Pros & Cons of All 19 Jobs in FFXIV - Quick Overviews and Tier List
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This video showcases all of the jobs in Final Fantasy 14 and what makes them fun or interesting. I also rank them all in my personal tier list of what I like to play. All of the jobs in the game are great and very well balanced. Play whatever you think looks cool. Hopefully this video will help you make that decision!
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0:00 Intro
1:47 Ninja
5:28 Monk
8:16 Samurai
10:41 Reaper
13:28 Dragoon
16:38 Machinist
18:56 Bard
22:14 Dancer
26:17 Summoner
30:36 Red Mage
34:23 Black Mage
37:55 Warrior
40:34 Paladin
44:05 Gunbreaker
47:04 Dark Knight
50:32 White Mage
54:06 Astrologian
58:06 Scholar
1:02:10 Sage
1:06:37 Final Tier List
This tier list is a meme, it's just what I like to play. Every job in this game is very good. If you're new to the game play whatever job you think looks cool! While recording this, I also learned how hard it is to try to do the opener on every single job while trying to articulate your thoughts. I know I messed up pretty much all of them and forgot some stuff, but hopefully it gives you an idea of how the jobs look and work! ❤
summoner at 100 should allow you to summon Yoshi P. So he'd be the third thing to summon trading off with phoenix and bahamut
While as funny as this sounds. My cent is on Zodiark and Hydaleyn, especially knowing what we know now.
@@klabenceThat'd be sick
Pls if we can bring her back yes please
@@klabence Yes Zodiark and Hydaelyn or riot.
ROFLMFAO
Mannn I'm so impressed by how clear and concise you are with your points and commentary. Really good work!
We’ll ignore the fact that I had to reshoot this entire video after the first take ended up over 2 hours long. But I appreciate the kind words!
I didn't mean to watch the whole video but dang listening to you talk about ffxiv for an hour is very enjoyable!
He seems very articulate, insightful and has been blessed with a voice made for this kind of thing, imo.
Watched to the end and you mentioned you just started making videos. I couldn’t tell. You do such a good job explaining everything in a very clear and straightforward way that i thought you’ve been making vids forever. Great job!
As a Summoner / Dancer main... I do love the ease. I'm a year and a half new to MMORPG's and I definitely react a bit slower than others, and the movement flexibility is nice.
Found the person born in 2005.
@@christopherg.9954 Oof! I wouldn't sound like Rice Krispies when I stand up if that were the case.
I am in love with summoner as my first job ever so far :D!!!! Definitely maxing it out before I choose anything else =]
That's why I play Monk lol. 3 stacks on dash to allies or enemies so I can move around easily, and no cast time so I can move around while I do damage.
@@Schwakamonk is my love since day one of ARR, but after a good long break, the rotation is so completely confusing to me. I cannot seem to pump out the DPS like I should be able to. Lately I find myself being drawn more to tank and healers. Their rotations are more forgiving for the most part, but they're also more difficult for completely different reasons (especially healers)
Awesome video man! Definitely motivating me to try out different jobs that I previously have been leaving out!
nice video, rlly like the chill in your voice. keep it up :)
PLD is my favourite tank. All the changes that it went through during EW were so good, very good improvements to damage and quality of life. Even from a healer PoV I love when the MT is a PLD because they don't need to go super low HP in order to provide value to their kit, they have superb mitigation and decent self-healing while at the same time the best invuln because Hallowed Ground doesn't have any kind of weird gimmick or anything, just a "press to stop receiving damage" button and thats it. PLD is a very solid straightforward tank.
Yeah PLD in shb always wanted to OT, But EW 6.3 PLD being a main tank I think is actually genuinely really powerful, Boss positioning aside (as that generally comes up less), It's self healing on single target is honestly on par with warrior It's absurdly strong not even "decent" imo, being able to hold two holy sheltrons for flexibility or double tank busters, It's general strong built in mitigation (even 30% chance block rate makes it take slightly less damage on average autos). DV + Bulwark changes/added back also make it so you don't lose out on tankyness other tanks had in the past. I think I still see a lot of PLD's scared to MT because of how old PLD used to avoid it, but it's actually a really good option.
