Sieghard/Gameplay

Sieghard is an optional playable character in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. He has two variants: "Veritas of the Earth", based on his appearance during Season One, and the simply-named "Sieghard", where he discards his armor. In both variants, his skillset focuses on protecting the party from physical attacks, both by provoking the enemy or by covering his allies. His weapon of choice is the shield, and he is closely related to the Earth element. He is also able to cast some Black Magic.
== Veritas of the Earth ==
Veritas of the Earth is a 4-6★ Rare Summon, available for summoning since the event Time for Revenge (which originally ran in August 2017 in the Global version). His job is listed as Veritas, and his role is Tanking. His Trust Master reward is Sworn Six's Pride - Earth, a passive ability that provides additional ATK and DEF (both +40%) when equipping a heavy shield or heavy armor, respectively.
Veritas of the Earth's abilities mitigate damage to himself or the party. He is a reliable tank who can protect the whole party, or greatly increase his own defenses while making himself the target of attacks. Guard Smite and Steel Body enhance his ability to take on damage, while Defensive Barrier and Guardian provide lesser buffs but allow him to protect the whole party. He can increase resistance to Earth damage and do Stat Breaks. He is somewhat unusual in that he can deal damage and perform Tank duties at the same time, best exemplified by Incinerating Press, which deals damage and increases the chances of being targeted by attacks.
His passives improve his defensive abilities by boosting HP, DEF, SPR and bestowing him with incredible defensive buffs when weakened. He can counter attacks making him a solid LB burst stone engine.
His awakening materials are the following:
*5★ - Book of Ruin x25, Hard Rock x13, Sacred Crystal x15, Bizarre Box x8, Holy Crystal x8
*6★ - Calamity Writ x20, Calamity Gem x10, Rainbow Bloom x10, Prismatic Horn x5, Divine Crystal x5
=== Stats ===
Veritas of the Earth's stats at his 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
4★ 	60 	2121 (+210)	91 (+35) 	79 (+14) 	84 (+18) 	66 (+14) 	75 (+14) 	4
5★ 	80 	2758 (+240)	119 (+40)	103 (+16)	110 (+24)	87 (+16) 	98 (+16) 	5
6★ 	100 	3586 (+390)	155 (+65)	135 (+26)	144 (+34)	114 (+26)	128 (+26)	6
=== Abilities ===
Depending on his rarity, Veritas of the Earth has either three (4★) or four (5-6★) ability slots. He has affinity to Black Magic (Lvl 5-7).
While he has no innate elemental or status resistances, his passive trait "Earthlord" allows him to absorb all types of Earth-elemental damage (though, if he is equipped with Earth-resistant equipment, it will reduce the amount of HP recovered by this skill). "Unrestrained" nullifies Paralyze.
Rarity 4★ 	Rarity 4★
Ability 	Lv. Learned
Stonra 	1
SPR +20% 	21
Counter 	42
Guard Smite	60
Omni Block 	60
Rarity 5★ 	Rarity 5★ 	Rarity 5★
Ability 	Lv. Learned	
Stonga 	12 	
Unrestrained 	55 	
Crushing Press 	55 	
Defensive Barrier 	69 	
Earthen Ward 	80 	
Rarity 6★ 	Rarity 6★ 	
Earthlord 	1 	
DEF +30% 	6 	
Stonja 	30 	
Eye for an Eye 	62 	
HP +20% 	73 	
Steel Body 	85 	
Guardian 	94 	
Incinerating Press	100 	
;Ability Awakening
Veritas of the Earth has three traits that can be enhanced: Earthlord, Incinerating Press, and Guardian.
;Limit Burst
 is Veritas of the Earth's Limit Burst and support/damage-type ability. It inflicts partially-unmitigated damage to all enemies, ignoring their DEF by 50%, while granting the party with significant damage mitigation, reducing enemy physical/magic damage for one turn. Depending on its rarity, it deals either two (4★), four (5★) or six (6★) hits.
Its damage modifier and the mitigation amount will depend on Veritas of the Earth's LB level:
Rarity	Name 	Change in Effect	Change in Effect 	Cost
4★ 	Demon Wall	Base (Lv. 1) 	Damage dealt (2.3x); mitigates by 10% 	12
4★ 	Demon Wall	Max (Lv. 15) 	Damage dealt (3x); mitigates by 24% 	12
5★ 	Demon Wall	Base (Lv. 1) 	Damage dealt (2.5x); mitigates by 20% 	16
5★ 	Demon Wall	Max (Lv. 20) 	Damage dealt (3.45x); mitigates by 39%	16
6★ 	Demon Wall	Base (Lv. 1) 	Damage dealt (2.7x); mitigates by 30% 	16
6★ 	Demon Wall	Max (Lv. 25) 	Damage dealt (3.9x); mitigates by 54% 	16
=== Equipment ===
Veritas of the Earth can equip the following weapon types: daggers, swords, hammers and spears.
He can equip the following armor types: light shields, heavy shields, helms, light armor and heavy armor.
He can equip accessories.
=== Gallery ===
FFBE 577 Veritas of the Earth.png|No. 577 Veritas of the Earth (4★).
FFBE 578 Veritas of the Earth.png|No. 578 Veritas of the Earth (5★).
FFBE 579 Veritas of the Earth.png|No. 579 Veritas of the Earth (6★).
== Sieghard ==
Sieghard is a 5-7★ Rare Summon, available for summoning since the event Sieghard, the Magnificent (which originally ran in December 2018 in the Global version). His job is listed as Sworn Eight, and his roles are Tank, Support, and Physical Damage. He has no innate element or status ailment resistances. His Trust Master reward is the passive Hero's Vow - Earth, which increases the equipped unit's HP by 30% and DEF/SPR by 20%, its LB gauge fill rate by 50% and earth resistance by +30%. His Super Trust Master reward is the Attractive Shield (DEF+85, HP+30%), a heavy shield that raises the wielder's resistance to Earth (+80%).
