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Fractional damage (割合ダメージ, Wariai Damēji?, lit. Percentage Damage) is a recurring damage type in the Final Fantasy series. These abilities often deal damage based on the victims' current or maximum HP. Very often, these types of attacks have no effect against bosses. The most famous fractional damage ability is the recurring Gravity spell.
Appearances[]
Final Fantasy II[]
The Blood Sword deals fractional damage, as do HP-draining physical attacks used by enemies. The damage is calculated using the following formula:
The Sap spell also deals fractional damage to the target's MP, which is calculated using the following formula:
Final Fantasy III[]
Final Fantasy IV[]
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years[]
Final Fantasy V[]
Gravity, Graviga, Level 4 Graviga, Missile, and Death Claw deal fractional damage.
Final Fantasy VI[]
Final Fantasy VI uses fractional damage mainly with abilities that have magical properties. These abilities have a bit flag enabled that redirects the spell power to use a fractional formula:
Most of the fractional damage abilities miss if the target is immune to Death status.
Ability | Type | Effect |
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Gravity | Magic | Reduces target's HP by 1/2. It is vulnerable to Runic, ignores reflect and fails on targets immune to death. |
Graviga | Magic | Reduces HP of all targets by 3/4. It is vulnerable to Runic, ignores reflect and fails on targets immune to death. |
Gravija | Magic | Reduces HP of all targets by 7/8. It is vulnerable to Runic, ignores reflect and is unblockable. |
Tornado | Magic | Attack spell that targets all enemies and allies randomly and reduced HP by 15/16. It fails on targets immune to death and ignores reflect. |
Raise | Magic | Revives KO'd party member with 1/8 of max HP. It is vulnerable to Runic, unblockable and ignores reflect and Defense. |
Arise | Magic | Revives KO'd party member to full HP (factor of 16/16). It is vulnerable to Runic, unblockable and ignores reflect and Defense. |
Tiger | Bushido | Physical damage that halves HP and inflicts Sap status to one target. It is unblockable, fails on targets immune to Death and ignores Reflect and Defense. |
Sonic Boom | Dance/Enemy ability | Reduces HP by 5/8 and inflicts Sap status to one target. It is unblockable, fails on targets immune to Death and ignores Reflect. |
Cave In | Dance/Enemy ability | Reduces HP by 3/4 and inflicts Sap status to one target. It is unblockable, fails on targets immune to Death and ignores Reflect. |
Snowball | Dance/Enemy ability | Reduces HP by 1/2 and inflicts Sap status to one target. It is unblockable, fails on targets immune to Death and ignores Reflect. |
Transfusion | Lore/Enemy ability | Sacrifice self to fully restore the HP/MP (factor of 16/16) of an ally. User is removed from battle and cannot be revived. It is unblockable and ignores Reflect. Lifts statuses: Darkness, Zombie, Poison, Petrify, Doom, Critical, Silence, Berserk, Confuse, Sap, Sleep, Slow, Stop. |
Cyclonic | Rage/Enemy ability | Reduces all targets' HP by 15/16 of their current total. Its Hit Rate is 75, and it fails on targets immune to Death and ignores Reflect. |
Gravity Bomb | Rage/Enemy ability | Reduces a random target's HP by 1/2. It fails on targets immune to Death and ignores reflect. |
Shamshir | Rage/Enemy ability | Reduces a target's HP by 1/2. It is vulnerable to Runic, unblockable and ignores reflect, but fails on targets immune to Death. |
Launcher | Enemy ability | Uses eight missiles on random targets. Each time a target is hit, their HP is halved. Its Hit Rate is 100, and it fails on targets immune to Death. It ignores reflect, defense and split damage. |
Missile | Enemy ability | Reduces one target's HP by 1/4 of its current total and inflicts Sap. Its Hit Rate is 126, but it misses on targets immune to Death. |
Hailstone | Enemy ability | Reduces target's HP by 3/4 of its current total. It is unblockable and ignores reflect, but it fails on targets immune to Death. |
Flames of Rebirth | Magicite: Phoenix | Fully revives KO'd party member(s) with 1/4 of their max HP. It is unblockable and ignores reflect. |
Dark Messenger | Magicite: Diabolos | Reduces HP of all enemies by 15/16 of current total. It is unblockable, ignores reflect (and protection to Death), and also inflicts Sap. |
Holy Water | Item | Removes Zombie and kills undead enemies. Restores 1/8 of Max HP. |
Phoenix Down | Item | Revives KO'd party member with 1/8 of max HP. |
Final Fantasy VII[]
The Demi line of spells is granted by the Gravity Materia and does fractional damage. Demi does damage equal to 25% of the target's current HP, Demi2 50%, and Demi3 75%. Demi and Demi2 can also be cast via the Graviball and T/S Bomb items.
