Unless otherwise noted, these skills cannot be used outside of battle, are not reflectable (with 'reflect' status), cannot be sealed (by Celes's skill Magicseal Sword), work normally on undead targets, are affected by the target's defense or magic defense, are half as effective when used on multiple targets, and are blockable (through magic evasion).
Defense-ignoring physical attacks are unaffected by the following factors that would otherwise make a difference: Attacker 'transform' status, attacker 'berserk' status, critical hits, Jump damage bonus, target defense, target 'protect' status, target defending, target in back row, and hitting the target in the back. Usually it's the target defense that matters here, which reduces defendable damage by about (defense / 256)%.
Defense-ignoring magic attacks are unaffected by the following factors that normally affect magic: Attacker 'transform' status, target magic defense, target 'shell' status, and target 'transform' status. Usually it's the target magic defense matters here, which reduces defendable magic damage by about (MDef / 256)%. Defense-ignoring magic also ignores critical hits, but since spells can only critical when cast by a weapon that gets automatic critical hits (the only cases of this are Flare cast by Ragnarök or Holy cast by Lightbringer), this is only relevant for a Flare spell from the Ragnarök.
Abilities that are considered magic are noted as such (either by noting "Magic." or indicating "magic damage"), partly because this often affects damage calculation, and partly because of interactions with the 'transparent' status. Specifically, most magic attacks will ALWAYS hit targets with 'transparent' regardless of hit rate and MEvd, and will also remove the status. Note that this overrides immunity to instant death, so skills that are normally prevented from working will hit anyway if the target is also 'transparent'. Physical attacks, on the other hand, will always miss 'transparent' targets, even if unblockable.
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| カッパソング | Kappa Song | Imp Song |
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20 MP. Magic. Toggles 'kappa' status on all enemies (one side). 100 hit rate. The following message appears when a monster uses this skill: |
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| カッパッパーーー！！ | Kappappaaaa!! | Imp...ppp...IMP!! |
| とうめい | Transparent | Clear |
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Unused spell. 20 MP. Sets 'darkness', 'poison', 'kappa', 'death sentence', 'silence', 'confusion', 'slip', 'sleep', and 'stop' on the caster. |
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| どくぎり | Poison Smog | Virite |
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20 MP. Poison magic damage at 20 power and 'poison' status on all enemies (one side). 80 hit rate. ...and what does "virite" mean, anyway...? |
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| ガストスモーク | Ghast Smoke | ChokeSmoke |
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20 MP. Magic. Inflicts 'zombie' on one enemy that is currently 'incapacitated'. Unblockable. The following message appears when a monster uses this skill: |
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| ゾンビとしてよみがえれ | Be reborn as a zombie. | Revived as a zombie |
| せんこうだん | Flashbang | Schiller |
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20 MP. Magic. Inflicts 'darkness' on all enemies (one side). 80 hit rate. |
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| こもりうた | Lullaby | Lullaby |
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20 MP. Magic. Inflicts 'sleep' on all enemies (one side). 90 hit rate. |
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| さんせいう | Acid Rain | Acid Rain |
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20 MP. Water/Poison magic damage at 25 power and 'slip' status on all enemies (one side), full damage against multiple targets. 100 hit rate. |
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| こんらん | Confusion | Confusion |
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Unused spell. 20 MP. Inflicts 'confusion' on all enemies (one side). 68 hit rate. |
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| メガバーサク | Mega Berserk | Megazerk |
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20 MP. Magic. Inflicts 'berserk' on all enemies (both sides). Unblockable, but can be sealed. |
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| ちんもく | Silence | Mute |
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20 MP. Inflicts 'silence' on all enemies (one side). 90 hit rate. |
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| ネット | Net | Net |
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20 MP. Magic. Inflicts 'stop' on one enemy. 100 hit rate. |
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| ねんえきネバネバ | Gooey Slime | Slimer |
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20 MP. Magic. Inflicts 'slow' on one enemy. 100 hit rate. |
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| デルタアタック | Delta Attack | Delta Hit |
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20 MP. Magic. Inflicts 'petrified' on one enemy. Unblockable. |
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| からみつき | Entwine | Entwine |
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20 MP. Magic. Inflicts 'slow' on all enemies (one side). Unblockable. |
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| ブラスター | Blaster | Blaster |
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20 MP. Magic. Inflicts 'incapacitated' on one or all enemies (one side). 70 hit rate, fails on targets immune to instant death, and can be sealed. |
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| だいせんぷう | Great Whirlwind | Cyclonic |
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20 MP. Magic. Reduces the HP of each enemy (one side) to 1/16 of its current amount (round fractions up). 75 hit rate, fails on targets immune to instant death. |
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| ファイアーボール | Fireball | Fire Ball |
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20 MP. Flame magic damage at 50 power on all enemies (one side). 150 hit rate. |
