Vincent Valentine’s Limit Breaks – Final Fantasy VII
Vincent Valentine’s limit breaks are categorized below, from levels 1 to 4.
Galian Beast
Vincent transforms into a purple beast with horns that attacks with fire-based attacks. Beast Flare—Launches several orbs that explode and cause damage to a group of enemies. Berserk Dance—Performs a combo attack against a single enemy.
Death Gigas
Vincent transforms into a Frankenstein creature with powerful physical attacks and a lightning elemental attack. Gigadunk—Hits a single enemy with a powerful punch. Livewire—Attacks an entire group with an electrical charge.
Hellmasker
Vincent transforms into a chainsaw-bearing maniac who may look very familiar. He can attack with his weapon or he can cause several negative status effects. Splattercombo—Hits a single enemy five times with his chainsaw. Nightmare—One enemy is hit with several status effects including Mini, Frog, Sleep, Mute, and Confusion.
Chaos
Vincent transforms into a huge, winged demon. Unlike his other forms, Chaos uses attacks that aren’t elemental based. Therefore, you won’t find him suddenly healing your opponents. Chaos Saber—Acts like Slash-All, but doesn’t rely on Vincent’s weapon to determine damage. Stan Slam—A large skull is created under the opposition. Enemies not instantly killed are hit by flaming skulls.
Vincent wields handguns in battle. His Limit Breaks cause him to shapeshift as a result of the experiments Professor Hojo performed on him. When he transforms, his stats increase and he gains new powerful attacks, but becomes uncontrollable until the battle ends or until he falls into Death status.
Vincent is a man physically in his late twenties, and stands roughly six feet tall. He has crimson eyes and long black hair. He wears a red bandanna with his fringe emerging over it. Vincent's most distinctive feature is his red cloak, held in place over his shoulders and lower face by several buckles. Underneath his cape Vincent's attire is black leather with several straps and buckles. Vincent wears a holster for his gun strapped to his right thigh, and pointed golden sabatons on his feet. He wears a golden gauntlet on his left arm.
Vincent has kept this look in all his appearances, with subtle variations. Vincent was originally intended to appear in Kingdom Hearts alongside Cloud Strife, but was removed (see below) with aspects of his costume incorporated into Cloud's design, including the tattered red cloak and gauntlet.
In Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Vincent's cloak was meant to have an organic feel and was difficult to animate. The developers decided changing his costume would conflict with his character, so Vincent was the only party member to appear the same as he had in Final Fantasy VII, although there are minor changes, such as a full bodysuit, a tattered cloak and a glove completely covering his previously partially bare right arm. All of the party members sport a pink ribbon on their left arm in remembrance of Aerith Gainsborough. Vincent is the only one who wears the pink ribbon on his right arm due to the gauntlet on his left arm.
In Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-, Vincent's Galian Beast and Chaos forms incorporate his design into them; Galian Beast is wearing a shorter version of Vincent's cloak as a kilt, while Chaos's feet resemble Vincent's boots.
Vincent's primary weapon in both Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII- is the handgun Cerberus, named after the three-headed dog which guarded the Greek underworld for its three barrels (each of which is ornamented with a dog head in place of the iron sights). There is a key chain attached to it that bears a Cerberus-shaped charm. In the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children's prologue, when the Final Fantasy VII cast is shown fighting Sephiroth all wielding their base weapons, Vincent wields the Cerberus, rather than the Quicksilver portrayed in his official Final Fantasy VIIcharacter art, even though Cerberus is not included in Final Fantasy VII.
It's just that you're always so cold. I thought you didn't care what was happening." "Cold? Hmm...... I guess that's just how I am, sorry.
—Cloud and Vincent
Dark and brooding over his past experiences, Vincent conceals many secrets. He speaks in a cryptic manner when he talks about his past, calling his traumas "sins". Despite his cold personality, he is not uncaring; at a point where Cloud admits he thought Vincent does not care about the Planet, Vincent states that is just how he is, and apologizes for the false impression.
Vincent despises Professor Hojo for his immoral actions, and it is the promise of meeting him that stirs Vincent to accompany the party in Final Fantasy VII. Vincent is reluctant to speak, although when he does, he typically has something important to say.
Kazushige Nojima has noted Vincent is naturally a loner, and had he not been a former ally of Cloud and his friends, it is unlikely he would have joined them in the battle with
