Samurai (Final Fantasy V)

The Samurai is a job in Final Fantasy V obtained from the Earth Crystal. It is a physical fighter job with some strong abilities, solid stats, and the ability to equip katanas in battle. Samurai are not strictly built around their commands the way other jobs are, but do learn some abilities that can devastate opponents.
Samurai's innately have the Shirahadori support abilities, which improves their ability to evade attacks and can grant great survivability. The ability makes mastering Samurai worthwhile, as Freelancers and Mimes will gain Shirahadori innately after mastering the job. Samurai's innate command is Zeninage, which throws gil at an enemy, costing the party money but doing immense fixed damage. Samurai also learn Mineuchi, a physical attack that can hit enemies without removing any statuses, and Iainuki, which has a chance to inflict Instant Death on all enemies.
Mastering this job on the whole party earns the "Four Samurai" achievement in the now defunct mobile and Steam versions.
==Characteristics==
Each character wears traditional samurai armor. Lenna forgoes a helmet and Galuf's helmet lacks a tassel. Everyone wears red with gray except for Faris, who wears gray with blue, and Galuf, who wears red with black and white. The sprites have been altered for the now defunct mobile/Steam port, where Faris also forgoes wearing a helmet and has her hair up in a ponytail and wears a white sweatband.
==Gameplay==
===Stats===
Stat 	Modifier
Strength	+19
Agility 	+2
Stamina 	+19
Magic 	-12
Samurai boast very high Strength, affecting their physical damage, and Stamina, affecting their HP. Coupled with Shirahadori, Samurai have great survivability. Their Agility bonus is negligible, meaning their turn rate is not much higher than a base Freelancer, and they have a small Magic penalty (though this can be alleviated by equipping a magic skillset in their ability slot, if needed).
Equipping the Equip Katanas ability on another job grants the Samurai's +19 Strength bonus if it was not already higher.
Upon mastery, Freelancers and Mimes gain the Samurai's base Strength, Agility, and Stamina unless they already have a higher base from another mastered job.
===Equipment===
Katanas are the Samurai's main weapon, which only they and Freelancers can wield. They have critical hit rates (the average being 12% critical), but are incompatible with Spellblade. Beyond this, Samurai can equip knives, shields, helmets, light armor, heavy armor, and gauntlets.
The best katana in most versions is the Murakumo, stolen from the Yojimbo. The Masamune sealed weapon is also notable in how it lets the wielder always act first in battle and casts Haste when used as an item. The Advance version adds the new ultimate katana, Mutsunokami, in the post-game bonus dungeon, Sealed Temple.
The Samurai's best equipment in most versions is the Genji equipment (Genji Helm/Armor/Shield/Gloves), stolen from Gilgamesh. Some of this equipment is surpassed by equipment found in the post-game bonus dungeon in GBA and the now defunct mobile and Steam versions.
;Knives
*Knife
*Dagger
*Mythril Knife
*Mage Masher
*Main Gauche
*Orichalcum Dirk
*Dancing Dagger
*Air Knife
*Thief Knife
*Assassin Dagger
*Gladius
*Chicken Knife
;Katanas
*Ashura
*Wind Slash
*Osafune
*Kotetsu
*Kiku-Ichimonji
*Murasame
*Masamune
*Murakumo
*Mutsunokami
;Shields
*Leather Shield
*Bronze Shield
*Iron Shield
*Mythril Shield
*Gold Shield
*Aegis Shield
*Diamond Shield
*Flame Shield
*Ice Shield
*Crystal Shield
*Genji Shield
*Force Shield
*Hematic Shield(dummied)
;Helmets
*Bronze Helm
*Iron Helm
*Mythril Helm
*Golden Helm
*Diamond Helm
*Crystal Helm
*Grand Helm
*Genji Helm
*Thornlet
;Heavy armor
*Bronze Armor
*Iron Armor
*Mythril Armor
*Golden Armor
*Diamond Armor
*Crystal Armor
*Genji Armor
*Maximillian
;Light armor
*Leather Armor
*Copper Cuirass
*Kenpo Gi
*Silver Plate
*Ninja Suit
*Power Sash
*Diamond Plate
*Mirage Vest
*Black Garb
*Vishnu Vest
*Bone Mail
;Generic accessories
*Leather Shoes
*Silver Specs
*Reflect Ring
*Hermes Sandals
*Elven Mantle
*Flame Ring
*Coral Ring
*Angel Ring
*Protect Ring
*Cursed Ring
*Hyper Wrist
*Chaos Orb
*Crystal Orb
*Sorceror's Mantle
;Command-specificaccessories
*Kaiser Knuckles
*Kornago Gourd
;Gauntlets
*Mythril Gloves
*Gauntlets
*Genji Gloves
*Titan's Gloves
===Abilities===
Ability	Job level	AP required	Type 	Innate	Description
 	1 	10 	Command	No 	Stun enemies by smacking them with a blade's dull side.
