Diabolos

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Diabolos , also known as Diablos, is a recurring creature in the Final Fantasy series that has most often appeared as a summoned monster. He first appeared in Final Fantasy VIII and his trademark ability is Dark Messenger, which usually deals fractional damage based on the target's HP. Even though his nature and backstory change, Diabolos's appearance throughout the series is consistent.
==Appearances ==
===Final Fantasy VI===
Diabolos appears in the Game Boy Advance and subsequent versions. His magicite is obtained by defeating the Kaiser Dragon in the Dragons' Den. Dark Messenger deals non-elemental fractional damage reducing opponents' HP to 1/16, ignoring protection to Death, and also inflicts Sap. He costs 100 MP to summon. Diabolos teaches Graviga (x5), Gravija (x3). At level up, Diabolos provides a +100% boost to HP.
===Final Fantasy VIII===
Diablos is an optional boss who becomes a Guardian Force upon defeat. He can be obtained when the party receives the Magical Lamp from Headmaster Cid. Upon using the lamp in the menu the screen will dissolve and the player will fight Diablos.
Diablos learns HP-J, Mag-J and Hit-J junctions, HP and Magic boosting support abilities, and Mug, which lets one steal items from opponents with the Attack command. Its unique abilities are ones that reduce the frequency of random encounters and refine abilities that let the player make time magic and status magic from items. Because Diablos's attack power is determined differently from most GFs', it doesn't learn SumMag+ abilities or Boost.
Diablos's summon attack is Dark Messenger that deals damage in relation to the enemies' maximum HP count via a percentage equal to Diablos's level range (with a damage cap of 9,999).
Its compatibility item is Steel Orb and it also gains compatibility when the person junctioning it uses Demi and forbidden magic. Diablos doesn't have an "opposite" GF whose summoning would deplete its compatibility the most. Its Triple Triad card drops from its boss form.
===Final Fantasy XI===
Diabolos is one of the five terrestrial Avatars, alongside Carbuncle, Fenrir, Phoenix, and Bahamut. He is the ruler and creator of the dreamworld known as Dynamis, and appears as a character and boss in the Chains of Promathia storyline. Players who have defeated Diabolos can optionally face a far more powerful version of him in the quest "Waking Dreams" to forge a pact with Diabolos, gaining the ability to summon him. As a summon associated with dreams and sleep, many of Diabolos's moves are magic-based and some gain bonuses from being used when it is nighttime or when the enemy is asleep. Diabolos is also the name of a server.
===Final Fantasy XII===
Diabolos is a Mark and an otherworldly demonic gargoyle with a spear and fiery wings. It is fought at the Lhusu Mines.
====Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings====
Diabolos appears as a rank 2 Non-Elemental Flying summon. His regular attack is called Nightmare, while his special attack, Gravity, causes the Sap status.
===Final Fantasy XIV===
Diabolos appears as the final boss in the level 50 dungeon, Lost City of Amdapor. He uses both gravity magic and the skills of the Final Fantasy XI incarnation. To evade his Ruinous Omen attack, the party must memorize and open the correct door to the void which will protect the party while traveling through it.
Though defeated, Diabolos managed to escape the lost city. He later appears in Heavensward as the one responsible for awakening the voidsent trapped in the Void Ark, and carried off the coffin containing the Shadow Queen Scathach into a voidgate.
He sought the queen's resurrection for his own gain. After the Adventurer defeated Scathach in Dun Scaith, Diabolos absorbed her essence and faced of Eorzea's defenders once last time, ending in his defeat and banishment from the realm.
===Final Fantasy Type-0===
Diabolos is a Vermilion Bird Eidolon obtained by completing the Chapter 7 Expert Trial "Operation Dragon Slayer". His attacks are drain-based as his movement involves him dispersing into a cloud of bats and striking anything that he passes through while healing him. One of Diabolos's attacks is a combo ending with him dispersing into a mass of bats which regenerate his health upon hitting Dark Strike.
His signature technique is Gravitation Ball (Graviton in his Astaroth variation) where Diabolos drains the health of anything within the area into a large sphere which, upon release, drifts towards its target and explodes on contact. He comes in three variations; Diabolos, Baalberith and Astaroth.
FFT0 Diabolos Concept Art.png|Artwork.
Ff type0 diabolos.jpg|In-game.
Diablos2.jpg|In-game.
Diablos3.jpg|In-game.
Diablos4.jpg|In-game.
===Final Fantasy Dimensions===
Diabolos is gained during Chapter 4: The Darkness section, when the Warriors of Darkness traverse the Lufenian Ruins where they find a dark orb floating in the Demon Corridor.
After touching the orb, Diabolos engages the party in battle. Upon defeat, Diabolos allows the Warriors of Darkness to summon him, costing 64 MP to summon. Diabolos's attack Dark Messenger hits all enemies and deals Darkness-element damage.
