Noel

Summon Board Passive selections:

• Shiva 3 / 4 / 7

• Pandemonium 3 / 4 / 6

• Odin 3 / 6 / 7

• Bahamut 4 / 5 / 6

• Usuals: 

  • Ifrit, Ramuh, Brothers 4 / 5 / 7

  • Leviathan, Diabolos, Alexander 4 / 5 / 6

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

Sphere Recommendations

• A Sphere: He has the highest ATK stat in the game, so focus this sphere on BRV DMG, Cloud or Vayne fitting his kit best, but Gau and Edgar are both good, though probably better suited to other characters that don't break as often as Noel. If no BRV DMG spheres, then ATK is perfectly fine!

• D Sphere: Use the link and pick any ATK sphere outside of Wakka.

• E Sphere: As Noel doesn't debuff enemies, Fujin is probably best to slow down enemies, while Reno to lower enemy PHY ATK is probably the most synergistic for his kit as he constantly breaks enemies. Faris is fine for poison orbs as well, and Vanille is... okay to remove buffs from enemies, but we prefer nearly any other sphere since dispel is not as much of a critical role any longer.

How-To-Play Notes

• Start the fight with Big Bang (LD) to get his framed buff. Use his BT finisher before Force Time and you're set to EX away!

• Tempeststrike (S1) is elemental and has an AoE focus. Gale Fang (S2) is non elemental with a single target focus. You're not using these in BT or FR phase.

• Meteor Javelin (EX) recharges in 2 skill uses, and ideally, you want to point it at a broken target to get the 50% splash and HP damage up. With BT effect up, it recharges every turn so go crazy in FR time!

• Shave Slash (AA) has 100% gravity into a single hit, it's a very strong breaking tool along with the ATK and BRV DMG Limit boosts it offers for 7T.

• Prayers Surpassing Chaos (BT) allows Noel to spam his EX EVERY turn now.

• Guardian's Pride (FR) can do a lot of breaks which is great for making space but it also allows allies to unBREAK enemies before they attack. With enemies that are not break delay immune, you can trap them in a loop with units like Cor, Maria, Quina (Cor is the only one that can do it infinitely, bring only 1 at a time) where they attack before the enemy, break delay them behind the 2nd enemy and then you repeat this process until death. As for the FR conditions:

  • Melee Ability on turn : +40%

  • Break enemy on turn : +40%

  • Very easy conditions and he provides a 50% HP DMG & Limit boost vs Broken enemies (so almost all the time). Very comfy.

Removable Passives

• Scourge Up (not relevant given his skill count)

• Last Hunter Guard Up (20% DEF) really isn't important or relevant in most quests.

• Buff Speed Up (10% SPD) is okay to remove if you really need to, but you generally don't want to slow down your damage dealers.