Buggi

*A huge thug who loves to steal, drink and gamble.*

**Buggi** is a playable character in *Andaron Saga*. He is a brutish criminal with a penchant for theft.

## In Game

### *Andaron Saga*

#### Recruitment

Destroy the Monster Egg next to the water on the left-hand side of the map to spawn him as a green unit. Talk to him with Baudimon or Jakka to recruit.

If he escapes or is defeated as a green unit in Ch. 6, he will spawn again in Ch. 8 on turn 3 from the inn. Talk to him with Baudimon or Jakka to recruit.

#### Promotion Gains

 1

#### Overall

Buggi is perhaps one of the oddest units in the game when it comes to builds. His growth rates are the most lopsided in the entire cast - he has stellar HP, strength, defence and *especially* luck growths and horrible everywhere else, including the dubious honour of having the lowest Resistance growth in the game at a paltry 1%. He will generally evolve into a strong, very physically tanky bruiser with mediocre speed, with his primary competition for the role being Bjarki and Aisha. Notably, he is also the only non-Thief character who is able to Steal and pick locks, although his low speed means he may not be able to steal items from faster enemies. Although low magic and res is somewhat archetypal of his class, bad skill and speed are not - however, the player is given multiple ways to fix these. On his own, his shaky hitrates are mitigated on player phase with his personal skill Good Bet, so he will generally be able to hit things when attacking. His low speed means he will not double most opponents unless they are heavily weighed down - something he has a major advantage in with his enormous 18 con, letting him wield basically any axe in the game without being slowed.

Crucially, 18 is the exact weight of the Devil Axe, a weapon that Buggi is more or less designed to be able to safely wield, although perhaps not at first. This axe also has 100 hit making it exceptionally accurate, again helping to alleviate the impact of his low skill. On average, Buggi will need around 20 levels to be able to get to 31 luck and eliminate the chance of a Devil Axe backfire entirely - he can of course use it before this if the player feels like playing dice, though this is naturally very risky in ironman runs. Otherwise, he is well-served by the plentiful axe options in the game, including a solid 1-2 range option with Hand Axes.

One less well-known but sometimes helpful feature of Buggi's Brigand and Brawler classes is that he is also one of the few non-flier characters able to climb mountains. There are not many maps where this is useful, but the most notable one is in Ch. 7, where he is one of the candidates for the memetic strategy of the 'Buggi Blast' involving early promoting him and parking him on a mountain with a Dragon Axe to hopefully solo Leonora and her death squad. This strategy is not reliable, but if it is pulled off Buggi will obtain an enormous amount of XP from the high-level kills.

Buggi is further aided by his supports, 4 of which give him a skill. By far the most impactful one is his Isabelle support; he is the only playable character other than her who can receive the Resolve skill, making him far more dangerous if he can be brought to low health, especially if Speedwings are used to boost his speed to a more reasonable level first. His Rodd support is also a large combat boost with Cheap Shot, often putting him over one-shot thresholds when using effective axes and negating the need for double attacks. His other two beneficial supports in Berit and Jesse largely serve to make him more self-sufficient on the field with semi-reliable healing.

#### Supports

*See main article: Buggi/Supports.*
* Garam
* Berit
* Jesse
* Hailey
* Rodd
* Isabelle

## Quotes

### *Andaron Saga*

#### Death Quote

> I guess my luck ran out.
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## Possible Endings

### Andaron Saga

**Buggi - Gambling Thug**

*Buggi gambled away all his earnings from serving Jakka in two weeks. He was soon seen out on the streets of Malthrak mugging people again.*