Gifoie

Gifoie ギフォイエ A fire technique. Ring of fire burns any nearby enemies. Type : Normal Targets : ∞ HUmr HUnl HUct HUcl 15 20 × × RAmr RAml RAct RAcl 15 20 × × FOmr FOml FOnm FOnl 30 30 30 30

Gifoie is a normal attack technique that deals fire damage. It creates a ring of fireballs that circles rapidly around the area it was cast for a short time.

The area covered by, and the duration of, the fireballs increases with tech level. Enemies that enter the constantly growing area of effect, indicated by the current position of the fireballs, are immediately damaged by Gifoie regardless of where the fireballs currently are. For example, new enemies could spawn in the center of Gifoie's area of effect and be instantly damaged, despite the fireballs being nowhere near them.

Gifoie does not necessarily have a target limit. Casting the technique does not require any targets, and the game will track which entities were hit by the Gifoie cast to avoid damaging them each frame. The game allocates space to track only 32 entities per Gifoie cast. Once Gifoie fills this storage, any additional entities hit by the technique will be hit every frame until the technique is finished.

Although higher levels of Gifoie visually create more fireballs, enemies are damaged once by each cast of Gifoie, excluding the limitation listed above.

Pros

• Extremely useful. Can be used to suppress huge areas at higher levels and stack up damage for approaching or yet-to-spawn enemies
• Can interrupt mob attacks (e.g. Dorphon/Delbiter charges, Zu dives, etc.), though Razonde is faster to cast

Cons

• Overuse can create problems when fighting mobs that react to damage, such as Sinow Berill and Gi Gue
• Has one of the longest casting times of any technique in the game, though this can be partially mitigated by V801

Damage formula

All techniques that deal damage can have that damage calculated with this formula:

• Damage = round(((TechPower + MST) * 0.2 * (1 + Boosts) * (100 - Resistance) / 100), 1)

Technique boosts

Classes

Class	Technique(s)	Boost
FOmar		+30% damage
		+100% range
FOnewm		+30% damage

Equipment

The following items, when equipped, will increase Gifoie's damage.

Item Name	Boost	Also Boosts
Weapons
Magical Piece	+30%
Sorcerer's Cane	+20%
Rika's Claw	+20%
Fire Scepter: Agni	+20%
Frames
Ignition Cloak	+10%
Barriers
Gifoie Merge	+30%	—
Red Merge	+20%

Level progression

Gifoie's statistics improve when its level increases, but the MST required to learn it and TP required to cast it increase as well.

Tech Level	Tech Power	TP Cost	MST Prerequisite	Targeting Range		Targeting Angle
				Horizontal	Vertical	Horizontal	Vertical
1	260	20	100	?	?	?	?
2	286	20	125	?	?	?	?
3	312	21	150	?	?	?	?
4	338	22	175	?	?	?	?
5	364	22	200	?	?	?	?
6	390	23	225	?	?	?	?
7	416	24	250	?	?	?	?
8	442	24	275	?	?	?	?
9	468	25	300	?	?	?	?
10	494	26	325	?	?	?	?
11	520	27	350	?	?	?	?
12	546	27	375	?	?	?	?
13	572	28	400	?	?	?	?
14	598	29	425	?	?	?	?
15	624	29	450	?	?	?	?
16	660	30	475	?	?	?	?
17	702	31	500	?	?	?	?
18	744	31	525	?	?	?	?
19	786	32	550	?	?	?	?
20	828	33	575	?	?	?	?
21	870	34	600	?	?	?	?
22	912	34	625	?	?	?	?
23	954	35	650	?	?	?	?
24	996	36	675	?	?	?	?
25	1038	36	700	?	?	?	?
26	1080	37	725	?	?	?	?
27	1122	38	750	?	?	?	?
28	1164	38	775	?	?	?	?
29	1206	39	800	?	?	?	?
30	1248	40	825	?	?	?	?

Availability

Level 30

Section ID	Difficulty	Area	Drop Source	Drop Rate
All	Ultimate	Ruins 1	Bulclaw, Delsaber, Indi Belra	1/666,667
			Merlan, Del-D, Gran Sorcerer, Bulk	1/857,143
			Arlan, Claw, Item box	1/1,000,000
		VR Temple Beta	El Rappy, Love Rappy, Mil Lily, Hildetorr	1/300,000
			Hildelt	1/375,000
			Crimson Assassin	1/750,000
			Indi Belra	1/857,143
			Merlan	1/967,742
			Arlan, Del-D, Ob Lily, Item box	1/1,000,000
			Mothvert	1/1,500,000