Community Posts with Keyword Gaius
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| Gaius - Candy Stealer |
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Hero Stats
Stat Variations
| HP | ATK | SPD | DEF | RES | |
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| Low | 17 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| Middle | 18 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| High | 19 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| HP | ATK | SPD | DEF | RES | |
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| Low | 39 | 25 | 33 | 19 | 16 |
| Middle | 42 | 29 | 36 | 22 | 19 |
| High | 45 | 32 | 39 | 25 | 22 |
IV Sets
| Key stats worth increasing through nature if possible. | |
| Complementary stats that matter, but not to the point of picking them over key stats for nature increase. | |
| Relatively worthless stat that can safely be decreased through nature. |
| HP | ATK | SPD | DEF | RES |
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Skill Sets
Death by Chocolate (Offensive Nuke)
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Candied Dagger (+Eff) | A | Swift Sparrow (2 or 3) Alternate: Atk/Spd Solo 3 |
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Reposition | B | Desperation 3 |
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Moonbow Alternate: Luna |
C | Spd Smoke 3 Alternate: Odd Atk Wave 3 |
| IVs | +ATK or +SPD / -DEF or -RES | S | Flashing Blade 3 |
Weapon: Candied Dagger (+Eff)
Assist: Reposition / Flexible
Special: Moonbow / Luna
Passive A: Swift Sparrow / Atk/Spd Push 4 / Atk/Spd Solo / Fury
Passive B: Desperation / Null Follow-Up / Lull Spd/Def
Passive C: Spd Smoke / Odd Atk Wave / Flexible
Sacred Seal: Flashing Blade / Swift Sparrow / Sturdy Blow / Death Blow
- This build is a standard offensively oriented set meant to maximize the overall solid performance boost Candied Dagger provides in the Player Phase. Taking an Asset to either one of Gaius’ offensive stats is thus highly recommended to further bolster his combat prowess.
- Moonbow offers Gaius a decent amount of burst with a relatively frequent activation rate, making it his prime choice of Special here; it can also be paired with Desperation and Flashing Blade to ensure its activation in each round of combat, provided he doubles. For greater damage in exchange for consistency, Luna may be taken instead.
- Gaius’ A slot can be filled by any offensive choice available, with options like Swift Sparrow, Atk/Spd Push 4, and Atk/Spd Solo being especially standout. His B slot should similarly be offensively oriented, including Desperation (to grant her some safety at low HP), Null Follow-Up (for greater versatility), and Lull Spd/Def (to break through enemy bonuses).
- His C slot is largely flexible. Spd Smoke is a great option to capitalize on his dagger’s built-in debuffing effects and pairs well with refresher support, though Attack or Speed-increasing Wave skills are always solid candidates for increased firepower.
- The Flashing Blade seal is ideal to hasten his Special activations (which will be his main source of firepower besides his PRF’s bonus damage) but if unavailable, any seal that boosts his offensive stats (such as Swift Sparrow or Darting Blow) may be taken.
Swiper, No Swiping! (AoE Special Activation)
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Candied Dagger (+Eff) | A | Life and Death (3 or 4) Alternate: Flashing Blade 4 |
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Reposition | B | Special Spiral 3 |
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Blazing Light Alternate: Blazing Wind |
C | Time's Pulse 3 Alternate: Savage Blow 3 |
| IVs | +ATK / -HP or -DEF or -RES | S | Flashing Blade 3 |
Weapon: Candied Dagger (+Eff)
Assist: Reposition / Flexible
Special: Blazing Light / Blazing Wind
Passive A: Life and Death / Flashing Blade 4
Passive B: Special Spiral
Passive C: Time’s Pulse / Savage Blow / Spd Smoke / Flexible
Sacred Seal: Flashing Blade / Swift Sparrow
- Although Gaius’ Attack stat may not be particularly high, the +7 bonus damage he gains when using an AoE Special does allow him to utilize them to a relative degree of success. An Attack Asset (alongside any means of increasing his visible Attack like merges, Summoner Support, etc.) is ideal here to increase his Special’s firepower and his consistency at landing OHKOs.
