Kingsglaive Gladio New Hero Guide

New Hero Guide – Kingsglaive Gladio

Everyone better watch out, because Kingsglaive Gladio has what it takes to defend your empire with some intense skills that boost your Dark Guardians and Earth troops. But, if you’re an offensive player, he will still give you some high stats increases to all your troops so you can still see fire all across the realm.

In this guide we will cover:

• Hero Skills 
• Mastery Skills
• Mirror Heroes
• Guild Adventure Hall abilities
• How to get a FREE Unlock for Kingsglaive Gladio

Kingsglaive Gladio Hero Skills

With the standard monster-hunting abilities, Kingsglaive Gladio also dominates combat with a special focus on defense-type troops. Since you’re more likely to want your Dark Guardians beefed up, as well as Dark Earth being more effective in defensive combat, it seems like he is a great hero to have to protect your empire. 

Did you notice something missing from his Hero Skills? If you look through it, you will not see a Kingsglaive Gladio Fort Unlock here. Instead, you will find it in his Mastery Skills tree. This is a refreshing change!

Hero Skills Tree

Monster Tactics: Dark Monsters

• Unlocks the ability to attack Dark Monsters while Kingsglaive Ignis is active
  Requires hero level 1.

Hero Critical Hit

• Increases: Hero Critical Hit (max 50%)
  Requires hero level 2.

Max MP

• Increases: Max Kingsglaive Ignis MP Multiplier Bonus (max 600%)
  Requires hero level 10.

Monster Tactics: Ruthless Monsters

• Unlocks the ability to attack Ruthless Monsters while Kingsglaive Gladio is active
  Requires hero level 2.

Hero Critical Damage

• Increases: Hero Critical Damage (max 85%)
  Requires hero level 4.

MP Recovery

• Increases: MP Recovery (max 44B%)
  Requires hero level 3.

Hero Streak

• Increases: Hero Attack Streak (max 7)
  Requires hero level 5.

Hero Attack

• Increases: Hero Attack Bonus (max 8,500%)
  Requires hero level 5.

Dungeon Dark Bonus

• Increases: Guild Adventure Hall
  • Physical Damage Bonus (max 5.25M%)
  • HP Bonus (max 2M%)
  • Healing Bonus (max 50,000%)
    Requires hero level 8.

Royal Dark Core Troop Attack

• Increases: Royal Dark Core Troop Attack (max 90,000%)
  Requires hero level 13.

Royal Dark Core Troop HP

• Royal Dark Core Troop HP (max 40,000%)
  Requires hero level 9.

Royal Dark Core Troop Armor

• Increases: Royal Dark Core Troop Armor (max 125,000%)
  Requires hero level 11.

Royal Dark Mercenary Attack

• Increases: Royal Dark Mercenary Attack (max 55,000%)
  Requires hero level 21.

Royal Dark Mercenary HP

• Increases: Royal Dark Mercenary HP (max 22,500%)
  Requires hero level 15.

Royal Dark Mercenary Armor

• Increases: Royal Dark Mercenary Armor (max 85,000%)
  Requires hero level 18.

Royal Dark Elemental Troop Attack

• Increases: Royal Dark Elemental Troop Attack (max 30,000%)
  Requires hero level 35.

Royal Dark Elemental Troop HP

• Increases: Royal Dark Elemental Troop HP (max 15,000%)
  Requires hero level 29.

Royal Dark Elemental Troop Armor

• Increases: Royal Dark Elemental Troop Armor (max 45,000%)
  Requires hero level 32.

Royal Dark Earth

• Increases: Royal Dark Earth
  • Attack (max 8,000%)
  • HP (max 4,000%)
  • Armor (max 12,500%)
    Requires hero level 29.

Royal Dark Warrior

• Increases: Royal Dark Warrior
  • Attack (max 15,000%)
  • HP (max 8,000%)
  • Armor (max 22,500%)
    Requires hero level 46.

Royal Dark Guardian

• Increases: Royal Dark Guardian
  • Attack (max 3,000%)
  • HP (7,000%)
  • Armor (15,000%)
    Requires hero level 26.

Kingatrice Tamer

• Increases: 
  • Red Kingatrice: Attack (max 8.5KT%)
  • Blue Kingatrice: Attack (max 8.5KT%)
    Requires hero level 24.

