Cyan (Final Fantasy VI party member)

Cyan is a playable character in Final Fantasy VI. He is a Samurai who can unleash Bushido attacks by charging up a secondary ATB gauge—the longer Cyan charges, the more powerful the attack he uses.
==Battle==
===Stats===
Cyan focuses on physical stats: he has the fourth highest Strength, great Defense, decent Evasion and good Stamina, but his Speed—28—is the second-lowest after Strago. He also suffers from having the worst Magic stat in the game at at base 25, from being tied with Edgar for the worst Magic Evasion, and his Magic Defense is also the worst of the entire cast, even lower than Sabin's. However, his poor Magic is not too great a concern as Cyan's Bushido attacks are mainly physical, except for three (Sky, Dragon and Eclipse); this means that his Bushido skills a player will likely use most often in gameplay will not be hindered by focusing on building up Cyan's Strength rather than his Magic.
Name 	Initial Stats
Strength 	40
Speed 	28
Stamina 	33
Magic 	25
Attack 	25
Defense 	48
Evasion 	6%
Magic Defense 	20
Magic Evasion 	1%
Escape Success 	3
HP Gain 	53
MP Gain 	5
Level Averaging	+2
Level	HP 	MP 	EXP 	+
1 	53 	5 	0 	
2 	64 	9 	32 	
3 	76 	13 	96 	
4 	90 	18 	208 	
5 	107 	23 	400 	
6 	127 	29 	672 	
7 	149 	35 	1056 	
8 	173 	42 	1552 	
9 	199 	50 	2184 	
10 	226 	58 	2976 	
11 	254 	67 	3936 	
12 	284 	76 	5080 	
13 	319 	86 	6432 	
14 	358 	96 	7992 	
15 	402 	106	9784 	
16 	452 	116	11840 	
17 	506 	126	14152 	
18 	563 	137	16736 	
19 	624 	148	19616 	
20 	689 	159	22832 	
21 	756 	170	26360 	
22 	825 	181	30232 	
23 	897 	193	34456 	
24 	973 	205	39056 	
25 	1052	217	44072 	
26 	1134	229	49464 	
27 	1220	241	55288 	
28 	1310	254	61568 	
29 	1405	267	68304 	
30 	1504	280	75496 	
31 	1604	293	83184 	
32 	1705	306	91384 	
33 	1807	320	100088 	
34 	1909	334	109344 	
35 	2012	348	119136 	
36 	2116	362	129504 	
37 	2222	376	140464 	
38 	2329	391	152008 	
39 	2437	406	164184 	
40 	2547	421	176976 	
41 	2658	436	190416 	
42 	2771	451	204520 	
43 	2885	467	219320 	
44 	3001	483	234808 	
45 	3118	499	251000 	
46 	3237	515	267936 	
47 	3357	531	285600 	
48 	3479	548	304040 	
49 	3604	565	323248 	
50 	3732	582	343248 	
51 	3862	598	364064 	
52 	3993	613	385696 	
53 	4126	627	408160 	
54 	4260	640	431488 	
55 	4396	652	455680 	
56 	4533	663	480776 	
57 	4672	673	506760 	
58 	4814	682	533680 	
59 	4958	690	561528 	
60 	5103	697	590320 	
61 	5250	703	620096 	
62 	5398	708	650840 	
63 	5548	713	682600 	
64 	5700	719	715368 	
65 	5853	725	749160 	
66 	6008	732	784016 	
67 	6164	739	819920 	
68 	6322	746	856920 	
69 	6482	754	895016 	
70 	6644	762	934208 	
71 	6804	770	974536 	
72 	6959	778	1016000	
73 	7110	786	1058640	
74 	7255	793	1102456	
75 	7395	800	1147456	
76 	7531	807	1193648	
77 	7663	813	1241080	
78 	7789	819	1289744	
79 	7909	825	1339672	
80 	8026	831	1390872	
81 	8139	836	1443368	
82 	8249	841	1497160	
83 	8357	846	1552264	
84 	8462	851	1608712	
85 	8564	856	1666512	
86 	8664	861	1725688	
87 	8762	866	1786240	
88 	8857	872	1848184	
89 	8949	878	1911552	
90 	9039	884	1976352	
91 	9127	890	2042608	
92 	9214	896	2110320	
93 	9299	903	2179504	
94 	9382	911	2250192	
95 	9464	920	2322392	
96 	9544	930	2396128	
97 	9627	941	2471400	
98 	9713	953	2548224	
99 	9801	966	2637112	
===Equipment ===
Cyan begins equipped with an Ashura, Buckler, Leather Cap and Leather Armor. His equipment draw is limited to katanas and the Zantetsuken. His armor draw consists of shields, helmets, and heavy armor. His ultimate weapon is the Zanmato.
