Hope Review [Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius]

Rating

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

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

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	Icon	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	Icon	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.

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.”