Royal Dark Monster Bonuses

• Increases: Royal Dark Monster
  • Attack (max 2,000%)
  • HP (max 1,000%)
  • Armor (max 3,000%)
    Requires hero level 41.

Royal Dark Fort Rally Assault

• Increases: Royal Dark Fort Rally Assault
  • Attack (max 3,000%)
  • HP (max 1,500%)
  • Armor (max 5,000%)
    Requires hero level 41.

Royal Elemental Debuffs

• Increases: Royal Dark Elemental
  • Attack Resistance (max 10,000%)
  • Cripple HP (max 5,000%)
  • Armor Piercing (max 15,000%)
    Requires hero level 36.

Dark Astral Attack

• Increases: Dark Astral Attack Bonus (max 5KT%)
  Requires hero level 36.

Dark Mount Attack

• Increases: Mount Attack Bonus (max 2.5KT%)
  Requires hero level 41.

Royal Dark Troop Bonuses

• Increases: Royal Dark Troop
  • Attack (max 25,000%)
  • HP (max 12,500%)
  • Armor (max 37,500%)
    Requires hero level 29.

Bahamut Attack

• Increases: Bahamut Attack Bonus (max 2KT%)
  Requires hero level 25.

Kings of Lucis

• Increases: Kings of Lucis: Dark Troop
  • Attack Bonus (max 2KT%)
  • HP Bonus (max 850T%)
  • Armor Bonus (max 2.5KT%)
    Requires hero level 22.

Kingsglaive Gladio Mastery Skills

With most of his Mastery Skills having double the stats of his Hero Skills, you can get a good boost whether he is active or not. Just like his Hero Skills tree, there are Dark Warrior, Earth, and Guardian boosts as well as enemy troop debuffs. 

One item that is nice to see here is the Fort Kingsglaive Gladio Unlock! If it was still in the Hero tree, then you would need to change to KG Gladio whenever you wanted to capture his Fort, but as long as you have this node unlocked with points added to it, you can attack and hold his Fort with any hero.

Mastery Skills Tree

Fort Kingsglaive Gladio Unlock

• Increases: Maximum Owned: Fort Kingsglaive Gladio (max 3)
  Requires hero level 47.

Royal Dark Core Troop Attack

• Increases: Royal Dark Core Troop Attack (max 160,000%)
  Requires hero level 41.

Royal Dark Core Troop HP

• Royal Dark Core Troop HP (max 85,000%)
  Requires hero level 43.

Royal Dark Core Troop Armor

• Increases: Royal Dark Core Troop Armor (max 250,000%)
  Requires hero level 44.

Royal Dark Mercenary Attack

• Increases: Royal Dark Mercenary Attack (max 120,000%)
  Requires hero level 45.

Royal Dark Mercenary HP

• Increases: Royal Dark Mercenary HP (max 65,000%)
  Requires hero level 47.

Royal Dark Mercenary Armor

• Increases: Royal Dark Mercenary Armor (max 175,000%)
  Requires hero level 48.

Royal Dark Elemental Troop Attack

• Increases: Royal Dark Elemental Troop Attack (max 60,000%)
  Requires hero level 50.

Royal Dark Elemental Troop HP

• Increases: Royal Dark Elemental Troop HP (max 30,000%)
  Requires hero level 50.

Royal Dark Elemental Troop Armor

• Increases: Royal Dark Elemental Troop Armor (max 90,000%)
  Requires hero level 55.

Royal Dark Warrior

• Increases: Royal Dark Warrior
  • Attack (max 30,000%)
  • HP (max 15,000%)
  • Armor (max 45,000%)
    Requires hero level 56.

Royal Dark Fort Rally Assault

• Increases: Royal Dark Fort Rally Assault
  • Attack (max 7,000%)
  • HP (max 3,500%)
  • Armor (max 10,000%)
    Requires hero level 66.

Royal Dark Earth

• Increases: Royal Dark Earth
  • Attack (max 17,000%)
  • HP (max 8,500%)
  • Armor (max 25,000%)
    Requires hero level 57.

Royal Dark Guardian

• Increases: Royal Dark Guardian
  • Attack (max 7,000%)
  • HP (13,000%)
  • Armor (25,000%)
    Requires hero level 67.

