I've seen people talk pretty authoritatively about what familiars are the best, and how they can make. My familiars are no longer really effective and need some decent switch ups. esther and swaine are set to, "provide back-up". This errand is available after defeating Candelabracadabra on The Tombstone Trail. Oliver: Mighty Mite, Little Big Horn,. I need one more for swaine, who I have the monkey and monolith. A familiar can have a total of 8 abilities at any one time and 4 active in battle. All familiars are preferred types for the party member. caster. LVL 17. and should i just give up on Swain's starter familiar Last edited by Gh0st9323; May 31, 2022 @ 2:49pm #8. ALaccountant • 10 yr. Tier 1 familiars are caught at level 1, Tier 2s and 3s will be higher. Once the adds pop, set Esther and Swaine to defense, then switch to Mite and use War Cry and then his aoe attack. His HP and MP stats are both excellent, although his HP stays a bit behind that of Swaine. Usually he uses a DD, but he always pulls Kipper out for a rez when needed. i did have esther set to, "keep us healthy", but, she spent more time in. However using affinity as a measure, Esther only gets two, and Oliver gets none. i preferred swaine. if you are looking for the stat increase, these are the best genuses; Oliver: Milites, Vermes, and Dracones. Hello! I have a little issue with the team I'm planning to build, so I'd like your opinion about it. best tactics per character? random_noobie 10 years ago #1. What the users think. In Ni no Kuni, familiars are creatures that players can tame and use to aid them in battle. Hey all, Just reached Hamelin and currently can metamorph Swaine's Hurly, a Little Bighorn, the elf fairy thing you get in the golden woods and one other but they're all Star signs. A vast majority of this information came from the Wiki, but it would always load slow in my browser so I compiled it in one place. Esther's health sucks, Marcassin's health at lvl. You'll get your 4th party member late-game. One thing to consider is that you won't necessarily need attack for caster familiars, so looking at overall stats Swaine used Thumbelemur (and evolutions) until I encountered Girlfiends. Online is the worst thing to happen to gaming. Esther. Swaine's attacker: replace his starter with the Thumblemur you got in Ding Dong Dell asap and evolve into Aye-Aye-Sir Swaine's tank/healer: Monolith (near Castaway), evolve into. I had high hopes for the skull dudes third. I think that sums up Swaine entirely. What I can say though, is that at this point in the game you have access to most of the familiars in the game, and the ones you don't have access to right now you will have access to very shortly after the events in the Pirate's Den when you get a new mode of transportation. until you are past midgame. I'm at that point of the game and here's what I'm using: Oliver - Naja (final form), Whippersnapper (second form, only temporary), Seed Sprite (final form) Esther - Mite (final form, only temporary), Lumberwood (second form), Spitoo (second form, only temporary) Swaine - Bonehead (final form), Monolith (second form), Shonky Honky (final form) The. Bestiae are swift, powerful creatures that generally live on grassy plains and other such flatlands. Glitched Trophies: None, known. Swaine: Bone Baron, Paleolith, Phantasma. Reply. Before actually metamorphing you can see the tricks the familiar has and which they receive or learn with the metamorphosis or level up by pressing triangle. Here's how the best ones in the game rank. Task. Paleolith is also a must because that thing is the best physical wall and it has access to Upsy-Daisy. dude has insane defense with offensive spells. Oliver - Catastroceros(Dinoceros), Najapatra(Naja), Scrapdragon(Sapdragon) Esther - Grimray (Hooray),. Which one tends to be the best scaling familiar or doesn’t it really matter? wispulla / Girlfiend both are great Wispulaa has more atk spell, and seem a bit higher status while Phatasma ( Girlfiend ) has abit lower status , the spell morel like to debuff enemy and the attk spell only. . Swaine: Bone Baron/Brigidiar (Baron is better for postgame), Neolith, and I use a Phantasma. If you train a gold familiar and the same species of a regular color, morph them at the same levels, they'll end up with the same stats. You should be able to achieve. Minimum Playthroughs: 1 Playthrough Missable Trophies: None. This means you’ll want to keep a few strong Familiars around until your newly minted Tier 2’s and eventually 3’s are brought up to fighting form. Clinkclank is probably the only other one I would recommend for Swaine. " Wizard's Companion: "Extremely