Strongest Job Lorewise?

[Felis]

Ishgard have an army of drg's and they get massacred by common dragonskin quite frequently.

But only 1 Azure Dragoon

[Daralii]

But only 1 Azure Dragoon

Possibly two, at least for a bit.

[Leep]

Black Magic was banished for fear that it would destroy the world.

[F_Maximillian]

I'd say either black mages or scholars. As mentioned before black magic nearly destroyed the world and yet the Nymian scholars were able to repel both powerful black mages and white mages with a vastly smaller army. If scholars know the bindings of magic (thus the whole intellect bit) inside out so to speak they could potentially nullify anything black magic or white magic may try to do by ripping basically unraveling their magic from the inside. Not to mention the ability to resurrect the dead and create shields out of thin air over a large area. However if they can't do that then I'd argue the ones that have the power to destroy the world on their own would be the strongest. Not to mention they can set anything they desire ablaze with so much as a glance..

[Akiza]

Summoner because they seem more like pure mages unlike Black and White Magis which are specializatons. Summoner's have immense aether wells and can channel and summon greater entities. During the 3rd Astral era Summoners were hunted to extinction by the Allagna Empire becuase they were turning themselves into gods becoming tyrants and bleeding the Aether from the land. Black Mage and White Mage stii have pleople that can pass down the art while the Summoner learns the art from discovering ancient text and awakening memories within the soulstone.

[AlphaFox]

I kinda gotta agree with the weakest being Machinst. Story wise it seems they were only created to simply allow even the common folk to take up arms in battle but keep distance from confrontation. Granted I havn't even hit 50 on it but just going on what I've seen.

[Seiss]

Lorewise strongest job imo is the BLM . Not only do they draw their power from the Aether like the SMN's and WHM's but they also draw from the Void itself.

SMN's have a more controlled version of using the aether and are more akin to becoming primals in taking on aspects of the Eidolon they are summoning.

WHM's destroyed Ampdapor in doing battle with the BLM's for fear of BLM power because it was unrestrained and it since it being so powerful could actually destroy not only the world but the user if used incorrectly. Besides the Elementals hid the power of white magic from the world and only gave its secrets to a few but BLM's are not governed by the Elementals and so can not be contained.

[Phyllo]

I just wanna add something because someone said that it would be WHM due to the fact Lousoix stood against Bahamut alone

Louisoix is a scholar, he might carry a staff like a white Mage would but it is still scholar's spells that he is using, that shield in the end of an era video is clearly that of the scholar job, tho way more powerful than the one we have access to in game.

[Mandze]

White Mages are terrifying.

[Causality]

Surely Machinist would be the weakest, since it doesn't require strength to fire a gun?

Clearly someone has never fired a gun or knows about recoil.