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"The Fiend of Wind, who dominates the heavens from her lofty perch."

—Description

Tiamat (ティアマット Tiamatto) is the Fiend of Wind from the original Final Fantasy. She appears at the top of the Flying Fortress, and has a multi-headed, draconic form.

Story

Four hundred years prior to the modern time of Final Fantasy, she tossed the Lufenian civilization into ruin, with only a village, a single airship, and her personal haunt left standing. With the Wind Crystal under her control, the wind itself has died down. As the first to awaken, she is the most powerful of the Four Fiends, and uses several powerful attacks. Tiamat also appears on the fourth basement of the Chaos Shrine 2000 years in the past, where she is slightly stronger.

Battle

Final Fantasy Boss
Tiamat (First Battle)
#119
Japanese	ティアマット
Romaji	Tiamatto
NES Name	Tiamat
PS Name	Tiamat
GBA Name	Tiamat
PSP Name	Tiamat
NES Stats Statistics HP Attack 1,000 60 Defense Magic Defense 10 N/A Agility Accuracy N/A 27 EXP Gil 5,496 6,000 Elemental Affinities Fire Bolt Ice Dia {{{NES Fire}}} {{{NES Bolt}}} {{{NES Ice}}} {{{NES Dia}}} Location Floating Castle Abilities Thunder, Poison, Gas, Blizzard Resistant to Quake, Fire, Ice, Lit PS Stats Statistics HP Attack {{{PS HP}}} {{{PS Attack}}} Defense Magic Defense {{{PS Defense}}} {{{PS Magic Defense}}} EXP Gil {{{PS Exp Awarded}}} {{{PS Gil Awarded}}} Elemental Affinities Fire Bolt Ice Dia {{{PS Fire}}} {{{PS Bolt}}} {{{PS Ice}}} {{{PS Dia}}} Location {{{PS Location}}} Abilities {{{PS Abilities}}} Resistant to {{{PS Resistance}}} GBA Stats Statistics HP Attack Intelligence 2,400 53 45 Defense Magic Defense 80 200 Agility Accuracy Evasion 36 80 72 EXP Gil 5,496 6,000 Elemental Affinities Fire Lightning Ice Dia Resist Resist Resist Misses Location {{{GBA Location}}} Item Dropped N/A Abilities {{{GBA Abilities}}} Resistant to Quake PSP Stats Statistics HP Attack Intelligence 2,400 53 45 Defense Magic Defense 80 200 Agility Accuracy Evasion 36 80 72 EXP Gil 5,496 6,000 Elemental Affinities Fire Lightning Ice Dia Resist Resist Resist Misses Location {{{GBA Location}}} Item Dropped N/A Abilities {{{GBA Abilities}}} Resistant to Quake

First Battle

Tiamat's location.

Since Tiamat is resistant to all elemental spells, the most effective magic against her are Flare and Break, which she is weak to. She generally uses either a strong physical attack to hit for around 250 damage, or two area attacks. These are:

• Thunderbolt: A Lightning-based attack. Healara will mend this, and it is also a good idea to cast NulShock.
• Poison Gas: Not as strong as Thunderbolt, but may inflict the Poison status. It is probably a better idea for your White Wizard to keep using Healara to cure the physical damage instead of wasting turns using Poisona.
• In the GBA and PSP remakes, if the player uses a Cockatrice Claw on Tiamat, she will die instantly.
• In the NES version, using the spell BANE on Tiamat has an extremely low chance of instantly killing her.

Second Battle

Final Fantasy Boss
Tiamat (Second Battle)
#119
Japanese	ティアマット
Romaji	Tiamatto
NES Name	Tiamat
PS Name	Tiamat
GBA Name	Tiamat
PSP Name	Tiamat
NES Stats {{{NES image}}} Statistics HP Attack {{{NES HP}}} {{{NES Attack}}} Defense Magic Defense {{{NES Defense}}} {{{NES Magic Defense}}} Agility Accuracy {{{NES Agility}}} {{{NES Accuracy}}} EXP Gil {{{NES Exp Awarded}}} {{{NES Gil Awarded}}} Elemental Affinities Fire Bolt Ice Dia {{{NES Fire}}} {{{NES Bolt}}} {{{NES Ice}}} {{{NES Dia}}} Location {{{NES Location}}} Abilities {{{NES Abilities}}} Resistant to {{{NES Resistance}}} PS Stats {{{PS image}}} Statistics HP Attack {{{PS HP}}} {{{PS Attack}}} Defense Magic Defense {{{PS Defense}}} {{{PS Magic Defense}}} EXP Gil {{{PS Exp Awarded}}} {{{PS Gil Awarded}}} Elemental Affinities Fire Bolt Ice Dia {{{PS Fire}}} {{{PS Bolt}}} {{{PS Ice}}} {{{PS Dia}}} Location {{{PS Location}}} Abilities {{{PS Abilities}}} Resistant to {{{PS Resistance}}} GBA Stats {{{GBA image}}} Statistics HP Attack Intelligence 1,000 75 38 Defense Magic Defense 90 200 Agility Accuracy Evasion 45 85 90 EXP Gil 2,000 1 Elemental Affinities Fire Lightning Ice Dia Resist Resist Resist Misses Location Chaos Shrine (past) Item Dropped Rune staff Abilities {{{GBA Abilities}}} Resistant to Quake PSP Stats Statistics HP Attack Intelligence 1,000 75 38 Defense Magic Defense 90 200 Agility Accuracy Evasion 45 85 90 EXP Gil 2,000 1 Elemental Affinities Fire Lightning Ice Dia Resist Resist Resist Misses Location Chaos Shrine (past) Item Dropped Rune staff Abilities {{{GBA Abilities}}} Resistant to Quake

Tiamat must be fought again in the Chaos Shrine of the Past, along with the other Fiends, so she cannot summon Garland to the past time to form the loop that created Chaos. As well as the other Fiends, it has lost its weaknesses and is more powerful, making this a hard fight.

Gallery

In-game sprite.

Tiamat, as drawn by Yoshitaka Amano.

Trivia

• In Dissidia Final Fantasy, her summon file says she is called the "demonic dragon" and one of the rulers of hell.