strong creatures who amuse themselves by juggling rocks—a true spectacle for the curious observer. Unless, you are specifically asking about a healer familiar for Swaine, and. ): The best tank in the game, plus it learns healing spells. Oliver - Catastroceros (Dinoceros), Najapatra (Naja), Scrapdragon (Sapdragon) Esther - Grimray (Hooray), Wimpeafowl (Sleepafowl), Wildwood (Lumberwood) Swaine - Bone Baron (Bonehead), Phantasma (Girlfiend), Paleolith (Monolith) Out of those I'd say Catastroceros, Wildwood, Bone Baron are. When you start out a fight always manage 'hate'/enmity first. Hurly (Starter): It's just a bad familiar, not even one of his preferred genus. . rezzah 10 years ago #3. And so on. You steal with Swain, by using a gun. When the Nightmare begins to cast Foul Flames, stay away from him. Marcassin. Swaine on the other hand has rather limited access to healing abilities, as do most of the familiars he has affinity with. I was not able to find a single source of information for familiars so I ended up making my own spreadsheet while team-building. See Also: List of Familiars Familiars (Imajinn) are creatures that the player can send out in a battle to fight for them. The biggest reason is if you want both of the. Whats the best way to capture familiars? General. Ni no Kuni is a mix of turn-based elements and actions based combat. And do horace's riddle side quests to get that skill to reveal where chests are in town and dungeons. Swain familiars; both get affinity bonus Sprog Cog . For those of you concerned with max stats on familiars. Early in the game it's best to transform familiars as. I recommend the Griffrigerator for first familiar, one of the wildwood metamorphoses second,. REALLY late-game. Him and his Relixx will neeto be brought up to. I'm mainly using familiars the game gave me. Though naturally aggressive, they can be rendered. NI No Kuni also released on the PS3 on November 17, 2011 in Japan and January 22, 2013 in the Western market. (naja, puss in boats, dino) I also used the monkey on swaine, but kicked him to the curb as well. Boards. Shrimp is good for Swaine tbough. Snaptrap RECOMMENDED VIDEOS FOR YOU. Make sure attack target is set to leader and set don't use abilities for Esther AI. DoctorNordo 9 years ago #9 Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch. The player can obtain them in two ways: either by finding Higgledy Stones and giving up a specific item, or by crafting them in Evermore. A quick guide to treats: stat increases, the fullness meter, and familiar favorites. I made a NNK1 Familiars Spreadsheet - maybe it will be useful to you too :) Hey all -. Abilities learned through gems will stay until you remove them. i have oliver set on, "go all out". mr_antman85. Esther - strongo (final), greater naiad, napcap (final) Swaine - bone baron, hurlcules, paleolith. For some reason no one ever talks about Boggly-boo, but Hoggle-Boggle gets 333 magic attack while acquiring Thunderstorm, Ill. Just got the bird, my party is : Oliver : Dino, Puss, Naja Esther : Lumberwood, Fluorongo, Whamstastic Swaine : Monolith, the goddamn monkey, Naiad I'm happy with my team now but Swaine feels underpowered compared to the other twos. Once you get Swaine in your party, stealing items from creatures becomes an option. Tier 2/3 are stronger right out of the box. For Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch on the PlayStation 3, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Healer for Swain. Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One. attack on his casters. Oliver - Catastorceros, Wild Idler, Sapdragon. They level up and evolve alongside you, and you can recruit certain enemies to your team. While this game. Even though Hurly comes in the party paired with Swaine, it is a Milite familiar and. It's a Mortui, so it would be great to give to Swaine. 14 Griffy. Mitey's third forms (Mermite and Dynamite) rank 5th and 6th weakest in terms of total stats. He's Oliver without any damaging spells. Level 4 or 5 on Normal is a good level to battle the boss. where do you find Dinoceros? General. xdividebyzerox 10 years ago #2. May 31, 2022 @ 2:58pm. Esther is known to have a fiery personality, which causes her and Swaine to butt heads frequently. However, none of your party members comes close to the amount of healing or damage a strong familiar can do. Like Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, familiars in Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds have bonus. Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Best/Most Recommended Familiars. ooooooooooohhh guess Im a bit dense! haha thanks guys!My team. View Full-size. Creature Compendium: "Driven by the mighty power of stream, this creature can flatten even the stoutest foe with an unstoppable charge. Get the bone head and tombstone for Swaine. Familiar Treats. Next, switch to Esther and use magic familiar and cast magic that enemies are weak to. There's no reason to make the game that much easier. Dinos attack slow and misses but earsplitter = instant mob kill. No one knows why. I beat it (on hard for the entire thing) with mostly, if not entirely, physical and healing familiars. Consider capturing some for your own use (as familiars) if you wish as you head into town. Definitely not required. 0 stars. This is a flat percentage, and can only be improved with the Merit Reward, which offers a small % increase in capture rate. Swaine: Bone Baron/Brigidiar (Baron is better. Snaptrap offers a variety of. Yeah, with Swaine as long as you have a Bone Baron and a Monolith, then you're good. For oliie get dinocerous," needs flight ability"above the temple of trials on the weird flat cliff plate things, use gateway technique to spawn him too, also Hooray for Esther dps familiar, and pick up a Monolith for Swaine outside castaway cove. all in final form, but still a ways to go for lvl. You can tame them by tapping the hand icon and waiting for them to reveal themselves. Swaine's Miracle Move is mostly useless for actual combat, though more utilitarian than all the other Miracle Moves, dealing 0 damage but allowing for a guaranteed chance to get the rarest item the familiar is carrying. MidgardDragon99 10 years ago #1. Best Fire Elemental Familiars in Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds. Home; Boards; News; Q&A;. If you manage to exploit an enemy's elemental weakness, you'll do roughly +50% damage, indicated by orange numbes. A couple of exceptions are Dinoceros and Toko, but their max levels aren't 99 anyway. Hurly (Starter): It's just a bad familiar, not even one of his preferred genus. Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch. The only penalty to this is that you won't be. I've kept my Thumblemur (now Aye-Aye-Catcher) on him since I got him, and he rocks it with the little guy. A familiar can have a total of 8 abilities at any one time and 4 active in battle. Average score of 14 user reviews. PSN= ss1006. No, you don't lose Swain. Catastroceros, Najapatra, Grimray, Bone Baron, Tokotocold, Docotoko, Wildwood/Umberwood, Paleolith. I'm a guy. You never lose Swaine, ever. The character who will not be named has really crappy familiar affinities and the character themselves is really. Exclusive to the PS3 version, the White Witch is the true antagonist of Ni no Kuni. Familiars are little creatures that you are able to send out in battle to fight for you. Familiars are little creatures that you are able to send out in battle to fight for you. Neat. I have a kipper that I put in Swaine's third slot and it has been a nice backup. In the earlier game I still prefer the Purrloiner over the Naja though. Tier 2s or Tier 3s caught in the wild won't have the carry over stats from evolution (and will have less skills learned) so they're generally worse then a familiar raised as a wild Tier 1. For Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch on the PlayStation 3, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Near-End game familiars". Hey Darkness what's up? Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch. Dino 4. compared to Oliver, however, he does have the advantage of being a speedy. SwaineGreen Chests. Nowhere did I list familiars that were only good post game, except that Swaine's best doesn't get good until very late. Brawl Gamer Code: 0559-6393-0980. They replace the Familiars. The Monolith family! After you get to stage 2 of evolution (Megalith) and get "Yoo Hoo" this guy is a beast. Swaine - Puss in Bouts, Limberwood, Relixx. The game was originally released in Japan on the DS December 2010. The Small Frys have pacifiers and diapers. ): The best tank. Both Oliver and Marcassin have offensive spells. Ruff is of the Bestiae genus, making it best-used by Swaine who has an affinity for this type, but even then, Ruff is not worth your time at all. Up until recently, the Bone Brigadier was around level 50 and was an awesome damage dealer. Hiatos 9 years ago #1. Three Best Familiars? Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch PlayStation 3 . Maybe limit the number of magic users in your party. +5% EXP bonus. Online is the worst thing to happen to gaming. There are 100 Higgledies the player can collect. Mitey defends, trigger AOA which lets Swaine and Esther use familiars that do AoE attacks. This is important to understand to select your tactics. It will serve you well for the time spoiler until you exchange a Dino ticket. Thumblemur (story event): Replace Hurly with this guy. peonus 10 years ago #3. Evil Embrace (Dark) 8. I actually use the 4th character instead of Esther (as I have the 250 familiar catching trophy) thus I no longer require her services. For Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered on the Xbox One, a GameFAQs Q&A question titled "which familiars would be best for me?". ago • Edited 10 yr. Switch to Oliver as needed for magic or melee (to attack weaknesses!). is the Porcine Prince, ruler of Hamelin and one of the Great Sages, who will join your party near the end of the game. When you assign familiars to them look at the icons for each character and match the familiars to the characters with the same icon. Notify me about new:. Much better magic attack and magic defense too. Everybody has a tank and damage, so Esther and swaine won't die in 5 seconds. Is there a point to serenading multiple of the same familiar? Some get natuarally better stats like for example a single moon familiar will be weaker than a dual moon familiar of the same species. After receiving your swimsuit, you will be able to find Horace in Castaway Cove. And a flippin Patch slot for even more resists. 1 Up-To-Date Gear Is Critical. This circular movement also has the effect of disorienting their enemies. This really helps kill Tokos etc. bone baron takes a while to get powerful but is super useful later on. Late-Post game: O. If you need something cast, do it yourself. Marcassin (spoilers)Flutterby last metamorphosis is either Wind or Light IIRC. avalanche99x 10 years ago #4. I love purrloiner and you can use him until the end. Set her to "keep me healthy". Paraphrasing a popular quote in the Arknights community; "There are no bad units, just bad players". 5 Answers. Oliver is at lv. Do not get into the habit of just standing there and mashing the attack button as this can easily get you killed even in normal encounters. My only strong one is Grifty *sighs* I know. This is the preserve of true geeks, collectors and the 100% brigade. (Cell phone rings) Yes. You don't need to have overpowering familiars to be able to handle the game, not even post game. Yea but he is an ultra-rare. Great, thank you! That puts my mind at ease. You just need to stand in the right spot, until Oliver sees an exclamation mark. If the first familiar is too weak (its defense is too low for the current enemies) then select the party member with the highest defense. At no point during the game did I feel like my familiars were weak, the group has great balance (on each character and across the board), and every familiar gets the 10% stat bonus for being used by a character that prefers their genus. But he was levelled to the 3rd form too, so I'm relying on the Thumbelemur for now. Edited April 1, 2013 by craiger. Edit: for context I’ve just finished the Hamlin storyline and am heading for Kubail here are my current familiars & levels Oliver lvl35, mighty mite lvl35, floroboros lvl19, iron man lvl17 Ester lvl35, stranglerfish lvl23, strongo lvl30, lotus bubbud lvl22 Swaine lvl33, sea naiad lvl29, dumbelemur lvl32, Bone ranger lvl33Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch at IGN: walkthroughs, items, maps, video tips, and strategies. they have a chest armor slot for potential multi-resist. Inphant 3. BoneBaron, is the 2nd best Familiar in the Game, being a strong physical attacker, and Paleolith being one of the best Tanks, with an early Upsy. The rules the AI seems to use are: Put out the familiar in the first position. ago. SephGM 4,353. After struggling through the jellyfish fight I’m going back to get what some articles say are the best familiars, but with so little content available on this game I just wanted to get some more opinions. Drop Mitey, he just sucks. Pipipo kun 4,353. For Swaine: 1. 