Final Fantasy VI All Enemies and Bosses

The Red Dragon is red and lives in a volcano. It may shock you to discover he's a Fire dragon! You'll be laughing by now, I assume; not only have you already spotted his weakness to the Confuse status, but the Fire element is the one most easily protected against. The Red Jacket, Ice Shield, Minerva Bustier, and Blizzard Orb all nullify it, the Flame Shield and Berserker Ring absorb it, and, if those resources aren't enough, the Force Shield, Thunder Shield, Cat-Ear Hood, Snow Scarf, and Force Armor all halve damage done by the element. Even though the Red Dragon tries to counter this by employing Flare spells and the Lv. 4 Flare attack, he's still fairly easy.

Every 40 seconds, Red Dragon will use a particularly powerful attack; either S. Cross, Flare Star, or Lv. 4 Flare. Flare Star still deals Fire-elemental damage based on your level, S. Cross is just a strong multi-target Fire-elemental attack and Lv. 4 Flare deals non-elemental, barrier-piercing damage to every character whose level is divisible by 4.

Normally, Red Dragon switches between Fira (66%) and Fire Ball (33%). When he reaches 10240 HP (after having absorbed 19760 HP damage), he'll switch to Firaga (66%) or a Flare spell (33%). All these spells (with the exception of Fire Ball) can be Reflected, but that may not be the wisest action to take; any character under the influence of Reflect will be targeted every second turn by !Eraser (from top character to bottom character), just like the living and his !Devil Claw attack. !Eraser removes the Reflect status, though not when the status is inherent (through Reflect Rings or Rage). Like most bosses, the Red Dragon has a 33% Battle counter to every damaging attack he takes.

What to do? He has a fairly low amount of MP, and all his dangerous attacks need MP to function. In his less dangerous phase, throw up your barriers (summon Fenrir and/or Golem, Kirin's Life Guard is useful as always, Hastega, Mighty Guard, you name it). When you're done, start casting Rasp! You can check if he's out of MP with Libra if you can't keep track yourself. You should have him crippled before his first 40-second attack comes around. Now that Red Dragon is nothing but a big lizard of fire, attack him with all the standard repertoire. It doesn't really matter, as he's pretty much done by now, but the most effective attacks tend to be Ice-elemental ones: the Blizzaga spell, thrown Icebrand swords (or Water Scrolls), the usual Phantom Rush and Dragon Horn Jump attacks, whatever works. Note that Tri-Disaster is absorbed, though. You can toy around with Confuse if you want, but it's not necessary. Expand Full Strategy

What draconic misdeeds Red Dragon (Redux) performed to deserve being confined even within the walls of the Dragon's Den is a mystery, especially since the rampaging Earth Dragon Redux and the vicousvicious little Ice Dragon (Redux) were both free to wander up and down its derelict halls. At any rate, its fiery temper, moral degeneration and the ability to set things aflame with its mere gaze - all common stereotypes associated with redheads - will provide you with a formidable foe.

The thing about Red Dragon (Redux) is that it can't be killed. By giving up its lifeforce it effectively becomes immune to all damage done by you, including elemental attacks it is weak against such as Blizzaga. Attacks that normally dealt a fixed amount of damage such as Traveler or 1000 Needles will result in 0 damage. Ultima, physical attacks of any kind, magical attacks of any kind; Red Dragon (Redux) possesses the same invincibility as the WoB Guardian did, and after 12 years of trying, we have yet to find a way to damage the thing. It can't be done.

However, Red Dragon (Redux) is using it's its very lifeforce to gain this expert defense, so this isn't a fight of trading blows, it's an attempt to stay alive among the attacks of Red Dragon (Redux). Of course, the Joker's Death attack produced by the Slot command can kill this thing, but it'll be a cold day in Ethiopia when I'll tell you lot to start counting on Joker's Death.

Yeah, anyway. Red Dragon's arsenal is pretty much what you'd expect. The first turn he'll use three attacks, all of which can be either a normal physical attack, the instant-kill attack !Red Fang or a strong magical attack, either Firaga, Flare or Meltdown. The second turn features eight physical attacks. The third turn both Blaze and Flare Star. Loop from there. He'll keep this up, without counterattacks of any kind until he dies. When he dies he'll cast two final spells; an Ultima spell and a Flare spell. Red Dragon (Redux) will deal after 100 Doom timer units, which is either just before or after the third time Red Dragon (Redux) uses his eight-hit physical barrage. The Ultima spell will deal around 5000 damage to all characters, so you'll likely perish on the scene.

We'll need to focus on staying alive through the fight and somehow circumventing dying due to his final Ultima. The Maginot Line (Golem/Fenrir/Prayer Beads/possible Mighty Guard combo) is more than competent in dealing with the physical attacks and !Red Fang. Any magical attack is easily absorbed by a Fire Shield or negated with an Ice Shield or Red Jacket. Raging any Rage that absorbs Fire-elemental attacks works since damage output isn't an issue: creatures such as Lich, Bomb and Grenade will heal Red Dragon (Redux) but will have the Rager absorbing anything but Flare, which is too rare to use Reflect Rings for.

The best way to deal with the final Ultima depends on the characters present. If one or more characters know Reraise, it's clearly the safest route to victory. You can try to Jump to safety, but you'll have to make sure you know when Red Dragon (Redux) uses Ultima, something which you can't predict as accurately as you might like. Runic can just be applied after you're sure Red Dragon (Redux) just finished its first turn for the third time; if you have no characters casting spells, Runic will absorb Ultima and only a single character will die from the Flare spell. Expand Full Strategy

Lady just isn't that interesting. White Wind can show up at any turn, and !Repose may make a cameo appearance too. If you dare to kill off Rest before Lady, Lady will respond by casting Arise on Rest, reviving it. Note that Rest won't revive back to its max HP, but to 9999 HP instead, which is good news for us.

Lady is just there to keep Rest around, which is bad enough for you, as Rest is a particularly nasty enemy to have around. Every odd turn, Rest may cast either Tornado or Meltdown, and, on every even turn, Rest will either use Battle or Doom. Since this tends to be a long battle, Doom quickly becomes a burden. Rest really goes for the kill once it dips below 10240 HP, though. Once you've brought this disaster on yourself, Rest will use Meteor. Always. Not only this, but it will also gain access to an omni-counter: 33% Meteor, 33% nothing, and 33% Trine, a new attack. Trine is unblockable and sets Dark and Mute, which is pretty bad as unless your characters are White Cape-, Ribbon-, or Rage-protected. Once Rest is killed, it'll use at least one and possibly two !Repose attacks to set Death on a character, which is, again, pretty bad, since characters killed this way cannot be revived right after and disappear from your team.

The first priority of this battle is Golem or Fenrir. As soon as this is in place, Lady needs to go down. It is vital you have non-elemental and targetable attacks to use for this purpose. Edgar's Drill Tool, Shadow's Fuma Shurikens, Falchions, Pinwheels or Impartisans, Fixed Dice, Flare spells, and Ragnarok or Lightbringer swings are all grand. Obviously, nothing is stopping you from hurting Rest in the meantime, so Grand Delta and Ultima aren't out of the question either. Taking down Lady can be quite tedious, as she is constantly healed by both her own White Wind attacks and Rest's Meltdown spells. If you brought Locke or Gogo with a Steal command, you might try to Steal Lady's Ragnarok sword; if one of your characters is wielding an Enhancer, replace it.

Once Lady has been killed, you just need to rough it out with Rest. Keep yourselves healed and always recover from Trine right away. You just need to bridge the dangerous gap between Rest having 10240 HP and Rest having 0 HP, as in this window Rest is simply strong enough to kill you whenever his AI script gives him the chance. The best route in the end is to go all-out on the offensive and give Rest as little time as possible to use Meteor. When Rest dies, it'll use either one or two !Repose attacks. This is why we kept Golem and/or Fenrir around for all this time: Avoiding the gruesome fate of a successful !Repose attack. Having circumvented this dirty last trick, it's time to rise even further up in the Heavens and face the Fallen One himself. Expand Full Strategy

As soon as Rhizopas comes, you're in trouble. This little guy has access to the El Niño spell, which will deal up to 250 damage to both characters. Your best bet is to go all-out offensive. While Rhizopas has very decent magical defense, Aura Cannon still out-damages Raging Fist (and Rising Phoenix, but that should be obvious). For Bushido, Tiger doesn't work, so just go with Fang. If you're really unlucky, Rhizopas kills you, and there's nothing you can do about that short of over-leveling. The odds aren't that high, though. Expand Full Strategy

First off, a note of warning: Samurai Soul is unique in the fact that he's a monster in a box you can run from. Doing so hurts your game though; you won't be able to fight him when you return to the chest, and thus you'll miss out on the Master's Scroll.

