Warrior (character class)

FF class
class = Warrior
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imgdesc = A typical "Knight" as seen in "Final Fantasy"
aka = Knight, Fighter
type = Physical
skills = Cover, Swordplay

Warrior is a character class (or "job") found in many role-playing games. This class may also be referred to as "Fighter", as in Dungeons and Dragons. The class is sometimes also referred to as a "Knight", although in some games this is a separate class with a more chivalric aspect. The "Warrior" is skilled in combat, and usually can make use of some of the most powerful heavy armor and weaponry in the game. As such, the warrior is a well-rounded physical combatant. In some games, the Warrior (or more often the Knight, if it is a separate class) may be able to learn basic magic, but its capabilities in this field are somewhat limited. Because of the class's reliance on heavy plate armor and expensive weaponry, the cost of managing the Warrior's equipment is typically very high.

EverQuest II

In EverQuest II, a Fighter is the archetype for melee classes that specialize in leading combat and taking the brunt of the damage in groups. These classes include Crusaders, Brawlers, and Warriors.

Final Fantasy

The Warrior and/or Knight (ナイト) has appeared in the following games in the Final Fantasy series:
* "Final Fantasy" "(Warrior and Knight)"
* "Final Fantasy III" "(Warrior and Knight)"
* "Final Fantasy V" "(Knight)"
* "Final Fantasy X-2" "(Warrior)"
* "Final Fantasy Tactics" "(Squire and Knight)"
* "Final Fantasy Tactics Advance" "(Soldier, Warrior and Fighter)"
* "Final Fantasy XI" "(Warrior)"

The Warrior can be reasonably described as one of the most basic character archetypes in the "Final Fantasy" series. As a result, there are numerous characters who have appeared throughout the history of the franchise that can be considered roughly analogous to the Fighter. Some of these characters include Firion ("Final Fantasy II"), Cloud Strife ("Final Fantasy VII"), Squall Leonhart ("Final Fantasy VIII"), Adelbert Steiner ("Final Fantasy IX"), and Tidus ("Final Fantasy X").

"Dungeons & Dragons"

In "Dungeons & Dragons" the fighter is a versatile, weapons-oriented warrior class. The fighter is an adept warrior who fights using skill, strategy and tactics. Similar character classes are the paladin, ranger, barbarian and Cavalier.

Fighter was one of the three classes in the original D&D game, then called "Fighting Man" (the other two were Magic User and Cleric).

In the 3rd edition of the D&D game, Fighters get bonus Feats at every even-numbered level, giving a 20th level fighter more feats than any other character class of equivalent levels.

The class covers a huge variety of professions, from knights to bandits.

There is a class in D&D called 'Warrior', but it is not intended for the player characters, as it is a weakened version of the Fighter class. It is used for NPCs such as town guards and the like. This is in opposition to some games (such as certain installments of the Final Fantasy series), where a "Fighter" character can upgrade into a "Warrior."

World of Warcraft

The warrior class in World of Warcraft fills both the roles of tanking and damage. The warrior has the widest array of weapons to choose from in the game, being able to equip every weapon type in the game except for wands. Warriors, alongside Paladins and Deathknights, are the only classes that can equip Plate armor, the heaviest armor type in the game. Warriors can use a wide array of combat skills depending on their specific roles in a fight. Arms, Fury, and Protection are the Warrior's talent trees.

"Dragon Quest III"

"Dragon Quest III" has both a "fighter" and a "warrior" class. The latter is equivalent to the fighters and warriors found in other games, but the former is instead a martial artist class, similar to the D&D monk.

"Fire Emblem"

In the Fire Emblem series, Fighters and Warriors both appear as a character class. The Fighter wields only axes, but when it promotes in to warrior, it gains the ability to use bows. Fighters/Warriors in the Fire Emblem series include the characters Bartre, Boyd, Garcia, and more.

Fighters and their promoted form, Warriors, are characterized by high strength and HP with moderate speed, while lacking in skill and usually defense. This makes them an easy target for sword-users who are generally faster and more accurate than Warriors as well as magic-users such as Sages or Bishops who tend to have high evade ratings.

Other Games

Warriors appear in many roleplaying games:
* EverQuest
* Guild Wars
* Lineage II
* MapleStory
* RuneScape
* Diablo
* Swords and Serpents