Puppetmaster

de:Puppenmeister
fr:Marionnettiste
es:Amo de marionetas
ja:からくり士
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=Job Overview=
:Available after completing the No Strings Attached quest, these wandering performers entertain crowds and confound their enemies with a customizable puppet known as an "Automaton." This puppet uses different frames, maneuvers and attachments to do a variety of different tasks. Puppetmasters (PUP) can also fall back on Hand-to-Hand fighting skills that utilize the flexible movements of their art. 
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Abilities • Traits • Merits • The Automaton • Combat SkillsArtifact Equipment • Puppetmaster Guides
=Job Abilities=
{|border="1" width="80%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"	Level 	 Name
01 	 Overdrive 	
01 	 Activate 	
05 	 Deus Ex Automata	
15 	 Repair 	
30 	 Maintenance 	
75 (Merit)	 Role Reversal 	
75 (Merit)	 Ventriloquy 	
79 	 Tactical Switch 	
95 	 Cooldown 	
96 	 Heady Artifice 	
* Additional tiers exist but need confirmation.
=The Automaton=
==Pet Commands==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="80%"	Level 	 Command
01	 Deploy 	
01	 Deactivate	
10	 Retrieve 	
==Other Notes==
* Each time you gain a level on Puppetmaster be sure you Deactivate and Activate your automaton so its new level stats will take effect.
* Deactivating your automaton while it has full HP will reset the Activate timer to zero. This will also refill the automaton's MP.
*Your automaton will be automatically deactivated when entering an area or battlefield with an imposed Level Restriction or Confrontation status, at the beginning of a Besieged battle, when renting a Chocobo or, when you join a Level Sync party if it is not already at or below the Sync level. 
*When level restriction results in a puppetmaster's automaton being deactivated in a state of full or nearly full health, the ability Activate will become immediately usable.
* Your automaton will not Deactivate if you re-sync to the same level since its level is still capped until reactivated.
* An Animator must be equipped to perform Maneuvers.
* If you drop your starting Animator, Iruki-Waraki will sell you a new one for 10,000 gil.
* Before being able to use an attachment, you must first trade the attachment to Tateeya in Aht Urhgan Whitegate to have it placed in the Automaton's inventory.
* Automaton attachments must be equipped on your automaton to receive the effects of the attachments when using elemental maneuvers. 
*Maneuvers will grant a bonus to the Automaton's stat associated with that element.
* The Soulsoother Head can cast cures, regens and status removal spells on all members of the Puppetmaster's party. (The automaton and master will always have priority over other members.)
* In Salvage all pet's stats are locked with the master's. This means if your HP is locked, for example, your pet's HP is locked as well. Using a cell to remove a lock also removes the lock from the pet. This includes all cells- For PUP, the automaton will not be able to cast spells if your magic is locked. (However, the automaton needs no equipment to shoot and a ranged cell is not needed for ranged attacks.)
*In Abyssea, the automaton receives the effects of any atmas on the master. However it does not receive the effects of cruor buffs.
*If you log off with your automaton active, it will still be active the next time you log-in.
*Automatons can now acquire the Subtle Blow trait.
===Capacity Point/Job Points===
Each time you increase the level of a Job point category, it takes one more for the next time to increase it. I.E. tier 1 = 1 Job Point, tier 2 takes 2 JP, etc... up to a maximum of 20 increases. (For the Math freaks: It would take 210 Job Points spent to cap out any one category for 20/20)