Ehh, hallowed ground is the worst invuln, just because of its extremely long cooldown. All of the other tanks’ gimmicks can be forgiven because they are easy to deal with (aside from dark knight which actually is super broken, as the invuln’s timer is basically reset and it can give itself a full heal).
@@yassin9782 I disagree. The long cooldown can be forgiven because it has no gimmick, nothing can go wrong when you use Hallowed Ground, you just press button to stop receiving damage and thats it, you don't even need to pre-coordinate or expect your healer understanding how your invuln works. You have complete full control of the situation which is perfect.
@@BaghNakh1actually Hallowed Ground IS the worst invuln. Not only does it have a long cooldown meaning you o;oh get one use - you also still take damage until the animation is finished which means you also don’t get the full 10s. The best cooldown is actually drks imo because it can pop way in advance of when you need it and can heal themselves back to full provided there isn’t downtime or anything to stop them attacking which a healer can fix easily. From a paladin main
@@skilletus7334 In all current dungeons you can use Hallowed Ground twice. First use on the first pull, second use between 2nd and last boss. Never seen a situation where I only get to use it once even when going fast.
First video if seen of you made me wanna start raids second configure my ps5 controllers settings now this keep going bro the content is quality top notch !!!🎉
As a new player as of the Xbox beta its nice to see someone who has alot of knowledge who also uses controller 😊😊
On PC as soon as I figured out how good controller can be set up I was converted. Took some time to get it set how I want but it's great so far and way more comfy than kb+m
PC player but started several years ago on PS4. I still think XIV is one of (if not) the best use of a controller in a video game. Make sure to continue messing around with your HUD. Above all else...enjoy the game!
@@ShrimplessScampi yup it's great to have set up the hud and figured out what all the options are, so as things pop up or I notice things being in the way I can fine tune. And I agree it's crazy how I haven't seen any other games come close to the cross hotbar versatility. It seems like it might be complicated or confusing but really in a game like dragons dogma if they just added like one extra button or double tap feature they could double the amount of abilities you can use. Everyone is used to just having one control for each button and limiting gameplay to that
He put a lot of the most hate and least played classes at the top and tbh for controllers players there are some classes I don’t recommend if you play controller like monk ninja and dragoon
Make sure you set up your crossbar to be able to access it fast
Really great video! Love your natural delivery and explanation. Keep up the great content!
What a wonderfully put together video. Thank you for your sharing your insights and opinions. I look forward to watching your past videos and future content. Easy subscribe. 👍🏼
Loved the video and the casual delivery. I am kinda new so your suggestion of turning the tierlist upside down works for me 😂.
Really enjoyed this vid, like the chill vibe
Talking about the gameplay of each job and giving your personal opinions is a lot more helpful than just ranking them based on meta. I wanna just play what I like and it's good to see what I might enjoy and the pros and cons rather than just "this one does better in endgame speedruns"
I could listen to you talk about this all day tbh. Thanks for the info!
Your way of thinking about the job gameplay and their ranking, totally aligns with mine, and I believe, with lots of people. Thanks for the time you took.
Great vibe to this video - thanks Vit :)
Great video! I appreciate how you changed locations for every job! Regarding bard DoTs,they cant really be refreshed with every new song cause you dont keep the songs equally up. Also you want to refresh them by the end of your buff every 1min
For someone who only has six videos on their channel, your content is great, Keep it up!
After watching some of your videos I can tell you're a great teacher and have a very sound and relatable philosophy when it comes to how you approach various aspects of the game. Keep up the great work and continue to be objective and dont get caught up with toxicity. Looking forward to more content from you!
