Cloud of Darkness

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Cloud of Darkness
Rarity	3-star - 6-star
Role
Chain Family	Bolting Strike Chaos Wave Awakened
Categories	Attacker Mage Support FFIII
Acquisition	Rare Summon
Time Limited
CG LB	No
Series	FFIII
Gender	Female‎
Race	Reaper
No.	126, 127, 128, 329
TMR	Auto-LimitAuto-Limit Auto-Limit Increase LB gauge (1) per turn

A being of destruction, hailing from another world where tales are passed down of the Crystals and the Warriors of Light. It lives in the hope of returning all the world to nothingness, and is said to appear when the balance between light and dark is upset. When an ancient civilization, far advanced for their time, exhausted the power of the light, the Cloud of Darkness came forth from the great flood of light as it ran amok. It attempted to fulfill its goal of returning the world to nothingness, but the Warriors of Light and the Warriors of Dark, both chosen by the Crystals, defeated it and returned the world to stability.

Statistics

Stats

Rarity	HP	MP	ATK	DEF	MAG	SPR	Attack Hits	Drop Check	Exp. Growth Pattern
3-star	1596 900 + 450	70 150 + 75	71 65 + 32	63 65 + 32	55 65 + 32	48 65 + 32	1	6	4
4-star	2059 900 + 450	90 150 + 75	92 65 + 32	82 65 + 32	71 65 + 32	61 65 + 32	1	8	4
5-star	2574 900 + 450	113 150 + 75	115 65 + 32	102 65 + 32	89 65 + 32	77 65 + 32	1	10	4
6-star	3346 900 + 450	146 150 + 75	149 65 + 32	132 65 + 32	115 65 + 32	100 65 + 32	1	12	6

Resistance

Element Resistance
+50%	+50%	+50%	+50%	+50%	+50%	+50%	+50%
Status Ailment Resistance
+30%	+30%	+30%	+30%	+30%	+30%	+30%	+30%

Equipment

Weapons
Armors
Rarity	Ability Slots	Affinity
3-star	0	Lvl 4, Lvl 4
4-star	0	Lvl 6, Lvl 5
5-star	0	Lvl 8, Lvl 6
6-star	4	Lvl 8, Lvl 7

Innate Abilities

Special

Active
Min rarity	Level	Icon	Name	Effect	Hits	MP
4-star	14		Armor Break	Physical damage (1.2x) to one enemy Decrease DEF (15%) for 3 turns to one enemy	1Attack frames: 40	7
5-star	80		Barrage Awk+2	Physical damage combo (5 times, 20x each, 100x total) to one random enemy	D	16
6-star	38		Aura Ball	Decrease ATK (30%) for 3 turns to all enemies Inflict silence (40%) to all enemies		30
6-star	44		Omni-Veil Awk+2	Increase all elements resistance (30%) for 3 turns to all allies Increase resistance to all status ailments (50%) for 3 turns to all allies		40
6-star	70		Return	Cure poison, blind, sleep, silence, paralyze and confuse to all allies		20
6-star	100		Call of the Void	Dark physical damage (2.1x) with ignore DEF (25%) to one enemy	1Attack frames: 100	45
Passive Sort
Min rarity	Level	Icon	Name	Effect
4-star	37		ATK +20%	Increase ATK (20%)
4-star	60		Man-Eater	Increase physical damage against humans (50%)
6-star	1		Man-Eater+ Awk+2	Increase physical and magic damage against humans (125%)
6-star	24		HP +20%	Increase HP (20%)
6-star	90		ATK +30%	Increase ATK (30%)

Magic

Min rarity	Level	Icon	Name	Effect	Hits	MP
3-star	7		Blind	Inflict blind (100%) to one enemy		5
3-star	19		Protect	Increase DEF (100%) for 4 turns to one ally Mitigate physical damage taken (30%) for 4 turns to one ally		10
3-star	35		Thundara	Lightning magic damage (10x) to all enemies Bolting Strike	9Attack frames: 42,48,54,60,66,72,78,84,90	10
5-star	36		Protectga	Increase DEF (100%) for 4 turns to all allies Mitigate physical damage taken (30%) for 4 turns to all allies		25
5-star	58		Thundaga	Lightning magic damage (20x) to all enemies Chaos Wave Awakened	8Attack frames: 42,62,82,102,122,142,162,182	20

Limit Burst

Rarity	Name	Effect		Hits	Cost
3-star	Wave Cannon	Base Lv 1	Physical damage (2.1x) to all enemies	1Attack frames: 207	10
		Max Lv 10	Physical damage (2.55x) to all enemies
4-star	Particle Beam	Base Lv 1	Physical damage (2.3x) to all enemies	1Attack frames: 207	12
		Max Lv 15	Physical damage (3x) to all enemies
5-star	Perfect Void	Base Lv 1	Physical damage (2.5x) to all enemies	1Attack frames: 207	14
		Max Lv 20	Physical damage (3.45x) to all enemies
6-star	Perfect Void	Base Lv 1	Physical damage (2.7x) to all enemies Inflict blind (40%) to all enemies	1Attack frames: 207	16
		Max Lv 25	Physical damage (3.9x) to all enemies Inflict blind (64%) to all enemies

Awakenable Abilities

Ability Awakening

Name	Effect	Hits	MP	Type	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	Gil
Barrage	Physical damage combo (4 times, 15x each, 60x total) to one random enemy	-	16
Barrage Awk+1	Physical damage combo (5 times, 15x each, 75x total) to one random enemy	-	16	Power	15	8	5	1	-	250,000
Barrage Awk+2	Physical damage combo (5 times, 20x each, 100x total) to one random enemy	-	16	Power	23	12	8	2	-	250,000
Man-Eater+	Increase physical and magic damage against humans (75%)	-	-
Man-Eater+ Awk+1	Increase physical and magic damage against humans (100%)	-	-	Support	15	8	5	1	-	250,000
Man-Eater+ Awk+2	Increase physical and magic damage against humans (125%)	-	-	Support	23	12	8	2	-	250,000
Omni-Veil	Increase all elements resistance (30%) for 3 turns to all allies	-	53
Omni-Veil Awk+1	Increase all elements resistance (30%) for 3 turns to all allies	-	40	Support	15	8	5	1	-	250,000
Omni-Veil Awk+2	Increase all elements resistance (30%) for 3 turns to all allies Increase resistance to all status ailments (50%) for 3 turns to all allies	-	40	Support	23	12	8	2	1	250,000

Awakening Materials

4-star	5-star	6-star
Allure Powder (25) Esper Cryst (15) Book of Ruin (10) Farplane Dew (5) Sacred Crystal (5) 1,500	Book of Ruin (20) Farplane Dew (10) Sacred Crystal (10) Talmonite of Life (5) Holy Crystal (5) 2,500	Calamity Gem (20) Calamity Writ (10) Rainbow Bloom (10) Prismatic Horn (5) Divine Crystal (5) 4,000

Sprites

3-star	4-star	5-star	6-star

Quotes

• Background Story
• Fusion
• Awakening
• Summon
• Trust Mastery

Background Story

3★	A being of destruction, hailing from another world where tales are passed down of the Crystals and the Warriors of Light. It lives in the hope of returning all the world to nothingness, and is said to appear when the balance between light and dark is upset. When an ancient civilization, far advanced for their time, exhausted the power of the light, the Cloud of Darkness came forth from the great flood of light as it ran amok. It attempted to fulfill its goal of returning the world to nothingness, but the Warriors of Light and the Warriors of Dark, both chosen by the Crystals, defeated it and returned the world to stability.
4★	A being of destruction, hailing from another world where tales are passed down of the Crystals and the Warriors of Light. It appeared when an advanced civilization exhausted the power of the light, but then was sealed away by the Warriors of Light and the Warriors of Dark. But when the power-hungry wizard Xande calls on the power of darkness some one thousand years later in pursuit of eternal life and control over all the world, the Cloud of Darkness is woken once more. And in order to finally return both the World of Light and the World of Darkness to nothingness, it strikes down the Warriors of Light who would stand in its way.
5★	A being of destruction, hailing from another world where tales are passed down of the Crystals and the Warriors of Light. It lives in the hope of returning all the world to nothingness, and is said to appear when the balance between light and dark is upset. When the wizard Xande floods the world with darkness, it awakens from its thousand-year-long sleep and strikes down the Warriors of Light who oppose it. But the Warriors of Dark sacrifice themselves to weaken it, giving the Warriors of Light one last chance to take on the Cloud of Darkness and defeat it once more.
6★	A being of destruction, hailing from another world where tales are passed down of the Crystals and the Warriors of Light. Once the balance of light and darkness was disrupted, the Cloud of Darkness emerged to return all the world to nothingness. Having awakened from its thousand-year-long sleep, it is believed to have also appeared when light had consumed the world long before, and again when the darkness brought upon by Master Xande ravaged the same. An emissary of the Void, the Cloud of Darkness cannot be defeated unless both light and darkness are used against it.

Fusion

3★	Our power grows...and all for the better. Now we will show you true destruction!
4★	Hahaha! Your hope...your despair...we will use it all to power your destruction!
5★	The stronger the light, the darker the shadows grow. That is the way of the world.
6★	The stronger I become, the closer this world gets to the Void!

Awakening

3★	<blank>
4★	This great flood of power... We can feel the strength filling us...!
5★	Complete destruction. That is our true power. As you shall soon witness...
6★	I tire of waiting. I shall cover you all in both light and darkness!

Summon

3★	We are the Cloud of Darkness, keeper of the balance between the light and the dark. You intrigue us.
4★	We are neither light nor darkness, but a limitless void. Still, you would peer within?
5★	We are the keeper of balance. You would seek the power of destruction, greedy mortal?
6★	There is none who can stop me. The Void is unstoppable...

Trust Mastery

We will return this world to the Void. That is all we exist for. And yet you would fight beside us?

Notes

Gameplay

• Ally Cloud of Darkness will not take any damage from healing magic and can be revived, despite her Reaper race.
• In arena, using raise-type abilities on an enemy Cloud of Darkness will result in an instant kill.

Trivia

• Main antagonist of Final Fantasy III.
• Like in the game she hails from, the Cloud of Darkness has high resistance to almost all elements and ailments.
• Particle Beam is one of the Cloud of Darkness' Limit Burst names in Dissidia.
• The Totema, Famfrit, from Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and the Esper, Famfrit, in Final Fantasy XII are loosely based on the Cloud of Darkness.
• Of the first ten Final Fantasy games, Cloud of Darkness and Ultimecia are the only females to be main antagonists. This is debatable, as it has been stated that the Cloud of Darkness is genderless. Despite this, some characters refer to it as a her in Dissidia, and in Brave Exvius, it is able to trigger another unit's Chivalry skill, where units have a chance to protect female units from damage, Cloud of Darkness included.
• The Cloud of Darkness refers to itself with the impersonal pronouns "we" and "us" as it does in every game it has appeared in. However, its 6-star dialogue has it use the personal pronouns of "I" and "me."