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Galuf Halm Baldesion

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“ This...isn't anger...isn't hatred... „
~ Galuf Halm Baldesion

Summary

Galuf Halm Baldesion, also known as Galuf Doe, is a playable character in Final Fantasy V. He is the king of Castle of Bal and one of the four Warriors of Dawn.

Galuf's full name is never spoken in the game, but the Final Fantasy 20th Anniversary Ultimania identifies him as Galuf Halm Baldesion. He is named Galuf Doe in the Final Fantasy V Advance manual, because Doe is a placeholder name. This may be because Galuf initially suffers from amnesia and doesn't recall his full name, as well as to conceal spoilers about his identity.

Powers and Stats

Tier: High 6-A | 2-C | At least 2-A

Name: Galuf Halm Baldesion

Origin: Final Fantasy V

Gender: Male

Age: 60

Classification: Human, King of Bal, Dawn Warrior, Light Warrior: Earth

Powers and Abilities:

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Weapon Mastery (Has continually shown to be a master of various styles and jobs. Has mastery of weapons including Swords, Spears, Axes, Scythes, Hammers, Daggers, Short Swords, Throwing Weapons, Rods, Staves, Bows, Whips, Knight Swords, and many more), Regeneration Negation (Mid-Godly) and Immortality Negation (Type 3, 4, 7, and 9; Is capable of killing the Undeads permanently, and the Archaeoaevis, who has the crystal granting it immortality,[1]), Martial Arts, Regeneration (At least Mid-Low, likely higher), Stealth Mastery (The warriors of light have shown the ability to sneak up and eavesdrop on people undetected, as well as sneak past Exdeath's Guards) Accelerated Development (Able to master the many jobs of the Crystals in a short time, even mastering them mid-battle as shown in Dissidia NT), Empowerment (Via the Crystal Shards, which gives him all the abilities of The Crystals), Air Manipulation, Non-Physical Interaction (Can harm Neo Exdeath), Soul Manipulation (Capable of damaging and killing ghosts as well as affecting them with ailments)

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[2] shown to[3] project one's inner[4] mind onto reality[5], and as shown with the creation of the Devil's road[6], remove entire concepts[7] and warp space and time[8] to where the past, present, and future[9] exists as one.[10] Fought through the Interdimensional Rift. The Sealed Cave alone was passively twisting space and time due to being near the rift), Time Stop (Unaffected by the Rift's effects of freezing time in the Phantom Village), Law Manipulation (Resists magic, which can rewrite[2] the natural order of things[6]), Soul Manipulation (The warriors of light could forcibly pull their soul back into their body after coming to their senses during the Siren fight[11], and during the battle she was unable to take their souls, and can withstand Ifrit's Hellfire, which is stated to burn the soul away[12]), Absolute Zero (Survived attacks from Shiva, including Diamond Dust), Gravity Manipulation, Spatial Manipulation, Deconstruction, and BFR (Can withstand the attacks of Atomos, who has power over gravity[13], can manipulate space[5], crush enemies down to a molecular level[13], and can warp them into another dimension[13]), and crushes foes on a molecular level before pulling them into another dimension[13]) Hellfire Manipulation (Can withstand Ifrit's flames, and did so in order to acquire him as a summon), Void Manipulation (Survived being within the void for an extended period of time), Time Stop (Unaffected by the Rift's effects of freezing time in the Phantom Village), Perception Manipulation (Can withstand being in the Void with no ill effects), Corruption (Type 2; Can survive contact with the Void without being corrupted), Existence Erasure (Unaffected by the erasure of the Interdimensional Rift), Reality Warping, Chaos Manipulation, Law Manipulation (Unaffected by Neo Exdeath throwing the laws of reality into chaos), Radiation Manipulation, Matter Manipulation (Can withstand having Flare cast on them), Heat Manipulation (Can withstand the atomic ray cast by Bahamut), Empathic Manipulation (Can resist the effects of Tonberries[13])

