Flare

Type Black Magic

Level 8

Effect Blasts foes with light and heat.

Power 200

Hit Rate 137%

Target All foes

Price 60,000 gil

Sold In Lufenia

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Flare is the ultimate damaging Spell, which is a bit sad, because it's not actually that great. It has maximum Accuracy, which still makes it unreliable against Monsters with very high Magic Defense (which is most of those you'd like to use it on). Even on an unresisted hit, Flare only averages 300 damage, which your fighters most likely surpass on a normal attack. It's a nice Spell for softening up large groups of relatively weak enemies, but unlike in later games, it's pretty useless against bosses. It's still the best Spell of its level, though, so don't miss it if you have a Black Wizard.

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Monsters: Which use Flare – 3 shown

Minibosses are only found in repeatable set encounters; bosses are encountered only one time during the game; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; superbosses are the most dangerous monsters in the game, but are optional Name	HP	Gil	The total amount of experience earned for defeating this monster (this is split evently among surviving party members) Exp	Each physical hit will deal between one and two times this amount of damage to the target, reduced by the target's defense Att	The number of hit chances the monster gets whenever it attacks; each successful hit will deal full damage and can be a critical hit Hits	The accuracy of the monster's attacks; the base chance to hit is approximately 84% plus half of the monster's accuracy, modified by the target's evasion Acc	The status ailment, if any, that can be inflicted by this monster's attacks; the base chance of affliction is 50%, reduced by 1% for each two points of magic defense the target has Status	The chance of each of this monster's attacks being a critical hit (unless the attack misses); critical hits add double the monster's attack rating to their normal damage (this extra damage ignores defense) Crit	Each physical hit the monster takes will have its damage reduced by this amount Abs	The monster's base chance to evade any given physical attack; each two points of evasion result in a 1% better chance to evade attacks Eva	For each two points of magic defense, the monster has a 1% better chance of resisting any given spell Mag. Def.	The lowest party level at which the monster may choose to run away; the chance to run is approximately 4% for each level the party leader is above this level Run Lev.	The chance that the monster uses a magic spell on its turn; each monster that can cast spells has a specific cycle of spells that they always use in the same order (see the monster page for specifics) Magic	The chance that the monster uses a special attack on its turn; monsters with multiple special attacks have a specific cycle of special attacks that they always use in the same order (see the monster page for specifics) Sp. Att	The families this monster belongs to; only undead monsters are affected by Dia spells; regenerating monsters recover 5% of their maximum hp (rounded down) at the beginning of each round; some weapons gain a +4 bonus to attack and are approximately 20% more likely to hit when used against certain monster families Family	The elements this monster is weak against; weakness against an element causes spells and special attacks of that element to be approximately 20% more likely to hit, and damaging spells or special attacks deal an additional 50% damage Weakness	The elements this monster is resistant to; resistance to an element drops the base hit chance for spells and special attacks of that element to 0, and those attacks cause half damage Resists
Doom Knight	190	3,000 gil	2700	55	1	107	-	1%	32	21	87	-	25%	-	Magic Beast, Spellcaster	-	Death, Poison, Status
Lich	1,000	1 gil	2000	50	1	115	Paralysis	1%	50	24	70	-	75%	-	Magic Beast, Spellcaster, Undead	-	Death, Ice, Poison, Status
Chaos	4,000	-	0	100	2	183	Paralysis	1%	100	50	100	-	50%	25%	-	-	All elements

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