Calamitous Orb

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Calamitous Orb is a recurring ability in the Final Fantasy series. Making its first appearance in Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, this devastating sphere of explosive energy has been one of Vaan's signature abilities and is among his most powerful where it appears, often greatly surpassing Pyroclasm in its destructive potential.

Appearances[]

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT[]

Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia[]

Calamitous Orb appears as Vaan's Finishing Burst.

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Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]

Calamitous Orb is one of Vaan's Ultra Soul Breaks.

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Etymology[]

[view · edit · purge]Calamity is an event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress or a severe affliction.

Signature abilities

Final Fantasy	Warrior of Light	Ascension - Bitter End - Crossover - Light's Blessing - Oversoul - Radiant Sword - Rune Saber - Shield of Light - Shining Wave - Sword Thrust - Ultimate Shield
	Sarah	Soul Voice
	Garland	Chain Cast - Deathblow - Highbringer - Round Edge - Soul of Chaos - Twin Swords - Twist Drill
Final Fantasy II	Firion	Double Trouble - Fervid Blazer - Fulminating Strike - Grand Fist - Lance Combo - Lord of Arms - Reel Axe - Rope Knife - Straightarrow - Swordslash - Weaponsmaster
	Maria	Blast
	Emperor Mateus	Absolute Dominion - Accursed Storm - Dreary Cell - Starfall - Starfall XVI - Thunder Crest
	Leila	Thunder XVI
	Minwu	Holy XVI
Final Fantasy III	Onion Knight	Blade Torrent - Extra Slice - Multi-Hit - Sword & Magic - Swordshower - Turbo-Hit
	Cloud of Darkness	0-form Particle Beam - Anti-air Particle Beam - Aura Ball - Feint Particle Beam - Flood of Darkness - Fusillade Particle Beam - Tentacle of Pain - Wide Angle Particle Beam
	Luneth	Eternal Wind
Final Fantasy IV	Cecil Harvey	Dark Cannon - Dark Flame - Gravity Ball - Holy Flame - Luminous Shard - Nightfall - Paladin Force - Radiant Wings - Sacred Cross - Saint's Fall - Searchlight - Shadowbringer - Shine Blast - Soul Eater - Soul Shift - Valiant Blow
	Kain Highwind	Double Jump - Dragon's Fang - Dragoon's Pride - Lance Barrage - Lance Burst - Rising Drive - Sky Rave - Spiral Blow
	Golbez	Abyssal Quasar - Binding Cold - Black Fang - Genesis Rock - Glare Hand - Nightglow - Onyx Dragon - Rising Wave - Summon Shadow Dragon - Twin Moon
	Scarmiglione	Back Attack - Cursed Elegy - Poison Gas
	Cagnazzo	Tsunami
	Barbariccia	Maelstrom - Ray
	Rubicante	I'll Recover You! - Inferno
	Ursula	Five Star Crimson Palm - Tenketsu - Twin Wing Frenzy
	Edge Geraldine	Ultimate Art: Advent of Phoenix
	Yang Fang Leiden	Oboro Strike
	Ceodore Harvey	Awaken - Holy Cross - Vibra Plus
	Leonora	A Little Black Magic
	Multiple characters	Infinity - Particle Bomb
Final Fantasy V	Bartz Klauser	Master Mime
	Gilgamesh	Bitter End - Cross Slash - Dual Thrust - Morphing Time! - Rift Breaker - Slice Thrice - Strongest Sword - Tsubame Gaeshi - Ultimate Illusion
	Exdeath	Almagest - Black Hole - Grand Cross - Power of the Void - The laws of the universe mean nothing!
	Kelger Vlondett	Lupine Attack
Final Fantasy VI	Terra Branford	Magitek Missile - Riot Blade
	Locke Cole	Mirage Dive - Phoenix Ray
	Edgar Roni Figaro	Air Anchor - Auto Crossbow - Bioblaster - Bravo Figaro - Debilitator - Chainsaw - Drill - Royal Shock - Sunbeam
	Sabin Rene Figaro	Aura Cannon - Meteor Strike - Phantom Rush - Raging Fist - Razor Gale - Rising Phoenix - Tiger Break
	Shadow and Interceptor	Takedown - Wild Fang
