Elmott is a character designed primarily to strip buffs off of bosses, with the secondary goal of supporting the team with charge attack and multi attack buffs.
Elmott shines in Lucilius HL. Because he dispels after the foe uses a special attack, Elmott is able to effectively stop Lucilius from ever stacking Evangelist's BladeAttack specs are boosted based on Evangelist's Blade lvl (Can't be removed / Lvl rises upon Lucilius's special attack activation / Lvl lowers upon taking a buff-removing effect) Local status effects. Furtermore, his C.A. ReactivationCharge attack reactivates is a rare effect which allows fire to clear the Eighth LaborNullifies 'all elemental DMG cut' (Can only be removed by activating a chain burst of 5 or more chains) . Finally, the fact that Coiling FlameFill 1 charge diamond on a foe. Gain C.A. Reactivation (1 time)Charge attack reactivates (1 time) Duration: Indefinite. At level 90: Also gain Instant ChargeInstantly sets Charge Bar to 100% Unaffected by Charge Bar Gain status effects. No effect when afflicted with Shorted debuffs or when Charge Bar is above 100%.. fills a charge diamond can be situationally beneficial in order to manage when Lucilius or the Black Wings will use a special attack.
In Tiamat Malice
Elmott is solid, but not core here. He is essentially a normal DATA buffer for half of the fight, and then provides good DPT and dispels for the second half.
How to Play
Elmott is preferably placed in the 2nd slot of your party, directly after the Main Character. This will allow him to apply his C.A. buffs to allies before they CA, and to feed them more charge bar via his C.A. ReactivationCharge attack reactivates .
Playing around Charge Diamonds
Coiling FlameFill 1 charge diamond on a foe. Gain C.A. Reactivation (1 time)Charge attack reactivates (1 time) Duration: Indefinite. At level 90: Also gain Instant ChargeInstantly sets Charge Bar to 100% Unaffected by Charge Bar Gain status effects. No effect when afflicted with Shorted debuffs or when Charge Bar is above 100%..must fill a charge diamond in order to grant him C.A. ReactivationCharge attack reactivates .
If the foe has full diamonds, and you wish to gain C.A. Reactivation, use a delay first and then use Coiling FlameFill 1 charge diamond on a foe. Gain C.A. Reactivation (1 time)Charge attack reactivates (1 time) Duration: Indefinite. At level 90: Also gain Instant ChargeInstantly sets Charge Bar to 100% Unaffected by Charge Bar Gain status effects. No effect when afflicted with Shorted debuffs or when Charge Bar is above 100%...
If you wish to avoid filling the foe's diamonds, use Coiling FlameFill 1 charge diamond on a foe. Gain C.A. Reactivation (1 time)Charge attack reactivates (1 time) Duration: Indefinite. At level 90: Also gain Instant ChargeInstantly sets Charge Bar to 100% Unaffected by Charge Bar Gain status effects. No effect when afflicted with Shorted debuffs or when Charge Bar is above 100%.. first, then use a delay effect.
Synergy
Elmott gains some benefit from allies who bring DelayReduce a foe's filled charge diamonds by 1 . Because Coiling FlameFill 1 charge diamond on a foe. Gain C.A. Reactivation (1 time)Charge attack reactivates (1 time) Duration: Indefinite. At level 90: Also gain Instant ChargeInstantly sets Charge Bar to 100% Unaffected by Charge Bar Gain status effects. No effect when afflicted with Shorted debuffs or when Charge Bar is above 100%.. fills a charge bar, delaying the foe allows players to benefit from the skill with no drawbacks. Alternatively, should the foe's charge bar be already full, using a delay allows Elmott to use the skill where he would not normally be able to. Some of the more common characters with delay are Athena and Anila.
Class Synergies
Nekomancer:Cat's MeowGain Cat's MeowUsing MP to gain buffs Duration: Indefinite. Sharp boost to allies' stats. (Consumes 3 MPMagic power is amplified every turn. Hit to caster's stats for 3 turns when Cat's Meow ends on recast or when MPMagic power is amplified is 0). At level 30: Caster's stats no longer take a hit when Cat's MeowUsing MP to gain buffs ends on recast or when MPMagic power is amplified is 0. Cooldown on recast reduced to 0 turns., applies the team with 6 buffs (7 buffs at Master Level 30) when the attack button is pressed, lowering the number of buffs required for Searing Scorcher700% Fire damage to a foe (Damage cap: 730,000). Inflict Burned (5000)HP is lowered on every turn Strength: 5000Duration: 180 seconds. Remove 1 buff. (When Elmott has 10 or more buffs: Activates twice.) to activate twice. However, because the set of buffs only apply during the attack phase, this only applies to skill auto-activated via the support skill, IncineratorWhen a foe uses a special attack: Activate Searing Scorcher700% Fire damage to a foe (Damage cap: 730,000). Inflict Burned (5000)HP is lowered on every turn Strength: 5000Duration: 180 seconds. Remove 1 buff. (When Elmott has 10 or more buffs: Activates twice.). At level 95: At end of turn when allies deal skill damage 20 or more times to the current target in 1 turn: Restore Fire allies' HP (Healing cap: 1000). All Fire allies gain 2 random buffs..
