Agielba/Strategy
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Overview
Agielba is a Defense character that focuses on taking hits for the party due to both his active and passive skills, and mitigating them with his high defenses and his ability to heal himself. As such, his key role is to protect his party from potentially lethal attacks. He is also capable of defending and attacking at the same time. By taking damage, he can enhance his damage output and retaliate with counter attacks, while using his charge attack can boost his defenses significantly to the point where he can take negligible damage.
Strengths
- High defense and base HP make him difficult to kill
- Can survive potentially lethal damage, albeit only once
- Skills and charge attack are highly synergistic with each other
- Redirects some attacks away from allies due to his FortitudeGain
(Excludes all-foe all-ally attacks)
Duration: 1 turn ,
Duration: 3 turns, and
Duration: 3 turnsCounter attacks grant 5% charge bar per hit..
At level 55:
Buff increased to
Strength: 40%Duration: 3 turns. and passive support skill - Self-sustainability due to
Strength: 10% of damage dealt (Healing cap: 2000 HP)Duration: 2 from KagutsuchiGain Instant ChargeInstantly sets Charge Bar to 100%
Unaffected by Charge Bar Gain status effects.
No effect when afflicted by Shorted debuffs or when Charge Bar is above 100%. and
Strength: 10% of damage dealt (Healing cap: 2000)Duration: 2 turns.
End cooldown for caster's other skills. - KagutsuchiGain Instant ChargeInstantly sets Charge Bar to 100%
Unaffected by Charge Bar Gain status effects.
No effect when afflicted by Shorted debuffs or when Charge Bar is above 100%. and
Strength: 10% of damage dealt (Healing cap: 2000)Duration: 2 turns.
End cooldown for caster's other skills. allows for burst damage or for emergency situations when
(Excludes all-foe all-ally attacks)
and/or
is needed - High uptime with
Strength: 26.6%-79.8%Multiplier: UniqueDuration: 3 buff, especially in conjunction with KagutsuchiGain Instant ChargeInstantly sets Charge Bar to 100%
Unaffected by Charge Bar Gain status effects.
No effect when afflicted by Shorted debuffs or when Charge Bar is above 100%. and
Strength: 10% of damage dealt (Healing cap: 2000)Duration: 2 turns.
End cooldown for caster's other skills. - Unique multiplier of
Strength: 26.6%-79.8%Multiplier: UniqueDuration: 3 buff allows it to stack multiplicatively with other attack buffs
Weaknesses
- Only good in tanking and lacks team-wide utility that improve the party's effectiveness
- No team-wide defensive skills to prevent hard hitting all-ally attacks
- Has increased reliance on getting hit and lowers his importance in raids that are constantly afflicted by statuses that prevent them from attacking
- Cannot reliably drop his HP below 50% to make full use of the
Duration: 3 buff
Strength: 10% of damage dealt (Healing cap: 2000 HP)Duration: 2 may heal him enough that reduce the effectiveness of
Duration: 3 and other Enmity effects
How to Play
As a defense character, Agielba functions to take potentially lethal attacks away from the other party members, and does so by timing his skills and, if needed, charge attacks.
Agielba works well against foes with lots of single-target or multi-hit attacks. He is well-suited in fights where enemies can hit him, as to be able to counter attack and make use of his
buff to full effect.
He is not recommended in fights where foes only or mostly does party-wide attacks, as
(Excludes all-foe all-ally attacks)
is rendered moot. He is also not recommended in fights where enemies are constantly afflicted by statuses such as 
, as this prevents him from taking damage to make full use of his
and counter attacks. Although Agielba puts decent damage regardless, a stronger attacker or a better offensive support character may work better in such fights.
Party Position
As a frontliner, Agielba can work well in any position in the party but has lower priority in the second and third positions. With his FortitudeGain
(Excludes all-foe all-ally attacks)
Duration: 1 turn ,
Duration: 3 turns, and
Duration: 3 turnsCounter attacks grant 5% charge bar per hit..
At level 55:
Buff increased to
Strength: 40%Duration: 3 turns., he can gain charge bar from taking hits and dealing counter attacks. With his KagutsuchiGain Instant ChargeInstantly sets Charge Bar to 100%
Unaffected by Charge Bar Gain status effects.
No effect when afflicted by Shorted debuffs or when Charge Bar is above 100%. and
Strength: 10% of damage dealt (Healing cap: 2000)Duration: 2 turns.