	Cyan Garamonde	Dragon - Fang - Flurry - Oblivion - Sky - Tempest - Tiger
	Celes Chere	Runic - Spinning Edge
	Setzer Gabbiani	Dive Bomb - Prismatic Flash - Red Card
	Strago Magus	Sabre Soul
	Relm Arrowny	Sketch - Star Prism
	Gogo	Punishing Meteor
	Kefka Palazzo	Boom-Boom Ultima - Forsaken Null - Havoc Wing - Hyperdrive - Lickety-Split Thundaga - Scatter Spray Blizzaga - Twisty-Turny Blizzaga - Waggle-Wobbly Firaga - Zap-Trap Thundaga
Final Fantasy VII series	Cloud Strife	Aerial Fang - Blade Beam - Braver - Climhazzard - Cross Slash - Double Cut - Finishing Touch - Meteorain - Omnislash - Omnislash Version 5 - Slashing Blow - Sonic Break - The power of mako
	Barret Wallace	Big Shot - Catastrophe - Grenade Bomb - Hammer Blow - Mindblow - Satellite Beam - Ungarmax
	Tifa Lockhart	Beat Rush - Burning Arrow - Divekick - Dolphin Blow - Elbow Smash - Falcon's Dive - Final Heaven - Meteodrive - Meteor Crusher - Meteor Strike - Rolling Blaze - Somersault - True Strike - Waterkick
	Aerith Gainsborough	Fury Brand - Great Gospel - Healing Wind - Planet Protector - Prayer of the Cetra - Pulse of Life - Seal Evil
	Red XIII	Blood Fang - Cosmo Memory - Earth Rave - Lunatic High - Sled Fang - Stardust Ray
	Cait Sith	Dice - Game Over - Toy Box - Toy Soldier
	Cid Highwind	Boost Jump - Dragon Dive - Dynamite - Hyper Jump
	Yuffie Kisaragi	All Creation - Bloodfest - Clear Tranquil - Doom of the Living - Gauntlet - Greased Lightning - Landscaper
	Vincent Valentine	Chaos (Chaos Saber · Satan Slam) - Death Gigas (Gigadunk · Livewire) - Galian Beast (Beast Flare · Berserk Dance) - Hellmasker (Splattercombo · Nightmare)
	Sephiroth	Aeolian Onslaught - Black Materia - Deen - Heartless Angel - Heaven's Light - Hell's Gate - Oblivion - Octaslash - Pale Horse - Reaper - Reunion - Scintilla - Shadow Flare - Stigma - Sudden Cruelty - Super Nova - Transience
	Zack Fair	Air Strike - Apocalypse - Chain Slash - Costly Punch - Exploder Blade - High Braver - Lucky Stars - Meteor Shots - Rush Assault
	Reno	Electro-Mag Rod - Electroprod - Neo Turk Light - Pyramid - Turk Light
	Rude	Grand Spark
	Angeal Hewley	Charge of Greed - Defense of Lust - Rage of Sloth - Thunder of Envy - Unleashed Wrath - Wings of Pride
	Genesis Rhapsodos	Black Feather - Black Flurry - Dark Energy - Grade 4 Rapier
	Shelke Rui	Countertek
	Rufus Shinra	Reload - Think Fast - Thunderclap
Final Fantasy VIII	Squall Leonhart	Beat Fang - Blasting Zone - Brutal Shell - Fated Circle - Keen Edge - Lion Heart - Renzokuken - Revolver Drive - Rough Divide - Savage Claw - Solid Barrel - Thunder Barret - Upper Blues
	Quistis Trepe	Laser Eye - Shockwave Pulsar
	Zell Dincht	Booya - Burning Rave - Different Beat - Heel Drop - Mach Kick - Meteor Barret - Meteor Strike - My Final Heaven - Punch Rush
	Selphie Tilmitt	The End
	Rinoa Heartilly and Sant' Angelo di Roma	Angel Wing - Angelo Cannon - Angelo Recover - Angelo Rush - Angelo Search - Angelo Strike - Invincible Moon - Wishing Star
	Irvine Kinneas	Armor Shot - Canister Shot - Flame Shot - Hyper Shot - Normal Shot - Quick Shot - Scatter Shot
	Seifer Almasy	Bloodfest - Demon Slice - No Mercy - Zantetsuken Reverse
	Laguna Loire	Desperado - Look, the faeries are here! - Missile Salvo - Ragnarok Blade - Ragnarok Buster - Ricochet Snipe
	Ward Zabac	Massive Anchor
	Edea Kramer	Astral Punch - Ice Strike - Maelstrom
	Fujin	Sai
	Raijin	Fist - Raijin Special
	Ultimecia	Apocalypse - Great Attractor - Hell's Judgment - Shockwave Pulsar
	Kiros Seagill	Blood Pain
Final Fantasy IX	Zidane Tribal	Annoy - Booster 8 - Free Energy - Grand Lethal - Lucky Seven - Meo Twister - Rumble Rush - Scoop Art - Shift Break - Solution 9 - Soul Blade - Stellar Circle 5 - Storm Impulse - Swift Attack - Thievery - Tidal Flame - What's That!?
