Nichol -The Return-

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Nichol -The Return-
Rarity	-
Role
Chain Family	Chaos Wave Awakened Graviton Cannon Flood Bolting Strike
Categories	Water Mage FFBE Anniversary (JP) Evocation The Gathering The Guardians
Acquisition	Rare Summon
Time Limited	No
CG LB	No
Series	FFBE
Gender	Male‎
Race	Human
No.	2359
TMR	Water Magic MasteryWater Magic Mastery Water Magic Mastery Increase ability modifier (10x): Water, Watera Increase ability modifier (20x): Flood, Flood+1, Flood+2, Flood+3, Waterga, Waterga+1, Waterga+2, Waterga+3, Waterja, Waterja+1, Waterja+2
STMR	Lucent War FanLucent War Fan Lucent War Fan Stats: MAG+220 Element: Water Effect: Relentless StreamRelentless Stream Relentless Stream Increase ability modifier (15x): Water, Watera Increase ability modifier (30x): Flood, Flood+1, Flood+2, Flood+3, Waterga, Waterga+1, Waterga+2, Waterga+3, Waterja, Waterja+1, Waterja+2 , LB Damage +100%LB Damage +100% LB Damage +100% Increase LB damage (100%) , Demon Killer+Demon Killer+ Demon Killer+ Increase physical and magic damage against demons (75%) , Damage range 125% - 175%, Accuracy+50% Two-handed weapon
1	With a Little Help
3	With a Little Help

Nichol, having been assigned the role of aide and escort for the Paladian president. He and Sakura were selected due to the outstanding job they did supporting Rain as the king of Aldore. In order to make Paladia's first inauguration ceremony a success, he leaves Raegen's care up to Sakura while single-handedly managing operations behind the scenes, such as security and reception.

Statistics

Stats

Rarity	HP	MP	ATK	DEF	MAG	SPR	Attack Hits	Drop Check	Exp. Growth Pattern
	4811 900 + 450	270 150 + 75	143 65 + 32	165 65 + 32	290 65 + 32	202 65 + 32	3	4	7
1	5436 900 + 450	305 150 + 75	162 65 + 32	187 65 + 32	365 65 + 32	228 65 + 32	3	4	7
2	5917 900 + 450	332 150 + 75	176 65 + 32	204 65 + 32	423 65 + 32	248 65 + 32	3	4	7
3	6254 900 + 450	351 150 + 75	186 65 + 32	216 65 + 32	464 65 + 32	262 65 + 32	3	4	7

Resistance

Element Resistance
-	-	+30%	+30%	-	-	-	+50%
Status Ailment Resistance
-	-	-	-	-	+100%	-	-

