Cecil Harvey/Gameplay

Cecil is a playable character in Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-, and Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. He is a physically-geared knight who wields a sword and wears heavy armor. He starts as a Dark Knight, able to equip dark swords and consume his own health to damage his opponents, but becomes a Paladin, able to equip holy swords and cast some basic White Magic.
==Final Fantasy IV==
As a Dark Knight, Cecil's stats are weighted physically, and he has barely any Magic Defense. As a Dark Knight he has no MP and low Spirit. In the 3D remakes, he can boost his attack power with the Darkness ability at the cost of his own HP.
Once Cecil becomes a Paladin, his stats increase, especially in Magic Defense and Spirit. Though Cecil loses all his levels when he becomes a Paladin, a Level 1 Paladin Cecil has 600 HP, more than even a Level 20 Dark Knight Cecil. Cecil can use White Magic as a Paladin, but his magic stats are not high, making him a mediocre support healer or someone to take damage for the team. He is good for soaking damage because of his physical stats remaining strong. Despite the limited move pool, he still has some support spells like Esuna and Teleport, which can be useful.
=== Stats ===
====2D stats -Dark Knight-====
Cecil -Dark Knight- 
Level	HP 	MP	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
10 	200 	0 	13 	10 	11 	6 	3
20 	406 	0 	21 	16 	16 	9 	1
30 	721 	0 	29 	21 	21 	12 	1
40 	1159	0 	37 	26 	26 	15 	1
50 	1686	0 	45 	31 	31 	18 	1
60 	2308	0 	53 	36 	36 	21 	1
 	3034	0 	61 	41 	41 	24 	1
80 	3771	0 	rdm 	rdm 	rdm 	rdm 	1
90 	4521	0 	rdm 	rdm 	rdm 	rdm 	1
 	5187	0 	rdm 	rdm 	rdm 	rdm 	1
Level up possibilities 
Possibility	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
1 	-1 	0 	-1 	-1 	0
2 	0 	-1 	-1 	-1 	0
3 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0
4 	+1 	+1 	+1 	0 	0
5 	+1 	+1 	+1 	+1 	0
6 	+2 	+2 	+2 	0 	0
7 	+3 	0 	0 	0 	0
Pixel Remaster level up possibilities 
Possibility	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
4 	+1 	+1 	+1 	+1 	0
5 	+1 	+1 	+1 	+1 	0
6 	+1 	+1 	+1 	0 	0
7 	+2 	+2 	+2 	0 	0
8 	+3 	0 	0 	0 	0
====2D stats -Paladin-====
 Cecil -Paladin- 
Level	HP 	MP 	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
1 	600 	10 	10 	13 	10 	5 	8
10 	763 	46 	13 	15 	13 	9 	13
20 	1022	86 	20 	16 	20 	12 	17
30 	1362	126	32 	21 	30 	17 	21
40 	2085	166	45 	26 	39 	22 	26
50 	3151	206	60 	31 	49 	27 	31
60 	4262	246	75 	36 	60 	32 	36
 	5475	290	85 	41 	70 	36 	41
80 	6847	374	rdm 	rdm 	rdm 	rdm 	rdm
90 	8185	459	rdm 	rdm 	rdm 	rdm 	rdm
 	9423	534	rdm 	rdm 	rdm 	rdm 	rdm
 Level up possibilities 
Possibility	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
1 	-1 	-1 	0 	-1 	-1
2 	0 	0 	+1 	+1 	0
3 	+1 	0 	+1 	0 	+1
4 	0 	+1 	+1 	+1 	+1
5 	+1 	+1 	+1 	+1 	0
6 	+1 	+1 	+1 	0 	+1
7 	+2 	+2 	+2 	0 	+2
8 	+3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 Pixel Remaster level up possibilities 
Possibility	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
2 	0 	+1 	+1 	+1 	+1
