"A six-armed summon with three faces - anger, benevolence, and joy."

—Dissidia Final Fantasy Summon Compendium

Asura (アスラ, Asura^?) is a summon in the Final Fantasy series. She has only appeared in one main game, but has appeared in some spin-offs.

AppearancesEdit

Final Fantasy IVEdit

Main article: Asura (Final Fantasy IV)

Asura is the queen of Eidolons, and lives with Leviathan in the Feymarch. In order to obtain her as a summon, Cecil Harvey must go to the Feymarch with Rydia and speak to her. After battling and defeating her, she is obtained as a summon, and the party can speak to Leviathan and challenge him as well.

Asura is a healing summon and costs 50 MP to cast in all releases of the game except the DS release, where summoning her costs 40 MP. When called, Asura casts one of three spells depending on which face is showing when summoned: if she shows her serene (Pale) face she casts Curaga on the party, if she shows her happy (Gray) face she will cast Raise, and if she shows her angry (Orange) face, she will cast Protect. In the original SNES release the angry face casts Curaga and the serene face casts Cura, due to the Protect spell being removed from the game.

Lunar Asura fought in the Advance and The Complete Collection releases acts similar to her counterpart in battle. Her summon Grimoire does 9,999 points of damage to all enemies and has no healing effects.

Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-Edit

Asura returns as a Summon spell for Rydia in the sequel of Final Fantasy IV and functions the same way as before. Asura's Boon will randomly casts one of three spells: Curaga, Raise, or Protect on all party members at the cost of 50 MP. She is only available during the final battle.

Final Fantasy IV: The After YearsEdit

For the battle information, see: Asura (The After Years)

Asura becomes available as a summon when the player defeats her in the Depths when Rydia is in the party.

Dissidia Final FantasyEdit

Asura appears as a summon in Dissidia and can be obtained as a stage bonus in "Distant Glory - Villains". When summoned manually her Final Fantasy IV artwork appears, and uses Queen's Aegis where she activates one of three random effects - she will seal the opponent's ability to summon for a period of time, destroy their summon entirely, or cause the summon to activate instantly.

Dissidia 012 Final FantasyEdit

Asura returns as a summonstone, with the same function as in Dissidia. She can be purchased from certain Moogle Shops for 20 KP.

Final Fantasy Trading Card GameEdit

Asura is represented in the TCG by a card depicting her Amano artwork. It allows the player to use one of three effects when played - making up to two Forwards Active, making up to five Backups Active, or selecting a character card with a cost of two or less in the Break Zone and adding it to the player's hand. These effects roughly approximate Asura's Curaga, Protect, and Life abilities in Final Fantasy IV.

Other AppearancesEdit

Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 2Edit

Asura also appears in Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 2.

Vagrant StoryEdit

Asura is a boss in Vagrant Story.

Lord of Vermilion IIEdit

Asura is a rare card in Lord of Vermilion II. She has an Attack of 65 and a Defense of 55.

GalleryEdit

The field sprite of Asura in Final Fantasy IV.

Asura in The After Years PSP version.

Artwork from Final Fantasy IV by Yoshitaka Amano.

Asura summoned in Final Fantasy IV (SNES).

Asura summoned in The After Years.

Asura summoned in The Complete Collection.

Akira Oguro artwork of Asura for the DS release of Final Fantasy IV.

Asura summoned in the DS release of Final Fantasy IV.

Asura's Lord of Vermilion II card and stats.

Asura's serene (Pale) face.

Asura's angry (Orange) face.

Asura's happy (Gray) face.