Equipment

Weapons
Armors
Rarity	Ability Slots	Affinity
	4	Lvl 9

Innate Abilities

Special

Active
Min rarity	Level	Icon	Name	Effect	Hits	MP
	1		Iceberg Stance Awk+2	Increase ice and water resistance (100%) for 3 turns to all allies		54
	1		Courageous Stance Awk+2	Increase ATK and MAG (280%) for 3 turns to all allies Decrease DEF and SPR (30%) for 3 turns to all allies Refresh (180 MP) split over 3 turns to all allies		50
	1		Fortune Stance Awk+2	Increase DEF and SPR (280%) for 3 turns to all allies Decrease ATK and MAG (30%) for 3 turns to all allies Heal (6000 HP, 15x) split over 3 turns to all allies		50
	1		Triple President's Assistant	Cast 3 times: Innate black magic and abilities
	1		Quadruple President's Assistant	Cast 4 times: Innate black magic and abilities
	1		Crashing Waterfall Lv.5	Water magic damage (72x) to one enemy Decrease water resistance (120%) for 4 turns to one enemy Bolting Strike	9Attack frames: 42,48,54,60,66,72,78,84,90	72
	1		Water Hammer Stance	[8 turns cooldown, available on turn 1] Increase ability modifier (100x) for 4 turns to caster (can't be dispelled): Flood, Flood+1, Flood+2, Flood+3, Violent Storm		150
	1		Violent Storm	[1 use per battle] Water magic damage (50x) to all enemies Water magic damage (250x) to all enemies Inflict confuse (100%) to all enemies Flood	8,1Attack frames: 133,145,157,169,181,193,205,217,229
	1		We shall now eradicate them.	[1 use per battle] Increase water physical damage (30%) for 4 turns to caster Increase water magic damage (30%) for 4 turns to caster Increase MAG (280%) for 4 turns to caster Increase LB damage (200%) for 4 turns to caster (can't be dispelled) Increase LB gauge (30) to caster
Passive Sort
Min rarity	Level	Icon	Name	Effect
2	1		Warring Spirit	Auto-cast Warring Spirit at the start of a battle
3	1		MAG +500	Increase static MAG (500)
	1		Two-Handed Attacker (MAG)	Increase MAG (200%) and DEF, SPR, HP and MP (60%) Increase LB damage (150%) Increase chain modifier cap (100%) Increase equipment MAG (200%) and magic accuracy (25%) when single wielding any weapon
	1		Bug Killer+ II	Increase physical and magic damage against insects (150%)
	1		Demon Killer+ III	Increase physical and magic damage against demons (200%)
	1		MP Regen II	Recover MP (8%) per turn
	1		LB Regen I	Increase LB gauge (4) per turn
	1		Null Charm	Increase resistance to charm (100%)
	1		Rod Mastery	Increase ATK, DEF, MAG and SPR (50%) when equipped with a rod
	1		President's Right-Hand Man	Upgrade normal attack to President's Right-Hand Man
	1		Granted the Water God's Protection	Increase Leviathan's bonus stats (200%)
	101		Turning Crisis into Opportunity	[Requirement: TMR or STMR equipped] Increase static MAG (500) Increase magic damage against beasts, avians, aquatics, demons, humans, machinas, dragons, fairies, insects, stones, plants and reapers (100/100/100/100/100/100/100/100/100/100/100/100%) Increase equipment MAG (100%) and magic accuracy (25%) when single wielding any weapon
Conditional
Condition			Name	Effect	Hits	MP
Activated by Warring Spirit			Warring Spirit	Increase LB gauge (60) to caster
Activated by President's Right-Hand Man			President's Right-Hand Man	Water magic damage (36x) to one enemy Increase water physical damage (25%) for 4 turns to all allies Increase water magic damage (25%) for 4 turns to all allies	3Attack frames: 45,49,54

Magic

Min rarity	Level	Icon	Name	Effect	Hits	MP
	1		Blizzaga Awk+3	Ice magic damage (72x) to all enemies Chaos Wave Awakened	8Attack frames: 42,62,82,102,122,142,162,182	20
	1		Thundaga Awk+2	Lightning magic damage (40x) to all enemies Chaos Wave Awakened	8Attack frames: 42,62,82,102,122,142,162,182	20
	1		Waterga Awk+3	Water magic damage (72x) to all enemies Chaos Wave Awakened	8Attack frames: 42,62,82,102,122,142,162,182	20
	1		Burst (FFBE) Awk+2	Lightning magic damage (72x) to all enemies Decrease lightning resistance (130%) for 5 turns to all enemies Graviton Cannon	16Attack frames: 80,90,100,110,120,130,140,150,160,170,180,190,200,210,220,230	48
	1		Flood Awk+3	Water magic damage (120x) to all enemies Decrease water resistance (135%) for 5 turns to all enemies Flood	9Attack frames: 133,145,157,169,181,193,205,217,229	48

Leader Skill

Min rarity	Icon	Name	Effect
		Victorious Celebration/Water	[Requirement: Set as party leader] Increase ATK and MAG (100%) to all Water or Anniversary (JP) allies

