Final Fantasy VI Walkthrough
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2.23: The Nastiest Dragon and Cyan
Enemies: Storm Dragon
Party: Optional: Terra, Edgar, Sabin, Celes, Setzer, Mog, Umaro
Storm Dragon  Bestiary #341 |
Type |
Level |
HP |
MP |
Gil |
EXP |
None | 74 | 42000 | 1250 | 0 | 0 | |
Strength |
Magic Atk. |
Evasion |
Defense |
Mag. Def. |
Mag. Evade |
|
13 | 9 | 0 | 110 | 150 | 0 | |
Stolen Items |
Dropped Items |
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None | Common:  Force Armor | |||||
Status Immunities | Elemental Immunities | |||||
          | None | |||||
Elemental Absorb | Elemental Weakness | |||||
 |  | |||||
Lores | Command Immunities | |||||
Control | ||||||
Metamorph Package | ||||||
Strategy | ||||||
Storm Dragon 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 Dragon's attacks is the non-elemental, unblockable Leaf Swirl attack, which you can't prevent Storm Dragon from using. Luckily, you probably have at least one Minerva Bustier 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 Dragon can use three attacks normally: Battle, Wind Slash, and Leaf Swirl. Leaf Swirl and Wind Slash are about alike in power and they're both unblockable. Leaf Swirl, however, is non-elemental, whereas Wind Slash is Wind-elemental. As soon as Storm Dragon dives beneath 15360 Hit Points, he'll drop Wind Slash and Leaf Swirl 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 Platinum 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 Leaf Swirls with the Instant-Death Protection property.At the start, summon  Golem or Fenrir to protect against the physical attacks Storm Dragon uses. Zona Seeker's Wall really helps against Wind Slash and Leaf Swirl, but you should invest in individual  Shell castings if you don't have Zona Seeker ready. Next, you'll want to use Rasp a few times to take care of Storm Dragon's MP; when it's gone (you can check with Libra, or keep track with a calculator), Storm Dragon won't be able to cast Aero or Cyclonic in its 'dangerous' (second) phase. If one of your party members has learned the Hastega spell from Quetzalli, 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 Leaf Swirl should ever damage Terra if you've played your cards right). Since Storm Dragon is weak against the Lightning-element,  Thundara, Tri-Disaster, and Thundaga all hurt very nicely. Storm Dragon 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 | ||||||
Crystal Sword
Crystal HelmWhen the fight ends, you'll have defeated another dragon and obtain a
Force Armor, which is great against magical attacks and halves the damage done by Fire-, Bolt-, Ice-, Wind-, and Earth-elemental attacks. After the battle, you can simply pursue the path without any kind of difficulty. Eventually, you'll reach a room filled with the same silk flowers you found in Lola's house, and a letter on a desk that will give confirmation to the hunch you no doubt already had. Also, there's a locked chest! When we leave through the opening to the right, we see Cyan send a letter and recite a poem; when he notices you, he declares his alliance to your cause once again and freaks out about you seeing his silk flowers and reading his letters. It seems the year of solitude has hardly changed him. If you brought three characters, Cyan is now in your party; if not, he'll be waiting on the Falcon for you.If you go outside, you'll see something shimmering; it turns out to be the key to Cyan's secret chest. You can go back in and open the chest. You'll find two books here: a Machinery Manual (Japanese translation: Machines for Dummies, Machines Explained Through Comics, Overcome Your Fears of Machines Today and the Big Book of Understanding Machines) which supposedly cured Cyan's fear of machines and a "Book of Secrets", of which he's very possessive. If you have Cyan in your party at this moment, he'll make a small scene in which he takes this item from your party leader. The Japanese game just called this "Book of Secrets" a naughty magazine. So it's a fact, poetry-writing, heart-broken samurai get lonely too.
If you take Cyan to Lola, he'll exchange the "Everything's going swell here in Mobliz"-letter with the letter you read on Mount Zozo. Lola will talk a little about her feelings and exclaim how she wants to meet whatever man wrote all the letters; if you brought Cyan and at least one other party member, he or she will be about to break the secret when Cyan steps in and prevents the truth from surfacing by telling Lola simply to enjoy life. Case closed.
Cyan, if you've been following the program a bit, probably learned two new skills in your absence. Dragon (which you may have already seen in the WoB at level 24) is an attack that drains both HP and MP in a single strike using some dragon-related power. It's strong enough to restore Cyan back to full in both categories if you aren't leveled too high, so unless the damage drained is hampered by the target, it's a great restorative move. Eclipse is basically Cyan's version of Sabin's Razor Gale, much like Fang is Cyan's version of Sabin's Raging Fist. Eclipse is slightly stronger, non-elemental, and has a 55% chance of setting Stop if the struck opponent is still alive and vulnerable to the ailment: It has a 140/256 chance and ignores any kind of Magic Block or Evade stat.
With Flurry still a viable option as well, Cyan's Bushido skills are truly something to fear; it's the bloody charge time that holds you back. Waiting for Bushido #6 takes a really long time; even if you skip to all the other characters and input the commands for their long-animation attacks, Cyan won't always be done charging when the other characters are done, and by this point the opponents have often already been defeated.
Caves of Narshe: Final Fantasy VI
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©1997–2025 Josh Alvies (Rangers51)
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