Hades (Final Fantasy V)

Hades is an enemy from the Game Boy Advance version of Final Fantasy V. Being a palette swap of Azulmagia, Hades is a Necromancer, which is also a Job in the Advance version. If the party's Necromancer defeats Hades, they learn the powerful Doomsday spell.

Hades is hands-down the strongest random enemy in the game, giving the greatest experience reward. It uses Almagest (with an intelligence stat surpassing Enuo's), which can inflict over 5,000 damage if the player is not prepared. In addition to these devastating abilities, Hades also can also use the instant death physical Reaper's Sword.

A recommendation to mitigate some of the damage is to cast Carbuncle, so Flare will reflect back at Hades. Repeated castings of Holy will take advantage of the foe's elemental weakness. Hades will sometimes drop additional Bone Mails, while Cursed Rings may be stolen from it.

Related enemies

 * Azulmagia