- Life and Death (3 or 4) is Gaius’ A slot skill of choice as it offers him a massive boost to his visible Attack, which subsequently heightens the effectiveness of his AoE Special; its defense cut is largely negligible since he should be OHKO’ing his opponent anyway.
- There are two other key components of this set: Flashing Blade. Following their initial activation, AoE Specials will only have a two-turn cooldown thanks to Special Spiral’s effect, which in combination with Flashing Bladel, allow for them to consistently activate in every round of combat. Flashing Blade can be used in either his A slot or his seal slot but if it's used in the A slot, the Swift Sparrow seal should be taken instead.
- Lastly, for his C slot, Time’s Pulse is a great but high investment option that allows Gaius to set up his AoE Special chain with much greater consistency. Otherwise, Savage Blow or Spd Smoke can be taken to debilitate nearby foes to sweep through them more easily.
Strengths
Candied Dagger
Gaius’ exclusive weapon, Candied Dagger, provides him with a relatively solid performance boost in the Player Phase, increasing his Speed by 4 and granting slight bonus damage when initiating combat. In addition, upon being refined, Candied Dagger also provides an additional +7 damage per hit if his foe’s HP is 100% -- a relatively simple condition -- which helps mitigate his otherwise mediocre damage output by a sizable extent.
Good Speed
Gaius’ good base Speed stat of 36 allows him to easily secure follow-up attacks against a wide array of opponents with sufficient investment. This is incredibly important for his offensive potential as he is heavily dependent on his follow-up attacks to maximize his primary sources of damage: his weapon’s bonus damage and his Special activations.
Infantry
As an infantry unit, Gaius benefits from access to powerful exclusive skills like Special Spiral, which he can utilize quite effectively to augment his combat prowess considerably.
Just Enough Bulk
Although Gaius does not excel at taking on sustained offensive pressure by any means, his relatively good HP pool -- especially compared to many of his contemporaries -- does offer the flexibility of being able to take a hit or two from an enemy.
Weaknesses
Subpar Attack
With a low base Attack of 29, Gaius’ base damage output leaves much to be desired and forces him to be extremely reliant on Special activations and his weapon’s bonus damage to shine as an offensive unit.
Low Defensive Stats
While Gaius can typically take a hit or two from an opposing foe just fine, his low defensive stats mean that he will crumble quickly when on the receiving end of successive enemy attacks
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Candied Dagger (+Eff) | A | Flashing Blade 4 |
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Reposition | B | Desperation 3 |
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Moonbow | C | Spd Smoke 3 |
| S | Darting Blow 3 | ||
Totally underrated unit with the right skills, the point of this build is to stack true damage as much as possible. Candied Dagger boosts damage dealt by 10% of Gaius’ speed during combat, and when refined it deals another +7 damage if the foe’s HP is 100% at the start of combat. If Gaius can win the speed check for Flashing Blade 4, which he usually can with his weapon’s built in +4 speed when initiating combined with the Darting Blow seal, he deals another +5 true damage. This amounts to 17 true damage per attack, and since Gaius manages to make follow-up attacks more often than not, 34 true damage per combat. It’s worth noting that this means that even if Gaius’ attack is lower than the foe’s defense, he will still deal 34 damage if he doubles, and with an attack boon he can usually deal a bit more damage and turn it into a clean one-round kill. If he is counterattacked, he can generally survive thanks to his high HP stat and reach the threshold for Desperation. Thanks to Flashing Blade, Gaius will activate each Moonbow each combat regardless of if he’s counterattacked or not, if he makes the speed check, which is a significant aid against high defense units. Spd Smoke is advised for his C skill to help him activate Flashing Blade more frequently.
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Rogue Dagger+ (+Atk) | A | Close Counter |
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Reposition | B | Seal Atk 3 |
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Luna | C | Savage Blow 3 |
| S | Atk Smoke 3 | ||
This started as an intentionally absurd meme set, but it has turned out to be quite useful. The refined Rogue Dagger lets Gaius and any nearby allies get a massive Def/Res boost while destroying the enemy team's defenses. Seal Atk weakens the enemy you attack, while Atk Smoke weakens any surrounding enemies. The attack drops on the enemy plus the defense boosts on Gaius allow him to counter almost anything on enemy phase, utilizing Close Counter. Thanks to his initial damage and Savage Blow, he can often clean up on the enemy phase pretty soundly.