End cooldown for caster's other skills., he can also fill his charge bar with Instant ChargeInstantly sets Charge Bar to 100%
Unaffected by Charge Bar Gain status effects.
No effect when afflicted by Shorted debuffs or when Charge Bar is above 100%.. These tools allow him to contribute to the party's chain bursts. However, as he does not grant any party-wide buffs on charge attacks, he can easily be replaced by characters, such as 
Tanking and Mitigating Damage
In general, use FortitudeGain
(Excludes all-foe all-ally attacks)
Duration: 1 turn ,
Duration: 3 turns, and
Duration: 3 turnsCounter attacks grant 5% charge bar per hit..
At level 55:
Buff increased to
Strength: 40%Duration: 3 turns. when a foe is expected to deal single-target or multi-hit attacks. The
(Excludes all-foe all-ally attacks)
effect redirects attacks to him, while the
allows it to reduce the incoming damage. In addition, the skill can be used in conjunction with the following:
Gain
Strength: 100% chance of taking 80% less damage.Duration: 0.5 turnsApplied during the attack phase.
On the next turn, it'll have 0 turns remaining. for 0.5 turns. provides
, which further reduces incoming damage. This is his main method of negating large damage.
Unaffected by Charge Bar Gain status effects.
No effect when afflicted by Shorted debuffs or when Charge Bar is above 100%. and
Strength: 10% of damage dealt (Healing cap: 2000)Duration: 2 turns.
End cooldown for caster's other skills. provides Instant ChargeInstantly sets Charge Bar to 100%
Unaffected by Charge Bar Gain status effects.
No effect when afflicted by Shorted debuffs or when Charge Bar is above 100%. to enable Agielba use his charge attack when he's low on meter.
Unaffected by Charge Bar Gain status effects.
No effect when afflicted by Shorted debuffs or when Charge Bar is above 100%. and
Strength: 10% of damage dealt (Healing cap: 2000)Duration: 2 turns.
End cooldown for caster's other skills. also provides
, which allows Agielba to heal back damage through his attacks and counter attacks.- However, this is potentially lethal if used while afflicted by
.
- However, this is potentially lethal if used while afflicted by
Starts battle with
. provides
which allows Agielba to survive potentially lethal single-target attacks.- However, this effect only works if his current HP is higher than 25%.
If necessary, KagutsuchiGain Instant ChargeInstantly sets Charge Bar to 100%
Unaffected by Charge Bar Gain status effects.
No effect when afflicted by Shorted debuffs or when Charge Bar is above 100%. and
Strength: 10% of damage dealt (Healing cap: 2000)Duration: 2 turns.
End cooldown for caster's other skills. also refreshes the cooldown of FortitudeGain
(Excludes all-foe all-ally attacks)
Duration: 1 turn ,
Duration: 3 turns, and
Duration: 3 turnsCounter attacks grant 5% charge bar per hit..
At level 55:
Buff increased to
Strength: 40%Duration: 3 turns. if Agielba is needed to tank damage again.
Dealing Damage
Although Agielba is not the best attacker, he is capable of dealing good amount of damage thanks to his abilities:
(Excludes all-foe all-ally attacks)
Duration: 1 turn ,
Duration: 3 turns, and
Duration: 3 turnsCounter attacks grant 5% charge bar per hit..
At level 55:
Buff increased to
Strength: 40%Duration: 3 turns. can also be used to sneak in up to three counter attacks for extra damage.
Gain
Strength: 26.6%-79.8%Multiplier: UniqueDuration: 3 turns.
At level 75:
Damage increased to 300%-800% is a decent nuke which becomes stronger the less HP he has.
Gain
Strength: 26.6%-79.8%Multiplier: UniqueDuration: 3 turns.
At level 75:
Damage increased to 300%-800% also provides a unique
buff whose values are multiplied by other attack buffs.
Unaffected by Charge Bar Gain status effects.
No effect when afflicted by Shorted debuffs or when Charge Bar is above 100%. and
Strength: 10% of damage dealt (Healing cap: 2000)Duration: 2 turns.
End cooldown for caster's other skills. fills up the charge bar which can be used to contribute to chain bursts or to simply do burst damage for one turn.
Unaffected by Charge Bar Gain status effects.
