Vincent Valentine

Articles About Vincent Valentine
Main Continuity	Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
Alternate Continuity	Dissidia

“	Vincent Valentine reporting for duty, ma'am. I've been assigned your protection.	„
	~ Vincent Valentine to Lucrecia Crescent

“	But I never blamed her. All I wanted was to see her smiling face. But after that day, the light left her heart.	„
	~ Vincent Valentine

“	If she is happy then... I don't mind.	„
	~ Vincent Valentine

“	This body is... the punishment that's been given to me. I was unable... to stop Professor Gast and Hojo... And Lucrecia... I was unable to stop them... All that I was able to do was watch... That is my punishment.	„
	~ Vincent Valentine

“	I was... wrong. The one that should have slept was... you, Hojo!	„
	~ Vincent Valentine

“	There was no way to cancel the experiment. I couldn't stop her. That was my sin. I let the one I loved, the one I respected most, face the worst.	„
	~ Vincent Valentine

“	The passage of time has no meaning to me. I don't care how long it's been.	„
	~ Vincent Valentine

“	Where can I buy a phone?	„
	~ Vincent Valentine

“	I used to be nothing but a stone in the river of time. But three years ago, it was you and the others who taught me I had to move ahead.	„
	~ Vincent Valentine to Reeve Tuesti

“	When a person has someone they care about that much, giving their life is sometimes the least they can do. And maybe that's what makes us human.	„
	~ Vincent Valentine to Shelke Rui

