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Ghandagoza

One fist, charged to breaking point

Element
Fire
Weapon
Melee
Role
Burst DPS
Range
Melee
Release
Base game
Difficulty
4 out of 5
Ghandagoza official artwork

Signature mechanic

Eternal Rage supercharges Raging Fist

Ghandagoza banks Eternal Rage through combo finishers and link attacks, which makes Raging Fist charge faster and hit harder. Enter the Fist rewards perfectly timed attacks chained inside a combo, so his damage is gated behind rhythm accuracy. His single biggest window is Link Time, where spamming uncharged Raging Fist outperforms charging.

Ghandagoza hits hard but relies heavily on precise combo execution. Although he deals the most damage during Link Time, using him effectively requires significant player effort and a proper setup.— Game8 tier assessment

Support skills (passives)

  • Eternal Rage Style

    Ghandagoza's Raging Fist charges faster and deals more damage based on his Eternal Rage. Combo finishers and link attacks gather Eternal Rage.

  • Enter the Fist

    Enhances perfectly timed attacks when they are chained in a combo.

How to unlock

Players may unlock Ghandagoza by using a Crewmate Card in Siero's Knickknack Shack in a town. You obtain Crewmate Cards by progressing through the main story.

Strengths

  • 1

    Massive Link Time burst

    Few characters convert a Link Time window into as much raw damage as a rage-stacked Ghandagoza.

  • 2

    High single-target ceiling

    Fully charged Raging Fist hits extremely hard against stationary targets.

  • 3

    Simple gear needs

    A pure damage-cap stack works; no exotic sigil requirements.

Weaknesses

  • 1

    Demanding execution

    Precise perfect-timing chains are mandatory — Game8 explicitly flags the player effort required.

  • 2

    Rage decays

    Meter depletion means downtime directly erodes your damage state.

  • 3

    Very short reach

    Pure melee with no gap closer worth the name; mobile bosses waste most of his charges.

Gear

Builds by progression stage

Chaos → Chaos+ → Chaos++, then Defy Infinity

Super Raging Fist. Managing meter depletion between damage windows is the whole skill expression at this tier.

Sigil loadout — Fatebreaker

Ghandagoza's sigils in Endless Ragnarok center around his Master Traits. To get the maximum value out of it, he specifically needs 5 Basic-Stat , 3 Attack , and 2 Defense or Support . This will provide him up to 200% Damage Cap , 100% Attack Boost , 6% Defense , and 20,000 base HP if all Master Traits for each bonuses are equipped.

We recommend 2 Health and 3 Stun Power for his basic stat sigils. Equipping exactly one Greater Aegis boosts his health to 160–175k without disabling the Catastrophe Nova boost. For attack sigils, always run Fatebreaker , Celestial Lumen , and Celestial Terra to raise his damage cap. Finally, use his defense/support sigils for Improved Dodge (for better evades) and Steel Nerves (for damage reduction with Stout Heart).

Prioritize Supplementary DMG and DMG Cap subtraits to boost his damage, and fully utilize his Ethos and Warpath character-sigil in the endgame to significantly increase the damage of his Raging Fist. Run Uplift to build his SBA gauge faster, and slot in Guts , Potion Hoarder , and Autorevive for his survivability options. Quick Charge reduces the time it takes to charge his attacks.

SigilSlotTraits
Eternal Rage's EthosCharacter sigil2 slots
  • Eternal Rage's Ethos — Boosts Raging Fist's damage cap.
  • Quick Charge — Charged attacks charge faster. Boosts attack power.
Eternal Rage's Warpath
  • Eternal Rage's Warpath — Enhances damage dealt by Raging Fist, but it takes longer to charge.
  • Quick Charge — Charged attacks charge faster. Boosts attack power.
Health V+Basic stat5 slots
  • HP — Boosts base health.
  • DMG Cap — Raises the damage limit of attacks.
Health V+
  • HP — Boosts base health.
  • DMG Cap — Raises the damage limit of attacks.
Stun Power V+
  • Stun Power — Boosts stun power.
  • DMG Cap — Raises the damage limit of attacks.
Stun Power V+
  • Stun Power — Boosts stun power.
  • Uplift — Boosts the charge speed of your SBA gauge.
Stun Power V+
  • Stun Power — Boosts stun power.
  • Guts — Survive a lethal hit with 1 HP. Reactivation time is shortened based on trait level.
Fatebreaker V+Attack / special3 slots
  • Fatebreaker — Boosts attack, defense, and damage cap when participating in Fatebreaker-grade quests.
  • Greater Aegis — Greatly raises maximum health in proportion to your current maximum health.
Celestial Lumen V+
  • Celestial Lumen — Boosts attack power and damage cap when health is above a certain threshold.
  • Potion Hoarder — Increases the stock of recovery items.
Celestial Terra V+
  • Celestial Terra — Reduces maximum base health in exchange for a boost do damage cap.
  • Autorevive — Automatically recover from critical condition. Reactivation time is shortened based on trait level.
Improved Dodge+Defense / support2 slots
  • Improved Dodge — Extends the window for for attacks to miss during a dodge. Allows you to perform more dodges in a row.
  • Supplementary DMG — Grants a certain chance for normal attacks and damage skills to deal supplementary damage.
Steel Nerves V+
  • Steel Nerves — Takes less damage while Stouth Heart is active.
  • Supplementary DMG — Grants a certain chance for normal attacks and damage skills to deal supplementary damage.

