Dullahan (Final Fantasy VI)

Dullahan is a boss in Final Fantasy VI fought at the bottom of Darill's Tomb that guards the door leading to the Falcon.

Battle
Dullahan casts Blizzara, Blizzaga, and Holy spells, and when attacked eight times it changes to a new attack pattern where it uses Absolute Zero, Northern Cross, and its special attack, Morning Star. It is weak to Fire, and its attacks are varied but not overly powerful.

Oddly enough, in the SNES and PSX versions, the player can steal a valuable Genji Glove from Dullahan, who is fought early in the World of Ruin. However, it is absolutely impossible to steal from him because the player does not have or cannot recruit Locke or Gogo yet, and nobody in the current team can equip the Thief's Knife. There is simply no way to obtain a Merit Award either at this point, because none of the items that lead to it at the Coliseum can be obtained yet. However, Dullahan does appear in the Soul Shrine in the GBA version which makes it possible to steal from him.

Strategy
There is an easy way to nullify much of the Dullahan's damage: in the tomb the player can find a Regal Gown. Betting it at Dragon's Neck Coliseum will pit the player against a Death Machine. Using a Reflect Ring will bounce its Death spell back at it, killing it and rewarding the player with a Minerva Bustier. When equipped on Celes the armor negates the Dullahan's Ice attacks and halves the damage of his Holy spell, so only its Morning Star physical will do any significant damage to her.

Another way to defeat Dullahan is to simply damage all of its MP as it will dies when it's MP reaches 0.

AI Script
At beginning of battle (only once per battle): Lv.? Holy

Attack Turns: 1st Turn: Blizzaga (33%) or Blizzara (33%) or Nothing (33%) 2nd Turn: Blizzaga (33%) or Holy (33%) or Nothing (33%) 3rd Turn: Holy (33%) or Blizzara (33%) or Nothing (33%) 4th Turn: Blizzara (33%) or Holy (33%) or Nothing (33%)
 * Turn Bit1 of Var36 on
 * Turn Bit2 of Var36 on

If attacked by anything:
 * Attack (33%)
 * Increase Var1 by 1

If Var1 >= 8:
 * 1st Turn: Northern Cross (33%) or Morning Star (33%) or Nothing (33%)
 * 2nd Turn: Blizzara (33%) or Morning Star (33%) or Nothing (33%)
 * 3rd Turn: Lv.? Holy (33%) or Absolute Zero (33%) or Nothing (33%)
 * 4th Turn: Blizzara (33%) or Absolute Zero (33%) or Nothing (33%)
 * Set Var1 = 0

If any party member has Reflect status:
 * If Bit1 of Var36 is on:
 * Reflect ??? (100%)
 * Turn Bit1 of Var36 off

If HP <= 10240:
 * If Bit2 of Var36 is on:
 * Target: Self
 * Cura (100%)
 * Turn Bit2 of Var36 off

Related Enemies

 * Daedalus
 * Armodullahan

Durahan (FFVI)