White Knight Noel Review [Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius]

Rating

Trust Master Rewards – Ice Rosetta [Accessory] – Stats: DEF+50, MAG+50, Resistance: Ice (+25%)

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

5★	6★

General Thoughts

White Knight Noel (WKN) fits into a niche role of Mage/Tank quite nicely. I think of him as being the counter-magic version of Demon Rain, which was another global exclusive unit. WKN is a versatile unit and offers a decent tank alternative to those without a Cecil right now and while WKN can’t be a 2nd healer, he does bring some decent offensive abilities and could also take on the role of mage if the situation requires it.

White Knight Noel brings along these notable active abilities:
• Blizzaga (Ice magic damage (1.8x) to all enemies), standard ice magic.
• Glacial Wave (Ice magic damage (2.1x) and paralyze (30%) to all enemies), upgraded Blizzaga
• Bring It On (Increase likeliness of being targeted (80%) and reduce damage taken (50%) for 3 turns to caster), provoke on steroids, nice tanking ability
• Steel (Reduce damage taken (75%) for 1 turn to caster), better than Guard

Along with these notable passives:
• Winter Palisade: Counter magic attacks (40%) with Noel’s Judgment:
o 30% chance to use Ice Blast
o 30% chance to use Ice Wave: Ice magic damage (1.8x) to all enemies
o 20% chance to use Glacial Wave
o 20% chance to use Sub Zero: Ice magic damage (2x), paralyze (100%) and reduce ice resistance (50%) for 3 turns to one enemy
• Tactical Gear (Increase DEF (30%) when equipped with a light armor or a heavy armor and increase MAG (30%) when equipped with a robe), this allows White Knight Noel to either be a tank or a mage
• HP +10% & MP/MAG +10% & HP +20%, increase resistance to petrify and silence (100%), decent stat increases and resistances are always nice
• Rune Protector (Increase MAG (15%) when equipped with a rod and increase DEF (15%) when equipped with a light shield or a heavy shield), since you can use both, this is pretty decent
• Attract (Increase likeliness of being targeted (30%)), might be a liability if WKN is in mage mode, but decent passive provoke

Ice Rosetta (Statistics: Type: Accessory, Stats: DEF+50, MAG+50, Resistance: Ice (+25%)), while it may not be the absolute best TMR for mages or for tanks it’s decent for both. For mages it’s a nice boost to their defense stats which are many time lacking, for tanks it could help with their healing since MAG does contribute slightly to that and whenever it’s needed +25 Ice Resist is solid enough itself.

Silver Curtain (Base: Increase DEF/MAG (50%) for 3 turns and recover MP (30) to all allies – Max: Increase DEF/MAG (74%) for 3 turns and recover MP (30) to all allies), decent limit break from the stat increase alone and the +30MP to all allies (including White Knight Noel) makes this top notch especially for mage teams that do explorations, once again solidifying WKN’s position as the Mage’s Tank.

Verdict: White Knight Noel may have been the Knight in shining armor your team was looking for. Mages for some time now have taken a back seat to melee units (probably because there’s only one 6-Star mage unit right now) but if you happen to have a team of Exdeath’s and hoping for some soon to be released Majin Fina’s then White Knight Noel may be the best tank for your team.
Decent tank, decent TMR, all around good tank, not as versatile as Cecil, but very solid, can dual class very well, just needs Dual Cast to be competitive with other top tier mages.

Stats

Rarity	HP	MP	ATK	DEF	MAG	SPR	Attack Hits	LB Drops	Exp. Growth Pattern
5★	2815	125	88	107	105	86	2	5	6
6★	3660	162	114	139	136	112	2	6	6

Maximum Stats Increase

Rarity	HP	MP	ATK	DEF	MAG	SPR
5★	240	40	16	24	16	16
6★	390	65	26	34	26	26

Resistance

White Knight Noel has bonus +25% resistance to Ice, and Wind and -50% Fire resistance but is neutral to all other elements and status ailments.

Learned Abilities

Min Rarity	Level	Icon	Name	Effect	MP
5★	8		Steel	Reduce damage taken (75%) for 1 turn to caster	12
5★	12		Attract	Increase likeliness of being targeted (30%)	–
5★	26		Ice Blast	Ice magic damage (1.6x) and decrease ice resistance (30%) to one enemy	18
5★	40		HP +10%	HP +10%	–
5★	47		Gale Blast	Wind magic damage (1.6x) and decrease wind resistance (30%) to one enemy	18
5★	54		Rune Protector	Increase MAG (15%) when equipped with a rod and increase DEF (15%) when equipped with a light shield or a heavy shield	–
5★	80		Bring It On	Increase likeliness of being targeted (80%) and reduce damage taken (50%) for 3 turns to caster	27
6★	1		Winter Guardian	HP +20%, increase resistance to petrify and silence (100%)	–
6★	30		Tactical Gear	Increase DEF (30%) when equipped with a light armor or a heavy armor and increase MAG (30%) when equipped with a robe	–
6★	70		Mystical Flair	MP +10%, MAG +10%	–
6★	84		Glacial Wave	Ice magic damage (2.1x) and paralyze (30%) to all enemies	36
6★	100		Winter Palisade	Counter magic attacks (40%) with Noel’s Judgment: 30% chance to use Ice Blast 30% chance to use Ice Wave: Ice magic damage (1.8x) to all enemies 20% chance to use Glacial Wave 20% chance to use Sub Zero: Ice magic damage (2x), paralyze (100%) and reduce ice resistance (50%) for 3 turns to one enemy	–

