Black Mage/Monk

[Sage_Shifter]

I was checking combos i liked and i was wondering about a main job of black mage and a support job of monk. If i was a main job of black mage could i wear and use stuff a monk can? (EX. Armor, fists, claws etc.)

[IleDeusMorpheus]

(Restraining urge to flame for posting job combo question >_< ... best to save my ire for real n00bs and not for those who don't know any better ... that and I would have been asking the same kinds of questions a month ago :sweat: )

Do look around on the forums and the main site to really research the job combo system. In general, it's best to have a subjob that compliments your main job rather than contrasts it; if you were to sub White Mage, for instance, life would be a lot easier because you would have more MP, among other things. Your subjob does not give you the ability to equip anything new or different, it's all determined by your main job. Plus even if you did sub monk, you'd still have the attack power of a mage. Overall, it's not a --terrible-- combo; it's been done before, it's just unconventional, and not many PTs would be interested in you.

Hope this helps Take some time to educate yourself on the game mechanics as well as board etiquette, and more people will help you out quicker. :sweat:

[Jei]

black mages use magic. they can't use any monk's weapon and they have low STR

sub /mnk do very little help to your black mage. And no you can't equipt items of your sub job

[dragoon]

it not a bad combo u got the magic power of a black mage the speed,little defense,and good attack from the monk

[Jei]

no black mage don't need speed (and monk doesn't have speed)
black mage don't need defense
and black mage don't need attacking power.

[Tuno]

It is a decent combo. Just not the best. The monk will improve slightly on the black mages not so good physical statics but not enough to make a big difference. You'd be better subbing bard, white mage, or summoner.

[IleDeusMorpheus]

Exactly, seeing as they stay in the back and never get attacked except for when they draw aggro, at which point the monster will get taunted back by the WARs or /WARs ... party roles, my friend. Well explained, Jei

[shadowfax]

bah, parties prefer it when you have enough mp to dish out a few hundred hp worth of spells (subbing whm) rather than being able to take one more hit from a monster, besides if your a blm and your doin melee you wont have to worry about partying cause nobodys gonna want you, it might not be bad for soloing but considering the fact that almost all possibility of soloing expires 2 levels after you get your sub job i wouldnt recomend it

[IleDeusMorpheus]

BTW, as I have said before elsewhere, never ever everrrrr sub Bard, it's downright awful as a sub. No instruments, no 2hourpower, and only one song at a time. Bard is there to be a main job. :sweat: