White (Recovery) Magic | Black (Offensive) Magic | Gray (Effect) Magic


WHITE

NameMPEffect RatingTips
Cure5Recovers some HP *****This spell is very good. Outside of battle, use this to recover your HP, rather than Cure 2 or Cure 3, because it is the most MP-efficient
Cure 2253 times as effective as Cure****This spell is good. You should use this spell in battle when your HP is falling low in the middle of the game.
Cure 3407 times as effective as Cure****This spell is great. Whenever your HP is low, Cure 3 will come in handy.
Antidote3Heals poison status***When you're poisoned, this is nice.
Life30Restores life ****This is very good outside of battle.
Life 260Restores life with full HP*****In battle, use this life. If you have an Econimizer, always use this one.
Life 350Makes it possible that when character dies, Life will be cast once**** During battles in which you're pretty sure you'll die, use this. (On living characters)
Remedy15Restores all bad status ailments except for Imp and Zombie***When you have a number of bad status effects, use Remedy. Or, if you're out of the item you need and it's not poison.
Regen8Every turn or so, character gains a little HP; the opposite effect of poison.*I don't usually see much point for this one...

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BLACK

NameMPEffectRatingTips
Fire4Fire elemental damage ****Good at the beginning of the game; effective against ice enemies; good to cancel being frozen.
Ice5Ice elemental damage ***Good at the beginning of the game; effective against fire enemies.
Bolt6Lightning elemental damage ***Good at the beginning of the game; effective against machines.
Fire 220Fire elemental damage ***Good at the middle of the game; effective against ice enemies.
Ice 221Ice elemental damage***Good at the middle of the game; effective against fire enemies.
Bolt 222Lightning elemental damage ***Good at the middle of the game; effective against machines.
Fire 357Fire elemental damage ***Good at the end of the game; effective against ice enemies.
Ice 352Ice elemental damage***Good at the end of the game; effective against fire enemies.
Bolt 353Lightning elemental damage***Good at the end of the game; effective against machines.
Poison3Gives poison status*Not very good, best against enemies with a lot of HP or humans.
Bio26Gives poison status and deals poison-elemental damage***Best against humans.
Break25Turns enemy into stone**Doesn't work a lot or against main enemies, but it kills. Using Vanish first makes a big difference in the hit rate.
Doom35Kills enemy **Very similar to Break.
Drain15Deals damage to the enemy as you recover HP.***Nice spell, but is it worth all that extra time with Ifrit?
Pearl40Holy elemental damage****Strong spell, best agianst evil enemies.
Flare45Fire elemental damage ***Strong spell, best agianst ice enemies.
Demi33Cuts enemy's HP in half ***Good against enemies with high HP (at least about 19,000) at the beginning of the game.
Quartr48Brings enemy's HP to 1/4*By the time you can get this, it's not worth it.
X-Zone53Kills all enemies***This works at a reasonable rate. Better hit rate with vanish. DO NOT USE VANISH-X-ZONE ON DOOM GAZE.
Meteor62Deals a lot of damage to all enemies****Strong spell, best agianst many enemies.
Ultima80Deals extensive damage to all enemies*****Wipes out all enemies in most fights until the way end of the game.
Quake50Deals lots of damage to EVERYONE****Great against ground-based enemies. Use float on your party (all at once) or equip Gaia Gear and you won't take damage.
W-Wind75Deals lots of damage to EVERYONE**You don't really have much defense against this very powerful spell and it doesn't hit much.
Merton85Deals lots of damage to EVERYONE****Great against ice enemies. Equip Flame Shield, etc. to absorb the effects.

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EFFECT

NameMPEffect RatingTips
Scan3Reveals enemy's HP, MP, weaknesses and strengths.****Good if you want to know this info. The weakness info is especially helpful for a quick kill.
Slow5Slows down the enemy. *Not a good spell.
Rasp12Takes away enemy's MP ***If you're facing an enemy with a lot of MP, use it to get rid of the enemy's MP.
Mute8Makes enemy not be able to cast spells**Not good unless you're facing a good magic user you can't kill before it can do anything bad.
Safe12Raises defense ***Good against strong main enemies.
Sleep5Makes enemy sleep **Good if you're using magic against it and it will take a while to kill it. Don't attack sleeping enemies or it will wake up.
Muddle8Makes enemy confused **It sounds good, but it's worse than it seems. It's horrible against you, though.
Haste10Speeds ally up*** Good in boss fights.
Stop10Makes enemy not be able to do anything**Doesn't last long enough to be worth it.
Bserk16Makes enemy/ally mad so it is stronger but can only attack normally.***Use against weak magic using enemies or your Sabin, Cyan, Locke, etc.
Float17Makes you float in the air so quake won't hit you.***Use this to all of your party members at the same time.
Imp10Turns enemy/ally into an imp or undoes this status**Not very good unless you're an imp.
Reflect22Reflects all magic off of effected character to its enemy****Good against magical enemies. A trick to use spells on enemies with reflect: Use it on you and have it bounce off onto the enemy. Don't worry, it won't bounce back to you.
Shell15Raises magic defense***Use this in fights against magic using bosses
Vanish18Makes you/enemy invisible****Use this on yourself to dodge normal attacks, use this on your enemies to make hard-to-hit spells like Doom work.
Haste 238Casts haste on all allies. ***Better than haste
Slow 226Casts slow on all allies. ***Better than slow
Osmose1Drains a lot of MP out of the enemy.*****This spell is VERY good to save you tinctures. Best in the Fanatics Tower. Use it on enemies that you think can use magic.
Warp20Escape fights and dungeons **There are times when this is useful.
Quick99Lets one character go twice in turn.****Use it when you can do a lot in one turn, like with Genji Glove and Offering for 16 hits a turn. However, this uses a lot of MP.
Dispel25Gets rid of good status effects. **Use it on enemies who have done this and when their status effects are making the fight difficult.

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