Changes: Kain Highwind/Other appearances

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With Final Fantasy IV being one of the most respected titles in the series, Kain Highwind has made more than a dozen appearances across compilations, anthologies, and other works from Square Enix. The following is a list of Kain's many appearances.

Series appearances

Final Fantasy XIV

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The Wind-up Kain minion can only be obtained by registering a Collectors Edition of the expansion pack Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord

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Kain's dark side appears as one of the monsters that can be summoned by Mira after being purchased as downloadable content. He takes on his appearance from The After Years. Kain is a melee summon with somewhat low attack; however, with his fast speed and cost of one slot on a tower floor, investing some NP to summon and max out the levels of an army of Kains makes for a very effective melee force.

Final Fantasy Dimensions II

Template:Sideicon Kain appears as a wind-elemental God-type summon.

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Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy

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Main article: Kain Highwind/Dissidia

Kain appears as a playable character. He is officially on the side of Cosmos, but works with Golbez to help the Warriors of Cosmos survive to the next cycle of war by attacking and defeating them before the Manikins do, as they will not be revived if beaten by the manikins. Kain defeats Bartz, Firion, and Zidane, and he is implied to beat most of the other original Warriors of Cosmos, before Tifa, whom he rescues from an encounter with Ultimecia, talks him into returning to the survivors and admitting what he's done. At this time, Kain accompanies them to the Lands of Discord, and the group sacrifices themselves to seal the portal the manikins are emerging from.

Kain's first alternate outfit, Noir Dragoon, is based on Dark Kain, giving him dark blue and red armor, while his second alternate outfit, Light Seeker, is his "Hooded Man" attire, a blue and white robe with a brown cape.

Tetsuya Nomura stated prior to the announcement of Dissidia 012 that Kain was considered as a candidate to appear in the original Dissidia, either as a secret character or the antagonist representing Final Fantasy IV. He was ultimately excluded, but Tetsuya Nomura has said he personally wanted Kain in the game and that Kain would be in a sequel to the game if one were made.^[1]

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT

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Kain is a playable character and a representative of Final Fantasy IV. He is classed as a Speed-type character.

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Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia

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Main article: Kain Highwind/Opera Omnia

Kain appears as a playable character.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy

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Cecil's best friend and dearest rival. He feels deeply, but is ill-practiced in expressing that which he feels. Though he swears to stand by Cecil in his revolt against their unjust king, his heart is consumed by his secret love for Rosa and as a result of this weakness his conflicted mind is easily taken over by Golbez.
Online description

Kain appears as an unlockable character, and is obtained by collecting Navy Crystal Shards, from Dark Notes only.

Kain has the highest raw strength tied with Sephiroth, and possesses good agility which can be boosted further. Most of his abilities focus solely on power, so the player can safely prioritize Kain as a pure enemy crusher. As a downside, he lacks a Limit Break and his ability slots are limited.

Type: Strength

Ability Slots: 3 (2 Reactive, 1 Proactive)

Stats

Level	HP	CP	Strength	Magic	Agility	Luck
1	237	5	21	12	18	11
10	946	10	48	28	40	26
20	1,734	16	79	45	65	42
30	2,521	22	109	62	89	58
40	3,309	28	139	80	114	74
50	4,097	33	169	97	139	90
60	4,884	39	199	114	164	106
70	5,672	45	230	131	189	123
80	5,889	50	238	136	196	127
90	6,107	50	247	142	203	132
99	6,302	50	255	146	210	136

iOS stats

Level	HP	Strength	Magic	Agility	Luck
1	237	SS	E	C	D
99	6302	SS	E	C	D

Abilities

Reactive Abilities
Ability	CP	Level
Focus (Lv1)	4	Level 10
Brace (Lv1)	3	Level 15
Calm	6	Level 25
Brace (Lv2)	5	Level 60
Focus (Lv2)	9	Level 70
Brace (Lv3)	7	Level 75
Focus (Lv3)	13	Level 80
Counter (Lv3)	16	Level 85

Proactive Abilities
Ability	CP	Level
Sacrifice (Lv1)	5	Initial
Strength Up (Lv1)	5	Initial
Wind Rhapsody (Lv1)	5	Level 5
Lance (Lv1)	8	Level 20
Sacrifice (Lv2)	10	Level 30
Strength Up (Lv2)	10	Level 35
Wind Rhapsody (Lv2)	10	Level 40
Lance (Lv2)	14	Level 45
Sacrifice (Lv3)	16	Level 50
Strength Up (Lv3)	16	Level 55
Lance (Lv3)	20	Level 65

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call

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Cecil's friend and rival since childhood and commander of the dragoons of Baron. He is controlled by the enemy and uses base betrayal to deliver the Crystals to his dark master, but he will atone before the end.
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Kain is an unlockable character, and is now obtained by collecting Turquoise Crystal Shards.