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| アトミックレイ | Atomic Ray | Atomic Ray |
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20 MP. Flame magic damage at 80 power on all enemies (one side). 150 hit rate, but can be sealed. |
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| まどうレーザー | Sorcery Laser | Tek Laser |
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20 MP. Thunder magic damage at 20 power on one enemy. 150 hit rate, but can be sealed. |
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| かくさんレーザー | Diffusion Laser | Diffuser |
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20 MP. Thunder magic damage at 62 power on all enemies (one side). 150 hit rate, but can be sealed. |
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| はどうほう | Wave Cannon | WaveCannon |
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20 MP. Thunder magic damage at 110 power on all enemies (one side). 150 hit rate. |
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| １まんボルト | 10 Kilovolts | Mega Volt |
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20 MP. Thunder magic damage at 20 power on one or all enemies (one side). 150 hit rate, but can be sealed. |
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| １００まんボルト | 1000 Kilovolts | Giga Volt |
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20 MP. Thunder magic damage at 110 power on one or all enemies (one side). 130 hit rate, but can be sealed. |
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| ブリザード | Blizzard | Blizzard |
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The name isn't written quite the same way as the learnable Blizzard spell (ブリザド). This skill also changes sound effects when cast on a single target. 20 MP. Ice magic damage at 25 power on all enemies (one side). 140 hit rate. |
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| ぜったいれいど | Absolute Zero | Absolute 0 |
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20 MP. Ice magic damage at 110 power on all enemies (one side). 140 hit rate. |
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| マグニチュード８ | Magnitude 8 | Magnitude8 |
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20 MP. Earth magic damage at 100 power on all enemies (one side). 130 hit rate, but always misses targets with 'levitate'. |
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| きゅうしゅう | Absorb | Raid |
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Though both are read きゅうしゅう, 吸収 (absorb) is more applicable than 急襲 (raid). 20 MP. Magic. Transfers HP from one enemy to the caster at 40 power, but reverses when used on undead targets. Never takes more HP than needed to max out the caster (or if the target is undead, to max out the target instead). 100 hit rate. |
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| フラッシュレイン | Flash Rain | Flash Rain |
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20 MP. Ice/Water magic damage at 60 power on all enemies (one side). 140 hit rate. This looks like it ought to be a Thunder/Water attack, but it isn't, even though some lightning-themed opponents use it. |
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| まどうバリアー | Sorcery Barrier | TekBarrier |
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20 MP. Magic. Sets 'protect' and 'reflect' on one ally. Unblockable, but is reflectable. |
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| こころないてんし | Heartless Angel | Fallen One |
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20 MP. Magic. Sets the HP of all enemies (both sides) to 1. Unblockable. |
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| バリアチェンジ | Barrier Change | WallChange |
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0 MP. Magic. Randomly changes the caster's elemental affinities such that one is a weakness, the opposite is absorbed, and the other six are immunities. |
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| とうそう | Flee | Escape |
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0 MP. Magic. Caster flees combat. Always succeeds. Player characters can't normally use this skill, but it works even when running away is disallowed. |
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| じゅうりょく５０ | 50 Gs | 50 Gs |
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20 MP. Magic. Removes 'levitate' from all enemies (both sides). Unblockable, but can be sealed. |
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| マインドブラスト | Mind Blast | Mind Blast |
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20 MP. Magic, but won't remove 'transparent'. Inflicts a random selection of 'darkness', 'zombie', 'poison', 'kappa', 'petrifed', 'death sentence', 'silence', 'berserk', 'confusion', 'slip', 'sleep', 'slow', and/or 'stop' on each enemy (both sides). 110 hit rate. |
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| ノーザンクロス | Northern Cross | N. Cross |
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20 MP. Magic. Inflicts 'frozen' status on all enemies (both sides). 90 hit rate, but for each target that it ought to have hit, it may randomly miss, even if the target has 'transparent'. Can also be sealed. The following message appears when a monster uses this skill: |
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| 氷づけになるがいい！ | May you be locked in ice! | You'd best be frozen! |
| フレアスター | Flare Star | Flare Star |
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20 MP. Unblockable defense-ignoring Flame damage on all enemies (one side). Damage equals 80 times the level of a randomly chosen target divided by the number of targets. Since the damage is very strongly affected by target level, enemy Flare Star is amazingly weak in a low-level game. |
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| あいのせんこく | Love Sentence | Love Token |
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The name parallels Stragus's Death Sentence spell. 20 MP. Unblockable magic attack. After being hit, the target will intercept physical attacks targeted at the caster, taking the damage in the caster's place. The following message appears when a monster uses this skill: |
