Bahamut (Final Fantasy)

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==Summary==
A recurring summon in the games, Bahamut is a force to be reckoned as one of the most powerful summons, if not the most powerful summon the player can acquire on their journey. He is most frequently found as part of a sidequest and is not relevant to the main plot, but in some cases he takes a much more active role, such as empowering the Warriors of Light in the original game with their job changes. His demeanor, behavior, and alignment change from appearance to appearance, but all recognize him as the King of Dragons and the Ruler of the Skies.
==Powers and Stats==
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Key: FF III | FF XIII | FF X | FF IV | FF V
Name: Bahamut, "The God of Eidolons", "The Great Guardian Force", "The Dragon King"
Origin: Final Fantasy
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Classification: Summon, Eidolon, Esper, Fayth, God
Powers and Abilities: 
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|-|Abilities=Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Self-Sustenance (Type 1; He can breathe on the moon with no issues), Acausality (Type 4; Eidolons are shown to work on a different flow of time to other beings, and live in the Feymarch, which is shown and stated to have a different flow of timeFinal Fantasy IV Volume 2 Novel, chapter 8, page 99), Immortality (Type 2, 3, and 7; Scales from other Espers, who can live despite , can regenerate their body from their Magicites, and can live on despite being dead as a Magicite), Regeneration (Low-Godly; Espers can regenerate their bodies from their Magicites, ,Final Fantasy I-VI Ultimania this is consistent with other versionsFinal Fantasy V of the summons when you gain their power and can reform their body through summons from their very soul), Shapeshifting (Espers are stated to take many shapes), Summoning, Extrasensory Perception (Mages have shown to naturally possess thisFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years), Magic, Subjective Reality (Magic,Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 1, page 29 in its basest form,Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 3, page 107 is projecting one's innerFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 2, page 109 mind onto realityFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years, and is powered by intelligence and mental strength), Non-Physical Interaction (Magic as a whole is shown to affect a wide variety of different beings, from intangible/immaterial beings to non corporeal beings, to abstract concepts like Chronodia, who's the Final Fantasy I, to Nonexistent beings like Exdeath and Cloud of Darkness), Law Manipulation (Magic is stated to rewrite the natural order of thingsFinal Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 5, page 198), Limited Durability Negation, Forcefield Negation, and Intangibility (Magic negates conventional physical durability, barriers, and armor, requiring specific defense against magic which is powered by the Mind and Spirit), Power Modification (Including Duplication, Fusionism, Statistics Amplification, Size Manipulation, Homing Attack, Danmaku, Aura, Breath Attack, and Energy Manipulation; Magic users across the games have consistently shown the ability to manipulate the shape and properties of their own magical abilities, with even higher tiers of spells simply being considered stronger versions of the same basic abilityFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 2 page 114), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2) and Space-Time Manipulation (Magic is shown in the novels to remove concepts and warp space and time itself, like the Devil's road, which the concept of time was lost,Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 5, page 199 and time and space were twisted to the pointFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 1, page 67 the past, present and futureFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 1, page 73 existed as oneFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 3, page 147), Madness Manipulation (Type 2) and Morality Manipulation (Can inflict the Confuse status ailment, driving the target insane and attack anyone, even their allies), Radiation Manipulation (via Megaflare, which is statedFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 5, page 270 numerous times to be a nuclear powerFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 5, page 271), Matter Manipulation (Sub-Atomic; Both Fire and Ice related abilities are stated to , Final Fantasy IV Settings Guidebook), Flight, Energy Blasts, Water Manipulation, Resistance Negation (Can bypass the enemies innate resistance to status ailments via numerous Lunar summons, which can affect Zeromus despite him being resistant to these effects), Electricity Manipulation and Pain Manipulation (Lightning abilities are capable of attacking the nervesFinal Fantasy IV Volume 2 Novel, chapter 7, page 54), Statistics Amplification (Can amp other's attack power), Death Manipulation and Blood Manipulation (Can inflict death upon the target, which can ), Weather Manipulation, Time Stop, Petrification, Life-Force Absorption, Air Manipulation (Via Maelstrom), Matter Manipulation (Mega Flare is a more powerful version of Flare, which annihilates foes by triggering a fusion reaction upon impact), Holy Manipulation, Self-Destruction, Absolute Zero (via Shiva), Healing, Resurrection, Paralysis Inducement, Petrification, Shapeshifting and Power Mimicry (Lunar Bahamut was able to shapeshift into Kain and copy his abilities), BFR (Scales from Leviathan, who's able to use this spell.Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel chapter 2 page 89 The teleport/Warp spells are capable of banishing targets to the Void, which inflicts the following abilities on the victim: Existence Erasure/Void Manipulation, Mind Manipulation (which includes Madness Manipulation (Type 3), and Perception Manipulation), Space-Time Manipulation, Time Stop, and Corruption (Type 2))
Immortality Negation (Type 3, 4, and 9), and Regeneration Negation (Up to Mid-Godly; Scales from Shiva, who's capable of killing the Dark Elf despite it having the Crystal to regenerate it's physical body completely)
