Ninja

Introduction

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Hailing from the war-torn lands of the Far East, the secret arts of the ninja were born of necessity, and have since given rise to a unique breed of highly-trained combatants.

Able to manipulate the vital energies of the land, the air, and living beings, they manifest their power through the weaving of signs, unleashing a wide array of attacks against their foes. Master the arts of the ninja and learn to bend the tide of battle to your will.

— FinalFantasyXIV.com Ninja

Ninjas further develop the art of assassination inherent to rogues. Even deadlier, ninjas learn the secret arts of ninjutsu to turn the tide of the fight when their prey less expects.

General information

Guild

The Rogue's Guild is in Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks. Rogues may specialize into ninja once they reach level 30, and complete the quests Sylph-management and Cloying Victory.

Equipment

The ninja is a disciple of war and wears leather armor. They use daggers. The following crafting classes can create items that are useful to the ninja:

• Blacksmith — Daggers.
• Leatherworker — Leather armor.
• Goldsmith — Earrings, bracelets, necklaces and rings.

Quests

Quest	Type	Level	Quest giver	Unlocks
Peasants by Day, Ninjas by Night
My First Mudra
Killer Combinations
Once Upon a Time in Doma
Pirates versus Ninjas
Ninja Bathin'
Tough Guys
The Crow Knows
Master and Student
Strangers in a Strange Land
The Impossible Girl
Ninja Assassin
Medieval Espionage
Staying Alive
In Her Defense
Search for the Stolen Scroll		60	Oboro Torioi
Ninja Bathin' Redux		63	Yomei
A Game of Life and Death		65	Oboro Torioi
True Enlightenment		68	Jacke Swallow
When Clans Collide		70	Oboro Torioi

Actions

PvE actions

Action	Acquired		Level	Type	MP	TP	Casting	Recast	Description
Spinning Edge	ROG		1	Weaponskill		50	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 150.
Shade Shift	ROG		2	Ability			Instant	120s	Create shadows that nullify physical damage up to 20% of maximum HP.
Gust Slash	ROG		4	Weaponskill		50	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100.
Hide	ROG		10	Ability			Instant	20s	Blend in with your surroundings, making it impossible for most enemies to detect you, but reducing movement speed by 50%. Has no effect on enemies 10 levels higher than your own, or certain enemies with special sight.
Assassinate	ROG		12	Ability			Instant	40s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 200. Can only be executed when target's HP is below 20%.
Throwing Dagger	ROG	1	15	Weaponskill		120	Instant	2.5s	Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 120.
Mug	ROG	1	15	Ability			Instant	90s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 140.
Trick Attack	ROG		18	Ability			Instant	60s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 240. 400 when executed from a target's rear.
Aeolian Edge	ROG		26	Weaponskill		40	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. 160 when executed from a target's rear.
Jugulate	ROG	1	30	Ability			Instant	30s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 80.
Ten	NIN	1	30	Ability			Instant	0.5s	Make the ritual mudra hand gesture for "heaven".
Ninjutsu	NIN		30	Ability			Instant	20s	Executes a specific ninjutsu action coinciding with the combination of mudra made immediately beforehand.
Chi	NIN	1	35	Ability			Instant	0.5s	Make the ritual mudra hand gesture for "earth".
Shadow Fang	ROG		38	Weaponskill		40	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100.
Shukuchi	NIN	1	40	Ability			Instant	60s	Move quickly to the specified location. Cannot use when bound.
Death Blossom	ROG		42	Weaponskill		100	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 110 to all nearby enemies.
Jin	NIN	1	45	Ability			Instant	0.5s	Make the ritual mudra hand gesture for "man".
Kassatsu	NIN	1	50	Ability			Instant	120s	Resets the ninjutsu recast timer while ensuring critical damage for the next ninjutsu action.
Smoke Screen	NIN	1	52	Ability			Instant	180s	Creates a wall of smoke, reducing enmity generation of a single party member.
Armor Crush	NIN	1	54	Weaponskill		40	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. 160 when executed from a target's flank.
Shadewalker	NIN	1	56	Ability			Instant	120s	Grants target party member the effect of Silhouette, diverting to target 80% of all enmity generated by caster. No effect when target is under the effect of Shadewalker.
Duality	NIN	1	58	Ability			Instant	90s	Doubles the number of strikes for a single-target weaponskill. Combo bonuses and additional effects will only be applied once.
Dream Within a Dream	NIN	1	60	Ability			Instant	60s	Delivers a threefold attack, each hit with a potency of 150.
Hellfrog Medium	NIN		62	Ability			Instant	Instant	Delivers fire damage with a potency of 400 to target and all enemies nearby it.
Bhavacakra	NIN		68	Ability			Instant	50s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 600.
Ten Chi Jin	NIN	1	70	Ability			Instant	100s	Resets ninjutsu recast timer, twice reduces ninjutsu recast time to 1 second, and eliminates required mudra consumption for ninjutsu execution. Also doubles ninjutsu potency.

Ninjutsu

Ninjutsu are abilities available upon executing a specific sequence of mudras. Failing to execute a valid mudra combination will result in Rabbit Medium.

