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FOnewm is a newman Force who boasts the strongest Gi- and Ra-series techniques amongst all the Forces, due to his high MST and extra damage boosts. He is widely considered to be the strongest and most versatile Force, as alongside his unparalleled nuking power, he has enough ATP and ATA to equip various important weapons for physical damage in situations where techniques are not viable.

With his versatility, he can tackle all manners of content effectively and does not have any major drawbacks. While he will not hit as hard with weapons as the human Forces, his ATP is respectable and access to Excalibur allows him to do high damage where necessary, and his 180 ATA allows him to use Demon's ES Mechgun for very high HP/DFP targets.

Pros and cons

Pros

• Strongest techniques - Due to FOnewm's high MST and +30% boost to the Gi- and Ra-series techniques, FOnewm is the strongest Force for casting techniques
• Extremely powerful solo - As FOnewm is a Force, he is very powerful when alone in Episodes 1 and 4
• High Force ATA - With 180 ATA, FOnewm can hit more reliably than the human forces, and has access to ES Mechgun for Demon's usage
• Decent melee - While not as strong as FOmar/FOmarl, and despite his lack of access to Galatine, FOnewm is able to deal decent damage with physical weapons where necessary

Cons

• Low support range - FOnewm does not have any extra range with support techniques, making support hard in parties where a supportive party member may be necessary

Section ID choice

Note that the section ID choices below are merely suggestions, and are not required choices for playing FOnewm. All IDs have tangible benefits, leaving ID selection up to player preference. Below are a few recommended IDs for FOnewm depending on what type of item coverage is preferred.

Finding items for FOnewm

Pinkal

Pinkal is a staple for FOnewm, as it finds many core Force items in the early game, such as Fire Scepter: Agni, Ice Staff: Dagon, and Storm Wand: Indra, along with boosted rates to all amplifiers. Once reaching Ultimate, Pinkal offers useful Force items such as Slicer of Fanatic, V801, Limiter, Guardianna, Lame d'Argent, and Diska of Braveman.

Finding items that FOnewm hunts well

Greenill

Forces are masters of Episode 4, and Greenill has a very powerful Episode 4 with items such as V101, Heaven Striker, and Cannon Rouge. Greenill has decent Ruins drops as well, finding both Red Ring and Monkey King Bar.

Redria

Like Greenill, Redria finds Heaven Striker and Cannon Rouge in Episode 4. Redria also has good Ruins drops, finding both Red Ring and Diska of Braveman.

General good ID

Whitill

Whitill is a powerful ID that gets many coveted and valued items in almost every area in the game. Whitill is the most unrestrictive ID, giving players the freedom to play any content and still have the chance of scoring something big, in contrast to more restrictive IDs such as Bluefull, which focus players into certain areas. Whitill finds many good items such as V502, Heaven Striker, Diska of Braveman, Frozen Shooter, Slicer of Fanatic, and more!

Material and Mag plans

Basic Leveling - Recommended for new players.
Optimized Leveling - Maxes important stats as early as possible. Recommended for advanced players looking to optimize their MST and ATA while leveling.
Lv 200 - Maxes as many character specific stats as possible by level 200 using the minimum number of slot units. Recommended at level 200.
Max Stats - Attempts to max all stats at level 200. Ignores any sort of equipment efficiency. Not recommended.

Plan	Mag	Units	Shield	Materials
				Power	Def	Mind	Evade	Luck	Unused
Basic Leveling Plans
Basic Leveling - Nuking Max MST by Lv 160	5/0/45/150 Guide	V801	Any Merge	-	-	150	-	-	-
Optional: Basic Leveling - Melee Demon's or Hell Raygun by Lv 1 (108 ATA) Bringer's Rifle by Lv 17 (140 ATA) Slicer of Fanatic by Lv 90 (570 ATP) Max ATA and ES Mechgun by Lv 123 (180 ATA) Excalibur by Lv 163 (800 ATP)	5/150/45/0 Guide	Heavenly/Battle, Smartlink, Heavenly/Arms, Heavenly/Arms	Any
Optimized Leveling Plans
Optimized Leveling - Max ATA & MST by Lv 182	5/0/109/86	V101, V801, Smartlink	Any	-	-	150	-	-	-
Optimized Leveling - Max ATA & MST by Lv 167	5/0/76/119	V101, V801, Adept, Smartlink
Optimized Leveling - Max MST by Lv 146	5/0/45/150	V101, V801, Adept, Heavenly/Mind
Level 200 Plans
Lv 200 - Max ATP, ATA, & MST (General use)	5/88/61/46	V101, V801, Adept, Smartlink	Any	-	-	140	-	-	10
Lv 200 - Max ATP & ATA (Episode 2 build)	5/93/101/1	V101, V801, V502, Smartlink
Lv 200 - Max MST & DFP (Nuking only)	55/x/x/59	V801	Any	-	-	150	-	-	-
Lv 200 - Max DFP, ATA & MST (Max ATA & MST by Lv 194)	40/0/104/56	V101, V801, Smartlink
Max Stats Plans
Max Stats - Not Recommended	5/6/20/169	V101, Adept, Adept, Centurion/Ability	Red Ring	62	-	-	42	13	33
Plan	Mag	Units	Shield	Power	Def	Mind	Evade	Luck	Unused
				Materials

