Ultimecia (Dissidia 012)

Ultimecia

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Info
Name	Ultimecia (アルティミシア)
Original game	Final Fantasy VIII
Base ATK (LV100)	111 (High)
Base DEF (LV100)	109 (Lowest)
Run Speed	13.5 (Very Slow)
Dash Speed	85 (Slow)
Fall Speed	115 (Slowest)
Fall Speed Ratio After Dodge	42 (Slow)
Fastest BRV	13F (Knight's Lance)
Fastest HP	60F (Apocalypse)
1-Hit HP	Yes (Apocalypse, Shockwave Pulsar)
HP Links	Yes (Combos only)
Command Block	Yes (Knight's Lance charged)
Weapon	Daggers, Rods, Staves, Instruments, Thrown Weapons
Armor	Bangles, Hats, Hairpins, Clothing, Robes, Headbands
Exclusive weapons	Valkyrie, Cardinal, Shooting Star
Unlock
Alignment	Chaos
Voice Actor (JP)	Atsuko Tanaka
Voice Actor (ENG)	Tasia Valenza

Overview

Ultimecia is a defensive air-oriented character, focusing entirely on long to midrange zoning and keepaway. Although most of her moves have slow startup, they are all powerful projectiles that can harass the opponent from almost any spot on the screen. She boasts overall high damage from her projectiles which can quickly add up as stray projectiles hit the opponent or get converted into assist and HPs.

Most powerful she gets in midrange however, where she can set projectiles and pressure the opponents movement around them. And if the opponent gets too close, Knights Lance and Apocalypse make for perfect tools to keep them away. Although she doesn't have natural combos, she can build alot of opportunities to chain together her moves into high damaging sequences. Hitconfirming stray projectile hits, setting Knight's Arrow to combo into, using Knights Axe for chase setups or using Charged Lance to combo into Apocalpyse make the cornerstones of her gameplan.

With all that power in neutral comes an offset however, as Ultimecia's poor defense shows once she falls out of favorable positions. A huge dead angle of her moveset from below, poor movement and a lack of fast moves to reliably abare with make poor defensive decisions extremely exploitable. All that paired with a naturally low DEF stat.

Still despite her lacking defense, her neutral, damage and zoning prowess makes her tough to get in on for most of the cast, and every mistake can go heavily punished by her.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Fantastic Zoning One of the most well equipped Zoners in the game with multiple projectiles to set up and chain together, huge get off me tools to keep the opponent away and stuff approaches and a wide effective range. It's very hard to find spots where Ultimecia can't force you to play her game in some way Charged Knight's Lance deserves an honorable mention. A huge roadblock for most characters to deal with being a High Priority Projectile, capable of staggering HPs and reflecting High Priority Projectiles back as its Highest Priority as it spawns. Charged Lance and how its used can determine everything High Damage Ultimecia has alot of high damage projectiles in her arsenal. Paired with Hells Judgements up to 39 base damage, every major hit can hurt massively Assist Meter generates quickly due to her nature of rotating multiple options in neutral to keep pressuring the opponent Anti-Air Ultimecia deals quickly with opponents right above her. One of the worst spots to be in with her wide array of high reaching projectiles

Defense Ultimecia has terrible post-dodge defensive options once the opponent starts closing in. Her fastest move is a ranged low, has a floaty dodge, low jump height and slow movement. While having fantastic neutral, she is a glasscannon once the opponent finds the right spot A Dead Angle right below her where Ultimecia doesn't have a single move that can hit the opponent Assist Restrictions Ultimecias moves aren't very combo friendly for most assists in the game, Kuja being pretty much the only that provides both consistent hitconfirms from key moves while also having an excellent set up into Hell's Judgement. Not always bad but restricts her assist usage far more than most characters Bravery Boost on Block/Dodge Anti-Zoning builds with these force Ultimecia to make major adjustments in the way she plays neutral to avoid feeding her opponent bravery for free

Bravery Attacks

All of Ultimecia's bravery attacks have a ground and an aerial version. Attack data is shared between both versions.

The bravery attacks can also be charged. The first frame number indicates minimum charge time. The second frame number indicates when the hitbox appears after button release.

		Normal	Charged
	Base Damage	each (3), max x14	each (2), max x25
	Startup Frame	43F	91F
	Damage Type	Magical	Magical
	Priority	Ranged Low	Ranged Mid
	EX Force	each 3	each 3
	Effects	-	-
	Cancels	Dodge	Dodge
	Assist Gain (Hit)
	CP (Mastered)	30 (15)
[Long] Fire crimson sword. Change effect by holding or repeatedly pressing button.	Unlocked at level 1, 4 (air)	Mastered at 90 AP

		Normal	Charged
	Base Damage	each 10 (up to 30)	40
	Startup Frame	33F	53F, 3F (release)
	Damage Type	Magical	Magical
	Priority	Ranged Low	Ranged High
	EX Force	each 18	0
	Effects	Chase	Wall Rush
	Cancels	Dodge	Dodge
	Assist Gain (Hit)
	CP (Mastered)	30 (15)
[Long] Create cerulean axe. Good vs. any height, changes w/hold.	Unlocked at level 1	Mastered at 90 AP

		Normal	Charged
	Base Damage	each (7)	each (1), then each (7)
	Startup Frame	41F	57F > 535F
	Damage Type	Magical	Magical
	Priority	Ranged Low	Special > Ranged Low
	EX Force	0	0
	Effects	-	-
	Cancels	Dodge	Dodge
	Assist Gain (Hit)
	CP (Mastered)	30 (15)
[Ultra-long] Shoot arrow. Change effect by holding or repeatedly pressing button.	Unlocked at level 1	Mastered at 90 AP

		Normal	Charged
	Base Damage	15 (5 x 3)	20
	Startup Frame	13F	33F, 15F (release). 11-19F (Block, after release)
	Damage Type	Magical	Magical
	Priority	Ranged Low	Block Highest, Ranged High
	EX Force	each 18	18
	Effects	Chase	Wall Rush
	Cancels	Dodge, Attack	Dodge
	Assist Gain (Hit)
	CP (Mastered)	30 (15)
[Close] Fire 3 lance projectiles. Change effect by holding button.	Unlocked at level 22, 32 (air)	Mastered at 110 AP

Duration of the charged Knight's Lance is about 5 seconds (306F).