While Kain gains a number of defensive skills, his high Strength coupled with obtaining a Limit Break that synchs with his power ensures he's a still a force to be reckoned with. A major downside is that his Agility has been drastically reduced, and his Spirit is the weakest of all playable characters, making him vulnerable to magic-based enemies.

Kain receives his Limit Break from Dissidia 012, Dragoon's Pride, dealing damage to boss-type enemies in direct proportion to Strength, Agility, and Level.

Type: Strength

Summon: Odin

Stats

Level	CP	HP	Strength	Magic	Agility	Luck	Stamina	Spirit
1	6	261	20	6	10	11	17	4
50	34	4503	159	44	78	89	139	28
99	50	6927	240	67	117	134	209	42

Abilities

Reactive Abilities
Ability	CP	Level Learned
Berserk (Lv1)	5	Initial
Calm	6	Level 10
Weapon Break (Lv1)	3	Level 15
Chakra (Lv1)	5	Level 25
Counter (Lv1)	5	Level 30
Berserk (Lv2)	10	Level 35
Dragoon's Pride	18	Level 40
Brace (Lv1)	3	Level 45
Weapon Break (Lv2)	6	Level 65
Brace (Lv2)	5	Level 70
Chakra (Lv2)	9	Level 75
Berserk (Lv3)	15	Level 80
Weapon Break (Lv3)	10	Level 95

Proactive Abilities
Ability	CP	Level Learned
Sacrifice (Lv1)	5	Initial
Lance (Lv1)	8	Level 5
Strength Up (Lv1)	5	Level 20
Sacrifice (Lv2)	10	Level 50
Strength Up (Lv2)	10	Level 55
Lance (Lv2)	14	Level 60
Strength Up (Lv3)	16	Level 85
Lance (Lv3)	20	Level 90

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy All-Star Carnival

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Kain is an unlockable character, and is obtained by collecting Light Crystal Shards.

His limit, Dragoon's Pride, has been altered, dealing damage to boss-type enemies in direct proportion to Strength and Agility only.

Type: Strength

Summon: Odin

Stats

Level	HP	Strength	Magic	Agility	Spirit
1	210	31	8	12	12
50	3230	146	80	91	91
99	5250	239	141	157	157

Abilities

Lv	Ability 1	Ability 2	Support
1	Sacrifice I	Lance I	Focus I
5	Sacrifice I	Lance I	Focus I
10	Sacrifice I	Lance I	Weapon Break I
15	Berserk I	Lance I	Weapon Break I
20	Berserk I	Lance II	Weapon Break I
25	Berserk I	Lance II	Weapon Break I
30	Berserk I	Lance II	Focus II
35	Sacrifice II	Lance II	Focus II
40	Sacrifice II	Counter II	Focus II
45	Sacrifice II	Counter II	Weapon Break III
50	Berserk II	Counter II	Weapon Break III
55	Berserk II	Counter III	Weapon Break III
60	Berserk II	Counter III	Focus III
65	Berserk III	Counter III	Focus III
70	Berserk III	Lance III	Focus III
75	Berserk III	Lance III	Focus III
80	Berserk III	Lance III	Focus III
85	Berserk III	Lance III	Focus III
90	Dragoon's Pride	Lance III	Focus III
95	Dragoon's Pride	Lance III	Focus III
99	Dragoon's Pride	Lance III	Focus III

Pictlogica Final Fantasy

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Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade

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Cecil's close friend—and friendly rival. The resourceful commander of Baron's Dragoons, a highly efficient squad on par with the Red Wings, he is manipulated by Golbez into becoming Cecil's adversary.
Character Description

Kain appears as a Legend character. He uses Jump and Double Jump to assist the player. The spear Kain is depicted with in his Yoshitaka Amano artwork and in Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy is available as a weapon. It was given away as a reward for leveling up Kain to Lv.99 during Part 2 of the Shattered Worlds FF Special Event as an SSR ranked weapon called the Wyvern Spear.

Portraits

Ability Cards

Legend Cards

Final Fantasy Artniks

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Final Fantasy All the Bravest

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Cecil cares for this commander of the Baron Dragoons, despite his many deceits.
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Kain is an exclusive character only available from the Premium Character Shop as a random downloadable content, he uses the Blaze Jump during battle.