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Resistant to the Following: Subjective Reality, Magic, Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2), and Space-Time Manipulation (Characters are capable of surviving and resisting magical abilities, Which is shown to project one's inner mind onto reality, and as shown with the creation of the Devil's road, remove entire concepts and warp space and time to where the past, present, and future exists as one), Law Manipulation (Resists magic, which can rewrite the natural order of things), Chaos Manipulation, Reality Warping and Memory Manipulation (Unaffected by Neo Exdeath throwing the laws of reality into chaos), Information Analysis and Clairvoyance (Final Fantasy IV), Mind Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, and Madness Manipulation (Type 3; Resistant to the effects of the True Moon, which is capable of affecting the hearts and minds of all living beings on the planet), Disease Manipulation (Is unfazed by anything from the Moon despite it's pieces being able to rot the landFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 2, page 83 and make it diseased), Poison Manipulation and Corrosion Inducement (Can resist the Poison status effect, which is also stated to corrode the target), Attack Reflection (Bahamut's capable of bypassing reflectFinal Fantasy IV: The After Years), Darkness Manipulation and Perception Manipulation (Can resist the darkness status ailment via various equipment, which would render the target blindFinal Fantasy V GBA Manual), Power Nullification (Can resist the Silence status, which would render the target's ability to use magic null), Berserk Mode (Resists the effects of the Berserk spell, which drives one to attack any enemy in a blinding rage), Existence Erasure/Void Manipulation, Mind Manipulation (Which includes Madness Manipulation (Type 3), and Perception Manipulation), Space-Time Manipulation, Time Stop, and Corruption (Type 2; Is unaffected by the effects of the Void), Petrification (Can resist the petrification status effect), Biological Manipulation (Can resist the Sleep and Hold spell, which these are affect the brain's fundamental functions), Age Manipulation (Can withstand the effects of the Lunar Mist Dragon's presence, which is capable of reverting Rydia to a child), Death Manipulation and Blood Manipulation (Can resist the Death spell, which is even stated to ), Soul Manipulation/Life Force Absorption (Can survive Ifrit's hellfire, which can burn the soulFinal Fantasy IV: After Years Novel, chapter 3, page 160, and resist the death spell, which is capable of reaping the souls of its victims,Final Fantasy VI is also capable of crossing the Devil's Road without their ), Extreme Cold and Cosmic Radiations (Can fight and survive on the moon), Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, and Matter Manipulation (Sub-Atomic; Is capable of resisting these elements, the Fire and Ice spell in particular being capable of ), Electricity Manipulation and Pain Manipulation (Is able to resist the Lightning spells, which are capable of attacking the nervesFinal Fantasy IV Volume 2 Novel, chapter 7, page 54), Status Effect Inducement (Is capable of resisting a wide variety of status ailments), Morality Manipulation and Madness Manipulation (Type 2; Can resist the Confuse status ailment, which can drive the target insane to attack anyone, even their allies), Earth Manipulation (Can resist Earth based attacks), Light Manipulation (Can resist light based attacks), Water Manipulation (Can resist water based attacks), Sleep Manipulation (Can resist the Sleep status effect), Paralysis Inducement (Can resist the Paralyze status effect), Absolute Zero (Can survive Shiva's ice attacks, including Diamond Dust), Transmutation (Can resist the Toad and Pig spell), Size Manipulation (Is able to resist the Mini spell), Curse Manipulation (Is capable of resisting the Curse ailment), Sealing (Was sealed away by Noah, until he broke free and roamed the skiesFinal Fantasy III)
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Attack Potency: At least Multi-Continent level (Superior to Medusa, who attempted to bring down the Floating Continent) | At least Moon level (Helped Lightning's party defeat Orphan) | Small Planet level (Comparable to Tidus and co.) | Multi-Solar System level (Is shown to create a pocket dimension with countless stars in it, which is calced to being this powerful, his Lunar counterpart could make a dimension with an alternate flow of time) | Multiverse level+ (Gave Bartz's group a tough fight)
Speed: Massively Hypersonic+ (Via this calc) | Sub-Relativistic (Comparable to Lightning's party) | FTL+ (Comparable to Tidus's party) | FTL (Is capable of reacting to characters who surpass the speed of light) | Massively FTL+ (Should be faster than Gilgamesh)
Lifting Strength: Class Y (Is able to move numerous planets through his summon)
Striking Strength: At least Multi-Continent level | At least Moon level | Small Planet level | Multi-Solar System level | Multiverse level+
Durability: At least Multi-Continent level (Superior to Medusa, who attempted to bring down the Floating Continent) | At least Moon level (Helped Lightning's party defeat Orphan) | Small Planet level (Comparable to Tidus and co.) | Multi-Solar System level (Fought Cecil's party in the Depths of the Moon) | Multiverse level+ (Gave both Bartz's group a tough fight)
Stamina: Superhuman (One of the most powerful characters in the franchise and can endure extended fights with the protagonists of every game he appears in. He can be summoned soon after being defeated without complications and can fire off repeated bursts of his signature Mega Flare with only a brief charging period in between)
Range: Standard Melee Range, Multiversal+ with magic (Magic as a whole is shown to affect omnipresent beings such as Exdeath when he's become one with the Void itself, which spans across the entire Final Fantasy Multiverse, can even banish foes into the Void with the Teleport ability)
Standard Equipment: None notable
Intelligence: Varies (In many games he is the most ancient, wise, and powerful summon available, advising the player or challenging them on even ground with a wide variety of powerful spells along with close quarters combat. In other depictions he's much closer to a beast, fighting savagely and with reckless abandon)
Weaknesses: None Notable.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
*Aqua Breath: Exhales a burst of sea water and wind to blow away foes, dealing water and wind-elemental damage.
