| “ | My whole life, all I ever wanted was friends... but no one ever wanted me back. So when I finally found people who did want me, I did everything I could to make them stay. And ever since them I've lived my life in fear: that, one day, they'd find out who I really was, and they wouldn't want me anymore. | „ |
| ~ Prompto's motivations and fears |
Summary
Prompto Argentum is a long-time friend of Noctis Lucis Caelum and one of the main protagonists of Final Fantasy XV. An upbeat young man with a passion for photography, he, Noctis, Gladiolus, and Ignis were out on a road trip when they received word that Insomnia had fallen and that King Regis had been killed. Now entrusted with the role of protecting Noctis as he awakens as the King of Light, Prompto is forced to discover things about himself that he would have preferred to have left buried.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 2-A | 2-A | 2-A
Key: Pre-Timeskip | Post-Timeskip | Dissidia
Name: Prompto Argentum
Origin: Final Fantasy XV
Gender: Male
Age: 20 | 30
Classification: Human, Clone of Verstael Besithia
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Weapon Mastery (Firearms and Machinery), Summoning (Can summon his weapons into his hands), Elemental Manipulation (Of the Fire, Lightning, Ice and Light varieties; with the Flame Gun, Shock Drop, Cocytus and Star Shell respectively), Statistics Amplification (With his weapons as well as Sharp Shock), Statistics Reduction (With Piercer), Gravity Manipulation (With the Gravity Well), Time Stop (With Scintilla), Poison Manipulation (With Calamity and the Bioblaster), Elemental Absorption (With the Valiant), Death Manipulation (With the Death Penalty), Sound Manipulation (With the Noiseblaster), Regeneration (Mid-Low), Healing, with Elemancy, Prompto possesses the likes of Elemental Magic (of the Fire, Ice and Lightning varieties), Healing, Poison Manipulation, Curse Manipulation/Statistics Reduction, Time Stop and Death Manipulation
Resistance towards Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation & Pain Manipulation (Is able to resist the Lightning spells, which are capable of attacking the nerves[1]), Poison Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Time Manipulation, Death Manipulation, Petrification, Transmutation, Absolute Zero (Can survive Shiva's ice attacks, including Diamond Dust), Madness Manipulation (Type 2; Can resist the Confuse status ailment, which can drive the target insane to attack anyone, even their allies), 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]), Law Manipulation (Resists magic, which can rewrite[2] the natural order of things[6]), Power Nullification (Can resist the Silence status, which would render the target's ability to use magic null), and Darkness Manipulation
All previous abilities enhanced, possibly Immortality (Type 8,reliant on her Crystal which let Cosmos Group 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[11]), Reactive Power Level (the greater someone's will, the greater their power[11]), Law Manipulation (Beings with strong wills can overwrite the laws of the world and bend them to their will[11]), Creation (With a powerful enough will, once can create various things such as phone lines, airships and even entire countries and worlds[11]), 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[11]), Dimensional Travel (Characters can open Torsions, rifts in space-time to travel various dimensions[11]), 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[12]), Gravity Manipulation (Unaffected by the gravitational pull of the True Moon, which even the Lunar Whale couldn't escape from[12]), Spatial Manipulation, Deconstruction, and BFR (Can withstand the attacks of Atomos, who manipulates space[12], 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[14], 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[14]), Water Manipulation (via Kraken, Cagnazzo, and Leviathan), Necromancy (Via Lich), Spatial Manipulation, Deconstruction, and BFR (via Atomos, who manipulates space[12], 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[15]), Matter Manipulation and Radiation Manipulation (via Megaflare, which is stated[16] numerous times to be a nuclear power[17]), Attack Reflection (via Carbuncle), Poison Manipulation and Corrosion Inducement (The Poison status effect, which is also stated to corrode the target[18]), Darkness Manipulation and Perception Manipulation (The darkness status ailment via various equipment, which would render the target blind[19]), 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[20])
Attack Potency: Multiverse level+ (While physically weaker than the rest of the party, Prompto is nevertheless comparable to them and is capable of harming Titan, Killed Immortalis, which Verstael considered powerful enough to kill the Astrals, and damaged Aranea Highwind, who could survive attacks from Noctis, Ignis and Gladiolus, albeit only when using Techniques like Trigger Happy.) | Multiverse level+ (Harmed Ifrit along with the rest of the party) | Multiverse level+ (Is comparable to the Warriors of Materia and draws power from the gods of the cycle. Participated in the defeat of Shinryu)
Speed: Massively FTL+ (Can keep up with Noctis in training) | Massively FTL+ (Able to keep up with the other Warriors of Materia)
Lifting Strength: Class T (Comparable to the rest of the party, though slightly weaker) | Immeasurable (Is superior to Neo Exdeath and Enuo)
Striking Strength: Multiverse level+ | Multiverse level+ | Multiverse level+
Durability: Multiverse level+ | Multiverse level+ | Multiverse level+
Stamina: Superhuman (Capable of fighting for several days straight without rest or sustenance)
Range: Extended Melee Range to Several Meters with machinery, Hundreds of Meters with firearms
Standard Equipment: Various Firearms and Machinery
Intelligence: Despite being the weakest and least experienced party member in the game, Prompto is an exceedingly capable marksman, being able to keep up with Noctis, Gladiolus and Ignis despite having only received basic training from veteran Crownsguard members. In addition, Prompto is capable of keeping up with his teammates in training and even the likes of Aranea Highwind; a seasoned Mercenary who quickly rose through the ranks of the Niflheim Empire with her fighting prowess while airborne, as well as the Rogue; a former Queen of Lucis and expert of long-ranged, stealth-based combat, whilst they were soaring through the air and hiding in the shadows (Thus, at their best) respectively, whilst taking pictures mid-fight.
