Meteor (Final Fantasy IV)

Meteor is a powerful spell in Final Fantasy IV. The ultimate Black Magic, it bombards the enemy with small meteors. In the Super NES release, it was translated as Meteo.

Story
The party first learns of Meteor from Tellah. Seeking to avenge his daughter Anna, he seeks Meteor to kill Golbez. He thus is searching for Meteor on Mt. Ordeals, and encounters Cecil Harvey there. The young mages Palom and Porom warn Tellah Meteor is too dangerous in his old age, but Tellah does not listen. At the summit, the spirit of Kluya restores Tellah's memories, granting him all the spells he has forgotten, and also teaches him Meteor.

Some time later in the Tower of Zot, Tellah claims his chance at revenge. Assailing Golbez with the strongest spells he knows to no avail, Tellah finally casts Meteor. The spell weakens Golbez and shatters his telepathic control of Kain Highwind, but Tellah dies soon after.

In the final scenes of the game, Golbez and Fusoya combine their powers to cast Twin Meteor on Zemus, killing him. When Zemus is reborn as Zeromus, Golbez and Fusoya use the normal Meteor spell on him to no effect, and Zeromus then counters with his own Meteor spell.

In Battle
In battle, Meteor costs 99 MP to cast and is the most expensive spell in the game. However, it ignores Reflect, split damage and defense. This, in tandem with its high power, practically ensures that Meteor will do 9999 to all enemies, excluding some bosses. When Tellah acquires the spell, he only has 90 MP and cannot gain more normally, although in some releases items and augments can be used to increase his MP.

Rydia can learn Meteor at Level 60 (Level 80 in the DS release). Fusoya knows every spell in the game, including Meteor, and has 190 MP and thus can cast it easily. Palom also learns Meteor. By equipping Palom and Porom with the Twin Stars, there is a chance their Twin command will cast Twin Meteor, which has higher power than Meteor. Although the Twin Meteor spell originally appeared as a normal Meteor spell with a different name, in the DS release it has a slightly different graphic and breaks the damage limit to do 99999 to Zemus.

In the Super NES and Gameboy Advance releases, Meteor was Holy-elemental. In the DS release, it is non-elemental.