Ronin

Ronin
EO Untold EO2 Untold Portrait 1 Portrait 2 Portrait 3 Portrait 4 Portrait 1 Portrait 2 Portrait 3 Portrait 4 Foreign masters of the art of bushido. They see death as part of life, and so neglect defense in favor of offense.
First appearance	Etrian Odyssey
Weapons	Katana

The Ronin (Japanese: ブシドー Bushido; known as Samurai in the PAL localisation of Etrian Odyssey) is a class featured in Etrian Odyssey, Etrian Odyssey II, their respective remakes, and Etrian Odyssey Nexus.

Etrian Odyssey

Stats

Main article: Ronin/Stats#Etrian Odyssey

Lv.	HP	TP	STR	TEC	VIT	AGI	LUC
1	25	4	10	6	6	7	8
10	66	17	20	12	12	14	16
20	124	31	32	20	20	23	26
30	190	45	43	27	27	31	35
40	259	59	54	34	34	39	44
50	332	73	65	42	42	48	54
60	407	87	77	49	49	56	63
70	479	101	82	53	53	60	68

Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard

Stats

Main article: Ronin/Stats#Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard

Lv.	HP	TP	STR	TEC	VIT	AGI	LUC
1	39	19	8	4	4	5	6
10	80	32	18	7	8	13	8
20	138	46	30	11	12	20	11
30	204	60	39	15	18	28	14
40	273	74	47	20	24	36	17
50	343	88	54	23	30	47	20
60	413	102	61	30	34	52	27
70	483	116	72	36	39	57	30
80	553	157	78	42	45	63	36
90	623	198	84	48	51	69	42
99	686	236	89	53	57	76	48

Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl

Stats

Main article: Ronin/Stats#Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl

Lv.	HP	TP	STR	TEC	VIT	AGI	LUC
1	27	15	10	6	6	8	5
10	50	30	15	9	9	13	7
20	80	49	21	12	13	18	9
30	114	70	27	15	16	24	11
40	151	91	32	19	19	29	14
50	193	114	39	23	24	36	16
60	239	138	46	27	28	43	19
70	289	164	54	31	32	49	22
80	343	191	60	35	37	56	25
90	400	219	67	39	42	63	27
99	456	246	74	43	45	69	30

Skills

Main article: Ronin/Skills/Etrian Odyssey Untold

Katana Mastery branch

Name	Description	★	Prereq. skill(s)	Body part	Stat(s)
Katana Mastery	''Mastery Skill'' Enables Katana skills and raises damage dealt with katanas.	10	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Slantwise Cut	''Katana Skill'' Melee cut attack to 1 enemy. Enables skills requiring a stance afterward.	10	Katana Mastery, lv. 1	Legs	STR
Perfect Chaser	''Stance Skill'' Stance only: Follow all allies' normal attacks this turn with another attack.	10	Slantwise Cut, lv. 7	Arms	STR
Upper Stance	''Katana Skill'' An overhead stance that raises physical attack and defense for a number of turns.	10	Katana Mastery, lv. 5	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Horse Slash	''Upper Skill'' Upper Stance only: Melee cut attack to 1 enemy.	10	Upper Stance, lv. 1	Arms	STR
Flame Grater	''Upper Skill'' Upper Stance only: Melee cut and fire attack to a line of enemies.	10	Horse Slash, lv. 3	Arms	STR
Swallow Strike	''Upper Skill'' Upper Stance only: Multiple melee cut attacks to 1 enemy.	10	Upper Stance, lv. 5	Arms	STR
Clear Stance	''Katana Skill'' A stance that raises physical attack and defense for a number of turns.	10	Katana Mastery, lv. 5	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Razor Dodge	''Clear Skill'' Clear Stance only: Evade enemy attacks.	10	Clear Stance, lv. 1	Legs	{{{7}}}
Lightning Stab	''Clear Skill'' Clear Stance only: Melee stab and volt attack to 1 enemy that pierces through enemy lines.	10	Razor Dodge, lv. 3	Arms	STR
Arm Strike	''Clear Skill'' Clear Stance only: Melee cut attack to 1 enemy. May bind the enemy's arms.	10	Clear Stance, lv. 5	Arms	STR, TEC, LUC
Drawing Stance	''Katana Skill'' A stance that raises speed, hit rate, and evade rate for a number of turns.	10	Katana Mastery, lv. 5	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Beheading Cut	''Drawing Skill'' Drawing Stance only: Melee cut attack to 1 enemy. May instantly kill.	10	Drawing Stance, lv. 1	Arms	STR, TEC, LUC
Frigid Slash	''Drawing Skill'' Drawing Stance only: Ranged cut and ice attack to all enemies.	10	Beheading Cut, lv. 3	Arms	STR
Charging Slash	''Drawing Skill'' Drawing Stance only: Melee stab attack to 1 enemy.	10	Drawing Stance, lv. 5	Arms	STR
Peerless Stance	''Stance Skill'' Stance only: Usable from 3 main stances. Enables all stance skills for a number of turns.	10	Katana Mastery, lv. 10	Arms	{{{7}}}