Statistics Amplification, Death Manipulation and Blood Manipulation (The Death Sickle instantly kills those it strikes, and can solidify the target's blood[14]), Damage Boost (The Ogre Killer deals extra damage to giants, the Gaia Hammer increases the power of earth magic, and spears double the power of the jump command), Poison Manipulation and Corrosion Inducement (Via the Poison Axe. The poison spells and weapons can corrode the target[14]), Sound Manipulation (Can utilize the Harp for offensive capabilities), Durability Negation (Many weapons ignore physical durability and instead rely on magic resistance), Energy Projection (Rods use magical energy to attack), Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation and Matter Manipulation (Sub-Atomic; Has access to different weapons and items powered by Fire and Ice magic, Both Fire and Ice related abilities are stated to affect the target's electrons[14], being able to even negate durability in the process[14]), Electricity Manipulation and Pain Manipulation (via lightning weapons, which are capable of attacking the nerves[15]), Air Manipulation (With the Wind Spear), Water Manipulation (Can summon waterfalls with the Water Scroll), Earth Manipulation, Vibration Manipulation (With the Gaia Hammer. Can also create earthquakes), Power Nullification (The Mage Masher inflicts silence on enemies, causing them to be unable to cast magic), Instinctive Reaction (The Main Gauche automatically blocks attacks aimed at its wielder), Paralysis Inducement (Whips paralyze foes with their lashes), Age Manipulation (The Ancient Sword turns foes old upon a strike), Empathic Manipulation (The Lamia's Tiara increases one's ability to flirt, and the Harp can drain the victim's willpower[14]), Resistance to Physical and Magical attacks (Armor protects the user from physical attacks and grants magic resistance), Madness Manipulation and Morality Manipulation (Type 2; The Lamia's Tiara grants resistance to confusion), Power Nullification (The Sage's Surplice grants resistance to Silence), Status Effect Inducement (Is able to resist a wide variety of status ailments with the Ribbon), Age Manipulation (Can resist the Old status ailment), Death Manipulation and Blood Manipulation (Can resist the Death spell, which is even stated to solidify the victim's blood[14]), Petrification (Can resist the Petrification status effect), Poison Manipulation and Corrosion Inducement (Can resist the Poison status effect, which is also stated to corrode the target[14]), Darkness Manipulation and Perception Manipulation (Can resist the darkness status ailment via various equipment, which would render the target blind[16]), Power Nullification (Can resist the Silence status ailment), and Berserk Mode (Can resist the Berserk status effect)

Same as before, plus Sleep Manipulation (With the Dream Harp), Blood Manipulation, Absorption (Via the Blood Sword), Soul Manipulation (The Dancing Dagger is infused with the soul of a dancer), Holy Manipulation (Via the Staff of Light), Sleep Manipulation (Via the Sleep Blade), Absorption of Fire and Ice (With the Fire Shield and Ice Shield) as well as general Magic (The Aegis Shield sometimes completely absorbs magic spells), Resistance to Electricity Manipulation (Diamond Equipment halves damage from lightning, which are capable of attacking the nerves[15]), Madness Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Morality Manipulation (Type 2), Transmutation, Size Manipulation, Paralysis Inducement (Via Genji Equipment, which protects the wearer from Confusion, Toad, Mini, and Paralysis), and Petrification (The Aegis Shield protects the user from Petrification)

Magic, Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2), and Space-Time Manipulation (Magic is shown in the novels to remove concepts and warp space and time itself,[6] like the Devil's road, which the concept of time was lost,[7] and time and space were twisted to the point[8] the past, present and future[9] existed as one[10]), Law Manipulation (Magic is stated to rewrite[2] the natural order of things[6]), Subjective Reality (Magic,[2] in its basest form,[3] is projecting one's inner[4] mind onto reality[5], and is powered by intelligence and mental strength[2]), Durability Reduction (Magic ignores durability to physical attacks requiring specific resistances to reduce the damage of), 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 ability), 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 flow of time itself [17], to Nonexistent beings like Exdeath and Cloud of Darkness),

