Faithra is a player-exclusive positive status effect in Final Fantasy XIII that raises the power of magic-based abilities by 80%, affecting skills such as Cure, Ruin, Thunder, Deprotect, as well as Hope's and Vanille's full ATB skills. It also helps Synergists' buffs last slightly longer on their target. Faith is mutually exclusive with Defaith and is the upgrade to Faith, superseding it so one cannot have both buffs active at the same time. Faithra's strength counterpart is Bravera.
Faithra only lasts for 30 seconds, and is perfect to bestow right before using a full ATB ability that calculates damage with the user's Magic stat, or right before staggering the enemy when the paradigm has offensive spellcasters.
Faith and Faithra may make it easier to score five stars battle rating as it makes the party stronger without affecting target time. The enemy can also be debuffed with Deshell to deal even more magic damage (though this does not affect full ATB skills' damage).
Faithra only exists as a buff in Final Fantasy XIII and did not return for the sequels; the base Faith status has instead been made stronger in them.
Abilities[]
| Game Element | Type | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Faithra | Synergist ability for Fang and Vanille | Bestows Faithra to the target for 30 seconds (base duration). |
Status duration can be lengthened with high level Synergist role level, having many Synergists in the same paradigm, the target's high chain level, and the caster's high Magic stat (base stat + any boons, as from Faith/Faithra itself). Faithra is unaffected by Boon, but is affected by Positive Effect.
Enemy abilities[]
Enemies cannot bestow Faithra.
Removal[]
Faithra can be removed with Dispel and any abilities that inflict Defaith. Only enemies have abilities that inflict Defaith. Faithra can, conversely, be used to remove Defaith.