The Genji Glove relic allows a character to equip a weapon in each hand except for Unarmed due to it not being compatible. It can be used in a very deadly combination with the Rapid Fire and Spellblade abilities. Main article: Dual-Wield (Final Fantasy V)ĭual-Wield is the level five ability for the Ninja class, learned for 450 ABP. All weapons the three can equip can be dual-wielded, though Yang, Ursula, and the Monks can only equips claws. Yang and Edge can equip weapons in each hand.Įdge, Tsukinowa, Yang, Ursula, and the Monks all dual-wield. The Hero's Shield can be dual-wielded by Yang and Edge if done so, they will attack with their barehands. The weapons count as the same attack, and Yang and Edge cannot use them to attack twice.
Yang and Edge can equip weapons in each hand. A character that dual wields shields will attack their target unarmed. In the NES version, dual-wielding is ineffective due to the dual wield bug.ĭual Wield is the innate ability for all jobs, so every playable character can equip two weapons or shields. Such behavior is exclusive to Final Fantasy II, and does not appear in Pixel Remaster versions of other games. Uniquely in Pixel Remaster version of the game, if the character kills the enemy with one weapon, then the attack with their second weapon will retarget to a different enemy, potentially allowing a dual-wielding character to kill two enemies in one attack. A character gains equal experience for both weapons held, even if they are of the same type this allows for much faster weapon skill growth, even against enemy formations of low Rank. Using a second weapon or a shield in conjunction with another weapon halves the Strength bonus to Attack, and weapons held in a character's off-hand have their Strength bonus halved again. A character can also dual-wield shields, which provides greater Evasion at the cost of being unable to attack physically. 1.17 Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's DungeonĪll characters can dual-wield any weapon type except for bows.1.11.1 Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia.1.11 Dissidia Final Fantasy (2008) and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy.