Red Dragon (Final Fantasy VII)

Red Dragon is a boss from Final Fantasy VII that appears at Temple of the Ancients Passage VI. After Red Dragon is defeated, the Bahamut Materia appears on the floor. Red Dragon is mid boss in "Within the Temple of the Ancients".
==Stats==
==Formations==
#	Formation
 	Red Dragon
==Locations==
Temple of the Ancients	Temple of the Ancients
Mural Room 	652 (event)
==Battle==
Red Dragon uses Fire-based attacks and it absorbs fire damage. Like most bosses, Red Dragon is immune to fractional damage.
All of Red Dragon's attacks target a single party member. Its Red Dragon Breath deals medium to high fire damage, and it can follow up with another attack to the same person. Its Tail Whip is the Red Dragon's weakest attack, but can be a threat to low-leveled characters. Dragon Fang is Red Dragon's most powerful attack.
===Strategy===
Elemental Materia partnered to a Fire Materia or Ifrit on the armor protects against Red Dragon's fire attacks. The Fire Ring can also be used. Bringing the Poison Materia is useful, especially if partnered with an Added Effect Materia to a party member's weapon.
It is a good idea to give Aeris a Restore linked with an All Materia so she can heal the party. Big Guard or Barrier and MBarrier can be used to soften the dragon's attacks.
Because all of Red Dragon's attacks hit a single party member, with the aid of Slow, the player can easily revive the dragon's victims via Phoenix Downs and Life, enabling the use of Poison-stall strategies.
At this point in the game, the party members also have access to powerful physical attacks. Cloud's Cross-slash paralyzes the Red Dragon, and Deathblow is guaranteed to land critical hits if the target is paralyzed. Tifa's attack damage quadruples when she has her Powersoul equipped and another party member casts Death Sentence on her. The player can use both of these strategies and maximize damage by equipping Deathblow on Tifa.
==AI script==
AI: Main
{
:Choose Random Opponent
:If (TempVar:OpeningAttack = 0) Then
:{
::1/4 Chance: Use <Dragon Fang> on Target
::3/4 Chance: Use Red Dragon Breath on Target
::TempVar:OpeningAttack = 1
:} Else {
::1/4 Chance: Use Red Dragon Breath on Target
::1/4 Chance: Use <Tail Attack> on Target
::1/2 Chance: Use <Dragon Fang> on Target
:}
}
==Other appearances==
===Pictlogica Final Fantasy===
===Final Fantasy Record Keeper===
==Behind the scenes==
How summons came to be is never explained within the Final Fantasy VII world lore, except for some dummied lines from the original Final Fantasy VII. After obtaining the Bahamut Materia, Sephiroth would have explained that during the times of the Ancients there were beings created by the Planet that sealed their life energy in Materia. It is suggested the Red Dragon turns itself into the Bahamut Materia upon defeat.
==Etymology==
 Red dragons are the largest and most powerful of the classic chromatic dragons who regard other chromatic dragons as inferior and make home inside active volcanoes or mountains. Red dragons use their powerful breath first, followed by physical strikes, then magical attacks.
==Related enemies==
*Blue Dragon
*Dark Dragon
*Dragon
==References==
Category:Bosses in Final Fantasy VII