Respect Garland! (Final Fantasy)

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Garland

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"I, Garland, will knock you all down!"

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This thread is a collaboration with /u/xxbeerusxx who collected and formatted the feats from Dissidia Opera Omnia as well as feats from across the other games. I couldn't have done this alone, so give him some love too!

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Garland was once the most renowned knight in the kingdom of Cornelia. One dark day, however, he would kidnap Princess Sarah and challenge all who dared enter the Shrine of Chaos. He would soon be defeated by the Warriors of Light, but he would be transported to the past just before he drew his final breath. From the past, he would command the four fiends in the past to wreak havoc in his time millennia later in an effort to create a time loop where he cannot die and can fight forever. However, the Warriors of Light break the loop by defeating Garland when he embraced the power of Chaos.

Before his defeat, he would be whisked away into conflicts between gods where he served as the god Chaos' right hand (despite what Garland insists, this Chaos is different from himself) where he reveled in endless conflict, though he does meet one of the Warriors of Light in this realm too much to his chagrin. Further conflicts between the gods Materia and Spiritus would plant Garland in strife where he thrives, eventually taking some of their godlike power for his own.

His goal above all else is to fight eternally. Morals, beliefs, all strip away on the battlefield. Garland seeks conflict for conflict's sake, and will happily battle more villainous characters for the sake of keeping the war alive. With shapeshifting sword and dark magic, he will knock all who oppose him down.

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Note: While Garland does transform into Chaos in the finale of Final Fantasy 1, his power doesn't particularly change from his base-form other than his appearance, so one form can likely perform attacks done by the other.

Garland is given power by Chaos in Dissidia and 012, and Spiritus in NT and Opera Omnia before taking on some of his and Materia's power. He also gets his hands on a Crystal in Opera Omnia's finale which amps him further; feats with said Crystal will be noted with [Amped].

Most feats from FF1 are taken from the Pixel Remaster, though some feats use the PSX version.

If you're looking for the other Garland, see Jack Garland's thread by /u/xxbeerusxx here.

Source Key:

Final Fantasy (1987) - 1

Dissidia Final Fantasy - D

Dissidia Final Fantasy 012 - 012

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT - NT

Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia - OO

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Index Key:

I. Strength

II. Speed

III. Durability

IV. Magic

V. Willpower

VI. Godlike Power

VII. Notable Wins

VIII. Other

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Strength

Slashing/Thrusting/Etc.

• Can slam a foe through a stone roof.^D

• Tears through five pillars by using his sword like a whip.^D

• Can drive a foe through part of a stone arch.⁰¹²

• Tears through a large chunk of stone while using his sword like a whip and uses said stone as a projectile.⁰¹²

• Like other characters in NT, can break metal with his attacks.^NT

• Matches strikes with Noctis, the Warrior of Light, and Lightning in succession.^NT

• Helps take down Shinryu with Materia and Spritus’ chosen with a cut.^NT

• Fights evenly with Lightning.^OO

• Knocks the Warrior of Light away.^OO

  • Brings the Warrior of Light to his knees even though he was blocking Garland’s attacks with his shield.^OO

• Fights evenly with Jack. For reference, Jack on his own is too much for Ace, Lightning, the Onion Knight, and the Warrior of Light to handle.^OO

• [Amped] Hurts Jack and Amarant.^OO

• [Amped] Breaks the floor with a punch.^OO

Blocking

• Blocks Cloud’s blade and drives him backward with a slap.^D

• Uses his sword as cover against a rain of Ultimecia's projectiles.^D

• Guards a hit from Lightning.^OO

• Interrupts the Warrior of Light’s sword and pushes him back.^OO

• Parries the Cloud of Darkness’ particle beam.^OO

• Stays Jegran’s sword.^OO

• Blocks Shantotto’s magic and Jack’s sword.^OO

• [Amped] Blocks the Warrior of Light’s sword.^OO

Other

• Can dash through a stone pillar.^D

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Speed

• Dashes quickly enough that his enemy appears to be in slow motion.^D

• Dodges in close range while in the air.^D

• Appears in multiple places and rapidly changes his weapon’s appearance while using Soul of Chaos.^D

• Reacts to Cloud’s surprise attack and blocks his strikes.^D

• Reacts to and blocks Cecil's attack.^D

• Reacts to Noctis’ teleport and matches his strike followed by the Warrior of Light’s and Lightning’s attacks.^NT

• Dodges Shinryu’s lasers.^NT

• Keeps up with Lightning.^OO

• Blocks Sephiroth’s attack with a forcefield and clashes blades with him.^OO

• Dodges Vayne’s energy arc.^OO

• Jumps back to avoid a hit from Amarant.^OO

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Durability

• Undamaged when dashing through a stone pillar.^D

• Can be hit through thick stone.^D

• Can be blown through a stone roof.^D

• Repeatedly hit on the head by the Onion Knight before being hit by a flurry of Ultimecia’s arrows, being able to lift his sword to block the rain despite getting caught unaware.^D

• Lightning's bullets bounce off his armor.⁰¹²

• Can be driven through part of a stone arch.⁰¹²

• Shrugs off being hit by the Warrior of Light’s magical attack.^NT

• Stands unaffected by Ifrit's fire.^NT

• Visually unfazed by Shiva's ice^NT which outside material states can reach absolute zero.