Cyan's choice of weaponry is largely irrelevant—the battle power of his equipped weapon has no impact on the power of his Bushido attacks, which are universally superior to normal attacks. Only the Murasame, Mutsunokami, and the Zanmato, offer him any stat boosts, and the latter two are found at the end of the final dungeon and in the Dragons' Den bonus dungeon. The Kazekiri is notable as a weapon, but more for what utility it offers Gau than what Cyan can do with it. While the Zantetsuken has use as a means to inflict Instant Death, Cyan's strongest Bushido has an identical effect.
Cyan's weaponry is scarce in the World of Ruin—no shops sell katanas and no treasure chests contain one, they can only be stolen from or dropped by a handful of enemies and bosses. If the player accidentally gets rid of any katanas they have early in the World of Ruin, Cyan will be unable to use Bushido commands until they find him one.
Cyan's full access to all shields and heavy armor gives him great defensive utility. Shields like the Aegis Shield and Force Shield allow him to take magical hits well, and the Genji Armor gives good defenses and valuable stat bonuses. Cyan has a handful of light equipment options that should not be overlooked. In the early areas of the game he has access to the Twist Headband and Power Sash, and in late game can wear the Red Cap. These three pieces, as well as the Genji Armor, greatly improve Cyan's Strength, Stamina and Speed, the three stats he most needs boosts for.
====Weapons====
Swords	Katanas	Universal
*Zantetsuken	
*Ashura
*Kotetsu
*Kiku-ichimonji
*Kazekiri
*Murasame
*Masamune
*Murakumo
*Mutsunokami
*Zanmato	
*Unarmed
*Impartisan
====Armor====
Shields	Helmets	Body Armor
*Buckler
*Heavy Shield
*Mythril Shield
*Golden Shield
*Diamond Shield
*Crystal Shield
*Flame Shield
*Ice Shield
*Thunder Shield
*Aegis Shield
*Force Shield
*Genji Shield
*Cursed Shield
*Paladin's Shield
*Tortoise Shield	
*Leather Cap
*Plumed Hat
*Iron Helm
*Twist Headband
*Green Beret
*Priest's Miter
*Mythril Helm
*Golden Helm
*Diamond Helm
*Circlet
*Red Cap
*Thornlet
*Genji Helm
*Saucer	
*Leather Armor
*Iron Armor
*Mythril Vest
*Mythril Mail
*Power Sash
*Golden Armor
*Diamond Vest
*Diamond Armor
*Mirage Vest
*Crystal Mail
*Force Armor
*Genji Armor
*Reed Cloak
=== Abilities===
Cyan's unique ability is Bushido, which has some mechanical differences in different releases. In the Super NES and Game Boy Advance versions, when Bushido is selected a menu appears with an ATB gauge numbered one through eight. The gauge slowly fills until the confirm button is pressed again; when it is, Cyan's command is input and he will perform that level Bushido. If the bar fills to the end of the gauge, the gauge depletes and starts over. In the defunct mobile and Steam versions, when Bushido is selected, up to eight icons appear representing the Bushido commands Cyan currently knows. The player selects an icon, and Cyan will begin charging, represented by an ATB gauge over his command menu filling over and over, once for each "level" of the input Bushido skill, until he charges enough to use the attack. In the Pixel Remaster port, the player selects one of Cyan's Bushido techniques from a command menu, and he then takes time to charge the attack before executing it, with no visual indicator of how long it will take for him to attack.
In the SNES, PS and GBA versions, Bushido can be cumbersome to use as it demands a lot of time to charge the higher level skills. Enemies and allies are still able to act while the Bushido gauge is open, even if "Wait" mode is selected for the Active Time Battle system, and allies will have to wait to receive commands until Cyan is done charging. In later versions, the player can command other party members while Cyan charges, so Bushido is still slow to execute, but does not interfere with the rest of the party. Bushido charges at the same speed between all versions of Final Fantasy VI, but take slightly longer in the defunct mobile and Steam releases; this is because the gauge that fills takes an equivalent amount of time to reach the next numbered technique in the SNES and GBA ports, as opposed to being able to execute the command as soon as the current numbered technique is reached.
Cyan learns Bushido skills as he levels up, and upon completing the Dreamscape in the World of Ruin, he learns all his Bushido skills instantly. Cyan's Bushido skills are unaffected by his Battle Power or the strength of his equipped weapon.