No effect when afflicted by Shorted debuffs or when Charge Bar is above 100%. and
Strength: 10% of damage dealt (Healing cap: 2000)Duration: 2 turns.
End cooldown for caster's other skills. also refreshes his other skills to reuse them for dealing extra damage.- Notably,
Gain
Strength: 26.6%-79.8%Multiplier: UniqueDuration: 3 turns.
At level 75:
Damage increased to 300%-800% can be used again in 3 turns after the first use to provide
for 6 turns straight.
- Notably,
- His
(Excludes all-foe all-ally attacks)
Duration: 1 turn ,
Duration: 3 turns, and
Duration: 3 turnsCounter attacks grant 5% charge bar per hit..
At level 55:
Buff increased to
Strength: 40%Duration: 3 turns. is on cooldown.
Because Agielba's 1st and 3rd skills and his charge attack are also used for tanking, Agielba already deals damage simply by performing his primary function as a tank. However, this also means that he cannot always use them freely, especially when up against enemies with attacks that needs mitigating.
Notable Debuff Interactions
In general, all debuffs should be cleared whenever possible. However, there are certain debuffs that could affect Agielba more or less compared to other characters.
is particularly crippling to Agielba as he requires his skills to perform well.
prevents him using his charge attack and mitigate attacks using his
buff.- Statuses that can negatively affect charge bar have different implications for Agielba:
completely prevents KagutsuchiGain Instant ChargeInstantly sets Charge Bar to 100%
Unaffected by Charge Bar Gain status effects.
No effect when afflicted by Shorted debuffs or when Charge Bar is above 100%. and
Strength: 10% of damage dealt (Healing cap: 2000)Duration: 2 turns.
End cooldown for caster's other skills. from providing him 100% charge bar.
,
and other similar effects can prevent him from using his charge attack if KagutsuchiGain Instant ChargeInstantly sets Charge Bar to 100%
Unaffected by Charge Bar Gain status effects.
No effect when afflicted by Shorted debuffs or when Charge Bar is above 100%. and
Strength: 10% of damage dealt (Healing cap: 2000)Duration: 2 turns.
End cooldown for caster's other skills. is used too early.
can be completely ignored especially if KagutsuchiGain Instant ChargeInstantly sets Charge Bar to 100%
Unaffected by Charge Bar Gain status effects.
No effect when afflicted by Shorted debuffs or when Charge Bar is above 100%. and
Strength: 10% of damage dealt (Healing cap: 2000)Duration: 2 turns.
End cooldown for caster's other skills. is off cooldown.
and other statuses that prevent healing (except
) negates the effects of
- However, this effect can be used to exploit Turn the TablesFire damage to a foe based on how low Agielba's HP is (Damage cap: ~680,000).
Gain
Strength: 26.6%-79.8%Multiplier: UniqueDuration: 3 turns.
At level 75:
Damage increased to 300%-800% and
instead, due to Agielba's HP staying low for increased damage values.
- However, this effect can be used to exploit Turn the TablesFire damage to a foe based on how low Agielba's HP is (Damage cap: ~680,000).
can make
deal damage to Agielba instead of heal him.
can be largely ignored due to his innate defense from skills and EMPs, as well as providing little effect when
is active.
Synergy
Class Synergies
All allies gain
Duration: 1 turn ., in particular, clears any harmful debuffs from Agielba at the end of the turn, as well as creating an extra green potion, in case Agielba cannot heal himself in time. In addition, the class' EMP skills are all beneficial for Agielba:
Strength: 45%-15%Duration: 3 turns and
Strength: 1000Duration: 3 turns. provides
, which is multiplied by Agielba's
. It also grants
, which increases
's healing effects, thus keeping
at full power.
Duration: 4 turns,
Strength: 70%Duration: 4 turns, and
Strength: 300%Duration: 4 turnsCounter attacks grant 5% charge bar per hit..
Inflict
Strength: 10%Can't be removed.At 100%, leaves 1 max HP (Max: 90%) on ally. provides
which further boosts Agielba's damage, and
Counter attacks grant 5% charge bar per hit. which synergizes with Agielba's passive Hostility, as well as giving extra counter attacks for Agielba to work with
. However, its
At 100%, leaves 1 max HP makes it a liability for Agielba's tanking abilities in longer fights.
Strength: 100%Duration: 2 turns.
