Veteran Prompto Battles the Darkness

Our newest hero in FFXV: ANE is Veteran Prompto. Worn, but not weary, he helps battle the Darkness alongside King Noctis. His skills boost the attack, HP, and armor stats of just about every Dark Troop type you have.

You will find him extremely useful in the Guild Adventure Hall since he is the hardest hitter that we have right now. With 800k% Dungeon HP bonus, 2.5M% Dungeon Attack bonus, and 15k% Dungeon Healing bonus, you will lead your guild to victory in the Guild Adventure Halls. Read on to find out just how beefed up Veteran Prompto’s abilities are with your Dark Troops.

Veteran Prompto Hero Skills Overview

Looking at his Hero Skills Tree, it starts like the previous heroes that have been released in the Dark World. With the Monster attack abilities and the Max MP boost of 300% when fully skilled. Also, you will see on the top of his Hero Skills Tree is the Dark Monsters attack unlock. This will make you able to hit the ever-popular level, 9 Realm Bosses. So don’t forget to go back up when your Veteran Prompto is level 40.

At level 25, you will be able to unlock the first Dungeon Dark Bonus. This is what makes him a beast in the Dungeon.

But his Tree doesn’t stop there. Further down you will see the Dark Troops boosts that will help you in offense or defense. Along with Astral Attack and Mount Attack, he will assist you in your battles.

His Hero Mastery Skills seem to be a bit similar to the bottom of his Hero Skills Tree with the Troop boosts. But like his younger counterpart Prompto, he also boosts rally attacks. Furthermore, you will see a march size and Mirror Hero: Veteran Prompto boosts. 

Feel free to play around with his Skills Trees since you can buy resets in the gold store at any time, even if you don’t have any on hand. This feature is pretty useful, in my opinion, since the game is ever-changing and you will want to be able to set your heroes perfectly.

Hero Skills Tree

Monster Tactics: Dark Monsters: Unlocks the ability to attack Dark Monsters while Veteran Prompto is active. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 40. Many Realm Bosses are now level 9, and you will want to be able to attack the level 8 and 9 monsters on the realm map for events.

Max MP: Increases Veteran Prompto’s Max MP up to a max of 300%. Unlocks with Veteran Prompto hero level 1.

Hero Streak: Increases your hero attack streak up to a max of 2. Unlocks with Veteran Prompto hero level 1.

MP Recovery: Increases Veteran Prompto’s Max Recovery when Veteran Prompto is active up to a max of 50,000%. Unlocks with Veteran Prompto hero level 1. So nice when the MP bars are huge now with the new gear release!

Hero Critical Hit: Increases your Hero Critical Hit up to a max of 5%. Unlocks with Veteran Prompto hero level 1.

Hero Attack: Increases your Hero Attack bonus up to a max of 5,000%. Unlocks with Veteran Prompto hero level 1. This is a purely monster attack bonus for monsters on the realm map and Realm Bosses. Not for combat or in the Dungeons.

Hero Critical Damage: Increases your Hero Critical Damage up to a max of 50%. Unlocks with Veteran Prompto hero level 1.

Dungeon Dark Bonus: Increases your Dungeon HP Bonus up to a max of 800k%, Dungeon Physical Damage Bonus up to a max of 2.5M%, and Dungeon Healing Bonus up to a max of 15k%. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 25. This is a skill that you will want to max out as much as you can to hit like a brick in the Adventure Hall. 

Dark Warrior: Increases your Dark Warrior attack up to a max of 37.5M%, Dark Warrior HP up to a max of 19M%, and Dark Warrior armor up to a max of 56.5M%. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 4.

Dark Core Troop Attack: Increases your Dark Warrior, Dark Mage, and Dark Cavalry attack by up to a max of 47M%. Unlocks with Veteran Prompto hero level 1. 

Dark Core Troop Armor: Increases your Dark Warrior, Dark Mage, and Dark Cavalry armor by up to a max of 70.5M%. Unlocks with Veteran Prompto hero level 1. 

Dark Core Troop HP: Increases your Dark Warrior, Dark Mage, and Dark Cavalry HP by up to 23.5M%. Unlocks with Veteran Prompto hero level 1. 

Dark Juggernaut: Increases your Dark Juggernaut attack up to a max of 56.5M%, Dark Juggernaut HP by up to a max of 28M%, and Dark Juggernaut armor by up to a max of 84.5M%. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 5. 

Dark Mercenary Armor: Increases your Dark Mercenary armor by up to a max of 106M%. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 15.

Dark Mercenary HP: Increases your DArk Mercenary HP up to a max of 35M%. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 16.

Dark Mercenary Attack: Increases your Dark Mercenary attack by up to a max of 70.5M%. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 17.

Dark Elemental: Increases your Dark Elemental troop attack with hero up to a max of 75M%, Dark Elemental troop HP with hero up to a max of 37.5M%, and Dark Elemental troop armor with hero up to a max of 94M%.

Dark Elemental Troop Attack: Increases your Dark Elemental attack up to a max of 94M%. Unlocks with Veteran Prompto hero level 1. 

Dark Elemental Troop Armor: Increases your Dark Elemental armor up to a max of 141M%. Unlocks with Veteran Prompto hero level 1.

Dark Elemental Troop HP: Increases your Dark Elemental HP up to a max of 47M%. Unlocks with Veteran Prompto hero level 1.

Dark Astral Attack: Increases your Dark Astral attack bonus up to a max of 23.5M%. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 20.

Mount Attack: Increases your Mount attack bonus up to a max of 94M%. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 7. 

