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Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age

Time Battlemage

By
Ben Chard
,
Jarrod Garripoli
, &
Nathan Garvin

The Black Mage is the damage-dealer, the White Mage is the healer, the Red Battlemage is the jack-of-all-trades, and the Time Battlemage is the ultimate support mage. As such, they tend to focus on buff and debuffs, boasting incredibly useful magicks like Haste, Slow, Immobilize, Reflect, Disable, Stop, Float and Berserk, among others. Since most of their spells don’t deal with damage (either healing it or dealing it) or deal set amounts of damage (like with Gravity magicks), Magick Power isn’t as important for them, which is fair enough, since they oddly use Heavy Armor instead of Mystic Armor. In addition to Time Magicks, they, like every other mage, have access to all three Green Magicks licenses, which will give them access to Decoy and Bubble, which can increase their survivability a good bit. They also have access to Crossbows - uniquely unimpressive weapons, but at least they’re ranged - as well as all three ranks of Swiftness.

On their own, they’re not that special, especially since the Machinist can gain most of their best spells. They do, however, have a respectable number of Battle Lores (9) and Magick Lores (9), meaning there’s a good chance they’ll be a boon to the damage-dealing potential of other jobs. Also, considering their Heavy Armor and Swiftness, they might seem like a good mix with another sort of mage, but one should be wary of the lack of HP such a resulting combination may have, as the Time Battlemage only brings an atrocious 450 HP to the table. This being the case, the Time Battlemage really, really begs to be paired with a sturdier job. Frankly, the best asset the Time Battlemage has are its Time Magicks, and these should really be the selling point (along with Swiftness, if possible) for what this job ends up paired with.

By far and away the best combo possible is the Knight/Time Battlemage, as the Knight gets the much-needed Swiftness and the addition of the Time Magicks, making the Knight the ultimate front-liner warrior, healer and support mage. It’s a lot of hats for one character to wear, but it makes for an incredibly powerful one, too. Failing that, by sheer process of elmination the Uhlan/Time Battlemage is an acceptable mix, the differences between the Knight/Time Battlemage and Uhlan/Time Battlemage more owing to the Knight’s overwhelming superiority over the Uhlan more than any difference in synergy potential between the two.

Time Battlemage Core Licenses

Category Licenses
Swiftness Swiftness 30 LP, Swiftness 50 LP, Swiftness 80 LP
HP HP 3 - 5 (450 HP)
Battle Lore x9
Magick Lore x9
Weapons Crossbows 1 - 4
Armor Heavy Armor 1 - 12
Technicks Charge, Horology, Poach, Numerology, Stamp
Magicks Green Magick 1 - 3, Time Magick 1 - 10
Item Lore Ether Lore 1 - 2, Remedy Lore 1 - 2
Passives Channeling x2, Headsman, Inquisitor, Last Stand, Martyr, Serenity, Spellbreaker, Warmage

Time Battlemage Esper Licenses

Esper Licenses
Adrammelech White Magick 4
Belias
Chaos HP 7 (270 HP)
Cuchulainn
Exodus Battle Lore
Famfrit Battle Lore
Hashmal Channeling
Mateus HP 6 (230 HP)
Shemhazai
Ultima Swords 7 - 8
Zalera Ether Lore 3
Zeromus Addle, Shear
Zodiark Swords 9
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Guide Information
  • Publisher
    Square Enix
  • Platforms,
    PC, PS4, Steam, Switch, XB One
  • Genre
    RPG
  • Guide Release
    30 August 2017
  • Last Updated
    17 December 2022
    Version History
  • Guide Author
    Nathan Garvin, Jarrod Garripoli

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Enter an era of war within the world of Ivalice. The small kingdom of Dalmasca, conquered by the Archadian Empire, is left in ruin and uncertainty. Princess Ashe, the one and only heir to the throne, devotes herself to the resistance to liberate her country. Vaan, a young man who lost his family in the war, dreams of flying freely in the skies. In a fight for freedom and fallen royalty, join these unlikely allies and their companions as they embark on a heroic adventure to free their homeland.

This guide contains the following:

  • A walkthrough that’ll guide you through the story, help you obtain all the best weapons and armor, and defeat every monster.
  • An interactive map of the Giruvegan Great Crystal; featuring all weapons, armors, save crystals, gate stones, way stones, bosses and rare enemies.
  • Tips for getting the best equipment from the Bazaar and from enemies.
  • A detailed Job Guide featuring all twelve job classes in the game, and the best ways to combine them and characters to form the ultimate party.
  • How to find and defeat all Hunt Marks and Rare Game.
  • Citations of the differences between this version of the game and the original.
  • A thorough explanation of all of the game’s mechanics.
  • All sidequests, including Trial Mode.
  • A trophy guide that will get you that shiny Platinum Trophy.

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