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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 that FOnewm hunts well

Bluefull

This section id will be a strong choice for players while they spend time leveling in Very Hard. While leveling, you'll want to run quests that allow you to hunt for the rare enemy, Del Rappy, for a chance to drop Ignition Cloak. You can hunt for Heavenly/Arms and Photon Crystal in Very Hard, which can be traded to other players to help acquire items for FOnewm.

Once you reach Ultimate on Bluefull, you can hunt for Limiter and then unseal it yourself to Adept, and also chase high value items like: Pyscho Wand, Heaven Punisher, and Nei's Claw. Though Bluefull boasts one of the best Pyscho Wand hunts in the game by rate, new players may find it easier to hunt for it themselves through Purplenum in caves.

Redria

This is the most popular ID to host Episode 4 desert quests while hunting for Heaven Striker and Diska of Braveman.

Redria also has good Ruins drops, finding both Red Ring and Diska of Braveman.

Purplenum

You can hunt for Pyscho Wand in Caves, and host popular hunts for other items in all episodes of the game for items like M&A60 Vise, which can be traded to other players for photon drops to help trade for FOnewm items.

Yellowboze

While leveling in Very Hard, you'll want to run quests that allow you to hunt for the rare enemy, Del Rappy, for a chance to drop Ignition Cloak. When you reach Ultimate, you'll have access to some of the best hunts in the game including: Galatine, Excalibur, V101, Daylight Scar (rare boss), Frozen Shooter, and many other items that have modest value trading with other players.

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.

Finding items for FOnewm

Pinkal

If you are looking to hunt items with value for trading, this is rarely the best section id for this character. If you do not intend to trade with other players on Ephinea, Pinkal will be a good choice because it finds many core Force items such as: Fire Scepter: Agni, Ice Staff: Dagon, and Storm Wand: Indra. It also has boosted rates to all amplifier hunts. Once reaching Ultimate, Pinkal offers useful Force items such as Slicer of Fanatic, V801, Limiter, Guardianna, Lame d'Argent, 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

Standard Leveling for New Players

If you're a new player and want a simple material plan, this is what you want.
This plans is designed for the player who does not have extra equipment from other characters or friends, and doesn't want to keep swapping their equipment and mags as they level.

Plan	Mag	Units	Shield	Materials
				Power	Def	Mind	Evade	Luck	Unused
Important Stats Only	Any high MIND mag Examples Nidra or Sato 5/0/45/150 (Guide) Nidra 5/0/50/145 (Guide) Mark III 5/0/0/195 Rappy 15/0/0/185	V801, Wizard/Technique	Rafoie Merge, Gifoie Merge	-	-	150	-	-	-

Melee Leveling

This will not be a beginner friendly leveling path for FOnewm. This is suggesting starting gear and a MAG to contribute minor non-technique based damage for areas of the game where techniques are weak. You may consider running some of these items for boss rush quests on Ultimate difficulty (like TTF), though it's hardly necessary to do so (running the Standard Leveling build and Shifta, and Zalure will work just as well as this)

Plan	Mag	Units	Shield	Materials
				Power	Def	Mind	Evade	Luck	Unused
Optional: Melee	Any typical POW/DEX mag Examples Nidra or Sato 5/150/45/0 (Guide) Nidra 5/145/50/0 (Guide) Any Hunter or Ranger mag stat spread as recommended on their respective Class guide page.	Heavenly/Battle Smartlink Heavenly/Arms Heavenly/Arms	Combat Bracer ATP increase Rupika good stats and an increase to Shifta range)

Optimized leveling

The below plans are for more advanced players who have multiple mags and equipment from other characters or friends. These have better stat growth as the player levels, but require changing out mags and units a lot, so may not be suitable for beginners.

These FOnewm plans specifically maximize technique output. For melee and ranged gameplay while leveling, use the basic leveling melee setup listed above.

Plan	Mag	Units	Shield	Materials
				Power	Def	Mind	Evade	Luck	Unused
Level 146-170	5/0/45/150	V101, V801, Adept, Heavenly/Mind	Technique Merges (especially Gi and Ra)	-	-	150	-	-	-
Level 171-181	5/11/73/111	V101, V801, Adept, Smartlink
Level 182+	5/0/109/86	V101, V801, Smartlink

Level 200

At level 200 (or when approaching 200), it is recommended to reset your materials and use the plans below, as you will get more usage out of them as the leveling plans are designed to make leveling easier.

Plan	Mag	Units	Shield	Materials
				Power	Def	Mind	Evade	Luck	Unused
General use*	5/88/61/46	V101, V801, Adept, Smartlink	Any	-	-	140	-	-	10
Episode 2	5/93/101/1	V101, V801, V502, Smartlink
Nuking	55/x/x/59	V801	Any	-	-	150	-	-	-
Nuking (max ATA)	40/0/104/56	V101, V801, Smartlink

*This general use mag can also be used for Episode 2 at the cost of swapping V801's cast speed for V502's Hell special attack boost instead.

Max stats

If wishing to get all yellow numbers, use the plan below. However, these plans are generally not recommended, as they require extra units which block the usage of more utility units.

Plan	Mag	Units	Shield	Materials
				Power	Def	Mind	Evade	Luck	Unused
Max Stats	5/6/20/169	V101, Adept, Adept, Centurion/Ability	Red Ring	62	-	-	42	13	33

Additional information

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 and/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 Raygun (primarily Demon's or Hell special), 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 highly 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.

Level 1 Disk-learning Setup

FOnewm can reach 1,010 MST at level 1 with the following equipment and materials, which allows him to learn all level 30 technique disks except Grants (1,030 MST.) If you're aiming to learn the standard FO technique set (level 29 attack techniques, level 25-26 Grants and Megid,) only 974 MST is necessary (due to level 29 Rabarta.)

• 300 MST - Mind Material x150
• 80 MST - Mercurius Rod
• 390 MST - 5/0/0/195 Max MND "Console" mag (Mark III, etc)
  • 185 MND mag is acceptable for level 29 tech set, as long as you have all other build components
• 180 MST - Heavenly/Mind x4
• 60 MST - FOnewm base stat

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