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Summoner is a recurring job class in the Final Fantasy series. A Summoner has the (usually) unique ability to summon, or call, into battle the aid of a special beast. Summons have gone by different names throughout the series, the most popular being Espers, Eidolons, or Aeons.

Final Fantasy III

Summoners are magic users who have harnessed the power of high summoning-- the ability to call forth a combined black and white magic effect. (Game Description)

How Obtained
- Speak with the Crystal of Earth

Battle Command
- Summon: Call forth a powerful magical beast to attack the enemy or aid the party

Weapons
- Staves

Armor
- See Armor (FFIII)

Final Fantasy X

Unlike previous Final Fantasies, the summoned creature, called an "Aeon" in FFX, stays in the battle until it or the enemy is defeated. Only Yuna can summon Aeons, which can be obtained either through the story or by completing various sidequests. There are ten aeons in total in FFX.

See Also Aeons

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

Summoner is an advanced job of the Viera, available once you master two Elementalist A-Abilities and two White Mage A-Abilities.

Abilities

Summon Magic

Summoner Command, Summon creatures from the ether. A Mixed bag of summons to pick from; some new and old faces from the whole FF mythos. The first summons you learn may feel pretty weak or ineffective, but if you stick with it, there's the potential for a summoner to become an integral part of your team.

Action-Abilities

Ability	Effect	Learnt from	Ap Cost
Unicorn	Recover HP and remedy status ailments	Pure Staff	200 AP
Ifrit	Fire Damage	Guard Staff	200 AP
Shiva	Reduces target's magic power	Snake Staff	200 AP
Ramuh	Lightning Damage	Judge Staff	200 AP
Kirin	Casts Regen on a small area	Cure Staff	200 AP
Carbuncle	Casts Reflect on a small area	Garnet Staff	200 AP
Phoenix	Revive Ko'd Units in an area	Nirvana Staff	300 AP
Madeen	Holy Damage	Cheer Staff	300 AP

Reaction-Abilities

N/A The Summoner has no learnable reaction abilities; change jobs to learn an R-Ability.

Support-Abilities

Ability	Effect	Learnt from	Ap Cost
Half MP	Halves the MP cost of all Spells	Light Robe	300 AP

Combo

The Summoner's combo is "Summon Combo", and can be learnt from the Mythril Staff, for 100 AP.

Prospects

There are no jobs that have a summoner A-Ability requirement, but that doesn't mean you can't take advantage of the skillset.

If you want to make full use of the summon magic, then having a Viera as a Summoner/Red Mage combination is particularly effective; using the Red Mage's Doublecast ability, and the Summoner's Half MP to cast 2 summons for the price of one. There's a great potential for magic power with Turbo Boost in the place of Half MP; alternatively, a Summoner can be used with something like a White Magic ability set in order to purely provide support.