HP Attacks

All of Ultimecia's HP attacks have a ground and an aerial version. Attack data is shared between both versions.

	Base Damage	each (2)
	Startup Frame	183F (LV2) / 363F (LV3), 1F (release)
	Damage Type	Magical
	Priority	Melee Mid (charge), Ranged High (release)
	EX Force	0
	Effects	Wall Rush
	Cancels
	Assist Gain (Hit)
	CP (Mastered)	30 (15)
	Unlocked at level	Mastered at AP

[Long] High-speed energy ball. Boost size with button hold.

Charging the attack is required to inflict damage. Great Attractor will be considered level 2 when button is released after charging for 187-362 frames, and level 3 when released after charging for 363 frames or more.

Level 3 can also be shot much earlier than intended. Release the button during 183F-186F of the charge for a level 3.

If the button is released during the first four frames of a half charged Great Attractor, it will become fully charged.

	Base Damage	-
	Startup Frame	59F, 7F (release)
	Damage Type	-
	Priority	Ranged High
	EX Force	60
	Effects	Absorb
	Cancels
	Assist Gain (Hit)
	CP (Mastered)	30 (15)
	Unlocked at level	Mastered at AP

[Long] Lob azure projectiles. Boost range with button hold.

	Base Damage	-
	Startup Frame	59F, 1F (release)
	Damage Type	-
	Priority	Ranged High
	EX Force	60
	Effects	-
	Cancels
	Assist Gain (Hit)
	CP (Mastered)	30 (15)
	Unlocked at level	Mastered at AP

[Long] Magic array pursues foe. Track foe with button hold. On release, fire giant laser.

	Base Damage	each (3) (min 3 hits, max 13 hits)
	Startup Frame	103F
	Damage Type	Magical
	Priority	Ranged High
	EX Force	60 + 3 x N
	Effects	-
	Cancels
	Assist Gain (Hit)
	CP (Mastered)	30 (15)
	Unlocked at level	Mastered at AP

[Long] Deploy magic array. Press button to steal foe's bravery.

EX Mode: Junction Griever!

Effects:

• Regen
• Critical Boost
• Time Crush

Time Crush

[Activate with R + Square] Opponent's movements are completely frozen for a set time. However, this has a long casting time.

Start-up = 4 seconds (240 frames). Trap time = 5,5 (330 frames) after Ultimecia regains movement. Cooldown = ~34F after button release.

EX Burst: Time Compression

A flurry of attacks ending in one crushing blow. Watch your timing and press circle when the cursor is in the frame.

Damage multiplier (initial)	Damage multiplier (rest)	Type
10	6 x 12, 18 (90) (100 total)	Physical (initial) Magical (the rest)

Builds

Builds here.

Stats
HP	11626
CP	450
BRV	916
ATK	179
DEF	184
LUK	60
Max Booster	x4.6

Special Effect: Judgment of Lufenia

Equipment
Assist	Kuja
Weapon	Shooting Star
Hand	Lufenian Shield (CP Glitch)
Head	Lufenian Helm (CP Glitch)
Body	Lufenian Armor (CP Glitch)
Accessory 1	Hyper Ring
Accessory 2	Earring
Accessory 3	Dismay Shock
Accessory 4	Battle Hammer
Accessory 5	Summon Unused
Accessory 6	Pre-EX Mode
Accessory 7	Pre-EX Revenge
Accessory 8	Aerial
Accessory 9	Opponent Summon Unused
Accessory 10	Glutton
Summon	Rubicante

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Bravery attacks
Ground	Aerial
HP attacks
Ground	Aerial

indicates a "Gear" extra ability or the use of CP / Equipment glitch. The total CP cost will assume the glitch is done.

Equip Master Guardsman extra ability for +1000 HP.

Stats
HP
CP
BRV
ATK
DEF
LUK
Max Booster

Special Effect:

Equipment
Assist
Weapon
Hand
Head
Body
Accessory 1
Accessory 2
Accessory 3
Accessory 4
Accessory 5
Accessory 6
Accessory 7
Accessory 8
Accessory 9
Accessory 10
Summon

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Bravery attacks
Ground	Aerial
HP attacks
Ground	Aerial

indicates a "Gear" extra ability or the use of CP / Equipment glitch. The total CP cost will assume the glitch is done.

Assist

Ultimecia's assist data

Type	Attack	Startup	Position	Spawn	Damage multiplier	Effects
BRV	Knight's Axe	33F	Ground	Opponent	10 x 3 (up to 30)	Chase
BRV	Knight's Axe	53F	Air	Opponent	40	WallRush
HP	Hell's Judgement	103F	Ground	Player	3 x 13 (39)	Chase
HP	Apocalypse	59-240F	Air	Player	-	Chase

Assists

Kuja.

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