Gearing priorities

  • Transcended Terminus (T.Lvl 7): Catastrophe Nova, DMG Cap, Sigil Booster, Unbound Master
  • While progressing Chaos, a transcended Defender weapon usually beats an un-transcended Terminus
  • The standard template: 5 Basic-Stat + 3 Attack + 2 Defense/Support sigils
  • Fatebreaker V+, Celestial Lumen V+ and Celestial Terra V+ in the attack slots
  • Improved Dodge+ and Steel Nerves V+ for survivability that does not cost damage
  • Summons for their traits: War Elemental, Stout Heart, Berserker Echo, Spartan Echo

Over Mastery bonuses

  • Skill Damage Cap Up
  • Healing Cap Up
  • Stun Power Up
  • Normal Attack Damage Cap Up

Once Ghandagoza has all of his Weapon Transcendance Masteries fully unlocked, he will have 80%-83% Critical Hit Rate without any sigils, traits, or summons. Therefore, he only needs to enable one Master Trait that increases his Critical Hit Rate by 20% to reach 100%, which will give him more room for his Over Mastery Bonus.

Best-in-slot — transcended Terminus

Sky Piercer

I
Catastrophe NovaLv 35Boosts attack power and damage cap when maximum health is below a certain threshold.
II
DrainLv 25Recover health based on the damage dealt to a foe.
III
DMG CapLv 15Raises the damage limit of attacks.
IV
Sigil BoosterLv 1Raises the trail levels of all equipped sigils.
EX
Unbound MasterLv 55Boosts damage cap based on master level.

Wrightstone

Sequestration Wrightstone

  • Weak Point DMG
  • Supplementary DMG
  • Cascade

Ghandagoza's optimal endgame weapon is his Transcended Terminus Weapon, Sky Piercer . It upgrades Catastrophe to Catastrophe Nova, which grants up to a 70% attack boost and 500% damage cap if his max HP is 200,000 or less . The weapon also features an innate DMG Cap to free up a sigil slot, Unbound Master to raise the damage cap further via Master Trait level, and Sigil Booster to increase all sigil levels by 1.

While progressing Chaos

Brahma Gauntlet

I
HPLv 35Boosts base health.
II
Greater AegisLv 25Greatly raises maximum health in proportion to your current maximum health.
III
DMG Cap EcruLv 15Boosts attack power and damage cap based on how high your maximum health is.
IV
StrongholdLv 10Boosts defense the higher your remaining health is.
EX
Unbound ExertionLv 15Boosts damage cap of Skybound Arts.

Wrightstone

Sequestration Wrightstone

  • Weak Point DMG
  • DMG Cap
  • Supplementary DMG

Its Transcend Traits provide HP , Greater Aegis , and Stronghold , giving Ghandagoza additional survivability while charging Raging Fist. DMG Cap Ecru also increases his damage and DMG Cap based on his maximum HP, while Unbound Exertion improves his Skybound Art's damage potential.

