EO3/Buccaneer/Skills

This page details full data for the Buccaneer's skills in Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City. In addition to these skills, every class also has access to Common Skills.

Skill Tree

Class Skill

Trickster トリックスター
Class Skill A buccaneer skill that recovers TP when using attack skills. Works with offensive Limit Skills. Does not work with regular attacks, Counter, Retaliate, Makibishi/Ninpo: Caltrops and skills that performs follow-up attacks. Subclassing - Stacks with other skills that restore TP.
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Fixed TP Recovery	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10

Rapier Mastery branch

Rapier Mastery 突剣マスタリー
Mastery Skill Prerequisite for rapier skills that raises rapier damage dealt. This raises the damage of regular attacks only. Subclassing - Allows for rapiers to be used.
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Damage Increase	2%	3%	4%	5%	6%	7%	8%	9%	10%	11%

Lights Out インザダーク
Rapier Skill Rapier: A pierce attack that may blind the enemy. Body part used: Arms Stat(s) used: STR, LUC, TEC Prerequisite skill(s): Rapier Mastery, lv. 1
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
TP Cost	6		7		8		9	10	11	12
Damage	110%	114%	118%	122%	126%	130%	135%	145%	155%	165%
Blind Infliction Rate	42%	44%	46%	48%	50%	54%	58%	62%	66%	70%
Hit Rate Modifier	+1		+2		+3		+4		+5
Action Speed	-6

Chase Saber チェイスセーバー
Rapier Skill Rapier: Perform a follow-up attack to an ally's slash attack. Charge, Etheric Charge and Trickster do not affect this skill. Follow-up rate starts at 100% and takes a penalty after each time it triggers. Follow-up attack uses all properties of the equipped weapon. Ailment/bind forges do not apply. Follow-up attack will not trigger follow-ups from other skills. Subclassing - Singularity also affects follow-up attacks. Body part used: Legs Stat(s) used: STR Prerequisite skill(s): Rapier Mastery, lv. 3
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
TP Cost	6		7		8	9	10	11	12	13
Damage	100%	107%	114%	122%	130%	138%	146%	154%	162%	170%
Follow-Up Rate Decrease	40%	37%	34%	31%	28%	25%	22%	19%	16%	13%
Maximum Follow-Ups	3			4			5	6	7
Hit Rate Modifier	-5		-4		-3		-2		-1
Action Speed	+60

Chase Blow チェイスブロー
Rapier Skill Rapier: Perform a follow-up attack to an ally's strike attack. Charge, Etheric Charge and Trickster do not affect this skill. Follow-up rate starts at 100% and takes a penalty after each time it triggers. Follow-up attack uses all properties of the equipped weapon. Ailment/bind forges do not apply. Follow-up attack will not trigger follow-ups from other skills. Subclassing - Singularity also affects follow-up attacks. Body part used: Legs Stat(s) used: STR Prerequisite skill(s): Rapier Mastery, lv. 3
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
TP Cost	6		7		8	9	10	11	12	13
Damage	100%	107%	114%	122%	130%	138%	146%	154%	162%	170%
Follow-Up Rate Decrease	40%	37%	34%	31%	28%	25%	22%	19%	16%	13%
Maximum Follow-Ups	3			4			5	6	7
Hit Rate Modifier	-5		-4		-3		-2		-1
Action Speed	+60

Chase Thrust チェイススラスト
Rapier Skill Rapier: Perform a follow-up attack to an ally's pierce attack. Charge, Etheric Charge and Trickster do not affect this skill. Follow-up rate starts at 100% and takes a penalty after each time it triggers. Follow-up attack uses all properties of the equipped weapon. Ailment/bind forges do not apply. Follow-up attack will not trigger follow-ups from other skills. Subclassing - Singularity also affects follow-up attacks. Body part used: Legs Stat(s) used: STR Prerequisite skill(s): Rapier Mastery, lv. 3
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
TP Cost	6		7		8	9	10	11	12	13
Damage	100%	107%	114%	122%	130%	138%	146%	154%	162%	170%
Follow-Up Rate Decrease	40%	37%	34%	31%	28%	25%	22%	19%	16%	13%
Maximum Follow-Ups	3			4			5	6	7
Hit Rate Modifier	-5		-4		-3		-2		-1
Action Speed	+60