“	Who dares to disturb my slumber?	„
	~ Vincent Valentine

Background

Vincent Valentine is a main protagonist of the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, starring as a playable character in Final Fantasy VII and the lead of Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII. Once a young Turk working for the Shinra Power Electric Company, Vincent's station as the bodyguard for Professor Lucrecia Crescent would start a long journey of suffering for him. After suffering horrible experimentation, Vincent had become the host of Chaos, leading to him becoming a key member in the Jenova War and Deepground Conflict.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Vincent’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Vincent was the son of doctor Grimoire Valentine, born in 1950 likely within Midgar. With his family so closely related to Midgar and the Shinra Power Electric Company, as Grimoire was a Shinra professor, Vincent too found himself working under Shinra. He became a Turk, a group of secretive agents charged with bodyguard jobs, detective work, and covering up Shinra's dark deeds. As a Turk, Vincent excelled, being excellent in combat and always carrying an air of professionalism. One fateful day, Vincent was sent to Shinra Manor within the small backwater town of Nibelheim. There, Shinra scientists such as Professor Hojo were carrying out their experiments, as they had yet to move their base of operations to the Shinra Tower. Vincent was set to become the personal bodyguard of Professor Lucrecia Crescent who, unbeknownst to him, once served under his father Grimoire and was incidentally responsible for Grimoire's death. During their time together, Vincent and Lucrecia quickly fell in love with each other, and would go on picnics outside of the town. But Lucrecia was suffering in silence, feeling overwhelming guilt for Grimoire's death, until one day she let everything come to a boil and revealed it all to Vincent. He did not blame her for his father's death, even after hearing everything, but the guilt she felt was too much, and she couldn't bear to be around Grimoire's son anymore. In an act of misguided defiance and trying to run away from her problems, Lucrecia got with Professor Hojo. Hojo and Lucrecia were to bear a child, which pained Vincent greatly, though he he claimed not to mind so long as Lucrecia was happy. He could not stay silent, however, after learning that the two planned on experimenting on their own child, as a part of the Jenova Project. Vincent confronted the two to try and convince them otherwise, but they pushed him aside. Trying one final time to stop the experiments, Vincent confronted Professor Hojo alone. Enraged by the young Turk's constant belligerence, Hojo took a handgun and fatally shot Vincent. Vincent slowly bled out and died, which Hojo only saw as a new opportunity for experimentation. Hojo took Vincent's corpse, and preformed horrible experiments on him; infusing him with the DNA of several horrid creatures. None of these experiments seemed to work, however, and Vincent's body continued to rot. As a result, Hojo discarded the Turk's body, though it was regrettably discovered by Lucrecia. She took the body herself, and sought to resurrect him to make up for all the grief she caused. Lucrecia was placed into a tank of Mako energy and his body experimented on, though Lucrecia didn't simply wish to resurrect him. Her thesis paper, on the old concept of Chaos and Omega, could finally be completed with one final procedure; infusing Vincent with chaos energy. She did so, which, to her horror, transformed him into a disgusting chaotic being——Chaos. Suddenly, with Vincent becoming Chaos, a small orb of Mako energy known as the Protomateria appeared, which, when placed within Vincent, allowed for him to subdue the Chaos form. Still, Lucrecia was mentally broken; the Jenova cells within her didn't allow her her to die, and she was constantly filled with horrific visions of her son, Sephiroth. Out of shame, she fled Shinra Manor and went to an unknown cave to live for the rest of eternity. Vincent awoke in Shinra Manor, now resurrected and a being of Chaos and monstrous DNA. He was horrified by his new form and felt immense grief over being able to stop Lucrecia from experimenting on her son, and so he let out a pained scream. Vincent hated himself, and thought his inability to save the one he loved was an unforgivable sin. As such, he went to the basement of Shinra Manor and climbed into a coffin, where he was to be "punished for his sins" with torturous nightmares, until the end of the world. However, Vincent's exile would not last forever. A few decades of nightmares later, Vincent was awoken by Cloud Strife and his party. They asked Vincent about his past, and asked for him to join them, though Vincent declined. That was, until Cloud mentioned the current state of the world, and how Sephiroth was calling down Meteor. Feeling responsible for Sephiroth's corrupted birth, Vincent joined the party. At last, he was able to face Professor Hojo and Sephiroth, correcting his sins. After an arduous journey and loads of difficult battles, Professor Hojo and Sephiroth were both seemingly killed. Vincent finally felt redeemed enough to venture out, and find Lucrecia within her cave. The two apologized to each other, with her sealed within a large crystal of Mako energy where she would remain. Vincent became a wandering nomad, often seen appearing back to the side of Cloud's party whenever the world was in danger. That was, until three years following the thwarting of Meteorfall. Secret SOLDIERs residing underneath Midgar, known as Deepground, escaped their confinement from Mako Reactor 0 and began to attack the entire planet. Their plan was the awakening of Omega Weapon, but in order to do this they needed the Protomateria; residing within Vincent. This put a direct target on his head, and he was being pursued by the dangerous leaders of Deepground, the Tsviets. Vincent was forced to learn more about the experiments preformed on him by Lucrecia, and thus why he was so connected to the entity of Chaos. Through these revelations, Vincent fused the power of Chaos fully into himself, and defeated each of the Tsviets. At least, he was faced with their leader; Weiss the Immaculate, who actually revealed himself to currently be a mere host body for the once-thought-dead Professor Hojo. After a hard-fought battle against Weiss and Hojo, Vincent came out victorious, finally truly getting his vengeance on the wicked scientist. Omega Weapon's defeat soon came after, saving the entire planet from possible destruction. With his long battle over, Vincent returned to Lucrecia's Cave, at peace.

General Information

Name: Vincent Valentine

Origin: Final Fantasy VII

Sex: Male

Age: 34 years old (Pre-Experimentation), 52 years old (Before Crisis), 57 years old (Final Fantasy VII), 59 years old (Advent Children), 60 years old (Dirge of Cerberus), remains physically 34 years old post-experimentation

Classification: Keeper of the Protomateria, Vessel of Chaos, Shapeshifter

Species: Human, pseudo-Vampire

Occupation: Turk (formerly)

Status: Alive Pre-Experimentation, briefly Deceased (Vincent was shot and killed by Professor Hojo), Undead Post-Experimentation (Lucrecia Crescent's experiments brought Vincent back from the dead after his corpse had already begun rotting)