Laser is an E.Skill that halves the target's current HP, used by Death Claw and Dark Dragon (when manipulated).
Safer∙Sephiroth's Super Nova inflicts damage equal to 93.75% of the party's current HP values, as well as various status ailments.
Emerald Weapon is not immune to Gravity, useful for damaging it. It itself employs a Gravity attack, Emerald Beam, which inflicts damage equal to 65.625% of the target's current HP.
Ruby Weapon's Left and Right Revenge inflicts MP damage equal to 46.875% of the target's current MP and may inflict Poison and Slow-numb on one opponent. Ruby Weapon's Left and Right Thrust inflicts MP damage equal to 78.125% of the target's current MP and may inflict Poison and Slow-numb on one opponent. Ruby Weapon's Big Claw inflicts damage equal to 62.5% of the target's HP on one opponent.
Diamond Weapon's Diamond Flash inflicts damage equal to 87.5% of the target's current HP and inflicts Silence on one or all opponents.
8 eye uses Eyesight to inflicts MP damage equal to 75% of the target's current MP on one opponent.
Allemagne's L3 Flare inflicts damage equal to 125% of the target's current HP on one or all opponents.
Mu and Trickplay's L4 Suicide inflicts damage equal to 96.875% of target's HP and inflicts Small on all opponents. It misses if target's level is not divisible by four. The party can learn it as an E.Skill.
Valron's Dive Kick inflicts damage equal to 25% of the target's maximum HP on one opponent.
Chuse Tank's Rolling Claw inflicts damage equal to 12.5% of the target's current HP.
2-Faced's Self-destruct sacrifices user to inflict damage equal to 75% of the target's current HP on one opponent.
The Stinger's Sting Bomb inflicts damage equal to 75% of the target's current HP on one opponent.
The Vargid Police's Suicide sacrifices life to inflict damage equal to 18.75% of the target's HP to one opponent.
The Yang's Suicide Yang sacrifices life to inflict damage equal to 96.875% of the target's maximum HP on one opponent.
The Flower Prong's W Laser inflicts damage equal to 93.75% of the target's HP on one opponent.
The final cinematic boss's attack inflicts damage equal to 96.875% of the target's current HP on one opponent.
Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-[]
Gravity removes 25% of a target's HP, while Graviga removes 50%. These attacks can damage adjacent enemies, but do not naturally break the damage limit.
Drill Attack, Holy Lance, Holy Javelin, Partisan, Dimensional Missile, Purgatorial Wave, and Over Drive deal fractional damage to Zack's HP.
MP Destruction Blast and Black Flurry deal fractional damage to Zack's MP. AP Destruction Blast, AP Gravity, AP Graviga, and AP Gravija deal fractional damage to Zack's AP.
Final Fantasy VII Remake[]
Fractional damage is called Proportional Damage. The Orb of Gravity item reduces the HP of enemies within range by 25%, though it is ineffective against powerful enemies and cannot be used on Hard Mode. It can also be used by Corneo Lackey.
The Rust Drake's Black Hole gradually removes 10% of any nearby party members' current HP.
Final Fantasy VIII[]
Demi takes away 1/4th of the target's current HP, unless used via Rinoa's Angel Wing, which deals x1.25 the target's HP as damage. Demi's damage is capped at 9999.