Hanging ハンギング
Rapier Skill Rapier: A pierce attack that may bind the enemy's head. Body part used: Arms Stat(s) used: STR, LUC, TEC Prerequisite skill(s): Rapier Mastery, lv. 5
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
TP Cost	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Damage	160%	166%	172%	178%	184%	197%	210%	223%	236%	250%
Head Bind Infliction Rate	42%	44%	46%	48%	50%	52%	54%	56%	58%	60%
Hit Rate Modifier	+1		+2		+3		+4		+5
Action Speed	-6

Gun Mastery branch

Gun Mastery 銃マスタリー
Mastery Skill Prerequisite for gun skills that raises gun damage dealt. This raises the damage of regular attacks only. Subclassing - Allows for guns to be used.
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Damage Increase	2%	3%	4%	5%	6%	7%	8%	9%	10%	11%

Quick Draw クイックドロー
Gun Skill Gun: Random pierce damage done to all enemies at the start of a turn. Body part used: Arms Stat(s) used: STR Prerequisite skill(s): Gun Mastery, lv. 1
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
TP Cost	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	14
Damage Per Hit	70%	71%		72%	74%		76%	78%	80%
Number Of Hits	2		2-3			2-4				2-5
Damage Range	140%	142%	142%​-​213%	144%​-​216%	148%​-​222%	148%​-​296%	152%​-​304%	156%​-​312%	160%​-​320%	160%​-​400%
Average Damage	140.0%	142.0%	177.5%	180.0%	185.0%	222.0%	228.0%	234.0%	240.0%	280.0%

Chase Flame チェイスフレイム
Gun Skill Gun: Follow-up an ally's fire-based attack with a gunshot. Charge, Etheric Charge and Trickster do not affect this skill. Follow-up rate starts at 100% and takes a penalty after each time it triggers. Follow-up attack uses all properties of the equipped weapon. Ailment/bind forges do not apply. Follow-up attack will not trigger follow-ups from other skills. Subclassing - Singularity also affects follow-up attacks. Body part used: Legs Stat(s) used: STR Prerequisite skill(s): Gun Mastery, lv. 3
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
TP Cost	6		7		8	9	10	11	12	13
Damage	100%	107%	114%	122%	130%	138%	146%	154%	162%	170%
Follow-Up Rate Decrease	-40%	-37%	-34%	-30%	-26%	-22%	-18%	-14%	-10%	-6%
Maximum Follow-Ups	3			4		5	6	8
Hit Rate Modifier	-5		-4		-3		-2		-1
Action Speed	+60

Chase Ice チェイスアイス
Gun Skill Gun: Follow-up an ally's ice-based attack with a gunshot. Charge, Etheric Charge and Trickster do not affect this skill. Follow-up rate starts at 100% and takes a penalty after each time it triggers. Follow-up attack uses all properties of the equipped weapon. Ailment/bind forges do not apply. Follow-up attack will not trigger follow-ups from other skills. Subclassing - Singularity also affects follow-up attacks. Body part used: Legs Stat(s) used: STR Prerequisite skill(s): Gun Mastery, lv. 3
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
TP Cost	6		7		8	9	10	11	12	13
Damage	100%	107%	114%	122%	130%	138%	146%	154%	162%	170%
Follow-Up Rate Decrease	-40%	-37%	-34%	-30%	-26%	-22%	-18%	-14%	-10%	-6%
Maximum Follow-Ups	3			4		5	6	8
Hit Rate Modifier	-5		-4		-3		-2		-1
Action Speed	+60

Chase Volt チェイスサンダー
Gun Skill Gun: Follow-up an ally's volt-based attack with a gunshot. Charge, Etheric Charge and Trickster do not affect this skill. Follow-up rate starts at 100% and takes a penalty after each time it triggers. Follow-up attack uses all properties of the equipped weapon. Ailment/bind forges do not apply. Follow-up attack will not trigger follow-ups from other skills. Subclassing - Singularity also affects follow-up attacks. Body part used: Legs Stat(s) used: STR Prerequisite skill(s): Gun Mastery, lv. 3
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
TP Cost	6		7		8	9	10	11	12	13
Damage	100%	107%	114%	122%	130%	138%	146%	154%	162%	170%
Follow-Up Rate Decrease	-40%	-37%	-34%	-30%	-26%	-22%	-18%	-14%	-10%	-6%
Maximum Follow-Ups	3			4		5	6	8
Hit Rate Modifier	-5		-4		-3		-2		-1
Action Speed	+60

