Fiend Dragon (Final Fantasy VI)

The Fiend Dragon, also known as Doom Drgn, is an enemy in Final Fantasy VI.

Battle
It is one of the most dangerous enemies in Kefka's Tower, mainly because it counterattacks with Heartless Angel frequently, which is unblockable and reduces the HP of the entire party to 1. If this happens, it can mean an instant Game Over if no one in the party is immune to or absorbs Fire, because it can use Southern Cross to attack the entire party for Fire-elemental damage. The Fiend Dragon also uses Northern Cross to freeze characters (although its own Southern Cross can remove the status), and Dissolve to give itself the Vanish status. They can sometimes appear in groups of two, making them all the more dangerous. They only appear in a single hallway near the end of the tower before the party confronts Demon, as well as in a small "U-Turn" shaped cave area taken only by the 1st Party that links a laboratory and exterior area. Thus, since it's not unlikely the player will wander through both areas without a random encounter, the player may quite easily miss it.

Betting a Rename Card in the Dragon's Neck Coliseum starts a battle with a Fiend Dragon for a pair of Miracle Shoes. One of the most effective ways of defeating them at lower levels is by using Umaro combined with an Angel Ring and the Berserker Ring. With a little bit of luck, the Fire and Ice absorption (combined with the Angel Ring) should be enough to prevent the Fiend Dragon from killing Umaro as low as level 35 (obviously, once the first victory is secured, the player should repeat the process, but replacing the Angel Ring with Miracle Shoes). The player can also Steal useful Guard Bracelets from them. Though the Guard Bracelet is not as useful as the aforementioned Miracle Shoes, it can be bet in the Coliseum to win a Hero's Ring, a relatively rare Relic that acquiring in quantities otherwise requires a lot of time and gil invested at the Auction.

AI Script
Attack Turns: 1st Turn: Southern Cross (33%) or Attack (66%) 2nd Turn: Southern Cross (33%) or Attack (66%) 3rd Turn: Southern Cross (33%) or Attack (66%) 4th Turn: Southern Cross (33%) or Attack (66%) 5th Turn: Northern Cross (33%) or Flare Star (33%) or Attack (33%) 6th Turn:
 * Target: Self
 * Dissolve (66%)

If attacked by anything:
 * Target: All Characters
 * Heartless Angel (33%)

Related Enemies

 * Blue Dragon
 * Crystal Dragon
 * Kaiser Dragon

Dämonid-Drache