Deathgaze (Final Fantasy VI)

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Deathgaze
(デスゲイズ, Desugeizu?)
Gameplay details
Location(s)	World of Ruin's skies
Type	Boss
Data	Stats Formations AI

You'll meet this foe while flying in the airship. Uses Doom and Aero, then escapes. However, damage dealt remains, so you will eventually kill it.

Final Fantasy VI PlayStation Bestiary entry

Deathgaze, also known as Doom Gaze, is a boss in Final Fantasy VI. It is difficult to find, as it hides in a random location on the world map of the World of Ruin and can only be fought by directly flying into it with the Falcon. Although the player can find it by randomly flying about, the most effective method is to land the airship and board it again so that the airship faces north. The player must then incline it a bit to the west or east and accelerate. This will take the player across every tile of the map, and while it will take some time, eventually Deathgaze will appear. The party will receive the Bahamut magicite when Deathgaze is defeated. Defeating Deathgaze in the mobile/Steam version earns the Wish You Were Here achievement.

See also: Deathgaze

Stats

Stats
LV	68
LV	68
HP	55555
HP	55555
MP	38000
MP	38000
Attack	35
Attack	35
Magic	8
Magic	8
Defense	150
Defense	150
Magic Defense	170
Magic Defense	170
Magic Evasion	30
Magic Evasion	30
Agility	95
Agility	95
Hit Rate	150
Hit Rate	150
Evasion	30
Evasion	30
EXP	0
EXP	0
Gil	0
Gil	0
Affinities and resistances
Weak elements	Fire, Holy
Automatic status effects	Shell, Protect
Status immunities	Darkness, Zombie, Poison, Imp, Petrify, Instant Death, Doom, Critical, Silence, Confuse, Berserk, Sap, Sleep, Slow, Stop, Meteor Strike, Fractional damage
Bestiary
☆065 ←
☆066
→ ☆067
Classification
Name	Deathgaze
Location	World of Ruin, randomly encountered on the Falcon
Type	None
Other information	Falls into Death status when has 0 MP.
Abilities
Attack	Normal Attack: Dragon Claws Special Attack: Venom Claw (Inflicts Poison)
Abilities	Lv. 5 Death, Death, Blizzaga, Aero, Flee
Rage	None
Sketch	Attack, Venom Claw
Control (Immune) & Confuse (Immune)	Attack, Venom Claw
Items
Steal	None
Item dropped	Nothing
Metamorphose(Miss rate: 100%)	[Slot 1 (25%)]Antidote [Slot 2 (25%)]Green Cherry [Slot 3 (25%)]Eyedrops [Slot 4 (25%)]Gold Needle Morph ID: 0
Bestiary
#330 ←
#331
→ #332
Classification
Name	Deathgaze
Location	World of Ruin, randomly encountered on the Falcon
Type	None
Other information	Falls into Death status when has 0 MP.
Abilities
Attack	Normal Attack: Dragon Claws Special Attack: Venom Claw (Inflicts Poison)
Abilities	Lv. 5 Death, Death, Blizzaga, Aero, Flee
Rage	None
Sketch	Attack, Venom Claw
Control (Immune) & Confuse (Immune)	Attack, Venom Claw
Items
Steal	Nothing
Item dropped	Nothing
Metamorphose(Miss rate: 100%)	[Slot 1 (25%)]Antidote [Slot 2 (25%)]Green Cherry [Slot 3 (25%)]Eyedrops [Slot 4 (25%)]Gold Needle Morph ID: 0
Classification
Name	SNES: Doom Gaze PS: DethGaze
Location	World of Ruin, randomly encountered while riding the Falcon
Type	None
Other information	Falls into Death status when has 0 MP.
Abilities
Attack	Normal Attack: Dragon Claw Special Attack: Bane Claw (Inflicts Poison)
Abilities	L5 Doom, Doom, Ice 3, Aero, Escape
Rage
Sketch	Battle, Bane Claw
Control (Immune) & Confuse (Immune)	Battle, Bane Claw
Items
Steal	Nothing
Item dropped	Nothing
Metamorphose(Miss rate: 100%)	SNES: [Slot 1 (25%)]Antidote [Slot 2 (25%)]Green Cherry [Slot 3 (25%)]Eye Drops [Slot 4 (25%)]Soft PS: [Slot 1 (25%)]Antidote [Slot 2 (25%)]Green Cherry [Slot 3 (25%)]Eye Drops [Slot 4 (25%)]Soft Morph ID: 0

