For his class of the same name inRadiant Dawn, seeLion.

Giffca (Japanese:ジフカGiffca) is a playable character inFire Emblem: Path of Radiance andFire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. He is also known as KingCaineghis's shadow.

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Role

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Giffca is one of three Laguz units which the player can choose to deploy inthe final chapter.

In Easy and Normal modes, if chosen, Giffca is available for the entirety of the battle. In Difficult and Maniac modes, if chosen to be deployed, Giffca will only appear once Ashnard is defeated once, triggering his second form.

Starting stats and growth rates

Beast Tribe (Lion) Level 20 Attribute Build 17»32

Recruitment:Endgame. Near the beginning of the chapter (Easy/Normal) or at the start of the second part of the chapter (Difficult/Maniac), select Giffca when prompted. StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 68 Speed 25»28 Strength 32»40 Luck 22 Magic 10»10 Defense 25»30 Skill 28»32 Resistance 16»19 Movement 7»9 Weight 37»52 Max HP 160% Speed 60% Strength 75% Luck 40% Magic 5% Defense 50% Skill 70% Resistance 30% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Claw Laguz Band Elixir Roar Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Analysis

Giffca is an endgame laguz that the player can pick out of three during the last chapter and is one of few units able to damage Ashnard. He can equip the Laguz Band, so he can always stay transformed. He has high base stats all around, and one-rounds generic enemies with high avoid and bulk. He has high movement, though no canto nor flight. Due to his status, enemy units cannot land any crits on him without Wrath.

Among the mutually exclusive endgame laguz, Giffca is the most powerful and durable, but Tibarn and Naesala both fly. However, his raw stats make him the best at killing Ashnard, as he deals 15 damage to Ashnard while surviving 2 hits, even from Phase 2 Ashnard. As Giffca joins mid-chapter, the player cannot remove or assign skills. Giffca also has no support partners. He is most valuable for cleaning up generic enemies or helping defeat Ashnard, especially if the player's Ike is weak. Note that on Difficult and Maniac Mode, Giffca will not be available for Ashnard's first form, so the player will still need to rely on Ike, Ena, or Nasir.

Note that if Giffca is picked, he joins at level 20 with capped strength, so he will automatically giveRadiant Dawn Giffca a strength transfer.

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Role

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Giffca joins the player's army along with the Laguz royals before the base camp section ofPart IV-E-1.

Starting stats and growth rates

Lion Level 36 Affinity Constitution 17»27

Recruitment:Part IV, Endgame (1), automatically from the start StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 73 Speed 18»36 Strength 21»42 Luck 28 Magic 4»8 Defense 20»40 Skill 22»44 Resistance 11»22 Movement 7»9 Weight 27»47 Max HP 40% Speed 50% Strength 35% Luck 25% Magic 10% Defense 30% Skill 35% Resistance 15% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Great Fang Laguz Gem Nullify Shove Roar Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- -- SS -- -- -- -- -- --

Biorhythm Best Good Normal Bad Worst

Note: The above stats are Giffca's default stats. If aRadiant Dawn game was started via adata transfer fromPath of Radiance and Giffca was recruited in thePath of Radiance save file, any stat Giffca capped inPath of Radiance will result in a boost to his base in the stat in question inRadiant Dawn. The boost is a +5 formax HP, and +2 forstrength,magic,skill,speed,luck,defense orresistance. SeeData transfer §Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn for more information.

Giffca has capped strength at base, and can cap HP and skill via stat-boosting items; however, Giffca cannot gain enough points via stat-boosting items to cap any other stats, and thus cannot legitimately obtain a boost in those other stats.

Availability

Analysis

Giffca is a lion laguz available in the endgame. Giffca is not a laguz royal so he cannot shift and attack on the same turn like other royals, but he comes with his own set of Laguz Gems so he can stay transformed for entire battles. He has the highest base attack power in the game after Caineghis (higher with transfers), with extremely high strength and capped strike rank. He has high skill and speed bases, able to double all endgame units except for Ashera's auras on harder difficulties and hit very accurately. With these factors, Giffca is one of very few units in endgame that can one-round almost all endgame units at base. He has very high health and defense bases, though his resistance base is mediocre which hurts him with the abundance of magic enemies, especially against fire if his Nullify is removed. Note that inPath of Radiance, if the player picks Giffca as the endgame laguz, Giffca gets a free strength transfer inRadiant Dawn, giving him +4 attack which greatly benefits him.

