Hope Review [Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius]

Rating

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

Hope Review [Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius]

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

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

4★ – 5★, l’Cie, FF XIII, Male, Human[/easytable]

Trust Master Rewards – Nue [Throwing Weapon] – Stats: ATK+51, MAG+82

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

Hope bring along a jack of all trades skill set to FFBE, able to cast most spells at 5-Star, having access to most of the –ga spells and having Esuna and Raise make Hope a fairly versatile character, think of Terra, but without Gravity and more elemental coverage. Hope isn’t a bad character to have, it’s just hard to be a good 5-Star base in a 6-Star world.

Hope brings along these notable active abilities:
• Raise (Revive one KO’d ally); since Vanille lacks access to Raise, Hope becomes a necessary support unit for any FF13 themed team.
• Esuna (Cure poison, blind, sleep, silence, paralyze and confuse to one ally), standard healer kit status remover.
• Aeroga, Waterga, Thundaga, Blizzaga, Firaga; Hope can almost summon Captain Lapis by himself, that’s some good elemental coverage on a versatile 5-Star unit who also has Raise and Esuna.
Along with these notable passives:
• MP +20%, DEF +20%, MAG +20%; more base stats is always nice.

Trust master
Hey did you hear about that new Trust Master?
No, what is it?
It’s Nue.
Yes, you already said that.
No, I mean its Nue.
Yes… and?
Nue?
As opposed to old?
facepalm

Nue (Statistics – Type: Weapon (Throwing), Stats: ATK+51, MAG+82), this is an odd one. It has great +MAG on it, but its usefulness might be limited to Hope. The other TMR throwing weapon, Rising Sun, is more suited for physical DPS, and most units that have a Throwing Weapon slot are physical DPS. So while Nue has some decent stats, it’s a fairly niche weapon.

Last Resort (Base: Magic damage (2.7x) with ignore SPR (50%) to all enemies – Max: Magic damage (3.65x) with ignore SPR (50%) to all enemies), is a non-elemental spirit bypassing magic attack that’s better than Ultima out of the box. Not too bad. If Last Stand had some sort of status infliction it would be Arena worthy, but even in this basic form it’s a decent Limit Break.

Verdict: If Hope was out when Global went live, Hope would have sat on the top Mage spot for a while, competing with the likes of Kefka, Golbez and Exdeath. As it is, Hope is really only useful for new players and now, unlike Exdeath, he doesn’t have a 6-Star form, won’t be getting one like Kefka, doesn’t have Double Black Magic like Arc, and is now outclassed by other, better units. And I had such high hopes for… Hope.

Niche Trust Master that screams hybrid weapon, versatile Mage and Support Unit for new players, but easily outclassed by other equally accessible units. Hope makes a good early game team mate, but is not end game material.

Stats

Rarity	HP	MP	ATK	DEF	MAG	SPR	Attack Hits	LB Drops	Exp. Growth Pattern
4★	1765	113	76	65	89	70	4	2	4
5★	2295	148	100	85	116	92	4	3	4

Maximum Stats Increase

Rarity	HP	MP	ATK	DEF	MAG	SPR
4★	240	40	16	16	16	16
5★	300	50	20	20	20	20

Resistance

Hope is neutral to all elements and status ailments.

Learned Abilities

Min rarity	Level	Name	Effect	MP
4★	42	MP +20%	MP +20%	–
4★	48	DEF +20%	DEF +20%	–
5★	64	Area Blast	Physical damage (1.8x) to all enemies	17
5★	72	MAG +20%	MAG +20%	–

Learned Magic Abilities

Min Rarity	Level	Name	Effect	MP
4★	12	Esuna	Cure poison, blind, sleep, silence, paralyze and confuse to one ally	8
4★	21	Firaga	Fire magic damage (1.8x) to all enemies	20
4★	34	Blizzaga	Ice magic damage (1.8x) to all enemies	20
4★	52	Thundaga	Lightning magic damage (1.8x) to all enemies	20
4★	60	Deshell	Decrease SPR (20%) for 3 turns to one enemy	4
5★	26	Waterga	Water magic damage (1.8x) to all enemies	20
5★	46	Aeroga	Wind magic damage (1.8x) to all enemies	20
5★	80	Raise	Revive one KO’d ally	12

Exclusive Materia

Icon	Name	Effect	MP
	Attacker	ATK +10%, MAG +10%	–
	Defender	DEF +10%, SPR +10%	–

Limit Burst

Rarity	Name	Effect
4★	Last Resort	Base: Magic damage (2.5x) with ignore SPR (50%) to all enemies Max: Magic damage (3.2x) with ignore SPR (50%) to all enemies
5★	Last Resort	Base: Magic damage (2.7x) with ignore SPR (50%) to all enemies Max: Magic damage (3.65x) with ignore SPR (50%) to all enemies

Equipment

Hope can equip 4 weapons and 6 armors.

[easytable]Weapons, Armors

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Rarity	Ability Slots	Affinity
4★	3	White Magic Lvl 4, Black Magic Lvl 7, Green Magic Lvl 6
5★	4	White Magic Lvl 5, Black Magic Lvl 8, Green Magic Lvl 7

Exclusive Equipment

Icon	Name	Type	Effect
	Tezcatlipoca	Throwing	ATK+65, HP +20%

Awakening

Rarity	Material 1	Material 2	Material 3	Material 4	Material 5
5★	Mystic Ore (25)	Deepsea Bloom (13)	Sacred Crystal (15)	Esper’s Tear (8)	Holy Crystal (8)

Lore

A boy who appears in the tales of a world where the gods toy with humanity’s fate. While Hope was on a trip with his mother in the seaside town of Bodhum, the military found the mysterious “Vestige,” prompting the immediate banishment of everyone in the area.

Hope then witnessed his mother’s death amidst the turmoil, and blamed the young leader of the civilian forces, Snow, for its occurrence. Swearing revenge upon Snow, Hope headed toward the Vestige, where he was eventually cursed as a “l’Cie.”