Best Job suited for Elvaan

[Thingol]

I'll have to agree that elvaan make better palys than Gilka's. True they have slightly less HP an Vit but having nearly twice the base MP is far more important (Mind too but to a lesser extent). Provoke + Self Cures = holding aggro. It doesn't matter at all if a gilka can take more of a pounding if the mob is running off towards the ranger.

I also think that Elvaan's make great bards. (personal bias admitted). While there is a slight lack of MP with the whm sub, this can be rectified beginning at 27 when you start getting RSE stuff (Elvaan Manga Gloves are +24 MP ^^). The also have the abilitiy to take the inevitable (from running hp to buff the front line) AoE's that other mages can avoid by staying in the back line.

[Methrage]

Originally posted by krycis

Are you talking aesthetically I hope?

Humes give you flexibility, but that doesn't help much when you settle on a class and you need stats.

Elvaan give you high STR and MND, but weak DEX and moderate AGI. They make great PALs IMO.

Taru are casters, period. If you want to be a melee with Taru, it's definately not because you want to be the best race for the class, at that point it's all roleplay.

Mithra by far are one of the best classes for melee, with the best DEX and AGI they hit the most often, though they are frail. I'd say the best non-tank-melee race goes to Mithra.

Galka, though brutish and bulky have good STR, great VIT and amaizingly decent DEX and AGI. They're a good choice for nearly any melee that doesn't need MP.

I just can't understand why someone would say that Mithra and Galka are the worst races...right now, as I'm in "specialized" mode, my Hume choice doesn't seem to have been the best choice - though it's one of the easiest to identify with and look at.

I meant charisma, i can see why you might of thought i meant "best character". I messed up abbreviating that, sorry.:sweat:

[BrianJ]

Elvaans lie on the melee side of the race spectrum, but not as far as Galkas. This means they are capable casters (blm/rdm/whm/sum/brd). Anything dealing with fighting up front, Elvaan will excel at, cause they have the highest strength. Sure, strength isn't the only factor. There is dex and vit to think of. But your question "Best job suited for Elvaan" cannot be answered. There is no best job suited for Elvaan or any race. All the answers you've gotten so far, including this one, are opinion based, and they're neither right nor wrong. The "best" thing for you to do is choose a job which would appeal to you the most while being Elvaan.

[BrianJ]

Originally posted by BrianJ
Elvaans lie on the melee side of the race spectrum, but not as far as Galkas. This means they are capable casters (blm/rdm/whm/sum/brd). Anything dealing with fighting up front, Elvaan will excel at, cause they have the highest strength. Sure, strength isn't the only factor. There is dex and vit to think of. But your question "Best job suited for Elvaan" cannot be answered. There is no best job suited for Elvaan or any race. All the answers you've gotten so far, including this one, are opinion based, and they're neither right nor wrong. The "best" thing for you to do is choose a job which would appeal to you the most while being Elvaan.

Oops. I apologize. Galkas are capable mages too. Sorry

[Cassidy]

PLD, BRD, BST are where elv's shine.

The CHR helps for bard and the MP can easily be made up for with RSE or MP items, plus when the bard is getting beat on (BCNM) those HP are nice.

CHR helps the bst, as does the str for finishing off the mob, MP can be made up in a hairpin, dont need to worry about agi being low really.

PLD has enough MP to keep hate, decent vit, and nice str, the extra mind is nice but since healing spells cap out it doesnt matter that much. Galka have more HP but not so much so that it should make or break the fight assuming your whm has mana and knows how to heal.

[Meinrad]

elvaan are phenominal at Paladin and Dragoon. with paladin they have pretty good mnd, high vit, high str, and high hp. with dragoon all you really need is good str which elvaan rank #1 in although they lack a bit in the accuracy department. elvaan make probaly the best monks with high vit and str and the low dex is made up for by hit %. elvaan make good drks too. high str which is all you really need but you must consider the low mp and int. as for bst, elvaan are probably the best too. all you need is high chr and decent melee capabilites which elvaan covers. elvaan are great at sam too. they have the good melee dmg but again the low dex.
contrary to popular belief, elvaan make one of the worst whms and only an "ok" brd. they do have high mnd, but it means barely anything with that crappy mp they have. and for that same reason they aren't too good at brd, being the third best i would say. they have the high chr but drastically low mp for the sub potential.
rdm is doable but i wouldnt recommend it. rdm have low mp as is. on an elvaan its only a sliver of mp that you have.
blm. hell no, we aren't even going there.
thief. they are "ok" i guess. they have high str which helps and vit for when you get in a bind but elvaan have the low dex which is a setback.
ranger. bad. low dex.

[albert lee]

ranged accuracy is based on agi... and dex is melee accuracy or so i heard. imo elvan make the worst thief. considering how sneak dmg is based on dex.
and for melees dex is not as important as people think. it is all about acc+
the previous post i made about compensation... ignore that. compensation can last for so long. at higher lvls those RSE gear will make you pretty gimp.

[tdh]

Meanwhile my views are biased as well, I still maintain that Elvaan can be pretty good RDMs as well.

Yes, the lower MP can make you really sweat during the Lv20-26 ranges, but after that I managed my MP very well, and never really felt like my MP was a hinderance. Meanwhile I will say that having more would have been nice, but I managed it well, and never really griped about it.

As you can see from my signature, I only made it to RDM32, so I couldn't comment on high level Elvaan RDM work.

I of course had to level BLM for my subjob. For a few spells, and for more MP. That could be real tight at times. During the Lv10-18 range, BLMs are important to really blast away enemies in good parties. I managed to pace myself, but it was really rough. Elvaan's don't make the best BLMs. Lower MP, and lower INT, but it's still possible.