Assassin (job)

Assassin , abbreviated as ASN, is a recurring job in the Final Fantasy series that focuses on taking out the target as quickly and efficiently as possible, sacrificing Defense for movement, strength, and powerful debilitating abilities. In Final Fantasy Tactics Advance they can also strike from afar with bows.
Notable assassins are Shadow from Final Fantasy VI, and Celia and Lettie from Final Fantasy Tactics.
==Appearances==
===Final Fantasy VI===
Shadow's job was removed from the North American Super Nintendo version. The English Game Boy Advance version retained the job titles and Shadow is an Assassin. Shadow's dog, Interceptor, can attack for him in battle, and he can throw weapons, shuriken and scrolls.
Within the Final Fantasy III Nintendo Player's Guide, his job was given as Ninja.
===Final Fantasy Tactics===
Assassin (ASN) is an enemy-exclusive job that specializes in permanently disabling opponents. It also possesses the Dual Wield skill.
===Final Fantasy Tactics Advance===
Assassin is a job available to viera. Assassins are the deadliest force, with dangerous instant death abilities and incomparable stat growth in all areas except HP. This possibly makes the Assassin job the absolute best class to level up viera, though their poor HP growth may be a handicap, making Assassins the enemies' first target.
====Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift====
Assassin is a job to viera. They can attack from afar or inflict various statuses or instant death up close and focus on crippling or simply defeating foes.
===Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin===
The Assassin is an Expert Job in Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin, available after unlocking the corresponding nodes in the Thief and Monk Job Trees. In addition, it is available to Jed after clearing the "Azure Memories: The Sacrifice" side mission.
The Assassin is a glass cannon who specializes in taking advantage of critical hits and keeping himself hidden. The job excels in dealing break damage to foes as it combines the Thief's evasion and the Monk's break damage and adds a surplus of Agility to dominate foes. If the Assassin fails attack discreetly or is overwhelmed, it can go down easily due to its poor health, strength, and defense. The passives remedy this by providing extended invulnerability frames while evading, increased break damage from critical hits, and increased break damage dealt via Soul Shielding.
===Final Fantasy Tactics S===
===Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade===
Assassin is a job available after obtaining a level 15 Ninja and a level 10 Gambler. Its preferred weapons are katanas and bows. The job specializes in both strength and agility abilities.
===Mobius Final Fantasy===
===Final Fantasy Trading Card Game===
The Assassin job appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game as Lightning-elemental Forward cards.
Assassin TCG.png|Assassin [6-058C] Chapter series card.
Assassin Viera TCG.png|Assassin [14-081C] Chapter series card.
Assassin 5-098C from FFTCG Opus.jpg|Assassin [5-098C] Opus series card.
==Non-Final Fantasy appearances==
===Bahamut Lagoon===
Sajin and Zeroshin job is Assassin, and have Ninjutsu as their command and they are the only ones to be able to equip katanas.
===Knights of the Crystals===
The Assassin appears on a gold card.
KotC Assasin Male.png|Assasin (male).
KotC Assasin Female.png|Assasin (female).
==Gallery==
Ffta-viera-assassin.jpg|A viera Assassin in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance.
TA2-VieraAssassin.jpg|A viera Assassin in Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift.
FFTS Assassin Sprite.png|Sprite in Final Fantasy Tactics S.
FFTS Assassin SR Portrait.png|Portrait in Final Fantasy Tactics S.
FFTS Assassin SR Icon.png|Icon in Final Fantasy Tactics S.
FFAB Assassin Male.png|A male Assassin in Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade.
FFAB Assassin Female.png|A female Assassin in Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade.
MFF Assassin.png|Job card in Mobius Final Fantasy.
==Etymology==
es:Asesino (Trabajo)
it:Assassino (classe)
Category:Recurring jobs