Diabolos and the Monk ability Vacuum Wave are the necessary components to unlock the Dark Judgement Fusion Ability. Dark Judgement removes 1/4 of all enemies' HP, reducing them to 3/4 of their current HP.
===Final Fantasy Dimensions II===
FFLTNS Diabolos Alpha Artwork.jpg|Artwork of Diabolos Alpha.
FFLTNS Diabolos Omega Artwork.jpg|Artwork of Diabolos Omega.
FFLII Diabolos Ω Rank 8 Phantom Stone.png|Signet (Rank 8).
===Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia===
===Pictlogica Final Fantasy===
PFF Diabolos Icon.png|Icon.
PFF Diabolos Sprite.png|Sprite.
===Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade===
===Final Fantasy Record Keeper===
Diablos is a boss in some Final Fantasy VIII dungeons and events.
FFRK Diablos FFVIII.png|FFVIII version.
FFRK Ultimate Diabolos FFXI.png|FFXI version.
===Final Fantasy Explorers===
FFE Diabolos.png|Diabolos
====Final Fantasy Explorers-Force====
FFEF Diabolos.png
===Final Fantasy Brave Exvius===
FFBE Diabolos Artwork.png|Diabolos (★1).
FFBE Diabolos Artwork 2.png|Diabolos (★2).
FFBE Diabolos Artwork 3.png|Diabolos (★3).
FFBE Diabolos Portrait.png|Diabolos's portrait (★1).
FFBE Diabolos Portrait 2.png|Diabolos's portrait (★2).
FFBE Diabolos Portrait 3.png|Diabolos's portrait (★3).
FFBE Diabolos Sprite.png|Enemy sprite.
====War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius====
Diabolos appears as an obtainable summon and vision card. Its party ability is Dark Attack Up 35 and Dark Unit Light Attack Res Up 20. Its bestowed effects are Dark Attack Up 10. Its evocation magic is Dark Messenger. It is illustrated by G-ROW Art.
===Mobius Final Fantasy===
===World of Final Fantasy===
===Final Fantasy Trading Card Game===
Diabolos appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game as Water-, Wind-, and Dark-elemental Summon cards. He is depicted in his appearances from Final Fantasy Type-0, Final Fantasy XI, Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings, and Mobius Final Fantasy.
Diabolos TCG.png|Diabolos [4-093U] Chapter series card.
Diabolos2 TCG.png|Diabolos [13-082U] Chapter series card.
Diabolos PR TCG.png|Diabolos [PR-052] Chapter series card.
Diablos 3-061R from FFTCG Opus.jpg|Diablos [3-061R] Opus series card.
Diabolos 5-062L from FFTCG Opus.jpg|Diabolos [5-062L] Opus series card.
Diablos 6-052R from FFTCG Opus.jpg|Diablos [6-052R] Opus series card.
===Final Fantasy Portal App===
Diabolos from Final Fantasy Brave Exvius appears as a Triple Triad card.
506a_Diabolos_(JP).png|Final Fantasy Brave Exvius.
506b_Diabolos_(JP).png|Final Fantasy Brave Exvius.
506c_Diabolos_(JP).png|Final Fantasy Brave Exvius.
==Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances==
===Lord of Vermilion===
===Crystal Conquest===
Diabolos is one of three summons. It deals massive damage to other characters.
===Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate===
As part of a Collaboration between Capcom and Square Enix, Tetsuya Nomura was asked to design various new Armor types for the playable characters, and their feline companions.
For Male Hunters Nomura created the Rage Armor set, which is based on Diabolos.
===Bravely Default===
 is a demonkind enemy that appears in the . It also appears in Bravely Archive.
==Behind the scenes==
===Cancelled appearances===
There are have been several attempted appearances of Diabolos throughout the series, either as a summon or as an important figure within certain selected titles.
According to concept art from Final Fantasy XIII, Diabolos was planned to appear as a fal'Cie, but it never appears in the game. Many different forms and styles were considered from an organic-looking creature to a mechanical one, which appeared to have been used as design elements for the creatures Faeryl and Aeronite in the sequels.
In Final Fantasy Record Keeeper, Diabolos was also set to appear as a Summoning ability based on his Final Fantasy VIII appearance, but doesn't appear in the final product. Its animation mimics his Final Fantasy VIII summoning sequence and the ability would likely deal dark-elemental magic damage to all targets.https://twitter.com/JCFElNino/status/1122875391327256576
===Voice===
In World of Final Fantasy, Diabolos's English voice actor is Robin Atkin Downes, who also voiced Genesis Rhapsodos in Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-.
==Etymology==
Diablos emerging from a magic lamp in Final Fantasy VIII may be a reference to the djinn.
The French localization of Final Fantasy VIII renamed Diabolos to "Nosferatu", a Romanian term meaning "Unclean One" that is sometimes synonymous with the Devil or vampires. In the Spanish localization it is called Diablo.
==Citations==
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