Combat Skills and Magic Skills
Skill Cap Chart
are stats that are natural to any characters job - the both go hand-in-hand as they are all used to battle mobs in one way or another.
These skills are raised just by using them on mobs of the appropriate level to your skill.
There is a cap to each skill depending on the class and their proficiency with said skill. As your job level goes up, the cap rises as well.
Certain jobs excel at some skills, while other jobs excel at others. Make sure you know what skills your job excels at and raise them to reach the maximum potential of your character.
To find more of this information go to: Skill Chart for FFXI or FFXI Skill Capture
Job Skill Ranks[]
BRD | BST | BLM | DRK | DRG | MNK | NIN | PLD | RNG | RDM | SAM | SMN | THF | WAR | WHM | |
Axe | A- | C- | B- | A- | |||||||||||
Great Axe | C+ | A+ | |||||||||||||
Club | D | D | E | C- | E | C+ | E | A- | E | D | E | E | E | B- | B+ |
Dagger | B- | C+ | D | C | E | C+ | C- | B- | B | E | E | A- | B- | ||
Hand to Hand | A+ | E | E | D | |||||||||||
Katana | A- | ||||||||||||||
Great Katana | C- | A+ | |||||||||||||
Polearm | A+ | E | B- | B- | |||||||||||
Scythe | C | E | A+ | B+ | |||||||||||
Staff | C+ | C+ | B- | B | A- | B- | B | C+ | |||||||
Sword | C- | E | B- | C- | C | A+ | D | B | C+ | D | B | ||||
Great Sword | A- | B | B+ | ||||||||||||
BRD | BST | BLM | DRK | DRG | MNK | NIN | PLD | RNG | RDM | SAM | SMN | THF | WAR | WHM | |
Archery | E | A- | D | C+ | C- | D | |||||||||
Marksmanship | E | C | A- | C+ | D | ||||||||||
Throwing | E | D | E | A- | C- | F | C | D | D | E | |||||
BRD | BST | BLM | DRK | DRG | MNK | NIN | PLD | RNG | RDM | SAM | SMN | THF | WAR | WHM | |
Evasion | D | C | E | C | C- | B+ | A- | C | E | D | B+ | E | A+ | C | E |
Guarding | A- | ||||||||||||||
Parrying | E | C | E | C | E | A- | C | E | A- | A- | C- | ||||
Shield | E | A+ | F | F | C+ | D | |||||||||
BRD | BST | BLM | DRK | DRG | MNK | NIN | PLD | RNG | RDM | SAM | SMN | THF | WAR | WHM | |
Dark | A- | A- | E | ||||||||||||
Divine | B+ | E | A- | ||||||||||||
Elemental | A+ | B+ | C+ | ||||||||||||
Enfeebling | C+ | C | A+ | C | |||||||||||
Enhancing | E | D | B+ | C+ | |||||||||||
Healing | C | C- | A+ | ||||||||||||
Summoning | A- | ||||||||||||||
Ninjutsu | A- | ||||||||||||||
Singing | C | ||||||||||||||
String | C | ||||||||||||||
Wind | C |
Skill Caps[]
Level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
A+, A- | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 36 | 39 | 42 | 45 | 48 | 51 | 54 | 57 | 60 | 63 |
B+, B, B- | 5 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 36 | 39 | 42 | 45 | 48 | 51 | 54 | 57 | 60 |
C+, C, C- | 5 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 35 | 38 | 41 | 44 | 47 | 49 | 52 | 55 | 58 |
D | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 33 | 36 | 39 | 41 | 44 | 47 | 49 | 52 | 55 |
E | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 34 | 36 | 39 | 41 | 44 | 46 | 49 | 51 |
F | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 27 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 43 | 35 | 47 |
Level | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 |
A+, A- | 66 | 69 | 72 | 75 | 78 | 81 | 84 | 87 | 90 | 93 | 96 | 99 | 102 | 105 | 108 | 111 | 114 | 117 | 120 | 123 |
B+, B, B- | 63 | 65 | 68 | 71 | 74 | 77 | 80 | 83 | 86 | 89 | 92 | 94 | 97 | 100 | 103 | 106 | 109 | 112 | 115 | 118 |
C+, C, C- | 61 | 63 | 66 | 69 | 72 | 75 | 77 | 80 | 83 | 86 | 89 | 91 | 94 | 97 | 100 | 103 | 105 | 108 | 111 | 114 |
D | 58 | 60 | 63 | 66 | 68 | 71 | 74 | 76 | 79 | 82 | 85 | 87 | 90 | 93 | 95 | 98 | 101 | 103 | 106 | 109 |
E | 54 | 56 | 59 | 60 | 64 | 66 | 69 | 71 | 74 | 76 | 79 | 81 | 84 | 86 | 89 | 91 | 94 | 96 | 99 | 101 |
F | 50 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 66 | 68 | 70 | 73 | 75 | 77 | 79 | 82 | 84 | 86 | 89 | 91 | 93 |
Level | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 |
A+, A- | 126 | 129 | 132 | 135 | 158 | 141 | 144 | 147 | 150 | 153 | 158 | 163 | 168 | 173 | 178 | 183 | 188 | 193 | 198 | 203 |
B+, B, B- | 121 | 123 | 126 | 129 | 132 | 135 | 138 | 141 | 144 | 147 | 151 | 156 | 161 | 166 | 171 | 176 | 181 | 186 | 191 | 196 |
C+, C, C- | 117 | 119 | 122 | 125 | 128 | 131 | 133 | 136 | 139 | 142 | 146 | 151 | 156 | 161 | 166 | 170 | 175 | 180 | 185 | 190 |
D | 112 | 114 | 117 | 120 | 122 | 125 | 128 | 130 | 133 | 136 | 140 | 145 | 150 | 154 | 159 | 164 | 168 | 173 | 178 | 183 |
E | 104 | 106 | 109 | 111 | 114 | 116 | 119 | 121 | 124 | 126 | 130 | 135 | 139 | 144 | 148 | 153 | 157 | 162 | 166 | 171 |
F | 96 | 98 | 100 | 102 | 105 | 107 | 109 | 112 | 114 | 116 | 120 | 124 | 128 | 133 | 137 | 141 | 146 | 150 | 154 | 159 |
Level | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 |
A+ | 207 | 212 | 217 | 222 | 227 | 232 | 236 | 241 | 246 | 251 | 256 | 261 | 266 | 271 | 276 |
A- | 207 | 211 | 215 | 219 | 223 | 227 | 231 | 235 | 239 | 244 | 249 | 254 | 259 | 264 | 269 |
B+ | 199 | 203 | 207 | 210 | 214 | 218 | 221 | 225 | 229 | 233 | 237 | 241 | 146 | 251 | 256 |
B | 199 | 202 | 205 | 208 | 212 | 215 | 218 | 221 | 225 | 228 | 232 | 236 | 240 | 245 | 250 |
B- | 198 | 201 | 204 | 206 | 209 | 212 | 214 | 217 | 220 | 223 | 226 | 229 | 232 | 236 | 240 |
C+ | 192 | 195 | 197 | 200 | 202 | 205 | 207 | 210 | 212 | 215 | 218 | 221 | 224 | 227 | 230 |
C | 192 | 194 | 196 | 199 | 201 | 203 | 205 | 208 | 210 | 212 | 214 | 217 | 219 | 222 | 225 |
C- | 192 | 194 | 196 | 198 | 200 | 202 | 204 | 206 | 208 | 210 | 212 | 214 | 216 | 218 | 220 |
D | 184 | 186 | 188 | 190 | 192 | 194 | 195 | 197 | 199 | 201 | 203 | 205 | 207 | 208 | 210 |
E | 172 | 174 | 176 | 178 | 180 | 182 | 184 | 186 | 188 | 190 | 192 | 194 | 196 | 198 | 200 |
F | 161 | 163 | 165 | 167 | 169 | 171 | 173 | 175 | 177 | 179 | 181 | 183 | 185 | 187 | 189 |
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