Final Fantasy 16: All Eikons | Skills & Abilities

In Final Fantasy XVI, Eikons are large mythological beasts whose strength can be wielded by the Dominants. They can also be summoned; when this happens, the players will transform into those very beings to confront the adversaries. The playable protagonist Clive Rosfield is one such Dominant who can equip the skills and abilities of all the Eikons in Final Fantasy 16.

Let’s look at the various Eikons present in the game, along with their skills and abilities.

Skills & Abilities of All Eikons in Final Fantasy 16

Phoenix

Phoenix is the first Eikon that the players can unlock. It is a great beginner-friendly option with powerful yet easy to use skillsets. This Eikon is made from the element of fire and has healing prowess that can be activated through its “Super Ability.” Here is the list of skills and abilities for this Eikon in Final Fantasy 16.

Eikon’s Skills & Abilities

• Phoenix Shift (Core Ability): Upon using this, the player quickly teleports toward enemies. Then, it can be immediately followed up by a physical or magical attack to deal damage. Core Abilities do not require a cooldown time. Moreover, you cannot swap it out for a different ability.
• Rising Flames: It summons a single phoenix wing that deals an upward blow to the enemies. The force from this attack can launch lightweight foes into the air. You can use it to counter and block incoming attacks if you time it right.

• Heatwave: This summons a wall of liquid flame to act as a shield against incoming projectiles. Four shockwave attacks in quick succession rapidly follow it up. These shockwaves will be magnified if it dispels magic.
• Scarlet Cyclone: This time, the player summons both phoenix wings that at first drag enemies in before blasting them away within a certain AoE. You can use this for crowd control when multiple enemies are on the field.

• Flames of Rebirth (Super Ability): This is the ultimate ability to consume the most cooldown time and pack the most powerful punch. The player gets engulfed in flames and takes a form reminiscent of the winged beast. He gets an immense attack buff while also dealing fire damage in all directions. This ability also restores the user’s health.

Ifrit

The protagonist of the game, Clive Rosfield, is the Dominant of the Eikon called Ifrit. It is also known as the second Eikon of Fire. These are the skills and abilities this particular Eikon in Final Fantasy 16 has.

Eikon’s Skills & Abilities

• Ignition: When unleashed, the character dashes forward while wrapped in flames. It is almost identical to Phoenix’s core skill, but the user can move independently, not just toward enemies. You can also use it for evasion.
• Will-o’-the-Wykes: This ability mobilizes several fireballs that circle closely around the player’s body. These balls of fire can both inflict and absorb damage.
• Limit Break: You can activate Limit Break to improve Clive’s stats and battle performance. However, this effect only lasts for a short period of time so make the most out of it when you activate Limit Break!

Ramuh

Ramuh is a lightning-based Eikon whose dominant is Cidolfus Telamon. You will gain its powers by playing through the ‘Cid the Outlaw’ quest. Here are Eikon Ramuh’s skills and abilities in Final Fantasy 16.

Eikon’s Skills & Abilities

• Blind Justice (Core Ability): This ability lets the player lock on to multiple targets before deploying a bombardment of lightning balls upon them. These balls will fixate themselves upon the adversaries and dealing further damage will detonate and blow them off, causing additional damage.
• Thunderstorm: The protagonist levitates in the air and spins his staff to call forth lightning strikes that rain down upon the enemies inflicting damage.
• Lightning Rod: It creates a ball of lightning and upon striking it, the ball transmits and inflicts lightning damage to the surrounding foes.
• Pile Drive: The player pounds his staff into the ground, which causes AoE electric damage within a radius of the attack.
• Judgment Bolt (Super Ability): Ramuh summons a mighty bolt of lightning from heaven that applies an astronomical amount of damage to a single target.

Odin

As you progress through the main story, you will unlock Odin. Its dominant character is Barnabas Tharmr, which consists of dark elemental powers. This Eikon in Final Fantasy 16 has the following skills and abilities.

Eikon’s Skills & Abilities

• Arm of Darkness (Core Ability): Clive’s weapon gets replaced with Odin’s Sword. Dealing damage with it fills up the Zantetsuken meter. Once the gauge is filled, you can unleash the Zantetsuken attack that deals higher damage with a flurry of slashes.
• Gungnir:  This one replaces the current weapon with the spear called Gungnir, with which the player continuously spins and blows damage to the surrounding mobs. This ability fills up the Zantetsuken gauge.