ATK Up branch

Name	Description	★	Prereq. skill(s)	Body part	Stat(s)
ATK Up	''Stat Up'' Raises physical attack.	10	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Crit Up	''Passive Skill'' Raises critical rate.	10	ATK Up, lv. 5	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Severing Slash	''Passive Skill'' Occasionally kills all enemies instantly at the start of a battle.	10	Crit Up, lv. 5	TEC, LUC	{{{7}}}

HP Up branch

Name	Description	★	Prereq. skill(s)	Body part	Stat(s)
HP Up	''Stat Up'' Raises maximum HP.	10	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Breath	''Healing Skill'' Restores HP to the user and adjacent allies.	10	HP Up, lv. 3	Head	{{{7}}}

TP Up branch

Name	Description	★	Prereq. skill(s)	Body part	Stat(s)
TP Up	''Stat Up'' Raises maximum TP.	10	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Indomitable Cry	''Battle Skill'' May induce fear in all enemies.	10	TP Up, lv. 3	Head	TEC, LUC

Standalone skills

Name	Description	★	Prereq. skill(s)	Body part	Stat(s)
Mine	''Field Skill'' Allows the user to find more resources at certain mining spots.	10	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}

Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight

Stats

Main article: Ronin/Stats#Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight

Lv.	HP	TP	STR	TEC	VIT	AGI	LUC
1	27	18	10	6	6	9	4
10	50	44	15	9	9	13	7
20	80	75	20	12	13	18	10
30	114	107	25	16	16	23	13
40	151	142	30	19	20	28	16
50	193	179	37	23	24	35	19
60	239	218	43	28	28	41	23
70	289	255	50	32	32	47	27
80	343	289	57	36	37	53	30
90	400	319	63	41	41	59	34
99	456	340	70	45	46	66	38

Skills

Main article: Ronin/Skills/Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold

Force skills

Name	Description	★	Prereq. skill(s)	Body part	Stat(s)
Immovable	''Support Skill: Force Boost'' For 3 turns, keep stances and reduce katana stance skills TP cost by half.	1	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Issen	''Attack Skill: Force Break'' Powerful ranged cut attack to all enemies. May insta-kill.	1	Arms, lv. STR, LUC	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}

Katana Mastery branch

Name	Description	★	Prereq. skill(s)	Body part	Stat(s)
Katana Mastery	''Support Skill: Mastery'' Enables Katana skills and raises damage dealt with katanas.	10	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Upper Stance	''Support Skill: Katana/Stance'' Raises stance duration & ATK damage.	10	Katana Mastery, lv. 1	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Upward Slash	''Attack Skill: Katana/Stance'' Melee cut attack to 1 enemy. Take Upper Stance for a number of turns.	10	Upper Stance, lv. 1	Arms	STR
Horse Slash	''Attack Skill: Katana/Upper Only'' Upper Stance only: Melee cut attack to 1 enemy.	10	Upper Stance, lv. 3	Arms	STR
Flame Grater	''Attack Skill: Katana/Upper Only'' Upper Stance only: Melee fire + cut attack to a line of enemies.	10	Horse Slash, lv. 3	Arms	STR
Swallow Strike	''Attack Skill: Katana/Upper Only'' Upper Stance only: Multiple melee cut attacks to 1 enemy.	10	Upper Stance, lv. 5	Arms	STR
Clear Stance	''Support Skill: Katana/Stance'' Raises stance duration & DEF.	10	Katana Mastery, lv. 1	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Charging Thrust	''Attack Skill: Katana/Stance'' Melee stab attack to 1 enemy. Take Clear Stance for a number of turns.	10	Clear Stance, lv. 1	Arms	STR
Arm Strike	''Attack Skill: Katana/Clear Only'' Clear Stance only: Melee stab attack to 1 enemy. May cause arm bind.	10	Clear Stance, lv. 3	Arms	STR
Lightning Stab	''Attack Skill: Katana/Clear Only'' Clear Stance only: Melee stab + volt attack, pierces enemy lines.	10	Arm Strike, lv. 3	Arms	STR
Moon Shadow	''Attack Skill: Katana/Clear Only'' Clear Stance only: Melee stab attack to 1 enemy. Activates quickly.	10	Clear Stance, lv. 5	Arms	STR
Drawing Stance	''Support Skill: Katana/Stance'' Raises stance duration, speed, hit rate, & evade rate.	10	Katana Mastery, lv. 1	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Sheath Strike	''Attack Skill: Katana/Stance'' Melee bash attack to 1 enemy. Take Drawing Stance for a number of turns.	10	Drawing Stance, lv. 1	Arms	STR
Beheading Cut	''Attack Skill: Katana/Drawing Only'' Drawing Stance only: Melee cut attack to 1 enemy. May insta-kill.	10	Drawing Stance, lv. 3	Arms	STR, LUC
Frigid Slash	''Attack Skill: Katana/Drawing Only'' Drawing Stance only: Ranged cut + ice attack to all enemies.	10	Beheading Cut, lv. 3	Arms	STR
Ground Strike	''Attack Skill: Katana/Drawing Only'' Drawing Stance only: Ranged bash attack to 1 enemy.	10	Drawing Stance, lv. 5	Arms	STR
Peerless Stance	''Support Skill: Katana/Stance'' Stance only: Enables all stance skills for 3 turns.	10	Swallow Strike, lv. 1 Moon Shadow, lv. 1 Ground Strike, lv. 1	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Peerless Combo	''Attack Skill: Katana/Peerless Only'' Peerless Stance only: Ground Strike, Swallow Strike, and Moon Shadow.	10	Peerless Stance, lv. 3	Arms	STR
Post-Initiative	''Support Skill: Charge'' Raises evade rate & damage dealt next turn.	10	Katana Mastery, lv. 5	Legs	{{{7}}}
Perfect Chaser	''Attack Skill: Katana/Stance Only'' Stance only: Perform a follow-up on an enemy hit by normal attack this turn.	10	Katana Mastery, lv. 10	Legs	STR