Rapid Fire ラピッドファイア
Gun Skill Gun: A piercing attack that fires 3 bullets at once at one enemy. Body part used: Arms Stat(s) used: STR Prerequisite skill(s): Gun Mastery, lv. 5
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
TP Cost	10		11		12		13	14	15	16
Damage Per Hit	60%	63%	66%	69%	72%	75%	82%	90%	98%	105%
Total Damage	180%	189%	198%	207%	216%	225%	246%	270%	294%	315%
Hit Rate Modifier	-5		-4		-3		-2		-1
Action Speed	-3

Combined Mastery

Swashbuckling 我流の剣術
Passive Skill Normal attacks may strike multiple times. Any passive skills that apply to normal attacks will apply for each hit. Each additional normal attack counts as a separate action and will trigger additional follow-up attacks and provide extra Limit increments. Subclassing - Charge only applies to the first hit. Subclassing - If the user knows Second Sword, the maximum number of hits is doubled plus one extra hit See Second Sword for more information Prerequisite skill(s): Rapier Mastery, lv. 8 Gun Mastery, lv. 8
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Activation Rate	10%	13%	16%	19%	21%	24%	27%	30%	33%	36%
Number Of Hits	1-2							1-3		1-4
Average Number Of Hits	1.100	1.130	1.160	1.190	1.210	1.240	1.270	1.390	1.439	1.536
Average Number Of Hits (Second Sword)	2.221	2.297	2.377	2.462	2.521	2.613	2.709	2.852	2.975	3.122

Pincushion ミリオンスラスト
Gun/Rapier Skill Rapier/Gun: Random pierce attacks boosted by the user's agility. $DamagePerHit=BaseDamage+3\times AGI$ STR is still used to determine the damage. Body part used: Arms Stat(s) used: STR, AGI Prerequisite skill(s): Rapier Mastery, lv. 10 Gun Mastery, lv. 10
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
TP Cost	19	20	21	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Base Damage	110%	113%	117%	121%	125%	129%	133%	137%	141%	145%
Number Of Hits	1-2			1-3
Damage Range (Fixed)	110%​-​220%	113%​-​229%	117%​-​234%	121%​-​363%	125%​-​375%	129%​-​387%	133%​-​399%	137%​-​411%	141%​-​423%	145%​-​435%
Damage Range (Stat Dependent)	3 × AGI - 6 × AGI			3 × AGI - 9 × AGI
Average Damage (Fixed)	165%	169.5%	175.5%	242%	250%	258%	266%	274%	282%	290%
Average Damage (Stat Dependent)	4.5 × AGI			6 × AGI
Hit Rate Modifier	-10	-9	-8	-7	-6	-5	-4	-3	-2	-1
Action Speed	-3

Other skills

Eagle Eye イーグルアイ
Special Skill Lowers one enemy's physical defense for three turns. Body part used: Head Prerequisite skill(s): Limit Boost, lv. 3
Level	1	2	3	4	5
TP Cost	5	6	7	8	9
Physical DEF Decrease	10%	15%	20%	25%	35%

Lady Luck 幸運の女神
Passive Skill Normal attacks have a higher probability of being critical. Subclassing - Stacks additively with Night Vision and Data Mining.
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Critical Rate Increase	5%	6%	7%	8%	10%	12%	14%	16%	18%	20%

Limit Boost リミットブースト
Passive Skill The limit gauge will increase faster. Does not increase the maximum amount of Limit gained per action, only applies to the minimum amount. The maximum Limit gained per action cannot exceed 15. Prerequisite skill(s): Lady Luck, lv. 3 Eagle Eye, lv. 3
Level	1	2	3	4	5
Limit Gained Per Action	2	4	6	8	10

Troublemaker トラブルメイク
Search Skill Raises the encounter rate briefly. This value is multiplied with the tile danger values.
Level	1	2	3	4	5
TP Cost	3
Danger Value Multiplier	×2.00	×2.20	×2.40	×2.70	×3.00
Steps	30	35	40	45	50

References

• Datamining and tips for Buccaneer by DrFetus/Araxxor
• Skill simulator
• Etrian Odyssey III atwiki (Japanese) - Buccaneer Page