  • White: Same as before, plus Afterimage Creation (Blink creates two duplicates of the target that takes attacks for them), Forcefield Creation (That blocks magical attacks, with Shell), Attack Reflection (Can reflect all magic with reflect, including spells that spawn directly onto the affected), Berserk Mode (Can cast Berserk, which causes foes to wildly attack)
  • Black: Same as before, plus Explosion Manipulation (Via Flare), Absorption of life (Via Drain), Petrification (Can petrify foes with Break), Disease Manipulation, Poison Manipulation (Bio releases a virus that deals poison damage and saps the foe)
  • Blue: Same as before, plus Time Manipulation, Sleep Manipulation, Age Manipulation (Time Slip puts a target to sleep and rapidly ages them. Level 2 Old ages the foe into being elderly and weak), Size Manipulation (Via Lilliputian Lyric), Matter Manipulation (Level 3 Flare casts flare on opponents whose level is divisible by three), Death Manipulation (Condemn kills the foe after 30 seconds)
  • Time: Same as before, plus Teleportation (Capable of teleporting large distances with teleport to escape battle), Summoning of meteors (Via Comet), Time Travel (Can travel back to the beginning of a battle with Return. This is capable of working even on normal monsters, who are Type 2 and 4 Acausals with no past, present, or future, or detached from the concept of time), Age Manipulation, Statistics Reduction (Can age foes greatly with Old, affecting foes equally regardless of their age, as it affects the elderly Galuf with the same intensity as the prepubescent Krile)
  • Summon: Same as before, plus Attack Nullification (Golem protects the party from incoming physical attacks, including those otherwise strong enough to one-shot the party), Petrification (Catoblepas petrifies the target with its gaze), Absorption of Life, Fire Manipulation (Catoblepas can cast Drain and Flamethrower), Attack Reflection (Carbuncle is capable of casting reflect on the entire party, and has passive attack reflection on itself), Death Manipulation, Disease Manipulation, Poison Manipulation, Time Stop, BFR (Can banish the target to the interdimensional rift, 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)), Empathic Manipulation, Madness Manipulation, Morality Manipulation (Carbuncle, as a boss, is capable of casting multiple different spells on itself and reflecting them onto the party, including Death, Bio, Stop, Confuse, Banish, Blizzara, Fira, and Thundara)
  • Song: Same as before, plus Statistics Amplification (Of speed via Swift Song), Necromancy (Can deal heavy damage to undead with Requiem)

    • Instinctive Reaction (Via Cover, Counter, and Shirahadori), Attack Negation (Guard allows the user to negate one physical attack), Enhanced Senses (Via Vigilance and Find Passages), Statistics Amplification (Via Sprint, Focus, Etc.), Healing and Purification (Chakra uses healing energies to restore the user's HP and cure poison and darkness), Information Analysis (Scan analyzes an enemy for their HP, level, weaknesses, and current conditions), Magic (Various types of magic), Summoning (Call summons a random monster with no MP cost), Berserk Mode (Via Berserk), Forcefield Creation (Magic Shell casts Shell when the user's HP is low), Animal Manipulation (Calm allows the user to tame an animal and stop them from attacking, and Animals allows him to call woodland creatures to attack), Sealing (Capture seals enemies into gourds for later use), Body Puppetry (Control takes over an enemy, allowing the user to control their actions), Smoke Manipulation (Smoke throws down a Smoke bomb to escape enemies), Afterimage Creation (Image creates illusions to absorb two direct attacks), Sound Manipulation (Sing allows the user to perform songs with various magical effects), Absorption (Lance attacks the foe with a phantasmal dragon that absorbs their HP and MP to restore the user's own stores), Empathic Manipulation (Flirt charms enemies to make them forget about attacking), Paralysis Inducement (Minenuchi is an attack that inflicts paralysis with the flat of one's blade), Death Manipulation (Iainuki is an attack that inflicts Instant Death), Resurrection (Revive resurrects a fallen ally with no MP cost), Reactive Evolution and Power Mimicry (A Blue Mage can gain powers by being struck by them)

    Same as before

    All previous abilities enhanced, Weapon Mastery and Martial Arts (As a warrior of the cycle, Galuf has experience fighting alongside and against various other characters such as Cloud Strife, Sephiroth, Zidane Tribal, Tidus, Firion, Lightning Farron, and many more, and has not only matched pace with them but mimicked their techniques as well), Light Manipulation and Homing Attack (Via Luminous Shard), Energy Manipulation (Via Ragnarok Blade), Gravity Manipulation and Darkness Manipulation (Via Soul Eater), Immortality (Type 8,reliant on his Crystal which let him return from fading from existence after Cosmos' death) & Regeneration (Low-Godly), Summoning (Can summon various Eidolons from Summonstones and the World of Illusions), Willpower Manipulation (a person's will is power there and enables them to do a multitude of things the stronger their will[18]), Reactive Power Level (the greater someone's will, the greater their power[18]), Law Manipulation (Beings with strong wills can overwrite the laws of the world and bend them to their will[18]), Creation (With a powerful enough will, once can create various things such as phone lines, airships and even entire countries and worlds[18]), Sealing (Can seal off large areas and people with her will, such as Cecil sealing himself in Castle Baron or the cast sealing Kefka inside a Torsion[18]), Dimensional Travel (Characters can open Torsions, rifts in space-time to travel various dimensions[18]), and Immortality (Type 2) (Due to the crystal core of darkness's influence in the hands of Ardyn, warriors will not die no matter how injured they are)