Limit Burst

Rarity	Name	Effect		Hits	Cost
	Whirling Formula	Base Lv 1	Decrease water resistance (130%) for 3 turns to all enemies Increase LB damage (150%) for 3 turns to caster (can't be dispelled) Water magic damage (150x) to all enemies Increase ability modifier (50x) for 3 turns to all allies (can't be dispelled): Flood, Flood+1, Flood+2, Flood+3	9Attack frames: 30,36,42,48,54,60,66,72,78	69 / 30
		Max Lv 40	Decrease water resistance (130%) for 3 turns to all enemies Increase LB damage (150%) for 3 turns to caster (can't be dispelled) Water magic damage (150x) to all enemies Increase ability modifier (50x) for 3 turns to all allies (can't be dispelled): Flood, Flood+1, Flood+2, Flood+3
	Vanquishing Waters	Base Lv 1	Increase ability modifier (450x) for 3 turns to one ally, except caster (can't be dispelled): Flood+1, Flood+2, Flood+3 Increase ability modifier (450x) for 3 turns to caster (can't be dispelled): Flood+1, Flood+2, Flood+3 Decrease water resistance (135%) for 3 turns to all enemies Water magic damage (300x) to all enemies Increase ability modifier (50x) for 3 turns to all allies (can't be dispelled): Flood Bolting Strike	9Attack frames: 42,48,54,60,66,72,78,84,90	69 / 30
		Max Lv 40	Increase ability modifier (450x) for 3 turns to one ally, except caster (can't be dispelled): Flood+1, Flood+2, Flood+3 Increase ability modifier (450x) for 3 turns to caster (can't be dispelled): Flood+1, Flood+2, Flood+3 Decrease water resistance (135%) for 3 turns to all enemies Water magic damage (300x) to all enemies Increase ability modifier (50x) for 3 turns to all allies (can't be dispelled): Flood Bolting Strike

Awakenable Abilities

Brave Abilities

Name	Effect	Hits	MP	Type	T1	T2	T3	Brave Insignia	Gil
Crashing Waterfall Lv.1	Water magic damage (56x) to one enemy Decrease water resistance (120%) for 4 turns to one enemy Bolting Strike	9	72
Crashing Waterfall Lv.2	Water magic damage (60x) to one enemy Decrease water resistance (120%) for 4 turns to one enemy Bolting Strike	9	72	Blue	15	8	-	-	100,000
Crashing Waterfall Lv.3	Water magic damage (64x) to one enemy Decrease water resistance (120%) for 4 turns to one enemy Bolting Strike	9	72	Blue	20	15	-	10	100,000
Crashing Waterfall Lv.4	Water magic damage (68x) to one enemy Decrease water resistance (120%) for 4 turns to one enemy Bolting Strike	9	72	Blue	35	22	3	15	150,000
Crashing Waterfall Lv.5	Water magic damage (72x) to one enemy Decrease water resistance (120%) for 4 turns to one enemy Bolting Strike	9	72	Blue	75	37	5	20	300,000

