Drain

Type Magic
MP 1
Base Damage 37.5%×M Attack% 255% (always hits)
Target One enemy
Special Drains HP
Used by Ghost, Flower Prong, Gi Nattak, Godo, XCannon
Compare Drain to other Monster Abilities
Monsters: Which use Drain – 5 shown
Limited monsters never appear in random encounters; bosses are involved in important plot fights; special bosses and the final bosses are specifically called out as well; super bosses represent the greatest challenge in the game; Battle Square monsters only appear in the Battle Square; chocobos only appear in certain areas when using a Chocobo Lure and can be caught
Name		 Level HP MP Attack
The base physical damage dealt by this monster's abilities; physical damage abilities typically deal damage as a multiple of this value (P)
Base P		 Magic atk
The base magic damage dealt by this monster's abilities; magic damage abilities typically deal damage as a multiple of this value (M)
Base M
The estimated average amount of damage this ability will deal to a target with 128 Defense or Magic def when used by this monster (3/4 of base damage); actual damage will vary considerably based on the target's actual Defense or Magic def and other factors, but this is a good measure of the relative danger of this ability; a dagger (†) indicates that the ability deals set damage or otherwise ignores Defense and Magic def; numbers in italics are based on factors that will change during combat and should be considered very rough estimates; healing, MP restoration, HP drain, and MP drain or damage are indicated by text color
Typical Damage		 Defense
This is the damage a monster will take compared to the base damage of a physical attack
Phys. Vuln.		 Magic def
This is the damage a monster will take compared to the base damage of a magic attack
Magic Vuln.		 Defense%
Note that party members get a +50 bonus to Dexterity during combat which monsters do not
Dexterity		 Luck Elemental Vulnerability Status Immunity EXP AP Gil Steal Win Morph
Flower Prong 19 550 68 40 63 30 294 80 58 88% 200 60% 1% 68 0 Absorb: Poison
Weak: Fire, Earth		 Defend: Small, Confusion, Frog, Berserk, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death-sentence 240 24 400 gil - Earth Drum (14.1%) -
Ghost 10 130 80 25 32 18 168 46 8 98% 56 89% 10% 48 6 Absorb: Restorative
Invalid: Earth, Water
Halve: Ice
Weak: Fire, Holy		 Defend: Silence, Frog, Stop, Paralyzed 30 3 22 gil Ghost Hand (51.6%) Ghost Hand (4.7%) Ether
Gi Nattak 29 5,500 200 70 259 25 324 89 70 86% 140 72% 1% 75 0 Absorb: Restorative
Invalid: Gravity, Water
Weak: Holy		 Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Berserk, Poison, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence 1,400 150 3,500 gil - Wizer Staff -
Godo 41 10,000 1,000 70 337 45 516 140 60 88% 100 80% 1% 68 0 - Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Stop, Berserk, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence 5,000 60 40,000 gil - All Creation -
XCannon 46 20,000 100 80 425 60 636 173 120 76% 400 21% 1% 80 0 Invalid: Lightning Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Slow, Darkness, Frog, Stop, Poison, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence, Sadness, Fury 2,000 90 3,000 gil - Turbo Ether (14.1%) -
Scratch Vanish

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Drain

Sprite
Power 10 Accuracy +0%
Type Black Magic
Effect Drains HP from the target, giving it to the caster; the effects are reversed if used against undead
Tome Drain Tome
Effect Drain 8 (All enemies)
Value 7,500 gil
Found In Mysidian Cave B5
Dropped By Sorcerer, Wizard
Used By Astaroth, Hecteyes, Mega Parasite, Sorcerer, Wizard
Drain is a powerful attack Spell, well worth leveling. While the damage and healing are not explicitly displayed, Drain has exactly the same effect as the basic Element Spells like Fire and Blizzard, except that it's non-elemental and you gain the damage back as HP. Note that you can deal more damage than you have HP left to heal (the extra healing is wasted), and you can heal more HP than the target had left. The only drawback to Drain is that, if you cast it on Undead, the target is healed and the caster takes the damage instead. The Spell also deals full damage in this case, as if it has full successes, making it especially dangerous.

Drain

Type Black Magic
Level 7
Effect Absorb HP from target
Element Recovery
Base Power 160
Base Accuracy 100%
Price 20,000 gil
Value 10,000 gil
Reflectable No
Target One Enemy

Cast By

Drain does not function correctly against Undead targets. Due to a bug, it does not heal them, nor does it hurt them, and it does not harm the caster.

Drain

Type Black Magic
Effect Absorb HP from target
Element Absorb
MP 18
Base Power 10
Base Accuracy 100%
Reflectable No
Target One

Learned By

Drain

Base Type Spell
Attack Type Magic
Bat.Pwr 38
Target One Foe
Damage Type Drain HP
MP Cost 15
Hit Rate 120
Can be absorbed with Runic
Used By Barb-e, Harvester, Hazer, Kefka, L.40 Magic, Magic, Pm Stalker, SoulDancer, Ultros

Drain

Drains HP from an enemy
Spell Type
Icon
Attack
Learned Ifrit ×1, Terra LV 12
Bat.Pwr 38
Target One Foe
Damage Type Drain HP
MP Cost 15
Hit Rate 120
Can be absorbed with Runic
Used By Barb-e, Harvester, Hazer, Kefka, L.40 Magic, Magic, Pm Stalker, SoulDancer, Ultros
Drain is a decently powerful Spell considering that it absorbs HP, but that aspect also makes it situationally weak. You can't do more damage with Drain than the HP you absorb, so it will often have a very limited effect (especially when used by Monsters).

Absorb

Type Command
Description Absorb HP
Status Drain
The Absorb Ability is similar to the Drain Spell, though it is less powerful.

Drain

Type Indirect
Description Absorb HP
Status Drain
Power 26
HP-J ×100 400 hit points (31st)
Str-J ×100 13 strength (31st)
Vit-J ×100 30 vitality (13th)
Mag-J ×100 20 magic (19th)
Spr-J ×100 24 spirit (17th)
Spd-J ×100 6 speed (34th)
Eva-J ×100 2 evade (31st)
Hit-J ×100 5 hit (36th)
Luck-J ×100 4 luck (37th)
ST-Atk-J ×100 Drain 100%
Draw Difficulty +18
Drain deals damage to the target and absorbs that damage as HP. If the caster or target is undead (or affected by Zombie), Drain will deal damage to both. However, if both are undead, it has a normal effect. Resistance to the Drain status decreases the amount of HP regained (or lost) by the caster, but does not affect the damage dealt by Drain.