Dark Fina/Gameplay

Dark Fina is an optional playable character in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. She is a Black Mage-type character, specializing in dealing large amounts of magic damage to enemies. She currently has a second variant, the "Seabreeze Dark Fina" unit.
Other variants of Fina (Fina, White Witch Fina, Beach Time Fina, Hunter Fina, Cheerleader Fina, Lotus Mage Fina) are listed in Fina/Gameplay.
== Dark Fina ==
Dark Fina's job is listed as Dark Spirit. A 5-6★ Rare Summon (with a max. 7★ rarity in the JP version), her role is Magic Damage. She is resistant against the Dark element (+50%), but weak to the Light element (-50%); she has no particular status ailment resistances, however. Her Trust Master reward is the Dark Bond ability materia, which when equipped, increase the unit's MAG by 30% when equipped with a rod, and by 20% when equipped with a robe (that is, a MAG total of +50% if equipped with both). Her STMR, Amiculum Nigella, is a female-only robe that increases stats (DEF, MAG, SPR), MP +30%, grants Auto-Refresh and immunity to Sleep and Paralyze.
Her awakening materials are the following: Calamity Gem x20, Calamity Writ x10, Rainbow Bloom x10, Prismatic Horn x5, Divine Crystal x5
=== Stats ===
Dark Fina's stats at her highest levels are as follows (with no passive abilities taken into account), along with the maximum amount of stat points that can be increased through pot-enhancements:
Rarity	Level	HP 	MP 	ATK 	DEF 	MAG 	SPR 	Drop Check
5★ 	80 	2670 (+240)	146 (+40)	88 (+16) 	92 (+16) 	115 (+24)	98 (+16) 	3
6★ 	100 	3472 (+390)	190 (+65)	115 (+26)	120 (+26)	150 (+34)	128 (+26)	3
7★ 	120 	4513 (+540)	247 (+90)	149 (+40)	169 (+40)	200 (+65)	179 (+40)	3
=== Abilities ===
Dark Fina has four ability slots and Lvl 8 affinity to Black Magic in both rarities.
Rarity 5★ 	Rarity 5★ 	Rarity 5★
Ability 	Lv. Learned	
Thundaga 	3 	
Waterga 	3 	
Aeroga 	3 	
Stonga 	3 	
Bioga 	18 	
Distress 	30 	
Osmose 	48 	
Graviga 	48 	
Auto-Refresh 	53 	
MP +30% 	70 	
Physical Fall	80 	
Rarity 6★ 	Rarity 6★ 	Rarity 6★
Ability 	Lv. Learned	
Retaliate 	1 	
MAG +30% 	12 	
Revoke 	21 	
Ultima 	62 	
Dual Black Magic	94 	
Dystopia 	100 	
Rarity 7★ 	Rarity 7★ 	Rarity 7★
Ability 	Lv. Learned	
 	101 	
Tornado 	101 	
Quake 	101 	
(Cooldown) 	105 	
(Cooldown) 	105 	
 	105 	
 	110 	
 	110 	
(Cooldown) 	110 	
MAG +20% 	115 	
 	120 	
;Ability Awakening
Dark Fina has three abilities that can be awakened: Retaliate, Dystopia and Ultima.
* By default, Retaliate is a passive that gives Dark Fina a 30% chance to counter physical attacks with "Retaliate", which deals magic damage (0.8x) to all enemies. Upon awakening, Retaliate+1 increases the chance to 35%. In its second awakening, Retaliate+2 adds a second effect: it will boost Dark Fina's MAG by 60% for 3 turns. It requires Power crysts as materials.
* Dystopia deals Dark magic damage (2.8x) with consecutive damage increase (1.6x, max: 3) to all enemies. If awakened, Dystopia+1 increases the damage output (3.2x) and the consecutive damage increase to (2x, max: 3). Dystopia+2 further increases them to (4.1x) and (2.5x, max: 3), respectively. It requires Power crysts as materials.
* Upon being awakened, Ultima+1 lowers the cost from 60 MP to 45 MP per casting. If awakened for a second time, Ultima+2 will ignore the enemies' SPR by 50%, in contrast to the default 25%. It requires Black crysts as materials.
=== Equipment ===
Dark Fina can equip the following weapon types: staves, rods, whips and maces.
She can equip the following armor types: hats, clothes and robes.
She can equip accessories.
=== Limit Burst ===
Dark Fina's Limit Burst, Hell's Judgment is a damage-type ability. It deals Dark-elemental magic damage to all enemies, while ignoring their SPR by 50%. While in Rarity 5★ the attack consists of 6 hits, it changes to 8-hits upon awakening Fina to 6★.
The damage modifier will depend on Dark Fina's Limit Burst level:
Rarity	Name 	Change in Effect	Change in Effect 	Cost
5★ 	Hell's Judgment	Base (Lv. 1) 	Damage dealt (2.5x) 	14
5★ 	Hell's Judgment	Max (Lv. 20) 	Damage dealt (3.45x)	14
6★ 	Hell's Judgment	Base (Lv. 1) 	Damage dealt (2.7x) 	16
6★ 	Hell's Judgment	Max (Lv. 25) 	Damage dealt (3.9x) 	16
7★ 	Hell's Judgment	Base (Lv. 1) 	Damage dealt (?x) 	16
7★ 	Hell's Judgment	Max (Lv. 30) 	Damage dealt (?x) 	16
;Gallery
FFBE 385 Dark Fina.png|No. 385 Dark Fina (5★).
FFBE 386 Dark Fina.png|No. 386 Dark Fina (6★).
FFBE 976 Dark Fina.png|No. 976 Dark Fina (7★).
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FFBE Demon Fina Sprite.gif|Animation for one of Dark Fina's Limit Bursts.
