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Fanmade Classes

These are some fanmade 3-element classes for Sveta and Himi, who have unique 2-element classes but not unique 3-element ones.

Occultist class series

Unique to Himi, takes the place of Samurai (which Himi can't access)

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Class Name	Djinn	HP	PP	ATK	DEF	AGI	LCK
Occultist	4 , 3	150%	180%	120%	140%	160%	130%
Onmyouji	5 , 4	170%	190%	130%	150%	170%	130%

Psynergy
Lvl	Psynergy	PP	Range	Power
1	Thunderclap	9		50
5	Raging Heat	9		45
10	Magic Shell	3		—
11	Astral Blast	5		ATK+32
	→Thunder Mine at Onmyouji class	16		ATK+85
18	Bind	4		—
20	Fear Puppet	7		—
21	Weapon Grace	13		—
22	Fiery Abyss	18		90
26	Thunderbolt	19		110
27	Magic Shield	5		—
31	Roaring Dragon	16		120
33	Toxic Grit	28		125
39	Slaying Dragon	32		200
48	Thunderhead	39		190
50	Reigning Dragon	39		280
53	Dire Inferno	32		200

Hunter class series

Unique to Sveta, replaces Medium for Sveta only

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Class Name	Djinn	HP	PP	ATK	DEF	AGI	LCK
Hunter	3 , 3	160%	130%	140%	120%	150%	110%
Carnivore	4 , 4	180%	140%	150%	130%	160%	110%
Apex Predator	5 , 4	200%	150%	160%	140%	170%	110%

Psynergy
Lvl	Psynergy	PP	Range	Power
1	Boon	4		—
1	Speed Punch	6		ATK +33
2	Douse	5		25
4	Punji	7		45
5	Cure Poison	2		—
10	Nature's Boon	8		—
11	Cutting Edge	5		ATK+32
	→Plume Edge at Carnivore class	15		ATK+80
12	Drench	10		60
13	Restore	3		—
15	Punji Trap	13		85
19	Revive	15		—
23	Psynergy Slam	12		ATK *1.6
26	Vital Boon	11		—
28	Break	5		—
30	Deluge	20		120
36	Punji Strike	24		150

Class Page Rewrite

Character Classes are roles which characters can be assigned in many RPGs which determine their capabilities. In the Golden Sun series, the playable Adepts can be placed in a wide variety of classes, which have significant effects on their statistics as well as which Psynergy are available to them.

Each character's class is determined by their innate element alongside the number and element of Djinn which are Set to them. Because Djinn can be freely rearranged, classes in Golden Sun can be changed on the fly, and because Djinn can change state during combat, classes can even change mid-battle; this dynamic nature of classes distinguishes Golden Sun from many other RPGs such as Final Fantasy where classes or jobs are fixed or chosen manually from a list.

Overview

A playable character's class is determined by their Elemental Levels, meaning that class is affected by both the character's innate element and the number and element of Djinn which they have Set to them (Djinn in Standby and Recovery are ignored). Additionally, some characters have unique classes which will 'override' the typical classes - for instance, Himi in Golden Sun: Dark Dawn has the unique Miko class series replacing the Brute class series which is available to all of the other Venus Adepts in the series (as well as Mars Adepts).

Because Djinn may change between Set and Standby during battle, a character's class may also change in the middle of combat. Players must take note of this fact, since it means that using many Djinn in battle could cause them to end up with lower stats or lose key Psynergy.

Classes have two main effects: granting stat modifiers that significantly shape the character's stat spread, and determining which Psynergy a character can access, including which elements are available. This adds diversity to the strategic options in the game, allowing the player to experiment with different combinations and strategies over the course of the game.

Each class has its own pool of Psynergy, alongside a level requirement for each spell. There is no need to be in a certain class upon leveling up in order to be able to access that class's spells later - as soon as an Adept switches into a class, they will immediately gain access to all of the spells learned by that class up to their current level.

Every class additionally grants a stat boost in every main stat - Max HP, Max PP, Attack, Defense, Agility, and Luck. These buffs are multiplicative and are applied after other stat bonuses such as the ones from weapons and armor, which can make them even more potent in conjunction with powerful gear. The boosts granted by class stat multipliers are sometimes not taken into account when the game reports information about stats. For instance, if Isaac is in the Slayer class, which has a 190% Max HP multiplier, upon leveling up the game may report that his max HP rose by 7, when in fact the *actual* increase was 13 due to the class multiplier. Because class stat boosts are multipliers which are independent from base stats, unlike some games, the class a character is in will not affect their *base* stat gain on level up.

In addition to stats and Psynergy access, susceptibility to status effects is also affected by class; most classes have a particular status effect - or other special effect such as HP drain - which they are more likely to be affected by than usual.

