Gabranth Builds

[Vamper62]

Looks pretty solid. Lots of safe boosters though, I feel you might be able to sneak a Large Gap in HP in there, seeing as this is Gabranth, the king of Regen. Mystic Guard is situational. It sometimes helps, but then again, there are other times where it doesn't. It only gets one use per match, so be aware of that. I'd personally recommend TA over it.

[LouisCyphre]

Avoid it and Center of the World completely. Gabranth benefits greatly from building Assist at a normal rate, both to punish at longer ranges and to make sticking HP attacks that much easier. He gets the bulk of his Assist generation from his EX Mode onslaught, so anything that cuts Assist Charge cuts the number of Assists you can get in each EX Mode.

[Draec Khin]

@ Setzer Gabbiani

This build is okay but in my opinion you are missing two of the most important accessories for Gabranth:


1 - Rebellious Soul (Bonecrusher) - when you hit low hp you get around 3k with this accessory. Rebellious Soul coupled with Achy+ makes Gabranth godlike because you get access to 3k early and can regen to full hp easily since you will still have a good amount of hp. Now if you had some base brave and or did damage before that is about 5k brave total just for getting low hp (well not really low hp since your are using Achy+). Now imagine dealing 5k + burst when you enter ex mode (or wallrush coupled with ex burst). With that alone it is GGs (match over) for your opponent. Also Bonecrusher is really good for saving you from enemy breaking you from finishing bursts. Rebellious Soul was meant for Gabranth.

Now if Rebellious Soul was not enough combine it with Strength to Courage.

2 - Strength to Courage - With this accessory coupled with Genji Set you will get full regen to brave like you were meant to. Genji Set only gives you 50% regen to brave at full hp. Strength to Courage gives another 50% regen to brave and with Genji Set it stacks to 100%.

E.g.
if you regen say 190hp, it converts to 95 brave due to Genji (at full hp), but with Strength to Courage you get additional 50%--that makes full 190 hp to brave at full hp. This is a must.

I also recommend running Master Guardsman to increase your hp by 1k which greatly improves regen quality and is well worth since that is an extra damage you can take. I don't know if you could manage Master Guardsman 35 cp without Hero's Essence but if you can it is well worth it, or use Hero's Essence just for it.

Besides the two essential accessories above, 5.5 booster is a good booster but that gives you max of 5.5 x 5 = 27.5 for regen and duration which with added benefit of Genji Set and Chaos Blade gives you 47.5% Regen and 47.5% more ex mode time which is 9.5 seconds for total of 29.5 seconds in ex mode. While that is a lot of time in ex mode and seems like a lot of regen but since you did not use Strength to Courage you only get half the regen to brave. It is impressive for recovering hp but not so for brave gathering. I noticed that you did have damage accessories but unless you make a lot of hits they don't do anything if your opponent runs away. About ~30% more damage is not bad but Gabranth already gets +4 attack just for going into ex mode and any additional benefits will be apparent but only if you connect hits which can be very hard for Gabranth in PvP and will require aggressive playstyle. I think it helps but better regen is better in my opinion. Boosters are also ignored for ex-bursting (you only get the effects of basic accessories for damage when ex-bursting without booster effects).

Anyway, I just mentioned improvements you can make but overall you can go into PvP battles using what you have except you may find it very frustrating if you cannot land anything to take advantage of 30% damage if your opponent runs away and the lack of strong regen to keep pressure.

[Setzer Gabbiani]

I think you're right when you say that Rebellious Soul is mandatory, I will use it... but I have problems with the CP.
Sentence (ground) can be dispensable?

[Sys-XN]

Sentence (ground) can be dispensable?

I wouldn't do that. It is an attack that can link to an Assist, and, as I believe was explained in posts a few pages back, can buy you free time for EX Mode. It is also an attack that can be canceled out of EX Charge (ground). I see no reason to remove it.

[Vamper62]

Execution isn't really needed. It pretty much has one use, and that is assist finishes, which Hatred should normally cover easily. The only real benefit Execution provides beyond that is the extra BRV damage (which none of his other HP attacks provide). Then again, that shouldn't be much of a concern.

[Alucard20]

Hey, guys new to the forum. First thing I want to say is thank u vamper16 for your amazing guide on Gabranth. I have a few questions I hope someone can help me out on. My first question is, what's a good king of tragdey build, other then having the 2 extra Spider accessories for the build what else should I add? Why is first to victory not recommended? And lastly, is white gem good to add on to a build?

[Vamper62]

First off it's Vamper62, not Vamper16.

First to victory, by no means terrible, doesn't benefit Gabranth as much as other characters. Gabranth matches have a tendency to last a much longer than other MUs due to his emphasis on Survivability over quick wins. First to Victory provides a good kick off at the start of a match in Assist and EX, but considering Gabranth is going to be cycling through numerous EX mode cycles and numerous assists to land or avoid HPs, the long run benefits of the accessory becomes, well, nonexistant. Gabranth has a tendency to worry less about opponents assists in that he can clear them upon entering EX Mode. Because of this, having a leg up on assists at the start of the match isn't really necessary to dominate the match. The initial EX boost is worthless in that Gabranth can fill that amount in no time with EX Charge anyways, and the first EX Mode you enter doesn't typically become the deciding factor of your match.

White Gem has its benefits in that the +10% EX absorption can increase your EX Mode duration by taking advantage of Chase EX magnetizing. It is by no means terrible for Gabranth to equip this. However, the real question comes down to if that slot would be better used by something else. More often than not, players tend to find something more beneficial than White Gem in their overall strategy.

As for the King of Tragedy build, they typically are built exactly the same as his regular Regen Build, but with two slots replaced with Spider Accessories (we should have some examples on earlier pages). However, I have not in recent months seen many people using KoT builds on Gabranth. The reasoning may come down to the fact you must give up your Genji Set in order to use it (something that many players would rather not opt to lose), as well as it requiring two additional accessory slots to be filled with Spider Accessories (same reasoning here). If anyone has been using a KoT build recently and would like to share it (hopefully with some replay footage as well), feel free to post it below.

[Alucard20]

Thanks for the quick reply, and my apology on the typo, Vamper62.
In your opinion do u think the k.o.t build is as good if not better as the Genji set? If not, why? I'm just curious in your opinion.

[Setzer Gabbiani]

I have a new question.
Is Snooze and Lose a must with Gabranth? I say that because I don't have enough CP for it...