FFBE Hell's Judgment.gif|Hell's Judgment limit burst.
== Seabreeze Dark Fina ==
Seabreeze Dark Fina is Dark Fina's summer variant. Her job is listed as Dark Spirit and, as a 5-6★ Rare Summon, her role is Magic Damage. She has a natural resistance to the elements Dark and Water (both +50%), but is weak to Light (-50%); she has no particular status ailment resistances. Her Trust Master reward is the female-only Dark Fina's Swimsuit clothes, which when equipped, increase the unit's DEF and MAG, and grants Auto-Refresh. Her STMR is the Summer Whip, which increases stats (ATK+93, MAG+163), has 80% chance of inflicting each ailment, and enables the Rainbow Whip ability.
Her awakening materials are the following: Calamity Gem x20, Calamity Writ x10, Rainbow Bloom x10, Prismatic Horn x5, Divine Crystal x5
=== Stats ===
Seabreeze Dark Fina's stats at her highest levels are as follows (with no passive abilities taken into account), along with the maximum amount of stat points that can be increased through pot-enhancements:
Rarity	Level	HP 	MP 	ATK 	DEF 	MAG 	SPR 	Drop Check
5★ 	80 	2670 (+240)	146 (+40)	88 (+16) 	92 (+16) 	115 (+24)	98 (+16) 	3
6★ 	100 	3472 (+390)	190 (+65)	115 (+26)	120 (+26)	150 (+34)	128 (+26)	3
7★ 	120 	4513 (+540)	247 (+90)	149 (+40)	169 (+40)	200 (+65)	179 (+40)	3
=== Abilities ===
Seabreeze Dark Fina has four ability slots and Lvl 8 affinity to Black Magic in both rarities.
Rarity 5★ 	Rarity 5★ 	Rarity 5★
Ability 	Lv. Learned	
Aquatic Veil 	1 	
Thundaga 	3 	
Waterga 	3 	
Aeroga 	3 	
Stonga 	3 	
Bioga 	18 	
Distress 	30 	
Osmose 	48 	
Graviga 	48 	
Auto-Refresh 	53 	
MP +30% 	70 	
Physical Fall	80 	
Rarity 6★ 	Rarity 6★ 	Rarity 6★
Ability 	Lv. Learned	
Retaliate 	1 	
MAG +30% 	12 	
Revoke 	21 	
Ultima 	62 	
Dual Black Magic	94 	
Utopia 	100 	
Sexy Charm 	100 	
Rarity 7★ 	Rarity 7★ 	Rarity 7★
Ability 	Lv. Learned	
 	101 	
Tornado 	101 	
Flood 	101 	
(Cooldown) 	105 	
(Cooldown) 	105 	
 	110 	
 	110 	
(Cooldown) 	110 	
MAG +20% 	115 	
 	120 	
=== Equipment ===
Seabreeze Dark Fina can equip the following weapon types: staves, rods, whips and maces.
She can equip the following armor types: hats, clothes, robes.
She can equip accessories.
=== Limit Burst ===
Seabreeze Dark Fina's Limit Burst is a damage-type ability: Hell's Waters deals Water-elemental magic damage to all enemies, while ignoring their SPR by 50%. Depending on her rarity, she deals six (5★) or eight (6★) hits.
The damage modifier will depend on Seabreeze Dark Fina's Limit Burst level:
Rarity	Name 	Change in Effect	Change in Effect 	Cost
5★ 	Hell's Waters	Base (Lv. 1) 	Damage dealt (2.5x) 	14
5★ 	Hell's Waters	Max (Lv. 20) 	Damage dealt (3.45x)	14
6★ 	Hell's Waters	Base (Lv. 1) 	Damage dealt (2.7x) 	16
6★ 	Hell's Waters	Max (Lv. 25) 	Damage dealt (3.9x) 	16
7★ 	Hell's Waters	Base (Lv. 1) 	Damage dealt (?x) 	18
7★ 	Hell's Waters	Max (Lv. 30) 	Damage dealt (?x) 	18
;Gallery
FFBE 496 Seabreeze Dark Fina.png|No. 496 Seabreeze Dark Fina (5★).
FFBE 497 Seabreeze Dark Fina.png|No. 497 Seabreeze Dark Fina (6★).
FFBE 984 Seabreeze Dark Fina.png|No. 984 Seabreeze Dark Fina (6★).
== Assessment ==
The following assessment applies to both variants of the character as they are largely the same.
At the time of her introduction, Dark Fina was one of the most powerful Magic Damage units on the game due to her excellent elemental coverage, status ailment immunities, the ability to inflict status ailments herself, and powerful abilities such as Ultima along with innate Dualcast. Her ultimate skill Dystopia (Utopia in Seabreeze version) deals dark (water) elemental damage which stacks power upon use. 
Ultimately, however, she has long been powercrept by several units which can Dualcast Ja-tier Spells, and have higher MAG boost passives, something her enhances in either version, hardly fix. The fact she cannot use cast Dystopia/Utopia multiple times is also a downside in comparison to several units that can use abilities multiple times.
There are however, several additional pros to consider. Her gimmicks, in particular Retaliate, make her valuable for use in Arena. Both versions have very powerful Trust and Super Trust Master Rewards, Dark Bond for instance being considered one long standing staple for Magic Damage units. Her 7★ are some of the earliest to be had, and give her a significant boost in power in both of her variants with massive increases on MAG passives, along powerful spells like Tornado, Quake (Dark Fina), and Flood (Seabreeze), and stronger variants of them as Cooldown Abilities.
Even at 7★, neither unit is groundbreaking, but considerably more potent nonetheless.
Category:Character gameplay in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius