History Characters / EtrianOdysseyNexus

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Not the character herself, but her class: She comes from Armoroad and she's the token NPC companion for the Waterfall Wood (the first stratum of ''The Drowned City''), and her armor design is based on that of the Hoplite class, but since Hoplites are not available in this game, she's classified as a Protector instead.

! Potential Guild Members

* TheHero: It's right there in the name. They seem to be the "main character" class of the game, as with the Protector in the first two games, the Landsknecht in the fourth, or the Fencer in the fifth.

* BoobsOfSteel: The leader of the Seafarers and a notably skilled explorer, her bust is about as large as the older female Necromancers' from ''Beyond the Myth''. She holds her own against the Chimera with just a knife, before leaving the rest of the fight to you.

* DiscOneNuke: A lot of Shogun's skills at basic level are extremely powerful, while they are solid for the majority of the game, for the time where it is alvailable for use it is completely ridiculous. Echoing Slash is a fairly powerful skill that can be imbued with Elements to hit weakness. Front Command allows you counterattack with your frontline for a massive '''600%''' damage modifier, can be learned without any pre-requisites and is maxed with a mere 6 skill points investment. Great Warrior at its max level of 6 is a 60% ATK buff, making it the strongest ATK increasing buff in the game on its own. Finally Avidya Sight increases your attack at nighttime, giving a free 20% ATK buff when exploring at night. On top of this, the Shogun use Katana as their main weapon, which is the strongest weapon type in the game.

* CompositeCharacter: Quite literally and intentionally. The Lemurians took note of the seven Yggdrasils set up and set out to make their own, to do so they created a composite clone of Etria, High Lagaard, Armoroad, and Tharsis's Yggdrasils. Like the one from Tharsis its labyrinths are scattered across the surrounding area, seemingly disconnected, rather than being all contained within the tree itself. [[spoiler: It's more humanoid form secretly guiding you also makes it similar to Arken, though this was not intentional on the Lemurians' part.]]

!!Persephone

!!Mueller

!!Kvasir

!!Vivian

!!Edie Napier

!!Wiglaf

!!Shilleka

!!Marco

!!Oliver

!!Rob

!!Charis

!!Leo

!!Birgitta

!!Artelinde

!!Wulfgar Jr.

!!Blót

!!Enrica

!!Makiri

!!Yggdrasil

!!Abyssal Princess

!!Jormungandr

!!Blossombeast

!!Shellbeast

!!Bugbeast

* BladeOnAStick: They primarily use spears to fight.

* BladeOnAStick: Their War Edges are essentially a sword tied to a staff, their two weapon options mechanically. War Edge Mastery allows them to use sword skills even when just using a staff.

* TheComicallySerious: In what seems to be CallBack to the first 2 games, Blót's eyes are drawn in a comical way in battle. This is now more apparent because of his 3D model, while in the first 2 games you had to check the artbook to get a good view of the human bosses' facial expressions (or play the HD remasters).

* TheComicallySerious: In what seems to be CallBack to the first 2 games, Blót's eyes are drawn in a comical way in battle. This is now more apparent because of his 3D model, while in the first 2 games you had to check the artbook to get a good view of the human bosses' facial expressions.

* LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards: Inverted. Early on their damage is among the best in the game due to having access to most of their attacks right away, later on as other classes open up gaining more skills they instead primarily gain passive and support abilities. That their damage modifiers at max rank are equal or lower to many other class's skills at the first rank, and most enemies having relatively even physical and magical defenses, does them no favors either. For example, Fire Star is 150% with a splash effect at max compared to a Gunner's Spread Shot with a 180% splash for the first rank.

* StoneWall: They don't need to be fast in order to protect their allies or take heavy hits. Their Strength stat is a little below average, and usually is compensated for with great damage multipliers from their shield skills. Their speed is literally the lowest of the low, being outsped by everything else.

