Knight (Tactics)

Knight is a job from Final Fantasy Tactics. It is the first real physical job acquired, with abilities that focus mainly on disabling hume characters by lowering their stats or destroying their equipment. The Rend equipment abilities will fail against a target who has equipped the support ability Safeguard and will do damage equal to a normal attack if the target lacks the corresponding equipment. The job costs 3,750 JP to master.
In the War of the Lions, leveling Knight to level 3 unlocks the Monk, and leveling it to level 4 along with separate level requirements for Dragoon and Monk unlocks Samurai. Mastering the job as well as getting the jobs Samurai, Ninja, Geomancer, Black Mage, and Dragoon to level 8, and having 20 kills with the character (meaning the enemy is crystallized or dropped a treasure chest) is needed to unlock the Dark Knight job. The job unlock level requirements tend to be a little lower in the PlayStation version.
While the sprites of knights from the Order of the Northern Sky and the Order of the Southern Sky use almost the same color scheme as with the player-controlled job, they can be distinguished by examining the emblem color on the cape. Blue emblem represents the Northern Sky, and red emblem is of the Southern Sky.
==Stats==
Prerequisite	Weapons 	Helmet 	Armor 	Equip Shields?
Lv. 2 Squire	Swords, Knight Swords	Helmets	Armor, Robes	Yes
Move Rate	Jump Rate	Speed	Physical Evasion Rate	Base Attack	Base Magic	Base HP	Base MP
3 	3 	8 	10% 	High 	Average 	High 	Average
==Abilities==
===Arts of War===
The Dual Wield ability (acquired using the Ninja job) allows the player to take two chances at "rending" equipment and statistics. For example, players can rend an enemy's speed twice in one turn.
In the PlayStation version, the first four abilities are useless against enemies that cannot equip armor or weapons (i.e. "monsters").
Name	Range 	Effect 	Speed 	JP Needed
() 	Depends on equipped weapon 	0 	Now 	300
() 	A technique that destroys the item equipped on the target's head.Effect: Destroy HeadgearSuccess Rate: 45 + Physical Attack + Weapon Strength	A technique that destroys the item equipped on the target's head.Effect: Destroy HeadgearSuccess Rate: 45 + Physical Attack + Weapon Strength	A technique that destroys the item equipped on the target's head.Effect: Destroy HeadgearSuccess Rate: 45 + Physical Attack + Weapon Strength	A technique that destroys the item equipped on the target's head.Effect: Destroy HeadgearSuccess Rate: 45 + Physical Attack + Weapon Strength
() 	Depends on equipped weapon 	0 	Now 	400
() 	A technique that destroys the item equipped on the target's body.Effect: Destroy ArmorSuccess Rate: 40 + Physical Attack + Weapon Strength 	A technique that destroys the item equipped on the target's body.Effect: Destroy ArmorSuccess Rate: 40 + Physical Attack + Weapon Strength 	A technique that destroys the item equipped on the target's body.Effect: Destroy ArmorSuccess Rate: 40 + Physical Attack + Weapon Strength 	A technique that destroys the item equipped on the target's body.Effect: Destroy ArmorSuccess Rate: 40 + Physical Attack + Weapon Strength
() 	Depends on equipped weapon 	0 	Now 	300
() 	A technique that destroys the target's equipped shield.Effect: Destroy ShieldSuccess Rate: 55 + Physical Attack + Weapon Strength 	A technique that destroys the target's equipped shield.Effect: Destroy ShieldSuccess Rate: 55 + Physical Attack + Weapon Strength 	A technique that destroys the target's equipped shield.Effect: Destroy ShieldSuccess Rate: 55 + Physical Attack + Weapon Strength 	A technique that destroys the target's equipped shield.Effect: Destroy ShieldSuccess Rate: 55 + Physical Attack + Weapon Strength
() 	Depends on equipped weapon 	0 	Now 	400
() 	A technique that destroys the target's equipped weapon.Effect: Destroy WeaponSuccess Rate: 30 + Physical Attack + Weapon Strength 	A technique that destroys the target's equipped weapon.Effect: Destroy WeaponSuccess Rate: 30 + Physical Attack + Weapon Strength 	A technique that destroys the target's equipped weapon.Effect: Destroy WeaponSuccess Rate: 30 + Physical Attack + Weapon Strength 	A technique that destroys the target's equipped weapon.Effect: Destroy WeaponSuccess Rate: 30 + Physical Attack + Weapon Strength
() 	Depends on equipped weapon 	0 	Now 	250
