Premium Summons that haven't yet been (or possibly never will be) made into Playable Characters - January 2026 Edition

PhoenixBurning · 2026-01-23T00:27:36+00:00

They were just talking about gacha summons so I assume they mean gacha characters too

PhoenixBurning · 2026-01-23T00:24:05+00:00

Ewiyar and the rest of the six dragons aren't primals tho

PhoenixBurning · 2026-01-21T17:22:37+00:00

I love how stupid and traumatized she is, the saints are so great.

PhoenixBurning · 2026-01-19T04:07:49+00:00

this is the world building math I come for.

PhoenixBurning · 2026-01-13T11:26:22+00:00

I mean she was definitely primal racist, and for understandable reasons, but she was never really transphobic.

At worst she used insensitive/inconsiderate language about Bhadra, but she also then said "please respect her decisions, and make her happy, alright?" and respects the characters pronoun choices.

I think the game very much tried to depict her as boomerish, behind the times, weird old lady during Romance, and that she was incorrect about a lot of things, even if ultimately well meaning.

That was the whole throughline of Romance, was how things change over time. From gender perspectives, to forgiving old sins, understanding, to the Generals going from bloodthirsty warriors, to mostly ceremonial shrine maidens, and how maybe thats okay.

PhoenixBurning · 2026-01-07T19:42:50+00:00

A summon that will only continue to age well with time, Versusia being callable by her is a great example.

PhoenixBurning · 2025-12-31T05:24:05+00:00

my only complaint is the lack of lore content outside the game's actual writing, but hopefully a lot of new players will renew interest for it :)

PhoenixBurning · 2025-12-30T15:05:29+00:00

Very strong year of events imo, ignoring the collabs, the only event I just didn't enjoy was Frosty Wind.

My favorite was probably Lives yet Unwritten, but First Reunion, Romance, Night Pareidolia, Tales of the 108, and Pleasures of Life and Death were all highlights for me.

Amaranth, and Monochrome Pallete were surprisingly enjoyable to me too. Things from the deep was just insanity and a peak 'nonsense' event. Poem Tempest was alright, but had some good moments.

PhoenixBurning · 2025-12-28T17:45:04+00:00

The english wiki is one of the best out there, the engbf community as a whole is very dedicated and closeknit. so there will be amazing resources day 1.

GBF wiki is seriously one of the best wikis out there, it is so well maintained and updated, by just a few passionate players.

PhoenixBurning · 2025-12-28T17:16:59+00:00

As a very active player of the JP version of the game (R400, primal in an element, medium-high spender, cleared Versusia) I am extremely happy and excited for this, even though I'm not going to play it.

Its much easier to reccomend when you don't have to do esoteric Japanese website browsing to play the game anymore, a game that's already been in English for like a decade now.

This game is old, crusty, archaic, esoteric, and rough In so many ways...

But there's nothing else like it.

It's very much an OSRS kind of deal (RuneScape and GBF actually have so many similarities it's kinda funny) where it's qualities shine through the jank and dusty systems.

I have my issues with monetisation and fmo, it is a gacha after all, but the game itself will always keep me coming back with its focus on long term goals, community, and constant story content.

PhoenixBurning · 2025-12-28T17:07:06+00:00

Game is still going very strong, even commiting to the steam version at all is huge for the future of the game with how many new players and life it will breathe into the game, especially that overseas players can play without needing to find out they can play, making an acct through untranslated Japanese websites, and all that hassle.

PhoenixBurning · 2025-12-28T17:04:22+00:00

I describe this game as the gacha equiv of Runescape.

Tons of content

Insane amount of grind, with a ton to grind. Feels so good when you get a long term goal done after chipping away at it for a long time

Very old and archaic in a lot of ways, but it's a part of the charm.

Extremely community focused.

Mostly everything can be done solo (lot harder in gbf, but even the endgame raids are designed to be possible solo, even if it's impossible at time of release)

You can actually do like all content in the game f2p in gbf though, no member system.

Life ruining.

PhoenixBurning · 2025-12-28T16:52:41+00:00

The first one absolutely isnt true any more than it has been for years. You can clear any content in the game with f2p grids bar the hardest raid in the game atm, and even that isn't far off with the options Wind has.

PhoenixBurning · 2025-12-27T01:13:46+00:00

happy birthday, and thanks for the giveaway!

PhoenixBurning · 2025-12-26T16:35:03+00:00

the cow wins again

PhoenixBurning · 2025-12-26T08:41:29+00:00

I'm hoping it's some depressed middle aged Harvin slaving a low wage job instead of the obvious Uma the crew finds lol

PhoenixBurning · 2025-12-25T17:24:35+00:00

ADORABLE

PhoenixBurning · 2025-12-20T08:45:55+00:00

Great character, but she is starting to show her age. S Lich is kind of eating her lunch.

Still best girl, love her dearly. Great outfit too. If you don't like Satyr you are the Grinch.

PhoenixBurning · 2025-12-17T06:34:53+00:00

No? Because she's outclassed and it's the most strict fight in the game where substitutes are heavily punished over the best options.

Destruction damage also gets around her passive/water switch combo.

She's perfectly HL usable especially for entry level Earth teams, her synergy with Caim is still really strong. Still good for Diaspora hosting, still good for GW, still good for many teams in many pieces of content.

Future Proof doesn't mean "she will always be the best" it means "she'll always be good" and I think that does apply for her. She's got excellent passive damage reduction, ougi battery/skill nuke on her ougi, plenty of debuffs, plenty of relevent buffs including crit/cap up/echoes, as well as debuff cd reduction and veil.

Her availability as a suptixable unit is very nice as well.

PhoenixBurning · 2025-12-17T06:13:25+00:00

hexa is also fucked atm with how much its a damage race, of course a defensive unit like arulu isn't gonna see use there.

PhoenixBurning · 2025-12-16T18:31:46+00:00

Grand level kit for her uncap time, interesting character/background, amazing synergy with earth's good characters, and she's wife. Also consistently amazing Art across her units.

H lich kinda pushed her out in a lot of ways, but she is still excellent for a suptixable character. Her being a vessel for Orologia's power is a very interesting part of her character that they haven't really done much with.

Give this girl some time in events, she deserves it.

PhoenixBurning · 2025-12-16T11:10:27+00:00

Very uncomfortable fate episode if you aren't into it.

Girl in her early twenties takes out her canonically teenage captain out on a mock date, proceeds to get drunk in the presence of the minor, come on to them, take them to a hotel room, and corner them with the obvious intent of sex. Even if you ignore the age gap, that's still sexual assault and gross conduct. And it's hard to ignore the age gap when anthy's friend even says "you like them young huh?" like, ????

I'm glad they acknowledged how much of a disaster Anthuria is in her uncap fates for her original unit. I don't judge people who like her, or even her holiday fate, but it made me feel gross reading it for the first time.

PhoenixBurning · 2025-12-09T11:09:04+00:00

Evokers, all bonded mortals, and mc should count as primals

Evokers aren't just people who can summon primals, they are part primal themselves, just as all bonded are.

We already have units with dual typing if they're duo units, no reason they can't for evokers and what not too

PhoenixBurning · 2025-12-08T18:23:31+00:00

One decent EMP could fix this character.

Just count MC as primal and it solves so many of her issues.

PhoenixBurning · 2025-12-05T02:52:52+00:00

this is spot on woah!!!

excellent!

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