Final Fantasy VI All Enemies and Bosses

Storm Drgn is the toughest dragon out of the bunch, and the specific scourge of the average "Low-Level Game" players (those who intentionally keep their levels low for a challenge) because one of Storm Drgn's attacks is the non-elemental, unblockable Rage attack, which you can't prevent Storm Drgn from using. Luckily, you probably have at least one Minerva wearer in your party at this point, and, since you just found a Thunder Shield that can be equipped on any given party member (except for Umaro, the useless piece of muscle that he is), you should have at least two party members capable of nullifying the Wind element.

Storm Drgn can use three attacks normally: Battle, Wind Slash, and Rage. Rage and Wind Slash are about alike in power and they're both unblockable. Rage, however, is non-elemental, whereas Wind Slash is Wind-elemental. As soon as Storm Drgn dives beneath 15360 Hit Points, he'll drop Wind Slash and Rage in favor of more physicals (he'll start using !Wing Saber here as well) - Aero and Cyclonic. Aero is about 1.2 times as powerful as Wind Slash, but 2.4 times as powerful when used on a single target (which will only happen if all the other characters are Wounded or in the air due to a Jump attack). Cyclonic, as you know from Wyvern and Wirey Dragon, is a multi-target percentage-based attack that will remove 93.75% of the targets current HP. Memento Rings and Safety Bits block the effects of Cyclonic, as do Rages with the Instant-Death Protection property.

At the start, summon Golem or Fenrir to protect against the physical attacks Storm Drgn uses. Zoneseek's Wall really helps against Wind Slash and Rage, but you should invest in individual Shell castings if you don't have Zoneseek ready. Next, you'll want to use Rasp a few times to take care of Storm Drgn's MP; when it's gone (you can check with Scan, or keep track with a calculator), Storm Drgn won't be able to cast Aero or Cyclonic in its 'dangerous' (second) phase. If one of your party members has learned the Haste 2 spell from Palidor, make use of it, by all means.

That said and done, just start beating him! Terra's Morph can help boost the damage of her spells (and halve the damage done to her by the magical spells, even though only Rage should ever damage Terra if you've played your cards right). Since Storm Drgn is weak against the Lightning-element, Bolt 2, Tri-Dazer, and Bolt 3 all hurt very nicely. Storm Drgn is rather strong and not to be taken lightly, especially since he won't succumb to your status ailment spells, but with the proper set-up, you shouldn't have a lot of problems. Expand Full Strategy

Telstar will normally use Attack, !SonicBlast, Schiller, Tek Laser and Missile to make your life harder than it already is. Every ninth turn it takes, Telstar will use Dischord to halve a character's level. After 25 seconds of fighting, Telstar will call two Soldiers to aid him. 55 seconds later, he'll call in three Soldiers to help him (if there are Soldiers from the previous calling still standing, he'll fill the number to 3), and 120 seconds later, he'll call four Soldiers (once again, he fills the screen up to four anyway). Finally, Telstar will counter any Blitz attack with Megazerk, making sure that Sabin will be Blitz-less in this battle, like an animal.

Shadow should be Throwing Shurikens while Sabin can keep on pumping out Aurabolts. If you didn't have a Ribbon, he will be Berserked by Telstar's Blitz-counter, Megazerk. It should be noted that Shadow will, for the first time, be vulnerable to attacks here as there's a large chance at least one of Telstar's magical attacks will be striking Shadow, removing the Invisible status. Expand Full Strategy

What's the point of this battle? There are four Tentacles. It gets rather confusing because each Tentacle has its own set of status immunities and elemental properties. But there is one thing that all Tentacles have in common; the attacks they perform, of which the most noticeable is the Seize, the attack both !Seize and Entwine are centered around.

What does Seize do? Seize seizes a character and renders it completely helpless. During a period of about 30 seconds, the Tentacle that used Seize holds the character and gradually drains his or her HP. It's a weird little formula. It's non-elemental and barrier-piercing and has a 5/8 chance of dealing about 60 HP of damage at each interval (which means that damage is taken less regularly if the Tentacle is slowed and more often if Hasted).

