Final Fantasy VI Bosses

While the name 'Redux' is simply a gimmick to help distinguish between the two sets of dragons, it might as well have stood for 'reduction' in this case. Maybe Blue Dragon was flipping through his big brother's lad mags when they were dealing out the fancy upgrades, or maybe the head of the GBA remake team has a severe disliking for all things blue. We may never know the cause, but one thing is clear; Blue Dragon (Redux) is the almost comically inept one of the gang.

Blue Dragon (Redux) will attack twice every turn, either physically, with !Blue Fang (sets Stop) or with an multi-target Water-elemental attack. He'll counter any damage done to him with a 33 % shot at Attack. Whenever a character has the Protect, Shell or Haste status, Blue Dragon (Redux) will set Darkness, Poison and Slow on itself and try to swap the statuses with a Rippler attack. That's about it. All Water-elemental attacks are easily absorbed with one of the three defensive pieces of Imp equipment, so no worries there. Rippler, due to the Imp immunity bug, can be blocked with a Ribbon. Alternatively, you could just not apply the positive statuses and cast Slow and Bio on Blue Dragon (Redux) to see it throw itself around its apartment. Fenrir's Howling Moon and Golem's Earthen Wall are the part of the Maginot Line that isn't a target of Rippler so feel free to apply them.

Thundaga spells are very powerful, obviously. Any old attacks works like a charm in this fight. Gau and Gogo can Rage something like Aspiran or Trillium to absorb the Water-elemental onslaught. This is really the easiest fight in the Dragon's Den. Seriously, for fun I sometimes don't listedlisten to my own strategies and just damage and heal to the best of my poorly leveled abilities; it was easy enough in this fight every time I gave it a go. Just equip the Tortoise Shield you should have and cast Thundaga and such. Expand Full Strategy