Nitro Bomber XL

The Nitro Bomber XL is a Bomb-elemental gun available to Lance in Epic Battle Fantasy 5.

Description

The Nitro Bomber XL is a very large-caliber weapon with a hand lever instead of a conventional trigger, implying that it takes a lot of strength to fire. It has a dark grey body with silver plating and orange wiring, as well as a dark grey section on the back with a large metal ring. The latter is implied to be used for loading its ammunition; coupled with the size of its barrel, it appears to be a breech-loaded cannon or rocket launcher.

The Nitro Bomber XL gives Lance's revolver a black frame with orange details and a small chain along the underside of the barrel.

Normal

The Nitro Bomber XL is a simple offensive gun with sizable Magic Attack, along with modest boosts to Attack and both defenses. It can cast Air Strike between turns, unleashes Nitro Burn with physical attacks, and has a chance to counterattack with Energy Bomb - all of these skills benefit from its elemental boost. It also has a moderate chance to inflict Stagger with weapon-elemental skills, although the status can be used up by the Nitro Burn unleash.

Unfortunately, the Nitro Bomber XL is not a particularly effective weapon compared to more general-purpose guns like the Flame Titan. While its Bomb damage can be quite impressive, Lance's natural Bomb magic suffers from lengthy cooldowns, its Nitro Burn unleash runs off of its weaker offensive stat, and it takes until Redpine Town to gain a spammable Bomb spell (Energy). Lance also has other options for Bomb damage; the Desert Scorpion is bulkier and better for Dry support, while the Heavy Claw is more powerful and consistent (albeit physically-inclined rather than magical).

The Nitro Bomber XL's most notable niche is in a Hand Bomb-focused throwing build. When paired with the Basket Hat and the Ninja Gear, it makes Hand Bombs about 25% stronger than a fully-upgraded single-target Air Strike while giving them a ludicrous Stagger chance, allowing Lance to seriously damage single Bomb-weak foes while setting up critical hits for his allies.

The Nitro Bomber XL resists Fire, Thunder and Bomb. None of these become an immunity at Level 5.

Equip Remix

The Alt Nitro Bomber XL can't put out as much ordnance as its normal version, but it's able to drop much bigger bombs. It has subpar Attack and a decent Magic Attack stat; it also sharply increases both Accuracy and Evade. It can unleash Big Bomb as a bonus skill, and may cast M.O.A.B. between turns; while powerful (especially with the gun's Bomb boost), neither has a particularly high chance of triggering.

Although the Alt Nitro Bomber XL has plenty of explosives, it lacks power in comparison to other magic-focused Alt guns, such as the Alt Heartstopper or the Alt Flame Titan. Even for Bomb-based offense, it struggles to stand out compared to the Alt Deep Blue, which has better synergy with Lance's most spammable Bomb options (Machine Guns and Big Bullet) despite its bonus skills occasionally dampening Bomb damage by applying Wet. On the other hand, the Alt Nitro Bomber XL lacks stat penalties and is available significantly earlier than the Alt Deep Blue.

The Alt Nitro Bomber XL resists Bomb, Stun, Stagger, and Confuse, becoming immune to all of them at Level 5.

Epic Battle Fantasy 5

The Nitro Bomber XL is found inside a chest in No Man's Land, nestled between two spiked balls on the upper-left corner of the graveyard next to the Mineshaft Maze entrance. This chest can only be reached after Lance joins the party; The Hammer is required to break the stones blocking access to the area, and the stones will be blocked by a barricade on the previous screen until the Neon Valkyrie is defeated.

	Nitro Bomber XL
	Just another big gun. Boosts the damage of bomb skills. Level 2: Randomly casts Air Strike between turns. Level 3: May unleash Nitro Burn while attacking. Level 5: Counter-attacks with Energy Bomb.

Statistics
Stat Bonus												Resistance
	LV1	LV2	LV3	LV4	LV5		LV1	LV2	LV3	LV4	LV5		LV1	LV2	LV3	LV4	LV5
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		10%	20%	30%	40%	50%
	5%	5%	10%	20%	30%		-	-	-	5%	10%		10%	20%	30%	40%	50%
	10%	25%	40%	55%	70%		-	-	-	5%	10%		10%	20%	30%	40%	50%
	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	Element		50%
Spells & Statuses
			Power					Chance Modifier				Attack Status
Auto Skill			180[90]					(100%)					30%	35%	40%	45%	50%
Bonus Skill			60					(44%)					1x	1x	1x	1x	1x
Auto Status			--					--				-	-	-	-	-	-
Defend Status			--					--					-	-	-	-	-
Note: Before the v2 update, didn't cast Air Strike and ignored buffs instead of having a counter.

Forging Information
Lvl	Requirements			Lvl	Requirements
2	x 2	--	--	3	x 5	x 2	--
4	x 3	x 5	--	5	x 1	x 5	--

Statistics with Equip Remix enabled.

	Nitro Bomber XL
	Just another big gun. Boosts the damage of bomb skills. Level 3: May unleash Big Bomb while attacking. Level 5: Randomly casts M.O.A.B. between turns.

Statistics
Stat Bonus												Resistance
	LV1	LV2	LV3	LV4	LV5		LV1	LV2	LV3	LV4	LV5		LV1	LV2	LV3	LV4	LV5
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		20%	40%	60%	80%	100%
	-	10%	20%	30%	40%		-	-	-	-	-		20%	40%	60%	80%	100%
	20%	30%	40%	50%	65%		-	-	-	-	-		20%	40%	60%	80%	100%
	-	-	5%	10%	15%		-	-	5%	10%	15%	Element		50%
Spells & Statuses
			Power					Chance Modifier				Attack Status
Auto Skill			80					(35%)				-	-	-	-	-	-
Bonus Skill			90					(20%)					-	-	-	-	-
Auto Status			--					--				-	-	-	-	-	-
Defend Status			--					--					-	-	-	-	-

Forging Information
Lvl	Requirements			Lvl	Requirements
2	x 2	--	--	3	x 1	--	--
4	x 3	x 5	--	5	x 1	x 5	--

Trivia

• The Nitro Bomber XL's Nitro Burn unleash is actually the same as Anna's Nitro Arrow skill, having the same animation (save for the arrow) and effects.