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This page contains list of magic in Final Fantasy VIII (FF8, FFVIII). Each magic has diverse functions and separated into categories.
| List of Contents | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fire | Ice | Thunder |
| Time | Forbidden | Life |
| ST | Support | Unrefinable |
| Magic | Effect |
|---|---|
| Flare | Deals massive non-elemental damage to one target. |
| Firaga | Deals a massive amount of fire damage to one target |
| Fira | Deals a moderate amount of fire damage to one target |
| Fire | Deals a small amount of fire damage to one target |
| Magic | Effect |
|---|---|
| Water | Deals moderate water damage to one target. |
| Blizzaga | Deals a massive amount of ice damage to one target |
| Blizzara | Deals a moderate amount of ice damage to one target |
| Blizzard | Deals a small amount of ice damage to one target |
| Magic | Effect |
|---|---|
| Tornado | Deals massive wind damage to all enemies. |
| Aero | Deals moderate wind damage to one target. |
| Thundaga | Deals a massive amount of thunder damage to one target |
| Thundara | Deals a moderate amount of thunder damage to one target |
| Thunder | Deals a small amount of thunder damage to one target |
| Magic | Effect |
|---|---|
| Triple | Use magic three times successively |
| Double | Use magic twice successively |
| Gravity | Deals fixed damage to an enemy equivalent to 25% of their remaining HP. |
| Quake | Deals massive earth damage to all enemies. |
| Stop | Inflicts Stop, which halts their attack gauge temporarily |
| Slow | Inflicts Slow, which decreases speed temporarily |
| Haste | Inflicts Haste, which increases speed temporarily |
| Magic | Effect |
|---|---|
| Ultima | Inflicts extremely massive non-elemental magic damage all enemies |
| Meteor | Massive non-elemental magic damage/all enemies |
| Magic | Effect |
|---|---|
| Holy | Deals massive holy damage to one target. |
| Death | Instantly kills one target |
| Zombie | Inflicts Zombie on a target, making them take damage from recovery abilities |
| Full-Life | Revives a fallen target and restores 100% of their HP. |
| Life | Revives a fallen target and restores 25% of their HP. |
| Regen | Grants Regen to one target, allowing them to gradually recover HP |
| Curaga | Restore a large amount of HP to one target. |
| Cura | Restore a moderate amount of HP to one target. |
| Cure | Restore a small amount of HP to one target. |
| Magic | Effect |
|---|---|
| Meltdown | Makes a target more susceptible to physical attacks |
| Pain | Cause Poison, Darkness, and Silence |
| Confuse | Inflicts Confuse, making them select random abilities and random units. |
| Sleep | Puts a single target to sleep |
| Berserk | Inflicts Berserk on the target, which increases their physical strength but makes attacks random. |
| Silence | Prevents a foe from using magic, GF or Draw |
| Blind | Inflicts Darkness on a target, making their physical attacks miss more often. |
| Break | Petrifies an opponent until they are cured. |
| Bio | Deals massive poison damage to all enemies, and inflicts poison on them. |
| Magic | Effect |
|---|---|
| Aura | Allows Limit to appear quicker. |
| Drain | Deals moderate non-elemental damage to one target and restores it to user. |
| Reflect | Reflects single target magic temporarily to the enemy |
| Shell | Grants Shell to one target, halving the damage from magic attacks. |
| Protect | Grants Protect to one target, halving the damage from physical attacks. |
| Dispel | Removes positive status ailments from a target (except invincibility). |
| Esuna | Removes negative status ailments from a target (except Doom and KO). |
| Magic | Effect |
|---|---|
| Apocalypse | Inflicts extremely massive non-elemental magic damage all enemies |
| Scan | Scan enemy's HP and weakness |
| Float | Inflicts float on an enemy, making them immune to earth attacks |
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