Quarters an enemy's HP.
Description
Missile is a Blue Magic spell in Final Fantasy V. It reduces a target's HP to 1/4.
Obtained[]
The earliest Missile can be obtained is from Motor Trap on the Fire-Powered Ship. Motor Trap will not normally use the ability, meaning the Control ability is needed.
Missile can later be learned from Mecha Head, Prototype, Rocket Launcher, Enkidu, Gilgamesh (#274), Soul Cannon, or Azulmagia.
Mechanics[]
If the target has shell, the Spell Hit% is halved. If the target is a toad, its Evade % is reduced to 0.
The game generates two random numbers between 0 and 99.
- If N1 >= Hit%, the spell misses
- If N2 < Evade%, the spell misses
Use[]
Missile is relatively cheap to cast, and has a good if not perfect hit rate. Its fractional damage will be ineffective against enemies with the Heavy type, meaning bosses and most harder enemies will be immune to the ability (it does work against Enkidu, however). However, against normal enemies, Missile can be an effective and relatively MP-efficient way to damage them heavily, or at least cripple them in a longer fight. As it deals fractional damage, it can be used to set up enemies to be caught for the Beastmaster.
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