Blue Magic (Final Fantasy V)

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Bartz casts the Blue Magic Death Claw.

Perform blue magic.

Description

Blue Magic (あおまほう, Ao Mahō?), also known as Blue, is a Magic skillset in Final Fantasy V. It is the special ability of the Blue Mage, and was the first entry of the Final Fantasy to use magic learned from enemies.

Blue Magic comes in a variety of different forms, from offensive spells to positive enhancements. Some of the most useful spells are Blue Magic.

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Mechanics

The character must be hit by the Blue Magic spell either as a Blue Mage or with the Learning ability equipped while in another job to learn the spell. Only one member is required to learn a specific spell for it to be used by the others. Some enemies never normally use the Blue Magic onto the party and must be made to do so to learn it. The Blue Mage need not live through the attack to learn it, so long as another member of the party finishes the battle alive.

Blue Magic is the only school of magic that cannot be Dualcast. Unlike other type of magic, Blue Magic is not disabled if the user is silenced.

Most Blue Magic spells have their own effect formulas, but the Aero spells use the damage formula of the other schools spells.

Aero spells' parameters are calculated as follows:

$Attack = Spell Attack + (0..(Spell Attack/8))$

$M = (Level*Magic Power)/256 + 4$

$Defense = Magic Defense$

If the target absorbs Wind it is healed instead of damaged and if it has elemental immunity, the attack misses. If the target is resistant against Wind the Attack modifier in the above formula is halved, and if it is weak against Wind, the Attack modifier is doubled and the attack ignores the target's Magic Defense.

$Damage = (Attack - Defense) * M$

Damage is capped at 9999.

The Blue Magic skillset gives characters the Blue Mage's base Magic unless otherwise already at a higher value.

Upon mastery, Freelancers and Mimes gain the Blue Mage's base Agility, Stamina and Magic unless they already have a higher base from another mastered job.

List of spells

The following is a list of Blue Magic from Final Fantasy V. Enemies in italics must be controlled by a Beastmaster and "forced" to attack for the Blue Mage to learn the skill from them, or be confused into casting spells onto the Blue Mage (only applicable to self-helping skills, or in certain cases, with the help of Reflect). Enemies in bold must be given MP to use Blue Magic.

