FOnewm/Guide
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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
If you're a new player and want a simple material plan, this is what you want. These plans are 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 | |||||
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| Power | Def | Mind | Evade | Luck | Unused | ||||
| Nuking | 5/0/45/150 Guide | V801
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Any Merge | - | - | 150 | - | - | - |
| Optional: Melee | 5/150/45/0 Guide | Heavenly/Battle, Smartlink, Heavenly/Arms, Heavenly/Arms
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Any | ||||||
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.
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.
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 | |||||
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| Power | Def | Mind | Evade | Luck | Unused | ||||
| Max Stats | 5/6/20/169 | V101, Adept, Adept, Centurion/Ability
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Red Ring
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62 | - | - | 42 | 13 | 33 |
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.
Equipment progression
Strategy
Recommended endgame equipment
Nuking
Support
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
Armors
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
