Commander

Commander
Encountered
Marshland
Entities
Has minions
Yield
EXP 17	Gold 9	Drops Attack Ball 100%

Commander
Encountered
Seles
Entities
Has minions
Yield
EXP 20	Gold 20	Drops Burn Out 100%

Commanders are human officers of Imperial Sandora. Two appear as Bosses. One is in Seles, and the other is in the Marshland. They are separate enemies with unique appearances, stats, and abilities.

Story

Not to be confused with the Great Commander who arrested Shana, a Commander confronts Dart shortly after he arrives in Seles. Upon questioning by Dart, the Commander willfully divulges that Shana has been taken to Hellena Prison. Joined by two Knights of Sandora, the Commander engages Dart in combat and is slain.
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Later on, upon hearing about the Dragon attack against the Seventh Fort, Dart and Lavitz depart Hoax for the Marshland. They arrive to find the forces of Basil engaged in combat against a Sandora unit led by another Commander. Feyrbrand is no longer on scene. The party manages to defeat the Commander and his troops, but not before the Tenth and Thirteenth Knights of Basil are annihilated.

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Combat

Being only the second battle in the game, defeating the Commander in Seles is straightforward. He attacks both physically and magically. If the Knights of Sandora with him are defeated or run away, he will buff himself and deal twice as much physical damage. He also heals himself slightly when his health is low. Consistent Double Slashes from Dart will eliminate him easily.

The Commander in the Marshland is no more troublesome. He is accompanied by two  Fire  -elemental Sandora Soldiers. All three enemy units attack for physical damage. Commander will begin to use Stunning Hammer when weakened, but with a full party of three, defeating him with consistent Additions should be simple.

Stats

Seles
Element
Darkness
HP	AT	DF	A-AV
14	2	40	0
SPD	MAT	MDF	M-AV
40	2	40	0
Counters Additions?
No

Marshland
Element
Darkness
HP	AT	DF	A-AV
128	11	120	0
SPD	MAT	MDF	M-AV
70	9	80	0
Counters Additions?
Yes

*All Bosses are immune to Status Effects.

Abilities

Boss behavior often changes from player input as most of them use "if → then" rules. Conditions are criteria that must be met in order for a Boss to take a particular action. With multiple eligible actions, the Boss selects one at random. Bosses will perform an action in italics immediately, ignoring turn order, as soon as its conditions are met. Actions that ignore turn order, do not reduce a Bosses speed value for the purposes of determining turn order.

Seles
Conditions	Action	Target	Effect	Notes
Has not used Power Up	Sword Slash	Single	Inflicts 1x Physical damage
	Burn Out*	Single	Inflicts 1x  Fire -elemental magic damage
Knights of Sandora defeated	Power Up*	Self	Disables Slash and enables Slash Twice	Used only once per battle
Has used Power Up	Slash Twice	Single	Inflicts 2x Physical damage
HP ≤ 50%	HP recovers	Self	Restores 30% (4) HP

Marshland
Conditions	Action	Target	Effect	Notes
HP > 50%	Sword Slash	Single	Inflicts 1x Physical damage
HP ≤ 50%	Multi Slash	Single	Inflicts 2x Physical damage
	Stunning Hammer*	Single	100% chance to inflict Stun	Target's M-AV reduces chance for status ailment

*As most abilities do not have official names, the community came up with approximate names marked with an ~ in the above table.

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Trivia

1. Despite appearances, the Commander's Power Up ability does not actually do anything to his stats. It implies that his attack stat has risen and his increased damage afterward seems to confirm it, but in reality, Power Up enables a completely separate attack that deals twice as much damage.
2. The Commander's idle stance changes depending on whether or not he has Powered Up.

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