Summons & equip bonus

Recommended summons

  • Lucilius
  • Beelzebub
  • Rolan
  • Vrazarek Firewyrm III

For these traits

  • War Elemental
  • Stout Heart
  • Berserker Echo
  • Spartan Echo

Equip bonus

  • Normal Attack Damage Cap Up
  • Skill Damage Cap Up
  • Healing Cap Up
  • Stun Power Up

Level 100+ · Endless Ragnarok

Master Traits

Super Raging Fist

Recommended

Rank 1

  • Boosts Ghandagoza's DEF by a max of +5% based on his Eternal Rage level
  • Unique Attacks: ATK +10%
  • DMG Cap +15%
  • Max HP +15,000

Rank 2

  • Insight Rank Perk 1: Raging Fist gains an additional ATK +10%
  • Insight Rank Perk 1: Raging Fist gains an additional DMG Cap +30% but takes slightly longer to charge
  • While at Eternal Rage Lv. 10, foe attacks will not interrupt Ghandagoza
  • Infernal Stomp: Cooldown -5%
  • DMG Cap +15%
  • ATK +20%

Rank 3

  • Insight Rank Perk 2: Eternal Rage now always starts at Lv. 3
  • Insight Rank Perk 3: Raging Fist gains an additional ATK +10%
  • Insight Rank Perk 3: Raging Fist gains an additional DMG Cap +50%
  • Unique Attacks: DMG Cap +35%
  • DMG Cap +20% per Basic Stats-type Sigil equipped (max Sigils: 5)
  • Max HP +15,000

Rank EX

  • Unique Attacks: DMG Cap +40%
  • Branding Palm: DMG Cap +45%
  • DMG Cap +20% per Basic Stats-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)
  • Critical Hit Rate +25%
  • DMG Cap +35%
  • DMG Cap +35%

Roaring Lion

Rank 1

  • At Eternal Rage Lv. 10, performing a fully charged Raging Fist grants a 10% chance to reset Lion Stance's cooldown
  • Upon reaching Eternal Rage Lv. 10: 10% chance to gain DMG Cut (20%)
  • DMG Cap +15%

Rank 2

  • Charged Unique Attacks: Charge Time -5%
  • DMG Cap +15%
  • Unique Attacks: DMG Cap +30%

Rank 3

  • While Hostility is in effect: Raging Fist Charge Time -5%

Rank EX

  • True Avidya: Cooldown -5%
  • Lion Stance: Cooldown -5%
  • True Avidya: ATK↑ grants an additional ATK +5%
  • ATK +10% per Attack-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)
  • DMG Cap +35%
  • DMG Cap +35%

Raging Technique

Rank 1

  • Skill Cooldown -5%
  • Skill DMG Cap +35%
  • DMG Cap +15%

Rank 2

  • DMG Cap +15%

Rank 3

  • Charged Unique Attacks: Charge Time -5%
  • Critical Hit Rate +25%
  • HP +10000 per Defense- or Support-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 4)

Rank EX

  • Upon performing a perfect dodge: Grants Shield (1000)
  • While in critical condition: Critical Gauge Depletion -10%
  • DEF +6% per Defense- or Support-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)
  • Stun Power +4
  • Against foes of the weaker element: DMG Dealt +10%
  • DMG Cap +35%
  • Primal bursts gain DMG Dealt +25%. Effect strength is based on the total number of this effect equipped by the entire party
  • DMG Cap +35%

This distribution considers Master Level 50.

Ghandagoza's best Master Trait is Insight: Super Raging Fist to significantly increase the damage of Raging Fist in exchange of longer charge time. This perk also allows him to use Raging Fist two times in a row every time Ghandagoza gains 10 levels of Eternal Rage.

As for his Traits, prioritize getting Damage Cap for his Raging Fist and skills. You can also get increased buff strength and duration . Make sure to equip one Critical Hit Rate +25% . It is also important to activate all traits that provide bonuses based on equipped sigils . Lastly, enhance his Super Raging Fist perks with traits that reduces charge time and even more damage cap .

Execution

Combos & rotation

  • Super Raging Fist Combo (Endless Ragnarok)8 steps
    1. 1Use Lion Stance and True Avidya to grant himself offensive buffs.
    2. 2Cast Iron Shoulder to close the gap then Branding Palm to parry and gain Eternal Rage levels.
    3. 3(Optional) If Eternal Rage is not at level 10, use a link attack.
    4. 4At Eternal Rage level 10, use Raging Fist to deal a ton of damage.
    5. 5Use Raging Fist again right after.
    6. 6If all skills are on cooldown, chain 4 normal attack plus dodge cancel at perfect timing to execute Combo B.
    7. 7Use Raging Fist twice again right after.
    8. 8Repeat from step 1 after Lion Stance and True Avidya goes off cooldown.

    Once Ghandagoza has Master Trait level 30, he can do two Raging Fist in a row in exchange for a longer charge time. He can also replace Eternal Rage with Lion Stance to gain more damage and lesser charge time while he has the Hostility buff.

