Uhlan — Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age eGuide

Potential Core Nodes

1360 HP	—
Swiftness x2	—
Battle Lore x13	—
Magick Lore x4	—
Potion Lore 1	—
Potion Lore 2	—
Phoenix Lore x2	—
Remedy Lore 1	Remedies remove Sleep, Sap, Immobilize, and Disable.
Remedy Lore 2	Remedies remove Petrify, Confuse, and Oil.
Adrenaline	Doubles Physical damage dealt while in Critical status
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
Spears 1	Javelin, Spear
Spears 2	Partisan, Heavy Lance
Spears 3	Storm Spear, Obelisk
Spears 4	Holy Lance, Gungnir
Spears 5	Halberd, Trident
Dragon Whisker	Dragon Whisker
Vrsabha	Vrsabha
Zodiac Spear	Zodiac Spear
Heavy Armor 1	Leather Helm, Leather Armor, Bronze Helm, Bronze Armor
Heavy Armor 2	Sallet, Scale Armor, Iron Helm, Iron Armor
Heavy Armor 3	Barbut, Linen Cuirass, Winged Helm, Chainmail
Heavy Armor 4	Golden Helm, Golden Armor, Burgonet, Shielded Armor
Heavy Armor 5	Close Helmet, Demon Mail, Bone Helm, Bone Mail
Heavy Armor 6	Diamond Helm, Diamond Armor
Heavy Armor 7	Steel Mask, Mirror Mail
Heavy Armor 8	Platinum Helm, Platinum Armor
Heavy Armor 9	Giant’s Helmet, Carabineer Mail
Heavy Armor 10	Dragon Helm, Dragon Mail
Heavy Armor 11	Magepower Shishak, Maximillian
Heavy Armor 12	Grand Helm, Grand Armor
Achilles	Causes a foe to gain vulnerability to a random status. Most enemies are immune.
Charm	Inflicts Confuse on one Foe. Immunity to Confuse applies.
First Aid	Restores HP to an ally in Critical condition. Not recommended.
Infuse	Expends all remaining MP to set HP to 10x spent MP.
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
Souleater	Deals damage to one Foe, costs 20% of user’s Max HP.

missable Nodes

Black Magick 5	Locked	Quickening	Fira, Poison
Black Magick 6	Locked	Quickening	Thundara, Blizzara
Battle Lore (100A)	Locked	Esper	—
Magick Lore (50C)	Locked	Esper	—
Magick Lore (50D)	Locked	Esper	—
Potion Lore 3	Locked	Esper	—
Black Magick 7	Locked	Esper	Bio, Blindga
Black Magick 8	Locked	Esper	Aeroga, Silencega
Bonecrusher	Locked	Esper	Reduces one Foe’s HP to 0. Deals between 0% to 99% damage to the user, and KOs the user if it misses.
Expose	Locked	Esper	Lowers the Defense stat of one Foe to 90% of current. Nothing is immune. Highly recommended.
Wither	Locked	Esper	Lowers the Strength stat of one Foe to 50% of current. Recommended.

Sign	Role	Weapon	Armor
Taurus	Melee Damage	Spears	Heavy

The Uhlan Job has but one purpose—to hurt things. Armed with mighty Spears and clad in Heavy Armor, Uhlans use two Swiftnesses and a huge amount of Battle Lore to dispatch enemies before them. They can gain access to damaging Black Magick via both Quickenings and Esper Locks, as well as the mighty Expose and Wither technicks.

Apart from unlocking the last Swiftness, the Uhlan Job doesn’t require very much. The Esper essentials are quite negotiable and this Job doesn’t require too much fiddling. This job pairs well with nearly any other, especially busier Jobs that might benefit from Heavy Armor or Battle Lores. The Monk makes for a self-sufficient monster designed to hit as hard as possible but also keep the team healed. The only thing you might be wary of is underloading the character with this Job. A Job like Foebreaker, Shikari, Bushi which tends to have few responsibilities can compound with Uhlan, meaning that another character is probably pulling double duty. You definitely need an Uhlan somewhere in your party, but the combination is very negotiable.

The Uhlan has all the tools needed to do great damage regardless of Strength stat, which oddly leads toward the weaker Penelo. She has decent Magick Power and her Strength is immaterial. Honestly, anyone can make a powerful Uhlan, which is great for some characters who don’t make a powerful anything else.