As its name would imply, this dragon uses ice-elemental attacks like N. Cross, Absolute 0, and Surge. Weak vs. fire, so uses Fire 3 and Fire 3.
Final Fantasy VI PlayStation Bestiary entry
The Ice Dragon, formerly called Ice Drgn, is a boss in Final Fantasy VI. It is one of the eight legendary dragons, and is the dragon of the 
Ice element. The Ice Dragon is fought on Narshe Cliffs, in the snowfields behind the Narshe Mines.
The Ice Dragon is re-fought in the Earth Labyrinth area of the Dragons' Den bonus dungeon in the Advance and 2014 releases. Both versions of Ice Dragon can be further re-fought in the Soul Shrine, as with most bosses in the game.
Stats[]
Narshe Cliffs
Dragon's Den
Battle[]
First battle[]
The Ice Dragon's location.
The Ice Dragon uses Northern Cross, which inflicts the frozen status on the party, but has a low hit rate. Its Absolute Zero does major ice-elemental damage to the entire party.
Strategy[]
The player should use Firaga, Flare, and Ultima. Shadow should throw Flametongues. The Ice Dragon is not terribly powerful and should fall easily.
Second battle[]
The Ice Dragon returns in the Dragons' Den, but like the other seven dragons, the battle is made more difficult with special conditions. The Ice Dragon employs the same battle tactic as the Vector Lythos in the final dungeon: although only one Ice Dragon is visible, there are actually four with their sprites overlaid. All four must be dispatched to win. To compensate, the Ice Dragons individually have lower HP than the other revived dragons.
The Ice Dragons can use Blizzaga, Freezing Dust, Snowstorm, Avalanche, and their new special attack, Freeze, which inflicts stop. As the Ice Dragons become fewer in number, the remaining dragons will use Freeze with greater frequency.
Defeating the Ice Dragons destroys the Seal of Ice, and also gives the player Setzer's most powerful weapon, the Final Trump.
Strategy[]
Though the player's first instinct may be to use group-attacks to hit all Ice Dragons at once, this is a bad idea, as all four will likely strike the attacking party member in response. It is safer to focus on one dragon at a time. Firaga spells are most useful for this.
Alternatively, the player can kill all four dragons at once with a very specific set-up: a character with high magic power equipped with a Soul of Thamasa who knows Quick and Ultima. The player should cast Vanish on them, then Quick, then dualcast Ultima twice. If the character's magic power is high enough, this will do 9,999 damage to all four Ice Dragons, and thus four casts of Ultima will kill them in one round. Even if this fails, the dragons will be weak collectively.
Formations[]
| Number | Enemies | Encounter flags | Introduction flag | Musical theme | Magic AP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Back | Surrounded | Side | |||||
| 366 | Ice Dragon | Sides, synch. | The Decisive Battle | 10 | ||||
| 489 | Ice Dragon, Kefka | Sides, individual | Battle | 0 | ||||
| Hide start messages. | ||||||||
| 553 | Ice Dragon x5 | Sides, individual | Battle | — | ||||
| 636 | Ice Dragon x3, Ice Dragon | Sides, individual | The Decisive Battle | — | ||||
AI script[]
First battle[]
Attack Turns:
1st Turn: Attack (33%) or Northern Cross (66%)
2nd Turn: Attack (33%) or Absolute Zero (66%)
3rd Turn: Attack (33%) or Avalanche (33%) or Absolute Zero (33%)
If killed: Avalanche (33%)
If attacked by anything: Attack (33%)
Second battle[]
At beginning of battle:
- Display message: Ice Dragon creates 3 mirror images!
- Bring in Ice Dragon x3
Attack Turns:
1st Turn: Attack (66%) or Nothing (33%)
2nd Turn: Attack (33%) or Freeze (33%) or Nothing (33%)
3rd Turn: Attack (33%) or Blizzaga (33%) or Nothing (33%)
If 3 monsters are left:
- 1st Turn: Attack (33%) or Snowstorm (33%) or Nothing (33%)
- 2nd Turn: Blizzaga (33%) or Freeze (33%) or Nothing (33%)
- 3rd Turn: Freeze (33%) or Freezing Dust (33%) or Nothing (33%)
If 2 monsters are left:
- 1st Turn: Attack (33%) or Snowstorm (66%)
- 2nd Turn: Freeze (33%) or Blizzaga (66%)
- 3rd Turn: Freeze (66%) or Freezing Dust (33%)
If monster is by itself:
- 1st Turn: Freeze (33%) or Northern Cross (66%)
- 2nd Turn: Freeze (33%) or Absolute Zero (66%)
- 3rd Turn: Freeze (33%) or Avalanche (66%)
If killed: Absolute Zero (33%) or Northern Cross (33%) or Avalanche (33%)
If 2 monsters are left:
- If attacked by anything: Attack (33%) or Freeze (33%)
If attacked by anything: Attack (66%)
Other appearances[]
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Etymology[]
A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, which is featured in the myths of many cultures.