Xiao Review [Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius]

Rating

Trust Master Rewards – Kaiser Knuckles – Fist [Weapon] [Wind] – ATK +101

Guide	Units	Tier List	Trust Master
Town of Mitra	Royal Capital Grandshelt	Port City Lodin	Ordol Port
Port City Lydira	Village of Kol	Grandport	Village of Marlo
Ghost Port Kolobos	Felicitas Town	Industrial City Dilmagia	Village of Ambel
Town of Kolts	Aquapolis Olderion	Town of Amore	Raven's Hideaway
Earth Shrine Exp	Latius Woods Exp	Dalnakya Cavern Exp	Grandshelt Catacombs Exp
Fulan Pass Exp	Phantom Forest Exp	Zadehl Westersand Exp	Lanzelt Highlands Exp
Wolfsfang Peak Exp	Lanzelt Mountains Exp	Kolobos Marsh Exp	Golzas Canyon Exp
Kolobos Reef Exp	Shrine of Decay Exp	Maranda Coast Exp	Dwarves' Forge Exp
Windy Heights West Exp	Mobreeze Airship Factory Exp	Junkyard Exp	Wind Shrine Exp
Mystic Woods	Aquatic Cover	Lake Dorr	Ghost Ship Exp
Water Shrine Exp	Abandoned Orphanage Exp	Timber Tracks Exp
Weapons	Armor	Accessories	Crafting
Magic	Special Abilities	Espers	Colosseum
Items	Siren	Ifrit	Golem
Shiva	Ramuh	Diabolos	Carbuncle
White Dragon	Demon Chimera	The Intangir	Surging Menace
Antenolla
Festival	Join Facebook	Blog

3★	4★	5★	6★

General Thoughts

Xiao is a monk, and monks are cool because they know Kung-Fu. Unfortunately Xiao seems like she’s still a young grasshopper with a few needed years of training left to go before she can become the PWN Master we all want her to be. Her first step in being awesome? Equipping her own Trust Master Reward Kaiser Knuckles (ATK+101 Element: Wind.) Ouch!

Xiao is a mixed bag of abilities, some like Raging Fist (Physical damage (1.2x) with ignore DEF (25%) to one enemy) and Kick (Physical damage (1.1x) to all enemies) play into her Monk background, but others like Counter (Counter physical attacks (30%)) and Last Stand (Increase DEF/SPR (20%) when HP drops below 30%) are better suited on a tank.

Speaking of tanking, Xiao does have an awesome self-heal in Chakra (Recover HP/MP (30%) and cure poison, blind to caster) but without having a Tier 2 Golem with Provoke (Increase likeliness of being targeted (70%) for 3 turns to caster) it prevents Xiao from being viable.

Xiao’s Limit Break, (Devastating Combo – Base: Physical damage (2.7x) to one enemy), is limited in that it only deals single target DPS and even then is only slightly better than other units with a single target DPS Limit. Xiao’s though suffers from poor access to quality gear.

Xiao’s unfortunately has a few drawbacks that keep her from being top tier. Lack of gear selection and only being able to use Fist weapons keeps her viability as a DPS unit down, while you can get the ATK +61 Murasame, the ATK +82 Enhancer, and now the ATK +72 Shining Splendor. Xiao’s best weapon outside of her own Trust Master Reward is the +40ATK Poison Knuckles which isn’t available until the Marada Coast Exploration. Xiao looks like a 4 Star unit with a 5 Star rank, and is easily outclassed by other 5 stars.

Her 6 star version makes her a bit more viable, with skills that focus on ignore defense.

Verdict: Mediocre DPS, great Trust Master Reward, good tanking abilities and can be viable if you have an upgraded Golem.

Stats

Rarity	HP	MP	ATK	DEF	MAG	SPR	Attack Hits	Drop Check	Exp. Growth Pattern
3★	1629	62	60	58	51	51	3	2	4
4★	2118	81	78	75	66	66	3	3	4
5★	2753	105	101	98	86	86	3	4	4
6★	3579	137	131	128	127	127	3	4	6

Resistance

Xiao is neutral to all elements and status ailments.

Learned Abilities

Min rarity	Level	Icon	Name	Effect	Hits	MP
3★	1		Brawl	Increase ATK (50%) when unarmed	–	–
3★	5		Raging Fist	Physical damage (1.2x) with ignore DEF (25%) to one enemy	1	3
3★	36		Power Break	Physical damage (1.2x) and decrease ATK (15%) for 3 turns to one enemy	1	7
4★	17		Armor Break	Physical damage (1.2x) and decrease DEF (15%) for 3 turns to one enemy	1	7
4★	44		Kick	Physical damage (1.1x) to all enemies	3	9
4★	58		ATK +20%	Increase ATK (20%)	–	–
5★	28		Counter	Chance to counter physical attacks (30%)	D	–
5★	65		Chakra	Recover HP/MP (30%) and cure poison, blind to caster	–	8
5★	77		Last Stand	Increase DEF/SPR (20%) when HP drops below 30%	–	–
6★	1		Eye for an Eye	Increase chance to counter (2x)	–	–
6★	45		Rockbreaker	Physical damage (1.8x) with ignore DEF (30%) to all enemies	3	18
6★	50		HP +20%	Increase HP (20%)	–	–
6★	69		Mark of the Pugilist	Increase ATK (30%) and increase blind resistance (100%)	–	–
6★	75		Perfect Balance	Skip next turn, increase ATK/DEF (40%), auto-regen (15x) and auto-refresh (0.65x) for 3 turns to caster	–	20
6★	86		Crushing Kick	Physical damage (1.8x) and decrease ATK/DEF (40%) for 3 turns to one enemy	3	24
6★	100		Unleashed Chakra	Increase chance of being targeted (50%) and Berserk (ATK+100%, auto-attack only) for 3 turns to caster	–	70

Limit Burst

Rarity	Name	Effect	Hits	Cost
3★	Rain of Fists	Base: Physical damage (2.3x) to one enemy Max: Physical damage (2.75x) to one enemy	5	10
4★	Heroic Assault	Base: Physical damage (2.5x) to one enemy Max: Physical damage (3.2x) to one enemy	6	12
5★	Devastating Combo	Base: Physical damage (2.7x) to one enemy Max: Physical damage (3.65x) to one enemy	7	14
6★	Devastating Combo	Base: Physical damage (2.9x) to one enemy Max: Physical damage (4.1x) to one enemy	8	14

Equipment

Xiao can equip 1 weapon and 3 armors.

Rarity	Ability Slots	Affinity
3★	1	White Magic Lv1
4★	2	White Magic Lv2
5★	3	White Magic Lv3
6★	4	White Magic Lv4

Awakening

Rarity	Material 1	Material 2	Material 3	Material 4	Material 5
4★	Beast Meat (25)	Esper Cryst (15)	Seed of Life (10)	Heaven’s Ash (5)	Sacred Crystal (5)
5★	Seed of Life (20)	Heaven’s Ash (10)	Sacred Crystal (10)	Talmonite of Life (5)	Holy Crystal (5)
6★	Fairies’ Writ (20)	Rainbow Bloom (10)	Calamity Writ (10)	Prismatic Horn (5)	Divine Crystal (5)

Lore

A precocious brawler, whose young age belies her considerable mastery of the martial arts. Bright and cheerful, she is beloved by many. Her techniques have been passed down in her family from father to son, mother to daughter, but there were those that saw them as dangerous relics from an arcane age.

Some believe her smile was a means to protect her people from the prejudiced eyes of the outside world as she used her skills to help the weak and defenseless.