Duane Review [Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius]
Rating
Max Rarity | Skills | Future Proof | Stats | Equipment | Trust Master | Overall |
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5 | B | B | A | A | A | B |
Rarity | Job | Origin | Gender | Family |
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3★ – 5★ | Warmage | FFBE | Male | Human |
Trust Master Rewards -Bioga Blade – Special Ability (Active): Dark hybrid damage (1.8x) and poison (40%) to one enemy. MP: 14
3★ | 4★ | 5★ |
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General Thoughts
Duane is a strong front line physical fighter with dark element.
Stats
Rarity | HP | MP | ATK | DEF | MAG | SPR | Attack Hits | LB Drops | Exp. Growth Pattern |
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3★ | 1463 | 79 | 59 | 52 | 64 | 53 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
4★ | 1888 | 102 | 77 | 67 | 83 | 68 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
5★ | 2360 | 127 | 96 | 84 | 104 | 85 | 1 | 10 | 4 |
Resistance
Duane is neutral to almost all elements and status but has a 50% buff to Dark elements. He offers some utility such as power and magic break, reducing their physical and magic damage. He can also counter enemy magic attacks, which is a rare skill to have.
He also has atk+20% and def+10% as passive abilities, making him more durable against physical attacks. He can also drain health with drain and also from his limit burst, which is a AoE dark physical damage with hp drain. Quite useful in long drawn out battles against bosses.
Another good thing is that he can learn mid level black magic. His trust master reward is also good against bosses. However, since you can get bio blaster as you progress in game, it may make it less lucrative to train him up.
The biggest downside is he can’t use white or green magic. He has no AoE damage skills aside from his limit burst.
Verdict: Only train him if you need a front line fighter. Characters like Cecil, CoD and Chizuru outclass him easily.
Learned Abilities
Magic Abilities
Min rarity | Level | Icon | Name | Effect | MP |
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4★ | 18 | ![]() |
Drain | Magic damage (0.8x) with HP drain (30%) to one enemy | 5 |
5★ | 71 | ![]() |
Death | Instant KO (30%) to one enemy | 14 |
Limit Burst
Rarity | Name | Effect |
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3★ | Life Shaver | Base: Dark physical damage (1.2x) with HP drain (100%) to all enemies Max: Dark physical damage (1.65x) with HP drain (100%) to all enemies |
4★ | Blood Weapon | Base: Dark physical damage (1.4x) with HP drain (100%) to all enemies Max: Dark physical damage (2.1x) with HP drain (100%) to all enemies |
5★ | Death Scythe | Base: Dark physical damage (1.6x) with HP drain (100%) to all enemies Max: Dark physical damage (2.55x) with HP drain (100%) to all enemies |
Equipment
Duane can equip 5 and 7 armors.
Weapons | Armors |
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Rarity | Ability Slots | Affinity |
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3★ | 2 | Black Magic Lvl 4 |
4★ | 3 | Black Magic Lvl 5 |
5★ | 4 | Black Magic Lvl 6 |
Awakening
Rarity | Material 1 | Material 2 | Material 3 | Material 4 | Material 5 |
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4★ | Pearl of Wisdom (25) | Esper Cryst (15) | Luminous Horn (10) | Scripture of Time (5) | Sacred Crystal (5) |
5★ | Luminous Horn (20) | Scripture of Time (10) | Sacred Crystal (10) | Dragon Heart (5) | Holy Crystal (5) |
Lore
A dark knight with arcane powers who wielded a blade infused with magic. Duane learned dark magic as advised by a superior only to be shunned and feared by his peers for his newfound powers. Though he had sought only to grow stronger, the rejection he faced after acquiring his new abilities twisted his mind. He was ultimately banished from the country for slaying several of his erstwhile comrades.
correction, duane’s darkside are an aoe dark physical dmg to ALL enemy, at the cost of his own hp, so he does have aoe attack aside from his LB and quite a strong one at that.
duane is strong against any storyline monster but somehow felt lacking when facing bosses especially late game boss, still, having him in the team are quite ok since he have power,mental,armor break all in one char.
he may not be the best, but think of him as a utility physical fighter who can deliver quite hurtful damage while debuffing your enemy 😀