Diablos deals fractional damage based on his level. At Lv100 his attack deals 100% damage to the target's HP, but the damage is still capped at 9999.
Micro Missiles deals fractional damage depending on the current Crisis Level; Level 1 halves the target's health.
Gravija is an enemy ability that reduces the party's HP by 75%.
Final Fantasy IX[]
Fractional damage abilities do not work against Heavy enemies, which include most bosses.
The fractional damage abilities in the game are:
- Vivi's Demi, which does 30% of the enemy's maximum health as damage, but can be boosted with Reflect x2.
- Dagger's Atomos whose power depends on the number of Amethysts in the inventory.
- Quina's Aqua Breath, which is also Water-elemental, meaning enemies can resist it and the player can boost it with equipment. Aqua Breath deals 25% damage in neutral state. Quina's White Wind, meanwhile, is a fractional healing ability, restoring one third of Quina's health to all party members.
- Amarant's Demi Shock, which deals 20% of the enemy's maximum HP as damage, and is multi-targeted in Trance.
- Steiner's Thunder Slash is supposed to deal 19% of the enemy's maximum HP as Thunder damage, but will miss due to a bug.
Final Fantasy X[]
Game Element | Type | Effect |
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Demi | Black Magic | Reduces party's HP by 1/4. |
Demi Fury | Overdrive | Reduces party's HP by 1/8. |
Blast Punch | Enemy Attack | Reduces target's HP by 1/2 and inflicts Delay. |
Fangs of Chaos | Enemy Attack | Reduces target's HP by 15/16 and inflicts Confusion. |
Fangs of Ruin | Enemy Attack | Reduces target's HP by 15/16. |
Gravija | Enemy Attack | Reduces party's HP by 3/4%. |
Hydraulic Press | Enemy Attack | Reduces party's HP by 15/16 of maximum HP. |
Mega-Graviton | Enemy Attack | Reduces party's HP by by 7/16 or 3/4% of maximum HP and inflicts Silence, Sleep, Darkness, Doom, and Slow. |
Paean of the Heavens | Enemy Attack | Reduces party's HP by 15/16 of maximum HP and inflicts Darkness and Delay. |
Poison Touch | Enemy Attack | Reduces target's HP by 3/4 and inflicts Poison. |
Press | Enemy Attack | Reduces party's HP by 1/2. |
Rush | Enemy Attack | Reduces target's HP by 1/4. |
Thwack | Enemy Attack | Reduces party's HP by 18.5%. |
Use Crane | Enemy Attack | Reduces target's HP by 15/16. |
Shadow Gem | Item | Reduces HP of all enemies by 1/2. |
Nega Burst | Mix | Reduces HP of all enemies by 3/4. |
Black Hole | Mix | Reduces HP of all enemies by 15/16. |
Final Fantasy X-2[]
Game Element | Type | Effect |
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Demi | Arcana | Damages enemy party by 25% of remaining HP. When used by Concherer and Shell Shocker, can also not hit a character. |
Absorb | Blue Bullet | When used as enemy attack, absorbs 3/16 of a target's remaining HP and MP. |
Blaster | Blue Bullet | Damages a target by 90% of max HP. |
Drill Shot | Blue Bullet | Damages a target by 75% of max HP. |
White Wind | Blue Bullet | Heals party by 12.5% of max HP (sometimes 37.5% as enemy ability) and removes many status ailments. |
Seed Cannon | Blue Bullet | Damages a target by 50% of max HP. |
Clean Slate | Bushido | Heals user by 25% of max HP and cures Silence, Sleep, Darkness, Poison, Curse, Pointless, and Slow. |
Vigor | White Magic Command | Heals user by 50% of max HP. |
Helm Counter | Enemy Attack | Reduces a target's HP by 12.5% (6.25% in Fiend Arena). |
Mind Fang | Enemy Attack | Reduces a target's MP by 12.5%. |
Rend | Enemy Attack | Deals physical damage equal to 25% of target's max HP (50% in Oversoul). |
