Nichol Review [Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius]

Rating

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

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

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

3★ – 5★, Tactician, FF BE, Male, Human[/easytable]

Trust Master Rewards: None

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

3★	4★	5★

General Thoughts

FFBE recently introduced Nichol as the 5th permanent band member of Team Rain. Team Rain as you may know has been doing backup vocals for Team Everything Else for sometimes now and with the addition of Nichol Team Rain will still be doing backup vocals for Team Everything Else. I do like Nichol’s lines in FFBE though and while he is a forgettable unit, his snappy lines are not.

Nichol brings along these active abilities:

Back to the Wall (Increase ATK/MAG (40%) while decrease DEF/SPR (20%) for 3 turns to all allies), going with his military tactician theme, Nichol has BttW as his offensive maneuver and IS as his defensive one, both abilities are easily outclassed by 5-Star Base Units and with their negative side effects, are marginal at best since Fina already has Cheer and Lid already has Focus.

Impenetrable Stance (Increase DEF/SPR (40%) while decrease ATK/MAG (20%) for 3 turns to all allies), I could see these abilities having marginal use on certain boss fights where the boss charges up, the problem is with Nichol being as squishy as he is, if he uses this ability rather than defends he will probably die.

Waterga (Water magic damage (1.8x) to all enemies), only one of the few characters to have Waterga, but it certainly not enough to make Nichol worth leveling.

Barblizzara (Increase ice resistance (50%) for 3 turns to all allies) and Barwatera (Increase water resistance (50%) for 3 turns to all allies), situational abilities on a character that is probably more of a liability to bring than whatever support his abilities could provide.

Along with these passives:
None

Being a basic unit, Nichol does not have a Trust Master Reward

Ancient Flood (Base: Water magic damage (2.5x) to all enemies – Max: Water magic damage (3.45x) to all enemies), well it looks cool at least, but its vanilla water damage with no added effects. Not worth casting really.

Verdict: Nichol just doesn’t bring anything to the table other than taking up a lot in your unit box, maybe a Christmas alternate reality version of Nichol will be useful (remember Black Cat Lid?) and his Water and Ice theme makes him a good candidate for that, but regular ‘ole Nichol is just a last string bench warmer, but since he’s an ice mage, Nichol probably can’t even manage even that.
Zzz… If you’re a completionist then level him up, otherwise just forget that he exist, could avoid getting him even if you don’t do the final Olderion cut scene until the next island gets released.

Stats

Rarity	HP	MP	ATK	DEF	MAG	SPR	Attack Hits	LB Drops	Exp. Growth Pattern
3★	1136	73	48	46	58	50	1	6	2
4★	1477	96	63	61	76	65	1	8	2
5★	1921	125	82	80	100	85	1	10	2

Maximum Stats Increase

Rarity	HP	MP	ATK	DEF	MAG	SPR
3★	150	25	10	10	10	10
4★	210	35	14	14	14	14
5★	240	40	16	16	16	16

Resistance

Nichol is neutral to all elements and status ailments.

Learned Abilities

Min Rarity	Level	Name	Effect	MP
3★	28	MP +10%	MP +10%	–
4★	54	MAG +10%	MAG +10%	–
4★	60	Impenetrable Stance	Increase DEF/SPR (40%) while decrease ATK/MAG (20%) for 3 turns to all allies	25
5★	80	Back to the Wall	Increase ATK/MAG (40%) while decrease DEF/SPR (20%) for 3 turns to all allies	25

Magic

Min rarity	Level	Name	Effect	MP
3★	1	Blizzard	Ice magic damage (1.2x) to one enemy	3
3★	12	Water	Water magic damage (1.2x) to one enemy	3
3★	40	Barblizzard	Increase ice resistance (30%) for 3 turns to one ally	3
4★	21	Blizzara	Ice magic damage (1.4x) to all enemies	9
4★	30	Watera	Water magic damage (1.4x) to all enemies	9
4★	42	Barwater	Increase water resistance (30%) for 3 turns to one ally	6
5★	32	Imperil	Decrease all element resistance (20%) for 3 turns to one enemy	15
5★	51	Blizzaga	Ice magic damage (1.8x) to all enemies	20
5★	62	Waterga	Water magic damage (1.8x) to all enemies	20
5★	72	Barblizzara	Increase ice resistance (50%) for 3 turns to all allies	12
5★	72	Barwatera	Increase water resistance (50%) for 3 turns to all allies	12

Limit Burst

Rarity	Name	Effect
3★	Aqua Wave	Base: Water magic damage (2.1x) to all enemies Max: Water magic damage (2.55x) to all enemies
4★	Marine Wave	Base: Water magic damage (2.3x) to all enemies Max: Water magic damage (3x) to all enemies
5★	Ancient Flood	Base: Water magic damage (2.5x) to all enemies Max: Water magic damage (3.45x) to all enemies

Equipment

Nichol can equip 3 weapons and 4 armors.

[easytable]Weapons, Armors

, [/easytable]

Rarity	Ability Slots	Affinity
3★	2	Black Magic Lvl 5, Green Magic Lvl 3
4★	3	Black Magic Lvl 6, Green Magic Lvl 4
5★	4	Black Magic Lvl 7, Green Magic Lvl 5

Awakening

Rarity	Material 1	Material 2	Material 3	Material 4	Material 5
4★	Allure Powder (20)	Esper Cryst (10)	Quality Parts (8)	Deepsea Bloom (3)	Sacred Crystal (3)
5★	Quality Parts (15)	Deepsea Bloom (8)	Sacred Crystal (5)	Dragon Heart (3)	Holy Crystal (3)

Lore

A military tactician for the Olderion Federation. He was given a great many books on magic as a young child, as their were high expectations of him being of the Wardens of the Waters.

Raised in isolation from other children his age, he took a deep interest instead in the people he read about in books. Among these characters, he took particular interest in a legendary female warrior from an army of darkness.