Maritime Strategist Nichol Review [Final Fantasy Brave Exvius]

Trust Master Rewards – Strategic Cape: Armor (Robe) – DEF+40, MAG+52, SPR+38, MP +20%, Ice (+50%), Water (+50%)

5★	6★

General Thoughts

Maritime Strategist Nichol is a 6-star unit that plays the Support role. His Support capabilities are pretty good with the layout he has and he has some great health for being a Support unit.

MS Nichol is best set for using his Stance moves because of how effective they are. His stance moves give crazy increases to stats while boosting LB.

What makes him so effective over most other Support units is his final skill Linked Stance. This lets him use two Stance moves in one turn and that makes this Support kind of insane.

Being able to boost stats by 110% twice in one turn is a massive shift for any fight. As a Support, MS Nichol is hard to beat.

His Traits aren’t half bad giving him a few bonus sellers like a magic counter and 100% resistance to poison, sleep and petrify. And from his Traits, he can use his two conditional skills as well.

He even has a bit of magic giving him good coverage over Ice and Water. These are great to have for him to deal a little bit of damage in a pinch.

In all honesty, the only downside to Nichol is his equipment but even that isn’t completely horrible it’s just sort of basic. His Limit Break is a better version of his stance moves and his trust master is pretty awesome.

Verdict: Probably one of the best Support units to date.

Stats

Maximum Stats Increase

Resistance

Maritime Strategist Nichol is neutral to all elements and status ailments.

Learned Abilities

Min rarity	Level	Icon	Name	Effect	Hits	MP
5★	38		Iron Stance	Increase DEF (110%) for 5 turns to all allies Increase LB gauge (1-4) to all allies	–	72
5★	38		Safeguard Stance	Increase SPR (110%) for 5 turns to all allies Increase LB gauge (1-4) to all allies	–	72
5★	51		Sharp Kick	Physical damage (1.8x) with critical hit to one enemy Remove all status effects from one enemy	1	30
5★	64		Furious Stance	Increase ATK (110%) for 5 turns to all allies Increase LB gauge fill rate (150%) for 5 turns to all allies	–	72
5★	64		Demonic Stance	Increase MAG (110%) for 5 turns to all allies Increase LB gauge fill rate (150%) for 5 turns to all allies	–	72
5★	80		Magic Restorative Stance	Recover MP (40) to all allies	–	10
5★	80		Dualcast	Use magic twice in one turn	–	0
6★	40		Duality Stance	Increase light and dark resistance (70%) for 3 turns to all allies	–	54
6★	40		Iceberg Stance	Increase ice and water resistance (70%) for 3 turns to all allies	–	54
6★	55		Lone Stance	Increase ATK/DEF/MAG/SPR (130%) for 5 turns to one ally	–	45
6★	69		Courageous Stance	Increase ATK/MAG (130%) for 2 turns to all allies Decrease DEF/SPR (65%) for 2 turns to all allies Refresh (120 MP) split over 2 turns to all allies	–	50
6★	69		Fortune Stance	Increase DEF/SPR (130%) for 2 turns to all allies Decrease ATK/MAG (65%) for 2 turns to all allies Heal (4000 HP, 10x) split over 2 turns to all allies	–	50
6★	83		Impregnable Stance	Mitigate damage taken (30%) for 3 turns to all allies	–	32
6★	95		Soulful Stance	Increase ATK/DEF/MAG/SPR (100%) for 2 turns to all allies Heal (3000 HP, 9x) split over 2 turns to all allies	–	109
6★	100		Linked Stance	Use Stance skills twice in one turn	–	0
Trait
Min rarity	Level	Icon	Name	Effect
5★	1		MP +30%	Increase MP (30%)
5★	16		Warden of the Water	Increase MP (20%) and SPR (30%) when equipped with a robe
5★	24		Strategist’s Determination	Increase MAG (30%) when equipped with a rod
5★	30		Water God’s Grace	Recover MP (5%) per turn Increase water resistance (30%)
6★	1		Calm Awareness	Increase resistance to poison, sleep and petrify (100%) Use Calm Awareness at the start of a battle
6★	26		Enlighted Guard	Chance to counter magic attacks (20%) with Enlighted Guard (max 1/turn)
Conditional
Condition			Name	Effect	Hits	MP
Activated by Calm Awareness			Calm Awareness	Increase resistance to charm (100%) to caster
Activated by Enlighted Guard			Enlighted Guard	Increase resistance to all elements (40%) for 2 turns to all allies

Magic

Min rarity	Level	Icon	Name	Effect	Hits	MP
5★	1		Waterga	Water magic damage (1.8x) to all enemies	1	20
5★	8		Blizzaga	Ice magic damage (1.8x) to all enemies	1	20
6★	12		Blizzaja	Ice magic damage (2x) with consecutive increase (4 times, 1x each, 6x max) to all enemies	1	28
6★	12		Waterja	Water magic damage (2x) with consecutive increase (4 times, 1x each, 6x max) to all enemies	1	28

Limit Burst

Equipment

Maritime Strategist Nichol can equip 4 weapons and 5 armor.

Weapons	Armors

Awakening

Lore

A military tactician for the Olderion Federation, and a man who has fully gained the trust of his comrades, especially Jake’s. Ever since Nichol arrived to Paladia, he has been wearing a pair of fashionable glasses. Apparently, his deceased younger brother Elle planned to give these to him as a birthday present, but never got the chance to before his untimely passing. Elle’s wife Arsha then passed these to Nichol before he left for Paladia.