    Resistance to Mind Manipulation, Soul Manipulation (Via Zalera, the Death Serpah, who was going to absorb the souls of every living being on the planet), Corruption & Body Puppetry (Due to their light, Warriors of Materia can dispel attempts to control them), 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[5]), Gravity Manipulation (Unaffected by the gravitational pull of the True Moon, which even the Lunar Whale couldn't escape from[5]), Spatial Manipulation, Deconstruction, and BFR (Can withstand the attacks of Atomos, who manipulates space[5], crush enemies down to a molecular level[13], and can warp them into another dimension[13]), Extreme Cold and Cosmic Radiations (Can fight and survive on the moon), Absolute Zero (Can survive Shiva's ice attacks[19], including Diamond Dust),

    Hellfire Manipulation (Via Ifrit, Phoenix, Rubicante, and Marilith), Ice Manipulation and Absolute Zero and Duplication (Via Shiva who's Ice and aura are stated to reach Absolute Zero including her Diamond Dust, Shiva can duplicate herself[19]), Water Manipulation (via Kraken, Cagnazzo, and Leviathan), Necromancy (Via Lich), Spatial Manipulation, Deconstruction, and BFR (via Atomos, who manipulates space[5], crush enemies down to a molecular level[13], and can warp them into another dimension[13]), Death Manipulation and Space-Time Manipulation (Via Odin, who's Zantetsuken instantly kills an enemy and opens a rift in space time to take their remains[20]), Matter Manipulation and Radiation Manipulation (via Megaflare, which is stated[21] numerous times to be a nuclear power[22]), Attack Reflection (via Carbuncle), Poison Manipulation and Corrosion Inducement (The Poison status effect, which is also stated to corrode the target[14]), Darkness Manipulation and Perception Manipulation (The darkness status ailment via various equipment, which would render the target blind[23]), Power Nullification (The Silence status, which would render the target's ability to use magic null), and Petrification (Via Malboro's Bad Breath), Resurrection (Phoenix can revive fallen party members), Light Manipulation and Holy Manipulation (Via Alexander), Explosion Manipulation and Self-Destruction (Via Bomb), Healing (Via Sylph and Asura), Earth Manipulation (Via Titan), BFR (via Typhon), Soul Manipulation (Via Zalera, the Death Seraph, who was going to abosrb all souls on the planet[24])

    Attack Potency: Multi-Continent level (While only possessing shards from one of the four crystals, can defeat the esper Shiva, who is comparable to Ifrit) | Low Multiverse level (Defeated base Exdeath by himself, and overpowered one of The Crystals) | At least Multiverse level+ (Borrows powers from the gods of the cycle. Contributed to the defeat of the Planesgorgers and Shinryu)

    Speed: Massively Hypersonic (Can dodge lightning magic) | Massively FTL+ (Kept pace with Base Gilgamesh) | Massively FTL+

    Lifting Strength: Superhuman | At least Superhuman | Immeasurable (Is comparable to Bartz Klauser and the other Warriors of Light)

    Striking Strength: Multi-Continent level | Low Multiverse level | At least Multiverse level+

    Durability: Multi-Continent level (While only possessing shards from a few of the crystals, can survive attacks from the likes of Ifrit and Shiva) | Low Multiverse level (Endured torture from one of the crystals and was able to continue fighting despite Exdeath unloading his most powerful magic at him) | At least Multiverse level+ (Borrows powers from the gods of the cycle. Contributed to the defeat of the Planesgorgers and Shinryu)

    Stamina: Very high (Was able to continue fighting despite Exdeath unloading his most powerful magic at him. )

    Range: Extended Melee Range with weapons Multiverse level+ 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 Warp ability)

    Standard Equipment: The shards of the Wind, Water, Fire, and Earth crystals. An immense variety of different weapons and armor | Same as before, with more weaponry and armor

    • Fuma Shuriken: A large shuriken made for ninja, that can be used with the throw command. It inflicts more damage than his melee attacks tend to.
    • Scrolls: Three different types of scrolls that can be used with the throw command. They summon elemental storms that inflict fire, thunder, and water damage respectively.
    • Ribbon: A simple ribbon, that protects the user against all status effects in his game, including Old, Death, Petrification, Toad, Berserk, Silence, Poison, and Blindness.

    Intelligence: High (Has enough experience to efficiently rule a kingdom and lead it to war, has also has a good deal of experience against a wide assortment of foes, expert pun user)

    Weaknesses: Limited MP, and requires consumable items to recover it | Limited MP, though he can recover it easily with a variety of sources

    Note 1: This profile assumes mastery of all jobs and collection of all equipment.

    Note 2: Due to the nature of Geomancy, the location of the fight should be specified when making a Versus Thread.

    Notable Attacks and Techniques:

    Job Skills:

    Knight: Valiant warriors who protect allies low on HP.

