Green Festival Gowther

Published October 12 2021

Last Updated August 21 2023

## Skill Effects

Pulverize, Depletes Ultimate Move Gauge orbs, Disable Buff Skills, Disable Ultimate Move, Disable everything but Debuff Skills, Allow the use of only Rank 1 Skills, Decrease Skill Ranks, Delete, Increase Attack-related Stats, Increase Max HP

## Location

Festival Draw

Event Sale Coin Shop

## Food

 Milk and Strawberry Combo

 Raisin with Pepper

## Association

[Restored Emotions] Hijack Gowther applies a powerful Debuff on all enemies, disabling certain skills.

## Hero Guide

Green Festival Gowther is the Festival version of Gowther released as one of the featured units in the 40 million downloads celebration banner (October 11th - November 16th, 2021). Like all pick-up events, he was a guaranteed reward after completing the loyalty gauge for spending 900 Diamonds (where you could choose him or Blue Holy Knight Howzer). Players can only obtain him during Festival Draws (or in the Festival Event Coin Shop).

His kit focuses heavily on controlling the enemy by disabling most of their skills (including Ultimate Moves) while reducing their ranks at the end of the turn, depleting their Ultimate Move Gauge, and even deleting their skills while buffing his allies’ Attack-related stats and Max HP every time they use a skill. His Holy Relic takes this one step further by increasing his allies’ Attack-related stats by a massive amount once he gets his Ultimate Move Gauge completely filled.

## Pros

* He can block all buff skills and any rank two or above skill the enemy has in hand. At higher ranks can also disable Ultimate Moves and all skills independently of their levels except for debuffs.
* Thanks to the Pulverize effect, he can deal a lot of damage if he has enough Ultimate Move Gauge Orbs. Also, given enough orbs, he can remove one orb from the enemy’s Ultimate Move Gauge.
* His Unique increases Attack-related stats and Max HP from all allies over time as they use more skills.
* Given the conditions, his Ultimate Move can even remove Ultimate Moves from threatening enemies.
* His Holy Relic gives a significant offensive boost to all units in his team.

## Cons

* He needs time for his Unique to reach its full potential.
* His Ultimate Move’s damage is neglectable since it deals low damage, and it requires many dupes to be able to delete enough skills.
* Enemies with a cleanse skill will remove his Debuffs and immunity can render his Debuffs useless.

## Skill Review

**Armored Breaker -** His first skill and only source of damage, Gowther attacks his enemy and applies the Pulverize effect, which deals extra damage based on how many Ultimate Move Orbs. If he has four or more, this skill will also remove one orb from the enemy’s Ultimate Move Gauge, making keeping some degree of control worthwhile.

**Jack Light -** His signature skill, is not used to hurt the enemy but to hinder their fighting capabilities. Gowther can disable buff skills of all enemies and disable skills rank two or above for the rest of the turn. Then, those abilities will lose one rank at the end of the enemy’s turn. At higher ranks, Jack Light can disable Ultimate Moves and disable all Abilities except debuffs, independently of their rank, making it a highly oppressive skill.

**Ultimate Move: Blackout Arrow -** Gowther’s Ultimate Move deals damage based on his Max HP, his damage is nothing special, yet it has the effect of deleting enemy skills at random. With enough dupes or if there aren’t many enemies in the field, this skill can also delete Ultimate Moves, making it a highly threatening skill.

**Unique: Alter Ego -** Gowther’s Unique can upgrade his allies' offensive capabilities by increasing Attack-related stats and Max HP every time an allied unit uses a skill. This skill makes Gowther an all-rounded support unit, capable of keeping control of the enemy while at the same time making his allies shine.

## Gear Recommendation

Gowther’s preferred gear is HP/Defense since his role is not dealing damage but rather facilitating his allies to do it and keeping them alive while creating an oppressive environment for the enemy.

### Sub-stats

* Bracer / Ring: Attack
* Necklace / Earring: Defense
* Belt / Rune: HP

## PVP

Festival Gowther can find a place in any composition. Still, the most prominent team by far is an entire Unknown team, including Green Last Philosopher Merlin and Green Filo with Green Ram or Blue Nanashi (to boost their stats since the start), or even Green Festival Zeldris as a sub to take full advantage of the debuffs provided, this to ensure all of them stay alive and deal as much damage as possible while rendering his enemies defenseless against the continuous onslaught from his teammates. Nowadays, the Unknown team has fallen in relevancy. Due to Gowther's weaker defenses compared to modern units, he can be eliminated quickly or outright ignored as many units can deal massive damage with even Rank 1 skills (such as Dark Purgatory Meliodas).

## PVE

Except for some niche parts such as Hraesvelgr (and even then, there are far better options), Skoll and Hati, and certain Final Bosses such as Final Boss: Ludociel, Festival Gowther doesn’t have a lot of use since most enemy units are immune to all sorts of debuffs, especially in Story Mode.

### Knighthood Boss

Green Festival Gowther can help reach high scores in Guild Bosses Belgius and Kelak thanks to his debuffs and the increases he provides.

### Story Mode

Since most of the enemies in Story Mode are immune to Debuffs, Gowther is less valuable than in other scenarios. This renders his Debuff skill completely worthless, but it will still help build his support abilities.

### Death Match

In Death Match, Gowther also doesn’t have a lot of use since he can’t provide damage for a burst strategy, nor can he fill his Ultimate Move Gauges quickly enough to activate his Holy Relic. He's not useless, but there are far better options.

### Demonic Beast Battle

For Hraesvelgr, Gowther can be helpful to speedrun it with Green Demon Lord Rimuru Tempest and other units (as long as Rimuru has a high-level Ultimate Move). In Skoll and Hati, he can find a great team with Red Thonar, Red Skadi, and Green Princess Elizabeth. Nowadays, he is replaced on both of these boss stages but can be used in more niche strategies.

On the other hand, in Eikthyrnir, he has little use since he has only one attack skill, making him less helpful than different units for the color rotation phases, while in Nidhoggr, the current teams don’t need him save for one specific team in Nidhoggr Guide - No Freyja Holy Relic.

### Training Grotto

Festival Gowther can engage against any level 3 Amber.

Overall, Green Festival Gowther is a flexible unit that can support his allies significantly while being almost impossible to deal with for his enemies—an excellent support hero.

## Story

**Gowther**「ゴウセル」 is the Goat's Sin of Lust「, *Gōto Shin*」 of the Seven Deadly Sins. Gowther is revealed to be a doll, created by a great wizard in the form of his old lover, and is a former member of the Ten Commandments, serving as his creator's proxy during his time with the Commandments. Since regaining his memories and also his feelings that had been sealed, Gowther has increased his magic power at the same time.

Source: https://nanatsu-no-taizai.fandom.com/wiki/Gowther