Goddess (Final Fantasy VI)

Goddess is a boss in Final Fantasy VI. She is a member of the Warring Triad, and one of the three final bosses in Kefka's Tower before facing Kefka himself.
 
== Stats ==
== Battle ==
Though Goddess has the lowest HP of the three Warring Triad members, she is arguably the most difficult to defeat due to a dangerous attack unique to her that can catch players off-guard. Goddess has inherent shell and haste, and she counters any regular physical attack with Overture, which forces the target to take all physical damage for the Goddess. She can use Entice, inflicting a confuse-like status that cannot be healed by spells or items and makes the character attack their allies. She also uses Lullaby. Offensively, the Goddess's normal attacks are not powerful. She uses Thundaga, Thundara, Flash Rain, and Quasar, a rare spell that does non-elemental damage to the party.
When damaged eight times, Goddess uses Cloudy Heaven, an attack unique to her. From that point forward, all characters who die, for any reason, become zombies. All characters also gain a doom timer, which will quickly zombify the party if not in a position to win the battle quickly enough. The zombification effect lasts until the end of the battle—if a party member is cured of zombie status and killed again, they become a zombie again. Only the Safety Bit and the Memento Ring block this move, as Cloudy Heaven is treated as an death attack rather than a status attack, thus ignoring status immunity to zombie from relics like the Ribbon.
=== Strategy ===
It is best to kill Goddess before Cloudy Heaven. Flare and Ultima will ignore shell and do full damage, and multi-hit attacks with the Master's Scroll also work well. Equipment that absorbs or negates will nullify much of the Goddess's attack spells, though the true dangers are her status attacks.
== Formations ==
Number	Enemies 	Encounter flags 	Encounter flags 	Encounter flags 	Encounter flags 	Introduction flag 	Musical theme 	Magic AP
Number	Enemies 	Normal 	Back 	Surrounded 	Side 	Introduction flag 	Musical theme 	Magic AP
 	Goddess 	 	 	 	 	Fade-in type 2 	Battle to the Death 	10
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== AI script ==
Attack Turns:
1st Turn: Thundara (33%) or Attack (33%) or Lullaby (33%)
2nd Turn: Thundaga (33%) or Entice (33%) or Attack (33%)
3rd Turn: Thundara (33%) or Attack (33%) or Thundaga (33%)
If HP <= 32640:
:1st Turn: Thundaga (33%) or Flash Rain (33%) or Nothing (33%)
:2nd Turn: Thundaga (66%) or Flash Rain (33%)
:3rd Turn: Thundaga (33%) or Quasar (66%)
:4th Turn: Thundaga (66%) or Flash Rain (33%)
If attacked by "Attack": Overture (33%)
:Increase Var3 by 1
If attacked by anything: Thundara (33%)
:Increase Var3 by 1
If Var3 >= 8 (only done once per battle):
:Set Var3 = 0
:Cloudy Heaven (100%)
== Other appearances ==
=== Final Fantasy Dimensions II ===
FFLII_Goddess_Rank_8_Artwork.png|Artwork (Rank 8).
FFLTnS_Goddess_Alt1.png|Phantom Stone (Rank 6).
FFLII_Goddess_Rank_8_Phantom_Stone.png|Phantom Stone (Rank 8).
===Pictlogica Final Fantasy===
===Mobius Final Fantasy===
==Behind the scenes==
In the North American SNES release, Goddess's clothing was edited for greater coverage. The uncensored sprite was used in all other releases until the 2014 version, which used a new design.
In Final Fantasy X, Yunalesca's appearance seems to be based on the Goddess. Yunalesca's artwork is in the same position as the Goddess, and her third form has her mounted on the back of a medusa-like head, similar to the Goddess. Like the Goddess, Yunalesca favors turning the party members into zombies.
According to the Final Fantasy III Nintendo Player's Guide, the final battle sequence against the Statue of the Gods is a rematch of the Warring Triad; the second tier being Goddess.Final Fantasy III Nintendo Player's Guide, p.129 This theory is not supported by any official material; the idea was conceived by the author of the guide.
== Gallery ==
Goddess_ffvi_concept_art.jpg|Concept artwork by Tetsuya Nomura.
FFVI PC Goddess.png|The Goddess in battle (2014).
FFVI iOS Flash Rain.png|Flash Rain (2014).
== Etymology ==
In the original concept artwork by Tetsuya Nomura, Goddess is named as Sophia. 
== Related enemies ==
* Fiend
* Demon
== Citations ==
de:Dea
ru:Богиня (Final Fantasy VI)
Category:Bosses in Final Fantasy VI