Archer — Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age eGuide

Potential Core Nodes

1360 HP	—
Swiftness x3	—
Battle Lore x2	—
Magick Lore x1	—
Potion Lore 1	—
Potion Lore 2	—
Potion Lore 3	—
Phoenix Lore x3	—
Remedy Lore 1	Remedies remove Sleep, Sap, Immobilize, and Disable.
Remedy Lore 2	Remedies remove Petrify, Confuse, and Oil.
Remedy Lore 3	Remedies remove Stop, Doom, and Disease.
Focus	Increases Physical damage dealt by 1.5x when HP is full
Headsman	Recover MP when dealing fatal damage to a Foe in the amount of Foe level divided by 4.
Inquisitor	Restores MP when dealing Physical damage. (See Damage to MP chart)
Last Stand	Halves Physical damage recieved when in Critical status
Martyr	Restores MP upon being damaged. (See Damage to MP chart)
Spellbound	Beneficial statuses last 50% longer
Bows 1	Shortbow
Bows 2	Silver Bow, Aevis Killer
Bows 3	Killer Bow, Longbow
Bows 4	Elfin Bow, Loxley Bow
Bows 5	Giant Stonebow, Burning Bow
Bows 6	Traitor’s Bow, Yoichi Bow
Bows 7	Perseus Bow, Artemis Bow
Sagittarius	Sagittarius
Dhanusha	Dhanusha
Light Armor 1	Leather Cap, Leather Clothing
Light Armor 2	Headgear, Chromed Leathers, Headguard, Leather Breastplate
Light Armor 3	Leather Headgear, Bronze Chestplate, Horned Hat, Ringmail
Light Armor 4	Balaclava, Windbreaker, Soldier’s Cap, Heavy Coat
Light Armor 5	Green Beret, Survival Vest, Red Cap, Brigandine
Light Armor 6	Headband, Jujitsu Gi, Pirate Hat, Viking Coat
Light Armor 7	Goggle Mask, Metal Jerkin, Adamant Hat, Adamant Vest
Light Armor 8	Officer’s Hat, Barrel Coat, Chakra Band, Power Vest
Light Armor 9	Thief’s Cap, Ninja Gear, Gigas Hat, Gigas Chestplate
Light Armor 10	Chaperon, Minerva Bustier
Light Armor 11	Crown of Laurels, Rubber Suit
Light Armor 12	Renewing Morion, Mirage Vest
Light Armor 13	Dueling Mask, Brave Suit
Achilles	Causes a foe to gain vulnerability to a random status. Most enemies are immune.
Addle	Lowers the magick stat of one Foe to 50% of current. Recommended.
Charm	Inflicts Confuse on one Foe. Immunity to Confuse applies.
First Aid	Restores HP to an ally in Critical condition. Not recommended.
Gil Toss	Expends gil to do damage at a 1 to 1 ratio. This can be very strong and very expensive.
Libra	Puts Libra status on the user. Shows Foe's HP, statuses, and level as well as reveals traps. Generally very useful.
Poach	KO’s a Foe to gain loot. Only works on enemies in Critical Status. Foe does not drop gil, Experience, or items.
Revive	Fullly restores HP of one KO’d character, consumes all of user’s HP.
Shades of Black	Randomly casts a Black Magick without consuming MP or needing to have the license
Steal	Steal an item from a Foe that has an item. Cannot steal after a successful steal. See also: Thief’s Cuffs.
Traveler	Does area damage based on how many steps taken since the last use of Traveler (if any). Rolls over at 1000 steps. Not recommended.

missable Nodes

White Magick 4	Locked	Quickening	Cura, Raise
390 HP	Locked	Esper	—
435 HP	Locked	Esper	—
Magick Lore (30B)	Locked	Esper	—
Magick Lore (30C)	Locked	Esper	—
Magick Lore (30D)	Locked	Esper	—
Magick Lore (50C)	Locked	Esper	—
Magick Lore (50D)	Locked	Esper	—
Heavy Armor 10	Locked	Esper	Dragon Helm, Dragon Mail
Heavy Armor 11	Locked	Esper	Magepower Shishak, Maximillian
Heavy Armor 12	Locked	Esper	Grand Helm, Grand Armor
1000 Needles	Locked	Esper	Deals 1000 damage to a Foe.
Infuse	Locked	Esper	Expends all remaining MP to set HP to 10x spent MP.

Sign	Role	Weapon	Armor
Sagittarius	Ranged Damage	Bows	Light

Consider pairing an Archer up with either a slower, stronger Job to make that Job into a deadly damager with some utility, or give them something to do by giving them another Job that can support your team in some way. Red Battlemage, for instance, gets only one Swiftness, but has a wide variety of useful magicks to cast, preferably at a faster clip.

Basch makes a particularly good Archer due to his high Strength and the low bonuses offered innately, though your second Job may render this less relevant if it includes Heavy Armor and some Battle Lores.