The Martial Artist is one of the Elite Archetypes in Metaphor: ReFantazio. It builds upon the Pugilist, focusing on surviving long battles and balancing deadly attacks and recovery skills.

The Martial Artist is a part of the Brawler Lineage and it is the final form of the Lineage. The Martial Artist Archetype is difficult to use like the Brawler and Pugilist, however it does have the most flexibility thanks to its skills and restoration skills.

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How to unlock the Martial Artist Archetype¶

The Martial Artist is unlocked upon reaching Rank 8 with Catherina’s bond. This occurs during evenings in the 09 month. You will need to have taken other opportunities to level up Catherina’s bond before this to get it to Rank 8.

Additionally, you will need to rank the Pugilist up all the way to Rank 20 and spend 24,750 MAG.

Martial Artist Skills¶

The Martial Artist has access to the following Skills:

• Surprise Upset - [Hero Passive] Strong enemies are stunned more easily in overworld combat.
• Spiral Fist - Deals heavy physical Strike damage to one enemy. Power proportional to caster’s remaining HP. Removes buffs. (224 HP)
• Meditation - Recovers a small amount of HP to caster and cures the and status. (6 MP)
• Hell Thrust - Deals heavy physical Pierce damage to one enemy. Lowers their Defence for 3 turns. (261 HP)
• Undisturbed Serenity - Recovers a medium amount of HP for caster and cures the and status. (14 MP)
• Unyielding Blood - [Passive] Allows one ally to endure one fatal attack restoring them to full HP, once per battle.
• Battle Master - [Passive] Prevents Poison, Malady, Paralysis, Hex, Burn, and Frostbite.

As with the other forms in the Brawler Lineage, you want to be careful how much you use the damaging attacks, or heal up as often as possible. The Martial Artist works best with the Healer or a class with Skill Inheritance bringing across restorative skills.

Martial Artist Synthesis Skills¶

The Martial Artist has 3 Synthesis Skills:

• Boltburst Fist - Deals medium physical Electric damage to all enemies 2-4 times. (271 HP) [Allies needed: Warrior, Brawler, or Berserker Lineages]
• Ultimate Energy Ray - Deals severe physical Light damage to one enemy. Power proportional to caster’s remaining HP. (224 HP) [Allies needed: Seeker, Mage, or Healer Lineages]
• Bodhisattva’s Palm - Severe phys. Strike damage to 1 enemy. Inflicts 1-time weakness to Strike. Damage relative to caster’s current HP. (261 HP) [Allies needed: Gunner, Faker, or Summoner Lineages]

For a full list of the Archetypes in the game, check out our Archetypes list.