Alignment: Neutral Good initially (Vincent is a good-hearted Turk who follows orders but, above all else, does what he believes is right. Although he listens to the commands of his superiors diligently, Vincent will speak-out when he needs to. When Hojo and Lucrecia announced the experimentation they would perform on their child, Vincent pleaded with them to stop and do what was right. Though, when they both turned him aside, Vincent respected their choice and simply sought to do whatever made Lucrecia happy), Chaotic Good Post-Experimentation (After suffering through horrific experimentation at the hands of both Hojo and Lucrecia, and being unable to stop Lucrecia from infusing her child with Jenova Cells, Vincent has exiled himself into a coffin within the basement of Shinra Manor. He's become a ball of self-loathing, believing himself unworthy of forgiveness, nor can he forgive those who hurt him. However, despite this self-hatred and the seeming unwillingness he has to help others, Vincent's good nature is still within him. He will begrudgingly help those in need and even convinced himself to join Cloud's party, so that he may try to redeem himself for his sins. Even when he asks people to leave him out of conflict, like he did during Deepground's attack, he still finds himself helping out wherever he can regardless)

Codex Statistics

Key: Pre-Experimentation | Final Fantasy VII (Early Game) | Final Fantasy VII (Late Game) | Advent Children | Dirge of Cerberus

Tier: At least 9-A | At least 9-A | High 3-A | At least High 3-A | At least High 3-A

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: At least Room level (Comparable to standard Summons which are fought as regular training programs in the Shinra Combat Simulator, such as Bahamut, whose Megaflare is this powerful) | At least Room level | Multi Supercluster level (Can fight Sephiroth, who can create a dimension containing starry skies and multiple galaxies. He is also consistently stated to be the strongest character in the series, placing him above Bahamut Fury, who can also create a dimension with a starry sky, and Knights of the Round, which can destroy its own dimension containing a galaxy cluster) | At least Multi Supercluster level (Stronger than before. Can fight off Kadaj, Loz, and Yazoo, who are stated to be just as strong as Sephiroth during the original game) | At least Multi Supercluster level (Is far stronger than before, as he drew forth the power of Chaos while maintaining his human form)

Durability: At least Room level | At least Room level | Multi Supercluster level | At least Multi Supercluster level | At least Multi Supercluster level

Striking Strength: At least Room Class | At least Room Class | Multi Supercluster Class | At least Multi Supercluster Class | At least Multi Supercluster Class

Lifting Strength: Athletic Human | Athletic Human | Athletic Human | Athletic Human | Athletic Human, at least Superhuman as Chaos (Chaos could lift and throw a gigantic cannon straight through Azul the Cerluean)

Travel Speed: Athletic Human (Should be just as fast as his older self) | Athletic Human (Comparable to Cloud Strife, who can run at similar speeds to a Chocobo; Chocobo are said in the Dissidia Final Fantasy Museum to run at 20 mph) | Athletic Human | Athletic Human | Athletic Human, Superhuman as Chaos (Moved so fast that he appeared to be a blur)

Combat Speed: At least Massively Hypersonic+ | At least Massively Hypersonic+ | Faster Than Light | At least Faster Than Light | At least Faster Than Light

Reaction Speed: At least Massively Hypersonic+ (Should be just as fast as his older self) | At least Massively Hypersonic+ (Can dodge the lasers from Shinra security system) | Faster Than Light (Could keep up with and defeat Sephiroth; Sephiroth knew Super Nova at the time of their fight, meaning he could react to the comet of his Super Nova) | At least Faster Than Light (Should be faster than before) | At least Faster Than Light

Stamina: Superhuman (Even before his experiments, as a Turk, Vincent has grown used to missions requiring days of covert ops and difficult battles. Following the experimentation, Vincent's life is extended well beyond a regular human's, and thus he also has higher stamina. Participated in the long mission against Sephiroth with the rest of Cloud Strife's party, fighting incredibly powerful monsters and only requiring rest to restore health and magic. He only desires sleep as a form of retribution for his sins, and not for actual rest)