Battle

Deathgaze has high HP, and depending on when the player fights him, the level of difficulty varies. It has Auto-Shell. Deathgaze opens by casting Lv.5 Death, instantly killing any party members with a level a multiple of five. It then uses Death, Blizzaga or a normal attack, and on its second turn Aero or Death. On the third turn of the battle Deathgaze has a two in three chance to flee.

The trick to defeating it is that Deathgaze does not recover its lost health when it flees, so the party can defeat it by chasing it around and weakening it over time. Until the player defeats Deathgaze it is recommended they save before flying the Falcon anywhere in case they encounter Deathgaze.

Strategy

Firaga, Holy, and Ultima spells work well against it; so does Gau's Io Rage, which has Flare Star and will always deal 9,999 HP damage to Deathgaze. The Meteor spell is less effective, because of the high physical defense. Another useful strategy is to throw Flame Rods or Holy Rods on Deathgaze since these will ignore its high defenses and Auto-Shell.

In the SNES version, Deathgaze is easily defeated with the Vanish-Doom tactic, but using X-Zone on it with Vanish would prevent the game from recognizing him as beaten. Contrary to popular belief, this does not cause the player to permanently miss the Bahamut magicite; while they won't get it for that battle, Deathgaze's death script never running also means Deathgaze is not flagged as defeated, and continues to appear at random, so he will still give the magicite whenever he is beaten properly.

Formations

Number	Enemies	Encounter flags				Introduction flag	Musical theme	Magic AP
		Normal	Back	Surrounded	Side
463	Deathgaze	Y	N	N	N	Sides, individual	The Decisive Battle	0
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AI script

At beginning of battle: Lv. 5 Death (100%)

Attack Turns:
1st Turn: Attack (33%) or Death (33%) or Blizzaga (33%)
2nd Turn: Death (33%) or Aero (66%)
3rd Turn: Target: Self

Flee (66%)

If attacked by anything: Attack (33%)

Other appearances

Final Fantasy XIV

Deathgaze is set to appear as a boss character in the Final Fantasy XIV raid Dun Scaith

Final Fantasy XV: Comrades

Main article: Deathgaze (Final Fantasy XV)

Deathgaze appears as a bonus boss.

Pictlogica Final Fantasy

Deathgaze from Final Fantasy VI appears as an enemy in Pictlogica Final Fantasy.

Final Fantasy Record Keeper

Deathgaze from Final Fantasy VI appears as an enemy in Final Fantasy Record Keeper.

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Final Fantasy Trading Card Game

Deathgaze from Final Fantasy VI appears with a wind-elemental card.

Gallery

Artwork by Yoshitaka Amano.

Alternate artwork by Yoshitaka Amano.

Deathgaze, Ifrit, Typhon, Number 128, and Magna Roader in NA advertisement.

Aero.

Level 5 Death.

The battle in the iOS/Android version.

Trivia

• Deathgaze appears in the U.S. commercial for the Super Nintendo version of Final Fantasy VI, along with other monsters that resemble the Magna Roader.
• Deathgaze was originally planned to have changes in his attacks depending on his status, but the changes were removed with texts in the game data being the only thing left. When Silenced, Deathgaze would be unable to use Blizzaga; when Blind, he would be unable to use Death; and an unknown situation would cut his claws, making him unable to use Venom Claw.