Gaffgarion Review [Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius]

Rating

[easytable]Max Rarity, Skills, Future Proof, Stats, Equipment, Trust Master, Overall

Gaffgarion Review [Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius]

5, A, B, A, C, S, A-[/easytable]

[easytable]Rarity, Job, Origin, Gender, Family

4★ – 5★, Fell Knight, FF Tactics, Male, Human[/easytable]

Trust Master Rewards – Bracer [Accessory]: + ATK 30, Hp +15%

Level	XP required	Total XP	Unlocked items	Rewards
1	0	0
2	1000	1000		Poke Ball x10
3	2000	3000		Poke Ball x15
4	3000	6000		Poke Ball x15
5	4000	10000	Gyms, Potions, Revives	Poke Ball x20, Potion x10, Revive x10, Incense
6	5000	15000		Poke Ball x15, Potion x10, Revive x5, Incubator
7	6000	21000		Poke Ball x15, Potion x10, Revive x5, Incense
8	7000	28000	Razz Berry	Poke Ball x15, Potion x10, Revive x5, Razz Berry x10, Lure Module
9	8000	36000		Poke Ball x15, Potion x10, Revive x5, Razz Berry x3, Lucky Egg
10	9000	45000	Super Potions	Poke Ball x20, Super Potion x20, Revive x10, Razz Berry x10, Incense, Lucky Egg, Egg Incubator, Lure Module
11	10000	55000		Poke Ball x15, Super Potion x10, Revive x3, Razz Berry x3
12	10000	65000	Great Balls	Great Ball x20, Super Potion x10, Revive x3, Razz Berry x3
13	10000	75000		Great Ball x10, Super Potion x10, Revive x3, Razz Berry x3
14	10000	85000		Great Ball x10, Super Potion x10, Revive x3, Razz Berry x3
15	15000	100000	Hyper Potions	Great Ball x15, Hyper Potion x20, Revive x10, Razz Berry x10, Incense, Lucky Egg, Egg Incubator, Lure Module
16	20000	120000		Great Ball x10, Hyper Potion x10, Revive x5, Razz Berry x5
17	20000	140000		Great Ball x10, Hyper Potion x10, Revive x5, Razz Berry x5
18	20000	160000		Great Ball x10, Hyper Potion x10, Revive x5, Razz Berry x5
19	25000	185000		Great Ball x15, Hyper Potion x10, Revive x5, Razz Berry x5
20	25000	210000	Ultra Balls	Ultra Ball x20, Hyper Potion x20, Revive x20, Razz Berry x20, Incense x2, Lucky Egg x2, Egg Incubator x2, Lure Module x2
21	50000	260000		Ultra Ball x10, Hyper Potion x10, Revive x10, Razz Berry x10
22	75000	335000		Ultra Ball x10, Hyper Potion x10, Revive x10, Razz Berry x10
23	100000	435000		Ultra Ball x10, Hyper Potion x10, Revive x10, Razz Berry x10
24	125000	560000		Ultra Ball x15, Hyper Potion x10, Revive x10, Razz Berry x10
25	150000	710000	Max Potions	Ultra Ball x25, Max Potion x20, Revive x15, Razz Berry x15, Incense, Lucky Egg, Egg Incubator, Lure Module
26	190000	900000		Ultra Ball x10, Max Potion x15, Revive x10, Razz Berry x15
27	200000	1,100,000		Ultra Ball x10, Max Potion x15, Revive x10, Razz Berry x15
28	250000	1,350,000		Ultra Ball x10, Max Potion x15, Revive x10, Razz Berry x15

4★	5★

General Thoughts

Think of Gaffgarion as FFT’s version of FF4’s Dark Knight. As such Gaffgarion has a lot of dark centric and gravity based attacks, which if the needs arise they can be quite devastating, but it does make him a niche character at best. Let’s hope you don’t make a gaffe by bringing him along.