Like his Veritas variant, Sieghard is a tank although he can now damage opponents with abilities scaling off his DEF stat. Sieghard is a massive upgrade from his armored variant, having large pools of HP, DEF and SPR that rival (and even exceed) many 5★ base tanks. He comes with a peculiar gimmick: most of his abilities can inflict Charm (essentially a gag on his handsome appearance), which can be put to further defensive use by preventing enemies from attacking, although later trial enemies are immune to it.
During most of his growth, Sieghard is simply as a Physical Tank by both provoking actively or passively, or by covering his allies. Upon reaching his 7★ rarity, Sieghard can also function as a Magic Tank; this trait, though, is not fully exploitable since it is behind a cooldown ability with low turn duration, but it allows him mostly to serve as an emergency Magic Tank or for enemy thresholds. He also has offensive breaks and damage mitigation for himself and the party. All these traits make Sieghard one of the best tanks in the game.
His awakening materials are the following: 
*6★ - Prismatic Horn x20, Fairies' Writ x10, Rainbow Bloom x10, Calamity Gem x5, Divine Crystal x5
*7★ - Sieghard's Prism x1
===Stats===
Sieghard's stats at his 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 	2971 (+240)	107 (+40)	103 (+16)	123 (+24)	86 (+16) 	118 (+16)	4
6★ 	100 	3863 (+390)	140 (+65)	134 (+26)	161 (+34)	112 (+26)	154 (+26)	4
7★ 	120 	5023 (+540)	182 (+90)	175 (+40)	210 (+65)	146 (+40)	201 (+40)	4
===Abilities===
Sieghard has four ability slots. He has affinity to Black Magic (Lvl 7-8) and Green Magic (Lvl 6-7).
Rarity 5★ 	Rarity 5★ 	Rarity 5★
Ability 	Lv. Learned	
Noble Stance 	1 	
Barstonra 	1 	
Stonga 	1 	
SPR +30% 	20 	
Draw Attacks 	20 	
Edelschild 	40 	
Mind Charm 	50 	
Stylish Form 	80 	
Dangerous Rose	80 	
Rarity 6★ 	Rarity 6★ 	Rarity 6★
Ability 	Lv. Learned	
Sibling's Teachings 	1 	
Barstonga 	15 	
Stonja 	15 	
DEF +30% 	15 	
Block Charm 	30 	
HP +30% 	45 	
He Who Thrives In Adversity	60 	
Full Break Charm 	75 	
Noblesse Oblige 	90 	
I'm gorgeous! 	100 	
Rarity 7★ 	Rarity 7★ 	Rarity 7★
Man of Many Rivals 	101 	
Super Wink (CD) 	105 	
Sexy Smile (CD) 	105 	
Earthbound (CD) 	110 	
Glorious Guard (CD) 	110 	
MP +20% 	115 	
Brilliant Rose 	120 	
;Limit Burst
300px|right|Beauteous Sanctuary
 is Sieghard's Limit Burst. As one of the so-called 'CG units', Sieghard's Limit Burst is a powerful ability preceded by a FMV-like movie that lasts about 0:09 seconds. He utters the phrase "utsukushiku chire..." (, "Beautifully scattered...").
In the sequence, rose petals are carried by the wind as the camera focuses on Sieghard's skull-like headpiece. It then focuses on his face, as he holds a rose, and he activates his shield. As it deassembles, Sieghard uses his whip to attack; the pieces of his shield then thrust themselves into the ground, which is full of rose petals, and emerge as a wave of fences that advance towards the enemy.
The effect is a 3-hit attack which scales off Sieghard's DEF stat and which deals physical damage to all enemies, and at the same time mitigates the damage taken by the party for three turns.
Its damage modifier and its mitigation amount will depend on Sieghard's LB level:
Rarity	Name 	Change in Effect	Change in Effect 	Cost
5★ 	Beauteous Sanctuary	Base (Lv. 1) 	Damage dealt (6x); mitigates by 25% 	20
5★ 	Beauteous Sanctuary	Max (Lv. 20) 	Damage dealt (7.9x); mitigates by 34% 	20
6★ 	Beauteous Sanctuary	Base (Lv. 1) 	Damage dealt (8x); mitigates by 30% 	24
6★ 	Beauteous Sanctuary	Max (Lv. 25) 	Damage dealt (10.4x); mitigates by 42%	24
7★ 	Beauteous Sanctuary	Base (Lv. 1) 	Damage dealt (14x); mitigates by 30% 	30
7★ 	Beauteous Sanctuary	Max (Lv. 30) 	Damage dealt (16.9x); mitigates by 45%	30
=== Equipment ===
Sieghard can equip the following weapon types: daggers, swords, staves, axes and whips.
He can equip the following armor types: light shields, heavy shields, hats, helms, clothes, light armor and heavy armor.
He can equip accessories.
Equipping his Trust Master reward (the passive Hero's Vow - Earth ability), or his Super Trust Master reward (the Attractive Shield) will trigger his Trust ability "Man of Many Rivals". It increases his DEF and HP by 30%, gives him a 50% chance to ignore fatal damage when his HP is above 5% (once per battle), and boosts his DEF and SPR by 200% when his HP drops below 1% in battle.
=== Gallery ===
FFBE 1171 Zekehart.png|No. 1171 Sieghard (5★).
FFBE 1172 Zekehart.png|No. 1172 Sieghard (6★).
FFBE 1173 Zekehart.png|No. 1173 Sieghard (7★).
Category:Character gameplay in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius