentioned is hesitation for 100 job points this disables your target preventing them from acting for 24 ticks in addition when a unit is disabled they are unable to use the reaction ability a great way to get through reflexes or shira hidori we mentioned belief to boost your faith or also your enemies faith we should also mention disbelief as the opposite inflicting your target with the atheist status which reduces their faith to zero while all of the mystic's action abilities can find a use during battle the last i would like to mention for this video is harmony costing 800 job points to learn it is worth it for the benefit of removing buffs from your targets that could swing the tie to battle in your favor such as removing re-raise reflect or haste with a very high success rate to boot for reaction abilities we have mp absorb which gives the mystic mp equal to the amount used to cast the spell that hit them i prefer to rely on skills like empowerment to gain mp over the course of battle and there are plenty of better reaction options available for mages so i would say this one is safe to skip defense boost is like having a layer of protect on you at all times and is great for tanky melee characters as well as the mystics themselves nor weather removes any penalties or bonuses caused by the inclement weather like rain and snow i give slight boost to spells mystic has probably one of the best movement spells in the game and that's mana font this ability gives you a small amount of mp at the end of your movement for casters this isn't a lot usually not enough to cast a single spell but when combined with mana shield reaction ability this guarantees a small mp refill which is all you need to have mana shield kick in and absorb all incoming damage if there is one thing that is not strange and mystical with this job it's your move and jump of three which you can almost always expect from any other caster class in addition you can count on the standard 5 class evasion rate looking at our class stats we are taking a penalty of 75 to our hp a nice small 110 to our mp nasty but unsurprising 50 to our physical attack and a generous 120 bonus to her magic attack while retaining 100 of her speed on the growth side things are slightly better as our hp is somewhat decent our mp growth is actually very decent our physical attack is lower than average and standard magic attack and speed growth while not exceeding expectations in any category if you're going to be sticking around as a mystic for a while to gather a bunch of abilities you at least won't take too much of a hit to your hp and mp growth [Music] the mystic isn't as intuitive as other caster classes but can still deliver devastating results through applying ailments and removing buffs poles are lunging weapons with 2 tile attack distance and a 3 height striking range in both directions they rely on your magic attack to do damage instead of your physical attack mystic arts benefit from high faith on both your mystic and your target for greater chances of success using belief on yourself is a good first step use robes to increase your ma for better pole damage more mp for your spells though feel free to mix and match clothes and accessories as having a slightly lower ma won't adversely affect your mystic arts compared to low faith manifont when combined with mana shield is a must-have for physical damage dealers so make sure you pick this up if you plan on being a high-powered ninja or dark knight one day though this skill admittedly has less use for dedicated casters this concludes this episode of the job focus series with the mystic i wanted to take this opportunity to promote the official tacticsleague.com website linked in the description hats off to tactics league moderator yoshinja for creating this amazing place to get started on war of the lions multiplayer there is definitely a pvp focus here but honestly there is something for every fan of final 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Channel: Tactics Live Tournament

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Keywords: final fantasy tactics, war of the lions, psp, fft pvp, fft live

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Length: 12min 7sec (727 seconds)

Published: Thu Jun 16 2022