Phys ATK Up branch

Name	Description	★	Prereq. skill(s)	Body part	Stat(s)
Phys ATK Up	''Support Skill'' Raises physical ATK.	10	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Pre-Initiative	''Support Skill'' Raises hit rate & damage against enemies who haven't acted yet.	10	Phys ATK Up, lv. 8	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}

Standalone skills

Name	Description	★	Prereq. skill(s)	Body part	Stat(s)
HP Up	''Support Skill: Stat Up'' Raises maximum HP.	10	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
TP Up	''Support Skill: Stat Up'' Raises maximum TP.	10	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Mine	''Field Skill: Gathering'' Allows the user to find more resources at certain mining spots.	10	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}

Etrian Odyssey Nexus

Skills

Main article: Ronin/Skills/Etrian Odyssey Nexus

Force skills (Lv. 1)

Name	Description	★	Prereq. skill(s)	Body part	Stat(s)
Peerless	''Force Boost'' For three turns, the duration of Stances will not decrease, and the user gains the effect of all Stances at their current levels, plus an additional boost to action speed, accuracy, evasion, attack, defences, and bind/ailment success rate.	1	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Issen	''Force Break'' Deals ranged Cut damage to all enemies. Attempts to instantly kill targets. The instant kill chance is increased against enemies with low HP.	3	Arms, lv. STR, LUC	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}

Novice skills (Lv. 1)

Name	Description	★	Prereq. skill(s)	Body part	Stat(s)
Upper Stance	''Stance Skill'' Increases the user's damage while active. Affects all forms of damage. At the start of battle, the user will automatically activate the Stance with the highest level, if they have a katana equipped; if this occurs, its duration is increased by one turn.	8	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Upward Slash	''Katana Skill'' Deals melee Cut damage to one enemy. Activates Upper Stance after use. Deals a guaranteed critical hit if used during Upper Stance.	4	Upper Stance, lv. 1	Arms	STR
Clear Stance	''Stance Skill'' Increases the user's defences and bind/ailment success rate while active. At the start of battle, the user will automatically activate the Stance with the highest level, if they have a katana equipped; if this occurs, its duration is increased by one turn.	8	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Charging Thrust	''Katana Skill'' Deals melee Stab damage to one enemy. Activates Clear Stance after use. Deals a guaranteed critical hit if used during Clear Stance.	4	Clear Stance, lv. 1	Arms	STR
Drawing Stance	''Stance Skill'' Increases the user's accuracy, evasion, and action speed while active. At the start of battle, the user will automatically activate the Stance with the highest level, if they have a katana equipped; if this occurs, its duration is increased by one turn.	8	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Sheath Strike	''Katana Skill'' Deals melee Bash damage to one enemy. Activates Drawing Stance after use. Deals a guaranteed critical hit if used during Drawing Stance.	4	Drawing Stance, lv. 1	Arms	STR
Air Blade	''Katana Skill'' Deals ranged Cut damage to one enemy. Deals a guaranteed critical hit if used during any Stance.	10	Arms, lv. STR	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Arm Strike	''Katana Skill'' Deals melee Stab damage to one enemy. Attempts to bind the target's arms. Deals a guaranteed critical hit if used during any Stance.	8	Arms, lv. STR, LUC	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Breath	''Healing Skill'' Restores HP to the user and adjacent allies. Total HP recovered is equal to the skill's base HP recovery, plus a percentage of the target's max HP.	6	Head, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Mine	''Field Skill'' Allows the party to find more items at Mine points.	1	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}

