Strongest Job Lorewise?

[Mandze]

White Mages are terrifying.

[hagare]

what kind of strength are we talking about here?
magical, physical?
what do we use as measurement? scale of destruction? raw damage? number of victims?

[AeraCross]

what kind of strength are we talking about here?
magical, physical?
what do we use as measurement? scale of destruction? raw damage? number of victims?

Probably should have clarified this in the beginning. Basically what Im asking is, if all jobs had to fight eachother either 1v1 or in an all out brawl who would come out on top? Lorewise of course

[hagare]

Probably should have clarified this in the beginning. Basically what Im asking is, if all jobs had to fight eachother either 1v1 or in an all out brawl who would come out on top?

I say most likely SMN with the DoTs + Bane(if battle royale) + egi + channeling the power of the elder primal bahamut himself.
though whoever wins in the end might have different results. after all we have DRGs who can jump long distances, NINs with shukuchi, BRDs, MCHs. those 4 can probably take out all those high powered casters in an instant.

raw damage is usually held by casters, though vulnerability during casting is a pretty big weakness.

[NoahArks]

Probably should have clarified this in the beginning. Basically what Im asking is, if all jobs had to fight eachother either 1v1 or in an all out brawl who would come out on top?

Definitely smn in that case. They DoT the hell out of everyone and have a egi to attack for them. In the meantime they can heal themselfs and their egi.

[Jonditaru]

But does a MCH sing while in the midst of battle to rally their allies??? That's some hard stuff to do while dodging attacks and aiming with a bow! xD

[AlphaSonic]

400 heal physicks... I'd say astrologian, Nocturnal Benefic does everything they need to survive while dotting the enemy to death.

[Sekundessounet]

400 heal physicks... I'd say astrologian, Nocturnal Benefic does everything they need to survive while dotting the enemy to death.

Scholar in that case.

[o3o]

strongest i would have to say whm or blm

whm because the strongest white mages could apparently do whatever they wanted with the life stream.

blm because not only could one of them travel though alternate dimensions (Shantotto). but if they can bring meteors down. im certain the ones who are pushing it to the absolute limits can bring down something a little bigger. (plus the ones we bring down now though the limit break would possibly be world ending if one of that size didn't burn up in the atmosphere and hit)

runner up would be smn. though they dont have the world ending power the other 2 have. they have (limited) power over primals and the ability to gather up enough aether to kill lesser Ascians.

[Maero]

lol you guys are arguing which class is stronger currently in game while OP asked lore wise...
I would say blm, i mean fire and ice should be more power then physical attacks no? Using power of nature and all