Final Fantasy Record Keeper

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Main article: Kain Highwind/Record Keeper

Kain is a standard character, also appearing as an early boss. He is automatically recruited as the First Time Reward for completing Mist Cave on the Classic difficulty track. He has also appeared in the Challenge Events The Burning Blade and A Summoner Grown, although many players may have received a Greater Growth Egg in his place. The only advantage to his recruitment in these events was a much earlier acquisition of his Memory Crystal.

Final Fantasy World Wide Words

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Final Fantasy Brave Exvius

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A young man from a distant world where two moons rise in the sky. Leader of the dragoons, the elite regiment of Baron, he is both a loyal friend and strong rival to Cecil. While possessing a strong sense of justice, he is not at ease expressing his emotions to others. Disillusioned at the actions of their king, he and Cecil both defect from their homeland, but become separated. He reappears as Cecil's adversary, his true motivations unknown.
In-game description (3★)

Template:See Also Kain appears as a vision obtainable through summoning. A 3-5★ Rare Summon, his job is listed as Dragoon and his role Physical Damage. Kain has no natural resistance to status ailments or elements. His Trust Master reward is the Gungnir spear, which has an Attack power of 90.

His awakening materials are the following:

4★: Beast Meat x20, Esper Cryst x10, Litrock x8, Heaven's Ash x3, Sacred Crystal x3
5★: Litrock x20, Heaven's Ash x10, Sacred Crystal x10, Fury Seed x5, Holy Crystal x5

Stats

Kain's stats at his highest levels are as follows (with no passive abilities taken into account), along with the maximum amount of stat points that can be increased through pot-enhancements:

Rarity	Level	HP	MP	ATK	DEF	MAG	SPR	Drop Check*(Maximum LB crystals drop per hit)
3★	40	1620 (+)	66 (+)	69 (+)	65 (+)	52 (+)	51 (+)	2
4★	60	2090 (+)	85 (+)	89 (+)	84 (+)	67 (+)	65 (+)	3
5★	80	2717 (+)	110 (+)	112 (+)	95 (+)	87 (+)	84 (+)	4

Abilities

Depending on his rarity, Kain has two (3★), three (4★) or four (5★) ability slots. He has affinity to White Magic (Lvl 1-3).

Traits (Special - Active)
Ability	Rarity	Lv. Learned
Jump	3★	1
Lance	3★	17
Store	4★	13
Power Surge	5★	62
Dragon Dive	5★	80

Traits (Special - Passive)
Ability	Rarity	Lv. Learned
HP +10%	3★	29
Dragon Killer	4★	37
High Jump	4★	52
ATK +20%	5★	22
Dragoon Spirit	5★	45
Spear Master	5★	74

Two of Kain's abilities can be awakened: Dragon Dive and Dragoon Spirit.

Upon awakening, Dragon Dive will have its original damage power (2.1x) increased to (2.6x). Dragon Dive will further raise its power to (3.1x). It requires Power crysts as materials.

Upon awakening, Dragoon Spirit will increase the damage boost (120%) for his Jump-type attacks to 150%. Dragoon Spirit will have an added effect of increasing Kain's elemental resistance to Fire, Ice and Lightning by 20%. It requires Support crysts as materials.

Limit Bursts

Kain's Limit Burst is a damage-type ability. He deals physical damage to a single target. Depending on his rarity, he may deal seven (3★) or eleven (4-5★) hits to the enemy.

Rarity	Name	Effect	Cost
3★	Whirling Lance	Base (Level 1): Damage dealt (2x) Max (Level 10): Damage dealt (2.45x)	10
4★	Dragon Fang	Base (Level 1): Damage dealt (2.2x) Max (Level 15): Damage dealt (2.9x)	12
5★	Dragon Fang	Base (Level 1): Damage dealt (2.7x) Max (Level 20): Damage dealt (3.65x)	14

Equipment

Kain can equip the following weapon types: daggers, swords, katanas and spears.

He can equip the following armor types: light shields, heavy shields, helms, clothes, light armor and heavy armor.

He can equip accessories.

Gallery

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game

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Triple Triad

Kain appears on Triple Triad cards in the version available via Final Fantasy Portal App.

Guest appearances

Lord of Vermilion

Kain appears as a card and summonable creature in Lord of Vermilion II, along with other characters from Final Fantasy IV as part of a special cross promotion.