Final Fantasy VIII Boss

Tiamat ティアマト (Tiamato?) 58 0 1200 20000 10 1 4 1 10 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 #123 #122 ← #123 → #124 Statistics Level HP Level HP 1 21,200 58 89,600 STR MAG STR MAG 0 0 0 0 VIT SPR VIT SPR 0 0 0 0 SPD EVA SPD EVA 0 0 0 0 EXP AP EXP AP 0 30 0 30 Elemental affinities 50% 50% 100% 100% 0% 100% 100% 100% Status resistance Death Poison Petrify Darkness Silence Immune Immune Immune Immune Immune Berserk Zombie Sleep Haste Slow Immune Immune Immune Immune 80% Stop Regen Reflect Doom Petrifying Immune Immune Immune Immune Immune Float Drain Confuse Eject Ground Immune Immune Immune Immune Immune Card Devour Gravity LVMod The End Immune Immune Immune Immune 0% Location Ultimecia Castle (Clock Tower) Scan Used to be a GF. Became a monster under Ultimecia's power. Its Dark Flare destroys all enemies. Card Can't turn into a card! Mug (0%) Nothing (100%) Item Drop (99%) Status Guard (100%) Status Guard (100%) Card Drop (0%) Nothing Draw Flare Eden Devour Couldn't Devour! Abilities Dark Flare Other information Flying enemy.

See also: Tiamat.

Tiamat is an optional boss in Final Fantasy VIII, encountered in the Clocktower of Ultimecia Castle in the game's final stages. It is arguably the strongest of Ultimecia's eight minions. Tiamat looks very similar to Bahamut and uses a similar move. The Scan description indicates that Tiamat was once a GF but was turned evil under Ultimecia's power.

StatsEdit

BattleEdit

During the battle, Tiamat will start to elevate higher into the air and begin counting down to its signature move: (D-A-R-K-F-L-A-R-E). This attack is an upgraded version of Bahamut's Mega Flare and deals heavy damage regardless of the characters' Spirit stat. It is a Fire-elemental attack, which means characters need to increase their Fire defense (such as junctioning Flare to Elem-Def) in order to reduce damage from Dark Flare. In fact, the battle can be made extremely easy by junctioning the characters to absorb the element, which will render Tiamat unable to kill the party, as D-A-R-K-F-L-A-R-E is its only attack.

In the game's American and European versions Eden can be drawn from Tiamat if the player did not draw the GF from Ultima Weapon earlier.

Triple TriadEdit

Tiamat
	Element	None
	Refine	1 refines into 10 Flare Stones
	Drop	N/A
	Card	Grendel, Hexadragon
Level 7 (Boss Card)	Win	N/A

GalleryEdit

Tiamat in battle.

Dark Flare.

Tiamat hit by Meteor.

Tiamat Scanned.

Related EnemiesEdit

• Bahamut
• Sphinxaur
• Tri-Point
• Red Giant
• Gargantua
• Trauma
• Krysta
• Catoblepas