Players leveling FOnewm should aim to maximize his MST stat with Mind Materials and Units as early as possible, and should pick a mag with a high Mind stat.

As the player gains levels, they can consider creating a new mag or equipping different units to boost their ATA stat. ATA is FOnewm's second most important stat as it allows him to make better use of weapons with Demon's or Hell specials. ATA also helps FOnewm meet the requirement to use weapons such as Bringer's Rifle and ES Mechgun. As many enemies in Ultimate difficulty Multiplayer scaling have high elemental resistances, FOnewm can first provide support followed by contributing with the aforementioned weapons in these cases.

Although lower priority than MST and ATA, ATP can also be an important stat as FOnewm depends on this stat to equip Slicer of Fanatic, Excalibur, and ES J-Cutter or ES Slicer. Slicer of Fanatic's ATP requirement is low enough to be accessible with a Simple POW Mag very early on in Ultimate difficulty.

Excalibur's high weapon ATP provides FOnewm with his highest damage weapon option, but is only accessible at a very high character level if no Power Materials are used. This is even more true in the case of ES J-Cutter and ES Slicer, which also typically depend on a unit slot being dedicated to V502 or V501 to boost the effectiveness of Hell or Arrest special attacks, while FOnewm is also depending on his unit slots to provide battle speed, Smartlink, and additional stats while leveling.

Although DFP is generally an insignificant stat, in certain cases maximizing this stat can help prevent the player from being knocked down. At level 200, there are different Mag stat plans for different scenarios that maximize certain stats and offer different levels of flexibility for Unit selection.

Note that the Max Stats plan is not recommended here; it requires FOnewm to use all four of his unit slots for stats, resulting in him being unable to use various utility units such as Smartlink, V501, V502, V801, Heavenly/Technique (or lesser Technique unit), Heavenly/HP (or multiple), or any of the Cure units such as Cure/Freeze and Cure/Paralysis. It also depends on Red Ring to provide MST, but a Technique-boosting barrier would be preferred in this slot for offensive technique damage in addition to max MST without Red Ring.

Recommended endgame equipment

Nuking

• Psycho Wand, Prophets of Motav

• Magical Piece, Fire Scepter: Agni, Storm Wand: Indra, Ice Staff: Dagon

• Summit Moon, Club of Laconium, Club of Zumiuran, Mace of Adaman

• Mercurius Rod

Support

• Striker of Chao

• Glide Divine

Melee

• 3 Targets: Excalibur

Ranged

• 4 Targets: Diska of Braveman

• 1 Target Multi-Hit: Vulcan (Charge, Berserk, Spirit), M&A60 Vise

Specials

• 4 Targets: ES J-Cutter / ES Slicer (Arrest, Hell, Demon's)

• 3 Targets: Slicer of Fanatic

• 1 Target: Bringer's Rifle, Raygun (Arrest, Hell, Demon's), ES Cards (Hell, Demon's), Holy Ray

• 1 Target Multi-Hit: ES Mechgun (Demon's)

Special Purpose

• Gal Wind, Girasole

• Demonic Fork

Armors

• Thirteen, Ignition Cloak, Mother Garb+, Dress Plate

Shields

• Red Ring, Rafoie Merge, Gifoie Merge, Gizonde Merge, Rabarta Merge, Anti-Dark Ring, Resta Merge, God's Shield "Kouryu", Three Seals, Combat Gear

Units

• V101, V502, Smartlink, V801, Adept