Class are organized into "class series", which are sets of similar classes that get progressively stronger, with each subsequent 'tier' of the class series requiring a larger number of Djinn. Each tier in a class series has a similar spread of stat multipliers to the previous class in the series, but higher across the board. Additionally, higher tiers of class series may improve the pool of available Psynergy; some Psynergy series are only available in higher tiers (notable examples include Revive and the Wish series), and in Golden Sun: The Lost Age and onwards, many physical-attacking Psynergy like Ragnarok and Planet Diver are replaced with more powerful variants in higher tiers (Odyssey and Planetary in the case of the aforementioned examples).

Categories of Class

Class series come in several different categories based on the number of elements involved (including the Adept's innate element), with the main categories being Mono-Element, Dual-Element, and Tri-Element class series. There are also Item-Dependent Quad-Element class series exclusive to **The Lost Age**, and one special Psynergy-Dependent class exclusive to Sveta in **Dark Dawn**. Using each category has its own pros and cons, so it's up to players to decide which classes to use.

Mono-Element

These class series are accessed by setting only Djinn which match an Adept's innate elemental alignment (e.g. giving Isaac only Venus Djinn, etc). These are also the classes which characters will be in by default if they have no Djinn Set (or no Djinn at all).

Notably, many characters have unique mono-element class series which they do not share with other Adepts; Jenna and Piers have unique ones in **The Lost Age**, as does the entire second party in **Dark Dawn**.

Pros of Mono-Element Classes

- These classes are straightforward and easy to use. With these classes, you don't need to worry about specific Djinn setups - Djinn can simply be Set to match their user.

- Unleashing Djinn in battle does not carry the risk of switching a character to a different class series, which may often be undesirable in the heat of battle (though a character's class can still, of course, downgrade to a lower class tier within the same series)

- Because only one element of Djinn is given to a character, their elemental power (+5 Power per Djinni set) in that single element will be higher than it would be in any other class, which can be potent when augmented by the Adept's naturally higher power in their innate element.

Cons of Mono-Element Classes

- Most Mono-Element classes tend to have at least one significant shortcoming - for instance, the Guard class series has the worst agility of all classes and very poor Max PP, the Wind Seer class series is exceptionally frail, and the Water Seer class series has poor agility and a lackluster lineup of offensive Psynergy.

- They have a narrower array of Psynergy available, and possess only one element of offensive Psynergy, which can prove annoying against a powerful enemy or boss which resists said element.

- Because they *require* only one element of Djinn to be set, these classes can be difficult to maintain if you happen to have an uneven number of Djinn of each element, or don't yet have a full 4-person party. This can be especially pronounced in the early segments of **The Lost Age**, where the player will spend quite a while with only 3 party members, but 4 elements of Djinn.

- Each element of Djinn being restricted to one character means it can take longer to prepare Summons, especially in the first game, where only single-element summons are available.

Dual-Element

These class series are accessed by setting mostly Djinn of a different element than the Adept's innate element; to access the highest tiers, Adepts will also need to set a few Djinn which match their innate element.

Dual-element classes which involve symbiotic element pairs (Venus/Mars and Jupiter/Mercury) behave slightly differently than other class series.

These class series are accessed by setting mostly Djinn of a single non-innate element, with a small number of Djinn matching the Adept's innate element being needed to reach the higher tiers. These classes are not all the same in terms of structure and cadence - classes combining symbiotic elements (Earth and Fire, as well as Wind and Water) are a bit different than the others. See the respective class pages for details.

Adepts can fully access three dual-element class series - one for each non-innate Element. They can also partially access two additional class series.

There are a few characters with unique 2-element class series, though there are fewer of them than those with unique mono-element class series. So far, only Sveta and Himi possess unique 2-element class series.

There are some Adepts who possess unique Dual-Element classes which replace the typical Dual-Element classes for Adepts of their element, similarly to how many characters have unique Mono-Element classes which replace the usual Mono-Element classes for their element. So far, there are just two examples of this: Sveta's BLAH class series takes the place of the BLAH class series, and Himi's BLAH class series similarly takes the place of the BLAH class series.

Pros of Dual-Element Classes

- Dual-Element classes tend to have higher average stats than Mono-Element classes, and might be more well-rounded statistically

- Having two elements of Psynergy available can lead to more versatility, making it easier to target the elemental weaknesses of particular enemies or bosses, since each Adept has access to more spells of different elements

Cons of Dual-Element Classes

- Once later tiers in Dual-Element classes are reached

Tri-Element

Adepts can fully access three tri-element class series, and can partially access one additional tri-element series. The only exception is Himi, who can only fully access two tri-element class series, as she lacks access to the Samurai class series.

Class Access by Innate Element

Brute Class Series		Apprentice Class Series		Swordsman Class Series
Class Name	Djinn	Class Name	Djinn	Class Name	Djinn
Brute		Apprentice		Swordsman
Ruffian		Illusionist		Defender
Savage		Enchanter		Cavalier
Barbarian		Conjurer		Guardian
Berserker		War Adept		Protector
Chaos Lord