Belias (Tactics)

Belias (), who also refers to himself as the Devil, is the second Lucavi demon whom Ramza Beoulve must fight in Final Fantasy Tactics. He is associated with the Aries auracite, yet is a Virgo as a gameplay unit.
==Profile==
===Appearance===
Belias has a ram-like face covered in off-white wool, large brown horns, and eyes in black irises. He has four arms, wears blue plated armor and blue boots, and an olive green sleeveless robe with orange and white linings at the edge.
===Personality===
Like all Lucavi, Belias is evil, power-hungry, and contemptuous. He seeks to exploit humans and tempt vulnerable yet powerful individuals with demonic powers.
==Story==
Wiegraf Folles is unaware of the powers within the Aries Stone, given to him by one of the Knights Templar. After the events at the Orbonne Monastery, Ramza defeats Wiegraf who drags himself out of the church to die. The stone rises from his cloak and offers Folles deliverance from death should he give himself over to the Lucavi. Wiegraf agrees and Belias possesses him, revealing unto Wiegraf the powers of the Lucavi. Before Ramza can engage him, Belias teleports away.
Belias appears at Riovanes Castle and Ramza must fight Wiegraf in the castle dungeons, first one-on-one, after which Wiegraf teleports to the back of the room and transforms into Belias with the Aries Stone. Ramza's allies arrive, but Belias brings in three Archaeodaemons to even out the numbers. After Belias is killed, he leaves the Aries Stone behind.
==Gameplay==
Belias's job is Gigas (Warlock in the PS version). Even though Belias is associated with the Aries Stone, his zodiac sign during battle is Virgo, like Wiegraf.
===Boss===
Belias has roughly 1045 HP and 255 MP, has 70 Bravery and Faith, and is level 31. He is vulnerable to Blind, Slow, Silence, and Immobilize. Belias can use several powerful moves, mostly summons, including Cyclops, and his Seal can petrify an opponent. The Archaeodaemons that support him make things worse with the powerful move Unholy Darkness.
Belias's battle is notorious for the difficulty it has posed to new players; if the player made their save just before the battle, there is no way back out to the overworld to buy more equipment or grind. If this was the player's only save, many found themselves stuck before an unwinnable battle.
===Strategy===
It is possible to make the fight with Wiegraf before the encounter with Belias easier by exploiting a glitch in the game's AI, thereby saving on health and time. The player can equip Ramza with a Chameleon Robe before entering the fight to make Ramza absorb Holy damage. Wiegraf uses what the AI registers as Holy-based attacks during regular gameplay, but since the Chameleon Robe absorbs them, the AI will refrain from using those kinds of attacks, leaving Wiegraf to use much weaker Martial Arts moves instead of the Holy Knight abilities.
One approach to facing Wiegraf/Belias is to make Ramza a Dragoon, as at this point the Jump command (Wiegraf starts 4 tiles from Ramza, needing at least Vertical and Horizontal Jump 4 learned) can inflict severe damage. Equipping Ramza's Squire action ability to use Tailwind with Auto-Potion to heal upon taking damage while increasing speed is also recommended. It is good to keep using it until Ramza's speed allows him to move twice per one move for Wiegraf. Ramza may get an extra turn when Wiegraf transforms into Belias, and it helps to have 5 move (move +1 helps) with 9 speed (the Green Beret and Hermes Shoes help if Ramza is not an Equip Swords Blood Sword life-draining, or max Bravery Brawler Ninja that has a speed/power advantage) for Ramza to get the first turn and attack directly (Wiegraf cannot counter if both hits connect and it KO's him).
Another strategy is to make Ramza a Monk (using the Dual Wield support ability) or a Ninja (using the Concentration support ability), and give him all the attack-boosting equipment available (the Bracer accessory, recently available for purchase just before the battle, and the Power Garb armor and Headband). With luck (attack boost and Doublehand can also help), it is possible to defeat Wiegraf in a single turn, before he has a chance to attack. If this is not possible, one could also use the debilitating skills of a Knight with Dual Wield along with the Concentration support ability on a Ninja, causing a severe drop in Belias's power (Rend Speed also works with ranged attacks), leaving only the Archaeodaemons as a threat. If Ramza goes first, he can retreat out of Wiegraf's range and cast Protect for only 70 JP to reduce physical damage. 