MP Crush | Enemy Attack | Damages a target's MP by 1/16 of remaining MP eight times. |
Osmose | Enemy Attack | Absorbs 3/16 of a target's remaining MP. |
Frenzied Edge | Enemy Attack | Reduces a target's HP by 25%. |
Rip to Shreds | Enemy Attack | Reduces a target's HP by 25% and causes Itchy. |
Chicken Wing Lv.1 | Enemy Attack | Reduces party's HP by 25%. |
Chicken Wing Lv.2 | Enemy Attack | Reduces party's HP by 50%. |
Chicken Wing Lv.3 | Enemy Attack | Reduces party's HP by 75%. Also inflicts Instant Death in the HD Remaster version. |
White Highwind | Enemy Attack | Heals enemy party by 37.5% of max HP and removes all status ailments. |
Rage of the Earth | Enemy Attack | Reduces party's HP by 50% and causes Delay (weak). |
Sorrow of the Earth | Enemy Attack | Reduces party's HP by 75% and causes Delay (weak). |
La Niña | Enemy Attack | Reduces party's HP and MP by 37.5%. |
Normal Attack | Enemy Attack | Protean Gel version. Damages a character by 9/16 of max HP. |
Normal Attack | Enemy Attack | Shell Shocker version. Reduces a character's HP by 5/16. |
Tail Smash | Enemy Attack | Damages party by 25% of max HP and causes Delay (weak). |
Bruiser Tail | Enemy Attack | Damages party by 37.5% of max HP and causes Delay (strong). |
Crushing Tail | Enemy Attack | Damages party by 50% of max HP and causes Delay (strong). |
Megaton Tail | Enemy Attack | Damages party by 62.5% of max HP and causes Delay (strong). |
Ochu Jiggle | Enemy Attack | Damages party by 12.5% of max HP and causes Confusion and Delay (weak). |
Body Press | Enemy Attack | Damages party or one character by 62.5% of max HP. |
Skullcracker | Enemy Attack | Damages a character by 62.5% of max HP when used by Gemini. |
Blast Punch | Enemy Attack | Damages a character by 50% of max HP and causes Delay (strong). |
Curse Punch | Enemy Attack | Damages a character by 12.5% of max HP and causes Curse. |
Silence Punch | Enemy Attack | Damages a character by 12.5% of max HP and causes Silence. |
Bio Punch | Enemy Attack | Damages a character by 12.5% of max HP and causes Poison. |
Adamant Breath | Enemy Attack | Deals Fire-elemental damage to the party by 62.5% of max HP. |
Tremor | Enemy Attack | Reduces party's HP by 15/16. |
Breath of the Gorgon | Enemy Attack | Reduces party's HP by 50% and inflicts Petrification. |
Groundbreaker | Enemy Attack | Reduces party's HP by 50%. |
Meteor | Enemy Attack | Trema version. Hits random characters 12 times, each hit removing 12.5% of max HP. |
Choco Meteo | Enemy Attack | Hits random characters 12 times, each hit removing 12.5% of remaining HP. |
Damocles Photon | Enemy Attack | Damages party by 50% of max HP. |
Karma | Enemy Attack | Reduces a character's HP and MP by 50% and inflicts Poison (infinite), Petrification (infinite), and Confusion (always). |
Cannon Attack | Enemy Attack | Used by YAC-13. Deals damage to one target equal to 3/16 of either max HP or remaining HP (3/8 for YAC-62). |
Triple Play! | Enemy Attack | Deals 10 hits of physical damage to all characters, each hit doing at least 3/16 of max HP. |
Emblem of Thanatos | Enemy Attack | Damages party by 62.5% of max HP and reduces all stats by 1 level. |
Choco Kick | Enemy Attack | Damages a target by 25% of max HP. |
Final Impact | Enemy Attack | Hits random targets 14 times, each hit removing 12.5% of max HP and MP. |
Perdition's Flame | Enemy Attack | Deals 10 hits of physical damage to all characters, each hit doing at least 3/16 of max HP. |
Aerospark | Enemy Attack | Reduces a target's HP by 62.5%. |
Heavenly Strike | Enemy Attack | Reduces a target's HP and MP by 50% and inflicts Stop. |
