Diablos (Summon)
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Diablos (ディアボロス Diaborosu), also known as Diabolos, is a recurring summon in the Final Fantasy series. The damage he does is usually Gravity based.
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[edit] Appearances
[edit] Final Fantasy VI
Diablos appears in the Advance remake, under the name Diabolos. It is obtained by defeating the Kaiser Dragon in the Dragons' Den.
Dark Messenger does gravity damage reducing opponents' HP to 1/16, ignoring protection to Instant Death, and also inflicts Seizure. He costs 90 MP to summon.
Diabolos teaches the following:
At Level Up, he provides a +100% boost to HP.
[edit] Final Fantasy VIII
- For the enemy, see Diablos (Final Fantasy VIII)
- See the Summon sequence here
Diablos (Japanese ディアボロス Diaborosu; French Nosferatu) is an optional boss who becomes a Guardian Force upon defeat. He can be obtained when the party receive the Magical Lamp from Headmaster Cid. The lamp has strict instructions to save before using it. Upon rubbing the lamp, the screen will dissolve and the player will immediately fight Diablos. Upon defeating Diablos, he joins as a Guardian Force. Should the player lose, they will receive a normal Game Over. Diablos' stats are directly relative to the level of the party members, and as such, vary depending on when the player chooses to challenge him.
His summon attack is called Dark Messenger and deals damage in relation to the enemies maximum HP count via a percentage equal to Diablos' level range {i.e. 10-19, 30-39} (with a set damage limit at 9999). For instance, casting a level 25 Diablos on somebody with 1000 HP, will constantly deal 200 damage, and will even kill the opponent, in contrast with other Gravity-based attacks. Meaning, at level 100, he will kill any foe with less than 9999 HP as it maximum health, useful for the beginning portions of the game before acquiring (and leveling up) Cactuar, and Eden. The Dark Messenger attack will not touch anybody immune to Gravity-based attacks, leaving most bosses untouchable for the summon. Also, if Diablos is below level ten, his attack will deal 9% of enemies maximum health in damage.
Abilities learned from Diablos are listed below:
| Command Ability | AP | GF Ability | AP |
| Magic | NA | GF HP +10% | 40 |
| Draw | NA | GF HP +20% | 70 |
| GF | NA | GF HP +30% | 140 |
| Item | NA | Character Ability | AP |
| Darkside | 100 | Mag +20% | 60 |
| Mug | 200 | Mag +40% | 120 |
| Junction Ability | AP | HP +20% | 60 |
| HP-J | 50 | HP +40% | 120 |
| Mag-J | NA | HP +80% | 240 |
| Hit-J | 120 | Menu Ability | AP |
| Ability x3 | NA | Time Mag-RF | 30 |
| Party Ability | AP | ST Mag-RF | 30 |
| Enc-Half | 30 | ||
| Enc-None | 100 |
[edit] Triple Triad
| Diablos | ||||||
 | Level | 9 (GF Card) | Element | none | ||
| Refine Min. | 1 | Refine Result | 100 Black Holes | |||
| Drop | Diablos | |||||
| Card | n/a | |||||
| Win | n/a | |||||
[edit] Final Fantasy XI
Diabolos is a Terrestrial Avatar, ruler and creator of the dream-world known as Dynamis. Diablos is also part of the Chains of Promathia storyline. He is a very challenging encounter because he has an ability known as Nightmare, which is a powerful bio and sleep effect that will likely hit all player characters in the battle. Though Bio will continue to do damage over time, the damage will not wake the players as it normally does. Players who have defeated Diablos as part of the storyline can then go back to face him again can earn the right to use Diablos as a player summonable creature.
Diablos' abilities mostly effect a a party member's magical attack and defense bonus, as well as degrading the enemy's resistances to magic. He is known to have the only Demi-type ability in the game.
[edit] Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
- Main article: Diabolos (Revenant Wings)
- "Demon who bends gravity to his will."
- —In-Game Description
Diabolos appears as a rank 2 Non-Elemental Aerial summon. His regular attack is called Nightmare, while his special attack, Gravity, causes the Sap statues.
[edit] Etymology
Diablos' name and appearance go hand in hand as "Diablos" is the plural form of the Spanish word "Diablo" which means "Devil". "Diablos" could also be connected to the Greek word diabolous which means divider, given his ability when summoned in FFVIII.
Also, Diablos may be connected to the Djinn in Islamic mythology, similar to Ifrit. The djinn were the origins of genie myths and were spirits or ghosts made of fire or smoke. They were said to grant wishes. The fact that Diablos comes from a magic lamp could be a reference to the djinn.
