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Bravely Default Pirate Best Abilities and Unlock Condition

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This is a guide for the Pirate job in Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster. Learn the Pirate's best abilities and unlock conditions for Bravely Default on the Switch 2.

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Pirate Unlock Condition and Job Info

Overview and How to Unlock

PiratePirate How to Obtain
Defeat Hayreddin Barbarossa at SS Funky Francisca in Chapter 3 Sub-Scenario
Job Command
Piracy
Specialty
Adrenaline Rush
Physical Attack and Physical Defense each rise by 50% for five turns when your HP falls below 20%. The upper limit for P.Atk and P.Def is 150%.

Compatible Equipment

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

Note: Compatibility ranking goes from S > A > B > C > D > E.

Parameters

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

Pirate Best Abilities

Recommended Abilities

Ability
(Learning Level)		 Reason for Recommendation
Torrent
(Lv 13)		 Launches 16 attacks on a single target, dealing 0.3 times the damage of a normal attack. Each attack has a 20% chance of missing.
Amped Strike
(Lv 14)		 A powerful blow that deals four times the damage of a normal attack. Although axes generally have a low hit rate and are difficult to land with normal attacks, this skill is extremely powerful if you can reliably land its quadruple damage.
Provoke
(Lv 2)		 This ability maximizes your likelihood of being targeted to 100, compelling enemies to focus their attacks on you. It's highly effective for shielding allies with low HP.
Adrenaline Rush
(Lv 8)		 An ability that increases your Physical Attack and Physical Defense by 50% when in critical condition (below 20% HP). Since you can stack this effect up to a 100% increase, it's possible to aim for a major comeback from the brink.

Double Damage and Torrent Deals Massive Damage

The Pirate is a job that combines overwhelming power with strong debuffing capabilities. Wielding axes, they can deliver one-shot kills and significantly boost your party's overall damage output by shredding enemy defenses with abilities like Shell Split and Scale Strip. The path to victory lies in compensating for their low hit rate while unleashing powerful moves like Double Damage and Torrent to deal massive damage and secure quick victories.

How to Play the Pirate

Crush Enemies with Axes

The Pirate is a top-tier attacker among all jobs, having the highest physical attack powers. Their inherent strength is further boosted by exceptional proficiency with axes. However, their low dexterity results in somewhat poor accuracy, requiring some form of accuracy support to reliably land targeted attacks. While leveraging their high attack power for massive damage, their extensive debuffing abilities—which lower enemy stats—also allow them to excel in a support role.

Debuff Enemies

Pirate abilities aren't limited to powerful attacks like Double Damage and Torrent. They also include skills such as Shell Split and Scale Strip, which temporarily reduce enemies' Physical and Magical Defense. A particularly potent and uncommon feature among other jobs is their ability to reduce Physical and Magical Defense to 1/10 or less of their original value. Repeated use of these skills can significantly increase your party's overall damage efficiency.

Repeatedly Use Double Damage

The Pirate quickly becomes a valuable damage dealer, learning abilities like Shell Split and Double Damage from low levels. With additional physical attack boosts from jobs like the Performer, they can unleash astonishing damage.

Additionally, a combo involving the Swordmaster job is recommended. Set Bushido as a subclass and use Free Lunch to reduce MP consumption to 0 for two turns. This allows you to continuously unleash high-MP abilities like Double Damage and Torrent, aiming for quick battles.

Pirate All Abilities

Learned Abilites by Level

Lv Ability Type and Effect
1 Double Damage Type: Command
Deal two times the damage of a conventional attack to one target.
2 Provoke Type: Command
Raise your chances of being targeted by enemies to the highest level possible.
3 Shell Split Type: Command
Deal the same damage as a conventional attack to one target, and for four turns, lower the target's physical defense by 25%. The lower limit for P.Def is 75%.
4 Scale Strip Type: Command
Deal the same damage as a conventional attack to one target, and for four turns, lower the target's magical defense by 25%. The lower limit for M.Def is 75%.
5 Shin Smash Type: Command
Deal the same damage as a conventional attack to one target, and for four turns, lower the target's speed by 25%. The lower limit for speed is 75%.
6 Mass Attack Type: Command
Allies with less than 20% of their HP left attack at the same time you do. Note that this does not end the turn for the allies that join in the attack. They can still perform an action during that turn.
7 Berserk Type: Command
Raise physical attack by 50% and continue making conventional attacks for six turns. Berserk's P.Atk increase does not stack with other P.Atk boost effects.
8 Adrenaline Rush Type: Support
Physical Attack and Physical Defense each rise by 50% for five turns when your HP falls below 20%. The upper limit for P.Atk and P.Def is 150%.
9 P.Attack 20% Up Type: Support
Raise Physical Attack by 20%.
10 Defang Type: Command
Deal the same damage as a conventional attack to one target, and for four turns, lower the target's physical attack by 25%. The lower limit for P.Atk is 75%.
11 Skull Bash Type: Command
Deal the same damage as a conventional attack to one target, and for four turns, lower the target's magic attack by 25%. The lower limit for M.Atk is 75%.
12 Axe Lore Type: Support
Raise arms aptitude for axes to S.
13 Torrent Type: Command
Unleash physical water attacks dealing 0.3 times the damage of a conventional attack up to 16 times on one target.
14 Amped Strike Type: Command
An attack that deals 400% damage.

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