List of spells of FF VIII

Here is the list of spells available during the game. Remember that you can either draw them from enemies or magic sources.


Fire related spells
Name
Effect
Refining ability
Fire
Fire elemental attack (Weak)
F Mag-RF (Ifrit)
Fira
Fire elemental attack (Average)
Firaga
Fire elemental attack (Strong)
Flare
Fire elemental attack (Strongest)


Ice related spells
Name
Effect
Refining ability
Blizzard
Ice elemental attack (Weak)
I Mag-RF (Shiva)
Blizzara
Ice elemental attack (Average)
Blizzaga
Ice elemental attack (Strong)
Water
                 Water elemental attack


Celestial spells
Name
Effect
Refining ability
Thunder
Thunder elemental attack (faible)
 
 
T Mag-RF (Quetzalcoatl)
 
 
Thundara
Thunder elemental attack (moyenne)
Thundaga
Thunder elemental attack (importante)
Aero
Wind elemental attack targeting all foes (Average)
Tornado
Wind elemental attack targeting all foes (Strong)


Medical and Holy spells
Name
Effect
Refining ability
Cure
Heal a character (Weak)
L Mag-RF  (Siren)
Cura
Heal a character (Average)
Curaga
Heal a character (Strong)
Life
Bring back to life with 25% of the max HP
Full-life
Bring back to life with full HP
Holy
Holy elemental attack dealing a huge amount of damage
Regen
Regains HP by small amounts for a period of time
Death
Instant death for the target
Zombie
Reverse the effect of healing spells and items


Temporal spells
Name
Effect
Refining ability
Haste
Increase speed
Time Mag-RF  (Diablos)
Slow
Reduce speed
Double
Allow to cast two spells in one turn. their cost remain the same.
Triple
Allow to cast three spells in one turn. their cost remain the same.
Demi
Reduce of 25% the target's HP de 25 %
Quake
Earth elemental attack (Average)
Stop
Paralyse the targeti


Mental spells
Name
Effect
Refining ability
Silence
Target can't cast spells
ST-Mag RF (Diablos)
Blind
Accuracy of physical attacks is lowered
Bio
Target gets poisoned, slowly loosing HP
Confuse
Player loose control of target, who randomly     uses abilities/spells
Berserk
Target's Vgr is increased, but only attacks random enemies
Break
Petrify target provoke a KO when the countdown reach 0
Meltdown
Reduce to 0 all the target's defenses
Sleep
Target falls asleep and can't make any attack.
Pain
Poison, blind and mute a target

 

Protective spells
Name
Effect
Refining ability
Esuna
Cancel any status ailment
Supt Mag-RF  (Leviathan)
Shell
Reduce damages caused by magical attacks
Protect
Reduce damages caused by physical attacks
Aura
Allows to use limits breaks anytime
Reflect
Reflects some spells on the caster
Dispel
Cancels most of the positive status
Drain
Absorb the target's HP


Taboo spells
Name
Effect
Refining ability
Ultima
Inflict a huge amount of damage to all foes
Forbid Mag-RF  (Doomtrain)
Meteor
A rain of meteors fall in one or several tagets causing heavy damage
       Holy A holy elemental attack deals huge damage to a foe
   Apocalypse The strongest spell. can only be stolen to Ultimecia -last form- Deals even more damage than Ultima.


Other
Name
Effet
Refining ability
Float
Make float the tagert
 
None
Scan
Allow the player to know a character's characteristics.