Balthier

Miscellany

• Balthier is a WotL-exclusive character and is not in the PSX version of FFT.

Abilities

“Plunder” abilities have a better chance of theft than the Thief’s Steal abilities.

Barrage, Leg Shot, Arm Shot, and Seal Evil abilities are not evadable.

Ability	PWR	Speed	Range, Radius (Hori/Vert)	Effect	Formula
Leg Shot	50	Now	Weapon Range	Chance to inflict Immobilize status on the target.	SP + PWR
Arm Shot	50	Now	Weapon Range	Chance to inflict Disable status on the target.	SP + PWR
Seal Evil	70	Now	Weapon Range	Turns an undead character into Stone status.	SP + PWR
Barrage	N/A	Now	Weapon Range	Performs 4 normal attacks in a row, each with half its damage at 100% hit rate and cannot be evaded, blocked, or proc Shirahadori. Spells that proc off of weapon attacks (like Holy Lance) are cast using normal magic calculations.	(Weapon) / 2 (4 hits)
Plunder Gil	200	Now	1 Range x 1 Vert, 1	Steal an amount of Gil from the target.	gainedGil = Speed * Level * 2
Plunder Heart	60	Now	3 Range x 1 Vert, 1	Chance to inflict Charm status on the target.	MA * PWR
Plunder Helm	50	Now	1 Range x 1 Vert, 1	Chance to steal the target's equipped headgear.	SP + PWR
Plunder Armor	45	Now	1 Range x 1 Vert, 1	Chance to steal the target's equipped armor.	SP + PWR
Plunder Shield	45	Now	1 Range x 1 Vert, 1	Chance to steal the target's equipped shield.	SP + PWR
Plunder Weapon	40	Now	1 Range x 1 Vert, 1	Chance to steal the target's equipped weapon, highest level first.	SP + PWR
Plunder Accessory	50	Now	1 Range x 1 Vert, 1	Chance to steal the target's equipped accessory.	SP + PWR
Plunder Exp	80	Now	1 Range x 1 Vert, 1	Steal some of the target's Experience Points.	gainedEXP = Speed + 15

✨PvP Patch Changes:
Removed Leg Shot, Arm Shot, and Seal Evil, as these abilities are unique to Mustadio’s Aimed Shot.

Removed Plunder Gil and Plunder Exp and added Balthier’s Quickening abilities from Final Fantasy XII.

Barrage is now:

• two hits per weapon strike instead of four (four hits with dual wield instead of eight)
• strikes at 60% of a normal attack instead of 50%
• has a 60 MP cost to use
• evadable based on the weapon type used (guns and flails are unevadable)

Replaced the Plunder variants with the Steal variants to make room for additional abilities and because of updates to the Steal variants. Additionally, added Borrowed Time, Steal Limelight, and Steal HP so that Balthier is ultimately a “superior” Thief.

Plunder Heart is now genderless Charm instead of only working on female units.

Ability	PWR	MP	Speed	Range, Radius (Hori/Vert)	Effect	Formula
Elem. of Treachery	20	40	Now	4 Range, 2x1	Deals non-elemental random physical damage. 100% knockback if only one target hit.	(1...PWR) * PA
Fires of War	12	20	Now	Weapon Range	Deals fire physical damage with a chance to critically strike.	(PA + PWR) / 2 * PA
Tides of Fate	15	30	Now	3 Conal, 2 Vert	Deals water magic damage.	MA * PWR
Barrage	N/A	60	Now	Weapon Range	Performs 2 normal attacks in a row, each at 60% of its normal attack strength and evadable. Spells that proc off of weapon attacks (like Holy Lance) are cast using normal magic calculations.	(Weapon) * 0.60 (2 hits)
Borrowed Time	N/A	N/A	Now	Self	Bestows: Haste status.	Hit = 100%
Steal Limelight	60	N/A	Now	2 Range x 1 Vert, 1	Reduces target's CT by 30.	Hit = PWR
Plunder Heart	30	N/A	Now	2 Range x 2 Vert, 1	Chance to inflict Charm status on the target.	MA + PWR
Steal Helm	60	N/A	Now	1 Range x 2 Vert, 1	Chance to steal the target's equipped headgear.	Speed + PWR
Steal Armor	55	N/A	Now	1 Range x 2 Vert, 1	Chance to steal the target's equipped armor.	Speed + PWR
Steal Shield	55	N/A	Now	1 Range x 2 Vert, 1	Chance to steal the target's equipped shield.	Speed + PWR
Steal Weapon	50	N/A	Now	1 Range x 2 Vert, 1	Chance to steal the target's equipped weapon, highest level first.	Speed + PWR
Steal Accessory	60	N/A	Now	1 Range x 2 Vert, 1	Chance to steal the target's equipped accessory.	Speed + PWR
Steal HP	35	N/A	Now	1 Range x 2 Vert, 1	Absorb 35% of the target's max. HP.	absorbHP% = PWR