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:''For his class of the same name in ''Radiant Dawn'', see [[Lion]].'' | |||
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{{Character Infobox | {{Character Infobox | ||
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|caption=Artwork of Giffca from {{title|Radiant Dawn}}. | |caption=Artwork of Giffca from {{title|Radiant Dawn}}. | ||
|help_text=A member of the lion clan of the beast tribe laguz. His strength in battle and long years of dedicated service to King Caineghis has earned him the title of King’s Shadow. | |help_text=A member of the lion clan of the beast tribe laguz. His strength in battle and long years of dedicated service to King Caineghis has earned him the title of King’s Shadow. | ||
|gender= Male | |gender=Male | ||
|race=[[Laguz]] | |race=[[Laguz]] <small>([[lion]])</small> | ||
|nationality=[[Gallia]]n<ref name=PoR_artbook/><ref name=RD_artbook/> | |nationality=[[Gallia]]n<ref name=PoR_artbook/><ref name=RD_artbook/> | ||
|startingclass=*[[Beast | |startingclass=*[[Beast Tribe (Lion)]] <small>(''Path of Radiance'')</small> | ||
*[[Lion]] <small>(Radiant Dawn)</small> | *[[Lion]] <small>(''Radiant Dawn'')</small> | ||
|appearances=*{{title|Path of Radiance}} | |appearances=*{{title|Path of Radiance}} | ||
*{{title|Radiant Dawn}} | *{{title|Radiant Dawn}} | ||
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===Role=== | ===Role=== | ||
{{sectstub}} | {{sectstub}} | ||
In the final chapter, Repatriation, Giffca is one of the three units that Ike can choose as backup to help defeat Mad King Ashnard. This is the only point in the game when he is playable. Once Daein is finally defeated, Giffca and the other laguz forces return to their respective nations, not playing a major role again until the events of | In the final chapter, Repatriation, Giffca is one of the three units that Ike can choose as backup to help defeat Mad King Ashnard. This is the only point in the game when he is playable. Once Daein is finally defeated, Giffca and the other laguz forces return to their respective nations, not playing a major role again until the events of ''Radiant Dawn''. | ||
===Starting stats and growth rates=== | ===Starting stats and growth rates=== | ||
{{CharStats GCN | {{CharStats GCN | ||
|portrait=[[File: | |portrait=[[File:Medium portrait giffca fe09.png|128px]] | ||
|class=Beast Tribe (Lion) | |class=Beast Tribe (Lion) | ||
|affin=dark | |affin=dark | ||
|lv=20 | |lv=20 | ||
|HP=68 | |HP=68 | ||
|str= | |str=32»40 | ||
|magic= | |magic=10»10 | ||
|skill= | |skill=28»33 | ||
|spd= | |spd=25»28 | ||
|luck=22 | |luck=22 | ||
|def= | |def=25»30 | ||
|res= | |res=16»19 | ||
|move= | |move=7»9 | ||
|con= | |con=17»32 | ||
|wght= | |wght=37»52 | ||
|inventory={{Item|9|Claw|image=claw lion}}<br>{{Item|9|Laguz Band}}<br>{{Item|9|Elixir}} | |inventory={{Item|9|Claw|image=claw lion}}<br>{{Item|9|Laguz Band}}<br>{{Item|9|Elixir}} | ||
|skills={{Item|9|Roar}} | |skills={{Item|9|Roar}} | ||
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|def1=50 | |def1=50 | ||
|res1=30 | |res1=30 | ||
|recruit=[[Repatriation|Endgame]]. | |recruit=[[Repatriation|Endgame]]. Near the beginning of the chapter (Easy/Normal) or at the start of the second part of the chapter (Difficult/Maniac), select Giffca when prompted. | ||
}} | }} | ||
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Among the mutually exclusive endgame laguz, Giffca is the most powerful and durable, but Tibarn and Naesala both fly. As Giffca joins mid-chapter, the player cannot remove or assign skills. Giffca also has no support partners. He is most valuable for cleaning up generic enemies or helping defeat Ashnard, especially if the player's Ike is weak. Note that on Hard Mode, Giffca will not be available for Ashnard's first form, so the player will still need to rely on Ike, Ena, or Nasir. | Among the mutually exclusive endgame laguz, Giffca is the most powerful and durable, but Tibarn and Naesala both fly. As Giffca joins mid-chapter, the player cannot remove or assign skills. Giffca also has no support partners. He is most valuable for cleaning up generic enemies or helping defeat Ashnard, especially if the player's Ike is weak. Note that on Hard Mode, Giffca will not be available for Ashnard's first form, so the player will still need to rely on Ike, Ena, or Nasir. | ||
Note that if Giffca is picked, he joins at level 20 with capped strength, so he will automatically give Radiant Dawn Giffca a strength transfer. | Note that if Giffca is picked, he joins at level 20 with capped strength, so he will automatically give ''Radiant Dawn'' Giffca a strength transfer. | ||
=={{FE10}}== | =={{FE10}}== | ||
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|def1=30 | |def1=30 | ||
|res1=15 | |res1=15 | ||
