Black Mage (Final Fantasy XII)

Black Mage is a License Board in the Zodiac versions of Final Fantasy XII. It is represented by the zodiac sign of Capricorn. Black Mage specializes in using magick for offense and exploiting enemies' elemental weaknesses.
The Black Mage has access to 137 licenses, which require 8,086 LP to unlock, as well as up to 12 additional licenses through summon licenses costing 780 LP, and 2 additional licenses costing 145 LP through Quickening licenses.
==Profile==
Black Mage is a magickal class that uses black magick as its main means of attack. It wields staves or hand-bombs, as well as mystic armor to boost its magick power but, interestingly, it can also equip some heavy armor pieces. Due to its high damage output and ability to target multiple enemies, Black Mage excels in taking out mobs of enemies quickly. However, it cannot use weapons with high attack power, has few restorative magicks and low HP.
In The Zodiac Age version, the player can unlock two license boards for each party member. 
Black Mage with Time Battlemage results in an efficient magic blaster and support unit with highly damaging Black Magick regenerating MP through the Warmage augment, leaving plenty of MP to cast the Time Magick buffs as needed. The access to mystic armor and extra number of Magick Lores from the Black Mage will also give the Time Magick enemy debuff spells a higher rate of success. The Black Mage and Time Battlemage pairing also has a surprisingly solid number of hit points due to the two jobs bypassing each other's Esper unlocks for HP licenses—only 30 HP less than a single-job Knight without Exodus.
All the heavy armor users with shields (Foebreaker, Knight and Red Battlemage) give the Black Mage, whose big damage tends to attract unwelcome attention, better defense and chance to evade. Black Mage-Knight can also wield the excellent White Robes + Excalibur combination. Red Battlemage's Black Magick would be redundant, but its Arcane Magick includes the most powerful elemental spell: Ardor. With Black Mage's staves, this combination lets the character use the Flame Staff to boost Ardor. If used on oiled enemies, this can be among the most damaging attacks.
Combining Black Mage with Monk gets three Swiftness licenses and the Black Mage is able to bypass the Esper lock on them. Monk has high HP and access to White Magick, including Holy, boosted by the Black Mage's maximum Magick Lores and the ultimate staff (Staff of the Magi), which augments Holy damage by 50%. Though Holy's damage is high, its casting time is so slow using other spells matches or eclipses damage done with Holy, anyway. Monk is also a powerful physical attacker, which is useful before the most powerful spells become available. However, the damage of Monk's poles is compared against the target's Magick Defense, not physical Defense. This combination also prevents the Monk from accessing Genji Gloves to maximize pole damage.
Coupling Black Mage with Archer allows three Swiftness licenses and access to all HP bonuses without Famfrit on either board. Burning Bow would allow the casting of a powered up Firaga, and gives decent physical damage, all in the same weapon. Shemhazai unlocks four heavy armor licenses between the boards, but the player must choose between Mirror Mail on the Black Mage board or Heavy Armor 10, 11 and 12 on the Archer's board, and the elemental damage of Archer's arrows is inferior to the Black Magick spells. Black Mage-Archer also nets all Item Lores, and the Archer's Cura can be as good for healing as a White Mage thanks to Black Mage's mystic armor and Magick Lores.
Pairing Shikari with Black Mage (or Red Battlemage or White Mage or Bushi), allows the character to equip the Yagyu Darkblade (Dark-elemental weapon) and the Black Robes (Dark damage boosted by 50%) all at the same time, for fighting Yiazmat and other enemies that are weak to Dark. The lack of Genji Gloves in this combination is not an issue, since the +50 Speed from Germinas Boots provides a greater damage boost to ninja blades than Genji Gloves do, anyway.
Machinist gives the option of consistent physical damage when the enemy's magick resistance is high, and light armor HP bonuses. Black Robes can be used with Dark Shot, and Machinist has Steal, Remedy Lore 3, and Potion Lore 3, three Swiftness, Green Magick 1, high level Time Magicks, and Achilles.