Hero Skills Summary

As you can see, a lot of his skills are available as soon as you unlock Veteran Prompto. This makes him a great asset even at a lower level. But you probably won’t keep him at a lower level for long since there are many ways to collect his hero exp and medals. The ways that I can recall so far are in the Guild Adventure Hall, many different events, and even in the Realm of Heroes in the Prompto Loot Tiles. Because of how easy they are to find, you should start gathering as much as you can, even if you don’t have him unlocked yet. This will give you a nice head start on your journey to greatness.

Veteran Prompto Hero Mastery Skills Overview

Unlocking his Mastery Skills will give you almost a billion more troops in your march with the first skill maxed out. More troops=more kills! Or maybe you just want to gather faster, a larger march will help tremendously. Next, you will find that most of his Mastery Skills look to be a replica of his Hero Skills. This means your Veteran Prompto stats will be doubled with him active. But the nice thing about the Mastery Skills is that they are passive and will apply no matter which hero you have active. So if you use another hero for their abilities, you will still gain a good boost in stats from Veteran Prompto.

His last skills will boost his Mirror Hero, as long as that troop is present in battle. One increases your Mount attack by 12.5M%, and the other Debuffs enemy Airships by 5M%. This will help when someone is trying to dive-bomb your Guardians. 

Hero Mastery Skills Tree

Dark March Size: Increases your Dark March size by up to a max of 300M, Dark Elemental march size by up to a max of 320M, and Dark Mercenary march by up to a max of 320M. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 57. 

Guild Dark Troop Rally: Increases your Dark Rally capacity by up to a max of 200M and Dark Reinforcement march size by up to a max of 200M. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 52.

Dark March Speed: Increases your Dark Troops attacking march speed by up to a max of 100% and Dark rallying march speed by up to a max of 100%. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 58. This will reduce your march time by 50% since it makes you 100% faster!

Dark Warrior: Increases your Dark Warrior attack by up to a max of 47M%, Dark Warrior HP by up to a max of 23.5M%, and Dark Warrior armor by up to a max of 70.5M%. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 52.

Dark Core Troop Attack: Increases your Dark Warrior, Dark Mage, and Dark Cavalry attack by up to a max of 58.5M%. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 55.

Dark Core Troop Armor: Increases your Dark Warrior, Dark Mage, and Dark Cavalry armor by up to a max of 88M%. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 50.

Dark Core Troop HP: Increases your Dark Warrior, Dark Mage, and Dark Cavalry HP by up to a max of 29.5M%. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 52.

Guild Dark Merc Rally: Increases your Dark Mercenary rally capacity by up to a max of 200M and your Dark Mercenary reinforcement march size bonus by up to a max of 200M. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 56.

Dark Juggernaut: Increases your Dark Juggernaut attack by up to a max of 70.5M%, Dark Juggernaut HP by up to a max of 35M%, and Dark Juggernaut armor by up to a max of 106M%. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 53.

Dark Mercenary Attack: Increases your Dark Mercenary attack by up to a max of 88M%. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 54.

Dark Mercenary Armor: Increases your Dark Mercenary armor by up to a max of 132M%. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 49.

Dark Mercenary HP: Increases your Dark Mercenary HP by up to a max of 44M%. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 51.

Dark Elemental: Increases your Dark Elemental troop attack with hero up to a max of 94M%, Dark Elemental troop HP with hero by up to a max of 47M%, and Dark Elemental troop armor with hero by up to a max of 141M%. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 54. Please note that these say WITH HERO. Since this is a Mastery Skill, any hero present in battle will work.

Dark Guild Elemental Rally: Increases your Dark Elemental rally capacity by up to 200M and your Dark Elemental reinforcement march size bonus by up to 200M. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 54.

Dark Elemental Troop Attack: Increases your Dark Elemental attack by up to a max of 117M%. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 53.

Dark Elemental Troop Armor: Increases your Dark Elemental armor by up to a max of 176M%. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 48.

Dark Elemental Troop HP: Increases your Dark Elemental HP by up to a max of 58.5M%. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 50.

Dark Astral Attack: Increases your Dark Astral attack bonus by up to a max of 29M%. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 55.

Mount Attack: Increases your Mount attack bonus by up to a max of 117M%. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 55.

Mirror Hero Veteran Prompto: Mount: Increases your Mirror Hero Veteran Prompto: Mount bonus by up to a max of 12.5M%. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 56. This is unlocked and researched in the Mirror Hero research node in the University.

Mirror Hero Veteran Prompto: Enemy Airship Debuff: Increases your Mirror Hero Veteran Prompto: Debuff enemy Airship up to a max of 5M%. Requires Veteran Prompto hero level 66. This is unlocked and researched in the Mirror Hero node in the University.

Skills Overview

Veteran Prompto has a lot of overlapping skills that you will find useful in offense or defense. Not only from the similar abilities in both the Hero Skills and Mastery Skills trees but with the stats boosts that affect more than one thing at a time. For example, the rally stats boosts will apply to all troops in a rally. The rally will also get the boosts from Dark Troops, Elemental Troops, and Mercenary Troops abilities. Then you have the Mirror Hero: Veteran Prompto abilities that add to the research done in the University.

Veteran Prompto is Useful Everywhere

Just about everything you can do in the game, Veteran Prompto will make it a lot easier to do. He is the hardest hitter in the Guild Adventure Hall as of the date this article was written. He offers march size increases that not only make it easier to attack, but gathering will be so much faster.

The increased rally capacity and march size bonuses make offensive marches much more powerful than ever before. Then you have the Juggernaut and Mercenary boosts as well as Enemy Airship debuffs that will buff your defense. Don’t forget his Monster hunting abilities and the fact that he can attack level 9 monsters, too! 

Even at a low level, Veteran Prompto is advantageous to have in your arsenal, and his skills just keep getting better as he levels up. Let me know what you think of our brand new hero on Line or Discord. Which hero do you think they will reinvent next? This opens up a whole new world of heroes and abilities that we can discover.