Ff16 Clive inspired class.

[Bloodthrone]

If you're looking for a whip class I would like to see a Belmont inspired class from the castlevania series. A Huner class we would call it.

[Renathras]

I think that whips could work extremely well if they ever wanted to do a melee magic user that is Clive inspired.
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I feel like if it used whips they might be able to get away with saying it’s a scouting class so it could share gear with NIN.

(also - you forgot SAM is a sword user)

If you're looking for a whip class I would like to see a Belmont inspired class from the castlevania series. A Huner class we would call it.

I've thought before a class like Bart from Xenogears would be cool. I think whips would work better as a Ranged Physical than a Melee, though. Whips aren't really melee weapons, and if someone's within 2-3 feet of you, a whip is generally not going to work well for you.

I don't think whips make sense for this kind of class, though. Honestly, Clive would probably have worked better in that sense as a fist weapon class, given how he punches and blocks with Titan, or summons Ramuh's staff into his hands for lightning attacks. Even the Phoenix uppercut is like a punch. While he does do some imbued sword attacks, those could be replicated with most any weapon type.

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As for the idea, an Evoker or something that works that way would be really cool, and thematically fit Merycidia (birthplace, as far as we know, of summoning; at least there was a lot of summoning done there when Alleg tried to conquer them in war, and where the Allegans learned to capture Primals like the Warring Triad ones from HW or Bahamut). A melee-summoner, sorta, just with less summoning and more Primal imbued attacks.