"The Fiend of Wind, who dominates the heavens from her lofty perch."

—Description

See also: Tiamat.

Tiamat (ティアマット, Tiamatto^?) is the Fiend of Wind from the original Final Fantasy. She appears at the top of the Flying Fortress, and has a multi-headed, draconic form.

StoryEdit

Four hundred years prior to the modern time of Final Fantasy, she tossed the Lufenian civilization into ruin, with only a village, a single airship, and her personal haunt left standing. With the Wind Crystal under her control, the wind itself has died down. As the first to awaken, she is the most powerful of the Four Fiends, and uses several powerful attacks. Tiamat also appears on the fourth basement of the Chaos Shrine 2000 years in the past, where she is slightly stronger.

BattleEdit

Final Fantasy Boss

Tiamat ティアマット (Tiamatto) Statistics HP Attack 1,000 60 Defense Magic Defense 10 N/A Evasion Accuracy N/A 27 EXP Gil 5,496 6,000 Elemental Affinities Fire Bolt Ice Dia Resist Resist Resist - Location Floating Castle Abilities Thunder, Poison, Blizzard, Blaze Resistant to Quake Tiamat ティアマット (Tiamatto) #118 ← #119 → #120 Statistics HP Attack 2,000 49 Defense Magic Defense 80 200 EXP Gil 5,496 6,000 Elemental Affinities Fire Bolt Ice Dia Resist Resist Resist - Location Flying Fortress Abilities Thunder, Blaze, Blizzard, Poison Resistant to Quake Tiamat ティアマット (Tiamatto) #118 ← #119 → #120 Statistics HP Attack Intelligence 2,400 53 45 Defense Magic Defense 80 200 Agility Accuracy Evasion 36 80 72 EXP Gil 5,496 6,000 Elemental Affinities Fire Lightning Ice Dia Resist Resist Resist Misses Location Flying Fortress Item Dropped N/A Abilities Thunderbolt, Blaze, Icestorm, Poison Gas Resistant to Quake Tiamat ティアマット (Tiamatto) #118 ← #119 → #120 Statistics HP Attack Intelligence 2,400 53 45 Defense Magic Defense 80 200 Agility Accuracy Evasion 36 80 72 EXP Gil 5,496 6,000 Elemental Affinities Fire Lightning Ice Dia Resist Resist Resist Misses Location Flying Fortress Item Dropped N/A Abilities Thunderbolt, Blaze, Icestorm, Poison Gas Resistant to Quake Tiamat ティアマット (Tiamatto) Statistics HP Attack 1,100 75 Defense Magic Defense 90 200 Evasion Accuracy 90 85 EXP Gil 2,000 1 Elemental Affinities Fire Bolt Ice Dia Resist Resist Resist - Location Final Temple Abilities BANE, ICE2, LIT2, FIR2, Thunder, Poison, Blizzard, Blaze Resistant to Quake Tiamat ティアマット (Tiamatto) #126 ← #127 → #128 Statistics HP Attack 2,200 75 Defense Magic Defense 90 200 EXP Gil 2,000 1 Elemental Affinities Fire Bolt Ice Dia Resist Resist Resist - Location Temple of Chaos Abilities Ice2, Bolt2, Fire2, Thunder, Poison, Blizzard, Blaze, Poison Resistant to Quake Tiamat ティアマット (Tiamatto) #126 ← #127 → #128 Statistics HP Attack Intelligence 5,500 75 38 Defense Magic Defense 90 200 Agility Accuracy Evasion 45 85 90 EXP Gil 2,000 1 Elemental Affinities Fire Lightning Ice Dia Resist Resist Resist Misses Location Chaos Shrine (past) Item Dropped Rune Staff Abilities Blizzara, Thundara, Fira, Thunderbolt, Icestorm, Blaze, Scourge, Poison Gas Resistant to Quake Tiamat ティアマット (Tiamatto) #126 ← #127 → #128 Statistics HP Attack Intelligence 5,500 75 38 Defense Magic Defense 90 200 Agility Accuracy Evasion 45 85 90 EXP Gil 2,000 1 Elemental Affinities Fire Lightning Ice Dia Resist Resist Resist Misses Location Chaos Shrine (past) Item Dropped Rune Staff Abilities Blizzara, Thundara, Fira, Thunderbolt, Icestorm, Blaze, Scourge, Poison Gas Resistant to Quake

First BattleEdit

Since Tiamat is resistant to all elemental spells, the most effective magic attacks to use against her are Flare and Break, which she doesn't have a resistance to. She generally uses either a strong physical attack to hit for around 250 damage, or two area attacks. The first is Thunderbolt, a Lightning-based attack which can be mended by Healara. It is also a good idea to cast NulShock.

Tiamat's other attack is Poison Gas, which, while not as strong as Thunderbolt, may inflict the Poison status. In the event a party member is poisoned, it is probably a better idea for your White Wizard to keep using Healara to cure the physical damage instead of wasting turns using Poisona.

In the NES version, using the spell BANE on Tiamat has an extremely low chance of instantly killing her. In the Dawn of Souls and future remakes, if the player uses a Cockatrice Claw on Tiamat, she will die instantly. She is also susceptible to Poison, so Scourge or Venom Blade will also affect her, dealing an instant kill.

Second BattleEdit

Tiamat must be fought again in the Chaos Shrine of the past, along with the other Fiends, so she cannot summon Garland to the past time to form the loop that created Chaos. As well as the other Fiends, she has lost her weaknesses and is now more powerful, making her a tough opponent to deal with. Using Haste, Saber and Temper to enhance your physical attackers' strength will make short work of Tiamat.

GalleryEdit

Tiamat, as drawn by Yoshitaka Amano.

Artwork of Tiamat from Nintendo Power.

In-game sprite for the GBA version.

In-game Sprite for the PSP and iOS versions.

Blaze in the Advance version.

Icestorm in the Origins version.

Thunderbolt in the Origins version.

Thunderbolt in the Advance version.

Toxin in the Origins version.

TriviaEdit

• In Dissidia Final Fantasy, her summon file says she is called the "demonic dragon" and one of the rulers of hell, referring to Tiamat being one of the bosses of Pandaemonium in Final Fantasy II.
• Even though Tiamat has six heads on her original artwork, she has four heads on the NES/MSX version.

Related EnemiesEdit

• Lich
• Marilith
• Kraken