Balthier

Summon Board Passive selections:

• Odin choose 3 / 6 / 7

• Bahamut choose 4 / 5 / 6

• Usuals: 

  • Ifrit, Shiva, Ramuh, Brothers 4 / 5 / 7

  • Leviathan, Pandemonium, Diabolos, Alexander 4 / 5 / 6

• For more details and help with summons, check Summon Hub!

Sphere Recommendations

• A Sphere - Focus on BRV DMG, ATK (Ranged and Physical ATK okay!)

• D Sphere - Raise the party's ATK

• E Sphere - Give him an aura debuff or poison sphere. A debuff sphere can mess with other member's debuffs so be careful.

How-to-Play Notes

• Open with AA for a stack of Sky-Plying Strahl and go right into skills! This sets him up to have 5 stacks right off the bat.

• Snatch Shot+ (S1) is decent filler and AoE BRV DMG. Best used against 3 targets.

• Great Aim+ (S2) is best for removing debuffs from himself, stealing multiple buffs from an enemy AND it's his strongest button against 1 or 2 targets. It is 4 HP attacks to the target, 1 splash and will trigger twice (8 HPs to target, 2 to others).

• Fires of War (EX) is recharged in 2 skill uses, dealing full AoE damage 4 times!

• Tides of Fate (LD) is best used for utility to cleanse the party of debuffs. It also recovers a use of S1 and S2 to improve his longevity

• Element of Treachery (BT) provides good party auras, enables Gorgon Shot and extends his buff stealing utility by granting stolen buffs to the party!

  • Gorgon Shot (follow up from BT) is a very strong follow up that also applies Gorgon Shot to enemies for 1T. The attacks is 4 AoE HP attacks which set him ahead of most other damage dealers for a bit.

  • Gorgon Shot (debuff) makes enemy attacks tickle (BRV/HP damage become 0). 

• Wake Damage (FR) also removes debuffs from the party and steals 3 random buffs. His Force Conditions are

  • Ranged BRV DMG on turn: 20%

  • Attacking a target with no buffs on turn: 40%

  • Removing an enemy buff: 80%

  • Note : "Removing an enemy buff" condition can be triggered with counters/traps so Vanille's EX debuff or a counter/trap unit with Vanille's sphere removing an enemy buff will trigger the condition whenever.

  • This makes for a decent 60% on turn condition for ranged attackers with a huge leap in power with enemies that buff themselves.

  • FR Boards improve his FR time by giving party 30% HP DMG & Limit when enemies have no buffs!