 	2 	30 	Command	Yes 	Damage all enemies by tossing gil.
 	3 	60 	Support	Yes 	Catch and stop enemy attacks.
 	4 	180 	Support	Yes 	Gain the ability to wield katanas.
 	5 	540 	Command	No 	Unleash an attack that hits all enemies in an instant.
Zeninage is Samurai's default ability. It throws gil at an enemy based on the user's level; the higher their level, the more gil consumed, and the more fixed damage the ability deals. Though temporary level boosts raise damage dealt, they do not raise gil consumed. The ability is extremely powerful, but should not be used frequently as to empty the party's funds.
Shirahadori increases the ability to dodge physical attacks by 25%. Though it is a useful support ability, it takes up an entire ability slot when equipped by another job, and other means of reducing damage to the whole party are available without doing so. However, mastering Samurai grants Shirahadori innately, meaning this is where the support ability will see most use.
Mineuchi is effectively a stronger physical attack. It will ignore an equipped weapon's special abilities or effects, and will not dispel confuse, sleep, or control. In earlier versions of the game, Mineuchi will not add paralyze despite the in-game message due to a bug; this was fixed in the defunct mobile and Steam ports, and then in the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series version.
Iainuki takes two turns to use (one to charge), and has an 85% chance to inflict Instant Death on all targets. It takes into account the level factor that magic attacks use, and will never work against Heavy-types. Though it can be used to clear through many groups of normal enemies, it will likely not see frequent use.
==Other appearances==
===Dissidia Final Fantasy NT===
Since Bartz has a new moveset based on the classes in Final Fantasy V, he now has a move based on the Samurai job. Samurai is an HP attack and a charge move that starts off with Bartz charging up Zeninage, which has three levels of charge. Each level has increased range, damage and area of effect, and can potentially hit multiple opponents. If a Zeninage is successful, he finishes the attack with a wide slash with his katana.
When Bartz masters Samurai after landing it on opponents twice, his Zeninage charges faster.
Bartz's second alternate outfit is based on the Samurai class, fittingly named "Samurai". The default armor is red; the same as in the original game. His second color option is blue, Faris's armor color, and his third option is black, Galuf's armor color in the mobile/Steam release. 
DFFNT Bartz Klauser Costume 03-A.png|Samurai I 
DFFNT Bartz Klauser Costume 03-B.png|Samurai II 
DFFNT Bartz Klauser Costume 03-C.png|Samurai III 
===Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia===
Similar to Bartz's moveset in Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, the main cast of V borrows abilities from several different classes as an homage to the Freelancer/Mime jobs. 
Bartz's EX Ability is the Level 5 Samurai ability Iainuki. Once Force Attacks were introduced, Bartz would act as Yuna's FR partner, with Yuna summoning Yojimbo while Bartz used the Level 2 Samurai ability Zeninage, a combination of which allows Bartz to use Yojimbo's Great Katana, Zanmato. This is a callback of Yojimbo's mechanic in Final Fantasy X wherein a payment must be made in order to unlock his various attacks. 
Galuf also shares an ability with the Samurai class, his Level 20 Attack being the Level 3 Samurai ability Shirahadori. Through the special mechanic Final Fantasy V characters possess in Opera Omnia, Galuf can "Master" this ability after enough uses changing it into Shirahadori+. Prior to an update, this attack was called "Blade Block". 
Iainuki DFFOO.jpg|Iainuki (DFFOO)
Shirahadori DFFOO.jpg|Shirahadori (DFFOO)
Blade Block DFFOO.png|Blade Block (DFFOO)
File:Zeninage DFFOO.jpg|Zeninage (DFFOO)
==Gallery==
Zeninage from FFV Advance.png|Zeninage (GBA).
FFV Mineuchi from FFV Advance.png|Mineuchi (GBA).
Iainuki from FFV Advance.png|Iainuki (GBA).
Shirahadori from FFV Advance.png|Shirahadori (GBA).
FFV iOS Mineuchi from FFV Advance.png|Mineuchi (defunct mobile/Steam).
FFV iOS Zeninage.png|Zeninage (defunct mobile/Steam).
Iainuki from FFV Pixel Remaster.jpg|Iainuki (Pixel Remaster).
BartzSamurai TCG.png|Trading card.
FFV-iOS-Ach-Four Samurai.png|Achievement icon (defunct mobile).
==Etymology==
Category:Jobs in Final Fantasy V
de:Samurai (FFV)