Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin has a surprising amount of depth in its combat system, offering twenty-eight jobs to experiment with, opening the door to many unique and wild builds. Not only do you have a vast selection of jobs to choose from, but you can use two at a time and equip each of them with several abilities to hone your playstyle or make devastating combos.
Everything ranging from your equipped gear to job loadout and combo abilities creates a deep and engaging system that encourages you to try out every job and experiment with everything you have at your disposal. Once you get the hang of the gameplay and everything clicks, there is nothing quite like pulling off an insanely flashy and powerful combo in SOPFFO.
Dragoon
The Dragoon is easily one of the most recognizable jobs in Final Fantasy, so it was hardly a surprise to see it appear in Stranger of Paradise. However, seeing how the Dragoon operates here is fascinating. It breaks most combat norms presented throughout the game, allowing you to jump and bully enemies until you shatter their Break Gauge.
Furthermore, the Dragoon has access to Lightning-infused Abilities that temporarily stuns their opponent, allowing them to keep applying pressure. The Dragoon is a hyper-aggressive job, and their Abilities should reflect that. Below will showcase the best Combo Abilities, Command Abilities, and Passives for the Dragoon!
Best Combo Abilities
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Ability Name |
Description |
Stat Bonuses |
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Cyclone Unlocked in Lancer Job Tree |
Strike at surrounding enemies with your spear in quick succession. Holding the action down will continue the attack animation. |
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Vanquish |
Violently strike an enemy with a series of lightning-imbued attacks. |
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Aerial Break |
Vault high into the air before striking enemies with a devastating lightning attack. |
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Best Command Abilities
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Command Name |
Description |
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Lunatic Unlocked in Berserker Job Tree. |
Your Attack Speed is increased significantly. However, whenever you activate Lunatic, your Break Gauge's auto-recovery becomes inactive. |
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Blood Weapon Unlocked in Marauder Job Tree. |
Grants lifesteal on your weapon, allowing you to gain HP back when successfully landing strikes on an enemy. |
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Swayback Unlocked in Lancer Job Tree. |
Evade backward and replenish your Break Gauge, allowing you to recover your Break Gauge even when Lunatic is active. |
Best Passive Skills
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Passive Skill |
Description |
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Crippling Strike |
Significantly increases the Break Damage dealt on your first Combo Ability, making Cyclone one of the best actions in the game when paired with Lunatic. |
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Run Through |
Significantly reduces your opponent's Break Gauge when performing forward-attacking Combos. It pairs well with Vanquish and Aerial Break. |
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Soul Shield: MP Recovery (+19.9 Percent) |
Due to the aggressive gameplay nature of the Dragoon, you will be using your Soul Shield more than most other jobs. This Passive allows you to gain a significant amount of MP back when successfully blocking incoming attacks with Soul Shield. |
Samurai
In contrast to the hyper-aggressive Dragoon, the Samurai takes a much heavier defensive approach while building up to the devastating offensive moments. For the Samurai job, your primary focus will be landing successful parries to proc your Passive Abilities to launch into your Combos for exceptional damage.
Below highlights the Samurai's strengths and showcases how to use Command Abilities and Passives to overcome the job's shortcomings. While parrying isn't for everyone, we recommend giving the Samurai a shot as it forces you to learn attack patterns, and the high-damaging Combos are a treat to watch unfold.
Best Combo Abilities
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Ability Name |
Description |
Stat Bonuses |
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Meikyo-Shisui |
Parrying becomes easier when under the effects of Meikyo-Shisui. You will also regain significantly more MP when landing normal attacks and successfully parrying incoming attacks. |
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Yuki-Kemuri |
Take several broad swings at enemies with your weapon, knocking them back on contact. |
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Tsukiage |
A devastating Heavy Slash that deals massive amounts of damage to your target. |
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Best Command Abilities
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Command Name |
Description |
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Swayback Unlocked in Lancer Job Tree. |
Evade backward and replenish your Break Gauge. Using Swayback on a Samurai gives you a bit of mobility for urgent situations. |
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Ruin Unlocked in Mage Job Tree. |
Strike with non-elemental magic directly ahead of you, sending any enemy you contact backward. |
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Reinforce Unlocked in Swordsman Job Tree. |
Dramatically decreases the time needed to unleash charge attacks and makes it harder for you to become Staggered. |
Best Passive Skills
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Passive Skill |
Description |
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Ability Damage (+3.4 Percent) |
Makes your Combos deal devastating amounts of damage. |
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Break Gauge Recovery Speed (+9.1 Percent) |
Dramatically increases the recovery speed of your Break Gauge, allowing you to perform your long-casting Abilities without the worry of getting Staggered or interrupted. |
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Parry: Physical Damage Dealt (+9.0 Percent) |
This Passive Skill works hand in hand with your Meikyo-Shisui and increases your damage quite significantly when successfully parrying incoming attacks. |
Berserker
While the Berserker plays similarly to the Dragoon, they're different in enough ways that we decided to shine the spotlight on their ruthless playstyle. What makes the Berserker job such an unstoppable force is its ability to take a beating while simultaneously being able to unleash mass amounts of damage.
