Combat Skill

Combat Skills and Magic Skills are stats in Final Fantasy XI which determine a character's proficiency with weapons, magic, and certain other skills. Each job is a assigned a "grade" with select combat/magic skills which determine the maximum skill they can acquire with the skill in question at their level. If a job does not have a grade in a particular skill, they cannot use that piece of equipment, ability, or magic.
Weapon combat skills determine the player's proficiency with the weapon in question. The higher the user's combat skill with the weapon in question, the greater their Accuracy and Attack. Most weapon skills also require a minimum combat skill to use.
Defensive combat skills activate when the player is attacked. Evasion skill increases the chance attacks will miss the player. Parrying skill increases the chance the player will parry an attack, negating all damage, although parry will only activate if the player is facing the enemy and has their weapon drawn. Shield skill increases the chance a player will block an attack with their shield, reducing the damage taken. Guarding skill acts similar to Shield, but for players who are unarmed or using hand-to-hand weapons. Parrying, Guarding, and Shield will only activate if the player has failed their Evasion check, while the player must also fail their Parrying check for Shield to activate.
Magic skill lowers the amount of resistance enemies have against the player's spells, and also helps prevent spells from being interrupted from taking damage while casting. In the case of Bards, their Songs are affected by a combination of their Singing and either String or Wind Instrument skills, depending on which type of instrument they have equipped. Likewise, Geomancers are affected by a combination of their Geomancy and Handbell skills.
Puppetmaster's Automatons also have skills similar to players, however the Automatons skills are based on the currently equipped Head and Frame. For instance, the Valoredge (melee type) frame and the Stormwalker (magic type) frame would give melee and melee/magic skill respectively, along with a bonus to the Automaton's skills from its Head. Automaton's skills increase like a player's weapon combat skills.
==Skill Grades==
Melee Weapon Skills 	BRD	BST	BLM	BLU	COR	DNC	DRK	DRG	MNK	NIN	PLD	PUP	RNG	RDM	SAM	SCH	SMN	THF	WAR	WHM
Axe 	 	A- 	 	 	 	 	B- 	 	 	 	 	 	B- 	 	 	 	 	 	A- 	
Great Axe 	 	 	 	 	 	 	B- 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	A+ 	
Club 	D 	D 	C+ 	B- 	 	 	C- 	E 	C+ 	E 	A- 	D 	E 	D 	E 	C+ 	C+ 	E 	B- 	B+
Dagger 	B- 	C+ 	D 	 	B+ 	B+ 	C 	E 	 	C+ 	C- 	C- 	B- 	B 	E 	D 	E 	A- 	B- 	
Hand-to-Hand 	 	 	 	 	 	D 	 	 	A+ 	E 	 	B+ 	 	 	 	 	 	E 	D 	
Katana 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	A- 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Great Katana 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	C- 	 	 	 	 	A+ 	 	 	 	 	
Polearm 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	A+ 	 	 	E 	 	 	 	B- 	 	 	 	B- 	
Scythe 	 	B- 	E 	 	 	 	A+ 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	B+ 	
Sword 	C- 	E 	 	A- 	B- 	D 	B- 	C- 	 	C 	A+ 	 	D 	B 	C+ 	 	 	D 	B 	
Great Sword 	 	 	 	 	 	 	A- 	 	 	 	B 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	B+ 	
Ranged Weapon Skills	BRD	BST	BLM	BLU	COR	DNC	DRK	DRG	MNK	NIN	PLD	PUP	RNG	RDM	SAM	SCH	SMN	THF	WAR	WHM
Archery 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	E 	 	 	A- 	D 	C+ 	 	 	C- 	D 	
Marksmanship 	 	 	 	 	B 	 	E 	 	 	C 	 	 	A- 	 	 	 	 	C+ 	D 	
Throwing 	E 	 	D 	 	C+ 	C+ 	 	 	E 	A- 	 	C+ 	C- 	F 	C+ 	D 	 	D 	D 	E
Defensive Skills 	BRD	BST	BLM	BLU	COR	DNC	DRK	DRG	MNK	NIN	PLD	PUP	RNG	RDM	SAM	SCH	SMN	THF	WAR	WHM