• Heaven’s Cloud: The player surges forward to strike an enemy. This can be repeated if the previous hit successfully lands on an adversary. It fills up the Zantetsuken meter as well.
• Rift Slip: This ability stops the time for a brief moment in which you can get away from your current position. This can be helpful during sticky situations.
• Dancing Steel (Super Ability): This will summon a second blade and launch a plethora of consecutive slices, causing massive harm to the enemies. Each hit dealt will also result in a super fast filling of the Zantetsuken gauge.

Bahamut

Bahamut is the Eikon of light and its Dominant is Dion Lesage. You will unlock its abilities as you play through the main story. Below is a list of its abilities:

Eikon’s Skills & Abilities

• Wings of Light (Core Ability): The core ability shifts the player into a form with green wings where he can evade incoming attacks more efficiently. When the character is in this state, dodging enemy attacks will fill up the Megaflare meter by a bit.
• Impulse: Multiple light spheres can be summoned upon its usage. When they hit adversaries, they cause them to become immobile and take constant damage.
• Flare breath: The character summons a single wing and breathes fire of light through his mouth that damages his foes, essentially turning him into a flamethrower.
• Satellite: The player calls forth two orbs of light that float around him and deal additional damage upon hitting an enemy with magic attacks.
• Gigaflare (Super Ability): The protagonist gains the ability to shoot out a huge ray of light while guiding its focus to a single point for maximum penetration. This ability also seemingly slows down time and lasts for quite a while.

Garuda

Garuda is an Eikon of the wind. The Dominant behind this Eikon is Benedicta Harman; upon defeating her, you can gain its abilities. This list contains all of its abilities.

Eikon’s Skills & Abilities

• Deadly Embrace (Core Ability): On activation, the ability will unsheathe a claw that will latch on to enemies. The smaller foes will hook and bring them close; for the bigger variants, it will propel the character near them while launching him into the air.
• Gouge: It brings out two claws that can be used to tear off targets in quick succession. This can be used mid-air.

• Wicked Wheel: Two claws appear that spin fast around the player, causing him to hover above the ground. This ability can also levitate enemies into the air with the player, where the spinning claws will damage them.
• Rook’s Gambit: It can be used to evade and attack simultaneously. Successful evasion grants a more potent ability to dodge.
• Aerial Blast (Super Ability): Clive summons multiple gigantic claws that rapidly spin around him, creating a tornado. This deals AoE damage to the adversaries that come in contact with it. The spinning claws also inflict immense physical damage during the process.

Titan

Titan is an Earth Elemental Eikon and its dominant is Hugo Kupka. It can be acquired by playing the main storyline. Its abilities are the following.

Eikon’s Skills & Abilities

• Titanic Block (Core Ability): It summons a giant geo arm that can be used to block incoming blows. The arm can initiate a counterattack of three consecutive strikes if timed perfectly.
• Windup: During this ability, players hold down the button to accumulate power and then unleash a powerful punch with the giant hand to the adversaries in front.
• Upheaval: The user jumps into the air and slams the ground with his fist, sending an AoE shockwave damage to knock the enemies out. While in the air, the player can hold down the button to increase the AoE range.
• Raging Fists: The character steps forward and clobbers the foes throwing a quick succession of punches with the giant arm. If the arm manages to block an attack, the damage it deals gets increased.
• Earthen Fury (Super Ability): The main character summons both giant Titan hands and delves them into the ground, which causes a surge of tidal waves from the ground up. This inflicts severe damage upon the enemies and also might stun them.

Shiva

Shiva is an ice elemental Eikon. Its Dominant is Jill Warrick and can be unlocked through the main quest. The abilities are listed below:

Eikon’s Skills & Abilities

• Cold Snap (Core Ability): The character slides through into any desired direction upon its usage. If he attacks enemies during this stage, it can freeze them for a short time.
• Mesmerize: The player shoots shards made of ice toward the enemies. Upon its infliction, it creates a thread with the help of which the player can pull smaller enemies towards himself.

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• Ice Age: Sharp icicles emerge from the ground and move toward the adversaries to damage and knock them back.
• Rime: The protagonist shoots a blast of ice that pushes enemies back while trapping and suspending them in the air through an ice formation. Then, the players can deal damage to the foes that are in a suspended state.
• Diamond Dust (Super Ability): The player summons a big winter storm that freezes enemies for a longer time within a large AoE before inflicting significant ice-based damage on them.

Typhon

You can encounter Typhon in an engaging boss battle. It is a large humanoid enemy that holds importance to the game’s storyline. Its abilities are unknown as it is not playable.

Titan Lost

It is a colossus Eikon that is significantly larger in size than the other Eikons. You encounter this one in a boss battle where you play as Ifrit to take it down.

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