|recruit=[[Rebirth ( | |recruit=[[Rebirth (1)|Part IV, Endgame (1)]], automatically from the start | ||
}} | |||
{{FE10 Transfer Note|nowexp=y}} | |||
===Availability=== | |||
{{FE10 Availability | |||
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|4-E-2=S | |||
|4-E-3=S | |||
|4-E-4=S | |||
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}} | }} | ||
===Analysis=== | ===Analysis=== | ||
{{analysis}} | {{analysis}} | ||
Giffca is a lion laguz available in endgame. Giffca is not a laguz royal so he cannot shift and attack on the same turn like other royals, but he comes with his own set of Laguz Gems so he can stay transformed for entire battles. He has the highest base attack power in the game after Caineghis, with extremely high strength and capped strike rank. He has | Giffca is a lion laguz available in the endgame. Giffca is not a laguz royal so he cannot shift and attack on the same turn like other royals, but he comes with his own set of Laguz Gems so he can stay transformed for entire battles. He has the highest base attack power in the game after Caineghis (higher with transfers), with extremely high strength and capped strike rank. He has high skill and speed bases, able to double all endgame units except for Ashera's auras on harder difficulties and hit very accurately. With these factors, Giffca is one of very few units in endgame that can one-round almost all endgame units at base. He has very high health and defense bases, though his resistance base is mediocre which hurts him with the abundance of magic enemies, especially against fire if his Nullify is removed. Note that in ''Path of Radiance'', if the player picks Giffca as the endgame laguz, Giffca gets a free strength transfer in ''Radiant Dawn'', giving him +4 attack which greatly benefits him. | ||
Giffca only has 4 levels to grow, so his growths are not as significant. He benefits from leveling via BEXP, because he has a high speed growth and will often cap it, allowing him to double the endgame auras. His other highest growths are strength, skill, and health, which will likely grow from BEXP, helping him for endgame. As Giffca is more likely to gain speed than Caineghis and be able to double Ashera's Auras, this makes him the best unit for taking on the endgame auras. | Giffca only has 4 levels to grow, so his growths are not as significant. He benefits from leveling via BEXP, because he has a high speed growth and will often cap it, allowing him to double the endgame auras. His other highest growths are strength, skill, and health, which will likely grow from BEXP, helping him for endgame. As Giffca is more likely to gain speed than Caineghis and be able to double Ashera's Auras, this makes him the best unit for taking on the endgame auras. | ||
Giffca has | Giffca has Nullify innately, which protects him from fire magic. While this is useful, his durability is generally high enough to take a few fire hits and there are few fire magic users past his join time—apart from Fire Spirits, which do not deal effective damage—so Nullify may be better utilized by flying units, whose weaknesses are more common. He knows Roar already, which activates frequently due to his high strength and low biorhythm variance. Giffca can also make good use of Nihil or Parity due to him being one of the best units for taking on Ashera’s auras due to his phenomenal damage output. | ||
Giffca has a dark affinity, giving an attack and avoid boost. As he does not have many chapters to build a strong support, a C support is most realistic. Caineghis has the same availability and class as Giffca and gives extra avoid, helping them dodge magic units and also gain +1 attack. Other leftover units that give attack or avoid that also want attack or avoid will work as partners for Giffca. | Giffca has a dark affinity, giving an attack and avoid boost. As he does not have many chapters to build a strong support, a C support is most realistic. Caineghis has the same availability and class as Giffca and gives extra avoid, helping them dodge magic units and also gain +1 attack. Other leftover units that give attack or avoid that also want attack or avoid will work as partners for Giffca. | ||
==Personality | ==Personality== | ||
{{sectstub}} | {{sectstub}} | ||
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==Endings== | ==Endings== | ||
===''Radiant Dawn''=== | ===''Radiant Dawn''=== | ||
'''Giffca, Lion King's Shadow'''<br>Since their youth, Giffca had been ever at Caineghis’s side as his loyal shadow. He died proud of how he spent his life. | '''Giffca, Lion King's Shadow'''<br> | ||
Since their youth, Giffca had been ever at Caineghis’s side as his loyal shadow. He died proud of how he spent his life. | |||
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
===Battle quotes=== | ===Battle quotes=== | ||
