Final Fantasy VI Bosses

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