Additionally, the Berserker has several abilities that allow them to stun-lock enemies and break their guard without batting an eye. The Berserker is formidable in every sense of the word and is a fun job to choose when you want to bully your way through every encounter.
Best Combo Abilities
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Ability Name |
Description |
Stat Bonuses |
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Cyclone Rush |
Swing your axe in a wide circle around you, dealing damage to anyone in the area before finishing it off with a violent strike to the ground. Holding the action will increase the duration and damage output. |
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Moon Slash Unlocked in Marauder Job Tree. |
Cover a long distance by performing two hard-hitting strikes. Holding the action down will buff the damage output. |
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Brutal Tackle Unlocked in Marauder Job Tree. |
Drag enemies towards you as you dash forward before landing a devastating final blow. Holding the action down will buff the damage output. |
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Best Command Abilities
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Command Name |
Description |
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Blood Weapon Unlocked in Marauder Job Tree. |
Grants lifesteal on your weapon, allowing you to gain HP back when successfully landing strikes on an enemy. |
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Lunatic |
Your Attack Speed is increased significantly. However, whenever you activate Lunatic, your Break Gauge's auto-recovery becomes inactive. |
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Swayback Unlocked in Lancer Job Tree. |
Evade backward and replenish your Break Gauge, allowing you to recover your Break Gauge even when Lunatic is active. |
Best Effects And Passives
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Passive Skill |
Description |
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Brutal Axe |
Significantly increases the Physical Damage dealt on your third Combo Ability, turning Brutal Tackle into an unstoppable and devastating action, especially when paired with Lunatic. |
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Arcane Axe |
Significantly increases your Break Gauge regeneration when using your first Combo Ability, making Cyclone Rush an exceptional action when paired with Lunatic. |
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Physical Damage (+3.7 Percent) |
This Passive Skill scaled all sources of Physical Damage you deal by 3.7 percent, making your Combos and standard attacks hit much harder. |
Void Knight
Despite being the Masters of Magic, Void Knights are efficient with greatswords and combine their magical prowess with brutal melee attacks. The Void Knight's ability to place down an Arcane Circle to prevent incoming magic damage is one of the strongest job actions in the game, making them thrive in many situations.
From imbuing your greatsword in a raging flame to dispelling enemy buffs to unleashing a flurry of chaos, the build below will show you how to squeeze the most out of your Void Knight build and put the job's strongest qualities to use.
Best Combo Abilities
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Ability Name |
Description |
Stat Bonuses |
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Runic |
Stand guard after summoning an Arcane Circle. The Arcane Circle will absorb any incoming magic-based attacks. If the Arcane Circle is active, and your get hit by a magic-based attack outside of a circle, using an Ability will fully recover your MP. However, performing a normal attack will dispel any buff the enemy has active. |
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Onslaught Unlocked in Swordsman Job Tree. |
Unleash a series of slashes and strikes after lunging forward. |
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Hound's Claw |
Ready your weapon before unleashing a flurry of devastating slashes. Getting hit during Hound's Claw raises the ability's attack power. Additionally, holding the action down will extend the move's duration. |
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Inferno |
Imbue your weapon in fire before performing an onslaught of slashes. |
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Best Command Abilities
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Command Name |
Description |
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Overpower Unlocked in Breaker Job Tree. |
When Lightbreaker is active, perform a devastating long-ranged attack. |
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Bravery Unlocked in Liberator Job Tree. |
Your Break Gauge will gradually begin refilling, and members of your party will temporarily receive a damage buff. |
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Lunatic Unlocked in Berserker Job Tree. |
Your Attack Speed is increased significantly. However, whenever you activate Lunatic, your Break Gauge's auto-recovery becomes inactive. |
Best Effects And Passives
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Passive Skill |
Description |
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All Damage (-5.4 Percent) |
All incoming damage is reduced by 5.4 percent. |
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Mettle Masher |
Significantly enhances your second Combo Ability, making Hell's Hound restore mass amounts of MP with each strike. |
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Ability Damage (+4.1 Percent) |
Rasing damage output of all abilities by 4.1 percent, making your combos pack even a more brutal punch than before. |
Ninja
The Ninja is one of ten Expert Jobs found in Stranger of Paradise and thrives at shattering the enemy's Break Gauge and applying status ailments to them. For the most part, the Ninja is all about offense and keeping pressure applied to their target, utilizing their abilities to hinder their opponent's movement significantly.