Bahamut Attack

• Increases: Bahamut Attack Bonus (max 4KT%)
  Requires hero level 68.

Kingatrice Tamer

• Increases: 
  • Red Kingatrice: Attack (max 16.5KT%)
  • Blue Kingatrice: Attack (max 16.5KT%)
    Requires hero level 73.

Royal Dark Monster Bonuses

• Increases: Royal Dark Monster
  • Attack (max 4,000%)
  • HP (max 2,000%)
  • Armor (max 5,000%)
    Requires hero level 66.

Royal Elemental Debuffs

• Increases: Royal Dark Elemental
  • Attack Resistance (max 20,000%)
  • Cripple HP (max 10,000%)
  • Armor Piercing (max 30,000%)
    Requires hero level 64.

Dark Mount Attack

• Increases: Mount Attack Bonus (max 5KT%)
  Requires hero level 70.

Dark Astral Attack

• Increases: Dark Astral Attack Bonus (max 10KT%)
  Requires hero level 70.

Mirror Hero Kingsglaive Gladio I

• Increases: Mirror Hero Kingsglaive Gladio: Royal Dark City Defense (max 15,000%)
  Requires hero level 73.

Kings of Lucis

• Increases: Kings of Lucis: Dark Troop
  • Attack Bonus (max 3KT%)
  • HP Bonus (max 1.65KT%)
  • Armor Bonus (max 5KT%)
    Requires hero level 74.

Mirror Hero Kingsglaive Gladio II

• Increases: Mirror Hero Kingsglaive Gladio: Royal Dark Fort Assault (max 10,000%)
  Requires hero level 71.

Royal Dark Troop Bonuses

• Increases: Royal Dark Troop
  • Attack (max 50,000%)
  • HP (max 25,000%)
  • Armor (max 75,000%)
    Requires hero level 74.

Kingsglaive Gladio Mirror Hero

Unlock Mirror Hero: Kingsglaive Gladio

• Unlocks the ability to train Mirror Hero: Kingsglaive Gladio as well as increases Mirror Hero max capacity by one.

Mirror Hero Kingsglaive Gladio: Royal Dark City Defense

• Research – max 15,000%
• Mastery Skill – max 15,000%
• Total – 30,000%

Mirror Hero Kingsglaive Gladio: Royal Dark Fort Assault

• Research – max 10,000%
• Mastery Skill – max 10,000%
• Total – 20,000%

Guild Adventure Hall

While Kingsglaive Gladio slays the monsters in the halls, he won’t quite be as good as Kingsglaive Prompto. Since his third ability’s base hit is only 5,000 compared to KG Prompto’s 6,000, his high Dark Dungeon Bonus isn’t as effective. But, don’t worry since he will still be good enough to run with friends in your guild!

Kingsglaive Gladio Medals Chart

COMING SOON!!!! 

Would You Like a FREE Kingsglaive Gladio Hero Unlock?

First, you need to do the daily Unlock: Kingsglaive Gladio Event. Which then will give you the Kingsglaive Gladio Unlock Fragments that give points towards the Kingsglaive Gladio: New Hero’s Grand Entrance Event. You will need to complete the daily event for at least NINE days to get the 22,500 points needed to complete the Grand Entrance event. Since that only lasts for TEN days you should do your best to maximize that daily event.

• Pro Tip: Hitting high-level monsters makes it easy to complete the event in just a few minutes.

Should You Get the New Hero?

Most of Kingsglaive Gladio’s Mastery Skills are double his Hero Skills, with some that are more than doubled! This makes him an effective hero no matter if you choose to use him in battle or not. The past few new heroes and increased levels for existing heroes have been like this, which is an excellent way to make a hero relevant even if a newer hero’s skills are better to use. 

To buy or not to buy:

Since you can get Kingsglaive Gladio for free during this campaign, you’ll have to decide whether the extra goodies that come with the packs are worth your hard-earned money. Since many players prefer to have MP Carryover as well as the abilities in the Guild Adventure Hall, they may already have the unlock long before the event gives it to them. But, it’s ultimately your choice and FREE is FREE!

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What to Read Next

Kingsglaive Gladio joins the ranks of the rest of the Kingsglaive line of heroes:

• Kingsglaive Noctis
• Kingsglaive Luna
• Kingsglaive Prompto
• Kingsglaive Ignis

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