Doomsday (ability)



Doomsday ( or ) is a recurring Dark-elemental spell in the Final Fantasy series.

Final Fantasy V
Doomsday, known in Japan as Punish Ray, appears as a Dark Arts spell usable by the Necromancers in the Game Boy Advance and mobile versions. It costs 66 MP and has power of 254. It is learned from defeating Hades.

Final Fantasy IX
Vivi Ornitier can use the Black Magic spell Doomsday, learned from his ultimate staff, Mace of Zeus. When cast, clusters of asteroids and meteoroids gather together in space to create one enormous meteor, which slowly descends and enters the atmosphere, colliding with the enemy and the surrounding area. It does a large amount of Shadow damage to the enemies and party. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.

Steiner can also use Doomsday as a Sword Magic technique, but the difference between Vivi's spell version and Steiner's Sword Magic version is that Vivi's spell targets both enemies and party members, while Steiner only affects all enemies. In the game's Japanese version, Doomsday was known as "Jihad". A powerful combo would be to equip the party with add-ons/armor which absorb shadow, allowing the party to heal massive amounts of HP with every casting of Doomsday. The spell is learned for 150 AP, costs 72 MP to use, and has a spell power of 112.

Doomsday can also be used by Hades and the superboss Ozma.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call
Doomsday is a Magic Type Reactive Ability that can be learned by Celes at Level 80, Lightning #2 at Level 90, Vivi at Level 65, Shantotto at Level 55, or taught to a character with the Doomsday Scroll item. Doomsday activates once in BMSs when the player reaches a chain of 50. This ability deals Extra Strength Magic Damage, but reduces the player's HP by 30%.

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game
Doomsday is an ability usable by one of Vivi's cards. Doomsday requires the discard of a Vivi card, Dulling Vivi, and four Fire CP. It deals 7000 damage to each Forward.

Etymology
The spell is called "Jihad" in Japanese. The spell name, is also used as the Japanese name for the Final Fantasy VI esper, Crusader.