Final Fantasy VI All Enemies and Bosses

Skull Dragon just isn't very assuming. It's a generally subpar dragon as-is, once you ignore the fact it has no status vulnerabilities to exploit, but, at the very end of the game, your party is a force to be reckoned with. It's kind of ridiculous and sad all at the same time.

Battle, Doom, Will o' the Wisp, and Apparition all show up on the boss' first three turns, Doom easily being the most popular one. Every fourth turn, Skull Dragon may use Disaster, which is clearly its most crippling attack. It will be randomly single or multi-targeted by the semi-Undead dragon, and it sets Dark, Imp, Doom, Mute, Muddle, and, oddly enough, the Float status. One interesting little tidbit about the Apparition move is that the graphic designers never expected any monster to use it, so, instead of a graphic of the caster (Skull Dragon in this case), you'll see a half-baked sprite of your leading party member instead. Every damaging attack it takes may be countered by Battle.

Throw on Ribbons where possible. You shouldn't need any special protection for Will o' the Wisp, as it's about as powerful as Fira, but you can equip Flame Shields, Ice Shields, Minerva Bustiers, or Berserker Rings to absorb or nullify the attack. On the offensive front, just do whatever you have learned works. Since it's possible you have Ragnarok's Metamorph at your disposal, you can try that for a quick win. Firaga spells are extremely powerful (more so than the Holy spell). Ragers can Rage Srbehemoth to cast Firaga and become immune to Doom (the eventual death trigger will heal him), and the Imp, Mute, and Confuse statuses that Disaster may set (the remaining Dark and Float statuses that will be set are nothing to worry about for obvious reasons). Gogo should Rage like Gau. If you bought Flametongues for Shadow, know that they are superior to other weapons Shadow can throw. Expand Full Strategy

Statue of the Gods A is incapable of doing anything magical, and it will normally just use Battle. It has a 66% chance of countering any damage it takes with Battle too. When it hits 10112 HP, Statue of the Gods A may start to use !Razor Gale, which is a tad stronger. Did you know '112' is the Dutch alarm number? Did you care? Statue of the Gods B is only slightly more inventive than its shorter twin; it switches between Battle and Shockwave. When it hits 10240 HP, Statue of the Gods B takes a break from the Shockwave attacks and uses either Battle or does nothing whatsoever. Bold strategy, Cotton. If Statue of the Gods B is the last target to be taken out in this first battle, it'll use up to three Shockwave attacks before going palm-up.

Statue of the Gods C is one that only a mother could love, I suppose, and since there is no mother to speak of, it only makes sense that this creature is trapped in a state of continuous furious torment. It doesn't really do a lot normally, very rarely using either Reverse Polarity or !Sapping Strike. Every fifth turn it'll use either Protect or Haste on one of its Arms. Of course, the trouble begins once you pound it enough and it hits 10240 HP. From this moment on, it'll never rest and use either !Sapping Strike or the Petrify-inducing Dread Gaze attack. In this damaged state, every fifth turn may feature Dread Gaze, Magnitude 8, or Reverse Polarity. If Statue of the Gods C is the last target to be killed, it'll go with a Quake spell.

The first tier of the final battle is beyond any doubt the easiest tier, and, since every succeeding tier will be more difficult to handle than the previous one, it makes sense to use the relative harmlessness of this titan to your advantage. Start the battle off by reducing the damage you're taking. Take out Statue of the Gods B easily by employing an instant death attack: either use the Air Anchor on it or cast Break spells until one hits. Now, cast Slow on Statue of the Gods A and you're good to go. Make sure that you do not summon Golem or Fenrir right now: Their effects won't carry to the next tier and you'll need them much more up there.

Now that you're just taking !Sapping Strikes and occasional physical hits from the fiend, it's time for your barriers. Cast Hastega, Mighty Guard, Regen, Reraise, you've got all the time in the world and there's nothing stopping you from applying all the positive status ailments you see fit. Know that if you brought Terra to this battlefield, you can have her Morph and let her Morph timer run out while she's Sleeping to make her Morph status permanent. If you're done, it's time to finish this titan off.