Ability Awakening

Name	Effect	Hits	MP	Type	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	Gil
Burst (FFBE)	Lightning magic damage (24x) to all enemies Decrease lightning resistance (100%) for 5 turns to all enemies Graviton Cannon	16	48
Burst (FFBE) Awk+1	Lightning magic damage (36x) to all enemies Decrease lightning resistance (110%) for 5 turns to all enemies Graviton Cannon	16	48	Black	20	15	10	4	2	1,000,000
Burst (FFBE) Awk+2	Lightning magic damage (72x) to all enemies Decrease lightning resistance (130%) for 5 turns to all enemies Graviton Cannon	16	48	Black	30	23	15	8	2	1,000,000
Blizzaga	Ice magic damage (20x) to all enemies Chaos Wave Awakened	8	20
Blizzaga Awk+1	Ice magic damage (30x) to all enemies Chaos Wave Awakened	8	20	Black	15	8	5	1	-	250,000
Blizzaga Awk+2	Ice magic damage (40x) to all enemies Chaos Wave Awakened	8	20	Black	23	12	8	2	1	250,000
Blizzaga Awk+3	Ice magic damage (72x) to all enemies Chaos Wave Awakened	8	20	Black	31	16	12	3	2	250,000
Thundaga	Lightning magic damage (20x) to all enemies Chaos Wave Awakened	8	20
Thundaga Awk+1	Lightning magic damage (30x) to all enemies Chaos Wave Awakened	8	20	Black	15	8	5	1	-	250,000
Thundaga Awk+2	Lightning magic damage (40x) to all enemies Chaos Wave Awakened	8	20	Black	23	12	8	2	1	250,000
Waterga	Water magic damage (20x) to all enemies Chaos Wave Awakened	8	20
Waterga Awk+1	Water magic damage (30x) to all enemies Chaos Wave Awakened	8	20	Black	15	8	5	1	-	250,000
Waterga Awk+2	Water magic damage (40x) to all enemies Chaos Wave Awakened	8	20	Black	23	12	8	2	1	250,000
Waterga Awk+3	Water magic damage (72x) to all enemies Chaos Wave Awakened	8	20	Black	31	16	12	3	2	250,000
Flood	Water magic damage (24x) to all enemies Decrease water resistance (100%) for 5 turns to all enemies Flood	9	48
Flood Awk+1	Water magic damage (36x) to all enemies Decrease water resistance (110%) for 5 turns to all enemies Flood	9	48	Black	20	15	10	4	2	1,000,000
Flood Awk+2	Water magic damage (72x) to all enemies Decrease water resistance (130%) for 5 turns to all enemies Flood	9	48	Black	30	23	15	8	2	1,000,000
Flood Awk+3	Water magic damage (120x) to all enemies Decrease water resistance (135%) for 5 turns to all enemies Flood	9	48	Black	40	31	20	12	3	1,000,000
Iceberg Stance	Increase ice and water resistance (70%) for 3 turns to all allies	-	54
Iceberg Stance Awk+1	Increase ice and water resistance (85%) for 3 turns to all allies	-	54	Green	15	10	8	2	1	500,000
Iceberg Stance Awk+2	Increase ice and water resistance (100%) for 3 turns to all allies	-	54	Green	23	15	12	4	2	500,000
Courageous Stance	Increase ATK and MAG (130%) for 2 turns to all allies Decrease DEF and SPR (65%) for 2 turns to all allies Refresh (120 MP) split over 2 turns to all allies	-	50
Courageous Stance Awk+1	Increase ATK and MAG (130%) for 3 turns to all allies Decrease DEF and SPR (65%) for 3 turns to all allies Refresh (180 MP) split over 3 turns to all allies	-	50	Support	20	15	10	4	2	1,000,000
Courageous Stance Awk+2	Increase ATK and MAG (280%) for 3 turns to all allies Decrease DEF and SPR (30%) for 3 turns to all allies Refresh (180 MP) split over 3 turns to all allies	-	50	Support	30	23	15	8	2	1,000,000
Fortune Stance	Increase DEF and SPR (130%) for 2 turns to all allies Decrease ATK and MAG (65%) for 2 turns to all allies Heal (4000 HP, 10x) split over 2 turns to all allies	-	50
Fortune Stance Awk+1	Increase DEF and SPR (130%) for 3 turns to all allies Decrease ATK and MAG (65%) for 3 turns to all allies Heal (6000 HP, 15x) split over 3 turns to all allies	-	50	Support	20	15	10	4	2	1,000,000
Fortune Stance Awk+2	Increase DEF and SPR (280%) for 3 turns to all allies Decrease ATK and MAG (30%) for 3 turns to all allies Heal (6000 HP, 15x) split over 3 turns to all allies	-	50	Support	30	23	15	8	2	1,000,000

Awakening Materials

1	2	3
Nichol -The Return- Fragment (50) Transcension Pearl 250,000	Nichol -The Return- Fragment (100) Transcension Pearl (2) 500,000	Nichol -The Return- Fragment (200) Transcension Pearl (2) 750,000

Sprites

Quotes

• Background Story
• Fusion
• Awakening
• Summon
• Trust Mastery

Background Story

NV	Nichol, having been assigned the role of aide and escort for the Paladian president. He and Sakura were selected due to the outstanding job they did supporting Rain as the king of Aldore. In order to make Paladia's first inauguration ceremony a success, he leaves Raegen's care up to Sakura while single-handedly managing operations behind the scenes, such as security and reception.

Fusion

NV	It is truly an honor to be able to watch Paladia's reformation up-close. I musn't forget all the things I can learn from something so meaningful.

Awakening

NV	<blank>

Summon

NV	I am pleased to have been appointed presidential aide and escort. I will do my best to serve such an important role.

Trust Mastery

You're another very important person of Paladia. Please continue to lend us your strength.

Notes

Gameplay

• Nichol has several variants: Illusionist Nichol, Maritime Strategist Nichol, Seaside Nichol, Sweet Nichol, Nichol of the Epsilon Star, Lord of the Seas Nichol and Nichol -The Return-.