Final Fantasy VI Enemy

AtmaWeapon アルテマウェポン (Arutema Wepon) Statistics Level HP MP 37 24,000 5,000 Battle Power Magic Power 45 5 Defense M. Defense MBlock 142 97 10 Speed Hit Rate Evade 67 100 20 EXP Gil 0 0 Elemental Affinities Fire Ice Lightning Poison - - - Absorb Pearl Earth Wind Water - - - - Location Floating Continent Common Steal Elixir Rare Steal Ribbon Item Dropped Elixir Morph Antidote, Green Cherry, [[Eye Drops Eye Drop]], Soft Morph Miss Rate 100% Battle Empty Abilities Full Power Rage None Sketch Battle, Full Power Control None Status Immunity Zombie, Poison, Imp, Petrify, Instant Death, Condemn, Near Fatal, Mute, Berserk, Muddle, Sleep, Stop Other Information Flying opponent; Can't Meteor Strike; Can't Control; Dies if it runs out of MP; The party cannot escape. Atma Weapon アルテマウェポン (Arutema Wepon) Statistics Level HP MP 37 24,000 5,000 Battle Power Magic Power 45 5 Defense M. Defense MBlock 142 97 10 Speed Hit Rate Evade 67 100 20 EXP Gil 0 0 Elemental Affinities Fire Ice Lightning Poison - - - Absorb Pearl Earth Wind Water - - - - Location Floating Continent Common Steal Elixir Rare Steal Ribbon Item Dropped Elixir Morph Antidote, Green Cherry, [[Eye Drops Eye Drop]], Soft Morph Miss Rate 100% Battle Empty Abilities Full Power Rage None Sketch Battle, Full Power Control None Status Immunity Zombie, Poison, Imp, Petrify, Instant Death, Condemn, Near Fatal, Mute, Berserk, Muddle, Sleep, Stop Other Information Flying opponent; Can't Meteor Strike; Can't Control; Dies if it runs out of MP; The party cannot escape. Ultima Weapon アルテマウェポン (Arutema Wepon) #306 ← #307 → #308 Statistics Level HP MP 37 24,000 5,000 Attack Magic 45 5 Defense Magic Defense Magic Evasion 142 97 10 Speed Hit Rate Evasion 67 100 20 EXP Gil 0 0 Elemental Affinities Fire Ice Lightning Poison - - - Absorb Holy Earth Wind Water - - - - Location Floating Continent Common Steal Elixir Rare Steal Ribbon Item Dropped Elixir Morph Antidote, Green Cherry, Eyedrop, Gold Needle Morph Miss Rate 100% Attack Unarmed Abilities Full Power Rage None Sketch Battle, Full Power Control None Status Immunity Zombie, Poison, Imp, Petrify, Death, Doom, Critical, Silence, Berserk, Confuse, Sleep, Stop Other Information Flying opponent; Can't Meteor Strike; Can't Control; Dies if it runs out of MP; The party cannot escape.

For the sword of the same name, see Ultima Weapon (Weapon)#Final Fantasy VI.

"My name is Ultima... I am power both ancient and unrivaled... I do not bleed, for I am but strength given form... Feeble creatures of flesh... Your time is nigh!"

—Ultima Weapon, GBA

Ultima Weapon, also known as Atma Weapon, is a boss in Final Fantasy VI. It is the strongest boss in the World of Balance and guards the Warring Triad at the summit of the Floating Continent. It was created 1000 years ago during the War of the Magi and was bred for mass destruction.

BattleEdit

"Uses Flare, Quake, and Blaze. Is Wounded once MP reach 0. Attack with Rasp and Osmose to lower its MP. Also try to steal its Ribbon relic that removes all status changes."

—Final Fantasy VI Playstation One Bestiary entry

The Ultima Weapon attacks in three "stages." The first stage has it using its physical attacks and casting Flare and Blaze at the party. Once Ultima Weapon reaches 12,800 HP, it starts out by casting Quake, Bio, or Meteor. Its next move is either a physical attack or its special attack, Full Power, which deals heavy damage to one target. Next, it always casts Fira on the entire party. Then it uses Mind Blast, which chooses four random party members (meaning the same party member may get targeted twice) and inflicts a random status ailment on each. It then gives itself Protect, Shell, and Haste statuses and begins charging energy for its ultimate attack, Flare Star. Flare Star deals unblockable, Defense-ignoring Fire-elemental damage to all party members equal to eighty times a random party member's level divided by the number of party members. The player is advised to have all party members alive when Flare Star hits, as this will reduce the damage to 20 times a party member's level. Against a party of average levels this works out to 500-600 damage, relatively easy to survive. After Flare Star, the pattern repeats with Quake/Bio/Meteor.

Once Ultima Weapon drops below 6,144 HP, it enters its third phase, in which it uses its physical attack, Tornado, Graviga, Rasp, and Blaze. It also has a 1/3 chance of countering any attack with Flare. This pattern repeats until Ultima Weapon is killed.

StrategyEdit

It is recommended to equip Gaia Gears, which allow Quake to heal the party thus negating one of Ultima Weapon's strongest attacks. Edgar and Cyan cannot equip Gaia Gear, so the player should leave them behind on the Blackjack. Locke can steal a rare Ribbon, so one should consider bringing him to the battle. Mage-type characters like Terra and Celes are good, and Mog should Dance the Earth Blues, as it has strong attacks and can heal the party with Sun Bath. Since the Ultima Weapon only uses its more dangerous attacks in the later stages of the battle, the player may wish to take a few turns to cast buff spells like Haste and summon espers to strengthen the party while Ultima Weapon is still using its weaker spells. In its third battle phase, Tornado and Graviga greatly reduce the party's health so the player should heal immediately after in case Blaze is used next turn as this can potentially kill the entire party in one attack.

A more convenient strategy is to use Rasp and Osmose to drain all of Ultima Weapon's MP, as he will die when he runs out. Although this can take a long time, attacking his MP leaves his HP at its maximum value, and thus the party does not need to worry about the more dangerous attacks he uses when his HP is low. It is also useful to equip Reflect Rings to all of the Party members while using this, and make them invisible, therefore negating almost all, if not all, damage.

AI ScriptEdit

Attack Turns:
1st Turn: Attack (66%) or Flare (33%)
2nd Turn: Flare (33%) or Attack (33%) or Blaze (33%)

If attacked by anything:

If Var36 is NOT set:

If HP <= 6144:

Flare (33%)

If HP <= 12800:

1st Turn: Bio (33%) or Quake (33%) or Meteor (33%)

2nd Turn: Attack (33%) or Full Power (66%)

3rd Turn: Fira (100%)

4th Turn: Mind Blast

Set Var36

After Ultima Weapon uses his Mind Blast attack:

1st Turn: Display message: Focusing energy.

Gains Shell, Protect, and Haste status

Nothing (100%)

Monster flashes

2nd Turn: Nothing (100%)

Monster flashes

3rd Turn: Monster flashes for a long time

Flare Star (100%)

Unset Var36

If HP <= 6144:

1st Turn: Battle (33%) or Graviga (66%)

2nd Turn: Rasp (33%) or Tornado (33%) or Blaze (33%)

GalleryEdit

Mind Blast.

Related EnemiesEdit

• Ultima Buster
• Omega Weapon