Freelancer Job Abilities and Best Sub-Jobs| Bravely Default 2 (Bravely Default II)

This is a guide to Freelancer a job class in Bravely Default 2 (Bravely Default II) for the Nintendo Switch. Read on to know all the details about the Freelancer Job including its abilities, specialties, stat modifiers, and weapon proficiencies!

Freelancer Overview

Freelancer Overview
・Freelancers make good healers. ・They can also use abilities white mages don't have access to in order to cure status ailments and restore MP. ・Their job-specific specialty allows them to survive lethal blows and live to fight another day.

Freelancer Overall Stats

HP	MP	Strength	Defense
Magic	Magic Defense	Healing Power	Agility

How to Play the Freelancer

A Source of Utility Support Abilities

Divine Rod, Dungeon Master, and the valuable JP UP ability allows the Freelancer to be a great source of support abilities. Make sure to level it up as soon as possible but it not a suggested class to stick into.

Freelancer Ability List

Ability	Type	Cost	Level	Effect
Examine	Command	-	1	Reveal an enemy's HP, weaknesses and family.
Treat	Command	20 MP	2	Restore 20% of a target's HP and 10% of their MP.
Divining Rod	Support	1 Slot	3	Displays the number of unopened treasure chests nearby.
Forage	Command	-	4	Search for items. The items found will depend on the user's job level.
Dungeon Master	Support	1 Slot	5	Nullifies all terrain-inflicted damage.
Lucky Charm	Command	15 MP	6	Increase a target's luck for five turns.
Self-Healing	Support	1 Slot	7	Cure poison, blindness and silence when battle ends.
Purge	Command	20 MP	8	Remove berserk, confusion, dread, charm and doom from a target.
JP Up	Support	1 Slot	9	JP earned is increased by a multiple of 1.2.
Square One	Command	28 MP	10	Remove various status effects from a target.
Body Slam	Command	1 BP	11	Deal physical damage to a target based on the user's encumbrance, and delay the target's turn.
Jp Up and Up	Support	2 Slot	12	JP earned is increased by a multiple of 1.5 (increases to 1.7 when combined with JP Up).
Wish Upon a Star	Command	42 MP	13	Increase all allies' luck for five turns. Even more effective at night.
Limit Breaker	Support	1 Slot	14	Doubles the potential effects of all stat boosts received.
Mimic	Command	-	15	Repeat the most recent action performed by the user or an ally without expending HP, MP, BP, pg or items.

Best Abilities

Divine Rod

Forage

Jp Up and JP Up and Up

Divine Rod

The Divine Rod is a graceful support ability that tells you the amount of chests left in the area. This skills is one of the best skills and will be a likely skill that you'll use for the whole game.

“JP Up” and “JP Up and Up”

Both skills combined gives you a whooping 1.7 JP multipler after the battle ends. A great support skill to have especially if you want to level up all of your jobs!

Forage

No need to buy all those tents, potions, and other stuff you want at the shop. Forage allows you to get all of these items during battles! The higher your level, the more items you can get so it complements with your needed grind to get those support abilities.

Freelancer Speciality and Special Ability

Speciality

Speciality 2 Can only be learned after leveling the Freelancer to Level 12.

Special Ability

Freelancer Weapon Proficiencies

Below are the weapons proficiencies for the Freelancer job. Refer to this section to know which weapons are best suited for the Freelancer job.

How to Unlock the Freelancer Job

Freelancer is the starting class

The freelancer is the starting class in Bravely Default. In Bravely Default 1, it was a job that can gain stat bonuses per each mastered Job but it is currently unknown if the same ability is also in Bravely Default 2. Stay tuned for more info!

Best Sub-Jobs for Freelancer

Gambler

While this Job Combo won't work until super late in the game, it's a very strong combo that can fully utilize the Gambler's Highroller skill for free thanks to its level 15 ability.

Gambler Job Abilities and Best Sub-Jobs

Thief

This job combo isn't for dealing damage via one of the most broken ability in the game. This combo focuses on the Freelancer's Lucky Charm to increase the character's luck to raise your steal chance.

Thief Job Abilities and Best Sub-Jobs

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Jobs List

List of Jobs

Jobs
Freelancer	White Mage	Black Mage	Monk
Vanguard	Thief	Bard	Beast Master
Gambler	Berserker	Red Mage	Ranger
Shieldmaster	Pictomancer	Dragoon	Swordmaster
Spiritmaster	Salve-Maker	Oracle	Bastion
Phantom	Arcanist	Hellblade	Bravebearer

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