Giffca

Giffca is a playable character in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. He is a very close friend of the Gallian King Caineghis; he is so often in the king's company that he is dubbed the king's shadow.

Profile[]

Accompanying Caineghis since his youth, Giffca is a jet black lion who acts as the king's advisor. Because of his similar shape to King Caineghis and his dark appearance, he has earned the name "The King's Shadow" during his time as the king's personal envoy. To that end, he is nearly equal to Caineghis in every way.

Initially, the king sent Ranulf to monitor the progress of Ike and company; but being that Caineghis could not publicly mobilize, Giffca was sent as his substitute to participate in the Crimean Liberation effort.

After the last battle, as in their youth, Giffca continues to stay at his king's side as his loyal shadow.

Personality[]

Giffca is a man of few words and not much for conversation, but his sharing of joys and sorrows with King Caineghis as his right hand man since childhood have forged them a bond thicker than blood.

In-Game[]

Path of Radiance[]

Recruitment[]

• Endgame: Choose either Tibarn, Naesala or Giffca near the beginning of the chapter in Easy/Normal mode, or on the 2nd part of the chapter in Hard Mode.

Base Stats[]

Starting Class								Affinity
Lion (Untransformed) ↓ Lion (Transformed)								Dark
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Wt	Mov
20	68	32 ↓ 40	10	28 ↓ 32	25 ↓ 28	22	25 ↓ 30	16 ↓ 19	17 ↓ 32	37 ↓ 52	7 ↓ 9
Skills				Weapon				Starting Items
Roar				-				Claw Laguz Band Elixir

Overall[]

Subjective: The following part of this article is based upon the editor's personal experiences and opinions, and therefore may not be applicable for all readers.

Between the three Laguz that can be selected from in the final chapter of Path of Radiance, Giffca has the highest Strength, and can inflict noticeably greater damage against enemy Dragon Laguz and Ashnard when compared to Tibarn and Naesala. This distinguishes him from them, as he can deal greater damage to these opponents, which tend to be difficult to inflict damage against. In addition, Giffca does not suffer from low stats elsewhere, making his abilities as a raw damage dealer rather consistent. His only considerable disadvantage when compare to other two is that he cannot fly over obstacles.

Radiant Dawn[]

Base Stats[]

Starting Class								Affinity
Lion (Untransformed) ↓ Lion (Transformed)								Dark
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Wt	Mov
36	73	21 ↓ 42	4 ↓ 8	22 ↓ 44	18 ↓ 36	28	20 ↓ 40	11 ↓ 22	17 ↓ 27	27 ↓ 47	7 ↓ 9
Skills				Weapon				Starting Items
Nullify Shove Roar				Strike - SS				Great Fang Laguz Gem

Growth Rates[]

Biorhythm[]

Bond Support[]

• Caineghis: 5%

Overall[]

Subjective: The following part of this article is based upon the editor's personal experiences and opinions, and therefore may not be applicable for all readers.

Giffca joins near the end of the game, with incredible base stats all around. While he is not technically a Laguz Royal, Giffca is more or less statistically equal to Caineghis in base stats and stat caps, as his monstrous Strength and Speed enable him to kill almost every enemy in the game in one round. While he does not possess Formshift, Giffca comes with a Laguz Gem, which allows him to remain permanently transformed all the same. Said item also comes with five uses, conveniently when only five chapters remain in the game. Giffca will require two points of additional Speed to double Ashera's Aura in Rebirth 5 without Nasir's White Pool buff, however, but this is helped by his decent 50% Speed growth.

Overall, Giffca is an absolute monster of a unit for the small stretch of the game that remains and should be highly considered for deploying in the endgame chapters.

Ending[]

Lion King's Shadow (獅子王の隻影, Shishiō no sekiei)

Since their youth, Giffca had been ever at Caineghis' side as his loyal shadow. He died proud of how he spent his life.

Choose Your Legends Placement History[]

Round	Placement	Character Version	Votes

CYL1	656	Path of Radiance	89
	658	Radiant Dawn	88
CYL2	606 ↑50	Path of Radiance	125 ↑36
	660 ↓2	Radiant Dawn	86 ↓2
CYL3	398 ↑208 (From highest)	Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn	337 ↑126 (From combined)
CYL4	410 ↓12	Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn	214 ↓123
CYL5	332 ↑78	Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn	189 ↓25
CYL6	260 ↑72	Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn	341 ↑152
CYL7	257 ↑3	Radiant Dawn/Path of Radiance	185 ↓156

CYL8

327 ↓70

Radiant Dawn/Path of Radiance

116 ↓69

Trivia[]

• Oddly, in the American and PAL versions of Radiant Dawn, Giffca's transformed class was named "Giffca" instead of the normal "Lion". The class description is unique to him as well. His non-transformed class is still "Lion," as it should be.

Gallery[]

Giffca's portrait in Path of Radiance.

Giffca's portrait in Radiant Dawn.

Giffca's battle model as an untransformed Lion in Path of Radiance.

Giffca's battle model as a transformed Lion in Path of Radiance.

Giffca's battle model as an untransformed Lion in Radiant Dawn.

Giffca's battle model as a transformed Lion in Radiant Dawn.