Noctis Review [Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius]

Rating

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

Noctis Review [Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius]

6, S, S, S, A S, S++[/easytable]

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

5★ – 6★, Prince, FF XV, Male, Human[/easytable]

Trust Master Rewards – Ring of the Lucii [Accessory] – Stats: MAG+3, SPR+3. Additional effect: Gain access to Alterna, Death and Holy

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

5★	6★

General Thoughts

Noctis comes to FFBE as a One-Man Swiss Army Knife, his skillset is the most expansive of any character so far, and while he may not be the most powerful he’s easily the most versatile. Noctis brings so much to any team he’s on he will probably be a permanent character on any team until 7-Star units get released in the distant future. Remember, any game content can be beaten without having certain characters, but having Noctis by your side will make it that much easier.

Noctis brings along these notable active abilities (there are a lot):

• Warp Break (Physical damage (2.5x) with ignore DEF (40%) and decrease ATK/DEF (30%) for 3 turns to one enemy), physical break on a hard hitting attack
• Comeback (Revive one KO’d ally (100% HP)), Full-Raise with a different name
• Warp Decoy (Negate 3 damage taken for 3 turns to caster), for when you want to survive Ultima and not cast Guard
• Thunder Flask (Lightning hybrid damage (4x) and reduce DEF/SPR (30%) for 3 turns to all enemies), AoE defense break, yes please
• Blizzard Flask (Ice hybrid damage (4x) and stop (30%) to all enemies), this skill makes Noctis the arena boss right now, no skills stop Stop
• Fire Flask (Fire hybrid damage (4x) and random 2 status ailments (30%) to all enemies), the other reason why you don’t want to face Noctis in arena. AoE petrify? Ouch!
• Point-Warp (Physical damage (3x) with jump delay (1 turn) to one enemy and recover HP (2000) and MP (135) to caster), self-heal, mana regen and physical damage all in one
• Link (Physical damage (1x) to one enemy and increase ATK/MAG (30%) for 3 turns to all allies), party buff and physical attack in one
• Cover (Heal (1000HP, 10x) and refresh (10MP, 0.2x) per turn over 3 turns to all allies), party HP and MP heal
• Fish (Increase likeliness of being targeted (100%) for 1 turn to caster), provoke in a pinch
• Blindside (Physical damage (2.1x) to one enemy), Noctis’s out of the box attack

Along with these notable passives (also a large list):

• Power of Kings, with the right equipment, Noctis can either be physical damage-support, magic damage-support, healer-support or tank-support
o Power of Kings – Spears (Increase ATK/SPR (20%) when equipped with a spear)
o Power of Kings – Katanas (Increase ATK/MAG (20%) when equipped with a katana)
o Power of Kings – Guns (Increase MAG/DEF (20%) when equipped with a gun)
o Power of Kings – Throwing Weapons (Increase MAG/SPR (20%) when equipped with a throwing weapon)
o Power of Kings – Shields (Increase DEF/SPR (20%) when equipped with a light shield or a heavy shield)
o Power of Kings – Large Swords (Increase ATK (35%) when equipped with a great sword)
o Power of Kings – Swords (Increase ATK (20%) and SPR (15%) when equipped with a sword)
o Power of Kings – Short Swords (Increase ATK (20%) and DEF (15%) when equipped with a dagger)

• Chosen King (HP/MP +15%), all hail the king!
• Damage Warp (Counter physical attacks (30%) with heal (400HP, 3x) to self), passive heal whenever Noctis counters
• Parry (Chance to negate physical damage taken (20%)), tank-ish ability, makes Noctic harder to kill in arena

Ring of the Lucii (Statistics – Type: Accessory, Stats: MAG+3, SPR+3, Additional effect: Gain access to Alterna, Death and Holy) and the spells do:
• Alterna – (Effect: Magic damage (5.1x) with ignore SPR (25%) to all enemies), better than Ultima
• Death – (Effect: Instant KO (30%) and physical damage (0.8x) with HP drain (30%) to one enemy), still does damage even if it doesn’t KO
• Holy – (Type: Special Ability (Passive), Effect: Chance to negate physical damage taken (25%) and counter physical attacks (25%) with light magic damage (1.2x) and recover MP (40) to self), damager negation, counter attack and MP heal all in one and it’s a passive!

As you can see not only is Noctis himself a force to be reckoned with, so is his Trust Master, Noctis himself may not be able to take advantage of Alterna to its fullest potential, but other units can (Exdeath), Alterna can also be double-casted, so it may as well just read “Win your current arena match this turn”.

Armiger (Base: Physical damage (8x) to one enemy and increase ATK/DEF/MAG/SPR (50%) for 2 turns to all allies – Max: Physical damage (11.6x) to one enemy and increase ATK/DEF/MAG/SPR (74%) for 2 turns to all allies), sorry Cecil, you just got usurped. Noctis’s limit break is the new aged far superior version to my old friend’s Cecil, sorry Cecil, time to get with the times and move over, you can still take the hits and cast some healing, but Noctis just overtook even your niche limit break.

