Megaflare

Megaflare (メガフレア), also known as Mega Flare, Sun Flare and MegaNuke, is a recurring attack in the Final Fantasy series. It is normally a very damaging move used by the summon Bahamut. It is an upgraded version of the spell Flare, and deals heavy non-elemental magic damage to all targets. Megaflare sometimes has an even more powerful version called Gigaflare, and occasionally Bahamut is able to use other versions of Megaflare with different prefixes.

A recurring feature when facing Bahamut as an enemy is that there is often a five-turn countdown preceding Mega Flare.

Final Fantasy III
While an Evoker, Sage, and Summoner can all summon Bahamut, only the Summoner and Sage can prompt the Dragon King to unleash the Mega Flare attack. The Sage does not have this ability in the DS version.

During the Bahamut battle, Bahamut may use the Mega Flare ability.

Final Fantasy IV
The superboss Brachioraidos borrows a page from Bahamut by using a countdown Megaflare attack. The dragons Dark Bahamut and Lunar Bahamut, as well as the normal Bahamut, also cast the spell. Megaflare's spell power tends to be so high that casting Reflect, or being at very high level, are the only ways to survive. In the Nintendo DS version, guarding and/or the Phoenix Augment work as well.

In the original North American Super NES release, the attack was named MegaNuke, as the normal Flare spell was known as Nuke. This was renamed as Mega Flare in the PlayStation, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS releases, and Megaflare in The Complete Collection.

Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-
Megaflare is Bahamut's attack when summoned and functions identically to its Final Fantasy IV appearance dealing massive non-elemental damage to all enemies.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Megaflare is Bahamut's signature attack as a summon and as an enemy. Attempting to guard against it with Reflect during the battle with Bahamut, as in Final Fantasy IV will be countered by the Mysterious Girl casting Black Hole to eliminate Reflect just prior to Bahamut using Mega Flare.

Final Fantasy V
In the Anthologies translation, Bahamut's signature attack was named MegFlare.

The boss Twintania is fond of retaliating with Mega Flare after being struck with a magical attack. The party can also Catch the Prototype to use Mega Flare.

As expected, Bahamut uses this ability as his summon attack. Mega Flare can also be used by Bahamut when fought upon North Mountain.

Final Fantasy VI
Bahamut casts Mega Flare when summoned, originally translated as Sun Flare. Setzer can also call Bahamut to use Mega Flare by getting three Dragons on his Slots.

Final Fantasy VII
The summon Bahamut uses Mega Flare. Its alternate versions, Neo Bahamut and Bahamut ZERO, use upgraded versions named Giga Flare and Tera Flare respectively.

Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-
The Bahamut summon uses Megaflare, and during the battles against Bahamut, the dragon may use Megaflare against Zack. Exaflare is a stronger version of Megaflare sported by Bahamut Fury. As with Bahamut, when battling Bahamut Fury, he will use Exaflare, being particularly deadly to the player at this point in the game.

Final Fantasy VIII
Dark Flare, an upgraded version of Bahamut's Mega Flare, is used by the boss Tiamat who in itself resembles Bahamut greatly. Bahamut can use Mega Flare during the battle against it and is its summon attack when summoned as a Guardian Force. When used as a summon, Mega Flare ignores enemy Spr.

Bahamut's summon time is 22.1s, which, according to the Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania, allows the player to boost its damage to around 230% of normal damage using a regular PlayStation controller. Its damage is calculated as follows:


 * $$Damage = 70 * Level / 10 + 55 + 30$$
 * $$Damage = Damage * (265) / 8 $$
 * $$Damage = Damage * 55 / 256 $$
 * $$Damage = Damage * Boost / 100 $$
 * $$Damage = Damage * (100 + SummonMagBonus) / 100 $$

Final Fantasy IX
Mega Flare is Bahamut's summon attack. It inflicts heavy non-elemental damage to all enemies, and is powered up the more Garnets the player has in possession.

It also appears in an FMV at the end of disc 2, when Kuja summons Bahamut at the Iifa Tree, in order to wipe out Queen Brahne's fleet.

Final Fantasy X
The Aeon Bahamut's Overdrive is Mega Flare. Mega Flare is also used by the bosses Spathi, Belgemine's Bahamut and Dark Bahamut. Mega Flare can break damage limit without customizing it with any kinds of sigil.

Final Fantasy X-2
During the battle with Bahamut, Bahamut will use Mega Flare after a countdown. Though the attack is far weaker than when used in Final Fantasy X, taking off only a few hundred HP on all party members.

Final Fantasy XI
Bahamut uses Megaflare during the battle with him (Storms of Fate) at every 10% health, and when he is down to the last 10% he uses Gigaflare. In the subsequent Wyrmking Descends encounter, he uses Gigaflare much sooner, and at very low health he uses Teraflare, which can easily destroy any players caught in the blast.

Final Fantasy XII
During the final battle with Vayne Solidor, The Undying form will use several attacks in reference to Bahamut. These are Megaflare, Gigaflare Sword, and Teraflare, all attacks used by Bahamut as a summon in some point in the series.

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
One of Bahamut's abilities it can use when summoned is Mega Flare, which deals heavy non-elemental damage and inflicts Disable to all enemies in range.

Final Fantasy XIII
In Final Fantasy XIII, Megaflare is Bahamut's Gestalt Mode finisher move.

Its power depends on the attack's level and will raise the chain bonus by an amount based on the level:
 * Level 1: 33.00 * 1 + 29.00 * 2 = 91.00
 * Level 1: 33.00 * 2 + 29.00 * 3 = 153.00
 * Level 1: 33.00 * 3 + 29.00 * 4 = 215.00

Final Fantasy XIII-2
Chaos Bahamut uses Megaflare during the battles against him. Jet Bahamut is able to use Teraflare after a countdown from three, if at least one Bahamut Garnet or Amber is present, or Exaflare if both are present, otherwise he will use Gigaflare.

Final Fantasy XIV
Megaflare is the strongest attack used by Nael Deus Darnus during the final battle of the Seventh Umbral Era storyline, when he's near death. It hits the entire battlefield and deals more damage based on how many lunar fragments hit the ground during the fight. If three or more fragments touch the ground, Megaflare does unavoidable 9999 damage to everyone, killing the party.

A considerably stronger Megaflare is also used by Bahamut himself on the End of an Era trailer released after the grand finale of the Seventh Umbral Era.

Final Fantasy Tactics
When summoned, Bahamut uses Mega Flare. It costs 60 MP to summon, and has an area of effect of 4, vertical 3.

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
The Dark King uses Mega Flare as one of his strongest attacks, it has an attack power of 125. The other being Mega White.

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
Yuna can summon Bahamut to perform Mega Flare as an HP attack. It fires a long, powerful beam of energy at the opponent. It costs 30 CP to equip and needs 150 AP to master.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
Mega Flare returns as Bahamut's signature attack and is used when it is summoned in battle stages.

Chocobo Racing
Bahamut's special attack is called MEGAFLARE.

Kingdom Hearts series
Mega Flare appears in Chain of Memories and Re:Chain of Memories as a Sleight, in Birth By Sleep and Dream Drop Distance as a Magic command, and in Re:coded as a combo finisher. It creates a massive firestorm over a large area to do heavy damage to all enemies, and is considered one of the strongest attacks available in the games it appears in.