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''Items that teach spells are in '''bold''''' | ''Items that teach spells are in '''bold''''' | ||
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=== Healing spells === | |||
{|{{prettytable|sortable=1}} | |||
! Name !! MP Cost !! Effect !! Espers Who Teach It !! Note | ! Name !! MP Cost !! Effect !! Espers Who Teach It !! Note | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Cure | ! Cure | ||
| 5 || Weak healing magic. | | 5 || Weak healing magic. Deals minor damage to undead. | ||
| | |||
* Kirin ×2 | |||
* Shiva ×3 | |||
* Seraph ×20 | |||
* Lakshmi ×20 | |||
| Vulnerable to Runic and Reflect | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Cure 2 | ! Cura (Cure 2) | ||
| 25 || Medium healing magic. | | 25 || Medium healing magic. Deals moderate damage to undead. | ||
| | |||
* Golem ×5 | |||
* Kirin ×1 | |||
* Seraph ×8 | |||
* Lakshmi ×16 | |||
* Unicorn ×4 | |||
* Seraph ×5 | |||
| Vulnerable to Runic and Reflect | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Cure 3 | ! Curaga (Cure 3) | ||
| 40 || Strong healing magic. | | 40 || Strong healing magic. Deals large amounts of damage to undead. | ||
| | |||
* Phoenix ×2 | |||
* Lakshmi ×1 | |||
| Vulnerable to Runic and Reflect | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Regen | ||
| | | 10 || Gradually heals HP. Gradually saps the undead's health. | ||
| | |||
* Kirin ×3 | |||
* Seraph ×10 | |||
* Lakshmi ×20 | |||
| Vulnerable to Runic, ignores Reflect. | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Life | ! Raise (Life) | ||
| | | 30 || Revives a KO'd ally with about 12% of their max HP. May instantly kill undead enemies. | ||
| | |||
* Bismarck ×2 | |||
* Phoenix ×10 | |||
| Vulnerable to Runic, ignores Reflect | |||
|- | |||
! Arise (Life 2) | |||
| 60 || Revives a dead ally with all of their max HP. Instantly kills undead enemies. | |||
| | |||
* Phoenix ×2 | |||
| Vulnerable to Runic, ignores Reflect | |||
|- | |||
! Reraise (Life 3) | |||
| 60 || Revies a dead ally with 12% of their max HP immediately after they die. | |||
| | |||
* Phoenix ×1 | |||
| Vulnerable to Runic, ignores Reflect | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Antdot | ! Poisona (Antdot) | ||
| 3 || Heals poison. | | | 3 || Heals poison. | ||
| | |||
* Kirin ×4 | |||
| Also removes Blind, vulnerable to Runic | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Remedy | ! Esuna (Remedy) | ||
| 15 || Heals all bad status effects (Confusion, Stop, Poison, | | 15 || Heals all bad status effects (Confusion, Stop, Poison, Sap, Sleep, Blind, Berserk, Petrified, and Charm), but not Frozen, Imp, or Zombie. | ||
| | |||
* Alexander ×15 | |||
* Seraph ×4 | |||
* Lakshmi ×20 | |||
* Unicorn ×3 | |||
| Vulnerable to Runic | |||
|} | |||
=== Support spells === | |||
{|{{prettytable|sortable=1}} | |||
! Name !! MP Cost !! Effect !! Espers Who Teach It !! Note | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Imp | ||
| 10 || | | 10 || Cures to/from "Imp". | ||
| | |||
* '''Reed Cloak''' ×1 | |||
* Cait Sith ×5 | |||
* '''Tortoise Shield''' ×1 | |||
* '''Saucer''' ×1 | |||
| Cures "Imp" status, or inflicts "Imp" to an enemy | |||
|- | |||
!Haste | |||
| 10 || Raises target's battle speed. | |||
| | |||
* Carbuncle ×3 | |||
* Quetzalli ×20 | |||
| None | |||
|- | |||
!Protect (Safe) | |||
| 12 || Raises target's physical defense. | |||
| | |||
* Alexander ×10 | |||
* Carbuncle ×2 | |||
* Golem ×5 | |||
* Unicorn ×1 | |||
| None | |||
|- | |||
!Shell | |||
| 15 || Raises target's magic defense | |||
| | |||
* Alexander ×10 | |||
* Carbuncle ×2 | |||
* '''Force Shield''' ×5 | |||
* Unicorn ×1 | |||
* Zona Seeker ×5 | |||
| None | |||
|- | |||
!Berserk (Bserk) | |||
| 16 || Casts Berserk on a target. | |||
| | |||
* Phantom ×3 | |||
