FINAL FANTASY XIV Job Guide

Master a variety of actions, and turn the tide of battle!

In FINAL FANTASY XIV, sufficient mastery of a class will open up the path to one or more related jobs and their respective actions.
To learn more about job actions, traits, and job gauges, check out the section below.

Tank

High in HP and trained in defense, a tank serves as the party's shield. Skilled at keeping a foe's attention and bearing the brunt of enemy attacks.

Healer

Healers use restorative arts to mend wounded companions. They can also help to mitigate damage, remove detrimental effects, and even bring fallen allies back to life.

DPS

Melee DPS

Melee DPS are close-range attackers. Focused on combos and careful positioning to inflict the maximum amount of damage.

Physical Ranged DPS

Physical ranged DPS attack foes from a distance. They excel at inflicting sustained damage, and also provide support for companions.

Magical Ranged DPS

Magical ranged DPS attack foes using a variety of arcane arts. Movement is restricted by casting times, but they excel at inflicting high burst damage.

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Patch 7.5 Adjustments Overview

All Roles

In Patch 7.5, various actions have received potency adjustments to achieve a better balance among jobs within their respective roles.

Moreover, as mentioned during the Fan Festival in Anaheim, the next expansion, Evercold, will introduce a new battle mode in addition to the current job action system.

Warrior: We found warrior's damage output to be slightly lacking compared to other tanks, especially during burst damage phases. For this reason, we have increased the potency of actions typically used for burst damage.
Samurai: Although samurai benefits greatly from party actions that boost damage, resulting in a comparatively high damage increase, their overall damage output was still lagging behind other DPS jobs. To help remedy this issue, we have increased the potency of certain actions.
Reaper: Compared to other DPS jobs, reaper's suitability to any given duty can vary significantly, making it difficult to master and execute ideal rotations. This results in a substantial loss of damage output in high-end content, which is why reaper's usage rate is lower than other jobs. With the ultimate raid releasing shortly after Patch 7.5, rather than make changes that would warrant changing rotations, we decided to slightly increase the potency of reaper's actions.
Viper: As viper's firepower was found to be somewhat lacking compared to other melee DPS jobs, we have increased the potencies of certain actions. Although we previously reduced the potency of area of effect attacks in Patch 7.3, a balance review of jobs in the current environment has shown there is room to raise their potencies slightly, so we have rolled back some of those changes.
Summoner: We made adjustments to summoner in Patch 7.41, but their damage output still appeared to be lacking, particularly in high-end duties, so we have increased the potency of certain abilities.
Sage: Between the two barrier healers, scholar tends to be preferred due to their utility outside of healing. To compensate for this, we have made adjustments to increase sage's damage output.

Previous Patch Adjustments