	Adelbert Steiner	Charge!
	Freya Crescent	Cherry Blossom - Dragon Breath - Dragon's Crest
	Eiko Carol	Double White Magic - Emerald Light - Guardian Mog
	Amarant Coral	No Mercy
	Beatrix	Climhazzard - Roses of May - Shock - Stock Break
	Kuja	Burst Energy - Final Requiem - Flare Star - Force Symphony - Snatch Blow
	Quina Quen	High Tide
Final Fantasy X series	Tidus	Blitz Ace - Energy Rain - Full Slide - Jecht Shot - Jecht Shot 2 - Slice & Dice - Sonic Buster - Sphere Shot - Spiral Cut - Quick Hit - Wither Shot
	Auron	Banishing Blade - Dragon Fang - Shooting Star - Tornado
	Rikku	Anti-Armor Shell - Anti-Power Shell - Brimstone - Chaos Grenade - Electroshock - Grenade - Hazardous Shell - Hyper Mighty G - Hyper NulAll - Potato Masher - Shockstorm - Soul Swipe - Tallboy - Ultra Cure - Ultra NulAll - Vajra - Winter Storm
	Wakka	Attack Reels - Aurochs Reels - Aurochs Spirit - Element Reels - Status Reels
	Lulu	Firaga Fury - Flare Fury - Focus - Thunder Fury - Ultima Fury
	Yuna	Grand Summon - Great Whirl - Scattershot - The Sending - Trigger Happy
	Kimahri Ronso	Seed Cannon
	Paine	Demi Sword - Hurt - Ice Brand - Liquid Steel - Sword Dance - Whelmen
	Jecht	Blitz King - Hot Steel - Jecht Beam - Jecht Blade - Jecht Bomber - Jecht Rush - Jecht Stream - Triumphant Grasp - Ultimate Jecht Shot
	Yunalesca	Mega Death
	Seymour Guado	Banish - Cross Cleave - Lance of Atrophy - Multi Fira - Requiem - Total Annihilation
	Leblanc	Sonic Fan
Final Fantasy XI	Shantotto	Colossal Shantotto - Divine Malison - Play Rough - Retribution - Salvation Scythe - Vidohunir
	Prishe	Backhand Blow - Combo - Dragon Kick - Knuckle Sandwich - Nullifying Dropkick
	Curilla V Mecru	Savage Blade
	Maat	Bear Killer
	Lion	Bully - Powder Keg - Walk the Plank
	Shadow Lord	Bowels of Agony - Implosion
	Zeid	Abyssal Strike
	Kam'lanaut	Great Wheel - Light Blade
	Lilisette	Dancer's Fury - Sensual Dance - Viper Bite - Vivifying Waltz = Whirling Edge
	Aphmau	Imperial Authority - Shield Subverter - Sixth Element
	Eald'narche	Omega Javelin
	Arciela V Adoulin	Darkest Hour - Dignified Awe - Expunge Magic - Harmonic Displacement - Naakual's Vengeance - Sight Unseen - Unceasing Dread
Final Fantasy XII	Vaan	Dervish - Luminescence - Pyroclasm - Red Spiral - White Whorl - Windburst - Calamitous Orb
	Penelo	Evanescence - Intercession - Resplendence
	Balthier	Element of Treachery - Fires of War - The Fleetfooted - Tides of Fate
	Fran	Feral Strike - Shatterheart - Whip Kick
	Basch fon Ronsenburg	Apocalypse Shield - Flame Purge - Fulminating Darkness - Ruin Impendent
	Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca	Empyrean's Edict - Heaven's Wrath - Maelstrom's Bolt - Northswain's Glow
	Gabranth	Circle of Judgement - Enrage - Frost Purge - Fulminating Oblivion - Guilt - Hatred - Innocence - Ruin Unflinching - Sentence - Vortex of Judgement
	Vayne Carudas Solidor	Ascension - Contempt - Divine Sword - Force of Will - Gigaflare Sword - Inviolable Will - Mach Wave - - Tree of Sephira
	Cidolfus Demen Bunansa	S-27 Tokamak - S-85 Cyclotrone
	Ba'Gamnan	Eviscerator
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings	Llyud	Enfuse Spirit
Lightning Saga	Lightning	Army of One - Beat Down - Blaze Rush - Crushing Blow - Flourish of Steel - Gestalt Drive - Heavy Slash - Legion of One - Light Slash - Lightning Strike - Overclock - Seismic Strike - Skyward Swing - Smite - Stormblade - Thunderfall - Valhalla's Call
	Sazh Katzroy	Caltrop Bomb - Cold Blood
	Snow Villiers	Annihilation - Chaos Geyser - Ice Ramp - Impact Driver - Sovereign Fist
	Hope Estheim	Blast Punch - Brutal Sanction - Last Resort - Obliterator - Retributive Blast
