Gaffgarion Review [Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius]

Rating

Trust Master Rewards – Bracer [Accessory]: + ATK 30, Hp +15%

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

Think of Gaffgarion as FFT’s version of FF4’s Dark Knight. As such Gaffgarion has a lot of dark centric and gravity based attacks, which if the needs arise they can be quite devastating, but it does make him a niche character at best. Let’s hope you don’t make a gaffe by bringing him along.

Darkside (Dark physical damage (1.5x) with HP sacrifice (30%) to all enemies) and Unholy Sacrifice (Dark physical damage (2.5x) with HP sacrifice (40%) to all enemies) bring the dark elemental AoE attacks, just keep a healer on standyby because of the steep HP cost. Gravity (HP damage (50%) to one enemy) and Graviga (HP damage (75%) to all enemies) bring the non-HP sacrificing damage, only problem is, late game most units are immune to gravity. Duskblade (Physical damage (1.4x) with MP drain (30%) to one enemy) and Weapon Bash (Physical damage (1.6x) and paralyze (50%)) are Gaffgarion’s other two notable moves, both of which are only situationally useful.

Bracer (Type: Accessory, Stats: ATK+30, HP +15%) is strictly speaking better than a Hero’s Ring on a physical DPS unit and pairs better with Doublehand than with Dual Wield, but a few months from now as inevitable power creep takes comes into play Bracer will be a forgotten relic of days past, much as how Hyper Wrist is now.

Night Sword (Base: Physical damage (2.4x) with HP drain (100%), Max: Physical damage (3.35x) with HP drain (100%)) keeps in line with Gaffgarion’s history but it’s a lack luster ability other than that he can heal himself the turn after he uses Darkside or Unholy Sacrafice; otherwise it’s just a weak physical damage Limit Break.

Gaffgarion like many of the FFT 5-Star character is a niche unit. His abilities may be quite useful early game and he may make a great unit for player just starting out, but as the game progresses his abilities become increasingly wasted as more and more monsters become immune to gravity and get resistances to dark attacks.

Gaffgarion will be a good unit early game, but as it progresses he will spend more and more time not being used. If you don’t have better Trust Master Rewards to aim for Bracer is okay. Okay stats, okay Trust Master and niche abilities make him an easily replaceable unit.

Verdict: Usable unit!

Stats

Rarity	HP	MP	ATK	DEF	MAG	SPR	Attack Hits	LB Drops	Exp. Growth Pattern
4★	2062	85	86	78	66	67	2	4	4
5★	2681	111	113	102	87	88	2	5	4

Resistance

Gaffgarion is neutral to all elements and status ailments.

Learned Abilities

Min rarity	Level	Icon	Name	Effect	MP
4★	6		Bladeblitz	Physical damage (1.4x) to all enemies	14
4★	18		Counter	Counter physical attacks (30%)	–
4★	36		Duskblade	Physical damage (1.4x) with MP drain (30%) to one enemy	7
4★	52		ATK +20%	ATK +20%	–
4★	60		Darkside	Dark physical damage (1.5x) with HP sacrifice (30%) to all enemies	0
5★	45		Crushing Blow	Physical damage (1.6x) and paralyze (50%)	7
5★	68		HP +20%	HP +20%	–
5★	80		Unholy Sacrifice	Dark physical damage (2.5x) with HP sacrifice (40%) to all enemies	0

Learned Magic

Min rarity	Level	Icon	Name	Effect	MP
4★	21		Gravity	HP damage (50%) to one enemy	12
5★	24		Graviga	HP damage (75%) to all enemies	20

Exclusive Materia

Icon	Name	Effect	MP
	Medicate	Cure poison, blind and silence to caster	6

Limit Burst

Rarity	Name	Effect
4★	Night Sword	Base: Physical damage (2.2x) with HP drain (100%) Max: Physical damage (2.9x) with HP drain (100%)
5★	Night Sword	Base: Physical damage (2.4x) with HP drain (100%) Max: Physical damage (3.35x) with HP drain (100%)

Equipment

Gaffgarion can equip 4 weapons and armors.

Rarity	Ability Slots	Affinity
4★	3	White Magic Lvl 4
5★	4	White Magic Lvl 5

Awakening

Rarity	Material 1	Material 2	Material 3	Material 4	Material 5
5★	Crimson Tear (25)	Earth’s Core (13)	Sacred Crystal (15)	Talmonite of Life (8)	Holy Crystal (8)

Lore

A mercenary who appears in the tales of holy stones known as auracite in the distant world of Ivalice. As tensions ran high due to the outbreak of war, Gaffgarion was hired by the Order of the Northern Sky to protect Princess Ovelia en route to Eagrose.

He had in fact been division commander of the Order of the Eastern Sky during the Fifty Years’ War, but was expelled for the barbarism he employed to ensure his final victory. Now he serves as a superior to his comrade Ramza, who has renounced the name of his noble house.