1) I got done with the Trials and battled a bunch of monsters on my way to the Volcano but never once had a familiar pop back up with hearts. This is important to understand to select your tactics. Most of them aren't that good anyway. Also these aren’t all as busted as Griffy maxes out pretty early compared to most familiars, but these are all solid picks. Naja is one of the best single target damage familiars in the game and has good movement speed, so he's a great pick for Oliver. i preferred swaine. Limited offer Familiars - Base Familiar ONLY. I am not a meth cook, career criminal mastermind. Characters — such as Oliver, Esther, and Swaine — can use Familiars to fight in place of themselves during creature battles. It does have somewhat extreme accuracy and evasion though which is a weird combination of strengths for a caster and it's movement speed is top notch. In Ni no Kuni there are six categories in which damage can be place: five elemental affinities, and Physical damage. They will use the wrong familiars, spam abilities when they shouldn't, put away their familiars and physically attack things, etc. Familiars typically transform for the first time somewhere between level 10 and 20. Like Swaine is level 51 right now, so I replaced him with level 49 Marcassin. For Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch on the Nintendo Switch, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Best Familiars in the game, Advice + Discussion (character SPOILERS)". If the first familiar is too weak (its defense is too low for the current enemies) then select the party member with the highest defense. Let all fear your girth. Find out how to get the platinum for this wonderful PS3 game. Most familiars actually get a large boost on their first level if you get them through taming instead of evolving, from what I can tell. Oliver Lvl 31 Mighty Mite Lvl 30 Cutpurrse Lvl 28 Bigger Boggle Lvl 25. You can teach them Leech, which is a surprisingly effective spell for kiting. There are four roles in this game that familiars fall under: Tank, Attacker, Spell Caster, and Healer. Swaine: Grimpaler, Hurlcules, Beam-Man. Green Chests are magically locked treasure chests that Swaine can open using his lockgun. PSN= ss1006. It'll help in the long run, but as I said Swaine doesn't bring much to the table at this point yet. " Genus: Milites Equipment Type: Blades, Clothes, Fangs Gem Type: Neutral, Physical, Dark. Ever. The answer to Horace's riddle is "FINEST FIBER". Tank: The Monolith (Castaway Cove) and, a little bit later, the Tin-Man (Pig Iron Plains) are your two best choices here. . I love Marcassin and Esther, mostly because I really like there familure specialties. The familiar preferences for the characters are very important, since they give a 10% boost to every stat. Ni No Kuni: All Characters RANKED! 4. There are 6 main types of Higgledies: Normal, water, fire, wind, light, dark. Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Walkthrough Chapter 2 - The Southern. Boards. Go to Ni_no_Kuni r/Ni_no_Kuni • by. Honestly, I find him way more useful than Swaine because Swaine's MP pool is garbage, plus Marcassin has healing on himself so you don't need to give him a healing familiar to be able to heal people. ATK: 5. Actually, if you play on easy, you could actually beat the final boss in around level 45, it would take around level 55 to. For attackers if they can or will learn Earsplitter that'll be great. I'm a guy. At level 45, I'm using: Oliver: Puss in Boats, Claptrap, and Aye-Aye Sir. It will serve you well for the time spoiler until you exchange a Dino ticket. See also: Horace's Riddles Horace (魔法使いの「ミラント」Magic User "Miranto") is a ghost in the shape of a little boy. . In battle, Oliver is a powerful all-round wizard who has access to a wide variety of spells. I also thought Swaine was out of place. It's simply too large and too slow, and it's hitbox interferes with your other familiars. Replace ASAP. A page for describing Characters: Ni no Kuni: Protagonists. But not the stats. Oliver has exclusive spells, Swaine can steal and attack at range, and Esther can buff, debuff, and tame. It's not a long trip, so it's definitely worth it. Additionally, it has a good range of offensive tricks at its disposal. If you're only planning on completing the main game, and not overlevelling, use the late bloomers (Inphant, Bone Baron, Honky-Tonker, Sillymander, Napcap) because they absolutely suck at first. " Genus: Bestiae Equipment Type: Spears, Cloaks, Fangs Gem Type:. Swaine. It makes the game too easy and you wont enjoy the experience. Then, once you hit a spot where you can max out to around level 50 or so quickly, grab the familiars you want to use the rest of the game, grind them up to max, morph, repeat, then continue on with them. I'm aware that this has been posted lots of times before but I'm curious. And so far I've found that the Mite you start out with is the strongest (but I haven't caught all that many familiars yet. Snaptrap is one of the greatest tanks and perhaps one of the Best Familiars in Ni No Kuni, having a good attack rating. ago. Oliver: Naja (snake in ding dong dell) and a cutpurse. Oliver - najapatra, purr (final), catastroceros. For Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered on the PlayStation 4, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Best