The Blue Dragon is an enemy from Final Fantasy VII fought in the area with a healing spring in Gaea's Cliff and in the seventh round of the Battle Square after the player acquires the Highwind and Cloud Strife rejoins the party. When fought on the Battle Square, its stats are enhanced with double the normal HP and its Attack and Magic Attack are increased by 25%.
Stats
Formations
| # | Formation |
|---|---|
| 714 | Blue Dragon |
Locations
| Gaea's Cliff | |
|---|---|
| Ice Tunnel | 714 |
| Healing Spring | 714 |
| Battle Square (with Highwind available) | |
| Group A - Battle 7 | 714 |
Battle
Blue Dragon always attacks alone. It uses two strong physical attacks—Dragon Fang and Tail Attack—which it may use twice in one turn. Its Great Gale attack may inflict Darkness. It uses a powerful Ice attacks, and is among the more formidable enemies encountered in Gaea's Cliff. Although it is an Ice enemy, it is not weak to Fire.
It drops the rare armor Dragon Armlet, useful to equip in the boss battle taking place in the area directly after the area where Blue Dragon is encountered.
While the Blue Dragon has access to Dragon Force, an Enemy Skill, which it may use twice to double its physical and magical defense, the player cannot learn the skill from it as Blue Dragon does not cast it on the player party, nor can it be manipulated, confused, or the skill reflected at the party.
Strategy
Equipping Ice-resistant armor and using attacks that inflict Poison are good ways to defeat the Blue Dragon.
AI script
AI: Setup {
- SpclChance = 5
- TempVar:HPDanger = 3
- Count = Rnd(0..4)
} AI: Main {
- If (Count == 0) Then
- {
- If ((Blue Dragon's MP >= 19) AND (Rnd(1..SpclChance) == 1)) Then
- {
- Choose Self
- Use Dragon Force on _target
- 1/2 Chance: Count = 3
- 1/2 Chance: Count = 4
- } Else {
- Choose Random Opponent
- 1/2 Chance:
- {
- Use <Dragon Fang> on _target
- Count = 1
- }
- 1/2 Chance:
- {
- Use Tail Attack on _target
- Count = 2
- }
- }
- } Else If (Count == 1) Then {
- Choose Random Opponent
- Use <Dragon Fang> on _target
- If (Rnd(1..SpclChance) == 1) Then
- {
- Choose Random Opponent
- Use <Dragon Fang> on _target
- }
- Count = 2
- } Else If (Count == 2) Then {
- Choose Random Opponent
- Use Tail Attack on _target
- If (Rnd(1..SpclChance) == 1) Then
- {
- Choose Random Opponent
- Use Tail Attack on _target
- }
- Count = 2
- } Else If (Count == 3) Then {
- If (Blue Dragon's MP >= 20) Then
- {
- Choose Random Opponent with Highest HP
- Use Blue Dragon Breath on _target
- } Else {
- Choose Random Opponent
- Use Tail Attack on _target
- }
- If (Rnd(1..SpclChance) == 1) Then
- {
- Count = 1
- } Else {
- Count = 0
- }
- } Else {
- Choose All Opponents
- Use Great Gale on _target
- Count = Rnd(0..1)
- }
} AI: Counter - General {
- If ((Blue Dragon's HP <= 25% of Blue Dragon's Max HP)
- AND (TempVar:HPDanger == 1)) Then
- {
- SpclChance = 2
- TempVar:HPDanger = TempVar:HPDanger - 1
- Count = 4
- } Else If ((Blue Dragon's HP <= 50% of Blue Dragon's Max HP)
- AND (TempVar:HPDanger == 2)) Then {
- SpclChance = 3
- TempVar:HPDanger = TempVar:HPDanger - 1
- Count = 4
- } Else If ((Blue Dragon's HP <= 75% of Blue Dragon's Max HP)
- AND (TempVar:HPDanger == 3)) Then {
- SpclChance = 4
- TempVar:HPDanger = TempVar:HPDanger - 1
- Count = 3
- } Else {
- SpclChance = 5
- }
}
Other appearances
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius
Etymology
A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, which is featured in the myths of many cultures.
Chromatic dragon is a classification of dragon in the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons who are typically of evil alignment, in contrast to the metallic dragons, and their queen is Tiamat. White, black, green, blue and red dragons are the classic chromatic dragons. Final Fantasy has derived a lot of influence from D&D, especially the early series. Blue dragons are the second-most powerful of the classic chromatic dragons. They excel in aerial combat, discharge lightning, are powerful at spell craft and adept at burrowing in sand.