Death

Type Status Ailment
Description Slay target instantly, dealing magic damage instead if unsuccessful.
ATB Cost All
Role Saboteur
Status Effect Death
Chapter 12
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Characters: That can learn Death – 1 shown
Name
The Crystarium stage at which this ability becomes available to this character
Stage
The CP cost to unlock the ability in this character's Crystarium
CP
The chapter at which this ability becomes available to this character
Chapter
The character's base hit point total when they first join the party, not counting any bonuses from the Crystarium
HP
The character's base strength score when they first join the party, not counting any bonuses from the Crystarium
Strength
The character's base magic score when they first join the party, not counting any bonuses from the Crystarium
Magic
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Primary Roles
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Eidolon
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Chapter
Vanille 9 16,000 12 350 23 35 Ravager, Saboteur, Medic Hecatoncheir 1
Dazega Deathblow

Related

RUB

Sprite
Hit % 96%
Type Black Magic LV 6
Effect Inflicts Death-elemental KO on one foe
Target One foe
Element Death
Inflict Status KO

Learned by

WM
RM
BM
Kn
WW
RW
BW
Ni
Sold In Crescent Lake (20,000 G)
RUB is a single-target KO Spell that isn't particularly accurate. Further, a lot of Monsters (including all Undead) resist Death Spells. It's a fun Spell to cast, but it's really not very good. QAKE is the same level and hits multiple targets, though many creatures resistant to Earth are not resistant to Death. Either way, you're probably better off saving a level 6 Spell slot for some other use.

Reaper

Type Black Magic
Level 6
Effect Instantly kills a foe.
Hit Rate 96%
Target One foe
Element Death
Status KO
Price 20,000 gil
Sold In Crescent Lake

Learned By

WM
RM
BM
Kn
WW
RW
BW
Ni
Reaper is a single-target instant KO Spell that isn't particularly accurate. Further, a lot of Monsters (including all Undead) resist Death Spells. It's a fun Spell to cast, but it's really not very good. Quake is the same level and hits multiple targets, though many creatures resistant to Earth are not resistant to Death. Either way, you're probably better off saving a level 6 Spell slot for some other use.

Death

Sprite
Power 5 Accuracy +10%
Type Black Magic
Effect Inflicts death-elemental KO on the target
Status KO
Element Death
Tome Death Tome
Effect Death 6 (All enemies)
Value 5,000 gil
Sold In Jade Passage B3 (10,000 G)
Found In Castle Fynn Treasure Rooms
Dropped By Sorcerer
Used By Astaroth, Imperial Shadow, Sorcerer
Death is another KO Spell completely overshadowed by Toad. It is of a different Element, but every Monster resistant to Matter also resists Death and then some, and Death is less accurate than Toad to boot! This is another redundant Spell you shouldn't bother learning or casting if you've got Toad or Break, both of which are better.

Death

Type Black Magic
Level 8
Effect Inflict KO
Status Ailment KO
Base Power 0
Base Accuracy 35%
Price 60,000 gil
Value 30,000 gil
Reflectable No
Target One Enemy

Cast By

Death

Type Black Magic
Effect Inflict KO
Status Ailment KO
MP 35
Base Accuracy 60%
Reflectable No
Target One

Learned By

Doom

Dispatches an enemy
Spell Type
Icon
Attack
Learned Shoat ×2
Target One Foe
MP Cost 35
Hit Rate 95 (resisted with Stamina)
Misses targets immune to Wound
Can be absorbed with Runic
Can be reflected with Reflect
Status Wound
Used By Allo Ver, Allosaurus, Black Drgn, Bloompire, Displayer, Doom Gaze, L.50 Magic, MagiMaster, Necromancr, Samurai, Sky Base, SrBehemoth, Veteran
Doom is your first Wound Spell, potentially instantly removing a target from the battlefield. Monsters get three chances to resist it, though: once because of its slightly low Hit Rate and a second time with Stamina, presuming it isn't just immune to Wound in the first place. Since most of the Monsters you'd want to use Doom on are, it finds limited use.

The one exception is when taking advantage of the Clear bug. Any Clear Monsters are automatically hit with Spells, bypassing even Wound immunity. Doom is the first Spell you learn that can take full advantage of this bug.

Death

Type Magic
Reflectable Yes
Description Causes sudden death
MP 30
Attack% 100%
Target One/all enemies
Status Effect Add: Death (43%)
Materia Destruct L3, Master Magic

Death Stone

Type Tool
Description Same effect as Death
Value 5 gil (7 gil with the Sell-High menu ability)
Used in Battle Yes
Using a Death Stone in combat has the same effect as casting the Death Spell.

Death

Type Indirect
Description Cause Death
Status KO
HP-J ×100 1,800 hit points (14th)
Str-J ×100 22 strength (16th)
Vit-J ×100 22 vitality (19th)
Mag-J ×100 38 magic (9th)
Spr-J ×100 58 spirit (7th)
Spd-J ×100 10 speed (20th)
Eva-J ×100 4 evade (10th)
Hit-J ×100 10 hit (23rd)
Luck-J ×100 38 luck (2nd)
ST-Atk-J ×100 KO 100%
Draw Difficulty +34