Veteran skills (Lv. 20)

Name	Description	★	Prereq. skill(s)	Body part	Stat(s)
Helm Splitter	''Katana/Stance Skill'' Can only be used if a Stance is active. Deals melee Cut damage to one enemy. Ignores the target's Cut resistance. Deals a guaranteed critical hit if used during Upper Stance. Reduces the current Stance's duration by 2 turns after use.	10	Upward Slash, lv. 1	Arms	STR
Flame Grater	''Katana Skill'' Deals melee Cut/Fire damage to one enemy. Deals a guaranteed critical hit if used during Upper Stance.	8	Helm Splitter, lv. 3	Arms	STR
Haze Slash	''Katana/Stance Skill'' Can only be used if a Stance is active. Deals melee Cut damage to one enemy. Attempts to put the target to sleep. Deals a guaranteed critical hit if used during Clear Stance. Reduces the current Stance's duration by 2 turns after use.	10	Charging Thrust, lv. 1	Arms	STR, LUC
Lightning Stab	''Katana Skill'' Deals melee Stab/Volt damage to one enemy. Deals a guaranteed critical hit if used during Clear Stance.	8	Haze Slash, lv. 3	Arms	STR
Horizontal Slice	''Katana/Stance Skill'' Can only be used if a Stance is active. Deals melee Cut damage to one enemy line. Deals a guaranteed critical hit if used during Drawing Stance. Reduces the current Stance's duration by 2 turns after use.	10	Sheath Strike, lv. 1	Arms	STR
Frigid Slash	''Katana Skill'' Deals melee Cut/Ice damage to one enemy. Deals a guaranteed critical hit if used during Drawing Stance.	8	Helm Splitter, lv. 3	Arms	STR
Duel	''Passive Skill'' Increases damage dealt to enemies the user attacked on the previous turn.	6	Air Blade, lv. 2 Arm Strike, lv. 2	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Physical ATK Up	''Stat Up'' Raises the user's physical attack.	8	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}

Master skills (Lv. 40)

Name	Description	★	Prereq. skill(s)	Body part	Stat(s)
Swallow Strike	''Katana/Stance Skill'' Can only be used if a Stance is active. Deals melee Cut damage multiple times to one enemy. Deals a guaranteed critical hit if used during Upper Stance. Ends the current Stance after use, and disables all of the user's skills on the next turn.	6	Flame Grater, lv. 3	Arms	STR
Blunt Stab	''Katana/Stance Skill'' Can only be used if a Stance is active. Deals melee Stab damage to one enemy. Attempts to petrify the target. Deals a guaranteed critical hit if used during Clear Stance. Ends the current Stance after use, and disables all of the user's skills on the next turn.	6	Lightning Stab, lv. 3	Arms	STR, LUC
Petal Scatter	''Katana/Stance Skill'' Can only be used if a Stance is active. Deals ranged Cut damage to all enemies. Attempts to petrify the target. Deals a guaranteed critical hit if used during Drawing Stance. Ends the current Stance after use, and disables all of the user's skills on the next turn.	6	Frigid Slash, lv. 3	Arms	STR
Full Mastery	''Passive Skill'' Increases the effects of all three Stances.	10	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Elated Spirit	''Passive Skill'' Restores TP at the end of each turn if the user has a Stance active.	4	Full Mastery, lv. 2	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Speed Boost	''Passive Skill'' Increases the user's accuracy, evasion, and action speed.	8	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology and notes
English	Ronin
English (PAL)	Samurai
Japanese	ブシドー	Bushido
Spanish	Samurái	Samurai
French	Samuraï	Samurai
German	Samurai	As above.
Italian	Samurai	As above.

Gallery

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  Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl

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  Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl

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  Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl

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  Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl

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  Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight

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  Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight

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  Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight

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  Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight

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  Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight

See also

• Bushi, a class in Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan serving a similar purpose
• Masurao, a class in Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth serving a similar purpose