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The Spiral is an enemy from Final Fantasy VII fought in the Mideel Area. It only has two physical attacks (one each form) and is not a large threat. They can roll after taking damage, which halves damage dealt to them. They return to normal form after a number of turns (at most four turns).

Rare X-Potions can be stolen from them. They can also be morphed into Guard Sources. However, the Bagnadrana on Mt. Corel is easier to morph for min-maxing purposes as it is weak to L4 Suicide. Nevertheless, Spirals still give large amounts of EXP, AP, and Gil and are thus worth fighting.

They can appear alongside Chocobos on the Mideel Area Chocobo tracks. The Chocobos they appear alongside with are good for breeding the player's first colored variants, and the Lv36 Chocobo that appears appears alongside a single, lone Spiral can be used for learning the Chocobuckle E.Skill.

Stats[]

Normal

Rolling

Formations[]

# Formation
213 Row 1: Spiral A
Row 2: Spiral B
214 Spiral, Chocobo
215 Row 1: Spiral A, Spiral B
Row 2: Chocobo
220 Row 1: Spiral A
Row 2: Spiral B
Row 3: Spiral C
221 Spiral A, Spiral B
223 Spiral A, Spiral B (Back Attack)

Locations[]

Mideel Area
Grass 213, 214 (A Chocobo!), 215 (A Chocobo!)
Dirt 220, 221, 223 (Back Attack)

AI script[]

AI: Main {

If (TempVar:StopSpin == 1) Then
{
Choose Self
Use <> on Target
TempVar:TurnsInForm = 0
Spiral's IdleAnim = Normal
Spiral's HurtAnim = Flinch (Normal)
Spiral's Def = 80
Spiral's MDf = 80
Stage = 0
TempVar:StopSpin = 0
} Else If (Stage == 0) Then {
Choose Random Opponent
Use <Angle Punch> on Target
TempVar:TurnsInForm = TempVar:TurnsInForm + 1
If (TempVar:TurnsInForm > 10) Then
{
TempVar:TurnsInForm = 10
}
} Else {
Choose Random Opponent
Use Spin on Target
If (Rnd(0..3) < TempVar:TurnsInForm) Then
{
TempVar:StopSpin = 1
}
TempVar:TurnsInForm = TempVar:TurnsInForm + 1
If (TempVar:TurnsInForm > 10) Then
{
TempVar:TurnsInForm = 10
}
}

} AI: Counter - General {

If ((Rnd(0..3) < TempVar:TurnsInForm) & (Stage == 0)) Then
{
Choose Self
Use <> on Target
Spiral's IdleAnim = Spinning
Spiral's HurtAnim = Flinch (Spinning)
Spiral's Def = 320
Spiral's MDf = 320
Stage = 1
TempVar:TurnsInForm = 0
}

}

Gallery[]

Etymology[]

The word "spiral" has multiple meanings depending on context. In geometry, it is a curve acting as the focus of a point rotating around a fixed point that continuously extends from that point. Informally, it can be used to refer to a helix. It is also used to refer to a high-momentum, self-sustaining process that can't be stopped or accelerated instantly. Generally used as a noun, the word is derived from the the Middle French word spirale, itself derived from the Medieval Latin spiralis, in turn derived from the Latin spira spaɪɹəl.

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