Druid Staff
The Druid Staff is a Bio-elemental staff available for Natalie in Epic Battle Fantasy 5.
Description
The Druid Staff is made of brown wood, with a head made of several thorny brambles that resemble Gash Root. The largest bramble is curled into a spiral, with two smaller brambles dangling from the sides. The top and bottom of the shaft are wrapped in pieces of green cloth, and the remains of a twig protrudes from the base.
Normal
The Druid Staff's Attack and Magic Attack are a bit subpar, but it compensates with great defensive assets. It has a minor HP bonus backing the third-best Defence and Magic Defence among staves, and its ability to grant Regen between turns enables Natalie to periodically heal herself over time. It can also inflict Tired with Weapon-elemental attacks, which complements its Vines unleash. Its Mushroom auto-skill is weak even with the staff's innate Bio boost, but it activates quite frequently and the small Stun chance can occasionally give the party some breathing room.
The Druid Staff is fairly powerful at the time of its acquisition, with an interesting mix of defensive and offensive capabilities. However, it tends to be outclassed by more specialized staves as the game progresses, especially since its elemental boost is a little underwhelming for Natalie. Within its own niche, it's largely outclassed by the Slime Staff, which is bulkier and capable of granting Regen to the entire party at once (albeit less reliably) on top of having more useful skill boosts.
The Druid Staff resists Water, Bio, Poison and Virus, with the latter two becoming an immunity at Level 5.
Equip Remix
The Alt Druid Staff is primarily offensive - with strong Attack and slightly better Magic Attack - but a good HP bonus gives Natalie a little more bulk to complement it. Its Weapon-elemental attacks can reliably inflict Poison and unleash Gaia Blossom; the latter skill benefits from the staff's Earth boost while also inflicting Tired to increase the damage foes will suffer from the status ailment. Aside from that, the staff also boosts the damage of Bio skills and has a small chance to summon a Stumpy Gloop between turns, granting Morale to the entire party.
Compared to the Alt Beholding Eye - another Bio staff with identical Magic Attack, roughly comparable bulk (boosting Natalie's defenses instead of HP) and a similar focus on Poisoning foes - the Alt Druid Staff's main advantage is its relative versatility. With solid Attack and two elemental boosts, it gives Natalie a slightly broader range of attack options, although she'll still need shared skills to really exploit them. On the other hand, its ability to apply Tired to foes and Morale to the party gives it some defensive applications that the Alt Beholding Eye generally lacks.
The Alt Druid Staff increases Natalie's resistance to Water, Bio, and Earth, although it won't make her immune to any of them even at Level 5.
Epic Battle Fantasy 5
The Druid Staff is found inside a chest next to the farmer's market in Hope Harbor; the chest is guarded by a battle that appears as a Putrid Worm.
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Druid Staff |
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| A staff that commands the powers of nature. |
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- | 5% | 5% | 10% | 10% | - | - | - | - | - | - | 
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10% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 50% |
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- | 10% | 20% | 30% | 45% | 
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5% | 5% | 10% | 15% | 25% | 
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10% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 50% |
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10% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 55% | 
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5% | 5% | 10% | 15% | 25% | 
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20% | 40% | 60% | 80% | 100% |
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- | - | - | - | - | 
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- | - | - | - | - | Element | 50%
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| Power | Chance Modifier | Attack Status | |||||||||||||||
| Auto Skill | 50 | (150%) | 
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40% | 60% | 80% | 100% | 120% | |||||||||
| Bonus Skill | 90/4 | (33%) | 2x | 2x | 3x | 3x | 3x | ||||||||||
| Auto Status | 2x 
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(20%) | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
| Defend Status | -- | -- | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
| Note: Stats in brackets (below/right from actual) are for its pre-v2 update version. Before the v2 update, had 30/50/70/85/100% chance of inflicting Poison instead of Tired (with same status strength), and didn't give Regen. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Lvl | Requirements | Lvl | Requirements | ||||
| 2 |  x 1 |
 x 1 |
-- | 3 | x 3 |
x 3 |
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| 4 |  x 5 |
 x 10 |
-- | 5 |  x 4 |
x 10 |
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Statistics with Equip Remix enabled.
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Druid Staff |
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A staff that commands the powers of nature.
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| LV1 | LV2 | LV3 | LV4 | LV5 | LV1 | LV2 | LV3 | LV4 | LV5 | LV1 | LV2 | LV3 | LV4 | LV5 | |||
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- | 5% | 10% | 15% | 20% | - | - | - | - | - | - | 
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10% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 50% |
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10% | 20% | 35% | 50% | 65% |
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10% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 50% |
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10% | 20% | 35% | 55% | 70% |
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- | - | - | - | - |
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10% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 50% |
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- | - | - | - | - |
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- | - | - | - | - | Element | 50%
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| Power | Chance Modifier | Attack Status | |||||||||||||||
| Auto Skill | -- | (25%) | 
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30% | 50% | 70% | 85% | 100% | |||||||||
| Bonus Skill | 50 | (50%) | 2x | 2x | 3x | 3x | 3x | ||||||||||
| Auto Status | -- | -- | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
| Defend Status | -- | -- | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
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| Lvl | Requirements | Lvl | Requirements | ||||
| 2 | x 1 |
x 1 |
-- | 3 | x 3 |
x 3 |
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| 4 | x 5 |
x 10 |
-- | 5 | x 3 |
 x 1 |
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