Bladedancer guide

Even though it's not a good tank and only an average damager, immensely powerful buffs put the Bladedancer in high demand with any high-level party.

Though very powerful, your dances don't last long — only 2 minutes! Be ready to recast them.

Dance of Fire increases your party's crit. damage by 50%. This is most useful when hunting with dagger or bow users, as they have the highest crit. rate. Likewise, this skill is least useful when cast on blunt users, as they have a very low crit. rate.

Dance of Light increases your party's damage against undead by 20 to 40%. This is very useful when fighting undead. When fighting monsters that aren't undead, it is useless.

Dance of Inspiration increases your party's Accuracy by 4. This is most useful when hunting with dagger, bow or polearm users, as they have lower accuracy. Likewise, this skill is least useful when around blunt, staff, or book users, as they already have the highest accuracy.

Dance of Mystic increases your party's M.Atk by 20%. This is very useful when you're grouped with attack Mystics, but has little effect on a Fighter-heavy party.

Dance of Concentration increases your party's casting speed by 30% and reduces chance of interruption by 40. This is very useful for both attack and heal Mystics in your party.

Dance of Warrior increases your party's P.Atk by 12%. This is one of the most useful dances, because who doesn't like to hit harder? Dances stack with Might and Shield as well, so this is a wonderful buff. Use it often.

Dance of Fury increases your party's P.Atk Speed by 15%. Another awesome dance;.

it's good to have this one going all the time. 15% greater attack speed is very noticeable.

As your buffs cost the same whether cast on two or nine people, the bigger the party, the more efficient your buff.

Tanking a Bladedancer is even harder then tanking a Palus Knight, as you are more buff-oriented than P.Def-oriented. Make sure to find a good party with a good tank. Elven Elders are very good to party with as well, as they have an MP recharge spell.

Open up a fight with Hex or Power Break; they work pretty often, and when they do, they decrease the monster's P.Def by 15% (Level 2 Hex by 20%) and P.Atk by 15% (Level 2 Power Break by 20%), which makes killing much easier.

Poison Blade Dance — for something that costs 105 MP (and that's just the first level), one would expect a really good spell. And while the poison does good damage … it hardly ever hits. If you even bother learning it, don't use it too often.