Rubicante

Rubicante , also known as Rubicant, is a recurring character in the Final Fantasy universe. First appearing in Final Fantasy IV as a minor antagonist, he is one of the four archfiends associated with the elements; in this case, fire. Despite his role as an antagonist, he has a strong sense of honor and fair play, unlike the other archfiends, as he heals the party before each encounter with him. However, this is a way of Rubicante establishing his ego and might over the other archfiends, and to impose his power upon his foes.
==Appearances==
===Final Fantasy===
Rubicante appears in the Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary remakes as a boss at the last floor Hellfire Chasm, one of the bonus dungeons for the remakes. Defeating him will take the player off the dungeon, and he drops a Kikuichimonji.
===Final Fantasy IV===
Rubicante is a boss and one of Golbez's Archfiends, and is the Element Lord of Fire, titled the Autarch of Flame. He is considered to be the most powerful of the four, and is their leader.
In spite of his less than savory actions, he is an honorable fighter at heart, and restores the party's health before every fight against him. He wears a "Cloak of Flame", which, when donned, absorbs all elemental magic, though ice elemental weapons can still damage him (the 3D version is an exception to this). He is voiced by Doug Lee and Norio Wakamoto in the English and Japanese versions respectively.
Rubicante first appears in the Tower of Babil, where he is overseeing the destruction of Eblan. It is assumed that he led this attack. The attack succeeds, and Eblan's inhabitants are forced to flee to Cave of Eblan. He is first seen speaking to Dr. Lugae in the Tower of Babil in the Underworld, when Lugae transports him to the Overworld.
There, he is chased by Edge, the prince of Eblan, who seeks revenge for the destruction of Eblan and the assumed murder of his parents. Cecil Harvey, Kain Highwind, Rydia, and Rosa Joanna Farrell witness Edge's loss to Rubicante, and Rubicante's subsequent departure.
thumb|left|230px|Rubicante challenges the party.
The party confronts Rubicante again in the upper half of the Tower of Babil, where Edge accuses him of not only destroying Eblan, but also turning his parents into monsters. Rubicante explains that the transformation of the king and queen of Eblan into chimeras was Lugae's doing, and in an interesting show of his character, when he saw what had happened to Edge's parents he actually cursed Lugae for what he did. He commends Edge's strength but sees him as being too emotional to be a worthy opponent. Edge ignores Rubicante's remark, and joins the party in attacking, and then defeating Rubicante. Unlike the other fiends, Rubicante accepts his defeat and compliments the party on their victory.
Rubicante is revived by Zemus, along with Scarmiglione, Cagnazzo, and Barbariccia. They fight Cecil's party one last time in the Giant of Babil together. However, they are all defeated again.
====Final Fantasy IV: The After Years====
Rubicante appears at Eblan's Castle where he fights the party in a scripted battle. He gives Edge a clue on how to defeat Ifrit during the Second Battle of Eblan, who has taken control of the castle and Rydia and Edge learn Rubicante's Inferno as a Band ability. He reappears on the True Moon as a boss spawned by the Crystals.
The player can have a one-on-one fight with him as Edge, and obtain Rubicante's cloak, the Fire Scarf. With it, Edge can absorb any fire-elemental attacks. After defeating him, Edge acknowledges Rubicante is still a worthy opponent and has possibly made peace with him.
=== Final Fantasy XIV ===
Rubicante appears as a major antagonist in the post-Endwalker main scenario. He is the Archfiend of Fire under Golbez's service from the Thirteenth, described as the strongest of the four Archfiends. He is fought in the Mount Ordeals-trial as well as its extreme version.
Rubicante used to be an Au Ra-mage before the Flood of Darkness, which consumed the Thirteenth. As a result, he became a voidsent and entered Golbez's service.
===Final Fantasy Type-0===
Rubicante is one of the many versions of Ifrit. This model has only two attacks, and has the lowest HP maximum among the fire Eidolons.
===Final Fantasy Dimensions II===
Rubicante appears as a fire-elemental summon. His special attack is Scorch, which deals fire-elemental damage to a single enemy two times.
Rubicante allows the wielder to use the following abilities:
*I'll Recover You! I
*I'll Recover You! II
*I'll Recover You! III
FFLTnS Rubicante Alt1.png|Alt signet.
===Dissidia Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy===
Rubicante is a summon and is a counter to an opponent's summon and triples the summoner's Bravery points. His original artwork from Final Fantasy IV is used.