The only weakness of this strategy is that Belias has massive power in both physical and magickal stats, and while his spells are arguably much more dangerous, his physical prowess is still potent enough to kill lower HP/Defense characters in a single hit. It helps to check reaction abilities and support abilities for other viable combinations in this scenario. Though Parry could work with Dual Wield (weapon block increases evasion when it is active), it would require Belias to make a physical attack to have any evasion (similar to cloaks). There is also the chance that Belias can retreat to cast magick, which makes the battle vastly more difficult at any level.
The Mystic has various utility in this battle from Defense Boost (it helps vs Wiegraf's physical attacks but not Belias's magick), Manafont (when paired with Mana Shield to regenerate MP, which will take damage without overflowing to HP) and Invigoration (the 25% HP life drain scales to bosses' Max HP and it is the fastest non-instant spell in the game at 50 speed). If using slower (17 speed or less) magick than Holy, it is recommended to use Arithmeticks-compatible spells for instant speed (Swiftness will not increase damage unlike Arcane Strength, and still has trouble with anything under 10 speed).
The best way to avoid getting stuck in story battles is to use a separate save file whenever the game prompts the player to save. If JP-/level-grinding, the story battles will not have enemies match Ramza's level, but the random encounters do. Mandalia Plains at this point in chapter 3 may have human enemies with advanced chapter 4 equipment to steal/invite just before going to Riovanes Castle. 
The remaster is easier since it will allow an Orator to invite a Dark Behemoth (who can do over 200 damage in a single hit to Belias and survive a spell to attack again with Beastmaster ability for Almagest, to do an area of effect instant attack with nearly 300 damage when in Critical if a Chemist revives from a distance with a Phoenix Down due to it being stronger based on the HP lost) when recruiting Luso Clemens at Zeklaus Desert, who has a stronger Icebrand sword for Ramza to equip.
===Rendezvous===
When fought in the thirteenth Rendezvous battle: Nightmares, Belias is level 99 and carries the same abilities and status immunities as previously.
==Stats==
Move Rate	Jump Rate	Speed 	Physical Evasion Rate	Base Attack	Base Magic	Base HP	Base MP
5 	5 	7 (8 PS)	18% 	High 	High 	Average	Average
==Abilities==
===Innate abilities===
*Brawler
*Swiftness
*Cannot enter water
===Fear/Dread===
The formula for damage is as follows:
:Magick~Attack \times PWR \times (Faith/100) \times (Target~Faith/100)
The formula for the hit rate of Lich is as follows:
:(Magick~Attack + PWR) \times (Faith/100) \times (Target~Faith/100)
PS1 Name	PSP Name	Description 	Range	Effect	Speed
 	 	Inflict a status effect.Effect: Silence.Quote: "Know the world of silence! Lose Voice!"	5 	2 	Now
 	 	Inflict a status effect.Effect: Stone.Quote: "Suck away the spirits... Seal!" 	5 	1 	Now
 	 	Inflict a status effect.Effect: Confuse.Quote: "Unseeing, unthinking brains... Loss!" 	5 	2 	Now
===Warlock Summon/Summon Gigas===
Original Name	WotL Name	Description 	MP Cost	Range	Effect	Speed
 	 	Gaia's Wrath. An esper that levels the earth with a mighty blow.Element: Earth. Quote: "Bear down with land energy! Titan!" 	30 	4 	3 	20
 	 	Descending Darkness. An esper born in, of, and to darkness. Deals out devastating dark damage.Element: Dark.Quote: "Death song, death door, death river awaiting! Rich!"	40 	4 	3 	12
 	 	Climactic Fear. An esper whose forceful blows tear the battlefield asunder.Quote: "Scatter frozen blades of air! Clops!" 	62 	4 	3 	12
==Other appearances==
===Final Fantasy Record Keeper===
===Final Fantasy Brave Exvius===
==Gallery==
FFT Aphony.png|Aphony.
FFT Adrammelech Petrify.png|Petrify.
FFT Loss.png|Befuddle.
FFT Titan.png|Titan.
FFT Lich.png|Lich.
FFT Aries.gif|Belias's Zodiac Stone.
Belias FFT artwork.png|Artwork.
==Etymology==
it:Belias (Tactics)
Category:Characters in Final Fantasy Tactics
Category:Lucavi
Category:Antagonists