Stun

Type Black Magic
Level 6
Effect Paralyzes a foe.
Target One foe
Element Status
Status Paralysis
Price 20,000 gil
Sold In Crescent Lake

Learned By

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BM
Kn
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Ni
Stun is a seemingly weird Spell, unless you're familiar with the Power Word Spells in D&D. Along with its brethren Blind and Doom, Stun only works on Monsters with less than 300 current HP. On the upside, it always works on those creatures, unless they resist Status magic. It can occasionally be useful, but late in the game most of the Monsters you fight have too much HP to make this Spell immediately useful. Of course, if you aren't a fan of instant KO Spells, Stun is a fine choice of a level 6 Spell.
Compare Stun to other Spells
Shops: Where Stun is sold – 1 shown
Map Shop
Crescent Lake L6 Bl.Magic
Monsters: Which use Stun – 2 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
Dark Wizard 105 1,095 gil 1095 26 1 97 - 1% 40 39 85 - 50% - Spellcaster - -
Marilith 1,400 1 gil 2000 60 6 115 - 1% 60 30 92 - 38% - Magic Beast, Spellcaster - Fire, Ice, Lightning, Poison
Reaper Blind

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Blind

Type Black Magic
Level 7
Effect Blinds a foe.
Target One foe
Element Status
Status Darkness
Price 45,000 gil
Sold In Onlak

Learned By

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BM
Kn
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Ni
Blind is another "power word" Spell like Stun. The upshot of Blind is that it won't wear off, but at the same time, the effects are very minimal for a 7th-level Spell slot. If you have money to burn, it's not the worst level 7 black magic spell, but it's far from necessary.

Doom

Type Black Magic
Level 8
Effect Instantly kills a foe.
Target One foe
Element Death
Status KO
Price 60,000 gil
Sold In Gaia

Learned By

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BM
Kn
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Ni
Doom is the third in the line of "power word" Spells that only work on Monsters with less than 300 HP. Unfortunately, it doesn't work on Monsters resistant to Death, and there aren't a lot of sub-300 HP Monsters you're going to want to use this Spell on. And let's be honest, if there's a Monster with less than 300 HP, you're better off whacking him with a melee fighter's basic attack anyway. Doom is anticlimactic at best.

Bind

Type Black Magic
Level 3
Effect Paralyzes a foe.
Hit Rate 115%
Target One foe
Element Status
Status Paralysis
Price 1,500 gil
Sold In Elfheim

Learned By

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BM
Kn
WW
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Ni
Bind is a very hit-or-miss Spell (and not just literally). It's highly accurate, so it will usually work, but there's always the chance the Monster you hit will break out of its Paralysis immediately. It's more likely than most debuffs to actually work on bosses (especially Marilith), though. Any time you find yourself facing one tough enemy, see if they have high Magic Defense or resist Status. If not, Bind can be great. It's a good third Spell for your Black Mage simply because Focus2 is so mediocre.

Stop

Type Black Magic
Level 8
Effect Stops time for foes, immobilizing them.
Hit Rate 107%
Target All foes
Element Time
Status Paralysis
Price 60,000 gil
Sold In Gaia

Learned By

WM
RM
BM
Kn
WW
RW
BW
Ni
Stop is a very strange Spell, as it exactly the same as its level-mate Banish, except that it's 8% more accurate and causes Paralysis instead of KO. Um... yeah. Even if Paralysis wasn't simple enough to inflict with lower-level Spells, Stop would still be a pretty useless Spell.

STUN

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Type Black Magic LV 6
Effect Automatically inflicts Paralysis on one foe with less than 300 HP unless they are resistant to Status-elemental attacks
Target One foe
Element Status
Inflict Status Paralysis

Learned by

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BM
Kn
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Ni
Sold In Crescent Lake (20,000 G)
STUN is a seemingly weird Spell, unless you're familiar with the Power Word spells in D&D. Along with its brethren BLND and XXXX, STUN only works on Monsters with less than 300 current HP. On the upside, it always works on those creatures, unless they resist Status magic. It can occasionally be useful, but late in the game many Monsters have too much HP to be affected before being worn down a bit. Of course, if you aren't a fan of instant KO Spells, STUN is a fine choice of a level 6 Spell.