Range: Standard Melee, Kilometers with guns, Far Higher with Materia

Intelligence: Genius (As a Turk, Vincent has been expertly trained for all sorts of combative situations and is well-versed in battle strategy. He's seen as one of, if not the wisest member of the group, having lived for an extremely long time. He's always providing helpful tips and keeps himself well-informed about the enemy at-hand)

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Powers and Techniques

Spirit Energy Physiology, which grants: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Blessed (Everyone born into the world is blessed with Spirit Energy), Sheer Will (Willpower alone can be enough to fight off Mako poisoning, and the will of Jenova. Those with a strong enough will can retain their sense of self after dying and returning to the Lifestream), Memory Manipulation, Energy Manipulation, Rage Power, & Aura (Limit Breaks are born of memories, are comprised of Spirit Energy, and are unleashed when the user's anger is pushed to the limit. They give off an aura when used), Non-Standard Interaction (Characters can interact with the souls of the Gi Tribe), Regeneration Negation (Biological; Can completely kill pieces of Jenova, preventing them from regenerating. Jenova can regenerate itself fully so long as its cells remain, as Cloud Strife participates in Jenova's Reunion despite only containing her cells. Despite this, pieces of Jenova defeated by the heroes were unable to enact the Reunion), Accelerated Development (When Sephiroth fought the party far earlier than he was supposed to, the main characters could still contend with him, even after Sephiroth absorbed the Whispers and became stronger than he had ever been)

Human Achievements (Vincent was an accomplished Turk), Weapon Mastery (Vincent proficiently wields guns), Acrobatics (Can perform graceful backflips and rolls), Martial Arts (Can attack with melee combos), Telekinesis (Could telekinetically move his coffin's lid), Shapeshifting (Will shapeshift using his Limit Breaks), Rage Power (Will get stronger through rage), Regeneration (Low-Mid; Completely regenerated a gaping hole in his chest)

All Spirit Energy Physiology and Vincent abilities, Large Size (Type 0), Berserk Mode & Martial Arts (Galian Beast wildly uses melee attacks with Berserk Dance), Fire Manipulation (Can throw fireballs), Explosion Manipulation (Beast Flare creates a slew of explosions)

All Spirit Energy Physiology and Vincent abilities, Martial Arts (Gigadunk attacks with a massive flying punch), Electricity Manipulation (Will discharge massive volts of electricity with Livewire)

All Spirit Energy Physiology and Vincent abilities, Weapon Usage (Wields a chainsaw and attacks with it using Splattercombo), Status Effect Inducement (Nightmare puts a target to sleep, as well as inflicting poison, confuse, silence, frog, and small)

All Spirit Energy Physiology and Vincent abilities, Chaos Manipulation (Chaos is the harbinger of anarchy), Flight (Can naturally fly using his wings), Aura (Chaos gives off a dark red aura), Energy Projection (Uses lasers to attack with Chaos Saber. Can unleash a massive beam of energy), Weapon Creation (Created a gun in his hand), Death Manipulation (Satan Slam can inflict instant death)

Spirit Energy Physiology, which grants resistance to:

Mind Manipulation & Soul Manipulation (Those with high willpower can resist succumbing to Jenova's will, which passively takes over one's mind and eats away at the soul, and can prevent their mind from shattering), Poison Manipulation (High willpower can prevent the toxicosis that comes with the exposure to Jenova Cells), Power Mimicry & Power Absorption (Limit Breaks cannot be copied by others. Only Zack Fair can copy Limit Breaks, though he is noted to be the only exception to this), Corruption (Types 1 & 2; Several main characters have been exposed to high amounts of Mako energy, and never became Makonoid monsters), Biological Deconstruction & Soul Manipulation (Main characters have fallen into the Lifestream and returned unscathed, without being forcefully diffused or dissolved into it, or having their spirit be eroded and dissipated), Heat Manipulation & Radiation Manipulation (Can withstand Super Nova without any negative effects of heat or radiation), Limited Disease Manipulation (Those with a will to live are unaffected by Geostigma, which infects those with a weak will)