* Overdrive Effect
** Increases automatons' attributes while under the effects of Overdrive.
** Increases attributes by 3.
* Automaton Max HP and MP Bonus
** Increases the maximum HP and MP of automatons.
** Increases maximum HP by 10 and MP by 5.
* Heady Artifice Effect
** Increases the potency of the various head-related abilities.
*** Harlequin Head: Increase physical accuracy by 2.
*** Valoredge Head: Increase static enmity by 100.
*** Sharpshot Head: Increase damage by 3 percent.
*** Stormwaker Head: Increase magic damage by 2.
*** Soulsoother Head: Increase amount of MP recovered by 1 percent.
*** Spiritreaver Head: Increase magic damage by 5.
* Activate Effect
** Decreases the Automaton's burden when Activate or Deus Ex Automata is used.
** Decrease Burden by 1.
* Repair Effect
** Gradually restores Automaton's MP when Repair is used.
** Amount of MP recovered depends on the item used.
*** Automaton Oil: +5
*** Automaton Oil +1: +10
*** Automaton Oil +2: +15
*** Automaton Oil +3: +20
* Deus Ex Automata Recast
** Reduces the recast time of Deus Ex Automata.
** Reduce recast time by 1 second.
* Tactical Switch
** Increases TP of the Automaton's master when using Tactical Switch.
** Increase TP by 20.
* Cooldown Effect
** Reduces the Automaton's burden when using Cooldown.
** Reduce burden by 1.
* Deactivate Effect
** Relaxes the requirement for reducing Deactivate's cooldown based on the automaton's remaining HP.
** Reduce the requirement by 1 percent of remaining HP.
* Martial Arts Effect
** Reduces attack delay for hand-to-hand attacks.
** Reduce attack delay by 2.	
==See Also==
*Automaton
*Puppetmaster: Upgrading Your Automaton
*Automaton Attachments
*Automaton Names
*Automaton Magic Skill
*Automaton Weapon Skills
*Pup Solo Skillchain
*Harlequin Head / Harlequin Frame
*Sharpshot Head / Sharpshot Frame
*Stormwaker Head / Stormwaker Frame
*Valoredge Head / Valoredge Frame
*Soulsoother Head
*Spiritreaver Head
===Gifts===
Each time you spend Job Points on a tier improvement, you are awarded Gifts appropriately. These Gifts are meant to be bestowed on those players that dedicate their time to that job. Gifts earned on one job cannot be used by another job if they change jobs. 
*5: Physical Attack bonus :Increases physical and ranged attack by 6
*5: Capacity Point Bonus :Increases acquired CP by 5%.
*10: Physical Evasion Bonus :Increases physical evasion by 8.
*20: Physical Accuracy Bonus :Increases physical and ranged accuracy by 7.
*25: Capacity Point Bonus :Increases acquired CP by 7%.
*30: Magic Evasion Bonus :Increases magic evasion by 5.
*50: Superior 1 :Enables the player to equip items marked as Superior 1 (Su1).
*55: Capacity Point Bonus :Increases acquired CP by 9%.
*60: Automaton Phys. Atk. and Def. Bonus :Increases automaton physical attack, ranged attack, and physical defense by 15.
*80: Automaton Phys. Acc. and Eva. Bonus :Increases automaton physical accuracy, ranged accuracy, and physical evasion by 10.
*95: Capacity Point Bonus :Increases acquired CP by 11%
*100: Superior 2 Enables the player to equip items marked as Superior 2 (Su2).
*100: Automaton Elemental Capacity Bonus Increases the automaton's elemental capacity for attachments by 2.
*125: Automaton Mag. Acc. and Def. Bonus Increases automaton magic attack and magic defense by 5.
*145: Capacity Point Bonus Increases acquired CP by 13%.
*150: Automaton Mag. Acc. and Eva. Bonus Increases automaton magic accuracy and evasion by 10.
*180: Physical Attack Bonus Increases physical and ranged attack by 9.
*205: Capacity Point Bonus Increases acquired CP by 15%
*210: Physical Evasion Bonus Increases physical evasion by 12.
*245: Physical Accuracy Bonus Increase physical and ranged accuracy by 11.
*275: Capacity Point Bonus Increase acquired CP by 17%.
