Nichol/Gameplay

Nichol is a playable character in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. He is a magically-geared unit whose roles in battle are Support and Magical Damage, being able to cast some Black Magic. He currently has four variants: the story variant (obtained at the end of Chapter III), the Global-exclusive "Illusionist Nichol" unit (which could be obtained during the Return to the Halloween Castle event), the Japan-only "Hunter Nichol" (released as part of the collaboration with ), and his Season Two variant "Maritime Strategist Nichol".

Nichol
Nichol's job is listed as Tactician. He can be obtained at Rarity 3★ upon completion of the Water Shrine dungeon, thus completing Chapter III (Olderion) of the story mode. He can be awakened up to 5★. His roles in battle are Support and Magic Damage. Nichol has no innate element or status ailment resistances, and as a story character, no Trust Master reward.

His awakening materials are the following:
 * 4★: Allure Powder x20, Esper Cryst x10, Quality Parts x8, Deepsea Bloom x3, Sacred Crystal x3
 * 5★: Quality Parts x15, Deepsea Bloom x8, Sacred Crystal x5, Dragon Heart x3, Holy Crystal x3

Stats
Nichol's stats at his highest levels are as follows (with no passive abilities taken into account), along with the maximum amount of stat points that can be increased through pot-enhancements:

Abilities
Depending on his rarity, Nichol has either two (3★), three (4★) or four (5★) ability slots. He also has affinity to Black Magic (Lvl 5-7) and Green Magic (Lvl 3-5).

Nichol has two abilities that can be awakened: Impenetrable Stance and Back to the Wall.
 * Ability Awakening

Equipment
Nichol can equip the following weapon types: daggers, staves and rods.

He can equip the following armor types: hats, clothes and robes.

He can equip accessories.

Limit Burst
Nichol's Limit Burst is a damage-type ability. Its deals a 1-hit attack of Water-elemental magic damage either to all enemies.


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Illusionist Nichol
Illusionist Nichol's job is listed as Illusionist. A limited-time 4-6★ Rare Summon available during the Global-exclusive event Return to the Halloween Castle, his role is Support. He has no innate element resistances. He has a Trust Master reward, the Magical Top Hat, which gives stats (MP+45, MAG+25) as well as the Auto-Refresh (recover 5% MP per turn) and Auto-Limit (fills 1 burst stone per turn).

His awakening materials are the following:
 * 5★: Crimson Tear x25, Fury Seed x8, Lucky Seedling x13, Sacred Crystal x15, Holy Crystal x8
 * 6★: Divine Crystal x15, Fairies' Writ x10, Rainbow Bloom x10, Calamity Gem x5, Prismatic Horn x10

Stats
Illusionist Nichol's stats at his highest levels are as follows (with no passive abilities taken into account), along with the maximum amount of stat points that can be increased through pot-enhancements:

Abilities
Illusionist Nichol has three (4★) or four (5-6★) ability slots, as well as affinity to Black Magic (Lvl 6-8) and Green Magic (Lvl 4-6).

Equipment
Illusionist Nichol can equip the following weapon types: daggers, staves, rods, throwing weapons and fists.

He can equip the following armor types: light shields, hats, clothes and robes.

He can equip accessories.

Like the other Halloween units, Illusionist Nichol has access to two unit-exclusive ability materias: Chilling Aura (increases HP and MP by 13%) and Spooky Aura (increases ATK and MAG by 13%). They were available for purchase at King Mog's reward shop during the Night of the Pumpkin event, and as mission rewards during the Return to the Halloween Castle.

Limit Burst
Illusionist Nichol's Limit Burst is a support-type ability: it restores HP and MP to all allies over 3 turns, and negates 2 physical damage taken by the whole party for the same duration.

The amount of HP and MP recovered depends on Nichol's Limit Burst level:


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Hunter Nichol
Hunter Nichol is a limited-time 4-6★ Rare Summon, obtainable during the collaboration event with . Hunter Nichol's job is listed as. He is currently exclusive to the JP version.

Maritime Strategist Nichol
Maritime Strategist Nichol is Nichol's variant for Season Two. A 5-6★ Rare Summon (with a 7★ form in JP version), he has been available since the event When Destinies Intersect. His job is listed as Strategist and his roles are Support and Magic Damage. His Trust Master reward is the Strategic Cape robe, which boosts the equipped unit's MP by 20%, increases stats (DEF+40, MAG+52, SPR+38) and resistance to Ice and Water by 50%.

His awakening materials are the following: Prismatic Horn x20, Rainbow Bloom x10, Calamity Gem x10, Calamity Writ x5, Divine Crystal x5

Stats
Maritime Strategist Nichol's stats at his highest levels are as follows (with no passive abilities taken into account), along with the maximum amount of stat points that can be increased through pot-enhancements:

Abilities
Maritime Strategist Nichol has four (5-6★) ability slots, as well as affinity to Black Magic (Lvl 8) and Green Magic (Lvl 7-8).

While he has no innate element or status ailment resistances, his passive traits give him resistance to Water (+30%), as well as resistance to Poison, Sleep, Petrify and Charm (+100%).

Equipment
Maritime Strategist Nichol can equip the following weapon types: daggers, staves, rods and instruments.

He can equip the following armor types: hats, clothes, light armor and robes.

He can equip accessories.

Limit Burst
Ancient Formula is Maritime Strategist Nichol's Limit Burst. As one of the so-called "CG units", Nichol's Limit Burst is a powerful ability preceded by FMV-like movie that lasts about 0:08 seconds. In it, Nichol opens his grimoire while he adjusts his glasses and magic runes surround him, just before closing the book. He raises his arm to end the casting of the spell.

Using Ancient Formula will boost the party's stats (ATK, DEF, MAG, SPR), remove stat reductions, and recover their HP and MP by 20%.

How much the party's stats increase will depend on Nichol's Limit Burst level:


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