Noctis is strong for sure, but understand, with the oncoming banners and unit enhancements this power level starts to become the norm. In this way Noctis reminds me of Lightning when she was first released, she became the standard bearer for a few months and has been slowly been pushed back and new units come out and power creep kicks in. Noctis was the start of a 2nd wave, which for global was very early, since Noctis was also released at the same on the Japanese version of FFBE which has other units that compete at his power level.

Verdict: Is Noctis Lightning Version 2.0? Yes. Is he super over-powered? Yes, in the same way Lightning once was. Will he always be the OMG world shattering unit that he is today? No. Soon Orlandu will be released which will be another unit on Noctis’s same power level and other units will be released after that that compete for the top spot. FFBE has power creep like any other game, Noctis is the best unit now, but if you don’t get him, just realize there will be other opportunities to get unit’s at his same power level. That being said, Happy Whaling!

Stats

Rarity	HP	MP	ATK	DEF	MAG	SPR	Attack Hits	LB Drops	Exp. Growth Pattern
5★	2920	130	120	104	115	101	3	4	4
6★	3824	174	158	120	150	136	3	4	6

Maximum Stats Increase

Rarity	HP	MP	ATK	DEF	MAG	SPR
5★	300	50	20	20	20	20
6★	450	75	30	30	30	30

Resistance

Noctis is neutral to all elements and status ailments.

Learned Abilities

Min Rarity	Level	Name	Effect	MP
5★	1	Blindside	Physical damage (2.1x) to one enemy	18
5★	1	Power of Kings – Short Swords	Increase ATK (20%) and DEF (15%) when equipped with a dagger	–
5★	12	Fish	Increase likeliness of being targeted (100%) for 1 turn to caster	20
5★	20	Power of Kings – Swords	Increase ATK (20%) and SPR (15%) when equipped with a sword	–
5★	30	Cover	Heal (1000HP, 10x) and refresh (10MP, 0.2x) per turn over 3 turns to all allies	32
5★	42	Power of Kings – Large Swords	Increase ATK (35%) when equipped with a great sword	–
5★	55	Link	Physical damage (1x) to one enemy and increase ATK/MAG (30%) for 3 turns to all allies	36
5★	58	Power of Kings – Shields	Increase DEF/SPR (20%) when equipped with a light shield or a heavy shield	–
5★	74	Power of Kings – Throwing Weapons	Increase MAG/SPR (20%) when equipped with a throwing weapon	–
5★	80	Point-Warp	Physical damage (3x) with jump delay (1 turn) to one enemy and recover HP (2000) and MP (135) to caster	50
6★	1	Parry	Chance to negate physical damage taken (20%)	–
6★	4	Power of Kings – Guns	Increase MAG/DEF (20%) when equipped with a gun	–
6★	15	Power of Kings – Katanas	Increase ATK/MAG (20%) when equipped with a katana	–
6★	30	Fire Flask	Fire hybrid damage (4x) and random 2 status ailments (30%) to all enemies	45
6★	30	Blizzard Flask	Ice hybrid damage (4x) and stop (30%) to all enemies	45
6★	30	Thunder Flask	Lightning hybrid damage (4x) and reduce DEF/SPR (30%) for 3 turns to all enemies	45
6★	40	Damage Warp	Counter physical attacks (30%) with heal (400HP, 3x) to self	–
6★	52	Warp Decoy	Negate 3 damage taken for X turns to caster	16
6★	60	Power of Kings – Spears	Increase ATK/SPR (20%) when equipped with a spear	–
6★	70	Comeback	Revive one KO’d ally (100% HP)	20
6★	92	Chosen King	HP/MP +15%	–
6★	100	Warp Break	Physical damage (2.5x) with ignore DEF (40%) and decrease ATK/DEF (30%) for 3 turns to one enemy	42

Limit Burst

Rarity	Name	Effect
5★	Phantom Sword	Base: Physical damage (7.2x) to one enemy and increase ATK/DEF/MAG/SPR (40%) for 2 turns to all allies Max: Physical damage (10.05x) to one enemy and increase ATK/DEF/MAG/SPR (59%) for 2 turns to all allies
6★	Phantom Sword	Base: Physical damage (8x) to one enemy and increase ATK/DEF/MAG/SPR (50%) for 2 turns to all allies Max: Physical damage (11.6x) to one enemy and increase ATK/DEF/MAG/SPR (74%) for 2 turns to all allies

Equipment

Noctis can equip 7 weapons and 6 armors

[easytable]Weapons, Armors

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

Awakening

Rarity	Material 1	Material 2	Material 3	Material 4	Material 5
6★	Calamity Gem (20)	Calamity Writ (10)	Prismatic Horn (10)	Rainbow Bloom (5)	Divine Crystal (5)

Lore

The prince of the Kingdom of Lucis, spoken of in stories from the faraway land of Eos. He set out from the capital with his three friends looking forward to his wedding which would guarantee peace with the Niflheim Empire.

Though he often acts brash in order to hide his shy and soft-spoken nature, he inherited his father’s compassion for others and is a truly kind person. He is particularly accepting of his friends, treating them as if they were part of his own family.