Impulse | Enemy Attack | Reduces party's HP by 37.5%. |
Kozuka | Enemy Attack | Reduces a target's MP by 25% and inflicts Poison. |
Passado | Enemy Attack | Reduces a target's HP by 1/16 15 times. |
Greedy Aura | Enemy Attack | Damages party by 3/16 of max HP and MP. |
Waning Moon | Enemy Attack | Reduces a target's MP by 5/16 3 times. |
Supercollider | Enemy Attack | Reduces a target's HP by 50% and causes Delay (weak). |
No Love Lost | Enemy Attack | Final part. Reduces a target's HP by 37.5%. |
Tail Beam | Enemy Attack | Damages a target by 5/16 of max HP. |
Hostile activity detected | Enemy Attack | Damages a target by 3/16 of max HP and MP and removes Protect, Shell, Regen, Reflect, and Haste. |
Physical attack detected | Enemy Attack | Damages party by 5/16 of max HP and removes Strength Up/Down and Defense Up/Down. |
Magical attack detected | Enemy Attack | Damages party by 3/16 of max MP and removes Magic Up/Down and Magic Defense Up/Down. |
Bullseye | Enemy Attack | Reduces party's HP by 9/16. |
Final Fantasy XI[]
Final Fantasy XII[]
Game Element | Type | Effect |
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Gravity | Time Magick | Reduces enemies' HP by 1/4. |
Graviga | Time Magick | Reduces enemies' HP by 1/2. |
Gravity Mote | Item | Reduces enemies' HP by 1/4. |
Red/Soleil Fang | Item | Reduces enemies' HP by 1/4 of maximum HP and inflicts fire-elemental damage. |
Blue/Rime Fang | Item | Reduces enemies' HP by 1/4 of maximum HP and inflicts ice-elemental damage. |
White/Lightning Fang | Item | Reduces enemies' HP by 1/4 of maximum HP and inflicts lightning-elemental damage. |
Blaster | Enemy Attack | Reduces target's HP by 1/2. |
Hell Blaster | Enemy Attack | Reduces target's HP by 3/5. |
Piercing Graviga | Enemy Attack | Reduces allies' HP by 1/2 of maximum HP. |
Tri-Attack | Enemy Attack | Reduces target's HP by 1/3 of maximum HP. |
Whirlwind | Enemy Attack | Reduces target's HP by 3/4. |
Final Fantasy XIII[]
Game Element | Type | Effect |
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Apoptosis | Enemy Attack | Reduces party's HP by 10%. |
Merciless Judgement | Enemy Attack | Reduces party's HP by 99%. |
Thanatosian Laughter | Enemy Attack | Reduces party's HP by 12% per hit. |
Final Fantasy XIV[]
The BLU ability Missile reduces a target's HP by 50%, while Dimensional Shift reduces enemy HP over an area by 30% and Launcher removes 10%/20%/30%/40%/50% at random. These abilities can deal the same amount of damage if snapshotted simultaneously, effectively able to defeat enemies at full HP. The ability Wild Rage also removes 50% of the caster's HP to damage nearby enemies. If used with exactly 50% HP remaining, the user will be left with 1 HP.
Odin in Urth's Fount uses Valknut, damaging anyone nearby for 60% of their max HP. Eden Prime from Eden's Gate: Resurrection uses Eden's Gravity, damaging all party members for 60% of their max HP, and Dimensional Shift, removing 50%, while Vice of Apathy removes 50% from four party members. Heart Asunder during the intermediary phase in Eden's Verse: Refulgence deals damage equal to 25% of all party members' HP.
Gravity Force, used by the Rank A Elite Mark Vogaal Ja in Middle La Noscea, deals damage equal to 50% of a target's current HP and any other nearby players.
Clionid enemies in The Tempest, after consuming three leeches, can use Buccal Cones to deal damage equal to 100% of a character's HP.
Archaeotania's Tidal Wave in the FATE "The Head, the Tail, the Whole Damned Thing" damages all participants for 65% of their max HP.