| Raises physical attack of target, and he/she can only use physical attacks and is uncontrollable until the end of the battle. Also useful if cast on spellcasting enemies. Umaro has an innate berserk status. | |||
|- | |||
!Float | |||
| 17 || Makes target float. | |||
| | |||
* Quetzalli ×5 | |||
* Cait Sith ×2 | |||
| Protects against certain attacks, namely Quake and Meltdown. | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Vanish | ||
| | | 18 || Renders target invisible and immune to physical attacks. | ||
| | |||
* Phantom ×3 | |||
* Cactuar ×10 | |||
| All magical attacks will hit an invisible target, barring certain spells that check for immunities. | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Warp | ||
| | | 20 || Escape from dungeons/battles. | ||
| | |||
* Carbuncle ×2 | |||
* Fenrir ×10 | |||
* Cactuar ×20 | |||
| Not all battles or dungeons can be exited. The spell will fail if that is the case. | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Reflect (Rflect) | ||
| | | 22 || Casts a magic barrier on the target that reflects magic. | ||
| | |||
* Carbuncle ×5 | |||
| Some attacks ignore reflect. | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Hastega (Haste2) | ||
| | | 38 || Speeds up entire party. | ||
| | |||
* Quetzalli ×2 | |||
| None | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Quick | ||
| | | 99 || Allows the target to take two actions in one turn. | ||
| | |||
* Raiden ×1 | |||
* Gilgamesh ×1 | |||
| Quick cannot be cast again through the use of this spell. | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Valor | ||
| | | 50 || Boosts the target's attack power | ||
| | |||
* Gilgamesh ×5 | |||
| Advance only. | |||
|} | |||
=== Debuff spells === | |||
{|{{prettytable|sortable=1}} | |||
! Name !! MP Cost !! Effect !! Espers Who Teach It !! Note | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Osmose | ||
| | | 1 || Absorbs MP from target. | ||
| | |||
* Shiva ×4 | |||
* Zona Seeker ×15 | |||
| Works in reverse versus undead | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Libra (Scan) | ||
| | | 3 || Displays an enemy's HP/weaknesses. | ||
| | |||
* Kirin ×5 | |||
| None | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Sleep | ||
| | | 5 || Puts target to sleep. | ||
| | |||
* Siren ×10 | |||
| None | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Slow | ||
| | | 5 || Slows battle speed of target. | ||
| | |||
* Quetzalli ×20 | |||
* Siren ×7 | |||
| None | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Silence (Mute) | ||
| | | 8 || Prevents target from using magic. | ||
| | |||
* Siren ×8 | |||
| Also prevents using any attacks that cost MP | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Confuse (Muddle) | ||
| | | 8 || Confuses target. | ||
| | |||
* Cait Sith ×7 | |||
| None | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Stop | ||
| | | 10 || Stops target's battle gauge. | ||
| | |||
* Fenrir ×3 | |||
* Golem ×5 | |||
| None | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Rasp | ||
| | | 12 || Reduces target's MP. | ||
| | |||
* Shiva ×4 | |||
* Zona Seeker ×20 | |||
| None | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Dispel | ||
| | | 25 || Removes certain beneficial statuses. | ||
| | |||
* Alexander ×10 | |||
* Unicorn ×2 | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Slowga (Slow 2) | ||
| | | 26 || Slows all enemies. | ||
| | |||
* Quetzalli ×2 | |||
| None | |||
|} | |||
=== Attack spells === | |||
{|{{prettytable|sortable=1}} | |||
! Name !! MP Cost !! Effect !! Espers who teaches it !! Note | |||
|- | |- | ||
| || || || || | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !colspan=5| Elemental | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Poison | ||
| | | 3 || Poisons an enemy. | ||
| | |||
* Ramuh ×5 | |||
