The best Final Fantasy magic/effect/summon

ultima0 · January 25th, 2005, 11:49

OK, I've opened this topic to see whaddaya think about which is the best magic in ff serial. I don't know was it already posted, if it is then let admins erase it before it becomes very popular

My list goes on like this:
magic:

ultima-ff8,ff7
flare-ff9
I'll finish it when I remember, I'm busy now

summons/GF's/aeons:
anima-ffx
maybe ixion from ffx, I'll thiink about this...
and so on... I'll finish it later

now let's hear your opinion

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**Cid Highwind** · January 25th, 2005, 15:19

FF3: Bahamut works great

FF5: Bahamut again IIRC
FF7: The standard Bahamut can be strong enough, the other's take longer to summon

FF8: I prefer Bahamut over Eden, because I never liked the long time it took to show eden....
As for magic: I didn't use much magic, but Meltdown works great against certain enemies (the giant armor creatures)

I don't know much about the other parts of the series.

In every game the Flare and Ultima magic does most damage.

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Sephi · January 25th, 2005, 18:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cid Highwind

FF3: Bahamut works great

FF5: Bahamut again IIRC
FF7: The standard Bahamut can be strong enough, the other's take longer to summon

FF8: I prefer Bahamut over Eden, because I never liked the long time it took to show eden....
As for magic: I didn't use much magic, but Meltdown works great against certain enemies (the giant armor creatures)

I don't know much about the other parts of the series.

In every game the Flare and Ultima magic does most damage.

FF7 KoTR is stronger altho i cant remember it takes longer to summon tho
FF8 Eden is strongest.. and depending on how often u summon it the speed wil increase.
FFX anima as aeon, altho magnus sister pasado for low armor creature does more dmg than anima.
(btw FFX bahamut really looks stupid ! what was square thinking

)

and for magic.. beats me really cant remember.. meteor/flare/ultima always been the most powerful spells.

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**Cid Highwind** · January 25th, 2005, 18:38

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth[TR]

FF7 KoTR is stronger altho i cant remember it takes longer to summon tho
FF8 Eden is strongest.. and depending on how often u summon it the speed wil increase.
FFX anima as aeon, altho magnus sister pasado for low armor creature does more dmg than anima.
(btw FFX bahamut really looks stupid ! what was square thinking

)

and for magic.. beats me really cant remember.. meteor/flare/ultima always been the most powerful spells.

About Eden I meant the animation takes way too long. Especially since on my PC version the framrate dropped a lot as well....
The same goes for the animation of KOTR.

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deamonhunter · January 25th, 2005, 19:11

r we talking about how it looks or how much damage it takes

but in my opinion bahamut always rocks
i mean whats cooler than the god of dragons
but anima in FFX was also very cool

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**Cid Highwind** · January 25th, 2005, 20:37

I think it's about how powerful it is, or at least which one you prefer to use. And I don't like KOTR because it takes too long. And it kills Sephiroth too easily as well

He's already an easy to beat wuss.

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ka0s · January 26th, 2005, 01:07

I liked Bahamut from all the games, but a few others that stood out were Tiamat, KotR, and Anima.
As for spells, I was always partial to Demi

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Ipswitch · January 26th, 2005, 11:26

FF9's summons sucked ass and so did most of the magic. I mean, the best way to do damage in that game was with Steiner with Shock or Climhazzard. Ark, the supposed best summon, did maybe 5000 and Flare around 8000. I had vivi pretty tricked out in terms of magic-enhancing gear as well. But alright, Ark and flare (and ultima, but that's not a spell you're allowed to use

) looked pretty awesome, as did some of the spells used by Necron.

Kaiser Sigma · January 26th, 2005, 11:34

I'm not getting this thread's topic... are you asking which summons looked the best or which ones were the most useful? To answer both...
Most useful summons:
FFIV: Bahamut
FFV: Bahamut
FFVI: Crusader
FFVII: Knights of the Round
FFVIII: Eden
FFIX: Ark / Madeen

Best Looking Summons:
FFIV: Bahamut / Leviathan
FFV: Bahamut
FFVI: Bahamut / Crusader
FFVII: Bahamut Zero
FFVIII: Eden
FFIX: Ark

Exodus · January 26th, 2005, 15:16

the best one is FF7's chocobo summon. nothing like a childish AND weak summon.

