Ricard Highwind is a Cosmos Warrior from Final Fantasy II, who is among Firion's companions. Firion and his party helped Ricard defeat the Roundworm to escape the Leviathan and joined afterwards.
His base outfit is the one shown, from his artwork in II.
His first alternate costume is a more simplistic version of his base outfit, similar to his Dawn of Souls artwork.
His second alternate outfit is his NES sprite, wearing mostly brown and blue, with a helmet similar to his mugshot from the NES game, only colored brown and blue instead of purple and red.
His Manikin, Imitation Survivor, is yellow.
Battle (Ricard)[]
Brave Attacks
Name
Type
Description
Spear Stab
Ground
Stabs the enemy twice.
Thunder
Ground
A blue lightning bolt strikes from above. Grounds an aerial enemy.
Blizzard (Ground)
Ground
A twister of ice shards hits the enemy. Chase
Spear to Sword (Ground)
Ground
Throws the spear to the enemy; later chases the enemy and slashes it down to the ground. Wall Rush
Wing Edge
Ground/ Aerial
Ricard brings a Wing Edge sword and thrusts hinself torpedo-style at the enemy.
Fire
Aerial
Throws three fireballs at the opponent. Stuns an aerial enemy.
Blizzard (Aerial)
Aerial
A hailstorm of ice shards hits the enemy. Chase
Spear to Sword (Aerial)
Aerial
Stabs the enemy downwards with the spear; later slashes the enemy down to the ground with the sword. Wall Rush
HP Attacks
Name
Type
Description
Spear Throw
Ground
Throws a spear towards the enemy. Has a huge knock back when an aerial enemy is hit with this move.
Sword to Spear (Ground)
Ground
Strikes the enemy with the sword three times, the last launching the enemy to the air; later throws the spear upwards.
Cyclone
Ground
Ricard pulls out a Zephyr Flute and generates a large tornado surrounding the user. It pulls enemies downward along with damage.
Summon Wyvern
Ground
Ricard summmons the Wyvern from FFII and it homes in on the enemy and uses Blaze.
Sword to Spear (Aerial)
Aerial
Same with the ground version, except the enemy is thrusted forward instead of upward.
Brave to HP Attacks
Name
Type
Description
Magic Finish
Ground/ Aerial
(Chained from Thunder, Fire, or Blizzard) After the magic attack finishes, Ricard rushes towards the enemy and attacks it multiple times.
EX Mode - Rise of the Dragoon
Name
Type
Description
Regen
EX Ability
Recovers HP over time during EX Mode.
Critical Boost
EX Ability
Doubles Critical Hit rate while in EX Mode.
Haste
EX Ability
Doubles Speed while in EX Mode.
Dual Wield
EX Ability
Ricard equips two weapons to perform his attacks. When using any variation of Sword to Spear or Spear to Sword, Ricard throws his secondary spear at the opponent for slight stun before operating the attack.
Leviathan
Special
Ricard summons the Leviathan to create a stage-wide whirlpool. It instantly Breaks the opponent, but it has a long charge time.
The First and Last Dragoon
EX Burst
Ricard summons the Wyvern and teams up with him to attack. Simultaneously press SQUARE and CIRCLE until two gauges are filled. Both the wyvern and Ricard will unleash powerful blows to the enemy. If failed, both will do weaker attacks.
Equipment[]
Ricard can equip Spears, Swords, Greatswords, Poles, Shields, Gauntlets, Large Shields, Helms, Light Armor, and Heavy Armor.
Exclusive Weapons[]
Name
Level
Stats
Effects
Obtained
War Lance
30
HP-320 ATK+37 DEF-2
Damage +5%
Trade: 61,000 gil, Heavy Lance, Scarletite x1, Survivor's Desire x5
Adam's Lance
90
HP-290 ATK+69 DEF-3
Damage +7%
Trade: 158,000 gil, War Lance, Electrum x1, Survivor's Dream x5