*280: Magic Evasion Bonus
*320: Magic Accuracy Bonus
*355: Capacity Point Bonus
*360: Automaton Physical Attack and Defense Bonus
*405: Automaton Physical Accuracy and Evasion Bonus
*445: Capacity Point Bonus
*450: Automaton Magic Attack and Defense Bonus
*500: Automaton Magic Accuracy and Evasion Bonus
*545: Capacity Point Bonus
*550: Martial Arts Effect
*605: Physical Attack Bonus
*655: Capacity Point Bonus
*660: Physical Evasion Bonus
*720: Physical Accuracy Bonus
*775: Capacity Point Bonus
*780: Magic Evasion Bonus
*845: Magic Accuracy Bonus
*905: Capacity Point Bonus
*910: Automaton Physical Attack and Defense Bonus
*980: Automaton Physical Accuracy and Evasion Bonus
*1045: Capacity Point Bonus
*1050: Automaton Magic Attack and Defense Bonus
*1125: Automaton Magic Accuracy and Evasion Bonus
*1195: Capacity Point Bonus
*1200: Automaton Elemental Capacity Bonus
*1280: Physical Attack Bonus
*1355: Capacity Point Bonus
*1360: Physical Evasion Bonus
*1445: Physical Accuracy Bonus
*1530: Magic Evasion Bonus
*1620: Magic Accuracy Bonus
*1710: Automaton Physical Attack and Defense Bonus
*1805: Automaton Physical Accuracy and Evasion Bonus
*1900: Automaton Magic Attack and Defense Bonus
*2000: Automaton Magic Accuracy and Evasion Bonus
*2100: Master!
=Combat Skill Ratings=
==Puppetmaster==
 Skill 	Skill Ranking	Cap at Level 1	Cap at Level 49	Cap at Level 99
 Hand-to-Hand	A+ 	6 	150 	424
 Dagger 	C- 	5 	139 	368
 Club 	D 	4 	133 	334
 	 	 	 	
 Throwing 	C+ 	5 	139 	378
 	 	 	 	
 Evasion 	B 	5 	144 	398
 Guard 	B- 	5 	144 	388
 Parrying 	D 	4 	133 	334
See Puppetmaster Skill Caps for a by-level breakdown of Weapon Skill limits.
===Animators===
The Animator is the integral part of communication between your character and the Automaton equipped in the Ranged slot of the player, you will not be able to do any "maneuvers" nor send any new commands to your Automaton. If you have already Deployed the automaton and sent it a command, then somehow had the Animator removed from your equipment slot (i.e. Iron Giant or Lamia TP move), the automaton will continue to do as it was told until you re-equip it and send new commands, or until the target is gone. It will still cast spells, and do TP moves without it equipped. It just won't do any 'newer' decisions until you tell it to.
:* Note: The /ja Deploy will still work even if your Animator is not equipped; you will just not be able to do any Maneuvers to your robot pet. 
Category:Animators
Animator - Level 1
Turbo Animator - Level 40
Animator +1 - Level 71
Deluxe Animator - Level 87
Starting at level 99, the Animator's Item Level also determines the Automaton's base stats.
Forefront Animator - Item Level 106
Alternator - Item Level 113
Eminent Animator - Item Level 115
Magneto - Item Level 117 
Animator Z - Item Level 119 
Divinator - Item Level 119
Divinator II - Item Level 119
Animator P
Animator P +1
Animator P II
Animator P II +1
==Automaton==
*When combining heads and frames the combat skill is calculated by adding the head's skill rank modifier to the frames skill rank. Each skill rank modifier point increases the skill cap to the next skill bracket i.e. an E would become a D but a B- would become a B. For instance, combining the Valoredge Head with the Sharpshot Frame would increase the frames C+ skill rank by 1 resulting in a B- melee skill.