| Is actually stronger than Fire, Blizzard, or Thunder | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Fire | ||
| | | 4 || Weak fire attack. | ||
| | |||
* Bismarck ×20 | |||
* Ifrit ×10 | |||
* Siren ×6 | |||
| None | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Blizzard | ||
| | | 5 || Weak ice attack | ||
| | |||
* Bismarck ×20 | |||
* Shiva ×10 | |||
| None | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Thunder | ||
| | | 6 || Weak lightning attack. | ||
| | |||
* Bismarck ×20 | |||
* Ramuh ×10 | |||
| None | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Fira (Fire 2) | ||
| | | 20 || Medium fire attack. | ||
| | |||
* '''Flame Shield''' ×5 | |||
* Ifrit ×5 | |||
* Maduin ×3 | |||
| None | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Blizzara (Ice 2) | ||
| | | 21 || Medium ice attack | ||
| | |||
* '''Ice Shield''' ×5 | |||
* Shiva ×5 | |||
* Maduin ×3 | |||
| None | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Thundara (Bolt 2) | ||
| | | 22 || Medium lightning attack. | ||
| | |||
* '''Thunder Shield''' ×5 | |||
* Ramuh ×2 | |||
* Maduin ×3 | |||
| None | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Bio | ||
| | | 26 || Poisons enemy and does greater damage than Poison. | ||
| | |||
* Catoblepas ×8 | |||
| Stronger than Fira, Thundara, and Blizzara | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Holy (Pearl) | ||
| | | 40 || Powerful Holy-elemental attack. Can only target one enemy and ignores defense. | ||
| | |||
* Alexander ×2 | |||
| Does not ignore reflect. | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Quake | ||
| | | 50 || Earth-elemental attack that hits all enemies and allies. Misses against flying enemies. | ||
| | |||
* Midgardsormr ×3 | |||
| Stronger than Meteor, but does not ignore defense. | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Firaga (Fire 3) | ||
| | | 51 || Strong fire attack. | ||
| | |||
* Phoenix ×3 | |||
* Valigarmanda ×1 | |||
| None | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Blizzaga (Ice 3) | ||
| | | 52 || Strong ice attack | ||
| | |||
* Valigarmanda ×1 | |||
| None | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Thundaga (Bolt 3) | ||
| | | 53 || Strong lightning attack. | ||
| | |||
* Valigarmanda ×1 | |||
| None | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Meltdown (Merton) | ||
| | | 85 || A powerful defense-ignoring fire/wind attack. Misses flying enemies. Hits allies as well. | ||
| | |||
* Crusader ×1 | |||
| Stronger than Meteor | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Flood | ||
| | | 75 || A powerful water elemental attack. | ||
| | |||
* Leviathan ×2 | |||
| Ignores Runic and Reflect, is unblockable. Advance only | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !colspan=5| Instant-defeat | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Break | ||
| | | 25 || Inflicts gradual petrification. | ||
| | |||
* Catoblepas ×5 | |||
| Unlike Demon Eye, Break does not instantly petrify an enemy. | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Death (Doom) | ||
| | | 35 || Instantly kills an enemy. | ||
| | |||
* Catoblepas ×2 | |||
| Fully heals the undead | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Banish (X-Zone) | ||
| | | 53 || Attempts to kill all enemies. | ||
| | |||
* '''Cursed Ring''' ×5 | |||
* Fenrir ×5 | |||
| Checks for death protection. | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !colspan=5| Non-elemental | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Drain | ||
| 15 || | | 15 || Steals enemy's HP and gives it to the caster. | ||
| | |||
* Ifrit ×1 | |||
| Works in reverse versus undead. This means that the undead will be healed while the caster will be damaged. | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Gravity (Demi) | ||
| | || 33 || Cuts an enemy's HP in half. | ||