Inflict
Duration: 3 turns on all allies after effect ends. gives Agielba a massive boost to charge bar, allowing him to get his charge attack ready for multiple triggers. However, the
after-effect prevents him from gaining 100% charge bar from KagutsuchiGain Instant ChargeInstantly sets Charge Bar to 100%
Unaffected by Charge Bar Gain status effects.
No effect when afflicted by Shorted debuffs or when Charge Bar is above 100%. and
Strength: 10% of damage dealt (Healing cap: 2000)Duration: 2 turns.
End cooldown for caster's other skills., so plan ahead on when to use it.
Character Synergies
(Excludes all-foe all-ally attacks)
that is mainly used against normal attacks, as
Counter attacks grant 5% charge bar per hit. do not work against charge attacks or triggers. With Agielba using his substitutes against triggers, both characters can easily redirect attacks away from squishier party members.
- Their
status from charge attacks do not stack—Agielba's will always overwrite Athena's, including the duration. 
Duration: 1 turn Wind Damage Cut.,
Duration: 3 turns, and
Strength: 10% of max HP (Healing cap: 400)Duration: 3 turns. covers for Agielba's lack of team-wide mitigation.
also helps Agielba's own mitigation if the opponent is capable of dealing non-wind elemental damage. The heal is minor and is unlikely to prevent Agielba from taking advantage of his
buff.
Base Accuracy: 85%Duration: 180 seconds,
Base Accuracy: 90%Duration: 180 seconds, and
Base Accuracy: 100% on all foes. makes Agielba's counter attacks unreliable to use against normal attacks due to the
and
statuses. However, its
effect allows him to time his skills on charge attacks and triggers more easily.- Agielba's
(Excludes all-foe all-ally attacks)
and hostility from his support skill may prevent Athena from getting targetted for a few turns and may take her a longer time to gain
stacks as a result. Conversely, Athena's Hostility Up EMP may mitigate Agielba's support skill.
- Their
Strength: 25% of their max HP (Max: 5000)Duration: Indefinite to each ally worth 25% of their HP (Max: 5000)
(Consumes 25% of each ally's max HP) reduces all allies' HP by 25%, including Agielba's, allowing him to make good use of his
Gain
Strength: 26.6%-79.8%Multiplier: UniqueDuration: 3 turns.
At level 75:
Damage increased to 300%-800%. The
effect can also improve Agielba's tanking abilities immensely when combined with his high defenses, with the caveat of being unable to make use of his counters until the shield breaks. Scathacha is also able to grant
from her charge attack, which can enhance Agielba's. Conversely, Agielba's party mitigation may allow Scathacha to consume
for her
and remove 1 buff.
(Consumes all
) instead of her healing skill.
Extended Mastery Perks
| Agielba | Stars: 12 | EMP: 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Wind Damage Down
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 Critical Hit
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DEF
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Critical Hit
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Wind Damage Down
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 Reflect
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 Slight chance to counter upon taking damage. |
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Gamewith's recommended EMP build for Agielba.
Priorities[edit]
Prioritise DEF and HP first due to his increased Hostility. After that, take Critical and his Extended Mastery Support Skill.
| Agielba | Stars: 12 | EMP: 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wind Damage Down
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Critical Hit
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Wind Damage Down
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DEF
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Critical Hit
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Wind Damage Down
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Reflect
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Slight chance to counter upon taking damage. |
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The EMP set makes use of the high HP to take advantage of the JammedATK is greatly boosted based on how low HP is
status and Enmity-based grids, as a higher max HP makes it more difficult for DrainDamage dealt is partially absorbed to HP
to heal Agielba back to full health. This build also synergizes well with weapons with HP skills, such as 
Scimitar of Brahman. Criticals make it recommended for on-element content (fighting against Wind opponents).
Priorities[edit]
Prioritize Criticals, one node at a time, followed by health. If using against non-wind opponents, hold off Criticals until later. Take one star on each Defense node if necessesary. Due to Agielba's Defense from his passive skills, abilities and charge attack, it has a lower priority, but should not be ignored completely. Finally, take Extended Mastery Support Skill. If there are points left, such as using a
Perpetuity Ring, either take some points to Wind DMG Lowered, max out Defense, or combine both.
Over Mastery Bonus
Most over mastery bonuses work well with Agielba. Take note of some bonuses, however:
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Resources
- Reddit Character Discussion (2018-10-15) (post-September 2018 Rebalance)