Brawler (Archetype)

Brawler
Japanese Name	モンク 格闘家 (Lineage)
Romaji	Monku Kakutou-ka
Origin	Original creations
First Appearance	Metaphor: ReFantazio
Follower	Catherina Grann
Weapon	Knuckles
Evolves into	Pugilist

"The loyal hunter, Catherina... Within her dwells the virtue of the Brawler. Nurture thy bond with her, and a new power yet slumbering within thee may awaken..."

—Mysterious voice, Metaphor: ReFantazio

Brawler, known as Monk in Japan, is an Archetype in Metaphor: ReFantazio.

History

"In times of yore, there lived heroes who tempered their bodies into unmatched weapons through discipline. Their souls together form the power of the Brawler. Among them, the adept disciple of the critical hit I dub the Pugilist, and the Elite master of the martial form I dub the Martial Artist. The Brawler Archetype combines speed with powerful critical hits, and, as its name indicates, is a master fighter."

—Research documents, Metaphor: ReFantazio

Profile

"The Origin Brawler Archetype. Expends its own life force to unleash Strike attacks. The Brawler learns a number of versatile enchantments and skills to increase its max stamina at different points in battle."

—Metaphor: ReFantazio

Brawler is the among the first of the Request-locked Archetypes to appear in the game alongside Merchant, awakening within the Follower bond the protagonist forged with Catherina after completing her Favour request "A Friend in Need". Progression with the Brawler lineage is maintained with the protagonist's bond with Catherina, with said bond also allowing his party to access the Archetype for themselves as well.

Strategically, the Brawler are glass cannons, specializes in offense at the expense of health and staying power. They deliver powerful attacks and increases its own critical rate, but the Archetype's native offensive skills drain the user's HP instead of drawing from the MP pool like typical skills, so Brawlers are resource-hungry early on, making their users needing to be healed by items or skills more often than other classes.

In terms of party formation, lineages that can help cover the Archetype's weakness are the Seeker and the Healer due to their possession of healing skills.

As a supporting combatant in terms of unlocking other allies' Synthesis skills, the Brawler lineage is categorized as a physical combatant (alongside Warrior and Berserker) which consistently unlocks allies' physical skills, and a gambler (alongside Merchant and Summoner), which unlocks a mix of skills that relate to luck.

Stats

Lineage Rank Strength -- Magic -- Endurance -- Agility -- Luck -- Brawler ? Slash Pierce Strike Fire Ice Elec Wind Light Dark Almi - - Resist - Weak - - - - - List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Rank Surprise Upset - [Hero Passive] Strong enemies are stunned more easily in overworld combat. Innate Perfect Punch 13% HP Deals weak physical Strike damage to one enemy. Power proportional to caster's remaining HP. Innate Diligent Disciple - Increases critical hit rate by 5%. Boost increased further if Archetype of the same Lineage are present. 3 Skull Cracker 22% HP Deals weak physical Strike damage to one enemy. May inflict Forget. 6 Strike Dodge - [Passive] Increases Evasion against Strike attacks. 10 Battle Cry 12 MP Increases caster's Attack and Defence for 3 turns. 14 Health Font - Raises max HP by 15%. 20 Synthesis Skills Skill Cost Effect Skill prerequisite First ally Second ally Meteoric Fist 29% HP (✶✶) Deals weak physical Strike damage to all enemies 1-3 times. None Warrior, Brawler, or Berserker Lineages None Energy Ray 20% HP (✶✶) Deals heavy physical Light damage to one enemy. Power proportional to caster's remaining HP. None Seeker, Mage, or Healer Lineages None