3 	+1 	+1 	+1 	+1 	0
4 	+1 	+1 	+1 	0 	+1
5 	0 	0 	+1 	+1 	0
6 	+1 	0 	+1 	0 	+1
7 	+2 	+2 	+2 	0 	+2
8 	+3 	0 	0 	0 	0
====3D stats -Dark Knight-====
 Cecil -Dark Knight- (3D)
Level	HP 	MP 	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
10 	226 	27 	13 	10 	11 	6 	3
20 	520 	55 	21 	15 	16 	9 	3
30 	920 	82 	29 	20 	21 	12 	3
40 	1430	109	37 	26 	26 	15 	3
50 	2033	136	45 	31 	31 	18 	3
60 	2732	163	53 	36 	36 	21 	3
 	3529	190	61 	41 	41 	24 	3
====3D stats -Paladin-====
 Cecil -Paladin- (3D)
Level	HP 	MP 	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
1 	600 	10 	10 	13 	10 	5 	8
10 	860 	47 	18 	17 	18 	9 	12
20 	1241	87 	27 	21 	27 	14 	17
30 	1722	128	36 	25 	35 	18 	22
40 	2912	168	45 	29 	44 	23 	27
50 	2991	209	55 	33 	53 	27 	31
60 	3780	249	64 	37 	61 	32 	36
 	4671	290	73 	41 	70 	36 	41
To max out his stats at 99, Cecil needs 26 points in Strength, 58 in Speed, 29 in Stamina, 63 in Intellect, and 58 in Spirit.
===Abilities===
As a Dark Knight, Cecil uses the Darkness ability, which has two effects. In the 2D releases, it damages all opponents with a wave of dark energy fired from his blade, dealing non-elemental damage, and consuming 1/8 of Cecil's maximum HP whenever he uses it. In the 3D versions, Darkness envelopes its user in an aura that doubles the amount of damage caused by regular attacks at the cost of a small amount of HP being lost every round.
Once Cecil becomes a Paladin, he can use Cover, which allows him to intercept physical attacks against the ally Cover is targeting. Cecil automatically uses it to protect any ally whose HP is low. Cecil will stop covering, active or passive, when his own HP is critical. He can use some basic White Magic and in the 3D releases learns several more spells as well as fighting techniques using augments. Cecil loses his ability to use Darkness, but he can relearn it with the Darkness Augment stolen from Odin. His intellect stats decrease his effectiveness with some of those skills.
Spell 	Level Learned 	Level Learned 	Level Learned	Level Learned
Spell 	2D (SNES, PS, GBA, PSP, PR)	3D (DS, iOS, Android)	 	
Cure 	Known 	Known 	 	
Sight 	3 	3 	 	
Libra 	8 	8 	 	
Protect 	— 	10 	 	
Cura 	15 	20 	 	
Teleport	19 	29 	 	
Shell 	— 	33 	 	
Esuna 	24 	35 	 	
Raise 	— 	40 	 	
===Equipment===
====Equipment -Dark Knight-====
As a Dark Knight Cecil can only equip special swords, shields, and armor designed specifically for Dark Knights. His weapons are ineffective against undead enemies. His most powerful Dark Sword, the Deathbringer, may inflict instant death on hit.
He starts with a Dark Sword, a Dark Shield, a Dark Helm, a Dark Armor and Dark Gloves.
Weapons 2D & 3D
Dark Swords
*Dark Sword 2D 3D
*Shadowblade 2D 3D
*Deathbringer 2D 3D
Armor 2D & 3D
Shields	Head	Body	Arms
*Dark Shield 2D 3D
*Demon Shield 2D 3D	
*Dark Helm 2D 3D
*Hades Helm 2D 3D
*Demon Helm 2D 3D	
*Dark Armor 2D 3D
*Hades Armor 2D 3D
*Demon Armor 2D 3D	
*Dark Gloves 2D 3D
*Hades Gloves 2D 3D
*Demon Gloves 2D 3D
==== Equipment -Paladin-====
As a Paladin, Cecil's equipment changes based on the version.