| | |||
* Phantom ×5 | |||
| Checks for death protection. | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Flare | ||
| | | 45 || Powerful defense-ignoring non-elemental attack. Can only target one enemy and is unblockable. | ||
| | |||
* Bahamut ×2 | |||
| Does not ignore reflect. | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Graviga (Qrtr) | ||
| | | 48 || Cuts an enemy's HP by 3/4. | ||
| | |||
* Midgardsormr ×1 | |||
* Diabolos ×5 | |||
| Checks for death immunity. | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Gravija | ||
| | | 70 || Cuts an enemy's HP by 31/32 and inflicts sap. | ||
| | |||
* Diabolos ×3 | |||
| Ignores Death and Sap immunity. | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Meteor | ||
| | | 62 || Powerful, defense-ignoring attack on all enemies. | ||
| | |||
* Crusader ×10 | |||
* Odin ×1 | |||
| Is weaker than most spells, but ignores defense and split damage. | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Tornado | ||
| | | 75 || Renders all enemies and allies with barely any HP. Misses against enemies immune to death. | ||
| | |||
* Midgardsormr ×1 | |||
| Armor that protects against death blocks this. | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Ultima | ||
| | | 80 || Deals extreme, non-elemental unblockable damage to all enemies. | ||
| | |||
* '''Paladin Shield''' ×1 | |||
* Ragnarok ×1 | |||
| Most powerful attack spell in the game. Is vulnerable to Runic. | |||
|} | |} | ||
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Items that teach spells are in bold
Healing spells[edit]
Name | MP Cost | Effect | Espers Who Teach It | Note |
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Cure | 5 | Weak healing magic. Deals minor damage to undead. |
|
Vulnerable to Runic and Reflect |
Cura (Cure 2) | 25 | Medium healing magic. Deals moderate damage to undead. |
|
Vulnerable to Runic and Reflect |
Curaga (Cure 3) | 40 | Strong healing magic. Deals large amounts of damage to undead. |
|
Vulnerable to Runic and Reflect |
Regen | 10 | Gradually heals HP. Gradually saps the undead's health. |
|
Vulnerable to Runic, ignores Reflect. |
Raise (Life) | 30 | Revives a KO'd ally with about 12% of their max HP. May instantly kill undead enemies. |
|
Vulnerable to Runic, ignores Reflect |
Arise (Life 2) | 60 | Revives a dead ally with all of their max HP. Instantly kills undead enemies. |
|
Vulnerable to Runic, ignores Reflect |
Reraise (Life 3) | 60 | Revies a dead ally with 12% of their max HP immediately after they die. |
|
Vulnerable to Runic, ignores Reflect |
Poisona (Antdot) | 3 | Heals poison. |
|
Also removes Blind, vulnerable to Runic |
Esuna (Remedy) | 15 | Heals all bad status effects (Confusion, Stop, Poison, Sap, Sleep, Blind, Berserk, Petrified, and Charm), but not Frozen, Imp, or Zombie. |
|
Vulnerable to Runic |
Support spells[edit]
Name | MP Cost | Effect | Espers Who Teach It | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
Imp | 10 | Cures to/from "Imp". |
|
Cures "Imp" status, or inflicts "Imp" to an enemy |
Haste | 10 | Raises target's battle speed. |
|
None |
Protect (Safe) | 12 | Raises target's physical defense. |
|
None |
Shell | 15 | Raises target's magic defense |
|
None |
Berserk (Bserk) | 16 | Casts Berserk on a target. |
|
Raises physical attack of target, and he/she can only use physical attacks and is uncontrollable until the end of the battle. Also useful if cast on spellcasting enemies. Umaro has an innate berserk status. |
Float | 17 | Makes target float. |
|
Protects against certain attacks, namely Quake and Meltdown. |
Vanish | 18 | Renders target invisible and immune to physical attacks. |
|
All magical attacks will hit an invisible target, barring certain spells that check for immunities. |
Warp | 20 | Escape from dungeons/battles. |
|