* CriticalHitClass: Their previously stance-exclusive attacks can now be used regardless of the stance they have assumed. To compensate, their attack skills have an automatic critical hit whenever they are used with their corresponding stance -- e.g. Flame Grater crits during Upper Stance.

** By subclassing into a War Magus you can invoke this on other sword-using classes like the Hero or Nightseeker, who can now wield staves and still use their skills. Notable in that the strongest staff in ''Nexus'' boost a significant higher ATK stat than the strongest sword.

* BalanceBuff: Formerly, elemental imbue skills would only affect the user's weapon and sometimes only one user at a time; when the party is at a point where they'd prefer to attack with their own skills, the imbues don't factor into this. The elemental imbue buffs in ''Nexus'' now not only affect a party line, but also amplify the strength of skills with the corresponding element, multiplying the damage done by elemental DPS. Several other skills are also weapon-based, making them compatible with elemental imbues.

* {{Nerf}}: Their Keburi no Sue class skill has been split into Proficiency and Mystic Calm, and the latter, which provides TP cost reduction, is only available at the end of the skill tree.

** Releasal Spell removes all buffs and accumalated resistances from all enemies - normally, they become more resistant to an ailment or bind after being inflicted with it which slowly resets as the battle drags on.

* DarkIsEvil: He's a Hexer in-game, [[spoiler:and he can control monsters in the labyrinth, even those that have been guarding the temples that open the way to Yggdrasil. He's also the only Hexer in the franchise who can be considered outright evil; The playable Hexers are just explorers, while Tlatchtga was following Visil's orders.]]

* DarkIsEvil: He's a Hexer in-game, [[spoiler:and he can control monsters in the labyrinth, even those that have been guarding the temples that open the way to Yggdrasil. He's also the only Hexer in the franchise who can be considered outright evil. The playable Hexers are just explorers, while Tlatchtga was following Visil's orders.]]

* DarkIsEvil: He's a Hexer in-game, [[spoiler:and he can control monsters in the labyrinth, even those that have been guarding the temples that open the way to Yggdrasil.]]

The cast of ''Etrian Odyssey Nexus''.

-->'''Male options voiced by:''' Yuuki Inoue (Honest, Cautious), Creator/MutsumiTamura (Energetic), Yuuki Kuwahara (Precocious), Creator/AyumuMurase (Timid), Creator/ShunHorie (Determined, Generic 1), Creator/SomaSaito (Earnest, Aloof), Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka (Spirited, Cold), Creator/HiroShimono (Flippant, Mellow), Satoru Murakami (Formal, Generic 2), Creator/KengoKawanishi (Haughty, Robotic), Creator/NobuhikoOkamoto (Cool, Savage), Shin'ya Takahashi (Loud, Generic 3, Serious), Creator/HochuOtsuka (Fierce), Creator/MasakiTerasoma (Disdainful) Creator/KentaMiyake (Hearty, Generic 4), Creator/AkioOhtsuka (Resolute), Mitsuru Ogata (Creaky, Experienced), Creator/YoshihisaKawahara (Announcer)

* UncannyValley: InUniverse. The first time you head into any facility other than the HQ with a Vampire the NPC there will speak up about them. Napier and Kvasir chalk it up to your Vampire looking ''really'' tired. Mueller and Merlin are utterly terrified by them, though Mueller can't quite place ''why'' because there's no way they're the inhuman monstrosity he's sensing.

* WeaponOfChoice: Farmers have the greatest variety of weapon choices, capable of using staves, knives, scythes, and guns.

* PlantPerson: [[spoiler: The Yggdrasil's avatar who speaks to you throughout the game finally reveals itself as a young girl, close in appearance to a DarkSkinnedBlonde, as opposed to the titanic monstrosity that Tharsis's became.]]

* TurtlePower: In a demonic, skull-themed fashion.

* KilledOffScreen: Jormungandr offes Hexer Blót, while leaving his brother barely alive.

* TheUnfought: The Hexer Blót.