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Doom is a status in Final Fantasy VIII. Instant Death is applied once the counter expires. The effect lasts 16 seconds (default Battle Speed setting), despite the counter starting at 8 (a likely allusion to the game's number in the series), and ends after battle. Zombie will also cancel out Doom's effect if cast on the character afflicted. Doom is functionally similar to the Petrifying status.

Doom will never work on undead enemies or bosses, and various other enemies may also be immune or highly resistant. Enemies' resistance to Doom is a separate stat from their resistance to Death.

Abilities[]

Ability Doom
Limit Break Bad Breath Crisis Level 4 (Blue Magic)
Summon Doomtrain

Enemy abilities[]

Ability Description Enemy
Curse Inflicts non-elemental magic damage and Doom to one target. Only used if Lefty and Righty are both alive. Vysage
Doom Inflicts Doom on one target. Griever, Sphinxara

Protection[]

Support ability Ribbon
Status Invincible

Healing[]

Ability Treatment
Limit Break Full-cure
Item Elixir, Megalixir, Remedy+

Enemies[]

Immune Adamantoise, Base Leader, Base Soldier, Blood Soul, Bomb, Chimera, Esthar Soldier (Terminator), Elastoid, Forbidden, GIM47N, Grat, Hexadragon, Iron Giant, Lefty, Malboro, Ochu, Oilboyle, PuPu, Righty, Ruby Dragon, Tonberry, UFO?, Vysage, All bosses except Propagator, Rinoa, Sorceress (A), Sorceress (B)
20% Abyss Worm, Armadodo, Belhelmel, Bite Bug, Blitz, Blobra, Buel, Cactuar, Caterchipillar, Creeps, Death Claw, Esthar Soldier, Fastitocalon, Fastitocalon-F, Funguar, G-Soldier, Gayla, Geezard, Gesper, Glacial Eye, Grand Mantis, Guard, Jelleye, Mesmerize, Paratrooper, Red Bat, Slapper, Thrustaevis, Tri-Face, Turtapod, Wendigo, Propagator, Rinoa, Sorceress (A), Sorceress (B)
30% Blue Dragon
40% SAM08G
60% Anacondaur, Behemoth, Raldo
65% Elite Soldier
80% Elnoyle, Torama
90% Cockatrice, Snow Lion, T-Rexaur
95% Grendel
99% Imp
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