Familiars in the game, Advice + Discussion (character SPOILERS)". Many of the antagonists are much more fleshed out -- actually, all of the characters outside of Drippy and Swaine are pretty well fleshed out and feel very believable. Hunting down and defeating just one Toko can boost your. The Seed Sprite you get early on is also quite good. The White Witch is an enemy in Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch. Molten Lion is one of the. " Wizard's Companion: "These pirate-mad creatures have developed a swashbuckling fighting style, and even dress like their seafaring idols. Magic seems hardly worth it since Oliver's spells suck rn and MP is so lacking. The most important thing to consider here is not to use non tank healer familiars on Esther, Swaine and the 4th character. This creature is notable for the substantial amounts of EXP it and its advanced forms are worth. You can’t fault the developers for that decision, but it’s hard to not wonder what could have. I don’t know if that goes for all familiars or not though. However, Level-5 decided to go for a more standard action-RPG approach for the Ni no Kuni sequel. While others are floundering because they're low on MP, I'll never run. Dinocerous from the Genie's steps is the best Familiar for Att and learns Earsplitter naturally. Swaine used Thumbelemur (and evolutions) until I encountered Girlfiends. Get access to fire, storm, and dark techniques, have decent movement speed and good magic attack/defense. Bonus: Equip him with the "Avengers Badge" to reflect back 5% damage. Swaine: Aye Aye Catcher (Thumbelemur), Bone Baron, Monolith. Marcassin. If we say the beginning of the game is just before Castaway Cove to get all three characters then I would recommend a team like this: Oliver - Mite, Purrloiner, Whippersnapper Esther - Gogo, Hooray, Bubbud Swaine - Bonehead, Dumblemur, Monolith. You can get access to dino area after getting the dragon. LOS ANGELES – November 21, 2023 – Netmarble, a leading developer and publisher of high-quality mobile games, has launched a new update for Ni no Kuni:. Here are the best Familiars in Ni no Kuni Cross Worlds right now, including a tier list. and Swaine but right now i just got anything that either has high damage or has high magical. The meaning of life is to suffer and be miserable. Awarded for successfully stealing 50 times. Zenlightened 10 years ago #3. " Wizard's Companion: "Rendered all the more conspicuous by their bright yellow beards, the rapid movements of these creatures are known to befuddle their enemies. Smash Hit. Fortunately for fans who missed out onthe first title, the game was re-released for PlayStation 4, PC, and Nintendo Switch in 2019. He doesn't do the most stellar damage in the world, but it's still respectable and he has an innate resistance to physical damage which, when combined with Swaine's. and Swaine but right now i just got anything that either has high damage or has high magical damage but right now i'm just getting swaine to join my team after just beating his nightmare and. I can't remember which Familiar types are his favorite, but if I'm not mistaken one of them is Daemonia, and if that recollection is accurate both Relixx and Ice Maiden are good for different reasons. Make sure they have a familiar with defend (not just evade). There were seven other familiars mentioned for Esther. my planned set for him is. 1. Well you can store up to 400 familiars in the bank thingy. I have just reached Skull Mountain, but haven't explored, for reference. avalanche99x 10 years ago #4. Also these aren’t all as busted as Griffy maxes out pretty early compared to most familiars, but these are all solid picks. Make sure everyone has at least one proper familiar with good Attack and hopefully some decent Defense or Evade. can tank pretty damn well, meaning dont have to worry too. Fighting Gallus was actually harder than I expected; while I did not die, I found my familiars to be either unable to deal enough damage or taking too much. D87 10 years ago #1. That pretty much covers all of the familiars that Swaine has an affinity with. While I think the best offense is something with a fast attack, dinoceros is such a good tank because it has the highest attack in the game, and such a high defense that nothing can. Oliver has: Dynamite. Bone Baron is one of the few real choices Swaine has for preferred familairs but there's really nothing stopping you from giving him a Purrloiner or Dinoceros, even though they're not his. Head back to the large tracks and spot the ruined factory on the west side of it. i have oliver set on, "go all out".