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Revision as of 20:10, 7 July 2016
Tellah casting Meteor.
So be it! Let my life fuel the spell that ends his!
Tellah casts Meteor
Meteor, also called Meteo, is a powerful spell in Final Fantasy IV and the games set in the same world. The ultimate Black Magic, it bombards the enemy with small meteors and can do massive damage. It requires significant vitality and power to cast and can backlash and kill the caster.
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Story
Final Fantasy IV
Template:Sideicon The party first learns of Meteor from Tellah. Wishing to avenge his daughter, Anna, he seeks Meteor to kill Golbez. Tellah is searching for Meteor on Mount Ordeals where he encounters Cecil Harvey. The young mages Palom and Porom warn Tellah Meteor is too dangerous in his old age, but Tellah does not listen. At the summit, Kluya's spirit restores Tellah's memories, granting him all the spells he has forgotten, and teaching him Meteor. When the party returns to Mysidia, the Elder of Mysidia warns Tellah against Meteor, and implies the spell had been sealed away for some time for being too dangerous, but Tellah still does not listen.
Some time later in the Tower of Zot, Tellah claims his chance at revenge. Assailing Golbez with the strongest spells he knows to no avail, Tellah casts Meteor. The spell weakens Golbez, forcing him to flee, and shatters his telepathic control of Kain Highwind. The effort to cast Meteor drains what is left of Tellah's life force, and he perishes soon after.
During the battle against Zemus, Golbez and Fusoya combine their powers to cast Twin Meteor (Wメテオ, W Meteo?), originally titled W.Meteo in the SNES and PlayStation translations, killing him. When Zemus is reborn as Zeromus, Golbez and Fusoya use the normal Meteor spell on him to no effect, and Zeromus counters with his own Meteor spell and nearly kills them.
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Template:Sideicon After the final battle when the party is fleeing the Depths pursued by the Creator, the Maenads attack him to delay him and help the party escape, eventually destroying him with a Meteor spell.
Gameplay
Final Fantasy IV
Tellah casts Meteor in the iOS release.
In battle, Meteor has a casting time of 10 and costs 99 MP to cast. It is the most expensive spell in the game, apart from the Twincast option Ultima in the 3D remake version. It ignores magic defense and split damage, as well as Shell and Reflect making it the most powerful offensive spell in the game with a base power of 800 in the non-3D release, and 250 otherwise. Although in the 3D remake release Ultima is stronger. When Tellah acquires the spell, he only has 90 MP and cannot gain more normally. In some releases, a Soma Drop or Augments can be used to increase his maximum MP. Rydia learns Meteor at Level 60 (Level 80 in the 3D remakes). Fusoya knows every spell in the game, including Meteor, and his maximum MP is 190. Palom learns Meteor at Level 50 (55 in the 3D release).
Zeromus will cast Meteor during the final battle when at critical health (as his first attack when below 30,000 HP and every third turn thereafter in the 3D remake, and every other turn when below 12,000 HP in the other versions).
In all releases except for the DS/iOS/Android versions, Meteor is Holy-elemental spells. In the 3D remake, Meteor was changed to be a non-elemental spell.
Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-
Rydia? routinely uses Meteor in the final battle with the party. Palom can learn Meteor at Level 50.
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
The Maenad casts Meteor to finish off the Creator.
Meteor is learned by Rydia at Level 65, Golbez at Level 60, and Palom at Level 50. It has the same properties as in the non-DS versions of Final Fantasy IV.
The Mysterious Girl can cast Meteor when fought in the Depths. Maenads can also cast Meteor. The Creator can cast Meteor in battle in several of his forms.
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Etymology
A meteor or "shooting star" is the visible streak of light from a meteoroid or micrometeoroid, heated and glowing from entering the Earth's atmosphere, as it sheds glowing material in its wake. Meteors rarely explode in the Earth's atmosphere. The term has become associated with quickness with the adjective "meteoric". In the context of myth and superstition, meteors and comets sighted in Ancient and Medieval Europe were once held as ill omen, said to be the message of the heavens' displeasure of man's affairs to herald grave catastrophes.
Pieces that withstand atmospheric ablation are known as meteorites, but the name of the spell in the series refers to the overall phenomenon.
Therefore, the use of the term meteor is incorrect in Final Fantasy IV as pieces that withstand ablation from atmospheric entry and impact with the ground are called a meteorites rather than meteors.
Trivia
- Tellah's search for the forbidden black magic Meteor alludes to Minwu's search for the forbidden white magic Ultima. Both spells are located in a sacred place near a town called Mysidia, and both characters are ultimately killed by association with the magic.
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