Weaknesses: As mentioned above, Prompto has a very limited amount of actual combat experience bar the crash-course training he received from veteran combatants and his travels with the party; however, this shouldn’t really come up as he’s kept up with people that do have considerable amounts of combat experience. In order for the Valiant to work, Prompto needs to kill the target with it, and in order to perform certain techniques, Prompto’s health needs to be either high or low. Prompto cannot regain Elemancy by himself, as Noctis is the only one with the explicit ability to craft them.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Crackshot: When the enemy is vulnerable, Prompto can fire a devastating Crackshot to finish the enemy off, striking a random pose before shooting the target with an extra-powerful shot.
- Techniques:
- Piercer: Prompto fires a single shot at the enemy, partially bypassing their defense and reducing it overall.
- Recoil: Prompto overloads one of his machines at the enemy, dealing heavy damage.
- Starshell: Prompto fires an orb of light into the sky, illuminating the surrounding area, weakening Daemons and making stealth much more difficult.
- Gravisphere: Prompto creates a pseudo-singularity that pulls enemies towards it while gradually damaging them.
- Trigger-Happy: Prompto pulls out twin pistols and hits the enemy with a barrage of shots.
- Teamwork skills:
- First Shot: Prompto fires a shot that's 1.5 times more powerful than his regular shots.
- Shock Drop: Prompto attacks an airborne enemy with one of his Machinery, shocking the target for 3 seconds. Sharp Shock multiplies the damage done with this technique by x4.
- Scintilla: Prompto counterattacks with one of his Machinery, and freezes the target in time if his own health is low.
- Ballistic: Prompto fires a hail of bullets across a certain area when his own health is high. Damage of each individual bullet is multiplied by 0.4.
- Elemancy: Thanks to Noctis, Prompto can use elemental energies condensed into Magic Flasks in order to attack. Prompto can use the following Elemental Attacks:
- Fire: A grenade infused with the fire element, which creates an explosion of flames. Fira and Firaga are stronger versions of this.
- Blizzard: A grenade infused with the ice element, which causes a frost-filled explosion that freezes oponents. Blizzara and Blizzaga are stronger versions of this.
- Thunder: A grenade infused with the lightning element, which unleashes a burst of electricity. Thundara and Thundaga are stronger versions of this.
- Dualcast: By inserting a grenade with twice the required element, the grenade will cast the same spell twice in a row.
- Tricast: By inserting a grenade with three times the required element, the grenade will cast the same spell three times in a row.
- Quadcast: By inserting a grenade with four times the required element, the grenade will cast the same spell four times in a row.
- Quintcast: By inserting a grenade with five times the required element, the grenade will cast the same spell five times in a row.
- Healcast: A special grenade that both casts either Fire, Blizzard, or Thunder, and fully heals Prompto when it detonates.
- Venomcast: A grenade infused with an element and poison, both casting a certain elemental spell and inflicting any enemy hit by the spell with poison.
- Cursecast: A grenade that both casts an elemental spell and lowers the enemy's strength.
- Freecast: A grenade that casts an elemental spell, and has a chance of not draining Prompto's supply of elemental energy.
- Failcast: A grenade that casts an elemental spell which either does much more damage than it usually would, or fails to cast at all.
- Stopcast: A grenade that casts an elemental spell, and has a chance to freeze the target in time.
- Blastcast: A grenade that casts an elemental spell that deals significant damage to both the target, and Prompto himself.
- Killcast: A grenade that casts an elemental spell with a chance of instantly killing the target.
- Expericast: A grenade that casts an elemental spell and may give Prompto an experience boost.
- Maxicast: A grenade that casts the ultimate elemental spell, dealing much more damage than an ordinary spell would.
Note: Prompto should be able to use Elemancy by himself due to it's nature as a weapon. However, he has only shown to do so once, so it should be noted whether he's allowed to use it in threads by the one who made it.
Others
Notable Victories:
Notable Losses:
Inconclusive Matches
- ↑ Final Fantasy IV Volume 2 Novel, chapter 7, page 54
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 1, page 29
- ↑ Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 3, page 109
- ↑ Final Fantasy IV The After Years Novel, chapter 2, page 109
- ↑ Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 5, page 198
- ↑ Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 5, page 199
- ↑ Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 1, page 67
- ↑ Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 1, page 73
- ↑ Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel chapter 3, page 147
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Dissidia Final Fantasy
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Dissidia Final Fantasy NT
- ↑ War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius
- ↑ Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 5, page 270
- ↑ Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 5, page 271
- ↑ Final Fantasy IV Series Guidebook
- ↑ Final Fantasy V GBA Manual
- ↑ Final Fantasy XII