Octopath Traveler 2 best job combinations guide

Octopath Traveler 2Your characters all have primary roles that they can’t change. But they are able to add to the a Second jobThis will increase their stats, and give them new abilities.

You’ll need to visit job guilds in order to pick up licenses to set secondary jobs. You can change your character’s secondary jobs at any time, so there’s no need to worry about setting one and having it be permanent.

Some of the secondary jobs compliment a character’s stats and latent abilities better than others. While we’re not sure if these are the “best” (we haven’t tested every individual combination nor have we crunched the numbers), here’s a list of our favorite job combinations that we’ve tried out so far. If we discover more broken job combinations, we’ll update this guide.

Temenos (cleric), with secondary position as scholar

Temenos accompanied my team through all things with his secondary scholar. His latent power, which allows every hit on that turn to break shield is not particularly impressive when he’s just a cleric. However, once you toss the scholar’s “Elemental Barrage” skill into the mix, suddenly Temenos is able to pop boss shields like they’re nothing. Elemental Barrage is a base-level ability that hits three to five times. However, if you increase it, this number increases. You can boost your Elemental Barrrage and use his latent power to instantly remove the boss’ tier eight shield.

Temenos is a good cleric on his own. His EX Skill, “Prayer for Plenty” allows you to overheal, so if you have a particularly squishy member of your party, you can set them up with extra health. He also does an incredible amount of holy damage.

Throné (thief) with hunter secondary job

This one isn’t really an ideal, perfect choice, but I just liked it a lot. Throné became a master of busting shields, as this secondary job gave her a wide spread spread of weapons to use (dagger, sword, axe, and bow all together). In addition to this, using hunter’s “Precise Shot” and her own “HP Thief” made it so she could multi-hit successfully and often.

Throné also becomes the queen of debuffing (which she kind of already was, as a thief), since hunter adds “Leghold Trap” to her repertoire. Leghold Trap sets it so that the enemy goes last in the turn order, which is great if you’re struggling to break a boss.

Pair all her debuffing and breaking skills with her latent power, that allows her to act twice, and you’re able to both deal damage while also keeping the enemy down and out.

Hikari is a Warrior with an Armmaster Secondary Job

Hikari is a skilled warrior and has high damage statistics. He can also use physical weapons to great effect. Hikari now has a full arsenal of weapons at his disposal and an enhanced attack.

There is a catch: you must unlock Armsmaster by giving Gravell an antique weapon. This job won’t unlock until you are around in your mid-40s, but once you get it, it’ll turn Hikari into a beast.

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Agnea is a dancer who has a secondary occupation as a merchant

This isn’t anything particularly special combat-wise, but it is great for money making. Agnea’s latent ability allows her to change single-target skills into multi-target skills. Pair this with merchant’s “Collect” ability, and now you can nab money from multiple foes in one turn.

You can also use the “Boost-Start” support skill from merchant to allow Agnea to start with more BP every fight, which you can use to gamble with “Bewildering Grace,” but to be honest, there’s a better strategy for that …

Partitio (merchant), with secondary work as dancer

Although this job is a bit cheesy, it is a great opportunity for those who love gambling. Partitio’s latent power allows him to max out his BP gauge, and one of his merchant support skills also allows him to start battle with a full latent power gauge.

Combine this when the random effects of dancer’s Bewildering Grace and now you have a very fun way to play. Bewildering Grace “causes a curious effect” to occur, and if you boost it, more things will happen. The effects are completely random and can help you a ton — or quite literally kill your entire team.

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Bewildering grace has positive effects, such as healing the whole party and turning enemy monsters in rare monsters like Caits. This does exactly as you expect: It multiplies your EXP in that fight by 100. Although we only managed to get that one time in all the times we tried Bewildering Grace, it was enough to take our party from level 40 up until level 50. Yowza.

Again, this isn’t really an actually sustainable strategy, but it sure is fun to gamble.

Get more information at Octopath Traveler 2You can also check our guide on hidden job opportunities to learn more about how to increase your EXP.