Final Fantasy/White magic: Difference between revisions

* '''Protect family''': Raises defense and evasion

== Users ==

:''See also: [[#Recommendations|spell recommendations]]''

== Spell listings ==

=== Level 1 ===

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| Restores 16-32 HP || Inflicts 20-80 damage to "undead" type enemies || Raises Defence by 8 points || Raises Evade by 80 points

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=== Level 2 ===

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| Cures Darkness || Prevents enemies from casting spells || Reduces lightning-based damage by 50% || Raises evade by 40 points

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=== Level 3 ===

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| Restores 33-66 HP || Inflicts 40-160 damage to "undead" type enemies || Reduces fire-based damage by 50% || Restores 12-24 HP to entire party

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=== Level 4 ===

The '''Flame armor''' and the '''Flame shield''' automatically reduce ice damage as if they were embedded with NulFrost.

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| NES: PURE<br/>PSX: Esuna || NES: FEAR<br/>PSX: Fear || NES: AICE<br/>PSX: NulIce || NES: AMUT<br/>PSX: Vox

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| 3 || 10 || 8 || 3

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| Cures Poison || Causes enemies to run away from battle || Reduces ice-based damage by 50% || Cures Mute

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=== Level 5 ===

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| NES: CUR3<br/>PSX: Cure3 || NES: LIFE<br/>PSX: Life1 || NES: HRM3<br/>PSX: Dia3|| NES: HEL2<br/>PSX: Heal2

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| 20 || 20 || 25 || 25

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| Restores 66-132 HP || Revives one ally. May not be cast in battle || Inflicts 60-240 damage to "undead" type enemies || Restores 24-48 HP to entire party

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=== Level 6 ===

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| NES: SOFT<br/>PSX: Stona || NES: EXIT<br/>PSX: Warp2 || NES: FOG2<br/>PSX: Shld2 || NES: INV2<br/>PSX: Invs2

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| Cures Stone || Warps party outside of cavern/dungeon || Raises Defence by 12 points || Raises party's Evade by 40 points

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=== Level 7 ===

The '''Protect Ring''' (equipped on hands) automatically protects the wearer from instant-death as if it was embedded with NulDeath.

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| NES: CUR4<br/>PSX: Cure4|| NES: HRM4<br/>PSX: Dia4 || NES: ARUB<br/>PSX: NulMgc || NES: HEL3<br/>PSX: Heal3

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| Fully restores all HP of one ally || Inflicts 80-320 damage to "undead" type enemies || Protects party from auto-kill attacks/spells || Restores 48-96 HP to entire party

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=== Level 8 ===

The '''Dragon mail''' automatically reduces damages from any element as if it was embedded with NulAll.

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| NES: FADE<br/>PSX: Holy || NES: WALL<br/>PSX: NulAll|| NES: XFER<br/>PSX: Dispel || NES: LIF2<br/>PSX: Life2

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| Damages all enemies || Reduces all spell damage by 50% || Removes an enemy's special defences || Revives and fully restores one defeated ally

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=== Summary table ===

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! Lv !! Spell names<br> (NES/PSX/GBA) !! MP !! Type & Target !! Effect !! wW !! rR !! K !! Item

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| 1 || Fog/Shld1/Protect    ||  3 || Supports one      || Raises Defense        ||{{yes|wW}}||{{yes|rR}}||{{yes|K}} || {{n/a|-}}

| 3 || AFire/NulFire/NulBlaze||  8 || Supports all      || Reduces fire-elemental damage ||{{yes|wW}}||{{yes|rR}}||{{yes|K}} || Ice armor & shield

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| 3 || Hrm2/Dia2/Diara      ||  8 || Attacks all        || Damages undead enemies ||{{yes|wW}}||{{no|-}}||{{no|-}}    || Light axe

| 4 || Fear/Fear/Fear        || 10 || Debuffs all        || Enemies flee          ||{{yes|wW}}||{{no|-}}||{{no|-}} || {{n/a|-}}

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| 5 || Hrm3/Dia3/Diaga      || 25 || Attacks all        || Damages undead enemies ||{{yes|wW}}||{{no|-}}||{{no|-}} || {{n/a|-}}

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| 6 || Inv2/Invs2/Invisira  || 25 || Supports all      || Raises Evasion        ||{{yes|wW}}||{{yes|R}}||{{no|-}} || White robe

| 7 || ARub/NulMgc/NulDeath  || 28 || Supports all      || Prevents "instant-death"||{{yes|wW}}||{{yes|R}}||{{no|-}} || Protect Ring

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:'' '''*''' denotes the bare minimum spells to get''

* '''[[#Level 1|Level 1]]''': Cure*, Dia*, Blink

: ''Protect'' (Fog) isn't worth buying because it only raises your defense by 8 points. ''Blink'' only works on the caster, but it is powerful and there are a lot of times when you need your healer alive more than any other character. ''Cure'' is an obvious choice and ''Dia'' is good to have as well since you will be fighting a lot of undead for quite a while.

* '''[[#Level 3|Level 3]]''': Cura*, Diara*, NulBlaze*

* '''[[#Level 5|Level 5]]''': Curaga*, Healara/Life*, Diaga*

* '''[[#Level 6|Level 6]]''': Exit*, Protera*, Invisira*

: The spells on this level are all somewhat useful so which you choose may depend on your playing style and which version you play.  ''Stona'' (Soft) is a convenient spell but as with the anti-poision spell above it is not really cost-effective as opposed to buying 25 soft potions with the same money. ''Protera'' and ''Invisira'' are both useful since they boost the stats of the entire party at once, which makes a world of difference against the Fiends and Chaos. ''Exit'' is a must-have; the Black magic ''Teleport'' (Warp) is almost as good and cheaper to cast but in the late game you will want to have multiple exit-dungeon options available to you, and the white magic version is the only one that can be truly relied on.

* '''[[#Level 7|Level 7]]''': Curaja*, NulDeath, Healaga

* '''[[#Level 8|Level 8]]''': Holy, NulAll, Full-life*

Since a Red Mage can only equip three spells of each level, on many levels the Red will have to forego some useful spells; fortunately there are not many instances where there are more than three "must have" spells that the Red Wizard can learn. Additionally, there are a lot of white spells that are very useful that the Red Wizard cannot cast; ''Curaja'' and ''Full-life'' in particular are irreplaceable. For these reasons it is not recommended that you replace a White Wizard with a Red Wizard unless you know what you're doing.

The Knight can only learn the first three levels of white magic, and most of them are fairly useless by the time you get the class change. The Knight can't learn ''Dia'' or ''Heal'' spells either, further limiting his usefulness as a magic user. The Nul spells are good to have throughout the game, and ''Cure'' can be used before boss fights so your characters are at full health and you don't use up the Wizards' magic. However, during battles, the Knight should almost always be fighting so you will spend very little time actually casting spells.