Cure3

CUR3

Sprite

Power 66

Type White Magic LV 5

Effect Restores 66-132 HP to one ally

Target One ally

Learned by

Sold In Melmond (8,000 G)

Once again you're faced with a Spell level full of good Spells and likely have to decide between CURE and HEAL. However, due to a bug, HEL2 is almost as good on a per-character basis as CUR3 is in general. With the rest of the level so loaded, Wh.MAGES may be well-advised to skip on CUR3. RedMAGES, on the other hand, should definitely grab this Spell. As with its predecessors, CUR3 is a bit less effective outside of combat, curing 64–127 HP.

Type White Magic

Level 5

Effect Restores 66-132 HP.

Power 66

Target One ally

Price 8,000 gil

Sold In Melmond

Learned By

Once again you're faced with a Spell level full of good Spells and likely have to decide between Cure and Heal. Both Spells are identical to their predecessors, but with double the healing potential. Just to add to the decision-making fun, they also share a Spell level with Life1. Now on the one hand, Cure3's healing is finally getting significant, and can turn the tide in a tough battle. On the other hand, Spells and Special Attacks that damage the entire party are becoming more common, making Heal Spells more useful. In this case I'd favor Cure3, but not by much. (And of course for Red Mages it's a no-brainer.)

Curaga

Type White Magic

Level 5

Effect Restore target's HP

Element Recovery

Base Power 180

Base Accuracy 100%

Price 5,000 gil

Value 2,500 gil

Reflectable No

Target One/All Enemies

Cast By

Cure 3

Recovers HP

Spell Type

Icon

Healing

Learned Phoenix ×2, Starlet ×1

Bat.Pwr 66 (Ignores Mag.Def)

Target One/All Allies

Damage Type Restore HP

MP Cost 40

Can be absorbed with Runic

Can be reflected with Reflect

Can be used outside of combat

Used By L.80 Magic, Madam, Magic Urn

Cure 3 is the best healing Spell in the game, allowing you to heal the entire party for heavy damage. It is expensive and difficult to learn, but worth the effort.

Cure3

Type Magic

Reflectable Yes

Description Restores HP

MP 64

Base Damage 2,860+M Attack% 255% (always hits)

Target One/all allies

Element Restorative

Special Can use in field

Materia Restore L4, Master Magic

Used by 2-Faced, Shred, Scissors(Lower), Jenova·SYNTHESIS

Curaga

Type Restore

Description Restore HP

Power 60

HP-J ×100 2,200 hit points (12th)

Str-J ×100 20 strength (18th)

Vit-J ×100 65 vitality (5th)

Mag-J ×100 20 magic (19th)

Spr-J ×100 65 spirit (4th)

Spd-J ×100 10 speed (20th)

Eva-J ×100 4 evade (10th)

Hit-J ×100 10 hit (23rd)

Luck-J ×100 10 luck (25th)

Draw Difficulty +34