My Go-To Secondary Job for each character in Octopath Traveler 2

Octopath Traveler 2 is, to me, a best-in-class game and one of the most complete RPGs I’ve ever played. Unless you are playing boss fights, the battles don’t last long, especially with the right build. It’s one of those games where by lining up your secondary jobs, skills, and weapons, any of the eight characters can break the game.

I’ve listed the secondary jobs I used for each character. One thing to mention is that I tried to make sure there were no duplicates in the secondary jobs. Just stating the job isn’t the full story, as skills, weapons, and overall team makeup also affect a character’s build.

Characters

Hikari – Armsmaster

Hikari as an Armsmaster offers so much versatility. The way I use Hikari is to find an opponent’s weakness and then exploit it. My main strategy for him was breaking the opponent. I always tended to go for Sixfold Strike to find the enemy’s weakness. Once found, I would use a mixture of learned skills and Hikari’s core skills, such as Aggressive Slash, Wild Smash, Frenzied Fire, and Divine Dual Edge. Once the enemy was broken, based on their weakness, I would then use Brand’s Blade or one of the powerful Armsmaster weapon skills.

Throné – Merchant

My style for Throné was pure speed with buffs and debuffs. I was often using HP Thief, Armor Corrosive, and Sidestep. Once the enemy was broken, I would either use Disguise to mimic a teammate or unleash Aeber’s Reckoning. Something I did early in the game but stopped in the late-game was using the Merchant’s Hired Help. That skill more or less just takes a massive chunk out of my opponent, and I felt it was cheating because of the amount of damage it did.

Agnea – Inventor

Agnea plays a similar role to Throné, buffing the team, and she can also provide support with Ruinous Kick. The reason I added Inventor to Agnea is due to her Latent Power, which allows her to apply her attack and support skills to multiple characters. So, I often used it for offering healing with Arkar’s Coil, attacking enemies with Hastening Hammer, or using Critical Scope if the enemy was broken.

Castti – Cleric

I used Castti as my core healer. With both Apothecary and Cleric, she had full coverage for healing and reviving teammates. In addition, with her Latent Power at max boost, I could give my team plenty of buffs, recover their health, or damage the enemy. She is also very powerful with an axe, having access to both Poison Axe and Drastic Measures.

Osvald – Apothecary

I know I said at the start of the article that with the right build, every character can be powerful, but I just couldn’t find a perfect build for Osvald. I feel magic attacks taper off toward the end of the game. So, I paired him with Apothecary to offer the team some healing. I chose against going with Cleric, as Apothecary gives Osvald an axe, giving him more weapon range. He does have a very useful attack, Elemental Barrage, which is useful to work out elemental weaknesses.

Partitio – Arcanist

Partitio is the most versatile character in the game; he thrives with any secondary job. I decided to give him Arcanist. Malice and Blessing are good for group-based dark and light attacks. But the magic in this build is Seal of Diffusion, which allows all skills that target Partitio to be applied to the whole team. So I would rotate between Rest and Sidestep, and enemies ended up not touching my characters. As mentioned in Throné’s build, I did use Hired Help when struggling but felt guilty afterwards!

Ochette – Warrior

Similar to Hikari, the way I used Ochette was for breaking characters with all the beasts that she’s captured. Once an enemy was broken and if I had 4 BP, I would then use powerful captured monsters or skills like Brand’s Blade. The Warrior job is used to give her more strength and access to powerful sword skills.

Temenos – Conjurer

Temenos is another support character. He heals, and if we know which element the enemies are weak to, we can use the Conjurer’s skills to imbue the party’s weapons with that element, allowing them to deal extra damage and exploit weaknesses with every attack.

Final Thoughts

There are multiple builds and playstyles for this game, but I feel these builds gave me the best balance, making the game range from a fun challenge to an absolute walkthrough.