Final Fantasy XIV is teeming with powerful characters, bosses and monsters. But which NPC is actually the strongest? We have the five most powerful NPCs up to and including Endwalker in the power ranking for you.
How was the ranking created? We have set a few rules for our ranking. We only rank NPCs that…
Warning, spoilers! In this ranking, we will cover events from the entire main story as well as some side quests. If you haven’t finished the main story of Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker aka Patch 6.0, be careful here.
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5th place: Zenos viator Galvus
Zenos, the son of the Garlean Emperor Varis zos Galvus, makes his debut in Stormblood. At the beginning he is just a brutal, unjust ruler looking for the next exciting fight. When the Warrior of Light finally defeats him, he sees his life as so fulfilling that he kills himself.
However, his soul manages to cling to the material world: he reclaims his body, which is occupied by an Ascian, and throughout Endwalker tries to encourage the Warrior of Light to a final, epic showdown.
He finally gets it – at the end of the universe, where he first helps in the fight against the Endsinger.
Zenos is already an absolute force in Stormblood: He has perfect command of his three katanas and is always looking for the next powerful opponent – no one can hold a candle to him. In addition, his soul can occupy other bodies, as he proves on his journey back to his own flesh.
In Endwalker, he also shows that he is adept at using the Reaper’s Scythe and offers the Warrior of Light a perfect final exchange of blows, which he only narrowly loses.
Zenos in Stormblood.
4th place: Julyan Manderville
This placement may surprise some people, because Julyan Manderville is not a character who appears in the main story. Unlike her husband: Godbert Manderville, the owner of the Gold Saucer. Julyan plays an important role in the quests surrounding her son Hildibrand.
As a loyal wife, cook and mother, she seems quite harmless at first glance. However, the woman is an incredibly powerful pan-slinger!
Hildibrand and Godbert are extremely strong men with muscles of steel and indestructible bodies. But Julyan Manderville takes it to the next level: when she gets angry, a dark aura envelops her body and her eyes glow red!
In her wisdom, her husband and son usually leave and the Warrior of Light also takes cover. Something the Warrior does not do against any other opponent – not even Zenos. Julyan must be powerful enough.
Unfortunately, we’ve never seen Julyan in real combat. However, she did manage to send her son from the east of Eorzea to Kugane with just one blow from a frying pan. It’s hard to imagine what she’s capable of when she’s really serious.
A well-deserved fourth place. The top 3 are on page two.