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**Cid Highwind** · January 26th, 2005, 17:11

The Fat Chocobo of FF7 is GREAT

I never saw it much... about 2 or 3 times out of hundreds of hours gameplay

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Ali · January 26th, 2005, 17:57

Shiva all the way,
I made her one strong chick in FFX.

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CD · January 26th, 2005, 19:31

Ultima's always the best, that's why it's called ****ing Ultima. It gets outshined by special attacks and summons in later FFs tho..

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Exodus · January 26th, 2005, 20:01

Ultima's always nice since it takes so much less time to cast than summons. And with an easy series like FF, thats what it really all comes down to: speed.

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**Razor Blade** · January 26th, 2005, 20:02

I always loved Ifrit from FFVIII. First time I saw it my mouth dropped!

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aerith099 · January 27th, 2005, 04:12

Carbuncle!
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Guyver2K6 · January 27th, 2005, 04:15

ff9's BAHAMUT!!! HE RULED ALL ASSS!!!!

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CD · January 27th, 2005, 04:36

Yes, ruling "all ass" is a good thing.

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RF · January 27th, 2005, 04:38

Hella ifrit from ff8

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industrian · January 27th, 2005, 12:35

FFX's Bahamut when i got him to be able to do 500,000 damage with one punch = good.

January 25th, 2005, 11:49	#1
ultima0 unborn Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Croatia Posts: 20	The best Final Fantasy magic/effect/summon OK, I've opened this topic to see whaddaya think about which is the best magic in ff serial. I don't know was it already posted, if it is then let admins erase it before it becomes very popular My list goes on like this: magic: ultima-ff8,ff7 flare-ff9 I'll finish it when I remember, I'm busy now summons/GF's/aeons: anima-ffx maybe ixion from ffx, I'll thiink about this... and so on... I'll finish it later now let's hear your opinion __________________ IF YOU CAN SEE THIS THEN YOU ARE TOO CLOSE TO THE MONITOR

January 26th, 2005, 11:26	#8
Ipswitch /dev/user Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Internet Posts: 407	FF9's summons sucked ass and so did most of the magic. I mean, the best way to do damage in that game was with Steiner with Shock or Climhazzard. Ark, the supposed best summon, did maybe 5000 and Flare around 8000. I had vivi pretty tricked out in terms of magic-enhancing gear as well. But alright, Ark and flare (and ultima, but that's not a spell you're allowed to use) looked pretty awesome, as did some of the spells used by Necron.

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January 25th, 2005, 15:19	#2
Cid Highwind The Hunter Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: NL Posts: 15,877	FF3: Bahamut works great FF5: Bahamut again IIRC FF7: The standard Bahamut can be strong enough, the other's take longer to summon FF8: I prefer Bahamut over Eden, because I never liked the long time it took to show eden.... As for magic: I didn't use much magic, but Meltdown works great against certain enemies (the giant armor creatures) I don't know much about the other parts of the series. In every game the Flare and Ultima magic does most damage. __________________ PC Specs: CPU: Intel Q8200 @ 2.8GHz // GPU: Sapphire ATi HD5870 1GB // Mobo: Gigabyte EP35-DS3 RAM: 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 1066 // HDD: 1TB Samsung Spinpoint // SPU: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music PSU: Hiper Type-R 580W // Monitor: Iiyama B2403WS / 19201200 Join the NGEmu Folding @ Home community NOW!*

January 25th, 2005, 19:11	#5
deamonhunter TEKKEN LORD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Currently KSA Posts: 1,287	r we talking about how it looks or how much damage it takes but in my opinion bahamut always rocks i mean whats cooler than the god of dragons but anima in FFX was also very cool __________________

January 25th, 2005, 20:37	#6
Cid Highwind The Hunter Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: NL Posts: 15,877	I think it's about how powerful it is, or at least which one you prefer to use. And I don't like KOTR because it takes too long. And it kills Sephiroth too easily as well He's already an easy to beat wuss. __________________ PC Specs: CPU: Intel Q8200 @ 2.8GHz // GPU: Sapphire ATi HD5870 1GB // Mobo: Gigabyte EP35-DS3 RAM: 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 1066 // HDD: 1TB Samsung Spinpoint // SPU: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music PSU: Hiper Type-R 580W // Monitor: Iiyama B2403WS / 19201200 Join the NGEmu Folding @ Home community NOW!*