==License Board==
==License list==
===Equipment===
Name	Description 	LP cost
 	Allows character to equip Fumarole and Tumulus. 	55
 	Allows character to equip Caldera and Volcano. 	75
 	Allows character to equip Makara. 	105
 	Allows character to equip Oak Staff. 	15
 	Allows character to equip Cherry Staff and Wizard's Staff. 	25
 	Allows character to equip Flame Staff and Storm Staff. 	30
 	Allows character to equip Glacial Staff and Golden Staff. 	40
 	Allows character to equip Judicer's Staff and Cloud Staff. 	65
 	Allows character to equip Staff of the Magi. 	115
 	Allows character to equip Cotton Cap, Magick Curch, Cotton Shirt, and Light Woven Shirt. 	10
 	Allows character to equip Pointy Hat, Topkapi Hat, Silken Shirt, and Kilimweave Shirt. 	15
 	Allows character to equip Calot Hat, Wizard's Hat, Shepherd's Bolero, and Wizard's Robes. 	20
 	Allows character to equip Lambent Hat, Feathered Cap, Chanter's Djellaba, and Traveler's Vestment.	25
 	Allows character to equip Mage's Hat, Mage's Habit, Lamia's Tiara, and Enchanter's Habit. 	30
 	Allows character to equip Sorcerer's Hat, Black Cowl, Sorcerer's Habit, and Black Garb. 	40
 	Allows character to equip Astrakhan Hat, Gaia Hat, Carmagnole, and Maduin Gear. 	50
 	Allows character to equip Hypnocrown, Gold Hairpin, Jade Gown, and Gaia Gear. 	60
 	Allows character to equip Celebrant's Miter and Cleric's Robes. 	70
 	Allows character to equip Black Mask and Black Robes. 	75
 	Allows character to equip White Mask and White Robes. 	80
 	Allows character to equip Golden Skullcap and Glimmering Robes. 	90
 	Allows character to equip Circlet and Lordly Robes. 	110
 	Allows character to equip Steel Mask and Mirror Mail. 	60
 	Allows character to equip Platinum Helm and Platinum Armor. 	65
 	Allows character to equip Giant's Helmet and Carabineer Mail. 	70
 	Allows character to equip Orrachea Armlet. 	5
 	Allows character to equip Bangle and Firefly. 	20
 	Allows character to equip Diamond Armlet and Argyle Armlet. 	25
 	Allows character to equip Battle Harness and Steel Gorget. 	35
 	Allows character to equip Tourmaline Ring and Embroidered Tippet. 	35
 	Allows character to equip Golden Amulet and Leather Gorget. 	35
 	Allows character to equip Rose Corsage and Turtleshell Choker. 	40
 	Allows character to equip Thief's Cuffs and Gauntlets. 	45
 	Allows character to equip Amber Armlet and Black Belt. 	30
 	Allows character to equip Jade Collar and Nishijin Belt. 	40
 	Allows character to equip Pheasant Netsuke and Blazer Gloves. 	45
 	Allows character to equip Gillie Boots and Steel Poleyns. 	60
 	Allows character to equip Berserker Bracers and Magick Gloves. 	60
 	Allows character to equip Sage Ring and Agate Ring. 	70
 	Allows character to equip Ruby Ring and Bowline Sash. 	70
 	Allows character to equip Cameo Belt and Cat-ear Hood. 	70
 	Allows character to equip Bubble Belt and Fuzzy Miter. 	80
 	Allows character to equip Sash and Power Armlet. 	80
 	Allows character to equip Indigo Pendant and Winged Boots. 	100
 	Allows character to equip Opal Ring and Hermes Sandals. 	115
 	Allows character to equip Quasimodo Boots and Nihopalaoa. 	130
 	Allows character to equip Germinas Boots and Ring of Renewal. 	160
 	Allows character to equip Ribbon. 	215
===Magick===
Name	Description 	LP cost
 	Allows character to cast Fire and Thunder. 	15
 	Allows character to cast Blizzard and Blind. 	20
 	Allows character to cast Aqua and Silence. 	25
 	Allows character to cast Aero and Sleep. 	30
 	Allows character to cast Fira and Poison. 	40
 	Allows character to cast Thundara and Blizzara.	50
 	Allows character to cast Bio and Blindga. 	60
 	Allows character to cast Aeroga and Silencega. 	70
 	Allows character to cast Firaga and Thundaga. 	90
 	Allows character to cast Blizzaga and Sleepga. 	90
 	Allows character to cast Toxify and Shock. 	100
 	Allows character to cast Scourge and Flare. 	120
 	Allows character to cast Scathe. 	165
 	Allows character to cast Decoy and Oil. 	40
 	Allows character to cast Drain and Reverse. 	50
 	Allows character to cast Bubble and Syphon. 	90
===Technicks===
Name	Description 	LP cost
 	Restores user's MP and Mist Charges. If the technick fails, MP is reduced to 0.	30
 	Cause one foe to Confuse friend with foe. 	30
 	Capture HP Critical foes to obtain loot. 	30
 	Steal from one foe. 	20
 	Deal ranged damage with melee weapons. 	80
===Augments===
Name 	Description 	Amount	LP cost
+70/150/190/230/270/310/390 HP	Increases max HP by 70/150/190/230/270/310/390. 	7 	30/50/60/70/80/90/115
 	Increases magick potency. Mag+1 	16 	30/30/30/30/50/50/50/50/70/70/70/70/100/100/100/100
 	Remedies remove Sleep, Sap, Immobilize, and Disable.	1 	20
 	Remedies remove Petrify, Confuse, and Oil. 	1 	30
 	Gain MP after taking damage. 	1 	30
1-2-3 	Ethers restore 10%/15%/25% more MP. 	3 	20/35/70
 	Gain MP after dealing magick damage. 	1 	30
 	Gain MP after dealing physical damage. 	1 	30
 	Increases magick power when HP critical. 	1 	65
 	Gain MP after defeating a foe. 	1 	30
 	Reduces action time by 10%. 	2 	30/50
 	Increases duration of status effects. 	1 	30
 	Increases magic power when HP is full. 	1 	70
 	Reduces magick MP cost by 10%. 	3 	30/50/80
===Espers and Quickenings===
Name 	Licenses unlocked 	LP cost
Quickening	+70 HP 	50
Quickening	None 	75
Quickening	None 	100
Quickening	+390 HP 	125
 	None 	20
 	Hand-bombs (3) 	30
 	Steal and Poach 	30
 	Hand-bombs (2) 	35
 	Heavy Armor (7) 	50
 	Makara 	50
 	None 	50
 	Heavy Armor (9) 	65
 	Heavy Armor (8) 	65
 	+190 HP, +230 HP, and +310 HP	100
 	None 	100
 	Telekinesis 	115
 	None 	200
==Notes==
Category:Jobs in Final Fantasy XII
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