Rubicante can be obtained on the second stage of the Shade Impulse III storyline. When the player collects Rubicante's Summonstone, the dialogue mirrors what Rubicante says to Edge before his boss battle in Final Fantasy IV.
Like the other Archfiends, Rubicante appears to act as a "counter" version of one of the original Final Fantasy's Four Fiends. Specifically, Rubicante's Inferno accomplishes the same result as Tiamat's Wind Arcana; tripling the Summoner's Bravery. Both Rubicante and Tiamat are the fourth and final "fiend" the party encounters in their respective games.
There is also an equipment bearing his name, called "Rubicante's Cowl".
In Dissidia 012, he can be purchased from certain Moogle Shops for 100 KP. Rubicante also appears as a tutor for the Labyrinth feature at the in-game manuals.
===Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia===
Rubicante appears as recruitable character in Lost Chapter "Rubicante, Autarch of Flame".
===Theatrhythm Final Fantasy===
Rubicante, along with the other elemental archfiends, makes an appearance as an enemy.
====Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call====
Rubicante appears as an enemy in Battle Music Sequences.
===Pictlogica Final Fantasy===
Rubicante from Final Fantasy IV appears as an enemy.
===Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade===
Rubicante appears as an enemy during an event called "Showdown". In battle, Rubicante uses Scorch.
FFAB Scorch.png|Scorch.
===Final Fantasy All the Bravest===
Rubicante appears as a boss.
===Final Fantasy Record Keeper===
Rubicante is a boss in dedicated stages and is a playable character who could be initially recruited during the Challenge Event Fate Calls, Power Awakens as a First Time Reward for completing the event's Lair of the Father stage on Clasic difficulty.
===Final Fantasy Brave Exvius===
Rubicante appears as a character and summonable vision. His job is listed as Elemental Archfiend.
Rubicante's Trust Master reward is the Cloak of Flames accessory.
;Story
;Stats
Rubicante's stats at his highest levels are as follows (with no passive abilities taken into account), along with the maximum amount of stat points that can be increased through pot-enhancements:
Rarity	Level	HP 	MP 	ATK 	DEF 	MAG 	SPR 	Attack Hits	Drop Check
4★ 	60 	2023 (+210)	100 (+35)	64 (+14) 	73 (+14) 	88 (+18) 	76 (+14) 	1 	8
5★ 	80 	2630 (+240)	130 (+40)	84 (+16) 	96 (+16) 	115 (+24)	100 (+16)	1 	10
6★ 	100 	3420 (+390)	170 (+65)	110 (+26)	125 (+26)	150 (+34)	130 (+26)	1 	12
;Abilities
4★
Ability 	Level
Fira 	6
Firaga 	14
Firelord 	26
Honorable Fighter	40
5★
Ability 	Level
Blizzaga 	20
Osmose 	42
Cloak Closed 	34
Autarch of Flame	50
6★
Ability 	Level
Flare 	45
Firaja 	80
Cloak Open 	15
I'll Recover You!	54
Dual Black Magic 	70
Face Me! 	100
Exclusive
Ability 	Obtained by
Firaga 	Activated by Face Me!
Blizzaga	Activated by Face Me!
;Equipment
Rubicante can equip the following weapons: staves and rods.
He can equip the following armors: hats, clothes and robes.
He can equip accessories.
;Limit Bursts
Rarity	Name 	Effect 	Hits	Cost
4★ 	Inferno	Base (Level 1): Fire magic damage (2x) to all enemies. Decrease fire resistance (35%) for 3 turns to all enemies. Heal (1000 HP, 3.4x) to caster.Max (Level 20): Fire magic damage (3.4x) to all enemies. Decrease fire resistance (49%) for 3 turns to all enemies. Heal (1000 HP, 3.4x) to caster.	1 	16
5★ 	Inferno	Base (Level 1): Fire magic damage (3x) to all enemies. Decrease fire resistance (40%) for 3 turns to all enemies. Heal (1000 HP, 3.4x) to caster.Max (Level 20): Fire magic damage (4.9x) to all enemies. Decrease fire resistance (59%) for 3 turns to all enemies. Heal (1000 HP, 3.4x) to caster.	1 	18
6★ 	Inferno	Base (Level 1): Fire magic damage (5x) to all enemies. Decrease fire resistance (50%) for 3 turns to all enemies. Heal (1000 HP, 3.4x) to caster.Max (Level 25): Fire magic damage (7.4x) to all enemies. Decrease fire resistance (74%) for 3 turns to all enemies. Heal (1000 HP, 3.4x) to caster.	1 	20
;Awakening Materials
5★ 	6★
Mystic Ore x25Deepsea Bloom x13Sacred Crystal x15Esper's Tear x8Holy Crystal x8	Calamity Gem x10Fairies' Writ x10Calamity Writ x10Prismatic Horn x5Divine Crystal x15
;Quotes
Rarity	Summoned 	Fused 	Awoken
4★ 	Should I know you from somewhere? 	Pitiful. Allow me to show you real flame! 	-
5★ 	You've strength worthy enough of pride, but not nearly enough to think of challenging me. 	The frozen winds of hell's ninth circle could not penetrate this cloak of flame I wear! 	I respect men like you. Men with...courage.
6★ 	You are a slave to your emotions, and so will never know true strength. Such is the curse of Men.	Most interesting... You combine your strength to overcome foes stronger even than yourself.	I, unlike the others, believe in fighting with honor.
;Gallery
FFBE 8094 Rubicante.png|No. 8094 Rubicante (4★).
FFBE 8095 Rubicante.png|No. 8095 Rubicante (5★).
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FFBE Inferno.gif|Inferno limit burst.
===Mobius Final Fantasy===
===Final Fantasy Trading Card Game===
Rubicante appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game as Fire-elemental forward cards: one depicting his Yoshitaka Amano artwork from Final Fantasy IV; one depicting his artwork from Theatrhythm Final Fantasy and one depicting his artwork from Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls.
2-016r - Rubicante TCG.png|Rubicante [2-016R] Chapter series card.
Rubicante TCG.png|Rubicante [7-019U] Chapter series card.
Rubicante2 TCG.png|Rubicante [15-020C] Chapter series card.
Rubicante 2-023H from FFTCG Opus.jpg|Rubicante [2-023H] Opus series card.
Rubicante 3-024R from FFTCG Opus.jpg|Rubicante [3-024R] Opus series card.
==Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances==
===Hanjuku Hero: Aa, Sekaiyo Hanjukunare...!===
A parody of Rubicante from Final Fantasy IV makes an appearance in the 4th chapter of the game along with the other Archfiends. The chapter number they appear in alludes to the number 4, their game's origin. The seasons have been stolen, and by defeating the Four Archfiends will return the seasons. They each have a castle, and are located on the four corners of the map. Summacante , the Fiend of Summer, is found in the southwest castle.
Hanjuku Hero - Samakante Field.png|Summacante (Field)
Hanjuku Hero - Samakante.png|Summacante
===Lord of Vermilion===
Rubicante is a card in Lord of Vermilion II, along with other characters from Final Fantasy IV, as a special cross promotion. Rubicante also appears in Lord of Vermilion Arena.
===Guardian Cross===
Rubicante, along with Cagnazzo, Scarmiglione, and Barbariccia are all promotional cards, all of whom were special captures to celebrate the release of Final Fantasy IV for the Apple iPad. All of them are Rank 5 (the rarest), with Rubicante being a Humanoid-type Guardian that would have been found in the Glaverow Volcanic Zone.
===Rise of Mana===
Rubicante appeared as a limited-time event boss in Rise of Mana. His appearance simply reuses his boss model from the 3D remakes of Final Fantasy IV.
===Heavenstrike Rivals===
Rubicante and Hellfire Rubicante were limited-time units and their ability is Inferno. Rubicante could be promoted to Hellfire Rubicante.
HSR Rubicante.png|Rubicante.
HSR Hellfire Rubicante.png|Hellfire Rubicante.
==Gallery==
Rubicante-Walk.gif|Rubicante (SNES).
RubicanteChroniclesFMV.png|Rubicante in the opening and closing FMV for Final Fantasy Chronicles.
FFIV Rubicante HD FMV.png|CG Artwork from Final Fantasy IV (PS).
Rubicante Augment Learn ffiv ios.PNG|Augment portrait.
LoV Rubicante Artwork.png|Artwork of Rubicante's card.
RubicanteLOV2.PNG|Rubicante's Lord of Vermilion card and stats.
LoV - Rubicante Back.jpg|Back of Rubicante's card.
LoVA Rubicante.jpg|Rubicante's Lord of Vermilion Arena card
Guardian Cross Rubicante.jpg|Rubicante's Guardian Cross card.
FFIV Steam Card Rubicante.png|Steam Trading Card for Final Fantasy IV.
==Etymology==
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Category:Characters in Final Fantasy IV
Category:Antagonists