Specialist

Specialists (in some games, Innocents) are a unique gameplay feature in the Disgaea series. Any item in the game -- Weapons, Armor, food or drink Items, and others -- can be inhabited by 'residents' that boost a particular statistic or attribute. Each item has a limit to the number of residents that may inhabit it, dependent upon the rarity level. While Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (along with its PSP and DS remakes) had a greater population limit, the available space has been significantly reduced in the sequels, usually following the pattern of a limit of four Specialists in common items, five in rare, and six in legendary items.

Most typically, the Specialists encountered on an item will boost a stat such as attack power or total hit points. Some rarer residents increase critical hit chance or even boost the overall experience and mana gained from enemy kills; while any combination of residents was once possible in Disgaea: HOD, the sequels again restrict which items and at what levels certain Specialists appear.

As a general rule, all residents on an item begin hostile to the player: only by entering the Item World and subduing (killing in combat) a Specialist will it be available to be moved between items. The other benefit to subduing a Specialist is that the base level of the resident is immediately doubled; combining these subdued residents can produce a Specialist that confers powerful bonuses to single or multiple stats. Beginning in Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories, it became possible for dual-stat Specialists to be created via a unique event in the Item World. By placing a Mediator (a very rare resident) in an item with a pair of subdued residents and an empty population slot, the player has a chance of witnessing a marriage between the two stat-boosting Specialists in Innocent Town (a rest area sometimes encountered after clearing every tenth floor of an item) resulting in the creation of a dual-stat Specialist.

Certain Specialists appear or disappear in different games according to in-game mechanics. For example, the Statistician was not present in Disgaea 2 due to the Dark Court system, and with the removal of weapon proficiencies in Disgaea 3, Armsmasters are absent.

Generally, the Statistician is highly sought after due to its ability to increase the amount of experience gained, usually up to 300%.

Unique Specialists

 * Armsmaster - not present in Disgaea 3
 * Bailiff - Disgaea 2 only
 * Lover - Disgaea 2 only
 * Mediator - from Disgaea 2 until Disgaea 5 (Replaced with the Innocent Farm)
 * Statistician - not present in Disgaea 2