Grand Cross (ability)

Inflict various status effects with the interwoven form of earth in nothingness.

Final Fantasy Tactics description

Grand Cross (グランドクロス, Gurando Kurosu?), also known as GrandCros, is a recurring enemy ability in the Final Fantasy series. Used only by the final boss in most of its appearances, it has an elaborate attack animation and usually causes a whole host of status effects.

Appearances[]

Final Fantasy V[]

Main article: Grand Cross (Final Fantasy V)

Grand Cross is one of the two signature abilities of Neo Exdeath (used by its top part after an ominous battle message), alongside Almagest. In the Advance version and the discontinued 2013 mobile and Steam releases, Enuo's left hand and Enuo's 2nd form can also use it.

It targets the entire party, and is entirely probabilistic on a per-character basis. Its effects consist of an attempt to inflict a randomly selected negative status from a pool of 17 status ailments. All but one of these effects can affect heavy targets, but cannot bypass the relevant status protection. Dead or zombified targets are completely immune, while petrified targets are susceptible only to a limited subset of the possible statuses.

Final Fantasy IX[]

Necron will use Grand Cross on a regular basis, usually inflicting the most severe status effects, including Death and Petrify. This version of Grand Cross can be particularly devastating as it can kill a character and inflict the Zombie status on them simultaneously. The character will keep the Zombie status even after death, meaning they cannot be revived as healing items and abilities work in reverse on zombified characters. However, party members can use a Magic Tag to remove the Zombie status on the victim and subsequently revive them.

The track "The Final Battle" is called "Grand Cross" on the The Black Mages III: Darkness and Starlight album.

Final Fantasy XIV[]

Neo Exdeath is able to use 3 different variations of Grand Cross, called Grand Cross Alpha, Delta and Omega, each able to cause up to 4 different status effects from the list below, and resets all Enmity. When Neo Exdeath starts casting Grand Cross, the message "The laws of the universe are in chaos" appears on the screen. Each one of these status effects have been used previously by a different boss, except for Beyond Death.

Allagan Field - All damage suffered by the affected player is dealt to the entire party once the status disappears.
Forked Lightning - All party members around the affected player are hit by a lightning strike once the status disappears.
Cursed Shriek - All party members looking at the affected player are petrified once the status disappears.
Acceleration Bomb - If the affected player is taking any action, including moving, when the status disappears, they suffer heavy damage.
Hysteria - Affected players become uncontrollable and run towards the edge of the arena.
Beyond Death - Affected players die once the timer reaches zero. To heal, they need to take enough damage to die (which will instead keep them at 1 HP and remove the status effect).
Off Balance - The next attack received will cause a knockback effect.

Final Fantasy Tactics[]

Inject tons of evil spirits! Grand Cross!

Grand Cross upon casting

Ultima's ultimate attack, the Grand Cross, hits a large area, inflicting Stone, Blindness, Confuse, Silence, Berserk, Toad, Poison, Slow, and/or Sleep with a 25% chance of each effect hitting. Ultima can use this ability in both of her forms. In her High Seraph form it's in the Chaos skillset, while in her Arch Seraph form it's a Divine Magicks skillset.

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift[]

The Neukhia's ultimate attack, Grand Cross, will only be used when the Wisp is dead and it has charged enough of the stones on the battlefield. When used, it deals massive damage to any units standing beside a charged stone.

Using a trigger command while standing next to a glowing stone while it is still charging will prevent Grand Cross from being cast by that group of rocks.

Dissidia Final Fantasy (2008)[]

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Exdeath

Grand Cross is one of Exdeath's HP attacks. It conjures several orbs of nothingness to circle and converge on the opponent. Exdeath learns the ground version of the attack at level 16 and can cast it in the air at level 30. Grand Cross costs 40 CP to equip and 300 AP to master.

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy[]

Grand Cross is one of Exdeath's HP attacks, costing 30 CP to equip and 130 AP to master.

Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia[]

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Theatrhythm Final Bar Line[]

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Pictlogica Final Fantasy[]

Grand Cross is the Premium Skill for Exdeath. It increases Exdeath's ability to inflict random debuffs to all enemies for the next 2 turns. Scoring Excellents will increase the duration of the buff. It has a slow charge speed and is usable during Wisdom Memento.

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Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade[]

Grand Cross is an ability used by the Legend, Alma when summoned.

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Final Fantasy All the Bravest[]

Grand Cross is the ability used by Neo Exdeath that targets multiple characters.

Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]

Grand Cross is Exdeath's Unique Soul Break, learned from Moore Branch (VIII). It costs two Soul Break bars per use and deals four non-elemental magic hits to all enemies with a potency of 2.37, and allows the user to not only draw all BLK and WHT magic attacks, but also nullify their damage to restore one ability use.

An upgraded version, Neo Grand Cross (ネオグランドクロス, Neo Gurando Kurosu?) is Exdeath's first Ultra Soul Break and can be learned from Whale Whisker (V). It costs two Soul Break bars per use and deals six non-elemental magic hits to all enemies with a potency of 2.33, and grants the aforementioned Grand Cross buff to the user plus a 30% boost to the party's Magic and Mind.

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius[]

Grand Cross is an ability learned by High Seraph Ultima at level 105 (7★). It costs 110 MP, has a 4 turn cooldown, and is available on turn 4. It deals 1 hit of magic damage with a modifier of 11x that ignores 50% SPR and has a 100% chance of inflicting all status ailments to all enemies.

Grand Cross is the Limit Burst for Exdeath at 5★ and higher. At max rarity and fully powered, it deals 1 hit of Dark magic damage with a modifier of 3.9x and has a 74% chance to inflict 4 random status ailments to all enemies.

Mobius Final Fantasy[]

Grand Cross is a dark-elemental rogue-class Supreme ability attached to the Neo Exdeath: FFV card. It inflicts heavy damage to all enemies along with a bevy of status ailments, and its damage potential is further enhanced by any status ailments already inflicted.

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game[]

Exdeath's card featuring his Amano artwork can use Grand Cross, which costs seven Lightning CP, the discard of an Exdeath card, and Dulling Exdeath. Grand Cross removes all other characters and all cards in both Break Zones from the game.

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Etymology[]

[view · edit · purge]A Grand cross is an astrological event where four planets are aligned in such a way that they are 90 degrees apart from each other and form a perfect cross. The planets are each of a different elemental alignment (fire, wind, earth, water), and thus a Grand Cross is often seen as a sign of tension and inability to progress because the different aspects of the personality are at odds with each other. This is why the graphic for Grand Cross as an attack often depicts four orbs forming the mentioned formation.