Tentacles just use their normal attacks: Battle, !Seize to set Slow, Entwine as a multi-target means of setting Slow, Poison and Bio. If they're damaged, they have a 33% chance of countering with Battle. However, whenever a character is Slowed, a Tentacle will always use the Seize attack and will grab the character from which it drains HP. The Tentacle that has grasped a character doesn't perform attacks, and the character that is under a Seize cannot act. This lasts for about 30 seconds, at which point the Tentacle will use Discard to remove all the effects of Seize. Slow was removed when the Seize attack was used.

This is why Running Shoes are so nice: with inherent Haste, both !Seize and Entwine will never work and thus Celes and Sabin will never be Seized during the battle.

Start the battle off by summoning one or both of your physical protection Espers, Fenrir and/or Golem; both protect against Battle and, more importantly, !Seize. Employ Edgar's Bio Blaster to Poison up to three of the Tentacles. If one of your characters has Siren equipped, send her out to stop the Poison and Bio spells used by two of the Tentacles. Now that the multi-target offenses and defenses have been cast, it's time to kill off one Tentacle at a time.

Cast Doom on the bottom-left Tentacle to dispatch it instantly. Obviously, the newly acquired X-Zone also works, but Doom's Hit Rate is superior and the Doom spell is more MP-efficient.

If you summoned Siren, the most dangerous Tentacle right now is the top-left Tentacle, as that's the only Tentacle capable of casting Poison and Bio. Cast Stop if you have it, and focus Edgar's Drill and Sabin and Celes's level 2 spells on it until it dies. If you didn't summon Siren, you should cast the Mute spell on both the bottom-right and top-right Tentacles to achieve the same effect. If this isn't an option, it's best to kill the most fragile Tentacle first: the bottom-right Tentacle. Drill and Ice 2 will kill it very quickly.

From this point, the remaining Tentacles are left to your imagination. Don't bother using Antdot when a character is Poisoned; the battle won't take that long, so sticking to Cure 2 spells to keep your HP up will suffice. If Sabin knows Air Blade, use it exclusively. Have Edgar focus on his Drill attacks, and keep Celes around to whip out a level 2 spell that won't be absorbed whenever possible (the lower left Tentacle is the only one that absorbs Ice 2; once you've used Doom or X-Zone to dispatch it, this spell is your best elemental option).

The fight against the Tentacles can be a pain, but only if you don't prepare properly. You'll pull through. Expand Full Strategy

Tritoch is attacking you. That's not very nice of him. Luckily, he has very little to damage you with. Ice 3 is his only offensive spell, and as most of your party is easily covered in Flame Shields, Ice Shields, or the Minerva bustier, the spell will do nothing to them. If you lack the above equipment for all characters, it's worthy of notice that the Thunder Shields and Force Shields both halve damage done by Ice-elemental attacks (dont't forget that the Force Shield also grants the wearer inherent Shell, reducing damage done by the Ice 3 spell by another 33%).

What Tritoch does is all very basic. The Esper attacks normally with the above three spells, although he hardly ever uses Cold Dust just like that. Whenever Tritoch is hit by a Fire-elemental attack, it has a one-third chance of casting Rasp. Also, whenever Tritoch is hit by either SwdTech, Tools, Blitz, Lore, Sketch, or Rage, it has a one-third chance of casting Cold Dust to freeze the attacker.

The strategy the game wants you to follow is clear. Fire-elemental Magic is the key. You will mainly be casting Fire 2 here. Sabin's Fire Dance deals weaker damage to a single target and may incite a Cold Dust attack, but if Sabin lacks Fire 2, it will have to serve as a suitable backup. If you brought Gau, the Toe Cutter Rage (Shrapnel) works great because it inherently absorbs Ice 3. A Rage like Scrapper is also great, providing you can combine it with an Ice Shield or Snow Muffler on the Rager. The Io Rage is even better as it will consistently deal 9920 damage every time Gau uses Flare Star and inherently nullifies Ice-elemental attacks, but it's unlikely you have it at this point.

There's little strategy involved beyond this, as the battle is quite easy. If you somehow didn't bring any equipment with elemental properties, Zoneseek can help you out there. Cast Haste on the entire party (now with the Haste 2 spell, brought to you by Palidor) can shorten the time a character is Frozen; heck, if that's taking too long as well feel free to just cast a Fire spell on the afflicted and watch him turn back to normal. Celes' Runic can absorb the Ice 3 and Rasp spells; it won't be necessary if you prepared enough, but if you haven't it's a great idea. Expand Full Strategy