Resistance to:

Darkness Manipulation & Absorption (Darkness has no control over Vincent, and he cannot be absorbed into it, as Chaos within him was born from darkness)

Forcefield Creation (Creates a barrier with different effects), Damage Reduction (Barrier reduces the damage of physical attacks. MBarrier reduces the damage of magic. Wall does both at once), Attack Reflection (Reflect has magic spells be reflected back on the opponent)

Earth Manipulation & Fire Manipulation (Comet and Comet2 launch a flaming rock at the opponent)

Possible Ice Manipulation (Has a chance of attacking with ice using Freeze), possible Earth Manipulation (Has a chance of attacking with earth using Break), possible Air Manipulation (Has a chance of attacking with wind using Tornado), possible Fire Manipulation (Has a chance of attacking with fire using Flare)

Forcefield Negation (Removes Barriers and MBarriers)

Earth Manipulation (Casts Quake)

Fire Manipulation (Casts Fire)

Gravity Manipulation (Casts Demi)

Poison Negation (Poisona negates poison effects), Status Effect Negation (Esuna negates all status effects)

Ice Manipulation (Casts Ice)

Electricity Manipulation (Casts Bolt)

Status Effect Inducement (Confu has a 60% chance of confusing an enemy. Berserk has an 80% chance of inflicting berserk on an enemy)

Poison Manipulation (Casts Bio)

Healing (Restores health with Cure, Cure2, and Cure3), Regeneration (Low; Grants Regen, which slowly restores HP)

Resurrection (Life and Life2 revive an ally)

Sleep Manipulation (Sleepel puts an enemy to sleep), Magic Negation (Silence prevents an opponent from casting magic spells)

Resistance to Physical Attacks & Elemental Magic (Shield provides immunity to physical attacks and elemental magic spells)

Statistics Amplification (Casts Haste, which increases the speed of one's ATB gauge, thereby allowing for them to attack faster), Statistics Reduction (Casts Slow, which decreases the speed of a foe's ATB gauge, thereby making them attack slower), Time Stop (Stop completely freezes a target in time)

Size Manipulation & Statistics Reduction (Mini turns a target tiny in size, and reduces their damage output to 1), Transmutation (Toad transforms the opponent into a toad)

Magic & Attack Reflection Negation (Ultima is a powerful magic spell that ignores all reflection)

Berserk Mode (Paired with Mystify Materia it inflicts Berserk), Resistance to Petrification & Time Stop (Paired with Contain Materia, grants resistance to Petrify and Stop), Resistance to Death Manipulation (Paired with Destruct and Odin Materia, grants resistance to Instant Death), Resistance to Magic Negation & Sleep Manipulation (Paired with Seal Materia, grants resistance to Silence and Sleep), Resistance to Size Manipulation & Transmutation (Paired with Transform Materia, grants resistance to Small and Frog)

Enhanced Magic (All allows for magical spells to be multi-targeted to all allies or enemies)

Resistance to Elemental Manipulation (Elemental Materia grants resistance to elemental magic when paired with a Magic Materia of that element)

Healing (HP Absorb restores health when the Magic Materia it is paired with is used)

Healing (MP Absorb restores magic power when the Magic Materia it is paired with is used)

Damage Boost (MP Turbo increases the damage of the Magic Materia it is paired with)

Damage Boost (Grants access to D.Blow, which attacks with a critical hit when it lands)

Power Mimicry (Enemy Skill allows for the user to copy and use the abilities of opponents for themselves)

Body Puppetry (Manipulate takes control of an enemy and allows for the user to control their every move)

Power Mimicry (Mime has the user perfectly replicate the most recently-performed attack of either an ally or enemy)