() 	A technique that reduces the target's MP.Amount: 50% of Target's Max MPSuccess Rate: 50 + Physical Attack 	A technique that reduces the target's MP.Amount: 50% of Target's Max MPSuccess Rate: 50 + Physical Attack 	A technique that reduces the target's MP.Amount: 50% of Target's Max MPSuccess Rate: 50 + Physical Attack 	A technique that reduces the target's MP.Amount: 50% of Target's Max MPSuccess Rate: 50 + Physical Attack
() 	Depends on equipped weapon 	0 	Now 	250
() 	A technique that reduces the target's Speed.Amount: -2 SpeedSuccess Rate: 50 + Physical Attack 	A technique that reduces the target's Speed.Amount: -2 SpeedSuccess Rate: 50 + Physical Attack 	A technique that reduces the target's Speed.Amount: -2 SpeedSuccess Rate: 50 + Physical Attack 	A technique that reduces the target's Speed.Amount: -2 SpeedSuccess Rate: 50 + Physical Attack
() 	Depends on equipped weapon 	0 	Now 	250
() 	A technique that reduces the target's physical attack power.Amount: -3 Physical AttackSuccess Rate: 50 + Physical Attack 	A technique that reduces the target's physical attack power.Amount: -3 Physical AttackSuccess Rate: 50 + Physical Attack 	A technique that reduces the target's physical attack power.Amount: -3 Physical AttackSuccess Rate: 50 + Physical Attack 	A technique that reduces the target's physical attack power.Amount: -3 Physical AttackSuccess Rate: 50 + Physical Attack
() 	Depends on equipped weapon 	0 	Now 	250
() 	A technique that reduces the target's magickal attack power.Amount: -3 Magic AttackSuccess Rate: 50 + Physical Attack 	A technique that reduces the target's magickal attack power.Amount: -3 Magic AttackSuccess Rate: 50 + Physical Attack 	A technique that reduces the target's magickal attack power.Amount: -3 Magic AttackSuccess Rate: 50 + Physical Attack 	A technique that reduces the target's magickal attack power.Amount: -3 Magic AttackSuccess Rate: 50 + Physical Attack
===Reaction abilities===
Name	Description 	Trigger 	JP Needed
() 	Block physical attacks with the equipped weapon.	Physical Attack	200
===Support abilities===
Name	Description 	JP Needed
() 	Equip helms and armor, regardless of job.	500
() 	Equip shields, regardless of job. 	250
() 	Equip swords, regardless of job. 	400
== Gameplay ==
The Knight is the first available job capable of equipping heavy armor. It boasts some of the highest offensive stats, with high HP and attack, while having average MP and magick and the ability to equip robes to benefit magick-use. A Knight can act as a mixed fighter, employing both physical and magick damage, which helps circumvent the job's weaknesses, which are their speed (they cannot equip speed-boosting Green Beret/Thief's Cap) and mobility. The Knight is among the few jobs that can equip knight swords, the others being Ramza's Squire (on Chapter 4), the arduous to unlock Dark Knight, the "special knights" (Holy Knight, Divine Knight, Sword Saint, and Templar), and the Sky Pirate.
The Knight's Parry reaction ability provides an early means to block physical attacks, and is specially useful on classes that cannot equip shields (rods and the Main Gauche are weapons that work with parry due to their high block stats, with the Dancer's cloth being the highest, though charging/performing characters cannot react with this), although it supplements the defenses of those who can. Its support abilities can play a niche for certain jobs, such as giving more frail jobs, such as the Black Mage, the ability to equip shields and heavy armor, and allows the hatless Monks to equip helmets.
Knights remain useful through the early game thanks to their high offensive stats, and stat-based Rend skills. However, they tend to be outclassed by Dragoons thanks to their increased mobility and ranged attack options with Jump, as well the "special knights", which boast unique abilities. 
Nevertheless, Knights are still a force to be reckoned with throughout the game, and can become formidable with certain abilities from other jobs, such as using Ninja's Dual Wield while equipped with a Blood Sword to heal with (right hand strikes first whereas left hand is a second strike that will miss fallen enemies) and a knight sword to finish an enemy, or survive when being given evasive reaction abilities like the Samurai's Shirahadori or Archer's Bane versus bows. 