*Atomic Ray: Fire a beam of flame that deals moderate fire-elemental damage to all targets.
*Blizzaga: Conjures an icy blizzard to attack foes, dealing heavy ice-elemental damage.
*Firaga: Casts a massive fireball to scorch foes, dealing heavy fire-elemental damage.
*Frost: Freezes the area to deal ice-elemental damage and has a chance of inflicting Sap, rapidly draining the vitality of the target until they perish.
*Impulse: Deals non-elemental damage to all foes with a flurry of energy blasts with a chance to petrify the target.
*Maelstrom: Creates a scourging storm that instantly puts his opponent on their last legs, regardless of how well they were prior to the attack.
*Mega Flare: After a brief charging time, Bahamut unleashes a powerful burst of pure energy to wipe out his targets with a fusion reaction.
**Giga Flare: An even more powerful version of Mega Flare, dealing greatly increased damage.
**Tera Flare: Likewise an upgrade of Giga Flare, dealing even more damage to his unlucky targets.
**Exa Flare: The most powerful version of the attack, unique to Bahamut Fury, Amber Bahamut, and Garnet Bahamut, dealing colossal damage that only the toughest of opponents can survive.
*Poison Breath: Exhales a poisonous mist from its mouth to damage and poison all foes.
*Stop: Stops time around his foe, leaving them helpless.
*Thundaga: Creates a massive thunderstorm to strike all foes with thunderbolts, dealing heavy lightning-elemental damage.
*Waterga: Engulfs the opponent in a flood of water, dealing heavy water-elemental damage.
==Gallery==
FF PSP- Bahamut.png|Bahamut as he appears in Final Fantasy
FFIII - BahamutSummon.gif|Bahamut as he appears in the NES addition of Final Fantasy III
Bahamut ff3ds.jpg|Bahamut as he appears in the PSP version of Final Fantasy III
FF4PSP Bahamut.png|Bahamut as he appears in his sprite form in Final Fantasy IV
Bahamut FFIV DS Art.png|Bahamut as he appears in the art of Final Fantasy IV
Bahamut human form ffiv ios.PNG.png|Bahamut as he appears in human form in Final Fantasy IV
Bahamut-ffv-ios.png|Bahamut as he appears in Final Fantasy V
Bahamut - FF6 iOS.png|Bahamut as he appears in Final Fantasy VI
Bahamut ff7.png|Bahamut as he appears in Final Fantasy VII
Bahamut FFVII Art.jpg|Art of Bahamut from Final Fantasy VII
FFAC-BahamutShin-Concept.jpg|Shin Bahamut as he appears in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Bahamutzero ff7.png|Bahamut Zero as he appears in Final Fantasy VII: Before Crisis
Bahamut crisis core.png|Bahamut as he appears in Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core
Bahamut Fury.png|Bahamut Fury as he appears in Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core
Bahamut.png|Bahamut as he appears in Final Fantasy VIII
FFIX Bahamut.png|Bahamut as he appears in Final Fantasy IX
Bahamut FFIX Art 1.jpg|Concept artwork of Bahamut from Final Fantasy IX
Bahamut Render FFX.png|Bahamut as he appears in Final Fantasy X
XI.png|Bahamut as he appears in Final Fantasy XI
XII.png|Bahamut as he appears in Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Bahamut XII.png|Bahamut as he appears in Final Fantasy XIII
270px-FFXIII Fang 26 Bahamut.png|Bahamut as he appears in his vehicle form in Final Fantasy XIII
FFXIII-2 Chaos Bahamut Final Battle.png|Chaos Bahamut as he appears in Final Fantasy XIII-2
Bahamuts.PNG.png|Garnet, Jet, and Amber Bahamut as they appear in Final Fantasy XIII-2
LRFFXIII Bahamut.png|Bahamut as he appears in Final Fantasy XIII: Lightning Returns
XIV.png|Bahamut as he appears in Final Fantasy XIV
Bahamut FFXV.png|Bahamut as he appears in Final Fantasy XV
Juice Masters.png|Bahamut as he appears in Final Fantasy: Justice Monsters Five
Type 0 bahamut render.png|Bahamut as he appears in Final Fantasy Type-0
FFT0 Bahamut Concept Art.png|Concept art of Bahamut from Type-0
FF4HoL Bahamut.png|Bahamut as he appears in Final Fantasy: Four Heroes of Light
==Notable Matchups==
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Bahamut (Granblue Fantasy) Bahamut's Profile (FF IV and Proto-Bahamut were used. Proto-Bahamut was restricted from being Unchained. Speed was equalized)
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