KOs all enemies whose LEVELs are multiples of 5.
Description
LV5 Death is a Blu Mag spell for Quina in Final Fantasy IX that kills all regular enemies whose levels are multiples of five at a cost of 20 MP. It cannot be reflected but works with Return Magic.
It is Soulcage's opening attack and is used by Ozma when there is a party member susceptible to it, as well as Armodullahan if it catches up with the party in the Fossil Roo. Other enemies to use it are Deathguise, Dracozombie, and Lich and Lich (Crystal).
Obtain[]
Quina learns LV5 Death by eating a Stroper, Dracozombie, a Whale Zombie, or a Crystal Lich. Stropers and Dracozombies first appear at the Iifa Tree, but Quina is not playable during the time the party visits the tree as part of the story. The earliest the player can learn the spell is when they have the Blue Narciss. They can then return to the Iifa Tree area, or look for Whale Zombies on the beaches of the Lost Continent and Outer Continent (Kiera Desert, Falstead Coast, Shengalasta Shores, Korua Island; i.e. areas around where the Desert Palace is).
A quick way to eat Stroper, Dracozombie or Whale Zombie is to use a Phoenix Down on them first, reducing them to single-digit health most of the time.
Mechanics[]
LV5 Death defeats all regular enemies on a level that is a multiple of 5. Unlike Death, it would not restore undead enemies to full health, but dispatch them as normal; however, there are no undead enemies susceptible to LV5 Death.
Use[]
Every random encounter inside Desert Palace is vulnerable to LV5 Death, making it especially useful for speedruns during this part where Flee is unavailable. LV5 Death is also useful for grinding Grand Dragons. Dagger's Scan can be used to check enemies' levels.
List of vulnerable enemies: