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FFX-2 Killasaurus

Killasaurus ability in Final Fantasy X-2.

Killer, also called Slayer, abilities are reccuring abilities in the Final Fantasy series. They affect a certain monster type, causing massive damage to enemies of that type. They are normally found on weapons.

Appearances[]

Final Fantasy[]

Though originally bugged in the NES and PS releases, these abilities were still dormant within several weapons and fixed in later releases.

List of Killer abilities:

Final Fantasy II[]

  • Ogre Killer - Ogrekiller
  • Mage Killer - Rune Axe
  • Were Killer - Werebuster

Final Fantasy III[]

  • Divider Killer - All Katanas

Final Fantasy IV[]

List of Killer abilities:

Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-[]

List of Killer abilities:

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years[]

List of Killer abilities:

Final Fantasy V[]

Final Fantasy VI[]

The only Killer ability is the Man-Eater, which deals double damage against human targets.

Final Fantasy IX[]

Zidane, Steiner, Freya and Amarant can equip various Killer abilities that make physical attacks deal 1.5x damage to the corresponding enemy type. Killer abilities do not stack in case an opponent belongs to more than one category. For example, Dracozombie is both an undead and a dragon, but it gives no additional benefit to equip both Killer abilities; as long as either Undead Killer or Dragon Killer is equipped the attacker will deal maximum damage.

Fifteen out of twenty enemies and bosses in endgame areas are classified as Demons, making Devil Killer an especially useful endgame ability to use.

Final Fantasy X-2[]

Gun Mage's Fiend Hunter abilities do 4x damage to monsters of a specific type.

The following is a list of abilities found in the Fiend Hunter skill:

  • Shell Cracker - 4x damage to "Helm" types.
  • Anti-Aircraft - 4x damage to "Birds" and "Wasps" types.
  • Silver Bullet - 4x damage to "Lupine" types.
  • Flan Eater - 4x damage to "Flan" types.
  • Elementillery - 4x damage to "Element" types.
  • Killasaurus - 4x damage to "Reptile" types.
  • Drake Eater - 4x damage to "Drake" types.
  • Dismantle - 4x damage to "Machina" types.
  • Mech Destroyer - 4x damage to "Mech" types.
  • Demon Muzzle - 4x damage to "Imp" and "Evil Eye" types.

Final Fantasy XI[]

Killer abilities cause increased damage and gives a chance to intimidate the creature. This effect is similar to Paralysis. Most creatures possess an appropriate killer effect versus creatures in an opposing ecosystem. Some ecosystems, such as beastmen and elementals, are exempt from this, due to their nature of opposing their enemy in the ecosystem rather than simply being eaten by them like ordinary ecosystems.

  • Beastmasters gain multiple Killer abilities.
  • Blue Mages have access to multiple Killer abilities through Blue Magic Synergy.
  • Dark Knights have Arcana Killer.
  • Dragoons have Dragon Killer.
  • Samurai have Demon Killer.
  • Paladins have Undead Killer.
  • Some equipment may grant other jobs these effects.
  • There is also an unused Elemental Killer trait; what it might have been intended for originally is unknown.
  • Conversely, the Crimson Mail/Blood Mail gives players "dragon affinity" when worn, which has a downside of making them intimidated by anything with Dragon Killer. There are a number of other pieces of gear with similar effects for members of other ecosystems that are obtained in Moblin Maze Mongers.
  • Very early in the game's development, killer traits used to inflict an attack delay similar to the effects of the Slow status instead of the effects they have now.

Final Fantasy Adventure[]

List of Killer abilities:

The Final Fantasy Legend[]

There are four monster types that are affected by critical-hit weapons:

  • Humanoid Killer - Ogre.
  • Water Killer - Coral.
  • Lizard Killer - Dragon.
  • Undead Killer - Sun.

Final Fantasy Legend II[]

List of Killer abilities:

Final Fantasy Dimensions[]

List of Killer abilities:

Gallery[]

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