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Poison Dagger+ | A | Brazen Atk/Spd 3 |
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Draw Back | B | Desperation 3 |
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Luna | C | Threaten Def 3 |
| S | Attack +3 | ||
This is Gaius's best build, his weak defense line doesn't allow him to use Rogue Dagger all too well and his offense line isn't too bad to run Poison Dagger+
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Rogue Dagger+ (+Spd) | A | Defiant Atk 3 |
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Rally Speed | B | Seal Atk 3 |
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Vengeance | C | Hone Atk 3 |
| S | Atk Smoke 2 | ||
With the Fortify Res 1 seal, he can buff and debuff up to 3 stats at once, and seal attack and rogue dagger allow him to take a hit in an emergency and safely reach sub 50% hp levels, activating defiant atk and charging vengeance. This obviously can be done with other dagger users, but I prefer Gaius's stat spread a bit more because his defenses are just right so that he reaches hp thresholds easily and safely while also maintaining proper offenses.
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Poison Dagger+ | A | Life and Death 3 |
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Draw Back | B | Vantage 3 |
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Moonbow | C | Threaten Def 3 |
The I use +spd -def and +attack seal. This build needs to bait some mages; -res makes him get one shot my unbuffed mages. Hone attack makes him one shot life and death Ryoma, he can also live an attack from Ryoma, assuming he is not +attack, rally res and def help him life many more matchups.
Weapon Skills
| Weapons | SP | Rng. | Mt. |
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Iron DaggerAfter combat, inflicts Def/Res-3 on foe through its next action.
Learns by default at 1 ★ Unlocks at 1 ★ Dagger users only.
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50 | 2 | 3 |
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Steel DaggerAfter combat, inflicts Def/Res-3 on foe through its next action.
Learns by default at 3 ★ Unlocks at 2 ★ Dagger users only.
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100 | 2 | 5 |
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Rogue DaggerAfter combat, inflicts Def/Res-3 on foe through its next action.
Grants unit Def/Res+3 for 1 turn.
Learns by default at 4 ★ Unlocks at 3 ★ Dagger users only.
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200 | 2 | 4 |
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Rogue Dagger+After combat, if unit attacked, inflicts Def/Res-5 on foe through its next action.
Grants unit Def/Res+5 for 1 turn.
Learns by default at 5 ★ Unlocks at 5 ★ Dagger users only.
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300 | 2 | 7 |
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Candied DaggerIf unit initiates combat, grants Spd+4 and boosts damage by 10% of unit's Spd during combat. Effect:【Dagger ７】 【Dagger ７】 After combat, if unit attacked, inflicts Def/Res-７ on target and foes within 2 spaces of target through their next actions.
Unlocks at 5 ★ Non-Inheritable skill.
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400 | 2 | 14 |
Support Skills
| Support Skills | Rng. | SP |
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| Rally SpeedGrants Spd +4 to an adjacent ally until the end of the turn
Learns by default at 4 ★ |
1 | 150 |
Passive Skills
| Passive Skills | SP | Slot |
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Defiant Atk 1Grants Atk +3 at start of turn if unit's HP ≤ 50%Inheritable by all units.
Unlocks at 3 ★ |
40 | A |
Defiant Atk 2Grants Atk +5 at start of turn if unit's HP ≤ 50%Inheritable by all units.
Unlocks at 4 ★ |
80 | A |
Defiant Atk 3Grants Atk +7 at start of turn if unit's HP ≤ 50%Inheritable by all units.
Unlocks at 5 ★ |
160 | A |
Pass 1Unit can pass through foes if its own HP ≥ 75%.
Inheritable by all units.
Unlocks at 3 ★ |
50 | B |
Pass 2Unit can pass through foes if its own HP ≥ 50%.
Inheritable by all units.
Unlocks at 3 ★ |
100 | B |
Pass 3Unit can pass through foes if its own HP ≥ 25%.
Inheritable by all units.
Unlocks at 4 ★ |
200 | B |
Other Info
| Origin |
Fire Emblem: Awakening
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