Transmutation (Morph transforms an enemy into an item)

Information Analysis (Sense allows for the user to see the opponent's HP, MP, level, and weaknesses)

Statistics Reduction (Enemy Away reduces the chances of running into a random enemy encounter)

Statistics Amplification (Enemy Lure increases the chances of running into a random enemy encounter)

Statistics Amplification & Accelerated Development (Experience Plus increases the amount of experience gained after battle)

Statistics Amplification (Gil Plus increases the amount of Gil earned after battles)

Large Size (Type 1), Immortality (Type 1), Flight, Energy Projection (Via Mega Flare), Magical Durability Negation (Mega Flare ignores magical defenses), Attack Reflection Negation (Bahamut's attacks cannot be reflected)

Large Size (Type 1), Immortality (Type 1), Flight, Energy Projection (Via Giga Flare), Magical Durability Negation (Giga Flare ignores magical defenses), Attack Reflection Negation (Neo Bahamut's attacks cannot be reflected)

Large Size (Type 1), Immortality (Type 1), Flight, Energy Projection (Via Tera Flare), Magical Durability Negation (Tera Flare ignores magical defenses), Attack Reflection Negation (Bahamut ZERO's attacks cannot be reflected)

Time Stop (Has a chance to inflict Stop)

Large Size (Type 0), Immortality (Type 1), Levitation, Ice Manipulation (Shiva is an Ice elemental and attacks with ice magic), Attack Reflection Negation (Shiva's attacks cannot be reflected), Resistance to Ice Manipulation & Cold Manipulation

Large Size (Type 0), Immortality (Type 1), Levitation, Fire Manipulation (Ifrit is a Fire elemental and attacks with fire magic), Attack Reflection Negation (Ifrit's attacks cannot be reflected), Resistance to Fire Manipulation & Heat Manipulation

Large Size (Type 0), Immortality (Type 1), Electricity Manipulation (Ramuh is a Lightning elemental and attacks with lightning magic), Attack Reflection Negation (Ramuh's attacks cannot be reflected)

Large Size (Type 0), Immortality (Type 1), Earth Manipulation (Titan is an Earth elemental and attacks with earth magic), Attack Reflection Negation (Titan's attacks cannot be reflected)

Large Size (Type 0), Immortality (Type 1), Vehicular Mastery (Animals; Rides atop a horse), Weapon Usage (wields a lance and a sword), Teleportation (Can appear from nowhere out of a cloud of black smoke), Death Manipulation (Odin inflicts Instant Death)

Large Size (Type 1), Immortality (Type 1), Aquatic Breathing, Flight, Water Manipulation (Leviathan is a Water elemental and attacks with water magic), Attack Reflection Negation (Leviathan's attacks cannot be reflected)

Large Size (Type 0), Immortality (Type 1), Fire Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, & Ice Manipulation (Kujata attacks with Fire, Lightning, and Ice magic), Vibration Manipulation (It's final attacks sends ripples across the earth)

Large Size (Type 1), Immortality (Type 1), Inorganic Physiology, Holy Manipulation (Attacks with Holy-type damage), Damage Boost (Alexander's attacks do more damage to undead enemies)

Large Size (Type 1), Immortality (Type 1), Flight, Fire Manipulation (Phoenix is a Fire elemental and attacks with fire magic), Resurrection (Pheonix resurrects all party members back to full HP)

Large Size (Type 0), Immortality (Type 1 & 7), Levitation, Inorganic Physiology, Status Effect Inducement (Hades inflicts Sleep, Silence, Poison, Confusion, Small, Frog, Slow, and Paralyzed to all enemies)

Large Size (Type 0), Immortality (Type 1), Air Manipulation (Typhon is a Wind elemental), Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, & Earth Manipulation (Typhon attacks with Fire, Ice, Lightning, and Earth magic), Magical Durability Negation (Disintegration ignores magical defenses), Attack Reflection Negation (Typhon's attacks cannot be reflected)