Samurai Soul is the perfect hybrid between a Samurai and a Ninja, as will become apparent by his AI script. Normally, his attacks will consist of Battle, any of the three offensive ninja scrolls (Flame Scroll, Water Scroll, or Lightning Scroll), and Gale Cut, 1000 Needles, or Shockwave. This isn't half bad for an opponent, but nothing spectacular either. It's when the enemy is aggravated that it becomes lethal. When you've battled him for longer than 40 seconds, he'll pump himself up. The message "Samurai Soul's power up!" will appear, and he will self-apply the Image and Reflect statuses, making him immune to every blockable Fight attack for the duration of Image and most Magic spells for the duration of Reflect. He'll also try to set Haste, but with inherent Slow immunity it will fail. Sad thing.

He may counter Fight, Magic, and Lore with a Battle, but that's not the purpose of his counter script there; when hit six times by Fight, he'll use !Assassin Blade on a random party member, which is a simple one-hit Wound attack with an admittedly poor Hit Rate of 100. When hit three times by any combination of Magic spells or Lore attacks, he'll chuck a weapon (either Kunai or Ashura) at a random party member, doing about 8000 damage to him/her. He'll then spend the next turn using Setzer's GP Rain, dealing exactly 915 HP worth of damage to four party members (1220 to three if one is still down from the thrown blade).

Samurai Soul's glaring weakness is the combination of vulnerability to the Confuse status and its own Special, !Assassin Blade. By setting Confuse with the Confuse spell, Strago's Bad Breath Lore, Cait Sith's Cat Rain, Edgar's Noiseblaster, or whathaveyou, Samurai Soul has a 50% chance of killing himself with !Assassin Blade. Sketching nets you a 25% shot at !Assassin Blade too. Exploit this weakness for a far easier battle.

If you're looking for more of a challenge or for some other reason don't want to muddle the poor warrior into defeat, here's what you'll want to do. First, throw up your barriers. Focus on the magical side; Mighty Guard (for Shell) or Zona Seeker's Wall, Hastega, Kirin's Life Guard, etc. Golem and Fenrir help against !Assassin Blade, but you shouldn't see it directed at you anyway.

Now, let loose with your characters. There's no reason to use Fight, Magic, or Lore on Samurai Soul. Terra, Celes, and Strago should really just wait out this battle. Attack with Phantom Rush Blitzes, Cyan's SwdTech skills (Tempest is nice), Jump attacks, the Drill Tool, etc. If you're really unlucky and brought all the wrong characters, just Fight (!Assassin Blade every sixth Fight attack isn't all that bad). When Samurai Soul powers up, Dispel removes all three positive statuses immediately. If you want to be evil, you can break the no-Lore rule one time and steal all three with Rippler (provided Strago's not prancing around with something like a Guard Bracelet or Miracle Shoes). Expand Full Strategy

Satellite will normally use Attack, !Supersonic Wave, Scintillation, Magitek Laser and Missile to make your life harder than it already is. Every ninth turn it takes, Satellite will use Dischord to halve a character's level. After 25 seconds of fighting, Satellite will call two Imperial Soldiers to aid him. 55 seconds later, he'll call in three Imperial Soldiers to help him (if there are Imperial Soldiers from the previous calling still standing, he'll fill the number to 3), and 120 seconds later, he'll call four Imperial Soldiers (once again, he fills the screen up to four anyway). Finally, Satellite will counter any Blitz attack with Mega Berserk, 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 Aura Cannons. If you didn't have a Ribbon, he will be Berserked by Satellite's Blitz-counter, Mega Berserk. 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 Satellite's magical attacks will be striking Shadow, removing the Invisible status. Expand Full Strategy