Final Fantasy XI Warriors excel other character in close combat fighting. They are able to use the widest variety of weapons of any job. They can gain the provocation ability at level 5 which makes them the only job that can make monsters attack them instead if their fragile party mates. In this case, warriors always function as primary tank.

They have the gift for hitting points and high defense, good evasion and solid damage with their weapons.

Large galka is the best race to be a warrior. It can start with 36 hp and 9 str. Elvaan also do good as warriors with a starting hp of 33 and a STR of 9. But, Taru will not be a good choice, because they are small and nimble. In the start, they have only 27 and 7 STR. Warriors have strong defensive skills: they get both Shield, which allow them to block attacks with their shield) and parry allowing them to parry attacks with their weapon.

The warrior's initial active skill is the might strike which lasts for 45 seconds and makes attacks do critical damage. It can only be used every 2 hours so use it sparingly. At level 5 they attain provoke which will allow them to taunt an enemy into attacking the warrior. This is useful when you want to redirect all damage away from your team mates, or to steal enemies away from other players.

You can use the provoke ability every 30 seconds. Level 15 lets them receive the Berserk ability which allows them to power up and increase their attack power while decreasing their defense. Level 25 sees the warrior with a defender ability which is the opposite of berserker, in which it increases defense while decreasing attack.

At level 35, the warrior acquired war cry skill, which can increase the attack power of all nearby party members for a period of 30 seconds. At level 45, the warrior gets the aggressor skill which increases attack accuracy while decreasing the evasion stat.

As for the warrior's passive skills, they have at level 10 a defense bonus which increases his physical defense. At level 15, the warrior acquires a passive resist virus ability which gives them better defense against disease. They also receive a double attack bonus at level 25 which gives them a change to attack twice with a single attack. When a warrior reaches level 30, there will be an attack bonus that can increase their physical attack power.