Catastrophe (ability)

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Final Fantasy VII - Limit Break Compilation - Barret Catastrophe

Catastrophe

Deliver a brutal blow, or hold the button down to charge up even more power. You can charge longer if Berserk.

—Final Fantasy Explorers description

Catastrophe (カタストロフィ, Katasutorofi?) is a recurring ability in the series. Originally appearing as the ultimate Limit Break for Barret Wallace, it has also appeared as a powerful non-elemental attack.

Appearances Edit

Final Fantasy VII Edit

Catastrophe is Barret's ultimate Limit Break, obtained after using the Catastrophe item after getting all of Barret's other Limit Breaks. It inflicts ten hits of non-elemental damage at 1¹⁄₄ time normal damage to random enemies.

Final Fantasy VIII Edit

Catastrophe is a dummied Slot ability for Selphie, which would have dealt heavy non-elemental damage to all enemies.

Final Fantasy XI Edit

Catastrophe is a single-hit Drain and also grants Haste. It can only be used when the Relic Weapons Bec de Faucon or Apocalypse are equipped. It increases the duration of Haste. It can skillchain into Darkness and Gravitation.

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Final Fantasy Dimensions II Edit

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Final Fantasy Explorers Edit

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Etymology Edit

[view · edit · purge]A catastrophe is "an event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering."

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Limit Breaks

Recurring abilities

1000 Needles - Black Hole - Blood Weapon - Braver - Breath of the Earth - Chocobo Kick - Desperado - Dolphin Blow - Final Heaven - Healing Wind - Hellfire - Highwind - Megaflare - Meteor - Mighty Guard - Pulse of Life - Slots - Supernova - Trance - Wave Cannon - Zantetsuken