You'll want to take out Statue of the Gods C before Statue of the Gods A, so focus your attacks on it. Since Statue of the Gods C is weak to Fire-elemental attacks, an single-target Firaga spell leaves a huge dent, as do Thrown Flametongues. There's nothing particularly interesting to say about the do's and don't's of this battle: focus your powers mainly on Statue of the Gods C, as you want to take it out first, and simply inflict damage as efficiently as possible. You've had much more experience with your characters than I have, so go with what has proven itself in your particular situation. Expand Full Strategy

Statue of the Gods D will act very rarely, but, when it does, the effects tend to be less than desirable for your part of this ordeal. Characters that absorb Fire are relatively safe from Statue of the Gods D's attacks, but it'll be rough for the others. Statue of the Gods D's normal AI script reads Nothing - strong attack - Nothing - 1/3 Battle - loop, but once you pound it below 11520 it'll get mad and start using the strong attacks every turn, with a 1/3 chance of using !Zombie Fang in the same turn immediately afterwards. This frenzied Statue of the Gods D is far and away the most troublesome opponent of this tier and is priority number one as a result. Since his elemental weakness is the popular and easily exploitable Ice-elemental variant, Blizzaga spells and Thrown Icebrand blades are extremely strong attacks versus the ferocious feline. Did you know: Statue of the Gods D's image is the exact same one as Sabin uses when he executes his Desperation Attack 'Statue of the Gods D Break'?

If you'd thought that you had seen the last of those repetitive machine moves when you destroyed the Empire's most powerful weapon, you had better think again. Statue of the Gods E is less than picky with its AI script and will randomly use any of its attacks in any situation with only one quirk: Once Statue of the Gods E hits 11520 HP, it'll stop using Atomic Ray and start using the ever-so-slightly stronger Absolute Zero attack.

Statue of the Gods F uses spells. A lot of them. It has all kinds of conditions too, so allow me to present them to you: Normally, it's Poison, Drain, Bio, Firaga, Confuse, Haste, Imp, Hastega. When its HP drops below 30720, it's: Blizzaga, Thundaga, Holy, Flare, Sleep, Stop, Reflect, Slowga, Reraise. Below 20096, another change: Blizzara, Firaga, Thundaga, Holy, Flare, Rasp, Silence. Below 10240, same story: Starts using 33% Graviga spell as an omni-counter. Finally, below 5120: Starts using 33% Graviga and up to two Dispel spells as an omni-counter. Note that when Statue of the Gods F dies, its Mute status will be removed and its final counter will definitely produce results.

Statue of the Gods G hits you. Every turn it uses Battle. It never rests or does something remotely interesting; it just sits there and pounds every character it can get its hands on. When it dies, it uses !10-Hit Combo once and follows up with nine Battle attacks before croaking for good. Obviously you were supposed to expect a tenth hit here, but luckily you have me to suck the fun out of every single one of those little tricks.

You should still be buffed up from the previous battle, so there's no need to redo it now. Don't touch Golem/Fenrir yet. Start by killing Statue of the Gods E ASAP; once again, the Air Anchor really helps. Death spells are a suitable replacement. Cast the Silence spell on Statue of the Gods F, or use the Bad Breath Lore. If Statue of the Gods F managed to set Haste on Statue of the Gods G, cast Slow to counter the effects. By this point, you should have killed Statue of the Gods E, crippled Statue of the Gods F into uselessness, and Slowed the inherently inferior Statue of the Gods G. What's left is Statue of the Gods D.

Focus all your attacks on Statue of the Gods D. Like I said, Blizzaga spells and Thrown Icebrand blades really hurt it. When Northern Cross hits home, use a Fire spell to recover. Don't let Zombies roam either; cure immediately and make destroying Statue of the Gods D a priority over healing as Statue of the Gods D is the only dangerous opponent on the field (not to mention the fact that, if you're in trouble, he can't be more than 10000 HP away from defeat based on his AI). Once Statue of the Gods D is down, recover from any wounds you might've obtained and go for Statue of the Gods F instead.

After you've killed Statue of the Gods F (there's no special tricks), you'll probably have one or more characters who have lost their positive statuses due to !Zombie Fang, dying in some other manner, or Dispel. Re-set them (since Statue of the Gods G won't be KO-ing anybody anytime soon) before finally going for the kill on the final part. Statue of the Gods G's !10-Hit Combo shouldn't hurt too bad; even in such large numbers, its weak and inaccurate physicals fail to impress. Expand Full Strategy