Large Size (Type 0), Immortality (Type 1), Weapon Usage (Each knight wields a blade), Durability Negation (Ultimate End ignores magical defenses), Attack Reflection Negation (The Knights of the Round's attacks cannot be reflected)

Healing (Potions, Hi-Potions, and X-Potions all restore Cloud’s health. Ethers and Turbo Ethers restore magic power), Resurrection (Phoenix Down fully restores fallen party members when they are defeated), Resistance to Status Effect Inducement (Remedy, Elixir, and Megalixir prevents negative status effects)

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Equipment

• Quicksilver: Vincent's default weapon, which he wielded during his time as a Turk. He then carried onto this weapon during his slumber in Shinra Mansion, and used it once he joined the main party. It has a total of three Materia slots.

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  Quicksilver

• Shotgun: Vincent's second weapon, replacing his initial handgun. It is a standard shotgun, but contains two linked Materia slots, and was purchased in Rocket Town for 3,100 gil.

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  Shotgun

• Shortbarrel: The third weapon Vincent acquired, which comes with two linked Materia slots and one unlinked slot. He bought it in Wutai Village for 6,400 gil.

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  Shortbarrel

• Lariat: A powerful riot gun with two linked and two unliked Materia slots, making it a far more viable version of the Shortbarrel. Vincent purchased it in Icicle Inn for 12,000 gil.

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  Lariat

• Winchester: A powerful long-ranged firearm bought by Vincent in Mideel for 18,000 gil. It contains three linked Materia slots within it.

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  Winchester

• Peacemaker: This elegantly designed gun is beautiful enough to hang in a gallery. It was either obtained in Kalm, or purchased in Junon for 3,300 gil. It has only one linked and one unliked Materia slot, though this weapon also comes with Double AP growth.

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  Peacemaker

• Buntline: A golden, long-ranged gun with two linked Materia slots, and also Double AP growth. Vincent could either have bought it in Junon for 6,800 gil, or it was dug up in Bone Village.

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  Buntline

• Long Barrel R: A long-ranged version of the Shortbarrel, more suited for Vincent's means of combat. It contains four linked Materia slots, and was bought in Costa del Sol for 13,000 gil.

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  Long Barrel R

• Silver Rifle: A short, almost alien-looking gun that uses special, rounded ammunition, and which serves as Vincent's joke weapon. Although it is quite powerful, this gun is very ineffective, as it has no Materia slots whatsoever. Vincent can buy it in Junon for 3,300 gil, or find it within the Temple of the Ancients.

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  Silver Rifle

• Sniper CR: Highly ranked in Vincent's arsenal, this sniper rifle comes equipped with a sniper scope for long-range combat, as well as two linked Materia slots. Vincent can purchase it in Junon for 3,300 gil, or find it within Mt. Nibel.

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  Sniper CR

• Supershot ST: A large and powerful firearm that lives up to its name, the Supershot ST contains three linked Materia slots, but no rate of growth. Vincent found this gun within the Ancient Forest.

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  Supershot ST

• Outsider: A gun with a unique noise-dampening design to conceal the location of the marksman, based on the Colt Python gun. It contains four unlinked Materia slots, as well as two sets of linked Materia slots, and was found by Vincent within the Sunken Gelnika.

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  Outsider

• Death Penalty: Vincent's ultimate weapon, as of the time of Meteorfall. It is a terrifyingly powerful weapon, with the added ability of dealing more damage depending on how many enemies Vincent has slain. It contains eight linked Materia slots, and was found by Vincent within Lucrecia's Cave, after first speaking to Lucrecia and then fighting a series of 10 random encounters.

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  Death Penalty

• Cerberus: Vincent's main weapon, which he wielded in every appearance following the original Final Fantasy VII. It is a powerful handgun able to shot three shots at once, and is ornamented with a chain of a Cerberus dog's head. It is highly customizable, able to be fitted with short, medium, and long barrels for different types of combat, as well as being able to be equipped with Materia. It can not only be wielded as a handgun, but also as a machine gun or sniper rifle, which truly makes it Vincent's most useful weapon.

