Megaflare Megaflare , also known as Mega Flare , Sun Flare and MegaNuke , is a recurring attack in the " Final Fantasy " series . It is normally a very damaging move used by the summon Bahamut . It is an upgraded version of the spell Flare , and deals heavy non - elemental magic damage to all targets . Megaflare sometimes has an even more powerful version called Gigaflare , and occasionally Bahamut is able to use other versions of Megaflare with different prefixes . A recurring feature when facing Bahamut as an enemy is that there is often a five - turn countdown preceding Megaflare . Appearances . " Final Fantasy III " . While an Evoker , Sage , and Summoner can all summon Bahamut , only the Summoner and Sage can prompt the Dragon King to unleash the Mega Flare attack . The Sage does not have this ability in the DS version . During the Bahamut battle , Bahamut may use the Mega Flare ability . " Final Fantasy IV " . The superboss Brachioraidos borrows a page from Bahamut by using a countdown Megaflare attack . The dragons Dark Bahamut and Lunar Bahamut , as well as the normal Bahamut , also cast the spell . Megaflare ' s spell power tends to be so high that casting Reflect , or being at very high level , are the only ways to survive . In the Nintendo DS version , guarding and / or the Phoenix Augment work as well . In the original North American Super NES release , the attack was named MegaNuke , as the normal Flare spell was known as Nuke . This was renamed as Mega Flare in the PlayStation , Game Boy Advance , and Nintendo DS releases , and Megaflare in " " . " Final Fantasy IV - Interlude - " . Megaflare is Bahamut ' s attack when summoned and functions identically to its " Final Fantasy IV " appearance dealing massive non - elemental damage to all enemies . Megaflare is Bahamut ' s signature attack and as an enemy . Attempting to guard against it with Reflect during the battle with Bahamut , as in " Final Fantasy IV " will be countered by the Mysterious Girl casting Black Hole to eliminate Reflect just prior to Bahamut using Mega Flare . " Final Fantasy V " . In the " Anthology " translation , Bahamut ' s signature attack was named MegFlare . Bahamut uses this ability as his summon attack . Mega Flare can also be used by Bahamut when fought upon North Mountain . The boss Twintania is fond of retaliating with Mega Flare after being struck with a magical attack . The party can also catch the Prototype to use Mega Flare . " Final Fantasy VI " . Bahamut casts Mega Flare when summoned , originally translated as Sun Flare . Setzer can also call Bahamut to use Mega Flare by getting three Dragons on his Slot . " Final Fantasy VII " . The summon Bahamut uses Mega Flare . Its alternate versions , Neo Bahamut and Bahamut ZERO , use upgraded versions named Giga Flare and Tera Flare respectively . " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " . The Bahamut summon uses Megaflare , and during the battles against it , the dragon may use Megaflare against Zack . Megaflare is a level 8 Independent Materia that boosts the chance of Bahamut appearing on the DMW . It begins at 5x , and increases by 1x each level up to 9x . It is a reward for Mission 9 - 5 - 6 and can be bought from Bone Village Commerce . " Final Fantasy VIII " . Dark Flare , an upgraded version of Bahamut ' s Mega Flare , is used by the boss Tiamat who in itself resembles Bahamut greatly . Bahamut can use Mega Flare during the battle against it and is its summon attack when summoned as a Guardian Force . When used as a summon , Mega Flare ignores enemy Spr . Bahamut ' s summon time is 22 . 1s , which , according to the " Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania " , allows the player to boost its damage to around 230 % of normal damage using a regular PlayStation controller . Its damage is calculated as follows : " Final Fantasy IX " . Mega Flare is Bahamut ' s summon attack . It inflicts heavy non - elemental damage to all enemies , and is powered up the more Garnets the player has in possession . ( See Summon ( Final Fantasy IX ) # Mechanics for damage formulae . ) It has two versions , short and long , with the long one being more powerful . With the Boost support ability the player can always summon the long version , unless used as a counterattack as part of Dagger ' s Trance . It also appears in an FMV at the end of disc 2 , when Kuja summons Bahamut at the Iifa Tree to wipe out Queen Brahne ' s fleet . " Final Fantasy X " . The aeon Bahamut ' s Overdrive is Mega Flare . Mega Flare is also used by the bosses Spathi , Belgemine ' s Bahamut and Dark Bahamut . Mega Flare can break the damage limit without customizing it with a sigil . Dark Bahamut ' s Mega Flare deals between 40 , 070 to 45 , 246 damage that can only be reduced by an aeon ' s Shield . It also removes all beneficial status effects except for Auto - Life . " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . During the battle with Bahamut , Bahamut will use Mega Flare after a countdown . Though the attack is far weaker than when used in " Final Fantasy X " , taking off only a few hundred HP on all party members . " Final Fantasy XI " . Bahamut uses Megaflare during the battle with him ( " Storms of Fate " ) at every 10 % health , and when he is down to the last 10 % he uses Gigaflare . In the subsequent " Wyrmking Descends " encounter , he uses Gigaflare much sooner , and at very low health he uses Teraflare , which can easily destroy any players caught in the blast . " Final Fantasy XII " . During the final battle with Vayne Solidor , The Undying form will use several attacks in reference to Bahamut . These are Megaflare , Gigaflare Sword , and Teraflare , all attacks used by Bahamut as a summon in some point in the series . One of Bahamut ' s abilities it can use when summoned is Mega Flare , which deals heavy non - elemental damage and inflicts Disable to all enemies in range . " Final Fantasy XIII " . Megaflare is Bahamut ' s Gestalt Mode finisher move . Its power depends on the attack ' s level and will raise the chain bonus by an amount based on the level : " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " . Chaos Bahamut uses Megaflare during the battles against him . Jet Bahamut is able to use Teraflare after a countdown from three , if at least one Bahamut Garnet or Amber is present , or Exaflare if both are present , otherwise he will use Gigaflare . Caius will do an incarnate summon , converting himself into Chaos Bahamut to cast Megaflare each time after changing to Commando Role . This sometimes does not apply for the Ark battle . " Final Fantasy XIV " . In the Legacy version of " Final Fantasy XIV " , Megaflare is the strongest attack used by Nael Deus Darnus during the final battle of the Seventh Umbral Era storyline , when he ' s near death . It hits the entire battlefield and deals more damage based on how many lunar fragments hit the ground during the fight . If three or more fragments touch the ground , Megaflare does unavoidable 9999 damage to everyone , killing the party . In " A Realm Reborn " , Megaflare is used by Nael deus Darnus at the end of phase 2 during the battle in The Second Coil of Bahamut - Turn 4 , dealing high damage to the whole party and transitioning the battle to its next phase . If any comets are left in the field when Megaflare is used , they will explode , wiping the party . If the battle takes too long , Nael will cast another Megaflare , this time dealing unavoidable 30 , 000 damage to the whole party , causing a wipe . This acts as the hard enrage timer of the fight . Megaflare is also used by Bahamut Prime in The Final Coil of Bahamut - Turn 4 , but it works entirely differently than Nael deus Darnus ' s Megaflare . Instead of hitting the party for heavy damage , the ability chooses 2 - 3 random players with heavy AoE damage , followed by leaving an AoE targeting circle under 2 - 4 players that must be moved away from and choosing 2 - 4 players with a beam , one of them being a target for a massive hit that can be shared with the other beamed players . " Final Fantasy Tactics " . When summoned , Bahamut uses Mega Flare . It costs 60 MP to summon , and has an area of effect of 4 , vertical 3 . " Final Fantasy Mystic Quest " . The Dark King uses Mega Flare as one of his strongest attacks , it has an attack power of 125 . The other being Mega White . " Final Fantasy Dimensions " . Mega Flare is an attack used by Bahamut , either to attack the party during the battle to obtain the Eidolon or to damage multiple foes after the Eidolon has been vanquished . It costs 78 MP to use and may take a bit long to cast , but it deals massive non - elemental damage to all enemies . The ability can also be used to learn two great Fusion Abilities of the game : Gigaflare and Mega Raise . " Final Fantasy Legends II " . Megaflare is Bahamut ' s summon attack in " Final Fantasy Legends : Toki no Suishō " . When used , it deals non - elemental damage to all enemies and costs 3 points from the Consumption Gauge to use . In addition , Megaflare appears as an enemy ability for Chaos Bahamut . He automatically uses ability at the end of his five turn countdown and will end the battle when he finally uses it on the party . " Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy " . Yuna can summon Bahamut to perform Mega Flare as an HP attack . It fires a long , powerful beam of energy at the opponent . It costs 30 CP to equip and needs 150 AP to master . " Theatrhythm Final Fantasy " . Mega Flare returns as Bahamut ' s signature attack and is used when it is summoned in battle stages . " Final Fantasy All the Bravest " . Megaflare is the ability that Bahamut uses when summoned by the Summoner during battle . " Final Fantasy Explorers " . Mega Flare is Bahamut ' s signature ability . Explorers have the ability to use it as a Trance Surge after acquiring Bahamut ' s Magicite . " Chocobo Racing " . Bahamut ' s special attack is called MEGAFLARE . Non - " Final Fantasy " guest appearances . Mega Flare is an ability used by Django . " Kingdom Hearts " series . Mega Flare appears in ' and ' as a Sleight , in ' and ' as a Magic command , and in " Re : coded } } " as a combo finisher . It creates a massive firestorm over a large area to do heavy damage to all enemies , and is considered one of the strongest attacks available in the games it appears in . " The World Ends With You " . Mega Flare appears as a given name to the attack performed by the in - game pin " Tin Pin Bahamut " . The Pin is a reference to Bahamut , whose signature attack is Mega Flare and one of whose titles is the Wyrmking . " Xenogears " . Vendetta an Omnigear piloted by Kahran Ramsus has the Mega Flare ability as his signature move during the execution of Blaze Rose . He demonstrates this ability to destroy Weltall and also severely injures both Fei and Elly inside the Gear at the end of Disc 1 . In Disc 2 , he also uses this ability to fight Fei ' s new Gear Weltall - 2 in a one on one duel that leads Ramsus to retreat after being overpowered by Fei . Etymology . A megaflare is a very large . A sun flare is another name for solar flare , it is a sudden flash of brightness observed near the Sun ' s surface . It involves a very broad spectrum of emissions , requiring an energy release of typically 1 × 1020 joules of energy , but they can emit up to 1 × 1025 joules ( the latter is roughly the equivalent of 1 billion megatons of TNT , or over 400 times more energy than released from the impact of Comet Shoemaker – Levy 9 with Jupiter ) .