You're really not worried about DRG rework? I for one am SCARED lmao
LET ME COPE
I just want some of the jumps on gcd
@@99_Vit lmaoo
@@99_Vit My cope is that the latest melee dps rework was monk and that turned out okay at least!
I quit dragoon feels so weak
Great video man. Learned some things. Nin and Bard are my favorite. I think my next class to try out will be Astro after watching this.
THANK YOU for making Bard S-Rank! I love the party support aspect, and mob crowd control is so easy compared to other jobs. It just doesn’t have the rizz other jobs have at the moment. 🤷♂️
Bard main here, and I love the approach you take to the job! Refreshing dots at the same time as you swap songs is not the most optimized way to play the job, but it's a great starting point while you're getting used to how it works and does the job in all casual content. I worry a lot of the perceived difficulty comes from guides expecting players to snapshot (applying dots when all the buffs are active) and optimize song rotation from the start, which makes the rotation far more complicated, and imo should not be required until you start getting into Extreme or Savage content.
Thanks for the video. Your voice is so soothing! good work!
Awesome video and channel!
keep doing you brosky!!!! this video was fun to watch!
I'm so in edge about DRG changes. Love it's current iteration. Great vid!
I just started the game a month ago and really enjoy AST. With my DRK being at level 50 the job doesn’t feel too great at the moment, using more magic instead of big sword, hope this will change later ❤
Fun tidbit on Paladin Cover: it can stop stun and Down for the Count on whoever you cover. For instance, after add phase in Tsukuyomi. Your cover buddy can run around while everyone else is down. It's fun. (unless they recently patched that out, I used to do it for funsies)
Great video with really solid explanations of each job. It's very funny to me that if you invert your tier list, it's basically perfectly mine. I like head empty.
Loved the vid cheers man
Great video, very helpful for a sprout like me.
Wonderful video but I just want to say the effort you put into going into explorer mode and finding pretty spots was very beautifully done!
I'm a mythic raider wow refugee and i've been eating up all sorts of these videos. I am glad I found yours because I think my tastes align a lot with you. I think Reaper is cool but it's just soooo simple, and the character I am currently working on is Ninja (lvl 89, so close to Raijin Ready!..) and it's a blast. Daunting at first, but after successfully setting up an opener it just sinks its hooks in and it has that level of depth that I was originally worried about FFXIV lacking. Red Mage and Monk were the other DPS I was interested in and you have them high on your preferences as well. Can't wait to explore them at some point. Cheers for the vid
i have never seen that see-through book before and now i want it!!
This was an awesome video! Really liked the way you breaked it down on the way the Jobs all played! 😊 Btw what’s that Dress you have on your WoL during the SMN & RDM sections? I really like the way it looks and wanna try it out
I have learnt the game on summoner. Straight forward but I really like it, the fact it doesnt have a million buttonsis part of the appeal. The level 90 skills looks great
Lit such a useful video for a sprout. I wanna try them all lol!
Nice video , also what Fit is that on the Bard/Machin if you don’t mind me asking
Ty! Should be moonward top, Lakeland pants and best mans shoes
I main bard it’s so good nice critique on the class ty ❤
Every job in your S Tier are what I play. We seem to have SIMILAR taste in job choices. I am more of a healer though. Paladin and the healers rank a bit higher for me just because of the healing. Thank you. Fun to hear someone so articulately explore the nuances of each job. Ninja is my fave melee and MAY become actual main. DRG is PHENOMENAL. Actually playing BRD as I listen to you, right now. RDM is 'officially' my main atm. BLM COULD be my number 1 favourite because of the complexity. DRK has that sword and Blackest Night. AST and its complexity attract me significantly. Thx if you read all that.
