Leviathan (Brave Exvius)

Leviathan is an Esper in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. He serves as the patron God of Olderion where the citizens worship him as he helps protect the land from monsters.

Although he debuts in early Season One, he is only obtainable during Season Two in Gungan.

Appearance
Leviathan's appearance is rather unchanged from his typical design, being a large, blueish, serpentine creature, featuring wing-like fins and long hair.

Personality
Leviathan is said to be a kind Esper who is fiercely protective of people. Unlike other Espers who prefer to stay away from human affairs, Leviathan enjoys a healthy relationship with his followers which has spawned centuries of convivence.

Background
Leviathan was an Esper originating from Paladia residing in the land of Gungan. When the civil war engulfed the war, Leviathan opted to not participate in the conflict. After the war ended and the Sworn Eight of Paladia were betrayed by the leadership of Aldore, Leviathan himself was banished too through different means as the Aldore Emperor feared his power as it would stand in the way of his conquering campaign.

Leviathan was thus sent to the land of Olderion where he managed to keep the waters clean which in turn repelled monsters. Veritas of the Waters was witness to this phenomena during her investigation of the land of Lapis It is, however unclear if the Esper was worshipped during this time or if it began after the Waterlord's descendants formed the nation's leadership.

Nonetheless, generations of Water Priestess would serve him, along with Wardens of the Waters who would devote themselves to more militarian duties.

Season One
Leviathan has a key role during the third chapter featuring the Olderion Federation. The Waterlord injures the Water God causing his blood to polute the waters, making them unclean and thus attract monsters. This would serve as bait for a Water Priestess to eventually come which the Waterlord expected to take advantage of in order to gain access to the Water Crystal and destroy it.

When Rain's party accompanies Nichol and Luka the armored Paladian takes control of Leviathan with the Sacred Ring of Paladia and uses him to attack the party. A battle ensues with the party eventually being blasted by the Water God's attacks. Luka attempts to pray in order to reach the Esper, an effort that eventually works as the Water God attacks the Waterlord instead who between insults and awe, is forced to flee. Subsequently, Luka is forced to submerge herself in the Lake in order to clean the waters as she gifts Fina some power to allow them entry in the Water Shrine.

Near the end of the season it is seen that Luka resurfaces, hinting Leviathan is fine again.

Season Two
After Nichol departs in a journey to find Rain in Paladia, Luka prays to the Water God in order to find the motivations behind her brother's departure while praying for his safety. Leviathan tells her the reason and heeding her plea, he uses their connection as siblings and his own strength to travel between worlds returning to his original shrine. Leviathan is found by the party, however the travel injured him so his powers were unstable, making him unable to speak normally and requiring to use Nichol as his medium.

The Water God reveals he wants to help them in their journey and challenges them to a battle. The party manages to best him and he joins them deeming their cause as worthy. Nichol then requests to know about his sister and the Esper reveals to him that Luka is fine and her prayers brought him to Nichol. He and the party leave satisfied knowing they can meet with Luka again.

Story
Leviathan is faced multiple times in the game. He first appears as a mandatory Boss fight in Story, where he is a rather difficult foe for players who have not done any significant grinding and just played through the story. With 230,000 HP and attacks like Blizzaga and Waterga, he can pose a challenge. He's also able to buff his DEF and SPR. At times he uses his signature Tsunami attack.

Strategy
First and foremost the player will need Water and Ice Resistance boosts as this will be needed for survival, especially so if one is relatively new to the game. Should the player pull a Luka she can serve as a great healer and support unit. Otherwise an easy way to cheese the battle would be through a strong damage unit or a Marie to protect oneself. Otherwise a Minfilia, Cerius or Chloe unit can help too for defense.

For offensive the player should emphasize Lightning attacks, which are found in several Mages. The player should be wary however that Mages tend to have low HP and without adequate defenses they can be killed easily. As of recent updates the player should also be able to find better Stat Breakers too, either through companions or by pulling, decreasing its ATK and MAG should also help tremendously.

All in all, the difficulty depends largely on how well prepared the player is at this point of the game.

Esper
Leviathan's Esper Battle is drastically more difficult this time around. By this point and assuming the player has some 5★ base rarity units, Leviathan should be more resilient than anything also its attacks can still hurt a lot. He still makes use of Waterga and Blizzaga as its main means of damage along with Tsunami. He has large HP and his stats are also large.

During his 2★ Trial battle, however, he is a much more formidable foe almost on par with Bahamut himself. Leviathan has 8,000,000 HP and his stats are rather high. He can attack many times per turn but what actions he takes per turn depend on whether he uses Protect or Haste.

If using Haste, it has a 20% chance each of using Stone Gaze (petrifies one unit) and Gigantic Tornado (modest magic damage to all units). Later it as his remaining actions he has a 40% chance of using Strike (strong physical attack and DEF debuff for 2 turns on one unit) and another 40% chance of using Mow Dow (modestly strong physical damage on all units), always checked in this order. If both fail, Leviathan follows with normal attacks.

If using Protect, it will also follow the aforementioned procedure, but substitutes Strike and Mow Dow with Waterga and Blizzaga (30% each) as his remaining actions, checked in this order. If both fail then he uses normal attacks. If Leviathan casts Waterga five times, he casts Flood which is slightly stronger than Waterga. If the total of Waterga and Flood equal 7 times, then he casts, Surge, raging waters which greatly buffs his MAG and can be fatal at the middle of his attacks. The turn after this buff is used, he uses Ferocious Current (weak magic damage to all units but debuffs Water Resistance by 100% for 5 turns to all units). The turn after that he uses Tsunami, which can lead to wipe with both things considered.

If below 60% HP, Leviathan has a 10% chance of using Sealing Foam in either skillset, which has a 10% chance of casting Stop for 2 turns to all allies. If Sealing Foam is used, regardless of whether it successfully casts Stop or not, Leviathan casts Bubbles of Rage (very high magic damage on one unit) the next turn. This move is absurdly powerful and is guaranteed to kill its target.