Darkside (Dark physical damage (1.5x) with HP sacrifice (30%) to all enemies) and Unholy Sacrifice (Dark physical damage (2.5x) with HP sacrifice (40%) to all enemies) bring the dark elemental AoE attacks, just keep a healer on standyby because of the steep HP cost. Gravity (HP damage (50%) to one enemy) and Graviga (HP damage (75%) to all enemies) bring the non-HP sacrificing damage, only problem is, late game most units are immune to gravity. Duskblade (Physical damage (1.4x) with MP drain (30%) to one enemy) and Weapon Bash (Physical damage (1.6x) and paralyze (50%)) are Gaffgarion’s other two notable moves, both of which are only situationally useful.

Bracer (Type: Accessory, Stats: ATK+30, HP +15%) is strictly speaking better than a Hero’s Ring on a physical DPS unit and pairs better with Doublehand than with Dual Wield, but a few months from now as inevitable power creep takes comes into play Bracer will be a forgotten relic of days past, much as how Hyper Wrist is now.

Night Sword (Base: Physical damage (2.4x) with HP drain (100%), Max: Physical damage (3.35x) with HP drain (100%)) keeps in line with Gaffgarion’s history but it’s a lack luster ability other than that he can heal himself the turn after he uses Darkside or Unholy Sacrafice; otherwise it’s just a weak physical damage Limit Break.

Gaffgarion like many of the FFT 5-Star character is a niche unit. His abilities may be quite useful early game and he may make a great unit for player just starting out, but as the game progresses his abilities become increasingly wasted as more and more monsters become immune to gravity and get resistances to dark attacks.

Gaffgarion will be a good unit early game, but as it progresses he will spend more and more time not being used. If you don’t have better Trust Master Rewards to aim for Bracer is okay. Okay stats, okay Trust Master and niche abilities make him an easily replaceable unit.

Verdict: Usable unit!

Stats

Rarity	HP	MP	ATK	DEF	MAG	SPR	Attack Hits	LB Drops	Exp. Growth Pattern
4★	2062	85	86	78	66	67	2	4	4
5★	2681	111	113	102	87	88	2	5	4

Resistance

Gaffgarion is neutral to all elements and status ailments.

Learned Abilities

Min rarity	Level	Name	Effect	MP
4★	6	Bladeblitz	Physical damage (1.4x) to all enemies	14
4★	18	Counter	Counter physical attacks (30%)	–
4★	36	Duskblade	Physical damage (1.4x) with MP drain (30%) to one enemy	7
4★	52	ATK +20%	ATK +20%	–
4★	60	Darkside	Dark physical damage (1.5x) with HP sacrifice (30%) to all enemies	0
5★	45	Crushing Blow	Physical damage (1.6x) and paralyze (50%)	7
5★	68	HP +20%	HP +20%	–
5★	80	Unholy Sacrifice	Dark physical damage (2.5x) with HP sacrifice (40%) to all enemies	0

Learned Magic

Min rarity	Level	Icon	Name	Effect	MP
4★	21		Gravity	HP damage (50%) to one enemy	12
5★	24		Graviga	HP damage (75%) to all enemies	20

Exclusive Materia

Icon	Name	Effect	MP
	Medicate	Cure poison, blind and silence to caster	6

Limit Burst

Rarity	Name	Effect
4★	Night Sword	Base: Physical damage (2.2x) with HP drain (100%) Max: Physical damage (2.9x) with HP drain (100%)
5★	Night Sword	Base: Physical damage (2.4x) with HP drain (100%) Max: Physical damage (3.35x) with HP drain (100%)

Equipment

Gaffgarion can equip 4 weapons and armors.

[easytable]Weapons, Armors

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Rarity	Ability Slots	Affinity
4★	3	White Magic Lvl 4
5★	4	White Magic Lvl 5

Awakening

Rarity	Material 1	Material 2	Material 3	Material 4	Material 5
5★	Crimson Tear (25)	Earth’s Core (13)	Sacred Crystal (15)	Talmonite of Life (8)	Holy Crystal (8)

Lore

A mercenary who appears in the tales of holy stones known as auracite in the distant world of Ivalice. As tensions ran high due to the outbreak of war, Gaffgarion was hired by the Order of the Northern Sky to protect Princess Ovelia en route to Eagrose.

He had in fact been division commander of the Order of the Eastern Sky during the Fifty Years’ War, but was expelled for the barbarism he employed to ensure his final victory. Now he serves as a superior to his comrade Ramza, who has renounced the name of his noble house.