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Alexander

Alexander is a useful Guardian Force that provides brute force damage, which comes in the form of Holy damage. Generally speaking, very few enemies have resistance to or can absorb Holy damage.

Attack Name: Holy Judgment
Attack Effect: Holy-based damage attack

Alexander attack cinematic

How to Obtain Alexander

You can draw Alexander from Edea during the last battle at the end of Disc 2 within Galbadia Garden. Check out the Galbadia Garden Walkthrough page for more information.

Drawing Alexander from Edea at the end of Disc 2

Alternatively, if you missed drawing Alexander during that battle, you can Draw from Catoblepas in Ultimecia’s Castle.

Battle against Catoblepas

List of Abilities

Ability AP Effect
Junction Ability IconSpr-J Junctions magic to character’s Spirit stat.
Junction Ability IconElem-Atk-J 160 Junctions magic to character’s Elemental Attack. However, only magic with elemental attributes can be junctioned.
Junction Ability IconElem-Def-Jx2 Character is able to junction 2 types of magic to Elemental Defense. Even if you junction a GF with both Elem-Defx2 and Elem-Def-J, it does not change the number of junctionable magic from 2.
Junction Ability IconElem-Def-Jx4 180 Character is able to junction 4 types of magic to Elemental Defense. Even if you junction a GF with both Elem-Defx4 and Elem-Defx2, it does not change the number of junctionable magic from 4.
Junction Ability IconAbilityx3 Sets 3 Party and/or Character Abilities to a character.
Command Ability IconMagic Enables the use of Magic in battle.
Command Ability IconGF Enables the use of GF in battle.
Command Ability IconDraw Enables the use of Draw in battle.
Command Ability IconItem Enables the use of Item in battle.
Command Ability IconRevive 200 Enables the use of Revive in battle. Revive restores one party member from KO.
Character Ability IconSpr+20% 60 Increase Spirit by 20%. Set each as a separate ability for a cumulative effect (Setting +20% and +40% makes Spirit +60%).
Character Ability IconSpr+40% 120 Increase Spirit by 40%. Set each as a separate ability for a cumulative effect (Setting +20% and +40% makes Spirit +60%).
Character Ability IconMed Data 200 HP recovered by use of recovery items doubles during battle.
GF Ability IconSumMag+10% 40 Increases GF’s attack damage by 10%. Learn multiple abilities for a cumulative effect.
GF Ability IconSumMag+20% 70 Increases GF’s attack damage by 20%. Learn multiple abilities for a cumulative effect.
GF Ability IconSumMag+30% 140 Increases GF’s attack damage by 30%. Learn multiple abilities for a cumulative effect.
GF Ability IconGFHP+10% 40 Increases GF’s HP by 10%. Learn multiple abilities for a cumulative effect.
GF Ability IconGFHP+20% 70 Increases GF’s HP by 20%. Learn multiple abilities for a cumulative effect.
GF Ability IconGFHP+30% 140 Increases GF’s HP by 30%. Learn multiple abilities for a cumulative effect.
GF Ability IconBoost 10 Increases damage during GF’s attack. When you press PlayStation Select Button after GF is summoned, an icon and numbers appear. The number shows the damage value at 75%. Press PlayStation Square Button repeatedly to increase it to 250%. But pressing PlayStation Square Button while “X” is displayed returns the damage value to 75%.
Menu Ability IconHigh Mag-RF 60 Refine high-level Magic from mid-level Magic.
- 5 Firas refine into 1 Firaga
- 5 Thundaras refine into 1 Thundaga
- 5 Blizzaras refine into 1 Blizzaga
- 5 Curas refine into 1 Curaga
- 10 Aeros refine into 1 Tornado
- 10 Doubles refine into 1 Triple
Menu Ability IconMed LV Up 120 Refine high-level medicines from low-level medicines.
- 3 Potions refine into 1 Potion+
- 3 Potions+ refine into 1 Hi-Potion
- 3 Hi-Potions refine into 1 Hi-Potion+
- 3 Hi-Potions+ refine into 1 X-Potion
- 3 X-Potions refine into 1 Mega-Potion
- 50 Phoenix Downs refine into 1 Mega Phoenix

- Ability is already learned when Alexander joins you as a Guardian Force.