Rend Speed is particularly useful to slowing down healing chocobos or bosses, and Rend Weapon makes ranged weapons, polearms' damage bonus from Jump, sword abilities, and even some reaction abilities like Counter or Parry (requires a weapon), ineffective.
To improve the success rate of the Rend skills, the Squire's Equip Axes can destroy equipment more accurately due to their high base weapon strength (ignoring random damage similar to flails for a Squire or a dual-wielding Ninja can use for an extra rend attempt) and Fundaments can increase their physical attack with Focus. The Geomancer can equip an axe as well as use Attack Boost to improve rend success. Knights can also be given the Archer's Concentration support skill, but it will not guarantee success. Alternatively, they can also be given Orator's Equip Guns or the Archer's Equip Crossbows support skills to use their Rend skills from afar.
Since Knights have high durability, they can act as tanks, and are excellent when given Chemist's Item job command, allowing them to also provide support and healing.
==Other appearances==
===Dissidia Final Fantasy NT===
DFF2015 Triple Break.png|Triple Break.
===Pictlogica Final Fantasy===
The Knight appears as an enemy.
===Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade===
;Ability Cards
FFAB Rend Shield - Warrior (F) R.png|Rend Shield (R).
FFAB Rend Shield - Warrior (F) R+.png|Rend Shield (R+).
FFAB Rend Armor - Delita SR.png|Rend Armor (SR).
FFAB Magic Break - Gaffgarion SR.png|Rend Magick (SR).
FFAB Rend Armor - Delita SR+.png|Rend Armor (SR+).
FFAB Magic Break - Gaffgarion SR+.png|Rend Magick (SR+).
FFAB Rend Weapon - Argath SSR.png|Rend Weapon (SSR).
FFAB Rend Weapon - Argath SSR+.png|Rend Weapon (SSR+).
;Legend Cards
FFAB Rend Helm - Ramza Legend SR.png|Rend Helm (SR).
FFAB Rend MP - Goffard Legend SR.png|Rend MP (SR).
FFAB Rend Helm - Ramza Legend SR+.png|Rend Helm (SR+).
FFAB Rend MP - Goffard Legend SR+.png|Rend MP (SR+).
FFAB Rend Weapon - Argath Legend SSR.png|Rend Weapon (SSR).
FFAB Rend Weapon - Argath Legend SSR+.png|Rend Weapon (SSR+).
FFAB Rend Weapon - Ramza Legend SSR+.png|Rend Weapon (SSR+).
===Final Fantasy Record Keeper===
FFRK Rend Armor.png|Rend Armor.
FFRK Mind Break.png|Rend Magick.
FFRK Rend Shield.png|Rend Shield.
FFRK Rend Speed.png|Rend Speed.
===Final Fantasy Brave Exvius===
FFBE Weapon Break.png|Weapon Break.
===Final Fantasy Trading Card Game===
Knight appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game as Ice-elemental Forward cards.
2-025c Knight (Male) TCG.png|Knight [2-025C] Chapter series card.
KnightFemale TCG.png|Knight [5-044C] Chapter series card.
Knight 1-050C from FFTCG Opus.jpg|Knight [1-050C] Opus series card.
Knight 4-040C from FFTCG Opus.jpg|Knight [4-040C] Opus series card.
==Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances==
===Knights of the Crystals===
Knight appears as a card in the Ivalice Special Arena has a limited-time special arena with eighteen floors.
KotC Knight Male.png|Male card.
KotC Knight Female.png|Female card.
]==Gallery==
FFTKnightMale.png|Male Knight.
FFTKnightFemale.png|Female Knight.
Final Fantasy Tactics Character Card Book Volume 1-A - Card Front 003.jpg|Male Knight Character Card.
Final Fantasy Tactics Character Card Book Volume 2-A - Card Front 003.jpg|Female Knight Character Card.
FFT Knight Male Hurt Portrait.png|Wounded Knight (Chapter 3).
FFT Head Break.png|Rend Helm.
FFT Armor Break.png|Rend Armor.
FFT Shield Break.png|Rend Shield.
FFT Weapon Break.png|Rend Weapon.
FFT Magic Break.png|Rend MP.
FFT Speed Break.png|Rend Speed.
FFT Power Break.png|Rend Power.
FFT Mind Break.png|Rend Magick.
FFT Equip Armor.png|Equip Heavy Armor.
==Etymology==
es:Caballero (Final Fantasy Tactics)
Category:Jobs in Final Fantasy Tactics