Hunter

**Hunter** is a recurring job.

* **Octopath Traveler**
* Champions of the Continent
* Octopath Traveler II

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**Hunter** is a starting job in *Octopath Traveler*. It is H'aanit's primary job.

Hunters are versed in the use of Bows and Axes and are primarily physical attackers, with a single Lightning spell and a low number of useful supportive skills.  in particular is widely considered among the best debuff moves in the entire game, while Take Aim has the unique power of applying the  **Increased Critical** and  **Increased Accuracy** buffs, and to all allies simultaneously at that.

More than most other jobs, Hunters have a specialty in multi-attack skills such as , its upgraded counterpart , the AoE Divine Skill , and their second support skill, . Hunters can be equipped with the  to quickly break foes' shields with both available weapons.

All four Hunter support skills assist their physically aggressive playstyle, either by increasing the Critical stat () or giving more ways to attack (,  and ). Patience—the Hunter's fourth support skill—in particular is widely considered among the best support skills in the entire game.

## Support Skills

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## Shrine Location

*Main article*: Shrine of the Huntress
The Shrine of the Huntress may be found in the East Victors Hollow Trail just East of Victors Hollow.

## Strategies

The Hunter secondary job is unlocked at the Shrine of the Huntress. With its focus on physical offense aided by multi-attack skills and the ability to delay foes' actions with , the Hunter job can be recommended to physical-oriented characters, especially those whose primary job also has supportive skills.

* Therion is one of the best choices for the Hunter job. First, Hunter Therion has six different means of coverage: Daggers, Swords, Axes, Bows, Fire (), and Lightning . Second, while Therion is tied with Alfyn and H'aanit for the second-lowest Elem. Atk. of the eight protagonists after Olberic, the Hunter secondary job provides stat bonuses to several stats that are either the highest or among the highest for Therion: +8% Phys. Atk., +6% Accuracy, +5% Speed, +6% Critical and +5% Evasion. Third, Leghold Trap complements the Thief job's (i.e. Therion's primary job) two debuffing skills,  and . Hunter Therion is able to apply the  **Decreased Physical Attack**,  **Decreased Physical Defense** *and*  **Leghold Trap** debuffs, and the Thief job's fourth support skill, Insult to Injury, increases the duration of debuffs (and ailments) the equipping user inflicts by +1 turn.
* Olberic is tied with H'aanit (whose primary job is already Hunter) for the highest Phys. Atk. of the eight protagonists as well as tied for the second-highest Accuracy and Critical (H'aanit has the highest). Hunter Olberic gains access to Bows, Axes and Lightning magic in addition to his primary Warrior job's Swords and Polearms, giving him five different means of coverage. Both the Warrior and Hunter jobs' second support skills,  and  respectively, further complement Olberic's physical-oriented playstyle. Unlike Warrior H'aanit, who has low Phys. Def. and mediocre HP, and therefore struggles to use , Hunter Olberic has very high Phys. Def. and HP, and can therefore make good use of Incite's intercepting capabilities while delaying foes with Leghold Trap. However, keep in mind that Olberic's primary Warrior job has  among its skills, which can be rendered redundant by Leghold Trap; also, Olberic has the lowest Elem. Atk. of the eight protagonists, so the Hunter skill  is best used for breaking.
* Tressa can have a niche Hunter role because Leghold Trap can work in conjunction with the supportive skills of her primary Merchant job: ,  and especially . Tressa is also tied with Alfyn and Therion for the second-highest Phys. Atk. of the eight protagonists after Olberic/H'aanit (tied), and Thunderbird is essentially the Lightning equivalent to the Merchant skill . However, Hunter Tressa's weapon variety is compromised because both the Merchant and Hunter jobs wield Bows, and Tressa is tied for the lowest Accuracy of the eight protagonists which diminishes her physical damage-dealing capabilities; so it might be a better idea to have Tressa fight alongside a Hunter, instead.
* As far as support skills go, besides the staple , recommended support skills for Hunters include: ,  (early-game),  (late-game), , , ,  (early-game), , , , ,  and .
* As far as weapons go, the , . and  are all good Axe weapons for Hunters; the former lets the user attack twice in a single action for every Standard Attack, while the latter two increase the power of the user's Lightning spells, with the last one also increasing Ice spells (both Hunters and Apothecaries have a single Lightning and Ice skill  between them). For Bows, the  and  give the highest increases to the equipping character's Accuracy and Critical stats respectively.

## Notable Hunters

* Ashlan
* Bernhard the Beasthunter
* Z'aanta