Ultros (Final Fantasy VI)

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Final Fantasy VI Enemy
Ultros
#282, #289, #299, #301
Japanese	オルトロス
Romaji	Orutorosu
SNES Name	Ultros
PS Name	Ultros
GBA Name	Ultros
SNES Stats Level HP MP 1.13 2.19 3.25 4.26 1.3000 2.2550 3.22000 4.17000 1.640 2.500 3.750 4.8000 Battle Power Magic Power 1.15 2.13 3.22 4.10 1.3 2.4 3.7 4.3 Defense M. Defense MBlock 1.40 2.105 3.95 4.20 1.140 2.150 3.155 4.10 0 Speed Hit Rate Evade 0 EXP Gil 0 1.0 2.2 3.3. 4.0 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 Can't Control, the party can't escape PS Stats Level HP MP 1.13 2.19 3.25 4.26 1.3000 2.2550 3.22000 4.17000 1.640 2.500 3.750 4.8000 Battle Power Magic Power 1.15 2.13 3.22 4.10 1.3 2.4 3.7 4.3 Defense M. Defense MBlock 1.40 2.105 3.95 4.20 1.140 2.150 3.155 4.10 0 Speed Hit Rate Evade 0 EXP Gil 0 1.0 2.2 3.3. 4.0 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 Can't Control, the party can't escape GBA Stats Level HP MP 1.13 2.19 3.25 4.26 1.3000 2.2550 3.22000 4.17000 1.640 2.500 3.750 4.8000 Battle Power Magic Power 1.15 2.13 3.22 4.10 1.3 2.4 3.7 4.3 Defense M. Defense MBlock 1.40 2.105 3.95 4.20 1.140 2.150 3.155 4.10 0 Speed Hit Rate Evade 0 EXP Gil 0 1.0 2.2 3.3. 4.0 Location 1.Lethe River 2.Opera House 3.Esper Caves 4.Flying to Floating Continent Common Steal 2.Nothing 3.White Cape 4.Dried Meat Rare Steal None Item Dropped None Morph Morph Miss Rate 100% Abilities 1.Tentacle, Ink 2.3.4. Tentacle Rage None Sketch 3.4. Battle, Tentacle Control Can't Control Weak Against 1.2.3.Fire, Lightning 4. Fire, Poison Resistant to None Immune to None Absorbs Water Status Immunity 1.Poison, Imp, Petrify, Instant Death, Silence, Sleep, Confusion, Berserk 2.Poison, Imp, Petrify, Instant Death, Silence, Sleep, Confusion, Berserk 3.Poison, Imp, Petrify, Instant Death, Silence, Berserk, Confusion, Sleep 4.Poison, Imp, Petrify, Seizure, Instant Death, Silence, Sleep, Confusion, Stop Other Information Can't Control, the party can't escape

Ultros is an enemy in Final Fantasy VI that the party fights four times. He is for most part a comic relief villain.

Contents 1 Battles 1.1 First Battle 1.2 Second Battle 1.3 Third Battle 1.4 Fourth Battle 2 Trivia 3 Related enemies

[edit] Battles

[edit] First Battle

"Delicious Morsel, I'd love to get my tentacles around her!"

—Ultros, right before attacking Terra

In the first encounter, Ultros uses his Tentacle and Ink attacks as in all subsequent encounters. Unlike other battles, Ultros uses his Tentacle attack in a set pattern - he attacks Terra, then Sabin, then a group-Tentacle with a follow-up singular Tentacle on a random party member, then finally a Tentacle against Banon. Because of Banon's Pray power, most of Ultros' attacks besides Tentacle are negligible. Because the party automatically loses when Banon is KO'd, the trick is to kill Ultros before he attacks Banon, although if Banon is of a high enough level and/or in the back row, he can survive Ultros' Tentacle in which case the battle is easy. In the GBA version of this fight, Ultros will counter all offensive magical attacks with Ink, which damages and has a chance to Blind the party, thus reducing Terra's effectiveness as an attacker in this fight.

[edit] Second Battle

In this second encounter, Ultros uses his Tentacle and Ink attacks as in all previous encounters. He can also use L.3 Muddle and Imp Song to inflict status ailments on the party and uses Acid Rain. However, due to Ultros' lower HP than the previous battle and the party's increased ability to use magic, he is ultimately a mere nuisance. Sabin's Fire Knuckle is extremely effective as Ultros is weak to Fire and the battle is a side-attack: with a high-enough level and a Hyper Wrist, Sabin can kill Ultros in a single hit. Otherwise, Siren's Fire spell is very effective.

[edit] Third Battle

In his third encounter, Ultros uses his Tentacle and Ink attacks as in all previous encounters and slowly moves closer to the party and moves back as he takes damage. Ultros also has other attacks like Stone and Lode Stone. The true danger, however, comes from his "tri-elemental attack" - once Ultros is struck with three elemental spells of the same element, he will glow red and from then on counter-attacks any elemental spell with the Level 3 of that spell (for example, Firaga to counter Fire, Thundaga to counter Thundara, etc.) He also casts Protect and Haste on himself later in the battle.

Despite his powerful attacks and high HP which make him the strongest of his four battles with the party, Ultros is fairly simple to defeat as long as magic is used sparingly to avoid his counter-spells. When he has taken enough damage, Relm appears and joins the battle. Upon using Sketch on Ultros, she shows him what he looks like and Ultros is so horrified he flees.

[edit] Fourth Battle

In his fourth encounter, Ultros uses his Tentacle and Ink attacks as in all previous encounters. After taking several thousand damage he calls in Typhon. The battle ends when Typhon is killed; defeating Ultros is not even required. In addition, with his low defenses and poor attacks he is very easy to defeat despite his high HP.

[edit] Trivia

Ultros apparently reformed after his final defeat. He is seen later in the game as having opened his own weapons/supply store.

[edit] Related enemies

• Typhon