Leveling up one class already take so long in this game so i never played or seen any of the other classes besides my main ones (dragoon and reaper) because scythes are just the most badass thing ever 🙂 but since it starts at 70 i had to start with the second most badass class before unlocking it, glad this is not like other rating videos where you just rank the jobs and go to the next one, it's nice to know more about each class and your opinion on it too , iam trying to decide who to level after maxing out my mains
All my jobs are lined up at the end, and are pretty close to your ranking as well. I've recently leveled RDM, and here is my list from best to worst of my 6 jobs: 1. RDM. I love the mobility and ranged/melee hybrid aspect; being able to rez/heal and have a sword is the cherry on top. 2. Sage. As you said, the only healer with a gap closer. I love Eukrasia since it adds mobility + variety + faster GCD when activated. 3. Reaper. The aesthetic is one thing, but the transformation + fast GCD is freaking awesome. Also, the teleporting is nice. My main peeve here is the 30 sec debuff...it ruins the flow for me and seems redundant. : \ 4. Scholar. This was my first job. Having a fairie help me heal seemed really nice, and it was...but once I started healing Zot and barely keeping my tanks alive, I decided to try Sage and ended up liking it waaay more. 5. Samurai. This was my main after Scholar. After they changes Samurai with the cone AoE and got rid of Kaiten...all the small problems I had came to light. Worst gap closer and no disengage. Thematically I *love* samurai, but unfortunately I'm sad that it feels like they ruined it. 6. Summoner. It's really nice at first, because it's like "oh wow it's so easy to do lots of damage," but then...yeah it gets boring. That said, if I didn't try summoner I'd have never leveled a Red Mage. I was looking for a new job, since none of my current ones really gripped me anymore. I thought "I wish summoner and samurai could be combined and given some mobility..." yeah, literally exactly what RDM is. :D Anyways, that's my wall of text. Good vid (although I admit to skipping ones I don't play or am not too interested in.)
I really wanna get that reaper weapon. Do you have any tips for learning TOP?
Lot's of studying the mechanics, lots of reps and practice in the fight, and make sure you have lots of free time and are in a good mental space before committing to it. The fight definitely takes a toll on people, but I found it to be good fun. And don't give up, because you'll likely want to at some point!
All of this! I haven't found a tier list i agree with more.
Great video m8. I think it would also have been cool, just as an extra, to add the names/location of each zone you were in while demonstrating each job. 💪🏼 Kudos, overall
ty for the great video !
I love my red mage, may not be the highest DPS, but it has so much versatility
This was a great watch, thank you for your input. As a new ff14 player, you showcased and summarized the jobs nicely.
Nice to see Bard getting S tier. Considering how many people seem to dislike the job, I was afraid you'd be one of them. I am also a musician in real life so I gravitated toward Bard. I actually started as White Mage and mained that until the end of Endwalker. Then once the main story was done, I switched to Bard as a new main (primarily because I just didn't enjoy how healers work in this game, which is basically just DPS with extra responsibilities). And I have a lot of fun with Bard. Also, I can't stand all the Bard bands you occasionally see. When you play in a real band, the musicians need to be tight and play in sync. The bands you see throughout FFXIV are never in sync because of the delay with the game and it makes their music just sound bad. I do wish Bard would lean into the music aspect a bit more than it does, though.
One of the better tier list videos I've seen
your channel is great, new follower,
I absolutely LOVED Summoner in Shadowbringers, which is when I started playing. It felt a lot like Bard (my favorite DPS by far) and was overall just very unique with how the DoTs played into the kit... I don't really enjoy it the same way that I did since it got reworked in Endwalker. Maybe there's a middle ground between the DoT mage that it used to be and the "mage" that it currently is? I think that would restore some of the identity back into the class
Ur explaination for the jobs are very good but the tier list is clearly what u prefer
I'm currently progging the Eden savage raid after finishing all of Pandemonium, and the amount of times i jumped off the arena playing DRG on E8S can't be counted.
really good video
Took me a while to get used to it but monk was the most rewarding job I've played with black mage
A fellow Dragoon-turned-RDM :D Been playing for about a month, just finished ARR and I've been binging job guides trying to figure out what tank and healer I wanna try next, to fill out my roles.
