Leviathan (Final Fantasy VI boss)

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Leviathan
(リヴァイアサン, Rivaiasan?)
Gameplay details
Location(s)	Ferry between Nikeah and South Figaro.
Type	Boss
Data	Stats Formations AI

Leviathan is a boss in the Advance, mobile and Steam versions of Final Fantasy VI. It can be fought by taking the ferry between South Figaro and Nikeah once the party has acquired the Falcon, but will not appear unless the party has talked to a man in South Figaro who mentions seeing a shadow while fishing.

Stats

Stats
LV	91
LV	91
HP	32,000
HP	32,000
MP	7,000
MP	7,000
Attack	22
Attack	22
Magic	14
Magic	14
Defense	140
Defense	140
Magic Defense	120
Magic Defense	120
Magic Evasion	20
Magic Evasion	20
Agility	61
Agility	61
Hit Rate	140
Hit Rate	140
Evasion	20
Evasion	20
EXP	0
EXP	0
Gil	10,000
Gil	10,000
Affinities and resistances
Status immunities	Darkness, Zombie, Poison, Magitek, Invisible, Imp, Petrify, Instant Death, Doom, Critical, Image, Silence, Confuse, Berserk, Sap, Sleep, Slow, Stop, Meteor Strike, Fractional damage
Bestiary
☆073 ←
☆074
→ ☆075
Classification
Name	Leviathan
Location	Ferry between Nikeah and South Figaro.
Type	None
Other information	Harder to run from. The party cannot escape.
Abilities
Attack	Normal Attack: Partisan Special Attack: Entangle (Inflicts Slow)
Abilities	Tsunami, Aqua Breath, El Niño
Rage	None
Sketch	Entangle, Tsunami
Control (Immune) & Confuse (Immune)	Attack
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
#345 ←
#346
→ #347
Classification
Name	Leviathan
Location	Ferry between Nikeah and South Figaro.
Type	None
Other information	Harder to run from. The party cannot escape.
Abilities
Attack	Normal Attack: Partisan Special Attack: Entangle (Inflicts Slow)
Abilities	Tsunami, Aqua Breath, El Niño
Rage	None
Sketch	Entangle, Tsunami
Control (Immune) & Confuse (Immune)	Attack
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
Items
Steal	Nothing
Item dropped	Nothing
Metamorphose(Miss rate: 100%)

Battle

Leviathan starts the battle with Tsunami and uses it periodically with Aqua Breath and El Niño. He has a powerful physical attack and counterattacks with Entangle, which inflicts Slow. Leviathan's Water attacks hit the entire party and cannot be blocked.

Upon his defeat, the party will receive the Leviathan magicite.

The battle against Leviathan is the last chance for Mog to obtain the Water Harmony Dance if the player did not learn it in the World of Balance. Also, it's a chance for Strago to learn Tsunami.

Strategy

By equipping a piece of the imp equipment on all party members, the party can absorb Leviathan's Water attacks and only his normal attack will inflict damage. Casting powerful spells like Flare and Ultima are enough to finish him.

Formations

Number	Enemies	Encounter flags				Introduction flag	Musical theme	Magic AP
		Norm. (Normal)	Back	Surr. (Surrounded)	Side
640	Leviathan	Y	N	N	N	Sides, individual	The Decisive Battle	—

AI script

At beginning of battle: Tsunami (100%)

Attack Turns:
1st Turn: Attack (66%) or Aqua Breath (33%)
2nd Turn: Attack (100%)

Attack (100%)

3rd Turn: Attack (66%) or El Niño (33%)

If attacked by "Magic" or "Lore": El Niño (100%)
If attacked by anything: Entangle (33%)

If Timer >= 20:

Tsunami (100%)

Tsunami (100%)

Gallery

Aqua Breath.

Entangle.

Etymology

[view · edit · purge]Leviathan (Biblical Hebrew לִוְיָתָן or לווייתן Liwyāthān) is a violent sea creature referred to in the Hebrew Bible as well as the Talmud and some other ancient Jewish texts. The Ugaritic equivalent being Lotan. During the golden age of seafaring, the term Leviathan became synonymous with any large sea creature, sometimes describing whales. Bible scholars interpreted Leviathan to be either a demonic sea creature and an enemy of God.

The Talmud and other ancient Jewish sources refer to Leviathan more specifically as a sea serpent, sometimes with multiple heads capable of breathing fire, that was made on the fifth day of Creation. It is said that during the end of days, God will make tents, or sukkah, out of the skin of Leviathan for the righteous to live in. Some have speculated that Leviathan was based on a real animal, the most popular theory being the Kronosaurus and the Nile crocodile.

Leviathan is also one of the seven princes of Hell associated with the deadly sin Envy and Hell's gatekeeper in Christian demonology.

In the Final Fantasy series, Leviathan is sometimes referred to as the King of the Seas. Its incarnation in the series appears to derive from the legends of the Shinto god Ryūjin or Owatatsumi, said to be the dragon god that reigns over the seas. It also resembles the Chinese dragon, mystical beings seen as the rulers of moving bodies of water, and the Dragon God as the dispenser of rain.

Related enemies

• Ifrit
• Shiva
• Unnamed esper