==Harlequin Automaton==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="95%"	 Skill	Frame Skill	Head Mod	Total Skill Ranking	Cap at Level 1	Cap at Level 49	Cap at Level 99
 Melee 	B- 	0 	B- 	5 	144 	388 	
 Magic 	B- 	0 	B- 	5 	144 	388 	
 Ranged	B- 	0 	B- 	5 	144 	388 	
==Sharpshot Automaton==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="95%"	 Skill	Frame Skill	Head Mod	Total Skill Ranking	Cap at Level 1	Cap at Level 49	Cap at Level 99
 Melee 	C+ 	0 	C+ 	5 	139 	378 	
 Magic 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	
 Ranged	B+ 	+1 	A- 	6 	150 	417 	
==Soulsoother Head/Spiritreaver Head==
*The Soulsoother and Spiritreaver Head have a skill rank modifier of +2 magic skill, which when equipped with the Stormwaker Frame increases its skill cap to A+. Similarly when equipped to the Harlequin Frame the magic cap is raised from B- to B+.
 
Note: Automaton skills can be raised even when Puppetmaster is selected as a subjob, but will be limited to the level of the subjob as with other sub-skills.
With iLv 119 Animator skill cap is 434.
= Artifact Equipment =
:To see a side by side comparison of Artifact/Relic sets visit Artifact/Relic Sets Comparison.
:To see a side by side comparison of Empyrean sets visit Cirque Sets Comparison.
{|border="1" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"	Artifact Set 	Artifact Set	Artifact Set
Level	Artifact 	 	
30 	 Puppetry Torque 	 	
40 	 Turbo Animator 	 	
52 	 Puppetry Churidars	 	
54 	 Puppetry Babouches	 	
56 	 Puppetry Dastanas 	 	
58 	 Puppetry Tobe 	 	
60 	 Puppetry Taj 	 	
{|border="1" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"	Relic/Mythic/Empyrean Weapons	Relic/Mythic/Empyrean Weapons	Relic/Mythic/Empyrean Weapons
Level	Weapon 	 	
75 	 Kenkonken (Mythic) 	 	
80 	 Kenkonken (Mythic) 	 	
80 	 Verethragna (Empyrean) 	 	
85 	 Kenkonken (Mythic) 	 	
85 	 Verethragna (Empyrean) 	 	
90 	 Kenkonken (Mythic) 	 	
90 	 Verethragna (Empyrean) 	 	
95 	 Kenkonken (Mythic) 	 	
95 	 Verethragna (Empyrean) 	 	
99 	 Kenkonken (Mythic) 	 	
99 	 Verethragna (Empyrean) 	 	
99-2 	 Kenkonken (Mythic) 	 	
99-2 	 Verethragna (Empyrean) 	 	
==Puppetmaster Guides==
*Job Specific Equipment/Puppetmaster
*Puppet Master Solo guide by Stigmar of Asura (last updated 11/10/2011) 
*Puppetmasters Guide to Vanadiel
*Puppetmaster: A History
*Puppetmaster guide by Zathone
*Puppetmaster: Support Jobs
*Puppetmaster: Macros Ideas
*Puppetmaster: Equipment
*Puppetmaster: Stormwaker Frame
*PUP Solo Skillchains	
*Puppetmaster: Guide by Guwhenivar for Solo Players
*Puppetmaster: Guide by Poof
*Puppetmaster: Guide by Scoda
*Puppetmaster: Guide by Zhecks - ON A BUDGET
*Puppetmaster: Understanding PUP
*Puppetmaster: EZ Automaton Guide
*How-to_Guide:_Puppetmaster
*How to keep Sharpshot frame skilled solo: Guide by Inouethebard
*Puppetmaster:Easy Magic Skill Up
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Advanced PUP Guides
*Resheph's Golden Salvage Guide for Puppetmasters
*Puppetmaster: Numbers Behind The Job by Auraeon
*Guarding with Tetsu - A Puppetmaster's Guide
*Achieving True Power Limit Break 5	
*Achieving True Power Guide by Elras
*Achieving True Power: Guide by Cordareo
*Soloing With Your Spiritreaver Frame
*Achieving True Power Guide by Mega
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