Gladiator (FF14)

Basics

Starting Out

Should you pick Gladiator as your starting class, you'll start out in the city of Ul'dah¹. The following are what you get in your inventory if you create your character as a Gladiator. The other items and your stats will depend on what race and gender you pick.

2.0+ Starting Equipment
Weapon: Weathered Gladius

1.x Starting Equipment
Weapon: Weathered Gladius
Body: Weathered Tabard
Belt: Weathered Survival Belt
Legs: Weathered Breeches (Grey)
Feet: Weathered Shoes

Jobs

Once you're level 30 Gladiator, you can unlock the job Paladin. Note that unlocking it also requires level 15 Conjurer.

Quests

These are Gladiator's class quests. They can be undertaken when you reach certain levels on your class.

Level	2.0+ Quest	1.x Quest
Level 0	Way of the Gladiator
Level 1	My First Gladius
Level 5	Kicking the Hornet's Nest
Level 10	Ul'dah's Most Wanted
Level 15	That Old Familiar Feeling
Level 20	The Face of Thal	All Bark and No Bite
Level 25	On Holy Ground
Level 30	The Rematch	Unalienable Rights
Level 36		Thrill of the Fight

Other

Upon unlocking Gladiator (or upon completing the level 1 quest if it is your starting class), you can unlock the hunting log. Killing targets in the log gains you extra experience points.

Learnables

Abilities

This section lists the abilities and weaponskills you can learn as a gladiator.

Level	2.0+ Abilities	1.20-1.23c Abilities	1.0-1.19 Abilities
Level 1	Fast Blade	Fast Blade	Light Stab Red Lotus Guard
Level 2	Rampart	Rampart
Level 4	Savage Blade	Phalanx	Rampart
Level 6	Fight or Flight	Aegis Boon	Circle Slash
Level 8	Flash		Phalanx
Level 10	Convalescence	Savage Blade	Provoke Aegis Boon
Level 12	Riot Blade		Spinstroke
Level 14		Flash	Still Precision Shield Bash
Level 15	Shield Lob
Level 16			Howling Vortex
Level 18	Shield Bash	Shield Bash	Obsess
Level 20			Heavy Slash Onion Cut Outmaneuver
Level 22	Provoke	Sentinel	Cover
Level 24			Luminous Spire
Level 26	Rage of Halone	Flat Blade	Cadence
Level 28			Red Lotus II
Level 30	Shield Swipe	Riot Blade	Ambidexterity Rage of Halone War Drum
Level 32			Circle Slash II
Level 34	Awareness	Outmaneuver	Rampart II
Level 36			Sentinel
Level 38	Sentinel	War Drum	Phalanx II
Level 40			Heavy Stab Provoke II Aegis Boon II
Level 42	Tempered Will	Tempered Will	Spinstroke II
Level 44			Still Precision II Shield Bash II
Level 46	Bulwark	Rage of Halone	Tempered Will
Level 48			Obsess II
Level 50	Circle of Scorn	Goring Blade	Riot Blade Deflection

Gladiator can also learn the following Limit Break abilities.

Type	Ability
Limit Break Lv 1	Shield Wall
Limit Break Lv 2	Mighty Guard
Limit Break Lv3	-
Adrenaline Rush	Aegis Boon

In addition to the above, as a gladiator you also gain the following abilities that can only be used in PVP areas.

PVP Abilities

Full Swing
Testudo
Push Back
Enliven
Purify

Traits

In this section you can find the various traits a Gladiator can learn.

Level	2.0+ Traits	1.20-1.23c Traits	1.0-1.19 Traits
Level 8	Enhanced Vitality	Enhanced Physical Defense
Level 12		Enhanced Rampart
Level 14	Enhanced Rampart
Level 16	Enhanced Vitality II	Enhanced Block Rate
Level 20	Enhanced Flash	Swift Aegis Boon
Level 24	Enhanced Vitality III	Enhanced Physical Defense II
Level 28	Enhanced Fight or Flight	Enhanced Flash
Level 30			Self-Preservation
Level 32	Enhanced Convalescence	Enhanced Physical Crit Resilience
Level 36	Enhanced Shield Bash	Enhanced Sentinel
Level 40	Enhanced Rage of Halone	Enhanced Physical Defense III
Level 44	Enhanced Awareness	Enhanced Outmaneuver
Level 48	Enhanced Sentinel	Enhanced Flash II
Level 50			Swordsmanship

In addition, a gladiator can use the following PVP traits.

Enhanced Glory Slash
Enhanced Full Swing
Enhanced Testudo
Enhanced Push Back
Enhanced Enliven
Enhanced Purify
Enhanced Strength
Enhanced Vitality
Enhanced Dexterity
Enhanced Intelligence
Enhanced Mind
Enhanced Piety

Combos

Combos are a way of chaining abilities/weaponskills for various extra effects. In version 2.0+ they can either be native to the ability/weaponskill used, or can come via a trait learned at a later level. In version 1.x they were always available as long as you knew the appropriate abilities/weaponskills.

2.0+ Combos
Fast Blade -> Savage Blade (increased potency)
Fast Blade -> Riot Blade (increased potency, restores MP)
Savage Blade -> Rage of Halone (increased potency, reduce target's STR by 10% for 20s)

1.x Combos
Fast Blade -> Savage Blade (increased damage)
Fast Blade -> Flat Blade (increased enmity)
Savage Blade -> Goring Blade (increased Bleed damage)

Riot Blade -> Rage of Halone (increased accuracy)

Cross-class Abilities

The following is a list of the cross-class abilities Gladiator can use.

Disciples of War
Marauder Foresight Skull Sunder Fracture Bloodbath Mercy Stroke	Lancer Feint Keen Flurry Invigorate Blood for Blood	Pugilist Featherfoot Second Wind Haymaker Internal Release Mantra
Archer Straight Shot Raging Strikes Venomous Bite Hawk's Eye Quelling Strikes	Rogue Perfect Dodge Goad Death Blossom
Disciples of Magic
Conjurer Cure Protect Raise Stoneskin	Arcanist Physick Virus Eye for an Eye	Thaumaturge Surecast Swiftcast
Disciples of the Land
Botanist Triangulate Arbor Call Arbor Call II Truth of Forests	Miner Prospect Lay of the Land Lay of the Land II Truth of Mountains

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Footnotes

1. This limitation was added with version 2.0. Prior to that, you could pick your starting city independent of your starting class.

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