January 26th, 2005, 01:07	#7
ka0s Kancho Assassin Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 1,035	I liked Bahamut from all the games, but a few others that stood out were Tiamat, KotR, and Anima. As for spells, I was always partial to Demi __________________ Shuttle SN41G2 XPC 1.6 AMD Duron -=- 512MB PC 2700 OCZ Memory 80GB WE Caviar SE -=- Liteon 48x24x48 CD-RW Optical Drive Abit 9600XT VIVO

January 26th, 2005, 11:34	#9
Kaiser Sigma ~ Lord of Darkness ~ Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: A place darker than the night. Posts: 15,314	I'm not getting this thread's topic... are you asking which summons looked the best or which ones were the most useful? To answer both... Most useful summons: FFIV: Bahamut FFV: Bahamut FFVI: Crusader FFVII: Knights of the Round FFVIII: Eden FFIX: Ark / Madeen Best Looking Summons: FFIV: Bahamut / Leviathan FFV: Bahamut FFVI: Bahamut / Crusader FFVII: Bahamut Zero FFVIII: Eden FFIX: Ark

January 26th, 2005, 15:16	#10
Exodus ...and now they do. Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Null Posts: 20,000	the best one is FF7's chocobo summon. nothing like a childish AND weak summon. __________________ No, I don't like anime, Street Fighter, Japanese music or download video game music. Yes, I know, I'm weird.

January 26th, 2005, 17:11	#11
Cid Highwind The Hunter Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: NL Posts: 15,877	The Fat Chocobo of FF7 is GREAT I never saw it much... about 2 or 3 times out of hundreds of hours gameplay __________________ PC Specs: CPU: Intel Q8200 @ 2.8GHz // GPU: Sapphire ATi HD5870 1GB // Mobo: Gigabyte EP35-DS3 RAM: 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 1066 // HDD: 1TB Samsung Spinpoint // SPU: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music PSU: Hiper Type-R 580W // Monitor: Iiyama B2403WS / 19201200 Join the NGEmu Folding @ Home community NOW!*

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Ali CoLD InSiDE Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Somewhere Posts: 2,615	Shiva all the way, I made her one strong chick in FFX. __________________ AMD Athlon XP 2100 @ 1.75 Ghz Gigabyte GA-7VA.XP VIA K400 1.25GB PC3200 System Ram ChainTech GeForCe4 TI 4200 128MB Creative SB Live! 5.1 2x WD Caviar 120GBs and -Rom1 Maxtor 40GB LiteON 16x DVD-Rw WindowsXP Professional-SP2 & Mandrake Linux

January 26th, 2005, 19:31	#13
CD Gunslinger Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Mid-World Posts: 965	Ultima's always the best, that's why it's called ***ing Ultima. It gets outshined by special attacks and summons in later FFs tho.. __________________ The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed...*

January 26th, 2005, 20:01	#14
Exodus ...and now they do. Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Null Posts: 20,000	Ultima's always nice since it takes so much less time to cast than summons. And with an easy series like FF, thats what it really all comes down to: speed. __________________ No, I don't like anime, Street Fighter, Japanese music or download video game music. Yes, I know, I'm weird.

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Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,032	I always loved Ifrit from FFVIII. First time I saw it my mouth dropped! __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Guyver2K6 Graphic Designer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 858	ff9's BAHAMUT!!! HE RULED ALL ASSS!!!! __________________ •••Mary Jane is the only thing that makes the pain stop••• 360GamerTag - SteFanO420

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CD Gunslinger Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Mid-World Posts: 965	Yes, ruling "all ass" is a good thing. __________________ The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed...

January 27th, 2005, 04:38	#19
RF Canadian Spaceman Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 8,767	Hella ifrit from ff8 __________________ CPU: Core i7 920 \ MB: EVGA X58 \ RAM: 12GB OCZ DDR3-1600 \ GPU: ATi 5870 HDD: 2x 150GB VelociRaptor R0 / PSU: Enermax Galaxy 850w / OS: Windows 7 x64

January 27th, 2005, 12:35	#20
industrian Some Scottish Guy Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Xindian, Taiwan, ROC Posts: 4,276	FFX's Bahamut when i got him to be able to do 500,000 damage with one punch = good.