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| 私を守りなさい | Protect me. | Protect me! |
| ほかく | Seize | Seize |
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0 MP. Magic. Grabs one enemy. This removes 'slow' status (used as a lead-in) and sets a special status that prevents any action, periodically drains 30 HP, and lasts until the caster dies or uses Toss Aside. |
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| じばてんかん | Reverse Polarity | R.Polarity |
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20 MP. Magic. Swaps the rows of all enemies {both sides?}. Unblockable. |
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| ターゲッティング | Targeting | Targetting |
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0 MP. Magic. Marks a target for certain skills that use special targeting, but has no effect of its own. Unblockable. |
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| はないき | Snort | Sneeze |
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0 MP. Magic. Ejects one or all enemies (one side) from combat as though having run away. Unblockable, even if running is disallowed. |
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| サザンクロス | Southern Cross | S. Cross |
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20 MP. Flame damage at 120 power on all enemies (one side), full damage against multiple targets. 120 hit rate. |
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| ランチャー | Launcher | Launcher |
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20 MP. Magic. Hits eight times, selecting a random enemy (from either side) each time. Each hit removes half of the target's current HP at the time of the hit, with damage shown only in total after all hits are complete. 100 hit rate, but fails against targets immune to instant death. |
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| ゆうわく | Temptation | Charm |
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0 MP. Magic. Inflicts 'charmed' status, which is basically an unresistable incurable 'confusion', but only works on one target per caster. 80 hit rate. The following message appears when a monster uses this skill: |
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| 死ぬまで味方をなぐりなさい | Strike your allies until they die. | Hit your friends 'till they drop! |
| フリジングダスト | Freezing Dust | Cold Dust |
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20 MP. Magic. Inflicts 'frozen' status on one enemy. Unblockable. The following message appears when a monster uses this skill: |
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| 氷づけになるがいい！ | May you be locked in ice! | You'd best be frozen! |
| たこあし | Octopus Arm | Tentacle |
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たこあし (蛸足) is literally "octopus leg" and is used here instead of the more generic term for tentacle, 触手 (and octopus arms, technically, aren't tentacles anyway). The term is also commonly used figuratively for things that resemble an octopus, like electric outlets with too many cords plugged in. 0 MP. Physically attacks one or all enemies (one side) at 146 power. Unblockable. |
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| ハイパードライブ | Hyperdrive | HyperDrive |
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0 MP. Unblockable defense-ignoring magic damage at 118 power and 'slip' status on one enemy. Can be sealed. |
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| トライン | Trine | Train |
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Refer to Stragus's Grand Trine for name notes. 0 MP. Magic. Inflicts 'darkness' and 'silence' on all enemies {both sides?}. Unblockable. |
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| まかいのきてき | Netherworld Whistle | Evil Toot |
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20 MP. Magic. Randomly inflicts one of 'darkness', 'poison', 'kappa', 'death sentence', 'berserk', 'confusion', 'sleep', or 'slow' on each enemy (both sides). 120 hit rate. Specifically, a steam whistle, such as the kind found on a steam locomotive. |
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| グラビティーボム | Gravity Bomb | Grav Bomb |
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20 MP. Magic. Removes half of target's current HP from one enemy. 100 hit rate, but fails against targets immune to instant death, and stamina can also block it. |
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| すいこみ | Inhale | Engulf |
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0 MP. Magic. Ejects one enemy from combat as though having run away. Unblockable. If all player characters are hit by this skill, the party enters Gogo's cave. The following message appears when a monster uses this skill: |
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| ムシャムシャ… モグモグ… | Om nom... munch... | Mmmm...munch, munch! |
| ディスアスター | Disaster | Disaster |
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20 MP. Magic. Inflicts 'darkness', 'kappa', 'death sentence', 'silence', 'confusion', and 'levitation' on one or all enemies. 62 hit rate, and can be sealed. |
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| メタルカッター | Metal Cutter | Shrapnel |
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20 MP. Magic damage at 120 power on one or all enemies (one side). 120 hit rate. |
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| ボムベアラー | Bomb Bearer | Bomblet |
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0 MP. Considered a magic attack, but does nothing except remove 'transparent'. Exists only for display purposes. |
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| しょうかえき | Digestive Juices | Heart Burn |
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Unused? 20 MP. Magic damage at 30 power on one or all enemies (one side). 120 hit rate. |
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| ヒューリー | Fury | Zinger |
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0 MP. Magic. "Possesses" one enemy, causing the caster to disappear (if a monster) and go inactive until the target dies. Has no other effect on the target, but will remove 'transparent' status since it's considered a magic attack. |