I loved the + and - on all classes, so that its easier for me to search the classes i want to play based on for example flashy spells or good movment etc, good overlook and really helpful for all who didnt played all classes so that they can a favor of the differences between them :) thanks for your work! Ps: love sage the most ;)
Hey man when DT drops will you do controller guides for a lot of jobs? I can never figure out where I should set certain abilities and using yours would be super useful, I think a ton of new controller players would appreciate it too.
I love Red Mage too
As a Dark Knight main who plays the class for the greatsword i approve.
I have one huge question. What is your controller layout? I'm on ps5 and that layout you have going on there would be an absolute life saver for me, especially playing a tank with my 5 trillion buttons to press hahaha.
Check out my controller guide! I go over all of it
I went and looked, THANK YOU! You're a life saver haha. Before now I was using R1 (Right bumper) to manually cycle rapidly through 3+ bars every fight depending on the class hahaha. Warrior and dragoon being the worst offenders for that haha.
As a tank player it feels like: - Warrior: You just want a tank class. Necessary minimum of mechanics, pure fun of having Fell CLEAVE! Can't ever go wrong with this class. Best MT out there. - Paladin: Swiss knife of a tanks. (somewhat) flexible rotation, good package of party utility. Needs some time to get used to. Solid MT and OT. 2nd best tank glamour class. - Gunbreaker: You are a DPS player, but your party need that last slot as a tank. Flashy skills (Gnashing fang and Double down have my respect). But, because of cartriges suffers when there is downtime or he needs to move boss somewhere. Great OT, terrible MT. - Dark Knight: Every game's edge boys. Kind of mix of PLD and WAR. Skills look good, sword swings actually FEEL like you carry two-handed monster in your arms (unlike a lot of games). In right hands can do burst on par with equally geared DPS. Has the best small mitigation in the game, it's so good that my co-tank when geared in BiS don't even use it on 1st/2nd encounter reclear because boss' damage isn't enough to break it which leads to dps loss. Good at both MT and OT.
yooo. this great resource tyty
Seeing you play on a controller really makes me think if I should go back to playing on PS5. The only thing I hate about controller is playing as support when you need to juggle between enemy and party targets. Targeting with controller in general feels clunky. Great video!
Great vid, good thing you also showed gameplay and not just staired at the job icons like most people do when making tier lists 😂
Thanks for the video, I created a BLM for my first job and been thinking about switching I found your video very useful.
1. DRK main here , kind of a newb tho lol, but I 100% agree that the rotation is somehow both really busy, but simple at the same time. The whole playstyle is basically just you accumulating resources so you can go ham during your damage windows ( Which is what ultimately makes the class such a popular off-tank option , since during those short damage windows your output is comparable to some DPS classes. Hence the nickname "Blue DPS" XD ) 2. I also really like *Samurai's* gameplay. Its suprisingly easy to learn once you put in a bit of time into it and learn all the variations you have access to. The timing on the casts is also the most fun part personally, as you really need to have the timing of your actions down pat to keep up your flow. The class is definetly a glass cannon tho.
Thankyou for the zero warning on zone spoilers but otherwise a very interesting video cheers
I just started 3 weeks ago i love the game so far
Possible to link UI layout controller for ninja
I just really want to summon Lakshmi with her music playing alongside it.
Really like this video.
Hey brother, do you happen to know what ping you play on?
Love that you put Bard in S tier. It's my one and only Lv90 job, and as a support main that likes clicking furiously, it can't be beaten in my opinion.
do you use a macro for dragon sight? i don't really play dragoon much but when i do i find it really cumbersome to use dragon sight on controller.
