Poison is an element in Final Fantasy V.
It is mostly associated with the poison and sap statuses, as poison-elemental abilities often attempt to inflict either. However, the HP damage due to poison ticks and sap is not poison-elemental.
Abilities[]
| !Skillset | !Abilities |
|---|---|
| Weapons | Demon's Rod, Poison Axe, Poison Rod |
| !Black Magic | Bio |
| !Spellblade | Poison spellblade, Bio spellblade |
| !Gaia | Poison Mist |
| !Mix | Poison Breath |
| !Predict | Pestilence |
| !Oath | Zombie Dragon |
| !Dark Arts | Evil Mist |
| Added abilities | Bio via Wonder Wand |
| Item magic | Bio via Poison Rod |
| Enemy abilities | Various (see below) |
Enemy abilities[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Bio | Inflicts poison-elemental magic damage and sap to one or more targets. | Bio Soldier, Calofisteri, Enuo, Exdeath (1st), Flaremancer, Fury, Omniscient, Phobos |
| Poison Breath | Inflicts poison-elemental magic damage and poison to all party targets. | Archeosaur, Bahamut, Dinozombie, Ghidra, Grand Aevis, Neo Shinryu, Shinryu, Tyrannosaur, Zombie Dragon |
Elemental booster[]
The following abilities and pieces of equipment boost poison-elemental damage:
In particular, the A parameter of the relevant damage formula is increased by 50%. Since the boost is applied to A (as opposed to M), the effect on the actual damage is higher than +50%, unless the target's magic defense (or defense for physical spells) is 0.
Elements can be boosted only once (i.e. the above methods do not stack).
Elemental interactions (party members)[]
| Interaction | Equipment |
|---|---|
| Halves | Sorceror's Mantle |
| Nullifies | Force Shield, Angel Robe |
| Absorbs | Bone Mail |
Notably, the Resist Poison mix does not interact with the poison element, unlike Resist Fire and similarly named mixes with their respective elements.
Elemental interactions (enemies)[]
| Interaction | Enemies |
|---|---|
| Weak | Drippy, Farfarello, Magic Dragon, Azulmagia, Carbuncle (Healing), Necrophobe |
| Nullifies | Crystal, Launcher (Soul Cannon), Melusine |
| Absorbs | Dinozombie, Jackanapes, Minotaur, Omega, Omega Mk.II |