Character Synopsis[]
Kuja is the initially behind the scenes villain, but later main antagonist of Final Fantasy IX. He wishes to acquire the power of the eidolons to come to rule Gaia. Kuja is a Genome created by the ruler of the dead planet of Terra, Garland, in 1776. Garland's ultimate plan is for Terra to assimilate the planet of Gaia via replacing the Gaian souls with Terran ones. To accelerate the process Garland created Kuja and sent him to Gaia to incite war so Gaian souls would be replaced faster. However, Garland initially deemed Kuja a failure. According to the Final Fantasy IX Ultimania, Kuja was created as he is and never experienced a childhood. Thus he never developed full human emotions and would never be able to enter Trance, the world's ultimate power.
Character Statistics[]
Tiering: 5-B | High 5-A | High 5-A. Low 2-C via chain reactions
Verse: Final Fantasy, specifically Final Fantasy IX
Name: Kuja
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Classification: Genome, Angel of Death
Special Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Magic (Kuja is gifted in many different types of magic, mainly Black Mage), Flight (Has showcased the ability to fly on numerous occasions), Elemental Manipulation (In the variety of Fire & Lightning), Holy Manipulation (Through attacks such as "Holy" which unleashes a holy attack), Soul Manipulation (Absorbed countless souls from The Invisible), Energy Manipulation (Through a variety of attacks, such as Ultima), Barrier Creation (Reflect creates a magical wall that reflects magical attacks), Transformation (Kuja can reach the state of "Trance" through the hostility of his opponents and or being harmed a significant amount), Statistics Amplification (Trance amplifies the power of the user past their normal limits), Healing (Mid-Low via Regeneration scale), Non-Physical Interaction (Can interact with spirits and souls), Life Manipulation (Able to create life from Mist), BFR (Through Teleportation techniques)
Destructive Ability: Planet Level (Could dispel Clerya’s Sandstorm, which was empowered by Alexander. Should be superior the beings such as The Ark) | Dwarf Star Level (Absorbed all the souls from the Invincible, which allowed Kuja to evenly fight with the party, whom of which could fight Garland) | Dwarf Star Level (Immensely superior to Garland and could destroy Terra in a fit a rage). Universe Level+ with chain reactions and prep time (Through destroying the crystal, Kuja intends to return the universe back to "Zero World", which means the state before any life and death)
Speed: Relativistic+ (Above The Ark, who's capable of shooting blasts of energy that move at 234,028,066 meters per second) | Relativistic+, likely FTL (Superior to The Ark and comparable to Garland) | FTL (Capable of fighting against the party, moments before they would fight Necron, who's attacks are this fast)
Lifting Ability: Unknown
Striking Ability: Planet Class (Superior to The Ark and can dispel of attacks empowered by Alexander) | Dwarf Star Class (Comparable to Garland) | Dwarf Star Class (Harmed a weakened Garland with physical strikes)
Durability: Planet Level (An attack from Bahamut wasn't even able to harm Kuja significantly) | Dwarf Star Level (Could endure attacks from Garland) | Dwarf Star Level (Superior to Garland and could fight with the entire party)
Stamina: Extremely high
Range: Standard melee range normally, up to Planetary with his magic and powers
Intelligence: Very High (Kuja is an incredibly skilled magician, casually wielding powerful spells like Flare Star and Holy as well as the ultimate magic, Ultima. Created as the Angel of Death, Kuja has no conscience, and is thus incredibly wicked, ruthless, and calculating, single-handedly instigating a war to wipe out life on Gaia as Garland intended, enslaving the mighty Bahamut with the airship Invincible and using it to wipe out Alexandria, only failing due to the intervention of the country's patron Eidolon, Alexander, which too was destroyed in the end. However, for all his power and brilliance, Kuja is also narcissistic, proud, and childish, having never experienced a childhood to develop his emotional maturity. As a result, he panics when things go wrong and refuses to improve himself since he feels that he has done nothing wrong)
Weaknesses: Arrogant and Narcissistic. Sensitive about his mortality
Versions: Base | Soul Absorption | Trance Kuja
Other Attributes[]
List of Equipment: None Notable
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Trance: Upon experiencing a powerful surge of emotions, Kuja achieved the Trance state at the end of the game, drastically increasing his already great magical prowess, allowing him to lay waste to all of Terra with ease.
- Curaga: Heals the caster's wounds instantly upon usage.
- Flare: Unleashes a powerful non-elemental explosion to deal massive damage.
- Flare Star: A stronger version of Flare.
- Holy: Unleashes a powerful Holy-elemental explosion.
- Reflect: Creates a magical barrier that can block and reflect magic based attacks back at the original caster.
- Teleportation: Used on the party at the end of the game with the last of his power. The power teleported them out of Memoria/The Hill of Despair's dimension and back on to Gaia thousands of kilometers from where Memoria once was.
- Thundaga: Unleashes a powerful bolt of electricity, dealing heavy lightning-elemental damage.
- Ultima: The most powerful expression of offensive magic in the game. Unleashes numerous powerful energy blasts that can cover planetary ranges. Kuja used this attack upon achieving Trance to destroy Terra.
- Final Requiem: His EX Burst in Dissidia, Kuja sends his opponent flying before "conducting" a series of explosions similar to the Flare spell before engulfing his foe in the light of Ultima.
Others[]
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