Confuse - Final Fantasy II (Famicom) - Guides

Confuse

Sprite

Power 5 Accuracy +30%

Type Black Magic

Effect Inflicts Mind-elemental Confusion on the target

Status Confusion

Element Mind

Tome Confuse Tome

Effect Confuse 6 (All enemies)

Value 5,000 gil

Dropped By Fire Gigas, Thunder Gigas

Used By Beelzebub, Devil Wolf, Hecteyes, Imp, Sorcerer

Cast By Items Betrayal Fang

Confuse is a fun spell, but it's quite difficult to get your hands on a Confuse Tome. Plenty of monsters resist Mind, but Confuse is quite accurate against those who don't. Having the monsters attack each other is great because not only do they hurt one another, that time is not spent hurting you.

Compare Confuse to other Spells

Monsters: Which use Confuse – 5 shown

You can freely check these boxes and their status will be saved for the next time you visit the site	Bosses must be defeated as part of the plot; rare monsters appear in trap rooms for the current map or area; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; superbosses are the most dangerous monsters in the game, but are optional Name	The rank of the monster; the rank of any given encounter is determined by the lowest rank of any monster in that encounter; rank is used to determine how quickly skills progress toward the next level Rk	The monster's starting and maximum HP total HP	The monster's starting and maximum MP total MP	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 attacks the monster makes when it attacks physically, and the accuracy of each of those attacks Acc	The status ailment or other effect, if any, that can be inflicted by this monster's attacks; if a monster inflicts multiple status ailments, all are inflicted at once; drain attacks always drain ¹⁄₁₆ of the target's total HP or MP per hit and have an opposite effect against Undead monsters Effect	Each physical hit the monster takes will have its damage reduced by this amount Def	The number of attempts a monster gets to avoid incoming physical attacks, and the evasion % for those attempts Eva	The number of attempts a monster gets to avoid mitigate the effects of offensive spells or abilities, and the magic defense % for those attempts Mag. Def.	The base chance a monster will flee from battle on its turn; this chance is increased when the party has more total HP than all remaining monsters Fear	The average gil value of the money or items this monster can drop when defeated Avg. Drop	The families this monster belongs to; Undead monsters are damaged by healing spells and reverse the effects of drain attacks used against them; some weapons get a +20 bonus to attack when used against certain monster families (this does not stack with the bonus for using an elemental weapon against a monster that is weak against that element) Family	The elements this monster is weak against; spells of these elements always have their maximum effect and deal double damage; elemental weapons get a +20 bonus to attack when used monsters weak against any of their elements (this does not stack with the bonus for using a weapon against a monster of a family it is especially effective against); a dagger (†) indicates that this monster also resists this element, so damage will not be doubled Weakness	The elements this monster resists or absorbs; absorbed elements are marked with an asterisk (*); spells of resisted elements are always fully resisted and deal half damage, whle spells of absorbed elements have no effect and heal the target; individual monster pages indicate which elements are resisted and which are absorbed Resists/Absorbs
	Devil Wolf	7	870	300	70	8×80%	-	50	1×75%	6×60%	−170%	2,000 gil	Magic	-	-
	Imp	5	300	100	35	4×70%	Poison	35	1×50%	3×100%	−110%	640 gil	Flying, Earth, Magic	-	Fire, Lightning, Ice
	Hecteyes	6	1,140	300	85	7×90%	KO	70	1×70%	5×70%	−166%	1,800 gil	Flying, Earth	-	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Fire, Lightning, Poison*, Ice
	Sorcerer	4	140	60	25	1×70%	-	17	1×50%	3×60%	−100%	4,060 gil	Magic	-	-
	Beelzebub	7	5,000	450	150	8×100%	Poison	180	1×80%	8×70%	−170%	6,790 gil	Flying, Earth, Magic	-	Fire*, Ice

Items: Which cast Confuse in battle – 1 shown

You can freely check these boxes and their status will be saved for the next time you visit the site	Rare items can only be found as treasure or won from monsters; unique items can only be found as treasure Name	The spell cast when this item is used in battle, and the level it is used at; specific details on the item's battle effect are found on individual item pages Spell	The target of items is preset and cannot be changed Target	Items may break after being used in battle; in some cases the item always breaks, and in other cases there is a random chance of the item breaking each time it is used Break	The cost to buy this item in a shop Price	The amount of gil received when selling this item in a shop Value
	Betrayal Fang	Confuse 16	All enemies	Yes	-	500 gil

Monsters: Which drop Confuse Tome – 2 shown

You can freely check these boxes and their status will be saved for the next time you visit the site	Bosses must be defeated as part of the plot; rare monsters appear in trap rooms for the current map or area; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; superbosses are the most dangerous monsters in the game, but are optional Name	The probability that the monster will drop this particular item when it is defeated Drop Chance	The rank of the monster; the rank of any given encounter is determined by the lowest rank of any monster in that encounter; rank is used to determine how quickly skills progress toward the next level Rk	The monster's starting and maximum HP total HP	The monster's starting and maximum MP total MP	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 attacks the monster makes when it attacks physically, and the accuracy of each of those attacks Acc	The status ailment or other effect, if any, that can be inflicted by this monster's attacks; if a monster inflicts multiple status ailments, all are inflicted at once; drain attacks always drain ¹⁄₁₆ of the target's total HP or MP per hit and have an opposite effect against Undead monsters Effect	Each physical hit the monster takes will have its damage reduced by this amount Def	The number of attempts a monster gets to avoid incoming physical attacks, and the evasion % for those attempts Eva	The number of attempts a monster gets to avoid mitigate the effects of offensive spells or abilities, and the magic defense % for those attempts Mag. Def.	The base chance a monster will flee from battle on its turn; this chance is increased when the party has more total HP than all remaining monsters Fear	The average gil value of the money or items this monster can drop when defeated Avg. Drop	The families this monster belongs to; Undead monsters are damaged by healing spells and reverse the effects of drain attacks used against them; some weapons get a +20 bonus to attack when used against certain monster families (this does not stack with the bonus for using an elemental weapon against a monster that is weak against that element) Family	The elements this monster is weak against; spells of these elements always have their maximum effect and deal double damage; elemental weapons get a +20 bonus to attack when used monsters weak against any of their elements (this does not stack with the bonus for using a weapon against a monster of a family it is especially effective against); a dagger (†) indicates that this monster also resists this element, so damage will not be doubled Weakness	The elements this monster resists or absorbs; absorbed elements are marked with an asterisk (*); spells of resisted elements are always fully resisted and deal half damage, whle spells of absorbed elements have no effect and heal the target; individual monster pages indicate which elements are resisted and which are absorbed Resists/Absorbs
	Fire Gigas	5%	7	1,800	240	100	6×95%	-	100	1×40%	4×50%	−120%	1,580 gil	Giant	Ice	Fire*
	Thunder Gigas	5%	7	2,500	370	150	8×95%	-	150	1×60%	4×50%	−130%	2,620 gil	Giant	Poison	Lightning*