Deathgaze (Final Fantasy VI)

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Final Fantasy VI Enemy
Deathgaze
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Japanese	デスゲイズ
Romaji	Desugeizu
SNES Name	Doom Gaze
PS Name	DethGaze
GBA Name	Deathgaze
SNES Stats Level HP MP 68 55,555 38,000 Battle Power Magic Power 35 8 Defense M. Defense MBlock 150 170 30 Speed Hit Rate Evade 95 150 30 EXP Gil 0 0 Location {{{SNES Location}}} Common Steal {{{SNES Common Steal}}} Rare Steal {{{SNES Rare Steal}}} Item Dropped {{{SNES Item Dropped}}} Morph {{{SNES Morph}}} Morph Miss Rate 100% Abilities {{{SNES Special Attack}}} Rage {{{SNES Rage}}} Sketch {{{SNES Sketch}}} Control {{{SNES Control}}} Weak Against {{{SNES Weak Against}}} Resistant To {{{SNES Resistant to}}} Immune To {{{SNES Immune to}}} Absorbs {{{SNES Absorbs}}} Status Immunity {{{SNES Protected Against}}} Other Information Flying opponent; Can't Meteor Strike; Can't Control; Dies when it runs out of MP; Auto-Protect; Auto-Shell PS Stats Level HP MP 68 55,555 38,000 Battle Power Magic Power 35 8 Defense M. Defense MBlock 150 170 30 Speed Hit Rate Evade 95 150 30 EXP Gil 0 0 Location {{{SNES Location}}} Common Steal {{{SNES Common Steal}}} Rare Steal {{{SNES Rare Steal}}} Item Dropped {{{SNES Item Dropped}}} Morph {{{SNES Morph}}} Morph Miss Rate 100% Abilities {{{SNES Special Attack}}} Rage {{{SNES Rage}}} Sketch {{{SNES Sketch}}} Control {{{SNES Control}}} Weak Against {{{SNES Weak Against}}} Resistant To {{{SNES Resistant to}}} Immune To {{{SNES Immune to}}} Absorbs {{{SNES Absorbs}}} Status Immunity {{{SNES Protected Against}}} Other Information Flying opponent; Can't Meteor Strike; Can't Control; Dies when it runs out of MP; Auto-Protect; Auto-Shell GBA Stats Level HP MP 68 55,555 38,000 Battle Power Magic Power 35 8 Defense M. Defense MBlock 150 170 30 Speed Hit Rate Evade 95 150 30 EXP Gil 0 0 Location World of Ruin: Fought on the Falcon Common Steal None Rare Steal None Item Dropped None Morph Antidote, Green Cherry, Eyedrop, Soft Morph Miss Rate 100% Abilities Bane Claw (Inflicts Poison on one target) Rage None Sketch Battle, Bane Claw Control None Weak Against Fire, Holy Resistant to None Immune to None Absorbs Ice, Poison Status Immunity Blind, Zombie, Poison, Imp, Petrify, Instant Death, Doom, Critical, Silence, Berserk, Confuse, Sap, Sleep, Slow, Stop Other Information Flying opponent; Can't Meteor Strike; Can't Control; Dies when it runs out of MP; Auto-Protect; Auto-Shell

Deathgaze, also known as Doom Gaze, is a boss in Final Fantasy VI. It is difficult to find, as it hides in a random location on the World Map of the World of Ruin, and can only be fought by contacting it with the Falcon. Its first move is to cast L.5 Death on the party, effectively weakening it. There is no time to heal from this, as Deathgaze is prone to escape at any time (usually after two turns). Casting Fira, Firaga, and Holy spells work very well against it, as does Gau's Io Rage, which has Flare Star, which will always deal 9,999 HP damage to it. It attacks using Death, Aero, and Blizzaga. Another useful strategy is to use Fire Rods or Pearl Rods on Deathgaze since these will ignore his high defenses and Auto-Shell. After several turns, it escapes from battle, forcing the player to find it again. However, it does not recover any HP, and starts off the next battle with however much was left. It drops the Bahamut Magicite when defeated.

If you use the Vanish/X-Zone bug to defeat Deathgaze, you will not receive Bahamut (although the Vanish-Doom bug will work).