Game specific abilities

Final Fantasy VI	Mirage Dive - Moogle Rush - Punishing Meteor - Red Card - Riot Blade - Royal Shock - Sabre Soul - Shadow Fang - Spinning Edge - Star Prism - Tiger Break - Tsubame Gaeshi
Compilation of Final Fantasy VII	Final Fantasy VII	All Creation - Beat Rush - Big Brawl - Big Shot - Blade Beam - Blood Fang - Bloodfest - Boost Jump - Breath of the Earth - Catastrophe - Chaos (Chaos Saber - Satan Slam) - Clear Tranquil - Climhazzard - Cosmo Memory - Cross-slash - Death Gigas (Gigadunk - Livewire) - Dice - Doom of the Living - Dynamite - Earth Rave - Fury Brand - Galian Beast (Beast Flare - Berserk Dance) - Gauntlet - Greased Lightning - Great Gospel - Dragon - Dragon Dive - Fat Chocobo - Finishing Touch - Grenade Bomb - Hammer Blow - Hellmasker (Nightmare - Splattercombo) - Highwind - Howling Moon - Hyper Jump - Landscaper - Lunatic High - Meteodrive - Meteorain - Meteor Strike - Mindblow - Omnislash - Omnislash Version 5 - Planet Protector - Satellite Beam - Seal Evil - Sled Fang - Slots (Boulder - Meteorites - Death Joker - Game Over - Hammer - Hell House - Icicles - Lucky Girl - Mog Dance - Summon - Toy Box - Toy Soldier - Transform - Weight) - Somersault - Stardust Ray - Ungarmax - Waterkick
Compilation of Final Fantasy VII	Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-	Air Strike - Apocalypse - Exa Flare - Healing Wave - Meteor Shots - Murderous Thrust - Octaslash - Rebirth Flame - Rush Assault
Final Fantasy VIII	Angel Wing - Blood Pain - Blue Magic - Combine (Angelo Cannon · Angelo Recover · Angelo Reverse · Angelo Rush · Angelo Search · Angelo Strike · Invincible Moon · Wishing Star) - Duel (Booya · Burning Rave · Different Beat · Dolphin Blow · Heel Drop · Mach Kick · Meteor Barret · Meteor Strike · My Final Heaven · Punch Rush) - Fire Cross (Bloodfest - Demon Slice - No Mercy - Zantetsuken Reverse) - Ice Strike - Massive Anchor - Renzokuken (Blasting Zone · Fated Circle · Lion Heart · Rough Divide) - Shot (Armor Shot · Canister Shot · Dark Shot · Flame Shot · Hyper Shot · Normal Shot · Quick Shot · Scatter Shot) - Slot (Full-Cure · Rapture · The End · Wall)
Final Fantasy IX	Dbl Blk - Dbl Wht - Dyne (Free Energy · Grand Lethal · Meo Twister · Scoop Art · Shift Break · Solution 9 · Stellar Circle 5 · Tidal Flame) - Eidolon - Elan
Final Fantasy X series	Final Fantasy X	Character Overdrives: Bushido (Banishing Blade · Dragon Fang · Shooting Star · Tornado) - Fury (Firaga Fury · Flare Fury · Thunder Fury · Ultima Fury) - Grand Summon - Mix (Abaddon Flame · Black Hole · Chaos Grenade · Hazardous Shell · Hazardous Shell · Hyper Mighty G · Hyper NulAll · Krysta · Lightning Bolt · Mighty Wall · Sunburst · Thunderbolt · Tidal Wave · Ultra NulAll · Waterfall · Winter Storm) - Requiem - Ronso Rage - Slots (Attack Reels · Aurochs Reels · Element Reels · Status Reels) - Swordplay (Blitz Ace · Energy Rain · Slice & Dice · Spiral Cut) - Triumphant Grasp - Ultimate Jecht Shot Aeon Overdrives: Delta Attack - Diamond Dust - Energy Blast - Energy Ray - Hellfire - Oblivion - Thor's Hammer - Zanmato
Final Fantasy X series	Final Fantasy X-2	Great Whirl - Vajra - Sword Dance
Final Fantasy XI	Skillchain
Final Fantasy XI	Special job ability	Astral Flow - Azure Lore - Benediction - Chainspell - Eagle Eye Shot - Familiar - Hundred Fists - Invincible - Manafont - Mighty Strikes - Mijin Gakure - Perfect Dodge - Soul Voice - Spirit Surge - Tabula Rasa - Trance - Wild Card
Final Fantasy XII	Character Quickenings: Element of Treachery - Evanescence - Feral Strike - Fires of War - Flame Purge - Fulminating Darkness - Heaven's Wrath - Intercession - Maelstrom's Bolt - Northswain's Glow - Pyroclasm - Red Spiral - Resplendence - Ruin Impendent - Shatterheart - Tides of Fate - Whip Kick - White Whorl Quickening Finishers: Ark Blast - Cataclysm - Inferno - Luminescence - Torrent - Whiteout - Windburst
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings	Apocalypse Shield - Dance of Rapture - Element of Treachery - Empyrean's Edict - Fanfare - Gaze of the Void - Nature's Wrath - Pyroclasm - Wind Soul
Lightning Saga	Final Fantasy XIII	Army of One - Cold Blood - Death - Highwind - Last Resort - Seraphic Ray - Sovereign Fist
Lightning Saga	Final Fantasy XIII-2	Meteor Javelin - Ultima Arrow
Final Fantasy XIV	Aegis Boon - Angel Feathers - Astral Stasis - Bladedance - Chimatsuri - Cometeor - Dark Force - Dragonsong Dive - Empyrean Rain - Land Waker - Last Bastion - Raw Destruction - Sagittarius Arrow - Shield Wall - Skyshard - Starstorm - Teraflare
Dissidia series	Dissidia Final Fantasy	Binding Cold - Blitz King - Class change - Cyclone - Darkness - Fervid Blazer - Final Requiem - Fulminating Oblivion - Grand Cross - Holy - Master Mime (Spellblade - Dual Wield - Rapid Fire) - Ninjutsu (Shuriken · Back attack!) - Oversoul (ability) - Play Rough - Soul of Chaos - Soul Shift - Time compression - Twin Meteor - Twin Moon - Ultra Particle Beam - Utter Chaos - Warring Triad (Forsaken · Light of Judgment)
	Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy	Dragoon's Pride - Gestalt Drive - To the Farplane - Ultimate Illusion
	Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia	Armiger - Assault Trigger - Blade Torrent - Booster 8 - Chainsaw - Dark Cannon - Divine Malison - Fang and Claw - Iainuki - Nullifying Dropkick - Pyroclasm - Sacred Prayer - Shining Wave - Siphon Delta - Weaponsmaster

Lists of abilities

Final Fantasy VI: Desperation Attack - Final Fantasy VII: Limit - Crisis Core: Digital Mind Wave - Final Fantasy VIII: Limit Breaks - Final Fantasy IX: Trance - Final Fantasy X: Overdrive - Final Fantasy XI: Weapon Skill - Final Fantasy XI: Special job ability - Final Fantasy XII: Quickening - Final Fantasy XIII/XIII-2: Full ATB skill - XIII-2: Feral Link - Final Fantasy XIV: Limit Break - Final Fantasy Type-0: Triad Maneuver - Bravely Default: Special Move - Dissidia: EX Mode - Opera Omnia: EX Abilities - Final Fantasy Record Keeper: Soul Break - Final Fantasy Brave Exvius: Limit Burst

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