{{Quote|'''Ashnard:''' | {{Quote|'''Ashnard:''' You're the one they speak of in whispers... The lion king's shadow. What are you doing so far from your body, shadow? Am I so terrible that your king hides in fear?<br>'''Giffca:''' Your strength, King of Daein, [{{hover|even with your medallion,|If fighting Ashnard's second form}}] is not sufficient. That is why I am here. If I fail to stop you today, then your next opponent will be our king. But first, this imposter will measure your fighting prowess.<br>'''Ashnard:''' What impudence! Are you prepared become{{sic}} a pile of bones for your king? You'll make a fine snack!|Giffca, when fighting [[Ashnard]] in the [[Repatriation|Endgame]] of {{title|Path of Radiance}}.}} | ||
===Death quotes=== | ===Death quotes=== | ||
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==Flavor text== | ==Flavor text== | ||
{{ | {{DescriptionHdr}} | ||
| | {{DescriptionCell | ||
| | |game={{title|Radiant Dawn}} | ||
| | |english=A member of the lion clan of the<br>beast tribe laguz. His strength<br>in battle and long years<br>of dedicated service to King<br>Caineghis has earned him the<br>title of King’s Shadow. | ||
|japanese=ガリア王国の獣牙族。獅子。<br> "獅子王の影" の異名を持つ。<br>王がまだ若く血気盛んな時代から<br>長きに渡って補佐してきた。 | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{DescriptionFtr}} | |||
==[[Choose Your Legends]] placement history== | |||
{{CYL results}} | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* Giffca uses | *Giffca uses the royal [[Great Fang]] in ''Radiant Dawn'' despite not himself being royalty.<!--He's mentioned in dialogue as the King's Shadow, so add this as a reason why as soon as I can find the line of dialogue to cite--> | ||
* | **Giffca also possesses the +30 royal capacity boost. | ||
* According to ''[[Tellius Recollection]]'', Giffca was designed with an apparent age of 46 in {{title|Path of Radiance}} and {{title|Radiant Dawn}}.<ref name=PoR_artbook>{{cite web |url=https://kantopia.wordpress.com/2016/09/05/fe-por-giffca-character-profile-p-69-translation/ |title=FE PoR: Giffca Character Profile (P. 69) Translation {{!}} kantopia |site=www.kantopia.wordpress.com |retrieved=23 March 2018}}</ref><ref name=RD_artbook>{{cite web |url=https://kantopia.wordpress.com/2016/12/30/fe-rd-giffca-character-profile-p-101-translation/ |title=FE RD: Giffca Character Profile (P. 101) Translation {{!}} kantopia |site=www.kantopia.wordpress.com |retrieved=23 March 2018}}</ref> | *In ''Radiant Dawn'', Giffca's transformed class is named "Giffca" (Japanese: {{ruby|{{h|獅子ジフカ|Raion}}|ライオン}} ''Lion Giffca'') instead of the normal "Lion"; the class description is unique to him as well. His non-transformed class is still "Lion", however. | ||
*According to ''[[Tellius Recollection]]'', Giffca was designed with an apparent age of 46 in {{title|Path of Radiance}} and {{title|Radiant Dawn}}.<ref name=PoR_artbook>{{cite web |url=https://kantopia.wordpress.com/2016/09/05/fe-por-giffca-character-profile-p-69-translation/ |title=FE PoR: Giffca Character Profile (P. 69) Translation {{!}} kantopia |site=www.kantopia.wordpress.com |retrieved=23 March 2018}}</ref><ref name=RD_artbook>{{cite web |url=https://kantopia.wordpress.com/2016/12/30/fe-rd-giffca-character-profile-p-101-translation/ |title=FE RD: Giffca Character Profile (P. 101) Translation {{!}} kantopia |site=www.kantopia.wordpress.com |retrieved=23 March 2018}}</ref> | |||
==Etymology and other languages== | ==Etymology and other languages== | ||
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|eng-name=Giffca | |eng-name=Giffca | ||
|eng-mean= | |eng-mean= | ||
| | |jpn-name={{h|ジフカ|Jifuka}} | ||
| | |jpn-mean=Officially romanized as '''Giffca'''. | ||
|span-name=Giffca | |span-name=Giffca | ||
|fren-name=Giffca | |fren-name=Giffca | ||
|ger-name=Giffca | |ger-name=Giffca | ||
|ital-name=Giffca | |ital-name=Giffca | ||
|por-name=Giffca | |||
|por-mean=Used in the [[Choose Your Legends]] polls for {{FEH}}. | |||
|ch-trad-name={{h|基夫卡|Jīfūkǎ}} | |||
|ch-trad-mean=Giffca; used in the Choose Your Legends polls for ''Heroes''. | |||
}} | }} | ||
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
FEPR Giffca.png|Artwork of Giffca from {{title|Path of Radiance}}. | FEPR Giffca.png|Artwork of Giffca from {{title|Path of Radiance}}. | ||
FERD Giffca.png|Artwork of Giffca from {{title|Radiant Dawn}}. | FERD Giffca.png|Artwork of Giffca from {{title|Radiant Dawn}}. | ||
Portrait giffca fe10.png|Portrait of Giffca | </gallery> | ||
===Portraits=== | |||
<gallery> | |||
Portrait giffca fe09.png|Portrait of Giffca in {{title|Path of Radiance}}. | |||
Medium portrait giffca fe09.png|Portrait of Giffca in {{title|Path of Radiance}}. | |||
Portrait giffca fe10.png|Portrait of Giffca in {{title|Radiant Dawn}}. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
