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Summary

Xande (ザンデ, Zande) is the main antagonist of Final Fantasy III. He is a powerful wizard and student of the Great Magus Noah. When his master gives him the gift of mortality, the thought of dying sends Xande over the edge. Before the DS remake, his name was originally fan translated as Zande. Although he is mentioned several times in the course of the game, he appears in person only once, when the Warriors of Light battle him.

Powers and Stats

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

Key: Final Fantasy III | Dissidia

Name: Xande

Origin: Final Fantasy III

Gender: Male

Age: Unknown, though he has existed at least 1000 years of stopped time

Classification: Formerly Immortal Human Wizard

Powers and Abilities:

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Duplication (Has clones of himself to fight for him), Extrasensory Perception (Mages have shown to naturally possess this[1]), Magic, Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2), and Space-Time Manipulation (Magic is shown in the novels to remove concepts and warp space and time itself,[2] like the Devil's road, which the concept of time was lost,[3] and time and space were twisted to the point[4] the past, present and future[5] existed as one[6]), Law Manipulation (Magic is stated to rewrite[7] the natural order of things[2]), Subjective Reality (Magic,[7] in its basest form,[8] is projecting one's inner[9] mind onto reality[1], and is powered by intelligence and mental strength[7]), 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 [10], to Nonexistent beings like Exdeath and Cloud of Darkness), Elemental Manipulation (Of the Fire, Ice, and Lightning variety), Matter Manipulation (Macro-Quantum; Is capable of using the Fire and Ice spells, which are capable of affecting the[11] target's electrons[11]), Flight, Forcefield Creation and Statistics Amplification (Can cast Protect), Explosion Manipulation (via Flare), Earth Manipulation (via Quake), Telekinesis (Can summon meteors from outer space), Pain Manipulation (Is able to utilize different levels of Lightning spells, which is capable of attacking the nerves[12]), Gravity Manipulation (via Gravity magic, the Haste and Slow spells are stated to control gravity[11]), Time Manipulation (Can cast Haste and has caused time to stop on a global scale, which is heavily suggested to be of his own power), Immortality (Type 1, via Time Stop)

Resistance to Subjective Reality, Magic, Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2), and Space-Time Manipulation (Characters are capable of surviving and resisting magical abilities, Which is[7] shown to[8] project one's inner[9] mind onto reality[1], and as shown with the creation of the Devil's road[2], remove entire concepts[3] and warp space and time[4] to where the past, present, and future[5] exists as one[6]), Law Manipulation (Resists magic, which can rewrite[7] the natural order of things[2]), Ice Manipulation, Fire Manipulation and Matter Manipulation (Macro-Quantum; Is capable of resisting the Fire and Ice spell, which is capable of affecting the[11] target's electrons[11]) Electricity Manipulation and Pain Manipulation (Is able to resist the Lightning spells, which is capable of attacking the nerves[13]), Death Manipulation and Blood Manipulation (Can resist the Death spell, which is even stated to solidify the victim's blood[11]), Power Nullification (Can resist the Silence status effect), Sleep Manipulation, Paralysis Inducement, Darkness Manipulation and Perception Manipulation (Can resist the darkness status ailment via various equipment, which would render the target blind[14]), Poison Manipulation and Corrosion Inducement (Can resist the Poison status effect, which is also stated to corrode the target[11]), Petrification, Madness Manipulation (Type 2) and Morality Manipulation (Can resist the Confuse status ailment, which can drive the target to attack anyone, even their allies), Size Manipulation (Can resist the Mini spell), Transmutation (Can resist the Toad spell), Soul Manipulation (Can withstand Ifrit's Hellfire, which is stated to burn the soul away[15]), Earth Manipulation (Can resist earth based attacks), Air Manipulation (Can resist air based attacks), Light Manipulation (Can resist light based attacks), Absolute Zero (Can survive Shiva's ice, including Diamond Dust), Duplication Negation (Is unfazed by the effects of the Dark Blades, which are shown and stated to negate duplication), Water Manipulation (Is resistant to water based attacks), Absorption (Can resist Osmose and Drain), Curse Manipulation, Void Manipulation, Biological Manipulation, Time Stop, Mind Manipulation, Statistics Reduction, and Corruption (Type 2) (Has viable control over the darkness to resist it's effects)

Hellfire Manipulation (Via Ifrit, Phoenix, Rubicante, and Marilith), Intangibility (Ifrit can become smoke or flame[20]), 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[18]), Water Manipulation (via Kraken, Cagnazzo, and Leviathan), Necromancy (Via Lich), Spatial Manipulation, Deconstruction, and BFR (via Atomos, who manipulates space[1], crush enemies down to a molecular level[17], and can warp them into another dimension[17]), 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[11]), 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]), Memory Manipulation & Dream Manipulation (Diabolos can enter dreams and alter memory[19])

Attack Potency: At least Multi-Continent level (Can keep up with the warriors of light) | Multiverse level+ (Is comparable to the other Warriors of Spiritus and draws power from the gods of the cycle. Can damage Materia's Warriors such as Onion Knight)

Speed: Massively Hypersonic (Can react to lightning based attacks) | Massively FTL+ (Can keep up with the other Warriors of Spiritus)

Lifting Strength: At least Class M (Far superior to Goldor who lugged a large gold chain comparable in size to the airship Enterprise across the easternmost continent) | Immeasurable (Superior to Neo Exdeath and Enuo)

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

Durability: At least Multi-Continent level (Doga mentioned that, for the Warriors of Light to have a chance of defeating Xande, they would need to collect the weapons sealed in the Forbidden Land Eureka) | Multiverse level+

Stamina: High

Range: Extended Melee Range; Multiversal+ 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)

Standard Equipment: None notable

Intelligence: Gifted (Is one of Noah's top apprentices, an ancient wizard revered by many across the world)

Weaknesses: Has an extreme fear of death

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

  • Firaga: Xande casts a fire spell to deal massive amounts of damage to his targets.
  • Blizzaga: Xande casts an ice spell to deal massive amounts of damage to his targets.
  • Thundaga: Xande casts a lightning spell to deal massive amounts of damage to his targets.
  • Quake: Xande casts an earth spell to deal massive amounts of damage to his targets.
  • Flare: Xande casts a spell that causes a massive explosion to the target by creating light and heat to create a fusion reaction.
  • Protect: Xande casts a barrier to protect himself from physical damamge.
  • Haste: Xande casts a spell that makes him much faster than before.
  • Meteor: Xande sends massive meteors at his target to deal heavy damage to them

Others

Notable Victories:

Notable Losses:

Inconclusive Matches:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 5, page 198
  3. 3.0 3.1 Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 5, page 199
  4. 4.0 4.1 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 1, page 67
  5. 5.0 5.1 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 1, page 73
  6. 6.0 6.1 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 3, page 147
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 1, page 29
  8. 8.0 8.1 Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 3, page 107
  9. 9.0 9.1 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 2, page 109
  10. Final Fantasy I
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 Final Fantasy IV Series Guidebook
  12. Final Fantasy IV Volume 2 Novel, chapter 7, page 54
  13. Final Fantasy IV Volume 2 Novel, chapter 7, page 54
  14. Final Fantasy V GBA Manual
  15. Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 3, page 160
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Dissidia Final Fantasy
  18. 18.0 18.1 Dissidia Final Fantasy NT
  19. 19.0 19.1 World Of Final Fantasy
  20. 20.0 20.1 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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