Vaan (Final Fantasy XII party member)

Vaan is the main playable character in Final Fantasy XII, and is the one who appears as the field character when in towns and other settled areas. This means that for the Diamond Armlet to take effect when opening treasures in these areas, it must be equipped to Vaan. 
He is a jack-of-all-trades type of character and has the best overall stats. At level 99, he has the highest Strength tied with Basch, the third highest Magick Power, the highest Vitality, and the second highest Speed. His HP and MP are high as well.
Vaan's current level and LP determine the level and LP of Penelo, Balthier, and Fran when they join the party. Vaan, Basch, and Balthier have the best combo speed with the high-combo weapons, and thus are good candidates for job combinations that exploit this in the Zodiac versions.
However, any stat differences can be made up with gear and the differences in animation speed are negligible. Vaan can be built in any way without drawbacks. The only differences between player characters are base stats, starting licenses, attacking animations, Quickening animations, and victory poses; after winning a boss battle, the currently alive members of the active party pose depending on what weapon they are equipped with. Vaan's Quickenings are Red Spiral, White Whorl, and Pyroclasm. Due to the nature of the in-game menu, Vaan's Quickening button is always .
Two versions of Final Fantasy XII exist: the original PlayStation 2 version, and the updated Zodiac version that features a job system and has reworked mechanics.
==Final Fantasy XII original==
====Initial data====
Name 	Initial Stats
Level 	1
LP 	0
Magicks/Technicks	Steal
Items 	Potion x5
Gil 	150
Gambits 	1. Foe: party leader's target ⇛ Attack2.
====Initial licenses====
Name 	Permits use of
Steal 	Steal
Light Armor 1	Leather Cap, Leather Clothing
Smallswords 	Mythril Sword, Mythril Blade
====Initial equipment====
Category 	Name 	Effect
Weapon 	Mythril Sword 	Sword, Attack Power +13, Evade +5, CT 35, Multiple Hits 5
Off-Hand 	— 	—
Helm 	Leather Cap 	Magick Resist +4, Max HP +10
Armor 	Leather Clothing	Defense +4, Max HP +10
Accessory	— 	—
====Stats====
Level	HP 	MP 	Strength	Magick Power	Vitality	Speed
1 	82-84 	25-27 	23 	20 	24 	24
10 	282-316 	40-51 	28 	24 	27 	25
20 	645-742 	62-89 	33 	28 	31 	26
30 	1,111-1,293	84-127 	39 	33 	35 	28
40 	1,552-1,814	111-176	44 	37 	39 	29
50 	2,257-2,650	134-217	50 	42 	42 	31
60 	2,878-3,387	156-255	55 	46 	46 	32
70 	3,230-3,802	172-282	61 	51 	50 	33
80 	3,637-4,281	188-309	66 	55 	54 	35
90 	4,192-4,938	199-325	72 	60 	57 	36
99 	4,818-6,203	204-330	77 	64 	61 	37
==Zodiac versions==
====Initial data====
Name 	Initial Stats
Level 	1
LP 	0
Magicks/Technicks	Steal
Items 	Potion x5
Gil 	150
Gambits 	1. Foe: party leader's target ⇛ Attack2.
====Initial licenses====
Name 	Permits use of
Command 	Attack, Items
Steal 	Steal
Daggers 1 	Dagger
Light Armor 1	Leather Cap, Leather Clothing
====Initial equipment====
Category 	Name 	Effect
Weapon 	Dagger 	Dagger, Attack +14, Evade +5, CT 21, Multiple Hits 12
Off-Hand 	— 	—
Helm 	Leather Cap 	Magick Resist +4, Max HP +10
Armor 	Leather Clothing	Defense +4, Max HP +10
Accessory	— 	—
====Stats====
Level	HP 	MP 	Strength	Magick Power	Vitality	Speed
1 	82-83 	30-33 	23 	22 	24 	24
10 	280-314 	67-93 	28 	27 	27 	25
20 	640-737 	120-187	34 	32 	31 	26
30 	1,103-1,284	175-284	39 	37 	35 	28
40 	1,542-1,802	242-404	45 	42 	39 	29
50 	2,241-2,632	300-506	51 	48 	42 	31
60 	2,859-3,364	353-600	56 	53 	46 	32
70 	3,209-3,776	393-667	62 	58 	50 	33
80 	3,613-4,252	434-734	68 	63 	54 	35
90 	4,164-4,905	460-774	73 	69 	57 	36
99 	4,786-5,643	473-786	78 	73 	61 	37
==Quests==
Vaan is the main playable character, available since the start, and the only one to be controlled in settlements. Thus, to use a Diamond Armlet on treasures that are located in safe areas, it must be equipped onto Vaan, and Vaan is the one who appears to be doing all the sidequests and activities like charging the sunstone in Giza Plains, joining Clan Centurio, spreading rumors of Basch fon Ronsenburg's return in Bhujerba, selling Bhujerban Madju to passers-by, collecting chops in Archades, and fishing in the Nebra river, among others.
In Nalbina Dungeons, Vaan initially starts without equipment and must fight one set battle unarmed as aided by Balthier, but they soon recover their belongings.
The player is free to develop Vaan to any role, and he has excellent stats across the board. Vaan starts with Steal already in his possession, and so even in the Zodiac versions keeps it no matter the License Board(s) given to him. Because Vaan already starts with Steal, in the original PlayStation 2 version where Steal was in the Technicks shop in Rabanastre, it could never be bought.
The player starts the game with only Vaan and he is mostly alone until Balthier and Fran join him. Vaan's level determines the levels of others who join after him, meaning if the player can grind Vaan, the others join the party later already powered up. The Rare Game Dustia can be spawned as soon as the player can leave Rabanastre, and Phoenix Downs can be bought from the merchant right outside Nalbina Fortress, past the Dalmasca Estersand once the Sunstone has been charged in the Giza Plains. Its loot sells for a lot of gil, allowing the player to buy more Phoenix Downs. Killing Dustia over and over, Vaan will gain all of the EXP (not having to share it with any other characters), speeding up the process.
Category:Character gameplay in Final Fantasy XII