In the 2D versions, Cecil may equip swords, holy swords, axes, some staves, bows and arrows, daggers, shields, hats, helms, clothes, robes, armors, gloves and rings. His original ultimate weapon is the Ragnarok, and—if he proves himself worthy in his Lunar Trial—he can obtain the almighty Lightbringer. When he becomes a Paladin, he joins with the Mythgraven Blade and Clothing.
In the 3D versions, he may equip swords, holy swords, axes, daggers, shields, hats, helms, clothes, robes, armors, gloves and rings. He may also equip the Adamant Armor and all the onion equipment, including the Onion Sword, which has an attack power equal to twice the level of the character using it. His ultimate weapon is the Ragnarok, though it is weaker than in the 2D release. When he becomes a Paladin, he joins with the Mythgraven Blade only.
Weapons 2D & 3D
Axes 	Bows 	Arrows	Daggers 	
*Dwarven Axe 2D 3D
*Ogrekiller 2D 3D
*Poison Axe 2D 3D
*Rune Axe 2D 3D
*Gigant Axe 2D	
*Bow 2D
*Power Bow 2D
*Great Bow 2D
*Killer Bow 2D
*Elven Bow 2D
*Yoichi Bow 2D
*Artemis Bow 2D	
*Medusa Arrow 2D
*Iron Arrow 2D
*Holy Arrow 2D
*Fire Arrow 2D
*Lightning Arrow 2D
*Ice Arrow 2D
*Blinding Arrow 2D
*Poison Arrow 2D
*Silencing Arrow 2D
*Angel Arrow 2D
*Yoichi Arrow 2D
*Artemis Arrow 2D	
*Mythril Knife 2D 3D
*Dancing Dagger 2D 3D
*Mage Masher 2D 3D
*Assassin's Dagger 2D	
Staves	Swords	Swords	Holy Swords	
*Staff 2D
*Healing Staff 2D
*Mythril Staff 2D	
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*Fireshard 3D
*Frostshard 3D
*Thundershard 3D
*Ancient Sword 2D 3D
*Coral Sword 2D
*Piglet's Bamboo Sword 2D
*Blood Sword 2D 3D
*Mythril Sword 2D 3D	
*Sleep Blade 2D 3D
*Flame Sword 2D 3D
*Icebrand 2D 3D
*Stoneblade 2D 3D
*Avenger 2D 3D
*Defender 2D 3D
*Onion Sword 3D
*Hog Call 2D
Armor 2D & 3D
Shields	Head	Body	Arms
*Iron Shield 2D 3D
*Lustrous Shield 2D 3D
*Mythril Shield 2D 3D
*Flame Shield 2D 3D
*Ice Shield 2D 3D
*Diamond Shield 2D 3D
*Aegis Shield 2D 3D
*Genji Shield 2D 3D
*Dragon Shield 2D 3D
*Crystal Shield 2D 3D
*Onion Shield 3D
*Hero's Shield 2D	
*Leather Cap 2D 3D
*Headband 2D 3D
*Feathered Cap 2D 3D
*Iron Helm 2D 3D
*Lustrous Helm 2D 3D
*Wizard's Hat 2D 3D
*Green Beret 2D 3D
*Mythril Helm 2D 3D
*Sage's Miter 2D 3D
*Diamond Helm 2D 3D
*Black Cowl 2D 3D
*Genji Helm 2D 3D
*Dragon Helm 2D 3D
*Crystal Helm 2D 3D
*Ribbon 2D 3D
*Glass Mask 2D 3D
*Onion Helm 3D	
*Clothing 2D 3D
*Prison Garb 2D 3D
*Leather Clothing 2D 3D
*Bard's Tunic 2D 3D
*Iron Armor 2D 3D
*Knight's Armor 2D 3D
*Gaia Gear 2D 3D
*Kenpogi 2D 3D
*Mythril Armor 2D 3D
*Flame Mail 2D 3D
*Ice Armor 2D 3D
*Sage's Surplice 2D 3D
*Diamond Armor 2D 3D
*Black Belt Gi 2D 3D
*Power Sash 2D 3D
*Luminous Robe 2D 3D
*Genji Armor 2D 3D
*Dragon Mail 2D 3D
*White Robe 2D 3D
*Crystal Mail 2D 3D
*Caesar's Plate 2D
*Adamant Armor 2D 3D
*Onion Armor 3D	
*Iron Gloves 2D 3D
*Ruby Ring 2D 3D
*Gauntlets 2D 3D
*Mythril Gloves 2D 3D
*Power Armlet 2D 3D
*Giant's Gloves 2D 3D
*Diamond Gloves 2D 3D
*Genji Gloves 2D 3D
*Dragon Gloves 2D 3D
*Crystal Gloves 2D 3D
*Protect Ring 2D 3D
*Crystal Ring 2D 3D
*Onion Gloves 3D
===Boss===
Cecil's dark side must be defeated at the chamber in Mount Ordeals.
==Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-==
Cecil is one of the first characters the player can control (the other being Rosa). He is the main character and is always in the party unless when the player is controlling Rydia or Edge.
===Stats===
Cecil starts at level 32. Cecil has the same stats table and the same level up possibilities that he did in the original Final Fantasy IV.
Cecil
Level	HP 	MP 	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
32 	1455	134	34 	22 	31 	18 	22
===Abilities===
Cecil retains his White Magic and Cover skills, which work the same way as they do in Final Fantasy IV. He already knows all his spells.
Spell 	Level
Cure 	Known
Sight 	Known
Libra 	Known
Cura 	Known
Teleport	Known
Esuna 	Known
===Equipment===
Cecil may equip swords, holy swords, axes, some staves, bows and arrows, daggers, hats, helms, clothes, robes, armors, gloves and rings. He comes equipped with a Mythril Sword, a Mythril Helm, a Flame Mail, and Mythril Gloves.
Weapons
Axes	Bows and Arrows	Daggers	Staves	Swords
*Dwarven Axe	
*Killer Bow
*Yoichi Bow
*Medusa Arrow
*Holy Arrow
*Fire Arrow
*Ice Arrow
*Lightning Arrow
*Poison Arrow
*Yoichi Arrow
*Artemis Arrow	
*Mythril Knife	
*Healing Staff
*Mythril Staff	
*Index Finger
*Mythril Sword
*Flame Sword
*Icebrand
*Stoneblade
Armor
Shields	Head	Body	Arms
*Mythril Shield
*Flame Shield
*Ice Shield
*Diamond Shield
*Aegis Shield	
*Leather Cap
*Headband
*Feathered Cap
*Green Beret
*Mythril Helm
*Diamond Helm
*Wizard's Hat
*Sage's Miter
*Ribbon	
*Leather Clothing
*Black Belt Gi
*Power Sash
*Mythril Armor
*Flame Mail
*Ice Armor
*Diamond Armor
*Luminous Robe
*Sage's Surplice	
*Ruby Ring
*Cursed Ring
*Power Armlet
*Mythril Gloves
*Giant's Gloves
*Diamond Gloves
==Final Fantasy IV: The After Years==
===Stats===
Cecil's HP and Strength growth are among the highest, making him an excellent attacker, but his Spirit is low, so he cannot make good use of his White Magic.
====Main game stats====
Cecil -main game-
Level	HP	MP	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intelligence	Spirit
30 	 	 	32 	21 	30 	17 	21
40 	/ 	/ 	45 	26 	39 	22 	26
50 	/ 	/ 	60 	31 	49 	27 	31
60 	/ 	/ 	72 	36 	59 	32 	36
70 	/ 	/ 	83 	41 	68 	36 	41
80 	/ 	/ 	85 	43 	73 	41 	46
90 	/ 	/ 	87 	44 	73 	41 	44
99 	/ 	/ 	89 	46 	74 	41 	46
====Guest appearance stats====
In the 2D versions, Cecil is also a guest in Ceodore's Tale. He begins at level 15 and caps at level 30.
Cecil -Ceodore's Tale-
Level	HP 	MP 	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intelligence	Spirit
15 	750 	80 	16 	15 	16 	10 	15
20 	930 	95 	20 	16 	20 	12 	17
30 	1404	125	32 	21 	30 	17 	21
===Abilities ===
Cecil retains his White Magic and Cover abilities. Cover works like in Final Fantasy IV, but Cecil's pool of White Magic is smaller. He has a wide variety of Band abilities and can fit well into several party line-ups.
Spell 	Level
Cure 	Known
Sight 	Known
Libra 	Known
Cura 	Known
Teleport	19
Esuna 	24
Band Abilities
Ability 	Members	MP	Effect
Holy Blade 	
*Cecil (Attack)
*Rosa (White Magic)	15	Slice a single enemy with a sword wreathed in holy power.
Machine Break 	
*Cecil (Attack)
*Cid (Analyze)	7 	Cause massive damage to machine-type enemies.
Iron Flash 	
*Cecil (Attack)
*Rydia (Summon)	40	Cecil borrows the power of Odin to cut through all enemies.
Sword Dance 	
*Cecil (Attack)
*Edward (Bardsong)	13	Attack one enemy to the beat of the music.
Break Breaker 	
*Cecil (Attack)
*Palom (Black Magic)
* Porom (White Magic)	35	Petrifies and shatters all enemies.
Twin Drive 	
*Cecil (Attack)
*Yang (Kick)	15	Sword and fist strike at a single enemy.
Sword and Fist 	
*Cecil (Attack)
*Ceodore (Attack)
*Ursula (Attack)
* Yang (Attack)	30	Combine the power of four to strike a single enemy. Can break damage limit.
Sky Grinder 	
*Cecil (Attack)
*Kain (Jump)	45	Attack a single enemy with sword and spear.
Effect Form 	
*Cecil (White Magic)
*Kain (White Magic)
*Rosa (Blessing)	20	Cast Curaja, Protect, Shell and Haste on users.
Trinity Crusade	
*Cecil (Fight)
*Kain (Jump)
* Rosa (White Magic)	35	Three fighters combine to attack one enemy. Can break damage limit.
Double Pressure	
*Cecil (Cover)
*Golbez (Pressure)	20	Slows down all enemies.
Ultima Spark 	
*Cecil (White Magic)
*Golbez (Black Magic)	50	Inflicts non-elemental magic damage on all enemies.
Advanced Blade 	
*Cecil (Attack)
*Ceodore (Attack)
*Golbez (Black Magic)	40	Imbue your sword with magic and attack one enemy. Can break damage limit.
Vibra Plus 	
*Cecil (Attack)
* Ceodore (Attack)	35	Two fighters slice away at a random number of enemies.
Holy Cross 	
*Cecil (Attack)
*Ceodore (Attack)
*Rosa (White Magic)	35	Strike all enemies with sword containing holy power.
King's Quad 	
*Cecil (Attack)
* Edge (Attack)
*Edward (Bardsong)
*Yang (Attack)	30	Four kings join together for a combo attack. Can break damage limit.
Vibra Prime 	
*Cecil (Attack)
*Ceodore (Attack)
*Cid (Attack)
*Kain (Attack)
*Rosa (Aim)	40	Five fighters slice away at all enemies.
Final Fantasy 	
*Cecil (Fight)
*Edge (Throw)
*Kain (Jump)
*Rosa (White Magic)
*Rydia (Black Magic)	75	An offense/defense mix combining the powers of all five fighters. Damages all enemies and restores HP and status of party.
===Equipment===
Cecil may equip swords, holy swords, axes, staves, bows and arrows, daggers, hats, helms, clothes, robes, armors, gloves and rings.
His default weapon is the Kingsword. Later he can equip better weapons, such as the Excalibur, Lustrous Sword, Ragnarok and even the Ultima Weapon.
In his segment in Ceodore's Tale and the Final Tale, he is equipped with his Kingsword, a Lustrous Shield, Lustrous Helm, a Knight's Armor and Gauntlets.