    • Cover: Passively takes hits from allies who are low on HP regardless of class, at Galuf's own risk.
    • Guard: Galuf can completely absorb a direct physical attack, nullifying its damage even against enemies strong enough to one-shot him.
    • Two-Handed: Allows Galuf to wield almost any weapon two-handed, sacrificing the use of shields for greater attack power.
    • Equip Shields: Lets Galuf equip shields, regardless of what job class he is.
    • Equip Armor: Lets Galuf wear heavy armor, regardless of what job class he is.
    • Equip Swords: Lets Galuf equip swords, regardless of what job class he is.

    Monk: Masters of hand-to-hand combat who intuitively counterattack.

    • Focus: Galuf focuses his energies to deal out a hit with twice the attack power.
    • Barehanded: Grants Galuf the same strength barehanded that a monk would have, regardless of class.
    • Chakra: Healing energies recover Galuf's HP, clearing his body of poison and blindness.
    • Counter: Automatically counters attacks when hit.
    • HP +30%: Increases Galuf's maximum vitality.

    Thief: Expert bandits who espy secret passages and foil back attacks.

    • Find Passages: Enhances Galuf's senses, allowing him to detect hidden passages.
    • Flee: Instantly escapes from a battle.
    • Sprint: Doubles Galuf's speed, allowing him to run twice as fast.
    • Steal: Steals items and treasure from an enemy, adding them to Galuf's stock.
    • Vigilance: A passive ability that prevents back attacks.
    • Mug: An upgrade to the steal ability, allowing Galuf to attack and steal at the same time.
    • Artful Dodger: Passively gains the same speed and agility as a thief, regardless of class.

    Blue Mage: Mages with the ability to learn monsters' special attacks.

    • Check: Allows Galuf to view an enemy's HP.
    • Learning: A passive ability that lets Galuf learn abilities he is hit with.
    • Blue Magic: Allows Galuf to cast blue magic, spells learned by being hit with enemy abilities.
    • Scan: Scans an enemy, seeing their level, HP, weaknesses, and current condition.

    White Mage: Priests who use white magic to heal and protect allies.

    • White Magic: Allows Galuf to cast white magic, spells that focus on healing abilities.
    • MP + 10%: Passively increases Galuf's maximum magic stores.

    Black Mage: Wizards whose powerful black magic strikes fear into enemies.

    • Black Magic: Allows Galuf to cast black magic, spells that focus on inflicting damage.
    • MP + 30%: Passively increases Galuf's maximum magic stores.

    Mystic Knight: Able to enchant swords, these magical warriors automatically cast Shell when HP is low.

    • Spellblade: The signature ability of the Mystic Knight. This allows Galuf to enchant swords with Black Magic, giving his physical attacks the properties of black magic.
    • Magic Shell: When Galuf is badly wounded, he will automatically be shielded by shell.

    Berserker: Always berserk in battle, these feral warriors sacrifice commands to gain attack strength and power.

    • Berserk: Automatically berserks Galuf, causing him to attack wildly in battle but granting him greater attack power.
    • Equip Axes: Allows Galuf to equip axes, regardless of job.

    Time Mage: Masters of time and space, these mages easily bend all dimension to their will.

    • Time Magic: Allows Galuf to cast time magic, spells that bend Time and Space.
    • Equip Rods: Allows Galuf to equip rods, regardless of job.

    Red Mage: Versatile mages, versed in both black and white magic.

    • Red Magic: Allows Galuf to cast Red Magic, giving him limited access to both white and black spells. However, he can only use half of each type, making this magic's use rather limited.
    • Dualcast: Galuf can cast two spells at the same time with Dualcast, letting him barrage the enemy with twice the magical power, or split damage and healing into the same turn.

    Summoner: Sorcerers with the ability to summon magical beings and harness their power.

    • Summon: Allows Galuf to cast summon magic, spells that summon magical beasts for different attacks.
    • Call: Summons a random summon that Galuf has access to for no MP cost.

    Ninja: Stealthy fighters who excel at surprising enemies and can wield two weapons at once.

    • Smoke: Using a smoke bomb, escapes from battle and disorients enemies.
    • Image: Galuf forms two images of himself to disorient foes, each of which can absorb one attack before dissipating.
    • First Strike: Passively increases Galuf's chances of having the first strike.
    • Throw: Throws a weapon at an enemy. Though Scrolls and Shuriken are made for this, Galuf can theoretically throw any weapon.
    • Dual Wield: Allows Galuf to wield two weapons at once, regardless of class. The only exceptions are bows and harps.

