Combat Skills

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Combat Skills and Magic Skills are stats that are natural to a character's job—they both go hand-in-hand as they are all used to battle mobs in one way or another.
These skills are raised just by using them on mobs of the appropriate level to your skill.
There is a cap to each skill depending on the class and their proficiency with said skill. As your job level goes up, the cap rises as well.
Certain jobs excel at some skills, while other jobs excel at others. Make sure you know what skills your job excels at and raise them to reach the maximum potential of your character.
==Job Skill Ranks==
Weapon Skills	BRD 	BST 	BLM 	BLU 	COR 	DNC 	DRK 	DRG 	MNK 	NIN 	PLD 	PUP 	RNG 	RDM 	SAM 	SCH 	SMN 	THF 	WAR 	WHM
Axe 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Great Axe 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Club 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Dagger 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Hand to Hand 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Katana 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Great Katana 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Polearm 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Scythe 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Staff 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Sword 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Great Sword 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Ranged Weapon Skills	BRD 	BST 	BLM 	BLU 	COR 	DNC 	DRK 	DRG 	MNK 	NIN	PLD 	PUP 	RNG	RDM 	SAM 	SCH 	SMN 	THF	WAR	WHM
Archery 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Marksmanship 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Throwing 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Defensive Skills	BRD 	BST 	BLM 	BLU 	COR 	DNC 	DRK 	DRG 	MNK 	NIN 	PLD 	PUP 	RNG 	RDM 	SAM 	SCH 	SMN 	THF 	WAR 	WHM
Evasion 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Guarding 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Parrying 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Shield 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Magic/Music Skills	BRD 	BST 	BLM 	BLU 	COR 	DNC 	DRK 	DRG 	MNK 	NIN 	PLD 	PUP 	RNG 	RDM 	SAM 	SCH 	SMN 	THF 	WAR 	WHM
Blue 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Dark 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Divine 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Elemental 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Enfeebling 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Enhancing 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Healing 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Summoning 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Ninjutsu 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Singing 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
String 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Wind 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
Note: All of Scholar's magic skills can be increased to a B+ ranking by using Light Arts and Dark Arts.
==Skill Caps==
Skill Rank /  Job Level	1	2	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
A+, A- 	6	9	12	15	18	21	24	27	30	33	36	39	42	45	48	51	54	57	60	63
B+, B, B- 	5	7	10	13	16	19	22	25	28	31	34	36	39	42	45	48	51	54	57	60
C+, C, C- 	5	7	10	13	16	19	21	24	27	30	33	35	38	41	44	47	49	52	55	58
D 	4	6	9 	12	14	17	20	22	25	28	31	33	36	39	41	44	47	49	52	55
E 	4	6	9 	11	14	16	19	21	24	26	29	31	34	36	39	41	44	46	49	51
F 	4	6	8 	10	13	15	17	20	22	24	27	29	31	33	36	38	40	43	45	47
Skill Rank /  Job Level	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33 	34 	35 	36 	37 	38 	39 	40
A+, A- 	66	69	72	75	78	81	84	87	90	93	96	99	102	105	108	111	114	117	120	123
B+, B, B- 	63	65	68	71	74	77	80	83	86	89	92	94	97 	100	103	106	109	112	115	118
C+, C, C- 	61	63	66	69	72	75	77	80	83	86	89	91	94 	97 	100	103	105	108	111	114
D 	58	60	63	66	68	71	74	76	79	82	85	87	90 	93 	95 	98 	101	103	106	109
E 	54	56	59	60	64	66	69	71	74	76	79	81	84 	86 	89 	91 	94 	96 	99 	101
F 	50	52	54	56	59	61	63	66	68	70	73	75	77 	79 	82 	84 	86 	89 	91 	93
Skill Rank /  Job Level	41 	42 	43 	44 	45 	46 	47 	48 	49 	50 	51 	52 	53 	54 	55 	56 	57 	58 	59 	60
A+, A- 	126	129	132	135	138	141	144	147	150	153	158	163	168	173	178	183	188	193	198	203
B+, B, B- 	121	123	126	129	132	135	138	141	144	147	151	156	161	166	171	176	181	186	191	196
C+, C, C- 	117	119	122	125	128	131	133	136	139	142	146	151	156	161	166	170	175	180	185	190
D 	112	114	117	120	122	125	128	130	133	136	140	145	150	154	159	164	168	173	178	183
E 	104	106	109	111	114	116	119	121	124	126	130	135	139	144	148	153	157	162	166	171
F 	96 	98 	100	102	105	107	109	112	114	116	120	124	128	133	137	141	146	150	154	159
Skill Rank /  Job Level	61 	62 	63 	64 	65 	66 	67 	68 	69 	70 	71 	72 	73 	74 	75
A+ 	207	212	217	222	227	232	236	241	246	251	256	261	266	271	276
A- 	207	211	215	219	223	227	231	235	239	244	249	254	259	264	269
B+ 	199	203	207	210	214	218	221	225	229	233	237	241	246	251	256
B 	199	202	205	208	212	215	218	221	225	228	232	236	240	245	250
B- 	198	201	204	206	209	212	214	217	220	223	226	229	232	236	240
C+ 	192	195	197	200	202	205	207	210	212	215	218	221	224	227	230
C 	192	194	196	199	201	203	205	208	210	212	214	217	219	222	225
C- 	192	194	196	198	200	202	204	206	208	210	212	214	216	218	220
D 	184	186	188	190	192	194	195	197	199	201	203	205	207	208	210
E 	172	174	176	178	180	182	184	186	188	190	192	194	196	198	200
F 	161	163	165	167	169	171	173	175	177	179	181	183	185	187	189
==Skill Caps by Job==
* Bard Skill Caps
* Beastmaster Skill Cap
* Black Mage Skill Caps
* Blue Mage Skill Caps
* Corsair Skill Caps
* Dancer Skill Caps
* Dark Knight Skill Caps
* Dragoon Skill Caps
* Monk Skill Caps
* Ninja Skill Caps
* Paladin Skill Caps
* Puppetmaster Skill Caps
* Ranger Skill Caps
* Red Mage Skill Caps
* Samurai Skill Caps
* Scholar Skill Caps
* Summoner Skill Caps
* Thief Skill Caps
* Warrior Skill Caps
* White Mage Skill Caps
==See Also==
FFXI Skill Capture