Action	Acquired		Level	Type	MP	TP	Casting	Recast	Description
Fuma Shuriken	NIN			Ability			Instant	20s	Delivers a ranged ninjutsu attack with a potency of 240.
Katon	NIN			Ability			Instant	20s	Delivers fire damage with a potency of 250 to target and all enemies nearby it.
Raiton	NIN			Ability			Instant	20s	Delivers lightning damage with a potency of 360.
Hyoton	NIN			Ability			Instant	20s	Delivers ice damage with a potency of 140.
Huton	NIN			Ability			Instant	20s	Reduces weaponskill recast time, and auto-attack delay by 15%.
Doton	NIN			Ability			Instant	20s	Creates a patch of corrupted earth, dealing damage with a potency of 45 to any enemies who enter.
Suiton	NIN			Ability			Instant	20s	Delivers water damage with a potency of 180.
Rabbit Medium	NIN			Ability			Instant	20s	Thumpity thump thump, thumpity thump thump...
Duality	NIN	1	58	Ability			Instant	90s	Doubles the number of strikes for a single-target weaponskill. Combo bonuses and additional effects will only be applied once.

Ninjutsu activation

As stated above, Ninjutsu actions are activated by first using a sequence of one to three Mudras and then using

 

 Ninjutsu. For new Ninjas, memorizing the correct Mudra sequences is extremely important. If you find it difficult to remember the correct Mudra sequences, you could try using a mnemonic device to assist you. For example, thinking of the Mudras

 

 Ten,

 

 Chi and

 

 Jin as blue, red and yellow, or as one, two and three could be useful. It is generally discouraged to use macros to activate your Ninjutsu abilities because Mudras can be cast every 0.5 seconds, while the macro wait command only works in increments of 1.0 seconds. Eventually, using Mudra combinations will be second nature.

Fuma Shuriken	Ten	Chi	Jin
Katon	Chi +    Ten	Jin +    Ten
Raiton	Ten +    Chi	Jin +    Chi
Hyoton	Chi +    Jin	Ten +    Jin
Huton	Chi +    Jin +    Ten	Jin +    Chi +    Ten
Doton	Ten +    Jin +    Chi	Jin +    Ten +    Chi
Suiton	Ten +    Chi +    Jin	Chi +    Ten +    Jin
Rabbit Medium	Any combination not listed above.

Melee DPS actions

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	MP	TP	Casting	Recast	Description
Second Wind	Melee DPS Physical Ranged DPS	8	Ability			Instant	120s	Instantly restores own HP.
Arm's Length	Melee DPS	12	Ability			Instant	60s	Creates a barrier nullifying knockback and draw-in effects.
Leg Sweep	Melee DPS	16	Ability			Instant	40s	Stuns target.
Diversion	Magic Ranged DPS Melee DPS	20	Ability			Instant	120s	Reduces enmity generation.
Invigorate	Melee DPS Physical Ranged DPS	24	Ability			Instant	120s	Instantly restores 400 TP.
Bloodbath	Melee DPS	32	Ability			Instant	90s	Converts a portion of physical damage dealt into HP.
Goad	Melee DPS	36	Ability			Instant	180s	Refreshes TP of a single party member.
Feint	Melee DPS	40	Ability			Instant	120s	Lowers target's strength and dexterity by 10%.
Crutch	Melee DPS	44	Ability			Instant	90s	Removes Bind and Heavy from target party member other than self.
True North	Melee DPS	48	Ability			Instant	150s	Nullifies all action direction requirements.

Traits

PvE traits

Trait	Acquired		Level	Effect
Dripping Blades	ROG		6	Increases damage dealt via actions by 5%.
All Fours	ROG		14	Reduces damage taken when falling.
Fleet of Foot	ROG		20	Increases movement speed.
Enhanced Dexterity	ARC ROG MCH		20	Increases dexterity by 8.
Dripping Blades II	ROG		36	Increases damage dealt via actions by 20%.
Enhanced Dexterity II	ARC ROG MCH		40	Increases dexterity by 16.
Enhanced Dexterity III	ARC ROG MCH		60	Increases dexterity by 24.
Shukiho	NIN		62	Increases Ninki Gauge by 6 with each auto-attack landed.
Enhanced Shukuchi	NIN		64	Resets the recast timer for Shukuchi upon executing Katon, Raiton, or Hyoton on most targets.
Enhanced Mug	NIN		66	Increases Ninki Gauge by 30 upon successfully landing Mug.

Job mechanics

Huton & Ninki Gauge is Ninja's Job Gauge.

Huton & Ninki Gauge in PvE

The Huton Gauge indicates time remaining until the current Huton effect fades.

The Ninki Gauge displays the current amount of Ninki a ninja has accumulated. Ninki slowly builds inside a ninja's body with each auto-attack landed and can be used to execute special ninjutsu such as the Hellfrog Medium (acquired at level 62), Bhavacakra (acquired at level 68), and Ten Chi Jin (acquired at level 70).

Ninki Gauge in PvP

The Ninki Gauge displays the current amount of Ninki a ninja has accumulated. Ninki slowly builds inside a ninja's body by using PvP actions and can be used to execute special ninjutsu such as the Three Mudra and Bhavacakra.

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See also

• Ninja Guide
• Ninja Endgame Rotations
• Ninja Macros

External links

• FinalFantasyXIV.com Ninja on the official website.

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