    Beastmaster: Trainers whose open hearts and strong wills allow them to capture and control enemy monsters.

    • Calm: Calms beasts, stopping them from attacking or taking actions. This does not work on human or mechanical opponents.
    • Contol: Takes control of a monster, allowing Galuf to control the entirety of their actions and force them to heal Galuf or attack themselves. Physical attacks can break the control, but magical attacks cannot.
    • Equip Whips: Allows Galuf to equip whips, regardless of class.
    • Catch: Captures a weakened monster, sealing it within a gourd and later releasing it to have it perform an attack.

    Geomancer: Harnessing the power of their surroundings, they easily avoid pits and floors with damaging effects.

    • Gaia: Attacks enemies by channeling the terrain into an attack, which costs no MP to use. However, the effects are based on the current terrain.
      • Forests: Summons weeds, creates storms of leaves, and fires branch spears.
      • Deserts: Summons sandstorms, creates quicksand, and fires burning sand.
      • Beaches and Oceans: Summons tsunamis, waterfalls, and whirlpools.
      • Swampland: Sinks enemies in a bottomless bog and summons poison mist.
      • Plains: Creates earthquakes, summons tornadoes, and manipulates the wind.
      • Caves: Causes stalactites to fall and can summon cave-ins.
      • Inside: Creates sonic booms and summons purple fire that inflicts confusion.
    • Find Pits: Allows Galuf to passively avoid falling pit traps.
    • Light Step: Passively avoids damaging floors.

    Ranger: Nature-loving archers who can call on local wildlife for aid.

    • Animals: Summons wildlife creatures to come to Galuf's aid.
    • Aim: A standard attack with perfect accuracy, never missing unless he is blinded.
    • Equip Bows: Allows Galuf to equip bows, regardless of class.
    • Rapid Fire: One of his most famous job abilities, Galuf attacks four times with his equipped weapon. Each strike is weaker than a normal attack; However, it ignores the durability and evasion of targets.
      • Spellblade Dual-Wield Rapid Fire: One of Galuf's most famous combinations, combining the powers of Ranger, Ninja, and Mystic Knight. By infusing dual swords with Flare, Bartz delivers a devastating series of eight strikes to the opponent that possess not only Flare's matter-manipulating properties but the durability negation of Rapid Fire.

    Bard: Musicians whose dulcet tones soothe savage beasts... or kill them.

    • Hide: Ducks out of sight to avoid attacks.
    • Equip harps: Allows Galuf to equip harps, regardless of class.
    • Sing: Allows Galuf to perform various magic-enhanced songs.

    Dragoon: Dragon knights who specialize in jumping and lance attacks.

    • Jump: Leaps into the air, coming back down and dealing twice the damage of a normal attack. Its power is doubled with a spear equipped.
    • Lance: Summons a phantasmal lance to strike foes, restoring Galuf's HP and MP.
    • Equip Lances: Allows Galuf to equip lances, regardless of class.

    Samurai: Master swordsmen whose keen reflexes allow them to intercept and deflect enemy attacks.

    • Iainuki: Galuf briefly stops attacking or moving to prepare for a single strike that hits all foes and instantly kills them with a single swipe of his blade.
    • Mineuchi: Galuf stuns his foe by slapping them with the flat side of the blade.
    • Shihradori: Galuf has the instinctive ability to catch oncoming physical attacks and stop them with his bare hands.
    • Zeninage: Galuf tosses money to deal heavy damage to all enemies.

    Dancer: Fighters whose smooth moves confuse enemies, leaving blood on the dance floor.

    • Dance: Galuf is able to perform any number of dances to suit the situation, including:
    • Flirt: Galuf flirts with his opponent, making them forget the reason they were fighting him before falling head over heels for him.

    Chemist: Apothecaries who can mix powerful brews, and gain twice the benefit when drinking potions and ethers.

    • Pharmacology: Galuf receives twice the benefit from healing items.
    • Mix: Mixes two items together to create different items that perform different effects. A full list of mixes can be found here.
    • Drink: Drinks special medicines that increase his stats in battle.
    • Recover: Heals all status ailments for all allies with no MP cost.
    • Revive: Revives a KOed ally to keep fighting with no MP cost.