	Oerba Dia Vanille	Piercing Ray
	Oerba Yun Fang	Aerial Loop - Highwind - Ignis - Pulsar Burst
	Serah Farron	Ultima Arrow
	Noel Kreiss	Deathblow - Meteor Javelin
	Cid Raines	Metamorphose - Seraphic Ray
	Jihl Nabaat	Sacrifice Pawn - Sadistic Surge
	Caius Ballad	Eye of Bahamut - Graviton - Pulsar Burst
Final Fantasy XIV	Y'shtola Rhul	Aetherial Pulse - Cleric Stance - Fluid Aura - Medica II - Spiritual Ray
	Thancred Waters	Assassinate - Bhavacakra - Circle of Scorn - Dancing Edge - Dream Within a Dream - Jugulating Wasp
	Papalymo Totolymo	Astral Fire - Umbral Ice
	Yda Hext	Fists of Earth - Forbidden Chakra - True Strike
	Estinien Wyrmblood	Blood of the Dragon
	Lyse Hext	Riddle of Fire - Way of the Will
	Alphinaud Leveilleur	Shining Moonstone - Terminal Disaster
Final Fantasy XV	Noctis Lucis Caelum	Armiger - Legacy of the Lucii - Warp-strike
	Prompto Argentum	Crackshot - Puncture - Starshell - Trigger Happy
	Gladiolus Amicitia	Dawnhammer - Impulse - Royal Guard - Tempest
	Ignis Scientia	Enhancement - Overwhelm - Quick Recipeh - Regroup - Sagefire - Total Clarity
	Iris Amicitia	Eclipse
	Aranea Highwind	Air Superiority
	Cor Leonis	Lion's Roar
	Ardyn Izunia	Aura of Darkness -Dark Tornado - Rising Phantom - Royal Retribution - Shadowstep - Spectral Charge
	Ravus Nox Fleuret	Last Rites
Final Fantasy Tactics	Ramza Beoulve	Raging Inferno - Shout - Stone Throw - Tailwind
	Delita Heiral	Northswain's Strike
	Mustadio Bunansa	Seal Evil
	Agrias Oaks	Cleansing Strike - Divine Ruination - Hallowed Bolt - Judgment Blade
	Goffard Gaffgarion	Duskblade - Shadowblade
	Marach Galthena	Corporeal Void
	Rapha Galthena	Ashura - Celestial Void - Heaven's Wrath
	Ultima	Eschaton
Final Fantasy Type-0	Ace	Attack Hand - Blind Stud - Cut Cards - Jackpot Shot - Jackpot Triad - Mega Burst - Spirit Hand - Support Hand - Wild Card
	Deuce	Concerto - Crescendo - Dissonant Sonata - Hymn of Healing - Requiem of Ruin
	Trey	Burst Delta - Charged Shot - Dynamite Arrow - Firewall - Freezing Rain - Raining Arrows
	Cater	Debuff Shot - Explosive Shell - Land Mine
	Cinque	Cheerleader - Earthquake - Full Swing - Gaia Pulse - Mace Cyclone - Whirling Mace
	Sice	Dark Nebula - Death Maelstrom - Grim Reaper - Negative Aura
	Seven	Diving Strike - Drainlash - Elementalash - Osmoselash - Sadistic Spikes
	Eight	Lightspeed Jab - Quickbolt Stance - Sacrificial Slug - Swiftwind Stance - Wildfire Stance
	Nine	Javelin Throw - Laser Lance - White Knight
	Jack	Deliverance - Ninja Slice - Piercing Gleam - Transience
	Queen	Balestra Lunge - Divine Judgment - Gate of Destiny - Magic Martyr - Mana Sphere
	King	Endless Waltz - Iron Will - Magazine Blast - Multitask - Point-Blank Shot - Reload - Trigger Finger
	Machina Kunagiri	Awakening - Dark Side - Furious Blades - Guardian Blades - Siphon Sword - Stunning Slash
	Rem Tokimiya	Dagger Boomerang - Flying Daggers - Seraphim Strike - Siphon Delta - Siphon Sphere - Undying Wish
	Kurasame Susaya	Absolute Zero - Ice Blade Renzan
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles	Ciaran	Soulshot
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest	Benjamin	Mega Grenade
Final Fantasy Dimensions	Baugauven	Final Backdraft
Final Fantasy Dimensions	Vata	Buffet
Final Fantasy Record Keeper	Tyro	Cyclone Grimoire - Judgment Grimoire - Last Judgment Grimoire - Sentinel's Grimoire
Final Fantasy Record Keeper	Dr. Mog	Dr. Mog's Teachings
World of Final Fantasy	Enna Kros	Atomic Impact
World of Final Fantasy	Lann & Reynn	Channel Element
Mobius Final Fantasy	Wol	Round Slash
Mobius Final Fantasy	Echo	Breaker's Gift - Elemental Gift - Hastening Gift
Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin	Jack	Chaosbringer - Lightbringer - Soul of Chaos