EO3/Arbalist/Subclasses

This page has information about subclasses for the Arbalist class in Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City.

The information on this page is subjective and is an informational guide rather than factual advice

Buccaneer

• Lady Luck combos with Night Vision to increase night-time critical rate to make the most of your normal attacks. Swashbuckling also adds to the number of normal attacks you make with a single action, though this skill takes a lot of excess skill points to access.
  
  

Farmer

• Play Possum keeps a frontline Arbalist out of danger and allows extra opportunities for Braveheart to trigger, giving a small TP regeneration that lets a frontline Arbalist use Front Mortar more often.
  
  

Gladiator

• Berserker Vow and Charge are useful tools for increasing Arbalist's already-impressive physical damage even further.
• Combine the Arbalist's deadlier class skill and higher STR with the Gladiator's own attack skills to make the Arbalist a front line damage dealer that hits harder but is much more fragile than a Gladiator.
• In Etrian Odyssey III HD, Arbalist's Snipe and Sharpshooter skills are compatible with Charge.
  
  

Zodiac

• Arbalist's "Barrage" skills can benefit from Zodiac's elemental damage-increasing abilities, such as Etheric Charge and Singularity.
  • Singularity also works when attacking physical weaknesses, leading to massive damage on enemies weak to stab attacks.
• Etheric Return restores TP whenever you kill an enemy, refunding the costs of an elemental Barrage skill if it takes out a large group of enemies at once.
• In Etrian Odyssey III HD, Arbalist's Snipe and Sharpshooter skills are compatible with Etheric Charge if the Arbalist is wielding a weapon with an elemental forge, or is imbued with an Oil item or a Sovereign's Arms skills.
  
  

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Shogun

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• The Arbalist's own Class Skill and high STR make them good candidates for using Warrior Might as each follow-up can be quite powerful.
• The Arbalist themselves will attack if using Fusillade.
• Endure can contribute to the Arbalist's survivability.
  
  
  

Yggdroid

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• Yggdroid can not be set as a subclass in Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City