Ability	MP	Learned From	Effect	Image
Doom (Condemn)	10	Exdeath, Azulmagia, Hades, Unknown (#172), The Damned	Kills one enemy after 30 seconds.
	Curses one enemy to die in 30 seconds.
Roulette	1	Parthenope, Azulmagia, Death Dealer, Shinryu, Hades	Kills one random ally or enemy.
	KO's a randomly chosen target.
Aqua Breath (AquaRake)	38	Dhorme Chimera, Manticore, Leviathan, Bahamut, Azulmagia, Crystal, Enuo, Famed Mimic Gogo, Aquagel	Deals non-elemental damage to all enemies. Deals 8 times the damage to desert enemies.
	Uses bubbles to surround and damage all enemies.
Level 5 Death (L5 Doom)	22	Page 64, Level Checker, Azulmagia, Executor, Enuo, Level Tricker	Kills enemies whose levels are a multiple of 5.
	Hits targets with levels that are multiples of 5.
Level 4 Graviga (L4 Qrter)	9	Ghidra, Level Tricker, Level Checker, Azulmagia, Executor	Casts Graviga on enemies whose levels are a multiple of 4.
	Hits targets with levels that are multiples of 4.
Level 2 Old (L2 Old)	11	Magic Dragon, Level Checker, Azulmagia, Executor, Shinryu, Level Tricker	Inflicts Old on enemies whose levels are a multiple of 2.
	Hits targets with levels that are multiples of 2.
Level 3 Flare (L3 Flare)	18	Exdeath, Level Checker, Azulmagia, Executor, Shinryu, Red Dragon, Archeosaur	Casts Flare on enemies whose levels are a multiple of 3.
	Hits targets with levels that are multiples of 3.
Pond's Chorus (FrogSong)	5	Azulmagia, Elf Toad, Archeotoad, Kornago, Farfarello, Gilgamesh, Lemure, Vilia	Inflicts Toad on one target.
	Inflicts one enemy with toad status.
Lilliputian Lyric (TinySong)	5	Mini Magician, Gilgamesh, Cherie, Farfarello, Azulmagia, Vilia, Mykale	Inflicts Mini on one target.
	Inflicts one enemy with mini status.
Flash	7	Crew Dust, Ramuh, Neon, Gilgamesh, Necrophobe, Azulmagia, Headstone, Orukat, Parthenope, Stone Mask	Inflicts Blind on all enemies.
	Inflicts darkness on all enemies.
Time Slip	9	Traveler, Gilgamesh, Azulmagia, Cherie	Inflicts Old and Sleep on one target.
	Causes sleep and old status on one enemy.
Moon Flute (MoonFlut)	3	Page 256, Jackanapes, Mykale	Inflicts Berserk on all allies.
	Causes berserk status for all allies.
Death Claw (DethClaw)	21	Death Claw, Treant, Gilgamesh, Soul Eater, Azulmagia, Iron Claw, Objet d'Art, Strapparer	Reduces a target's HP to single digits and inflicts Paralyze.
	Brings one enemy to the point of death. Causes paralysis.
Aero	4	Moldwynd, Gigas, Magissa, Mykale, Azulmagia, Defeater	Deals Wind-elemental damage to one or all enemies.
	Deals wind damage.
Aera (Aero 2)	10	Gigas, Enchanted Fan, Page 32, Gilgamesh, Enkidu, Abductor, Azulmagia, Galajelly	Deals Wind-elemental damage to one or all enemies.
	Deals wind damage.
Aeroga (Aero 3)	24	Enchanted Fan (Metamorpha version only), Magic Dragon, Elm Gigas, Crystal, Baldanders, Azulmagia, Neo Exdeath, Dark Elemental, Enuo, Cherie, Ziggurat Gigas (Zephyrus version only)	Deals Wind-elemental damage to one or all enemies.
	Deals wind damage.
Flame Thrower (Emission)	5	Prototype, Flame Thrower, Mecha Head, Omega, Omega Mk.II, Triton, Great Dragon, Azulmagia, Claret Dragon, Mindflayer	Deals Fire-elemental damage to one enemy.
	Engulfs one enemy in flames.
Goblin Punch (GblinPnch)	0	Goblin, Black Goblin, Gilgamesh, Gobbledygook, Azulmagia, Sahagin, Nix	Deals non-elemental damage to one target. If the target's level is same as the caster's level, deals 8 times the damage instead.
	Attacks one enemy with a goblin's strength.
Dark Spark (DrkShock)	27	Black Flame, Strapparer, Ushabti, Azulmagia, Hades, Shadow	Halves the target's current level.
	Halves target's level.
Off-Guard (GuardOff)	19	Magic Dragon, Ziggurat Gigas, Ushabti, Azulmagia, Page 256, Shadow, The Damned	Halves the target's Defense.
	Reduces target's defense.
Transfusion (Fusion)	13	Mythril Dragon, Gargoyle, Birositris, Devilfish, Unknown (#169), Mover	Sacrifices the caster and fully restores one target's HP and MP.
	Sacrifices caster to completely restore an ally's HP and MP.
Mind Blast (MindBlst)	6	Wendigo, Twintania, Mindflayer, Azulmagia	Deals non-elemental damage while inflicts Sap and Paralyze to one target.
	Attacks one enemy and causes paralysis and sap status.
Vampire	2	Steel Bat, Blood Slime, Abductor, Zombie Dragon, Enkidu, Dark Aspic, Python, Mercury Bat, Azulmagia, Achelon, Dechirer, Shadow	Absorbs HP from target and restores caster's HP. The amount it absorb is calculated $(Max HP - Current HP)$
	Absorbs HP from one enemy.
Magic Hammer (Hammer)	3	Byblos, Drippy, Apanda, Azulmagia, Oiseaurare	Halves target's MP.
	Halves target's MP.
Mighty Guard (MghtyGrd)	72	Ironclad, Stingray	Grants Protect, Shell, Float to the party.
	Casts Protect, Shell, and Levitate on all allies.
Self-Destruct (Exploder)	1	Azulmagia, Motor Trap, Bomb, Purobolos, Grenade, Gilgamesh, Prototype, Unknown (#171)	Kills caster to deal non-elemental piercing damage to one target equal to user's current HP.
	Sacrifices caster to deal massive damage to one enemy.
????	3	Azulmagia, Kuza Beast, Tyrannosaur, Wild Nakk, Behemoth, Gel Fish, King Behemoth, Mecha Head, Numb Blade, Traveler	Deals non-elemental piercing damage to one target equal to caster's Maximum HP minus their current HP.
	???
1000 Needles (Blowfish)	25	Azulmagia, Lamia Queen, Cactus, Hedgehog, Lamia, Lemure, Mykale	Deals 1000 damage to one target. Damage cannot be reduced.
	Deals 1,000 damage to one enemy.
White Wind (WhiteWind)	28	Enchanted Fan, Dark Elemental, White Flame, Hellraiser	Restores HP to party equal to caster's current HP.
	Restores each party member's HP by an amount equal to the caster's current HP.
Missile	7	Prototype, Rocket Launcher, Enkidu, Gilgamesh, Mecha Head, Soul Cannon, Azulmagia, Motor Trap	Reduce target to 1/4 of its current HP.
	Quarters an enemy's HP.

Other appearances

Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade

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Ability Cards

Death Claw (SR).

Flamethrower (SR).

Death Claw (SR+).

Flamethrower (SR+).

Aeroga (SSR).

Aqua Breath (SSR).

Moon Flute (SSR).

Aeroga (SSR+).

Aqua Breath (SSR+).

Moon Flute (SSR+).

Aeroga (UR+).

Legend Cards

Death Claw (Summon).

Goblin Punch (Summon).

Aerora (SR).

Aerora (SR).

Aerora (SR+).

Aerora (SR+).

Death Claw (SSR).

Goblin Punch (SSR).

Moon Flute (SSR).

Death Claw (SSR+).

Goblin Punch (SSR+).

Moon Flute (SSR+).

Self-Destruct (UR).

Aeroga (UR+).

Self-Destruct (UR+).

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Gallery

Spell effect sprites

Doom (Grim Reaper).

Time Slip (Clock).

Level 5 Death.

Magic Hammer.

Super Famicom*(From the fantranslated version played on an emulator.)

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Aero

Aero 2

Aero 3

Aqua Rake

Big Guard

Blood Suck

Blow Fish

Dark Shock

Death Claw

Doom

Emission

Flash

Frog Song

Goblin Punch

L.2 Old

L.3 Flare

Level 5 Doom

Lil' Melody

Magic Hammer

Roulette

Time Slip

White Wind

Game Boy Advance

Moon Flute

White Wind

Mind Blast

Missile

Goblin Punch

Vampire

???

Flame Thrower

Time Slip

Level 2 Old

Level 4 Graviga

Doom

Aera

Level 3 Flare

Level 5 Death

Aeroga

1000 Needles

Aqua Breath

References

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