Viking (job)

Viking ( or ) is a recurring job class in the Final Fantasy series that boasts immense physical strength. The job is one the fewer used jobs in the series, and derives from the Vikings of history, a term referring to the Norse explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided, traded, explored, and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia, and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th century.
Popular conceptions of the Vikings heavily deviate from the true history; a romanticized picture of Vikings as noble savages began in the 18th century, and became widely propagated during the 19th-century. The Final Fantasy series's depictions of Vikings as a job class follows this trend, depicting them strong physically and wielding axes and hammers.
==Appearances==
===Final Fantasy III===
The Viking is a job is gained from the Water Crystal. Vikings swing hammers and axes with ease. It is a defense-oriented job, with good HP gain per level. Its only drawback in the original Famicom version is the Viking's low accuracy, which leads to lower damage output compared to other warrior classes. 
In later releases, they develop slower than other melee jobs, and are mainly used as a "tank" for their Provoke ability and access to the strongest armor.
===Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift===
Viking is a job exclusive to the seeq race. It relies on using primarily axes and Lightning-elemental magick, and it is the closest that the seeq have to a magickal job. Viking shines for having the highest magickal defense for a seeq job, and can damage and steal items, gil, and even equipment, which is exclusive to it.
===Final Fantasy Tactics S===
===Pictlogica Final Fantasy===
===Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade===
===Final Fantasy All the Bravest===
The Viking is a character available to the party, he uses the Thwack ability during battle. It unlocks at level 47.
===Final Fantasy Record Keeper===
Viking is a playable character who can be recruited as the First Time Reward for completing Xezat's Fleet on the Classic difficulty of track of the Core Dungeons.
===Mobius Final Fantasy===
===Final Fantasy Trading Card Game===
The Viking job appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game as Water-elemental Forward cards.
LunethViking TCG.png|Viking [2-087C] Chapter series card.
ArcViking TCG.png|Viking [9-149C] Chapter series card.
RefiaViking TCG.png|Viking [1-137C] Chapter series card.
IngusViking TCG.png|Viking [5-139C] Chapter series card.
Viking 1-167C from FFTCG Opus.jpg|Viking [1-167C] Opus series card.
Viking 2-132C from FFTCG Opus.jpg|Viking [2-132C] Opus series card.
Viking 4-133C from FFTCG Opus.jpg|Viking [4-133C] Opus series card.
===Final Fantasy Portal App===
Viking from the Final Fantasy III 3D remake appears as a Triple Triad card.
==Gallery==
Ingus-Viking.png|Ingus as a Viking from Final Fantasy III.
FFIX Job Artwork 1.jpg|Viking in early concept art for Final Fantasy IX among other discarded job designs.
FFAB Viking Male.png|Male Viking in Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade.
FFAB Viking Female.png|Female Viking in Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade.
Viking ATB.png|Final Fantasy All the Bravest.
PFF Viking M.png|Male Viking in Pictlogica Final Fantasy.
PFF Viking F.png|Female Viking in Pictlogica Final Fantasy .
FFTS Viking Portrait.png|Seeq Viking portrait in Final Fantasy Tactics S.
FFTS Viking Icon.png|Seeq Viking icon in Final Fantasy Tactics S.
FFTS Viking Sprite.png|Seeq Viking sprite in Final Fantasy Tactics S.
MFF Viking.png|Mobius Final Fantasy.
==Etymology==
de:Wikinger
es:Vikingo
Category:Recurring jobs