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| なげすてる | Toss Aside | Discard |
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Cancels the special status previously set by the Seize skill, returning the victim to normal combat. |
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| クラウディヘヴン | Cloudy Heaven | Overcast |
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20 MP. Magic. Sets 'death sentence' plus an invisible status on all enemies (both sides) that causes them to receive 'zombie' status upon death (regardless of cause) rather than 'incapacitated'. Unblockable, but fails on targets immune to instant death. Careful... this ignores 'zombie' immunity, so wearing an Amulet (for example) doesn't do anything except make the status incurable once inflicted. The following message appears when a monster uses this skill: |
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| 死しても呪いは消えぬ！ | The curse will not fade even in death! | This curse'll follow you forever! |
| ミサイル | Missile | Missile |
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20 MP. Magic. Removes 3/4 of target's current HP from one enemy and sets 'slip' status. 126 hit rate, but fails against targets immune to instant death. |
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| ミッシング | Missing | Goner |
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20 MP. Unblockable magic damage at 220 power to all enemies (both sides). |
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| メテオ | Meteor | Meteo |
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20 MP. Defense-ignoring magic damage at 60 power on all enemies (one side), full damage against multiple targets. 80 hit rate. I've seen this target a single character, but that's probably with a targeting override. |
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| リベンジャー | Revenger | Revenger |
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0 MP. Magic. Removes 'transparent', 'decoy', 'regenerate', 'haste', 'protect', 'shell', 'reflect', 'reraise', and 'levitation' status from all enemies (one side). Unblockable. |
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| ポルターガイスト | Poltergeist | Phantasm |
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20 MP. Magic. Sets a special status on all enemies (one side) that resembles 'slip' but is unpreventable and incurable. Unblockable. The following message appears when a monster uses this skill: |
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| 死ぬまで体力がへり続けるぞ | Your health will keep dropping until you die. | Casts away your energy 'till...... |
| きょうふのしせん | Terror Glance | Dread |
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20 MP. Magic. Sets 'petrified' status on one enemy. 75 hit rate. Unlike most petrifying attacks, this ignores instant death immunity. |
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| しょうげきは | Shockwave | Shock Wave |
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20 MP. Magic damage at 25 power on one enemy. 120 hit rate. |
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| かえん | Blaze | Blaze |
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20 MP. Flame magic damage at 68 power on one or all enemies (one side). 120 hit rate. |
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| ソウルアウト | Soul Out | Soul Out |
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20 MP. Magic. Sets 'zombie' status on one enemy. Unblockable. The following message appears when a monster uses this skill: |
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| ゾンビになるがいい！ | May you become a zombie! | You'd best be a zombie! |
| れっぷうさつ | Murder Gale | Gale Cut |
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0 MP. Unblockable Wind magic damage at 15 power on all enemies (both sides). 烈風殺 in kanji. As an attack Vargas uses, it of course has an awkward kanji name, though, curiously, it's written in kana instead. Engine limitations? |
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| シャムシール | Shamshir | Shimsham |
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20 MP. Magic. Removes half of target's current HP from one enemy. Unblockable, but fails against targets immune to instant death. Can also be sealed. |
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| ヘールストーン | Hailstone | Lode Stone |
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20 MP. Magic. Removes 3/4 of target's current HP from one enemy. Unblockable, but fails against targets immune to instant death. |
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| セイントビーム | Saint Beam | Scar Beam |
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20 MP. Unblockable Holy magic damage at 28 power on all enemies (both sides), full damage against multiple targets. Can be sealed. |
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| フンババブレス | Humbaba Breath | BabaBreath |
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0 MP. Magic. Ejects one enemy from combat as though having run away. Unblockable. Furthermore, player characters hit by this skill are removed from the active party and put on reserve (normally meaning sent back to the airship). |
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| ライフシェイバー | Lifeshaver | Lifeshaver |
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20 MP. Unblockable Earth magic attack that transfers HP from one enemy to the caster at 84 power, but reverses when used on undead targets. Never takes more HP than needed to max out the caster (or if the target is undead, to max out the target instead). One of very few Earth attacks that works on targets with 'levitate' status. |
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| ファイアウォール | Fire Wall | Fire Wall |
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20 MP. Unblockable Flame magic damage at 50 power on one enemy. Can be sealed. |
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| ランドスライド | Landslide | Slide |
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20 MP. Unblockable Earth magic damage at 75 power on all enemies (both sides). Always misses targets with 'levitate'. |
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