Pugilist

Pugilist
Portrait 1 Portrait 2 Portrait 3 Portrait 4 [[File:Portrait {{{tab_game1_abbr}}} pugilist 01.png]] [[File:Portrait {{{tab_game1_abbr}}} pugilist 02.png]] [[File:Portrait {{{tab_game1_abbr}}} pugilist 03.png]] [[File:Portrait {{{tab_game1_abbr}}} pugilist 04.png]] Warriors trained in martial arts. Their precise strikes can seal enemy limbs.
First appearance	Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth
Weapons	Cesti

The Pugilist (Japanese: セスタス Cestus) is an Earthlain class first appearing in Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth.

Skills

Etrian Odyssey Nexus

Main article: Pugilist/Skills/Etrian Odyssey Nexus

Force skills (Lv. 1)

Name	Description	★	Prereq. skill(s)	Body part	Stat(s)
Seal Rush	''Force Boost'' For three turns, boosts the user's bind infliction rate. Any attacks by the user on an enemy with a bind or ailment, or that is stunned, will be followed up with a single regular attack dealing reduced damage.	1	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Final Blow	''Force Break'' Deals melee Bash damage to one enemy. Attempts to bind the target's head, arms, and legs.	3	Arms, lv. STR, LUC	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}

Novice skills (Lv. 1)

Name	Description	★	Prereq. skill(s)	Body part	Stat(s)
Concussion	''Cestus Skill (Pugilist)'' Deals melee Bash damage to one enemy. Attempts to bind the target's head.	8	Arms, lv. STR, LUC	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Arm Crusher	''Cestus Skill (Pugilist)'' Deals melee Bash damage to one enemy. Attempts to bind the target's arms.	8	Arms, lv. STR, LUC	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Low Blow	''Cestus Skill (Pugilist)'' Deals melee Bash damage to one enemy. Attempts to bind the target's legs.	8	Arms, lv. STR, LUC	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
One-Two Punch	''Cestus Skill (Pugilist)'' Deals melee Bash damage to one enemy. May follow up with Concussion, Arm Breaker, or Low Blow, if the target does not have the relevant bind(s).	10	Concussion, lv. 2 Arm Breaker, lv. 2 Low Blow, lv. 2	Arms	STR
Corkscrew	''Cestus Skill (Pugilist)'' Deals melee Bash damage to one enemy. Attempts to paralyse the target.	8	Arms, lv. STR, LUC	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Adrenaline	''Passive Skill'' Restores TP to the user whenever they inflict a bind, ailment, or stun on an enemy. Total TP recovered is equal to the skill's base TP recovery, plus a percentage of the user's max TP.	4	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Double Punch	''Support Skill'' When using a single-hit Pugilist attack skill that attempts and fails to inflict a bind or ailment, the user will have a chance to repeat the attack.	10	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
HP Up	''Stat Up'' Raises the user's maximum HP.	8	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Chop	''Field Skill'' Allows the party to find more items at Chop points.	1	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}

Veteran skills (Lv. 20)

Name	Description	★	Prereq. skill(s)	Body part	Stat(s)
Devil's Fist	''Cestus Skill (Pugilist)'' Consumes the user's HP to deal melee Bash damage to one enemy, with splash damage to other enemies on the same line.	8	Arms, lv. STR	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Fighting Spirit	''Passive Skill'' If the user lost HP during the previous turn, increases their damage dealt this turn.	6	Devil's Fist, lv. 3	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Added Blow	''Passive Skill'' Whenever the user inflicts a bind on an enemy, they will have a chance to follow up with Corkscrew.	10	One-Two Punch, lv. 2 Corkscrew, lv. 2	Arms	{{{7}}}
Leading Blow	''Cestus Skill (Pugilist)'' Deals melee Bash damage to one enemy. If the target has a bind, follows up with the relevant bind skill; if the target has an ailment, follows up with Corkscrew.	10	Added Blow, lv. 2	Arms	STR
Breather	''Healing Skill'' Removes a number of binds from the user, and increases their damage dealt on the following turn.	4	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Fault Blocker	''Buff Skill'' Increases the bind and ailment resistance of all allies on the user's line for three turns.	4	Arms, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Clinch	''Support Skill'' Attempts to bind the head, arms, and legs of both the user and one enemy.	6	Breather, lv. 1 Fault Blocker, lv. 1	LUC	{{{7}}}
Status ATK Up	''Stat Up'' Increases the user's bind/ailment success rate.	8	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Cross Counter	''Cestus Skill (Pugilist)'' For one turn, if an ally on the user's line is hit with a physical attack, the user will counter with a melee Bash attack that attempts to bind the body part the attacker attacked with. For normal attacks, attempts to bind the arms.	6	Arms, lv. STR, LUC	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}

Master skills (Lv. 40)

Name	Description	★	Prereq. skill(s)	Body part	Stat(s)
Thunder Fist	''Cestus Skill (Pugilist)'' Deals melee Bash/Volt damage to one enemy. If the attack does not kill the target, the user suffers recoil damage.	8	Fighting Spirit, lv. 2	Arms	STR
Lash Out	''Cestus Skill (Pugilist)'' Deals multiple melee Bash attacks to one enemy. The number of attacks is equal to the total number of attacks dealt by the user during the previous turn. Deals nine hits at most. Counts as one attack for the purpose of calculating the number of hits dealt by this skill.	6	Leading Blow, lv. 3	Arms	STR
Meditation	''Buff Skill'' Increases the user's bind/ailment success rate until the end of the following turn.	4	Clinch, lv. 3	Head	{{{7}}}
Raging Waves	''Passive Skill'' Increases damage dealt based on the total number of binds and ailments suffered by the target.	10	Meditation, lv. 2	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Million Lashes	''Passive Skill'' If the user has two weapons equipped, normal attacks may strike multiple times.	8	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Resonance Blow	''Cestus Skill (Pugilist)'' Deals multiple melee Bash attacks to one enemy. The number of attacks is equal to the number of turns that have passed since Resonance Blow was last used, plus one (maximum of nine attacks).	6	Million Lashes, lv. 3	Arms	STR