Barret
Character Notes & Recommendations
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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
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Supplementary Notes to the Infographic Analysis:
The infographic covers the key critical points and should be reviewed prior to delving into the in-depth notesHow-To-Play Notes
Open with Grenade Bomb to max his Avalanche stacks. This is good to upkeep his buff, and also when his BRV pool is low since it shaves AoE.
Big Shot will buff the party with physical attack up, so that can be used next. You’ll use this as single target filler to maintain the buff on the party.
Satellite Beam is an AoE attack, but the singular split attack ruins the damage capability of the skill. This recharges in 2 skill uses, and he can spam skills for 25 of his turns (he’s slow so this isn’t a concern).
Maximum Fury is his LD, and it hits hard, while boosting his LD buff by a stack. Never let this buff fall off, and plan to use the LD twice once bosses start to really buff their stats, as his aura will max out at 3 stacks.
Team Synergy Notes
Physical attackers may like the PATK buff from his S1, but magic attackers do perfectly fine with the rest of his auras. Pair with a damage dealer and a utility character that can counter the Lufenia orb.
Stop your Lufenia+ fears, check out Sephy’s channel for a lot of early Lufenia+ runs with Barret.
Sphere Recommendations
NOTE: The sphere letters below are hyperlinked to our Sphere Hub which lists all available spheres sorted by effect!A sphere: Any ATK or BRV DMG works just fine, just consider that Barret is a support first, so make sure you have spheres for attackers if that's important to you
D spheres: 2 spheres for boosting party ATK is best, check the link for our D spheres
Removable Passives
NOTE: Passives should generally only be removed if you lack CP space. There are very rare occasions where a character has a bad passive that disrupts their optimal gameplay.BRV Attack+ HP Attack+ Up (never used with LD)
Spite (worst passive in the game)
Break Bonus Up (marginal effect)
BRV Attack++ HP Attack++ Up (likely won’t be used ever)
Kit Overview tl;dr
buffs, auras, support, ranged attacker, self mbrv floor, hp damage up, brv damage up, ff7