Learned Magic Abilities

Min rarity	Level	Icon	Name	Effect	MP
5★	18		Blizzara	Ice magic damage (1.4x) to all enemies	9
5★	32		Aerora	Wind magic damage (1.4x) to all enemies	9
6★	38		Blizzaga	Ice magic damage (1.8x) to all enemies	20
6★	63		Aeroga	Wind magic damage (1.8x) to all enemies	20

Ability Awakening

Name	Effect	Hits	MP	Type	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	Gil
Bring It On +1	Increase chance of being targeted (80%) for 3 turns to caster Mitigate physical damage taken (50%) for 3 turns to caster Mitigate magic damage taken (50%) for 3 turns to caster Increase DEF/MAG/SPR (80%) for 3 turns to caster	–	27	Guard	20	15	10	4	1	500,000
Bring It On +2	Increase chance of being targeted (80%) for 3 turns to caster Mitigate physical damage taken (50%) for 3 turns to caster Mitigate magic damage taken (50%) for 3 turns to caster Increase DEF/MAG/SPR (150%) for 3 turns to caster	–	27	Guard	30	23	15	8	2	500,000
Glacial Wave+1	Ice magic damage (3x) to all enemies Inflict paralyze (30%) to all enemies Decrease ice resistance (30%) for 3 turns to all enemies	5	36	Black	20	15	10	4	1	500,000
Glacial Wave+2	Ice magic damage (4x) with ignore SPR (25%) to all enemies Inflict paralyze (30%) to all enemies Decrease ice resistance (50%) for 3 turns to all enemies	5	36	Black	30	23	15	8	2	500,000
Rune Protector +1	Increase DEF/SPR (25%) when equipped with a light shield Increase DEF/SPR (25%) when equipped with a heavy shield Increase MAG (25%) when equipped with a rod	–	–	Tech	15	8	5	1	–	250,000
Rune Protector +2	Increase DEF/SPR (50%) when equipped with a light shield Increase DEF/SPR (50%) when equipped with a heavy shield Increase MAG (50%) when equipped with a rod	–	–	Tech	23	12	8	2	1	250,000
Tactical Gear+1	Increase DEF/SPR (30%) when equipped with light armor Increase DEF/SPR (30%) when equipped with heavy armor Increase MAG/SPR (30%) when equipped with a robe	–	–	Support	15	8	5	1	–	250,000
Tactical Gear+2	Increase DEF/SPR (50%) and HP (20%) when equipped with light armor Increase DEF/SPR (50%) and HP (20%) when equipped with heavy armor Increase MAG/SPR (50%) and MP (20%) when equipped with a robe	–	–	Support	23	12	8	2	1	250,000
Winter Palisade +1	Chance to counter magic attacks (45%) with Noel’s Judgment: (25%) Ice Blitz +1 Ice magic damage (1.8x) to one enemy Decrease ice resistance (30%) to one enemy (25%) Ice Wave +1 Ice magic damage (2.1x) to all enemies (25%) Glacial Wave +1 Ice magic damage (2.5x) to all enemies Inflict paralyze (30%) to all enemies (25%) Sub Zero +1 Ice magic damage (3x) to one enemy Decrease ice resistance (60%) for 3 turns to one enemy Inflict paralyze (100%) to one enemy	1 1 5 1	–	Guard	15	8	5	1	–	250,000
Winter Palisade +2	Chance to counter magic attacks (50%) with Noel’s Judgment: (20%) Ice Blitz +2 Ice magic damage (2.1x) to one enemy Decrease ice resistance (30%) to one enemy (20%) Ice Wave +2 Ice magic damage (2.5x) to all enemies (30%) Glacial Wave +2 Ice magic damage (3.2x) to all enemies Inflict paralyze (30%) to all enemies (30%) Sub Zero +2 Ice magic damage (5x) to one enemy Decrease ice resistance (75%) for 3 turns to one enemy Inflict paralyze (100%) to one enemy	1 1 5 1	–	Guard	23	12	8	2	1	250

Limit Burst

Rarity	Name	Effect
5★	White Shroud	Base: Increase DEF/MAG (40%) for 3 turns to all allies Max: Increase DEF/MAG (59%) for 3 turns to all allies
6★	Silver Curtain	Base: Increase DEF/MAG (50%) for 3 turns and recover MP (30) to all allies Max: Increase DEF/MAG (74%) for 3 turns and recover MP (30) to all allies

Equipment

White Knight Noel can equip 3 weapons and 8 armors

Rarity	Ability Slots	Affinity
5★	4	Black Magic Lvl 5
6★	4	Black Magic Lvl 6

Awakening

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

Lore

A knight known for his generosity and nobility. Always seen riding atop a gold and white robot, he is known by people as the “White Knight.” When war broke out between two neighboring countries, the homelands of his parents, Noel gave up his life to defend the powerless from the soldiers.

Tales of his brave sacrifice quickly spread, eventually leading to the end of the war. After his death, residents of the two nations celebrate the Festival of the White Knight annually to remember him and to remind themselves of the importance of peace.