The build below showcases one of many ways the Ninja can keep pressure and status ailments applied to their opponent throughout the entire encounter, giving them the upper hand from the jump. While they may be a bit "squishy" in terms of defense, they more than makeup for it with their offensive prowess.
Best Combo Abilities
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Ability Name |
Description |
Stat Bonuses |
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Ichijin |
Leap forward and deliver a strong slash. |
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Shousen |
Imbue your weapon with ice before performing a devastating slash. |
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Hossha |
Leap into the air as you perform a strong slash that inflicts ice damage. |
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Best Command Abilities
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Command Name |
Description |
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Jubaku |
Every successful strike will extend the duration of any status ailment or debuff applied to the enemy. |
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Lunatic Unlocked in Berserker Job Tree. |
Your Attack Speed is increased significantly. However, whenever you activate Lunatic, your Break Gauge's auto-recovery becomes inactive. |
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Blood Weapon Unlocked in Marauder Job Tree. |
Grants lifesteal on your weapon, allowing you to gain HP back when successfully landing strikes on an enemy. |
Best Effects And Passives
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Passive Skill |
Description |
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Status Ailment Accumulation (+12.2 Percent) |
Enemies accumulate status ailments at a much faster pace. When paired with Jubaku, you can keep status ailments applied to targets for extended periods of time. |
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Glorious Blade |
Enemies have their Break Gauge reduced considerably when you land Critical Strikes. |
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Ability Break Damage (+2.6 Percent) |
Your abilities will deal greater Break Gauge damage to enemies. |
Dark Knight
With the Dark Knight's unique abilities that allow them to drain their opponent's HP to replenish their health and receive a damage boost on top of that, they are easily one of the more formidable and relentless jobs in the game. The Dark Knight has more than excellent defense and can hang with some of the highest damaging jobs, allowing you to steamroll through any obstacle in your way.
You can find the best way to get the most out of the Dark Knight with the build below, which focuses heavily on receiving damage buffs, shattering the enemy's Break Gauge, and gathering health back by draining it from your unsuspecting victims.
Best Combo Abilities
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Ability Name |
Description |
Stat Bonuses |
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Ground Pound Unlocked in Marauder Job Tree. |
Perform an overhead swing with your axe, slamming it into the ground and pushing enemies back. Holding the action down will increase the potency of the attack. |
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Tomahawk |
Hurl your weapon at your target, allowing you to engage from a distance. Holding the action down will increase the potency of the attack. |
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Brutal Tackle Unlocked in Marauder Job Tree. |
Drag enemies towards you as you dash forward before landing a devastating final blow. Holding the action down will buff the damage output. |
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Best Command Abilities
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Command Name |
Description |
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Blood Weapon Unlocked in Marauder Job Tree. |
Grants lifesteal on your weapon, allowing you to gain HP back when successfully landing strikes on an enemy. |
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Mighty Strikes Unlocked in Warrior Job Tree. |
Gain a temporary boost to your attack type that allows you to punch through most resistances. |
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Drain |
Absorb HP from nearby enemies. Best used when facing groups of enemies. |
Best Effects And Passives
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Passive Skill |
Description |
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Near Death: Damage Dealt |
When close to death, you will deal immense amounts of damage. |
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Brutal Axe |
Significantly increases the Physical Damage dealt on your third Combo Ability, turning Brutal Tackle into an unstoppable and devastating action. |
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Ruinous Tactic |
Landing attacks on an enemy will significantly reduce their maximum Break Gauge. |