Arcanist (Bravely Default)

Arcanist
魔人 (Majin?, lit. Magician)
Use
Location obtained	Chapter 4: Defeat Victoria and Victor at Eternian Central Command
Character users	All party members, Victoria F. Stein
Abilities
Stats	S in MP, INT See stats
Weapons	S in Rods See equipment
Armor	E in all armor types See equipment
Command abilities	Ritualism
Support abilities	Black Magic Amp, Absorb M.Damage, Save BM MP, Zero, Convergence, Status Ailment Amp, Max Black Magic
More information
Boss Recurring appearance

Unleashes awesome power by combining black magic!

D's Journal job description

If lethal magic is in your game plan, these Black Magic specialists can eliminate sleeping foes or enemies with status ailments.

Online description

The Arcanist is a job in Bravely Default, obtained by defeating Victoria F. Stein and Victor S. Court at Eternian Central Command.

The Arcanist specializes in dark-based abilities that kill or damage enemies and allies with certain status effects. They can also enhance Magic Attack at the expense of HP or enhance Black Magic attacks. They have an S rank in MP which is good due to their ability to double the cost of spells in order to make them more powerful.

Appearance

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Proficiency

Stats

HP	MP	STR	INT	DEX	VIT	MND	AGI
C	S	E	S	C	E	A	B

Equipment

Swords	Axes	Spears	Rods	Staves	Daggers	Bows	Katanas	Knuckles	Shields	Helms	Armor
E	E	E	S	C	E	E	E	E	E	E	E

Abilities

The Arcanist's Specialty is Absorb M. Damage. Its Job Command is Ritualism.

Ability	Job Level	Cost	Description
Corpse	1	4 MP	Has a 75% chance to place one target in the doom state.
Black Magic Amp	2	1 slot	Raise the MP cost of black magic by 1.5 times, and raise its damage by 1.25 times. This can be set at the same time as Max Black Magic.
Exterminate	3	4 MP	Deal a tremendous amount of dark damage to all allies and enemies who are in the poison state.
Absorb M.Damage	4	1 slot	Recover HP equal to 25% of the damage taken from a magic attack. This effect is not triggered by damage from poison, nor by damage that results in a K.O.
Twilight	5	9 MP	Instantly slay all allies and enemies who are in the sleep state. Note that this will not work on certain enemies, such as bosses.
Save BM MP	6	2 slots	Lower the MP cost of black magic by 25%.
Sacrifice	7	—	Sacrifice 25% of your maximum HP to raise your magic attack by 50% for three turns. *The upper limit for M.Atk is 150%.
Zero	8	1 slot	Raise the damage of magic attacks to 1.5 times normal when the last digit of your current MP is 0.
Convergence	9	3 slots	Increase the damage of magic that can only be group-cast to 1.5 times normal by narrowing its focus to a single target.
Annihilation	10	4 MP	Unleash a dark-based magic attack on all allies and enemies with -1 BP or less. Note that the lower the target's BP, the more damage will be dealt.
Status Ailment Amp	11	1 slot	Raise the chances of imparting a status ailment.
Iniquity	12	4 MP	Unleash a dark-based magic attack on all allies and enemies with 1 BP or more. Note that the higher the target's BP, the more damage will be dealt.
Max Black Magic	13	3 slots	The MP cost of black magic doubles, but it also does 1.5 times more damage. This can be set at the same time as Black Magic Amp.
Interment	14	1/4 of Max MP	Dark damage to all enemies.

Gallery

Agnès as a Arcanist.

Tiz as a Arcanist.

Edea as a Arcanist.

Ringabel as a Arcanist.

Victoria, keeper of the Arcanist asterisk.

Concept art.

Etymology

The job's Japanese name of (魔人, Majin?) derives from the Witch/Demon (魔, Ma?) and Person (人, Jin?) kanjis. While Majin (魔人) has no direct single word English translation, the most common interpretations are that of magician, sorcerer, or conjurer.

While spelled the same in hiragana, (まじん, Majin?), the job's Japanese name is not the same word of Majin (魔神, Majin?) commonly used for Demons Gods, which derives from the Witch/Demon (魔, Ma?) and God (神, Jin?) kanjis.