Cloud of Darkness

Job: Dark Knight/Black Mage
Family: Supreme Beings
Absorbs: Verification Needed
Immune: Stun Verification Needed

Rhapsodies of Vana'diel Final Boss

Cloud of Darkness
Zone Level Drops Steal Spawns

Notes

Reisenjima Sanctorium

Unknown

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A = Aggressive; NA = Non-Aggresive; L = Links; S = Detects by Sight; H = Detects by Sound;
HP = Detects Low HP; M = Detects Magic; Sc = Follows by Scent; T(S) = True-sight; T(H) = True-hearing
JA = Detects job abilities; WS = Detects weaponskills; Z(D) = Asleep in Daytime; Z(N) = Asleep at Nighttime; A(R) = Aggressive to Reive participants

Notes[edit]

  • Appears in the The Orb's Radiance battlefield.
  • Casts spells such as Drain, Absorb-Attri, Stone III, and Blizzaga II, moving on to higher tiers up to at least Blizzaga III, Fire V and the likes as the battle progresses.
  • Auto-attacks of the Cloud of Darkness deal magical Verification Needed area damage to everyone close enough.
  • The Cloud of Darkness may or may not favour spells aligned with the current day, and/or weather. Verification Needed
  • Celling Rupture - Conal area attack. Additional effect of Bind.
  • Destitution - Single target physical attack. Verification Needed
  • Essence Devour - Single target attack with a drain and status down effect on all the base stats.
  • Expunge - Conal area attack, replacing Waning Vigor after Cloud of Darkness's HP gets below 25%.
  • Primordial Surge - Frontal attack, draining HP from targets close enough, also pulling them closer in. This also starts a mode where the Cloud of Darkness absorbs magical damage. May instead absorb physical damage depending on an unknown variable. Verification Needed The gem on its head will glow red during this phase.
  • Shearing Undulation - Conal area attack. Verification Needed
  • Waning Vigor - Conal area attack used after Primordial Surge, ending the phase where damage is absorbed. Damage this ability deals may be related to the amount of damage absorbed prior. Also induces the Weakness status effect.
  • Susceptible to weight from Subduction.
  • Weak against thunder-based magic. Verification Needed

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