    His Combo B move can be seen in Ghandagoza's command list. You can do the combo move by using one normal attack followed by four perfectly timed normal attacks.

  • Ghandagoza Full Rage Combo (Pre-DLC)8 steps
    1. 1Buff the party with True Avidya.
    2. 2Approach the enemy using Iron Shoulder.
    3. 3Perform five perfectly timed Normal Attacks.
    4. 4Use a Link Attack to help fill the Eternal Rage gauge.
    5. 5Perform another Normal Attack combo if a Link Attack is unavailable.
    6. 6Use a fully charged Raging Fist.
    7. 7Activate Eternal Rage.
    8. 8Use another fully charged Raging Fist.

    Ghandagoza's main combo revolves around increasing the damage of his fully charged Raging Fist. Apply any available buffs and perform his Normal Attack inputs with the correct timing to build Eternal Rage efficiently.

  • Spam Uncharged Raging Fist in Link Time

    Ghandagoza's Eternal Rage gauge remains full throughout Link Time. While Link Time is active, position Ghandagoza near the enemy and repeatedly use uncharged Raging Fist attacks.

    These attacks can reach the same damage cap as a fully charged Raging Fist without requiring the full charge time.

  • Delay Meter Depletion

    Ghandagoza's Eternal Rage gauge depletes quickly when it is filled through his Normal Attack combos. Hold Raging Fist to delay the gauge's depletion when you are waiting for an opportunity to attack.

    Use Guard or Dodge when repositioning, then hold Raging Fist again. The gauge will still gradually decrease, so avoid moving more than necessary.

Kit

Skills

Recommended loadout — Lion Stance and True Avidya

This is Ghandagoza's best skills from early to late game. Iron Shoulder is his gap closer skill with low cooldown and decent damage. Branding Palm is his parry skill that also gives him Eternal Rage levels after activation.

Ghandagoza also has buff skills that allows him to further boost the damage of his Raging Fist. Lion Stance grants him Hostility and Jammed. True Avidya gives him Eternal Rage levels and a party wide attack buff. Eternal Rage is not needed anymore as he can easily regain Eternal Rage levels in a fight if done right.

SkillEffectApplies
Arhat SkybreakerLeaps into the air and stomps down on foes in front of Ghandagoza with groundbreaking force.
    Branding PalmRecommendedGhandagoza readies to parry and counter. Gathers Eternal Rage upon countering.
      DhyanaRestores Ghandagoza's HP and removes all debuffs.
        Eternal RageInstantly maxes out Ghandagoza's Eternal Rage.
          Infernal StompStomps the ground to generate an earth-shattering shockwave that damages foes and inflicts Slow.
            Iron ShoulderRecommendedA fast lunge attack that utilizes Ghandagoza's mass and momentum.
              Lion StanceRecommendedGrant Hostility↑, Stout Heart, and Jammed to Ghandagoza.
                True AvidyaRecommendedGrants ATK↑ to the entire party and increases Ghandagoza's Eternal Rage.

                  Weapon list

                  WeaponMax HPMax ATKTraits
                  Brahma Gauntlet35562201HP, Garrison
                  Golden Fists of Ura11421013ATK, HP
                  Arkab13613320Weak Point DMG, Break Assassin
                  Crimson Finger15332299Critical Hit Rate, Critical DMG
                  Rope Knuckles20502660Stun Power, Linked Together
                  Sky Piercer10893683Catastrophe, Regen, DMG Cap, Sigil Booster

                  Party

                  Recommended team — Fediel, Eugen, and Cagliostro

                  Fediel is your frontline damage dealer using the Finishing Touch Master Trait build to deal a massive amount of ranged damage while mid-air, which helps her avoid taking damage while she is doing her combo. Make sure to equip The Black's Blessing and Primordial Fear , as they are skills that buff the party and inflict a strong status effect called Petrify.

                  Eugen will be your ranged backline damage dealer using Flawless Vision Master Trait build to inflict a ton of damage with charged attacks and Detonator. His most important skills are Poison Grenade , Paralyzing Bullet , and Detonator .

                  Cagliostro will be your other ranged support using her Alchemedic Master Trait build to provide offensive buffs, healing, and shields for the party. Phantasmagoria and Reinforce are important skills to have. Pain Train and Alexandria are low-cooldown damaging skills that allow her to charge her Collapse quickly after use.

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