Cyan's initial Bushido skill, Fang, is a defense-ignoring physical attack, so it will usually be superior to Cyan's normal attacks. His other Bushido skills have circumstantial uses, but all have their utility. Flurry is a four-hit attack that can deal heavy damage, and Dragon is powerful enough to restore a large amount of Cyan's HP and MP. Cyan's strongest techniques, Tempest and Oblivion, are extremely useful. Tempest deals four physical attacks that ignore defense, and Oblivion inflicts Instant Death on all enemies. With good training to Cyan's Strength, Tempest can deal several thousand damage a strike, and gives Cyan an attack that is the equivalent of the Master's Scroll without needing the relic. While these higher-level Bushido techniques take a long time to charge, this disadvantage can be offset by using abilities with long animations, which will causes all enemies and allies to wait before attacking while Cyan will continue to charge his Bushido.
Cyan's Desperation Attack is Tsubame Gaeshi. It deals magical damage to one enemy.
===AI party member===
During three battles in the Imperial Camp, Cyan is controlled by the AI and acts following an AI script:
:Attack Turns:
1st Turn: Fang (33%) or Attack (33%) or Attack (33%)
If attacked by anything: Attack (33%) or Nothing (66%)
== Quests ==
===Recruitment===
In the World of Balance, Cyan is playable in Sabin's segment of the Three Scenarios during the Siege of Doma. He is controlled separately from Sabin for two points and then joins him near the end of the Imperial Camp. After the Battle for the Frozen Esper he is available as a party member for the rest of the World of Balance.
In the World of Ruin, the player must find Cyan in Mt. Zozo. His location is learned by speaking to Lola in Maranda, and then attaching her letter to a carrier pigeon that will fly to Zozo where a man outside the "Inn" will sell the party the key item Rust-Rid, with which they can open the door at the top of the "Cafe" building to enter Mt. Zozo. When the party finds Cyan at the summit of Mt. Zozo, if there is an empty slot in the party he will join them, otherwise he will appear aboard the Falcon.
===Story role===
Cyan has three lines of unique dialogue when meeting Ramuh in Zozo. Because of how the game decides which unique dialogues to show (it is based on the character's index number), Cyan's unique dialogue, when he has any, will take priority over all other characters except Locke.
Cyan has several unique lines when meeting Setzer for the first time, but they do not override any others that may trigger from other party members. He also has unique dialogue in the Magitek Research Facility when confronting Kefka and hearing the accusation Celes was an Imperial spy.
If Cyan attends the Imperial banquet, there is a brief scene where he and General Leo converse.
When the party unlocks the treasure chest in Cyan's cave on Mt. Zozo, if he is currently in the active party the scene will be extended with Cyan emerging from the party and being embarrassed over the contents of the chest.
If the party returns to Lola's house after recruiting Cyan and he is in the active party, he speaks to Lola. It is also possible to switch the letter on the desk with the letter that Cyan took from his cave, confessing his lies to Lola.
When the party dresses up Gau to meet his father, Cyan will speak in the scene if he has been recruited. He does not need to be in the active party for his dialogue to trigger.
Cyan is required to be in the party with three other characters to trigger the Dreamscape quest when sleeping in the barracks of Doma Castle. If there are fewer than three others, the quest will not start.
===Psycho Cyan bug===
Cyan's Bushido is the source of the "Psycho Cyan bug".
==Gallery==
FF6CyanSprites.PNG|Sprite sheet of Cyan (SNES/PS/GBA).
FF6 iOS Cyan Sprites.png|Sprite sheet of Cyan (Mobile/PC).
Cyan Spellcasting Animation.gif|Animated sprite of Cyan casting a spell (SNES/PS/GBA).
Cyan Spellcasting Animation FF6 IOS.gif|Animated sprite of Cyan casting a spell (Mobile/PC).
Cyan from FFVI Pixel Remaster spellcasting sprite.gif|Animated sprite of Cyan casting a spell (Pixel Remaster).
Cyan Bushido Animation.gif|Animated sprite of Cyan using a Bushido attack (SNES/PS/GBA).
FF6SNES Cyan Victory Pose.gif|Animated sprite of Cyan's victory pose (SNES/PS/GBA).
Cyan Victory Animation FF6 IOS.gif|Animated sprite of Cyan's victory pose (Mobile/PC).
Cyan from FFVI Pixel Remaster victory sprite.gif|Animated sprite of Cyan's victory pose (Pixel Remaster).
FFVI Tsubame Gaeshi.PNG|Tsubame Gaeshi.
Category:Character gameplay in Final Fantasy VI