Giffca only has 4 levels to grow, so his growths are not as significant. He benefits from leveling via BEXP, because he has a high speed growth and will often cap it, allowing him to double the endgame auras. His other highest growths are strength, skill, and health, which will likely grow from BEXP, helping him for endgame. As Giffca is more likely to gain speed than Caineghis and be able to double Ashera's Auras, this makes him the best unit for taking on the endgame auras.

Giffca has Nullify innately, which protects him from fire magic. While this is useful, his durability is generally high enough to take a few fire hits and there are few fire magic users past his join time—apart from Fire Spirits, which do not deal effective damage—so Nullify may be better utilized by flying units, whose weaknesses are more common. He knows Roar already, which activates frequently due to his high strength and low biorhythm variance. Giffca can also make good use of Nihil or Parity due to him being one of the best units for taking on Ashera's auras due to his phenomenal damage output.

Giffca has a dark affinity, giving an attack and avoid boost. As he does not have many chapters to build a strong support, a C support is most realistic. Caineghis has the same availability and class as Giffca and gives extra avoid, helping them dodge magic units and also gain +1 attack. Other leftover units that give attack or avoid that also want attack or avoid will work as partners for Giffca.

Personality

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Supports

Radiant Dawn

Bond supports

Giffca Lion Default bonds: Caineghis Lion King Bonus: 5 [[{{{supportd2}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusd2}}} [[{{{supportd3}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusd3}}} [[{{{supportd4}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusd4}}} Extra bonds:* None. [[{{{supporte1}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuse1}}} [[{{{supporte2}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuse2}}} [[{{{supporte3}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuse3}}} [[{{{supporte4}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuse4}}} [[{{{supporte5}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuse5}}}

Endings

Radiant Dawn

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

Quotes

Battle quotes

Death quotes

Flavor text

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)	656	Giffca Path of Radiance	89
	658	Giffca Radiant Dawn	88

CYL 2 (2018)	606 (−50)	Giffca Path of Radiance	125
	660	Giffca Radiant Dawn	86 (−2)

CYL 3 (2019)

427 (−60)

Giffca Path of Radiance Radiant Dawn

337 (+121)

CYL 4 (2020)

479 (+12)

Giffca Path of Radiance Radiant Dawn

214 (−123)

CYL 5 (2021)

408 (−71)

Giffca Path of Radiance Radiant Dawn

189 (−25)

CYL 6 (2022)

284 (−126)

Giffca Radiant Dawn Path of Radiance

341 (+152)

CYL 7 (2023)

311 (+27)

Giffca Radiant Dawn Path of Radiance

185 (−156)

CYL 8 (2024)

439 (+128)

Giffca Radiant Dawn Path of Radiance

116 (−69)

CYL 9 (2025)

407 (−32)

Giffca Radiant Dawn Path of Radiance

107 (−9)

CYL 10 (2026)

413 (+6)

Giffca Radiant Dawn Path of Radiance

77 (−30)

Total results		This character has 12 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	1,954

Trivia

• Giffca's growth rates go unused inPath of Radiance due to joining at the maximum possible level.
  • Despite this, Giffca's stat screen shows an experience value of "0" instead of "--".
• InPath of Radiance, Giffca is one of only two characters (alongsideStefan) that need to be recruited in order to see their portrait in the illustration gallery.^[3]
• Giffca uses the royalLaguz Band inPath of Radiance and royalGreat Fang inRadiant Dawn despite not himself being royalty.
  • Giffca also possesses the +30 capacity boost of royal laguz.
• InRadiant Dawn, Giffca's transformed class is named "Giffca" (Japanese:獅子ジフカライオンLion Giffca) instead of the normal "Lion"; the class description is unique to him as well. His non-transformed class is still "Lion", however.
• According toTellius Recollection, Giffca was designed with an apparent age of 46 inPath of Radiance andRadiant Dawn.^[1][2]

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Giffca fromPath of Radiance.
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  Artwork of Giffca fromRadiant Dawn.

Portraits

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  Portrait of Giffca inPath of Radiance.
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  Portrait of Giffca inPath of Radiance.
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  Portrait of Giffca inRadiant Dawn.

Screenshots

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  Giffca activatingRoar inPath of Radiance.
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  Giffca as an unshiftedLion inRadiant Dawn.

References

This article is part ofProject Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in theFire Emblem series.