    Magic:

    • Bio: Galuf fills the area with noxious, poisonous gas bubbles that deal damage on contact and rapidly drain his foes of their fighting strength and health.
    • Blizzaga: Galuf causes massive shards of ice to erupt all around the battlefield, dealing heavy ice-elemental damage.
    • Break: Galuf instantly turns his foe to stone.
    • Death: Galuf instantly kills his foe.
    • Drain: Galuf drains the physical health of his foe to restore his own. However, this backfires against the undead, instead reversing the process.
    • Firaga: Galuf creates a series of spontaneous explosions that deal heavy fire-elemental damage.
    • Osmose: Galuf drains his foe's magical energy to restore his own. This spell will backfire and be reversed if used against the undead.
    • Poison: Galuf poisons his foe.
    • Sleep: Galuf puts his foe to sleep, leaving them vulnerable.
    • Thundaga: Galuf calls down a barrage of lightning bolts at his target's location to deal heavy lightning-elemental damage.
    • Toad: Galuf turns his foe into a powerless toad without the ability to cast magic or use special techniques or abilities. Alternatively, he can use the spell on an ally to cure them of similar afflictions.

  • Arise: Galuf revives an ally back to peak fighting strength. When used against the undead, it exorcises them instantly.
  • Berserk: Galuf drives his target into a blind rage, increasing their physical strength but rendering them incapable of thinking properly.
  • Blink: Galuf creates afterimages around himself or an ally as they move, making it far more difficult to hit them.
  • Confuse: Galuf befuddles the mind of his foes, making them incapable of distinguishing between friend and foe, with the victim often turning on their allies or themselves.
  • Curaga: Galuf rapidly heals himself and his allies. If used on the undead, it deals heavy holy-elemental damage instead.
  • Dispel: Galuf dispels any status enhancements his foe might have, such as boosts to strength, speed, and durability.
  • Esuna: Galuf cures himself or an ally of status ailments such as blindness, poison, paralysis, and petrification.
  • Libra: Galuf scans the target for their strengths and weaknesses, learning their overall fighting strength, magical energy, status effects, and any weak points they may have.
  • Mini: Galuf shrinks his foe, making them so small that they can be easily stomped on as they lose a proportionate amount of their physical strength and durability. However, this spell does not affect the power of the victim's spells. This spell can also be used to cure himself or an ally of similar afflictions.
  • Protect: Galuf creates a barrier that reduces the effectiveness of enemy physical attacks.
  • Reflect: Galuf erects a barrier around himself or some other target that bounces oncoming spells back to their owners. However, the spells can only rebound once.
  • Shell: Galuf erects a barrier that reduces the effectiveness of enemy spells, decreasing the amount of damage they deal.
  • Silence: Galuf mutes a single foe, rendering them incapable of using abilities that involve the use of one's voice, such as verbal magic.

  • ????: Galuf instantly deals damage equal to the amount he has already taken to his foe, ignoring attack reflection abilities.
  • 1000 Needles: Galuf flings one thousand Cactuar needles at his foe. Each one deals minuscule damage, but it can cause great harm in numbers and bypasses effects that would otherwise reduce the amount of damage they deal.
  • Aeroga: Galuf attacks his foes with multiple powerful cyclones to deal heavy wind-elemental damage.
  • Aqua Breath: Galuf exhales a stream of bubbles and that deal non-elemental damage but are drastically increased in effectiveness against foes native to the desert.
  • Dark Spark: Galuf "halves" his foes current "level", greatly reducing their overall abilities.
  • Death Claw: A powerful swipe that instantly leaves his foe on the verge of death regardless of their durability and paralyzes them to render them incapable of any action.
  • Doom: Galuf curses a target to instantly die after thirty seconds pass.
  • Flash: Galuf creates a burst of light that blinds all foes who see it.
  • Goblin Punch: Galuf rapidly punches his foe the way a Goblin would, dealing physical damage. This attack's power drastically increases if Galuf and his foe are equal in overall strength and ignores the effects of distance and special effects (such as the minuscule damage dealt by Excalipoor) on its overall power. Thus this attack's damage will remain unchanged no matter how far away Galuf is from his foe when he uses it.
  • Magic Hammer: Galuf creates a hammer above his foe that hits them on the head, halving their magical reserves in the process.
  • Moon Flute: Galuf drives himself and all of his allies berserk.
  • Off-Guard: Galuf halves the defense of his target.
  • Self-Destruct: Galuf self-destructs, killing himself and damaging all foes proportional to his overall health prior to using this spell.
  • Time Slip: Galuf rapidly ages the target and puts them to sleep.
  • Vampire: Galuf drains his foe's health to quickly heal a maximum of a half of his current wounds, dealing a proportionate amount of damage to his foe in the process.
  • White Wind: Galuf heals himself and his allies proportionally to Galuf's health remaining. If he is unharmed and healthy, he can rapidly mend the wounds of others. If he is weakened, he will only be able to heal minor wounds.