Evasion 	D 	C 	E 	C- 	D 	B+ 	C 	C- 	B+ 	A- 	C 	B 	E 	D 	B+ 	E 	E 	A+ 	C 	E
Guarding 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	A- 	 	 	B- 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Parrying 	E 	C 	 	D 	A- 	B 	E 	C 	E 	A- 	C 	D 	 	E 	A- 	E 	 	A- 	C- 	
Shield 	 	E 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	A+ 	 	 	F 	 	 	 	F 	C+ 	D
Magic Skills 	BRD	BST	BLM	BLU	COR	DNC	DRK	DRG	GEO	MNK	NIN	PLD	PUP	RNG	RDM	RUN	SAM	SCH	SMN	THF	WAR	WHM
Blue Magic 	 	 	 	A+ 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Dark Magic 	 	 	A- 	 	 	 	A- 	 	C 	 	 	 	 	 	E 	 	 	DD 	 	 	 	
Divine Magic 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	B+ 	 	 	E 	B 	 	DL 	 	 	 	A-
Elemental Magic 	 	 	A+ 	 	 	 	B+ 	 	B+ 	 	 	 	 	 	C+ 	 	 	DD 	 	 	 	
Enfeebling Magic 	 	 	C+ 	 	 	 	C 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	A+ 	 	 	DDL	 	 	 	C
Enhancing Magic 	 	 	E 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	D 	 	 	B+ 	B- 	 	DL 	 	 	 	A+
Geomancy 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	C 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Handbell 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	C 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Healing Magic 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	C 	 	 	C- 	 	 	DL 	 	 	 	A+
Summoning Magic 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	A- 	 	 	
Ninjutsu 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	A- 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Singing 	C 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
String Instrument	C 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Wind Instrument 	C 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scholar: D = B+ when using Dark Arts. L = B+ when using Light Arts.
==Skill Caps==
Skill Rank / Job Level	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15
A+, A- 	6 	9 	12 	15 	18 	21 	24 	27 	30 	33 	36 	39 	42 	45 	48
B+, B, B- 	5 	7 	10 	13 	16 	19 	22 	25 	28 	31 	34 	36 	39 	42 	45
C+, C, C- 	5 	7 	10 	13 	16 	19 	21 	24 	27 	30 	33 	35 	38 	41 	44
D 	4 	6 	9 	12 	14 	17 	20 	22 	25 	28 	31 	33 	36 	39 	41
E 	4 	6 	9 	11 	14 	16 	19 	21 	24 	26 	29 	31 	34 	36 	39
F 	4 	6 	8 	10 	13 	15 	17 	20 	22 	24 	27 	29 	31 	33 	36
Skill Rank / Job Level	16 	17 	18 	19 	20 	21 	22 	23 	24 	25 	26 	27 	28 	29 	30
A+, A- 	51 	54 	57 	60 	63 	66 	69 	72 	75 	78 	81 	84 	87 	90 	93
B+, B, B- 	48 	51 	54 	57 	60 	63 	65 	68 	71 	74 	77 	80 	83 	86 	89
C+, C, C- 	47 	49 	52 	55 	58 	61 	63 	66 	69 	72 	75 	77 	80 	83 	86
D 	44 	47 	49 	52 	55 	58 	60 	63 	66 	68 	71 	74 	76 	79 	82
E 	41 	44 	46 	49 	51 	54 	56 	59 	61 	64 	66 	69 	71 	74 	76
F 	38 	40 	43 	45 	47 	50 	52 	54 	56 	59 	61 	63 	66 	68 	70
Skill Rank / Job Level	31 	32 	33 	34 	35 	36 	37 	38 	39 	40 	41 	42 	43 	44 	45
A+, A- 	96 	99 	102	105	108	111	114	117	120	123	126	129	132	135	138
B+, B, B- 	92 	94 	97 	100	103	106	109	112	115	118	121	123	126	129	132
C+, C, C- 	89 	91 	94 	97 	100	103	105	108	111	114	117	119	122	125	128
D 	85 	87 	90 	93 	95 	98 	101	103	106	109	112	114	117	120	122
E 	79 	81 	84 	86 	89 	91 	94 	96 	99 	101	104	106	109	111	114
F 	73 	75 	77 	79 	82 	84 	86 	89 	91 	93 	96 	98 	100	102	105
Skill Rank / Job Level	46 	47 	48 	49 	50 	51 	52 	53 	54 	55 	56 	57 	58 	59 	60
A+, A- 	141	144	147	150	153	158	163	168	173	178	183	188	193	198	203
B+, B, B- 	135	138	141	144	147	151	156	161	166	171	176	181	186	191	196
C+, C, C- 	131	133	136	139	142	146	151	156	161	166	170	175	180	185	190
D 	125	128	130	133	136	140	145	150	154	159	164	168	173	178	183
E 	116	119	121	124	126	130	135	139	144	148	153	157	162	166	171
F 	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
Category:Final Fantasy XI