Geomancer ( Tactics ) Geomancer is a job from " Final Fantasy Tactics " . It is also known as Elemental User in the Japanese promotional materials . It is a balanced job in the physical classes , similar to Samurai , but more defensive . The Geomancer has the action ability Geomancy to bend the earth itself to attack and inflict an ailment to the targets within a certain range . It costs 2 , 870 JP to master this job . Leveling Geomancer to level 2 along with Archer and Thief will unlock Ninja ; leveling to level 5 along with Squire , Chemist , Summoner , Dragoon , and Orator unlocks Mime ; while leveling it to level 5 along with Dragoon will unlock Dancer for females . Leveling to level 8 along with Knight , Black Mage , Dragoon , Ninja , and Samurai , as well as getting 20 kills with the unit ( defeated units must turn into chests or crystals to count as a kill ) , will unlock Dark Knight . Abilities . Elemental / Geomancy . Geomancy , also known as Elemental , is a Geomancer ' s command ability . Every tile in the battlefield is designated a specific type of terrain to determine which Geomancy ability will be used . If the user has not learned the Geomancy ability of the tile that s / he is standing on , the command Geomancy will be unavailable . The damage dealt by Geomancy is low , but they can inflict status effects . The formula of the power of all Geomancy abilities are the same : The chances of statuses with each attack is 25 % . Zodiac compatibility and elemental affinity affect the resultant damage , but Faith stat is irrelevant . This makes female units slightly better Geomancy users than males because females tend to have higher magickal AT scores . The advantages of Geomancy include 100 % hit - rate , no charge time , no MP cost , 1 grid further casting range than most magick spells , and a chance of inflicting a status ailment . The Geomancy effect does not engulf its caster even if s / he is within the effect area , just like the Holy Sword abilities of Holy Knight . Despite the support ability Attack Boost that can be learned from Geomancer class , it does not boost the power of Geomancy abilities . Instead , Arcane Strength learned from Black Mage can slightly increase its power . Support abilities . Attack Boost raises physical attack damage by 33 % . Movement abilities . With Ignore Terrain , moving through clear water does not decrease movement range . It does not eliminate penalty when moving through swamps during a storm , or protect against the poison effect of Poisonous Fens . Terrain tiles . Terrain plays an important role in for Geomancer ' s abilities . The player can learn the type of terrain and its required Geomancy ability of the particular terrain when pressing after cancelling from the unit ' s command menu . The only place to find the terrain " Road " is on the map called Main Street of Lesalia . Since the map cannot be accessed normally , the tile has been dummied out . Standing on the Road tile and selecting Geomancy will attack with the Sinkhole ability . The " Ice " tile is dummied out completely , and is not found on any maps . Non - " Final Fantasy " guest appearances . " Knights of the Crystals " . Geomancer appears as a card in the Ivalice Special Arena has a limited - time special arena with eighteen floors . Etymology . Its Japanese name , " Fūsui " or " Fūsuishi " ( 風水士 ) , refers to the Chinese feng shui .