Visage

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Visage
(かお, Kao?, lit. Face)
Gameplay details
Location(s)	Kefka's Tower
Type	Boss
Data	Stats Formations AI

Petrifies with Dread. Gradually wears down HP with Slip Hit, and changes the party's row order with R. Polarity. Also uses Magnitude 8, so watch out!

PlayStation bestiary

Visage, also known as Face, is a boss in Final Fantasy VI. It is fought in the first tier of the final battle along with Short Arm and Long Arm. According to the Final Fantasy III Nintendo Player's Guide, the first tier which includes Visage, Long Arm, and Short Arm is supposed to be a rematch of Demon from the Warring Triad. No official material support this; the idea was created by Nintendo of America.

See also: Statue of the Gods

Stats

Stats
LV	74
LV	74
HP	30,000
HP	30,000
MP	10,000
MP	10,000
Attack	63
Attack	63
Magic	12
Magic	12
Defense	140
Defense	140
Magic Defense	140
Magic Defense	140
Magic Evasion	0
Magic Evasion	0
Agility	44
Agility	44
Hit Rate	100
Hit Rate	100
Evasion	10
Evasion	10
EXP	0
EXP	0
Gil	0
Gil	0
Affinities and resistances
Weak elements	Fire
Immune elements	Earth
Status immunities	Zombie, Poison, Magitek, Invisible, Imp, Petrify, Instant Death, Critical, Image, Silence, Confuse, Berserk, Sap, Sleep, Slow, Stop, Meteor Strike, Libra, Fractional damage
Bestiary
☆085 ←
☆086
→ ☆087
Classification
Name	Visage
Location	Kefka's Tower
Type	None
Other information	Harder to run from. The party cannot escape.
Abilities
Attack	Normal Attack: Partisan Special Attack: Sapping Strike (Inflicts Sap)
Abilities	Reverse Polarity, Protect, Haste, Dread Gaze, Magnitude 8, Quake
Rage	None
Sketch (Immune)	Attack, Sapping Strike
Control (Immune) & Confuse (Immune)	Attack, Sapping Strike
Items
Steal	[Slot 1 (87.5%(Applies when successful; success based on users' level, doubles with Thief's Bracer.))] Elixir [Slot 2 (12.5%(Applies when successful; success based on users' level, doubles with Thief's Bracer.))] 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
Bestiary
#357 ←
#358
→ #359
Classification
Name	Visage
Location	Kefka's Tower
Type	None
Other information	Harder to run from. The party cannot escape.
Abilities
Attack	Normal Attack: Partisan Special Attack: Sapping Strike (Inflicts Sap)
Abilities	Reverse Polarity, Protect, Haste, Dread Gaze, Magnitude 8, Quake
Rage	None
Sketch (Immune)	Attack, Sapping Strike
Control (Immune) & Confuse (Immune)	Attack, Sapping Strike
Items
Steal	[Slot 1 (87.5%(Applies when successful; success based on users' level, doubles with Thief's Bracer.))] Elixir [Slot 2 (12.5%(Applies when successful; success based on users' level, doubles with Thief's Bracer.))] 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
Classification
Name	Face
Location	Kefka's Tower
Type	None
Other information	Harder to run from. The party cannot escape.
Abilities
Attack	Normal Attack: Partisan Special Attack: Slip Hit (Inflicts Seizure)
Abilities	R.Polarity, Safe, Haste, Dread, Magnitude8, Quake
Rage
Sketch (Immune)	Battle, Slip Hit
Control (Immune) & Confuse (Immune)	Battle, Slip Hit
Items
Steal	[Slot 1 (87.5%(Applies when successful; success based on users' level, doubles with Thief's Bracer.))] Elixir [Slot 2 (12.5%(Applies when successful; success based on users' level, doubles with Thief's Bracer.))] Nothing
Item dropped	Nothing
Metamorphose(Miss rate: 100%)	SNES: [Slot 1 (25%)]Antidote [Slot 2 (25%)]Green Cherry [Slot 3 (25%)]Eye Drops [Slot 4 (25%)]Soft PS: [Slot 1 (25%)]Antidote [Slot 2 (25%)]Green Cherry [Slot 3 (25%)]Eye Drops [Slot 4 (25%)]Soft Morph ID: 0

Battle

Visage is the most powerful enemy on the first tier, but it still is not very dangerous. It uses Sapping Strike, which inflicts Sap, and Reverse Polarity to shift the party's rows. After its HP falls to 10,240, Visage begins to use Dread Gaze, inflicting Petrify. If both of Visage's allies are dead when it is killed it uses Quake, which is somewhat dangerous, though avoidable with Float. It can also be bypassed if Visage is not killed last.

Strategy

Casting Firaga or throwing Flametongues works well to hit his weakness to Fire attacks.

Formations

Number	Enemies	Encounter flags				Introduction flag	Musical theme	Magic AP
		Normal	Back	Surrounded	Side
471	Short Arm, Long Arm, Visage	Y	N	N	N	Pre-drawn	Dancing Mad (1)	0
	No victory pose upon winning. Hide start messages. Prevent triple 7 for Joker's Death.

AI script

Attack Turns:

1st Turn: Reverse Polarity (33%) or Nothing (66%)

2nd Turn: Sapping Strike (33%) or Nothing (66%)

3rd Turn: Reverse Polarity (33%) or Nothing (66%)

4th Turn: Sapping Strike (33%) or Nothing (66%)

5th Turn: Target: Random ally

Protect (66%) or Haste (33%)

6th Turn: Sapping Strike (33%) or Nothing (66%)

If HP <= 10240:

1st Turn: Sapping Strike (66%) or Dread Gaze (33%)

2nd Turn: Sapping Strike (66%) or Dread Gaze (33%)

3rd Turn: Sapping Strike (66%) or Dread Gaze (33%)

Sapping Strike (66%) or Dread Gaze (33%)

4th Turn: Dread Gaze (33%) or Magnitude 8 (33%) or Reverse Polarity (33%)

If monster is by itself:

If killed: Quake (100%)

Other appearances

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Gallery

Concept art of the entire "tower of gods" sequence by Tetsuya Nomura.

Etymology

[view · edit · purge]Visage is French for "face".

Related enemies

• Long Arm
• Short Arm
• Tiger
• Machine
• Magic
• Power
• Lady
• Rest
• Statue of the Gods

Trivia

• Visage's weakness to Fire attacks may further reinforce the possibility that he, like the other tiers of the final boss battle, was inspired by Dante Aligheri's Divine Comedy. Specifically, Visage resembles Satan in appearance; in the ninth circle of hell, Satan was depicted as a demon entrapped up to the waist in ice, which may explain Visage's weakness.