This is a guide to the Red Mage Job class in Bravely Default 2 (Bravely Default II) for the Nintendo Switch. Read on to know all the details about the Red Mage Job including its abilities, specialties, stat modifiers, and weapon proficiencies!
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Red Mage Overview |
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・Combine red mages with black mages and other magical specialists to maximise the range of elemental abilities available.
・They're great at exploiting vulnerabilities, and can also inflict various status ailments. |
HP | MP | Strength | Defense |
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Magic | Magic Defense | Healing Power | Agility |
The Red Mage is capble of unleashing status ailments based on the elemental magic they have used. To further expand this, we highly suggest equipping the Black Mage as a Sub-Job to the Red Mage to expand the amount of status ailments it can inflicts to enemies!
Berserk/Doom | |
Freeze/ Poison | |
Paralysis/Confusion | |
Sleep/Silence | |
Slow/Stop | |
Blind/Charm Also applies to healing abilities against undead enemies. |
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Dread/Contagion |
The Red Mage's 2nd Speciality Chain Spell causes the caster to cast the spell a 2nd time for free. This is one of the biggest powerspikes of mage classes and it is highly suggested to max the Red Mage class immediately for this ability.
Ability | Type | Cost | Level | Effect |
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Stone | Command | 15 MP | 1 | Performs an earth magic attack on a target/all targets. |
Aero | Command | 15 MP | 2 | Performs a wind magic attack on a target/all targets. |
Heal | Command | 14 MP | 3 | Restore 1000 HP to a target. |
Stonera | Command | 38 MP | 4 | Performs a powerful earth magic attack on a target/all targets. |
Aerora | Command | 38 MP | 5 | Performs a powerful wind magic attack on a target/all targets. |
Healara | Command | 36 MP | 6 | Restore 2000 HP to a target. |
Magic Critical | Support | 1 Slot | 7 | Enables magical attacks to inflict critical hits. |
Revenge | Support | 1 Slot | 8 | Roughly 25% chance of the user's BP increasing by one when attacked. |
Healaga | Command | 49 MP | 9 | Restore 3000 HP to a target. |
Stonega | Command | 66 MP | 10 | Performs an extremely powerful earth magic attack on a target/all targets. |
Aeroga | Command | 66 MP | 11 | Performs an extremely powerful wind magic attack on a target/all targets. |
Disaster | Command | 100 MP | 12 | Perform an extremely powerful magical attack on a target that combines the powers of earth and wind. |
Quake | Command | 80 MP | 13 | Perform an incredibly powerful earth magic attack on a target. |
Tornado | Command | 80 MP | 14 | Perform an incredibly powerful wind magic attack on a target. |
HP/MP Convertor | Support | 2 Slots | 15 | Using abilities during battle expends HP instead of MP, but at ten times the MP cost. |
Allows your magics to critically strike. An ability that flats out buffs the damage output of elemental spells. Even if you don't wish to play the Red Mage, we highly suggest at least getting this support ability.
Allows your character to get BP when attacked. This ability goes extremely well with tank classes like the Vanguard who wants the enemy attention to themselves!
Specialities | Effects |
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Nuisance | All attack spells also have a chance of inflicting status ailments. The ailment inflicted depends on the spell element. |
Chainspell | All spells cast are performed twice at no extra MP cost. |
Speciality 2 Can only be learned after leveling the Red Mage to Level 12.
Special Ability |
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Gale Force Flurry Strike all enemies with a powerful wind-imbued magical attack. |
Bonus Effects |
Magical Attack +15% Speed +15% |
Conditions |
Use Red Magic x 13. |
Below are the weapons proficiencies for the Red Mage Job. Refer to this section to know which weapons are best suited for the Red Mage Job.
Roddy is the bearer of the Red Mage Asterisk. He is capable of inflicting damage and status ailments at the same time so be wary of these ailments and equip your party accordingly!
TheOracle's 3 elemental spell goes pretty well with the Red Mage's nuisance speciality which inflicts extra status ailments unto foes. This greatly expands the Oracle's abilities that can easily destroy normal enemies and bosses alike!
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While this combo will need a lot of support from your equipment builds and team composition, it is still an extremely strong job combo that can wipe out enemies in a single (or double) spell cast.
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Related Job Guides | |
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Best Job Combos | Job Points Guide |
Best Beastmaster Monsters Guide | Steal List Guide |
How to Unlock the Max Job Level | List of Beastmaster Moves & Effects |
Oracle might be a better sub-job than black mage, since elemental supplement works on magic attacks (and gives a chance for the corresponding elements).
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If you use Healing magic, Nuisance grants the Red Mage a chance to inflict Charm on the target. Found that out while using Heal to deal damage to an undead enemy.