Weapons
Axes 	Bows 	Arrows 	Daggers
*Crescent Axe
*Battle Axe
*Tomahawk
*Dwarven Axe
*Ogrekiller
*Poison Axe
*Rune Axe
*Gigant Axe	
*Bow
*Crossbow
*Great Bow
*Killer Bow
*Elfin Bow
*Yoichi Bow
*Artemis Bow
*Perseus's Bow	
*Medusa Arrows
*Iron Arrows
*Holy Arrows
*Fire Arrows
*Lightning Arrows
*Ice Arrows
*Blinding/Dark Arrows
*Poison Arrows
*Silencing Arrows
*Angel Arrows
*Yoichi Arrows
*Artemis Arrows
*Perseus Arrows	
*Knife
*Dagger
*Mythril Knife
*Dancing Dagger
*Mage Masher
*Triton's Dagger
*Assassin's Dagger
Swords	Swords	Holy Swords	Staves
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*Broadsword
*Longsword
*Iron Sword
*Ancient Sword
*Coral Sword
*Blood Sword
*Mythril Sword
*Sleep Blade
*Flame Sword
*Icebrand
*Stoneblade	
*Demon Slayer
*Enhancement Sword
*Defender
*Ultima Weapon
Armor
Shields	Head	Body	Arms
*Bronze Shield
*Iron Shield
*Lustrous Shield
*Mythril Shield
*Flame Shield
*Ice Shield
*Large Shield
*Diamond Shield
*Aegis Shield
*Genji Shield
*Dragon Shield
*Crystal Shield
*Lunar Shield
*Hero's Shield
*Adamant Shield	
*Leather Cap
*Headband
*Bronze Helm
*Feathered Cap
*Wizard's Hat
*Green Beret
*Steel Headplate
*Circlet
*Iron Helm
*Black Cowl
*Beret
*Chakra Band
*Sage's Miter
*Steel Helm
*Lustrous Helm
*Goblin Mask
*Officer's Hat
*Hypnocrown
*Cat-Ear Hood
*Horned Helmet
*Mythril Helm
*Cross Helm
*Diamond Helm
*Ribbon
*Genji Helm
*Dragon Helm
*Crystal Helm
*Lunar Helm
*Adamant Helm
*Glass Mask	
*Clothing
*Bard's Tunic
*Leather Clothing
*tooltip Ninja Gear
*Gaia Gear
*Bronze Armor
*Bronze Breastplate
*Shinobi Gear
*Kenpo Gi
*Sage's Surplice
*Iron Armor
*Silver Breastplate
*Mist Wrap
*Chainmail
*Black Belt Gi
*Professor's Robe
*Knight's Armor
*Exorcist Gown
*Red Robe
*Horned Armor
*Luminous Robe
*Mythril Armor
*Power Sash
*Plate Mail
*Flame Mail
*Ice Armor
*Bone Mail
*White Robe
*Diamond Armor
*Robe of Lords
*Genji Armor
*Dragon Mail
*Crystal Mail
*Lunar Mail
*Blue Armor
*Adamant Armor	
*Cursed Ring
*Ruby Ring
*Iron Gloves
*Power Armlet
*Hyper Wrist
*Gauntlets
*Mythril Gloves
*Bone Wrist
*Diamond Gloves
*Genji Gloves
*Dragon Gloves
*Giant's Gloves
*Crystal Gloves
*Protect Ring
*Lunar Gloves
*Adamant Gloves
*Crystal Ring
*Flan Ring
*Sprint Ring
*Economical Ring
*Rear Ring
*Taunt Ring
*Limit Ring
*Single Star
*Twin Stars
*Rapid Ring
*Rapid Ring V2
*Gil Band
*Gil Band V2
*Level Band
*Level Band V2
*Rare Band
*Rare Band V2
*Treasure Hunter
*Treasure Hunter V2
===Boss===
Cecil is faced in battle three times. He is fought in flashbacks in the Lunarian's Tale, and in the main story in the final tale, The Crystals.
Cecil's dark side, the Dark Knight, is fought on the Subterrane of the True Moon.
Category:Character gameplay in Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-
Category:Character gameplay in Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
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