Buggy the Genius Jester

Buggy the Genius Jester
Captain of the Buggy Pirates. After the Paramount War, he became one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. He currently makes the most of that title, and heads “Buggy’s Delivery”, commanding many scoundrels that can now legally continue their piracy.

Details
No.	2035
Type	INT
Class	Driven
Class 2	Shooter
Rarity	6+
Max Lv.	99
Cost	40
EXP to Max	5,000,000
Sockets	5

Stats (before LB)
HP	2710
ATK	1201
RCV	498
CMB	4

Skills (before LB)
Special: Best of the Worst Bravado Click to see characters with matching specials	Doubles ATK for characters with a Cost of 40 or less for 2 turns
	Cooldown
	Level	Turn
	1	16
	MAX - Unknown	11
	Manual Location
	N/A
Captain Ability: Head Start for an Upstart Clown	Boosts ATK by 1.75x for characters with a Cost of 40 or less, but halves ATK and HP of characters with a Cost of 41 or more, and adds an extra piece of treasure from the quest (unless character became Captain in the middle of the quest)
Sailor Ability:	N/A
Support Ability:	N/A

Switch Effect: For dual units only	N/A

Rumble Stats
Rumble Special:	N/A
Rumble Ability:	N/A
Rumble Resistance:	N/A
Rumble Speed:	N/A
Rumble Defence:	N/A

Limit Break Upgrades
HP	ATK	RCV	Slot	CD
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Post-LB Captain Ability:	N/A
Post-LB Sailor Ability 1:	N/A
Post-LB Sailor Ability 2:	N/A
Post-LB Potential Ability 1:	N/A
Post-LB Potential Ability 2:	N/A
Post-LB Potential Ability 3:	N/A
HP	ATK	RCV	Slot	CD
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Post-LB Key Captain Ability:	N/A
Post-LB Key Sailor Ability:	N/A
Post-LB Key Potential Ability:	N/A

Tandem
N/A

Evolution
Chain
Materials	N/A

How to Obtain		Only through super evolution

This character entry on official Bandai OPTC page (en)/(jp) Some links may be broken due to en and jp having different numbers for some characters This character entry in OPTC-DB Sample teams using this character as a captain: Nakama Network list

Notes:		Summary (as of April'19): Tier rank: Unique. Buggy is not intended to clear hard content. He is intended to help you farm easy ones. As such, it is pointless to compare him to any other legends or tiers, through considering his usefulness in limited circumstances, he can be seen as a 5/5. Captain ability: Unique. See above. Special: Below-average (2/5). As a sub, Buggy is rather weak - a so-so ATK boost for non-legends/TM units. Limit Break Above-Average (3/5). While his SA "Makes INT orbs beneficial for all characters" is mosty wasted considering his crappy special, his Pinch Healing and Barrier Penetration are quite helpful in some farming missions. Detailed review and other notes Unique captain, but pretty useless as a sub Better than Wicca, Baccarat Gran Tesoro Concierge or Swift-Saber Haruta because he GUARANTEES the extra treasure drop. Buggy won't clear tough missions, but he is an interesting challenge to build a team around for mid His SE is a straight upgrade, more or less. The loss of the random orb shuffle is irrelevant, but his CA becomes a bit better, allowing you to clear more content. Team building Sometimes it is ok to use an OP unit that is not boosted by Buggy's CA. In particular, this means super utility units like Legend Law v1, Legend Magellan, TM Luffy, and so on. A brief overview of costs: 6+ legends: 65, TM units: 60, regular 6 legends: 55, clash/ambush units: 50. Units you that Buggy will boost include 5+ RR like Germa kids, unevolved legends, coliseum units and everyone else :) Good units: Eustass Kid Red-Hair-Seeking Worst Generation wipes 4 stages and some bosses all by himself! Portgas D. Ace Beloved Son of a Demon+possibly a unit to remove his self-bind (see notes on Ace) Sir Crocodile Thirst-Inducing Pirate, Smoker G-5 Vice Admiral or another unit that replaces the captain for a burst round units that add fixed amount of damage to regular attacks like Sabo Revolutionary Army Chief of Staff honorable mention: GPU Farmable socket locations: Orange Town - Ch. 5, 13 Loguetown - Ch. 7 Buggy's Counterattack!! Apprentices! Shanks and Buggy! Mr.3 and Buggy's Operation Escape! Rocky Feast Other guides: Reddit