Not all battles or dungeons can be exited. The spell will fail if that is the case. |
Reflect (Rflect) | 22 | Casts a magic barrier on the target that reflects magic. |
|
Some attacks ignore reflect. |
Hastega (Haste2) | 38 | Speeds up entire party. |
|
None |
Quick | 99 | Allows the target to take two actions in one turn. |
|
Quick cannot be cast again through the use of this spell. |
Valor | 50 | Boosts the target's attack power |
|
Advance only. |
Debuff spells[edit]
Name | MP Cost | Effect | Espers Who Teach It | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
Osmose | 1 | Absorbs MP from target. |
|
Works in reverse versus undead |
Libra (Scan) | 3 | Displays an enemy's HP/weaknesses. |
|
None |
Sleep | 5 | Puts target to sleep. |
|
None |
Slow | 5 | Slows battle speed of target. |
|
None |
Silence (Mute) | 8 | Prevents target from using magic. |
|
Also prevents using any attacks that cost MP |
Confuse (Muddle) | 8 | Confuses target. |
|
None |
Stop | 10 | Stops target's battle gauge. |
|
None |
Rasp | 12 | Reduces target's MP. |
|
None |
Dispel | 25 | Removes certain beneficial statuses. |
|
|
Slowga (Slow 2) | 26 | Slows all enemies. |
|
None |
Attack spells[edit]
Name | MP Cost | Effect | Espers who teaches it | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
Elemental | ||||
Poison | 3 | Poisons an enemy. |
|
Is actually stronger than Fire, Blizzard, or Thunder |
Fire | 4 | Weak fire attack. |
|
None |
Blizzard | 5 | Weak ice attack |
|
None |
Thunder | 6 | Weak lightning attack. |
|
None |
Fira (Fire 2) | 20 | Medium fire attack. |
|
None |
Blizzara (Ice 2) | 21 | Medium ice attack |
|
None |
Thundara (Bolt 2) | 22 | Medium lightning attack. |
|
None |
Bio | 26 | Poisons enemy and does greater damage than Poison. |
|
Stronger than Fira, Thundara, and Blizzara |
Holy (Pearl) | 40 | Powerful Holy-elemental attack. Can only target one enemy and ignores defense. |
|
Does not ignore reflect. |
Quake | 50 | Earth-elemental attack that hits all enemies and allies. Misses against flying enemies. |
|
Stronger than Meteor, but does not ignore defense. |
Firaga (Fire 3) | 51 | Strong fire attack. |
|
None |
Blizzaga (Ice 3) | 52 | Strong ice attack |
|
None |
Thundaga (Bolt 3) | 53 | Strong lightning attack. |
|
None |
Meltdown (Merton) | 85 | A powerful defense-ignoring fire/wind attack. Misses flying enemies. Hits allies as well. |
|
Stronger than Meteor |
Flood | 75 | A powerful water elemental attack. |
|
Ignores Runic and Reflect, is unblockable. Advance only |
Instant-defeat | ||||
Break | 25 | Inflicts gradual petrification. |
|
Unlike Demon Eye, Break does not instantly petrify an enemy. |
Death (Doom) | 35 | Instantly kills an enemy. |
|
Fully heals the undead |
Banish (X-Zone) | 53 | Attempts to kill all enemies. |
|
Checks for death protection. |
Non-elemental | ||||
Drain | 15 | Steals enemy's HP and gives it to the caster. |
|
Works in reverse versus undead. This means that the undead will be healed while the caster will be damaged. |
Gravity (Demi) | 33 | Cuts an enemy's HP in half. |
|
Checks for death protection. |
Flare | 45 | Powerful defense-ignoring non-elemental attack. Can only target one enemy and is unblockable. |
|
Does not ignore reflect. |
Graviga (Qrtr) | 48 | Cuts an enemy's HP by 3/4. |
|
Checks for death immunity. |
Gravija | 70 | Cuts an enemy's HP by 31/32 and inflicts sap. |
|
Ignores Death and Sap immunity. |
Meteor | 62 | Powerful, defense-ignoring attack on all enemies. |
|
Is weaker than most spells, but ignores defense and split damage. |
Tornado | 75 | Renders all enemies and allies with barely any HP. Misses against enemies immune to death. |
|
Armor that protects against death blocks this. |
Ultima | 80 | Deals extreme, non-elemental unblockable damage to all enemies. |
|
Most powerful attack spell in the game. Is vulnerable to Runic. |