Dancer ( Final Fantasy V ) The Dancer is a job in " Final Fantasy V " , acquired after the Earth Crystal shatters . The Dancer is the weakest melee job , having the worst Stamina and HP , as well as low Strength and Agility . The Dancer has little in the way of weapon selection , as they can only equip knives , which are not powerful compared to many other melee weapons , and they do not get a good selection of armor to back up their low HP . The Dancer ' s Dances are weakened if used from the back row , meaning Dancers will have to gamble with being in the front row to do good damage with physical attacks . It is advised to keep Dancers in the back row with a magic skillset , as they can boost Earth and Wind elemental attacks with the Air Knife and Gaia Gear . If the player is bold enough to leave them in the front row , they may opt to attempt the Sword Dance strategy by equipping the Dancer with the Rainbow Dress , Red Slippers , and Lamia ' s Tiara . Mastering Dancer for all four characters in the mobile and Steam versions earns the player the achievement " A One and a Two . . . " . Appearance . Bartz wears an outfit suited for Latin dancing : an open red shirt , black trousers , and a bright green sash . Lenna wears a blue cocktail dress with a green sash , a pink bracelet ( blue in the mobile / Steam remake ) and a flower in her hair . The Dancer is one of few jobs in which Faris looks feminine ; she pins her hair up in a ponytail with earrings and wears a 70s disco outfit consisting of a pink crop - top with flared sleeves and flared trousers ( bell - bottoms ) . Galuf wears a traditional Samba outfit like those worn by men at the various held throughout the world . Krile wears a half - shirt , a frilly mini - skirt , and a bracelet . Abilities . Dance is a random command , which has one of the following effects : Rainbow Dress , Red Slippers , and Lamia ' s Tiara make the wearer do a Sword Dance when he / she would ' ve done a Tempting Tango , doubling Sword Dance ' s chance of appearing to 50 % , and making Dance a powerful command . The random HP / MP drain can also be helpful as long as the target isn ' t an undead . Sword Dance is especially good if Barehanded is equipped as a support ability ( learned from Monk ) . Flirt never works on a Heavy - type enemy and Berserk overwrites the effects of Flirt . Equip Ribbons allows the character to equip the Dancer - specific equipment , which includes the Ribbon , Man - Eater , Rainbow Dress , Red Slippers , and Lamia ' s Tiara , despite the in - game description . If a character attacks using the Dancing Dagger , he / she will use the Dance command instead of performing a normal attack , even if their job is different . Upon mastery , Freelancers and Mimes gain the Dancer ' s base Strength and Agility unless they already have a higher base from another mastered job . The stat modifiers for Dancers are : Other appearances . " Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy " . As his downloadable costume Bartz wears his Dancer design from " Final Fantasy V " . Its official name is " Dancer " , like the job ' s name . " Dissidia Final Fantasy " ( 2015 ) . Since Bartz has a new moveset based on the classes in " Final Fantasy V " , he now has a move based on the Dancer job . Dancer is an HP attack that is a mid - range combo attack with a random chance of becoming a longer combo . When Bartz masters the job after using Dancer on opponents thrice , the attack will be executed faster and with the longer combo . " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " . Dancer appears in " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " with Wind - and Water - elemental cards .