Portgas D. Ace Black Clad Division Commander

Portgas D. Ace Black Clad Division Commander
Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates' second division. He's an easygoing free spirit who's capable of courtesy and common sense when the times call for it. However, he flies into a rage whenever the name of Captain Whitebeard, his benefactor and savior, is insulted.

Details
No.	562
Type	DEX
Class	Shooter
Class 2	Free Spirit
Rarity	★★★★★★
Max Lv.	99
Cost	55
EXP to Max	5.000.000
Sockets	5

Stats (before LB)
HP	3818
ATK	1352
RCV	321
CMB	4

Skills (before LB)
Special: Great Flame Commandment: Flame Emperor Click to see characters with matching specials	Reduces crew’s HP by 40%, deals the amount of HP lost x15 in non-type damage to all enemies, and locks slots for 1 turn
	Cooldown
	Level	Turn
	1	22
	MAX - 6	17
	Manual Location
	Breed's Sea Animal Circus Dead End Begins!
Captain Ability: I’ll Never Live My Life With Regrets…!	Boosts shooter characters’ HP by 1.5x and doubles ATK (triples ATK if slots match)
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
4168 (+350)	1602 (+250)	421 (+100)	N/A	(-2)
Post-LB Captain Ability:	N/A
Post-LB Sailor Ability 1:	Basic stats +50 for Shooter characters Makes DEX orbs beneficial for Shooter characters
Post-LB Sailor Ability 2:	N/A
Post-LB Potential Ability 1:	QCK Damage Reduction Slot bind resistance Barrier piercer
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

How to Obtain		Only through 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 February'19): Tier rank: 2/5 (Weak). Underpowered CA and weak special means that Ace is pretty useless now, through his SE version still makes for a decent sub. Captain ability: Weak (1.5/5). 2x ATK with occasional 3x ATK is simply quite below average for what newer legends and even some non-legend F2P units are offering. Special: Rather weak (2/5). Clears mobs, locks slots, and reduces health (generally a demerit). In other words, two mediocre effects crippled by a bad one. Not much to look at here. Limit Break Ok (3.5/5). LB gives Ace two noticeable improvements: as a sub, he "Makes DEX orbs beneficial for Shooter characters", and also he gains Barrier penetration power, which can be quite nice in some niche situations. Detailed review and other notes Realistically, as of early 2019 he is a pretty useless (underpowered) captain and his special is very niche. If you really want a Shooter or blocker, he does have the highest HP and second highest (after Aokiji “Duel” Victor) ATK, but orb lock a niche utility. Note that when super evolved to Portgas D. Ace Darkness-Slaying Sun, his slot lock in his special changes into a 2x ATK boost to shooter characters. Consider keeping an un-SE one if you pull another, to have a solid DEX/shooter orb locker, but he is otherwise inferior to his SE version. Ace gives you a tanky team with HP boost of 1.5x and an ATK boost of 2x to 3x (3x with matching orbs). You don't want to tank much damage, as it weakens Ace's special. You can expect your HP to be around 30-40k for double SW Ace with no HP boosting ship, and up to 60k with an HP ship. Team building Ships: Navy Ship is too weak usually (ATK boost is bad). Striker which you get from Forest of Training: Flame Fist is one of the best choices. Some of the favorite team-mates seen on most Ace's teams: INT Zephyr Neo Marines Leader/ QCK Supersonic Van Ogre, PSY Heracles-un Hero of the Forest, STR Franky A Pirate Who Lives by His Code, PSY Usopp Usopp Golden Pound/ QCK Usopp A Pirate Who Lives by His Code Other good subs: Marguerite Guardian Warrior, Marguerite Kuja Warrior, others listed in the Reddit guide here Farmable socket locations: Ace's Training Grounds (Beginner support adventure, easy and always available place to farm him) Ace (Coliseum) Bandits! The Dadan Family!! Other guides/reviews feel free to add links to other guides/analyses here Trivia The 8th/9th Legend on global (released simultaneously with INThawk for the 1st Anni in Feb 2016) Also known as SW Ace, because he was originally released in Japan alongside a Straw Hat batch based on a "Strong World" movie art style. Those Straw Hat characters were never released on Global under said artstyle, although SW Ace was. A year or so after the SW Ace release, Straw Hat characters with abilities and stats identical to Japan SW Straw Hats, but with a different artwork and character number, were released on global in the form of "Dream Chaser" Straw Hats. They are still commonly referred to as SW Straw Hats (see more at SW Luffy). For a long time, Ace was underpowered on global, because there was no good Shooter-class booster. This has changed in Fall of 2016, as we finally got Zephyr Neo Marines Leader, followed in early January 2017, RR Supersonic Van Ogre, and in September/October 2017, Byrnndi World.