I personally don’t, but it’s not bad. I talk about it at the end of my controller guide in another video if you’re interested
You get used to using dragon sight manually. Macros dont queue so i wouldnt recommend a macro for it
@@TheArnoldification The whole 'macros don't queue' thing is about not clipping your gcds. Dragon Sight is ogcd and does not slow down your rotation at all if you macro it. Go nuts.
So, I started out Dragoon, then picked up Dark Knight, because those are my two favourite FF Job-classes. Then in Shadowbringers I found the Role Quests and decided I wanted to do them all. So now I've gotten Red Mage up to the high 70s and my next goal is to level up Sage. I hear that Endwalker splits the Phys. Dps into Melee and Ranged, so I'll probably grind up Bard for that one.
What is your dragoon weapon? It looks so cool
It’s from TOP, the latest ultimate raid
@@99_Vit thank you ❤️
Never saw ninja using so many ninjutsu so fast. But, you had go more into the con-side of the ninja. The mudra are a nice idea. At the samer time are they the biggest weakness of the ninja. It can happen very easily, that the system didnt recogniced a button corectly, and create a error, because of that (the bunny hat). That mean, that you can not use the mudra for 30 sec, and you losed some dmg, because of that. Or are going out of your flow.
Good informative video, as someone who is getting to level 50 this video has helped me thanks
I started with DRG all the way to EW then switched to RPR. Still go back to it for roull and Eureka since I don't raid. Elusive jump has killed me sooo many times, I'm looking at you Titan
I like your chill, conversational style. Glad I found your channel. As a ninja main, I'm biased playstyle wise and agree with most of the list. The only difference is I enjoy dancer as my "head empty, no thoughts" mode. The play rhythm feels like ninja with slow filler, fast burst, but just overall simpler/easier. I also like rng to a degree. Which is why AST is the only healer I play at this point--fast, more thinking, and rng. I just hope the DT rework doesn't go the way of SMN.
I need to lvl up my Nin and Mnk. Smn is S tier to me though having been through the busiest job ever in FFXIV phase to its current state.
I've been playing Samurai as my main since late SB/early Shb so it's always interesting to hear an outsider's perspective on the job I've spent thousands of hours on, lol. I wish there was slightly more class variation in this game, but as it stands, I like that we can still have our personal tastes and disagreements over core job mechanics and identity, because casting is what *makes* Samurai for me. I think it feels incredible to get a perfect burst window with Sam because it just feels so chunky and good. But of course, it's not for everyone!
As a bard main, my complaint about dot upkeep and job difficulty is the fact that the dots have to take up two GCDs to be initially applied, or reapplied if the boss has an intangible period, and the fact that I have a harder time paying attention to the fight since I have to play with my eyes on my hot bars for most everything I still love it nonetheless though
Interesting list, although I might have to view it upside down for my purposes. :-) I play primarily Bard, though. But you got me interested in trying Ninja at some point.
Well made video! Appreciate the effort you've put into this.
i thought it was cool that you changed striking dummy locations often. new scenery kept it interesting. watched the whole thing ;)
A summoning circle where you control your most powerful summons would be interesting. Hard like black mage, but in a different way.
the only tierlist i believe
I love WAR, personally. It's just so comfy to play! In dungeons the mitigation makes wall to wall pulls a breeze while against bosses the rotation is simple and flexible so I can just chill or focus on the actualy spectacle and mechanics.
Glad to see my 2 faves (Astro and Ninja) in S 😎
Monk for life. Probably one of the few who started as monk and have kept it as their main the entire time (and I started in ARR)
I like this video and I won't argue with your list. Some jobs I haven't played yet at all and some I'm in the process of leveling. I do want to say that BLM is very easy but I think the learning curve is high. Utilizing everything can be difficult, maybe.
You forgot about your most op dragoon spell the javelin throw definitely dont need a rework XD
do you think it's worth starting FF XIV now if I never played it and also starting it as free edition first? Just to see if I like the game? :)
Of course! You could play the free trial for hundreds of hours. Tons of stuff to do in there