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  Cerberus

• Summon: Small red orbs of crystalized Mako energy that can be used to call upon legendary, gargantuan beasts from the distant past, to fight alongside him. This includes giant flaming behemoths like Ifrit, to huge dragons like Bahamut.

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  Summon

• Magic: Small green orbs of crystalized Mako energy that can be used to enable the use of magic spells, oftentimes being elemental in nature, such as Fire/Fira/Firaga which attacks with flames.

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  Magic

• Command: Small yellow orbs of crystalized Mako energy that can be used to enable the use of extra commands in battle, such as the ability to throw items or steal items from enemies.

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  Command

• Support: Small blue orbs of crystalized Mako energy that have the primary purpose of being linked to other Materia, in order to enhance their effects.

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  Support

• Independent: Small purple orbs of crystalized Mako energy that increase the stats of the user, or give them auto-abilities such as Cover.

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  Independent

• Potion: Restores a small amount of health.

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  Potion

• Hi-Potion: Restores a large amount of health.

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  Hi-Potion

• X-Potion: Restores all health.

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  X-Potion

• Ether: Restores a small amount of magic power.

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  Ether

• Turbo Ether: Restores all magic power.

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  Turbo Ether

• Elixir: Restores all health and magic power.

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  Elixir

• Megalixir: Restores all health and magic power of the entire party.

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  Megalixir

• Remedy: Cures all abnormal status effects, including Sleep, Poison, Sadness, Fury, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Mini, Slow, Petrify, Berserk, Paralysis, and Darkness.

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  Remedy

• Phoenix Down: Resurrects one party member from death.

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  Phoenix Down

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Notable Techniques

• Galian Beast: Vincent's first Limit Break, transforming him into a gigantic mythical blue beast. This transformation was granted to him due to the numerous experiments preformed on his corpse by Professor Hojo. In this gigantic beastly form, Vincent is capable of powerful uncontrollable melee attacks, seen in his Berserk Dance. He is also capable of conjuring and throwing balls of fire, seen with Beast Flare.

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  Galian Beast

• Death Gigas: Vincent's second Limit Break, transforming him into a gigantic Frankenstein's Monster-esque creature. This transformation was granted to him due to the numerous experiments preformed on his corpse by Professor Hojo. In this monstrous form, Vincent has grown tremendously, and thus can deal devastating melee damage with Gigadunk. He's also been filled with electrical power that conducts through the metallic bolts in his skin, allowing for a large and extremely deadly blast of electrical discharge, in the form of Livewire.

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  Death Gigas

• Hellmasker: Vincent's third Limit Break, transforming him into a masked chainsaw-wielding maniac reminiscent of classic horror villains. This transformation was granted to him due to the numerous experiments preformed on his corpse by Professor Hojo. In this horrific state, Vincent can wield his chainsaw to tear up opponents with Splattercombo, or put his foes into a nightmarish trance that inflicts numerous status ailments with Nightmare.

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  Hellmasker

• Chaos: Vincent's fourth and most powerful Limit Break, transforming him into the soul wrought of terra corrupt, Omega's squire to the lofty heavens, Chaos. This transformation was granted to him due to the numerous experiments preformed on his corpse by Professor Lucrecia Crescent, in her attempt to not only resurrect Vincent but also further her thesis on Chaos and Omega. As the embodiment of chaos itself, Chaos is said to quell impurity and bring about destruction and death. It can utilize energy beams to attack with, such as the beams it unleashes with Chaos Saber. It's ultimate attack, Satam Slam, summons a skull from beneath the earth that consumes the opponent and has the chance to inflict instant death.

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  Chaos

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Weaknesses: Without the Protomateria helping Vincent control Chaos, his mental state becomes extremely unstable.

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