  • Comet: Galuf calls down a barrage of comets from the sky to slam into his foes.
  • Float: Galuf allows himself and his allies to levitate off the ground.
  • Graviga: Galuf greatly increases the strength of gravity in a specified area.
  • Hastega: Galuf speeds up his own time relative to his foes, drastically increasing his effective movement and combat speed.
  • Old: Galuf rapidly ages his foe to eventually render them incapable of fighting as their strength, speed, durability, and intelligence all wane.
  • Regen: Galuf manipulates time to allow his body to heal at a faster rate, closing his wounds over time.
  • Return: Galuf returns the state of the battle back to how it was at the beginning, allowing him to effectively redo the fight should he find himself losing.
  • Quick: Galuf freezes time for everyone and everything but himself, allowing him to do as he pleases until it wears off.
  • Slow: Galuf slows down time around his foes, drastically lowering their effective movement and combat speed.
  • Stop: Galuf freezes time around a single foe, preventing them from taking any action until it wears off.
  • Teleport: Galuf teleports himself and his allies to flee battles and quickly exit dungeons and traps.

  • Catoblepas: Galuf summons the demon Catoblepas to paralyze his foes with its Demon Eye.
  • Golem: Galuf summons Golem to erect an Earthen Wall to impede an oncoming an attack.
  • Ifrit: Galuf summons the djinn Ifrit to scorch the battlefield with his signature Hellfire attack.
  • Ramora: Galuf summons Ramora, a large electric fish, to attack and paralyze his foes.
  • Ramuh: Galuf summons the wizard Ramuh to call down his signature Judgment Bolt attack to deal heavy lightning-elemental damage.
  • Shiva: Galuf summons the avatar of ice herself to freeze his foes solid with her Diamond Dust attack, dealing heavy ice-elemental damage.
  • Sylph: Galuf summons Sylph to use her Whisperwind attack, damaging foes and restoring a proportionate amount of health to Galuf and his allies, with the healing effects being divided amongst them.
  • Titan: Galuf summons the enormous Titan to shake the earth with his Gaia's Wrath technique.

  • Alluring Air: Galuf plays an alluring song that turns all of his foes against each other.
  • Mighty March: Galuf plays a marching tune that increases his regeneration rate and that of his allies.
  • Requiem: Galuf plays a mourning song that exorcises the undead.
  • Romeo's Ballad: Galuf sings a love ballad that freezes his opponents in time.
  • Swift Song: Galuf sings a song that increases the speed of all of his allies.

  • Mysidian Rabbit: Summons a Mysidian Rabbit that does nothing.
  • Squirrel: Summons a squirrel to deliver a weak attack.
  • Bee Swarm: Summons a swarm of bees to attack enemies.
  • Nightingale: Summons a nightingale that heals his allies and cures Blindness and Poison.
  • Falcon: Summons a falcon that deals damage to an enemy equal to half of their current HP.
  • Skunk: Summons a skunk that blinds and poisons enemies.
  • Wild Boar: Summons a wild boar to deal heavy damage to a single enemy.
  • Unicorn: Summons a unicorn that completely heals the HP and MP of all allies.

  • Jitterbug Duet: Galuf drains life energy from his opponent with a jittery dance.
  • Mystery Waltz: Galuf drains mana from his opponent with a mysterious waltz.
  • Sword Dance: A mixture of dance and swordplay that deals four times Galuf's normal attack power to his foe.
  • Tempting Tango: A tango that confuses the opponent, causing them to either attack themselves or their allies randomly.

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    Note: This profile is based on Galuf as a Freelancer with all his powers unlocked.

    Notable Matchups

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    References

    1. ↑ Final Fantasy V
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 1, page 29
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 3, page 107
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 2, page 109
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 5, page 198
    7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 5, page 199
    8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 1, page 67
    9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 1, page 73
    10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 3, page 147
    11. ↑ Final Fantasy V
    12. ↑ Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 3, page 160
    13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 Dissidia Final Fantasy
    14. ↑ 14.00 14.01 14.02 14.03 14.04 14.05 14.06 14.07 14.08 14.09 14.10 14.11 14.12 Final Fantasy IV Series Guidebook
    15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 Final Fantasy IV Volume 2 Novel, chapter 7, page 54
    16. ↑ Final Fantasy V GBA Manual
    17. ↑ Final Fantasy I
    18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia
    19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Dissidia Final Fantasy NT
    20. ↑ War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius
    21. ↑ Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 5, page 270
    22. ↑ Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 5, page 271
    23. ↑ Final Fantasy V GBA Manual
    24. ↑ Final Fantasy XII

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