Warrior

Recommended races: Elvaan, Galka and Hume

Warriors are the Tank Job (class) in Final Fantasy XI (Note: A Tank is a combat role. The Tank is the character in the party who is good at absorbing large amounts of punishment). Warriors have all of the skills and characteristics necessary to make them the premiere defensive fighters of Vana d'iel - high HP (Hit Points), high defense (both innate and because of the variety of armors they can wear), good evasion and solid damage with their weapons.

Warriors specialize in close combat fighting. They use the widest variety of weapons of any job (i.e. all of them), and acquire the provocation ability at level five (making them the only standard job that can lure monsters into attacking them instead of their more vulnerable party members).

Warriors have strong defensive skills: they get both Shield (allowing them to block attacks with their shield) and Parry (allowing them to parry attacks with their weapon).

Warriors can solo (fight by themselves) very effectively at lower levels, but as they enter the mid-levels, they will need to join groups. Also, as Warriors have no magical healing abilities of their own, teaming up with White Mage (healer) is almost a necessity by mid to high levels. If you choose Warrior, make sure to make friends with White Mages! (Don't worry, they will want to make friends with you too – White Mages have minimal offensive combat ability).

	Warrior Starting Ability Scores
		Hume	Elvaan	Tarutaru	Galka	Mithra
	HP	31	33	27	36	31
	MP	0	0	0	0	0
	STR	8	9	7	9	8
	DEX	7	7	7	7	9
	VIT	6	7	6	8	6
	AGI	7	6	8	7	8
	INT	5	4	7	5	5
	MND	5	6	5	5	5
	CHR	6	6	6	5	5

Warriors are an easy class to play through the low levels (you do not need much MMOG experience to play a warrior in FF XI).

Warrior Job Ability
Name	LV	Dur	RU	Target	Effect
Mighty Strike	1		120	Self	All melee attacks are critical hits for the duration.
Provocation	5		0:30	Target	Makes monster attack you.
Berserker	15	3	5	Self	Attack 25% up, Defense 25% down
Defender	25	3	3	Self	Attack 25% down, Defense 25% up
War Cry	35	0:30	5	Party	Increases attack power of party members. Generates monster hate.
Aggressor	45	3:30	3:30	Self	Hit ratio up, evasion down
Job Traits
Phy. Defense Up	10			Self	Bonus to Physical Defense
Resist Virus	15			Self	Acquire resistance to disease
Double Attack	25			Self	Double Attack (occasional)
Phy. Defense Up	30			Self	Bonus to Physical attack
					Dur = Duration; RU = Reuse Time (in minutes)

Warrior combat skills: hand to hand, dagger, sword, great sword, axe, great axe, scythe, pole arm, club, staff, archery, marksmanship, throwing, guard, evasion, shield, parry.