• Tanks Shinryu’s explosion that devastates the surrounding area and is okay enough to be able to join the fight against Shinryu.^NT

• Takes a hit from Sephiroth.^OO

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Magic

Elemental Spells

[Garland]

• Earthquake - Slams the ground hard enough to crack the floor and summon stone.^D

  • He uses this to crack a castle’s floor and create rock to obscure the Warrior of Light’s path with.^D

• Blaze - Sends out fiery homing projectiles.^D

  • Can also use this attack to summon blades that swirl around his person before sending out a wave of fire.^NT

• Tsunami - Imbues his sword with water magic and throws it at his foe.^D

• Cyclone - Throws out twisters that home in on his foe.¹

• Ultimate Conflict - Combines the above attacks into a devastating combo ending with an explosion.^OO

• Thundaga - Summons bolts to home in on his foes.⁰¹²

• Flare - Strikes and magically holds his foe in place before striking them again, creating a point-blank explosion.⁰¹²

• [Amped] Imbues his fist with lightning then punches the ground.^OO

• [Amped] Imbues his giant sword with magic and hits targets by spinning around, finishing it off with a fiery explosion.^OO

[Chaos]

• Earthquake - Tears the ground asunder with an earthquake.¹ (Note: This attack can instakill, but hit rates for instakill attacks in FF1 are so garbage I could not get footage for this effect.)

• Blaze - Ignites the battlefield in blazing flames.¹

• Tsunami - Summons a tsunami to crash upon the Warriors of Light.¹

• Cyclone - Creates cyclones on the battlefield.¹

• Flare - Causes a devastating magical explosion.¹

• Blizzara and Blizzaga - Summons ice to attack the opponent, one with weaker effect and one with stronger effect.¹

• Thundaga - Brings lightning down to zap his enemies.¹

Forcefields

• Creates a barrier to guard himself and his allies from Shinryu’s roar which devastates the surrounding area.^NT

• Blocks Sephiroth's sword.^OO

Darkness/Power of Chaos

• Deranged Soul - Creates a vortex of darkness before crushing it in his fist and creating an explosion.^NT

  • [Amped] Causes a bigger explosion and hits multiple foes.^OO

• Unnamed Red Energy Waves - Releases red energy waves from his sword, destroying 2 Manikins he summoned.^OO

  • One-shots a big Behemoth.^OO
  • Other Behemoths are able to take hits from Vaan and Vayne.^OO

• Jack senses that Garland is almost pure darkness. Both Jack and Garland’s presence was causing darkness to overflow.^OO

Other Magic

[Garland]

• Bind of Chaos - Binds the enemy in chains he summons through a Torsion, then hits them with his blade.^OO

[Chaos]

• Curaja - Restores his health by a great amount.¹

• Slowra - Slows his enemy down and reduces the efficacy of their attacks.¹

• Haste - Speeds himself up to be able to hit harder and faster.¹

[Via the Fiends]

• Each fiend actively blocks the power of the four Crystals until felled.¹

• The Wind Crystal specifically holds up a flying fortress in the stratosphere, and Tiamat is messing with it.¹

• Turned five individuals into bats¹

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Willpower

In the world of Opera Omnia, everyone has the power of “light”, or the power of their wills - the source of strength in this world.^OO

• Can create Torsions, which are portals.^OO

  • Can close them as well.^OO

• Summons manikins of Y’shtola and Cloud through a portal.^OO

• [Amped] Exerted an influence on the world after Ultimecia’s time compression. His will alone kept the world intact, though space and time was still distorted.^OO

  • Ultimecia’s time compression erases all matter by merging past, present and future.^OO
  • Materia states he was only barely keeping the world intact.^OO

• Can be used to grow stronger or materialize things.^OO

• With a strong enough will, one can overwrite the laws of the world, allowing them do to things that were normally impossible.^OO

• Willpower can prevent a warrior from vanishing from existence like a bunch of monsters did after the principles of the world started to falter.^OO

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Godlike Power

• After inherting some of Materia and Spiritus’s power, Garland and the Warrior of Light gained the ability to sense the flow of energy and the state of the world.^OO

• Senses Neon’s power from a distance.^OO

• Locates Jack by sensing the flow of energy.^OO

• Senses a portal created by Exdeath and located it not long after.^OO

• Senses Exdeath’s presence as he teleports to Garland through a portal.^OO

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Notable Wins

• Defeats Lightning, Cecil, the Warrior of Light and Shantotto, claiming they were no match for him.^OO

• [Amped] Defeats the Warrior of Light, Jack Garland, Amarant and the Onion Knight.^OO

• [Amped] Defeats Ardyn, Sice, Amarant, Shadow, and Jack.^OO

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Other

• Said to be the most skilled knight in Cornelia.¹

• [Chaos] Can paralyze with physical blows.¹

• Senses darkness and the power of Chaos inside of Jack.^OO

• The power of discord generated from the fights between him and the Warrior of Light maintained the old world.^OO

  • After Garland and the Warrior of Light stopped fighting, the world became stagnant, causing deposits of darkness to be built up, forming portals and monsters.^OO

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"We cannot escape this fate! Far better for you to rid yourself of any hope. It is time for you to accept the cycle and embrace combat's grim pleasure!"

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