Hellfire ( ability ) Hellfire , also known as Hell Fire , Inferno , or Flames of Hell or Flames of Fury , is a recurring Fire - elemental ability in the " Final Fantasy " series . It is commonly the attack of Ifrit . Appearances . " Final Fantasy III " . Hellfire is used by Ifrit . It deals fire - elemental damage to a single target . " Final Fantasy IV " . Ifrit uses Hellfire when summoned during a battle by Rydia . It inflicts fire - elemental damage to all enemies . Ifrit does not use Hellfire in the battle against him , nor in his Lunar Ifrit form , but uses Flame as his most dangerous attack . " Final Fantasy IV - Interlude - " . Hellfire is Ifrit ' s attack when summoned and functions identically to its " Final Fantasy IV " appearance . Hellfire returns as Ifrit ' s summon attack . It is also used by Ifrit in the boss battle against him when his HP is low , and deals high Fire - elemental damage to the party . " Final Fantasy V " . Hellfire is the summon ability for Ifrit who requires 11 MP in order to be called in a battle . During the battle with Ifrit , he will use Blaze which has a similar effect , inflicting major fire - elemental damage to all enemies . " Final Fantasy VI " . Hellfire is the ability of Ifrit , which has a Spell Power of 51 , costs 26 MP , and is unblockable . It deals moderate fire damage to all enemies . " Final Fantasy VII " . Hellfire is the ability of Ifrit . For the cost of 34 MP , Ifrit will inflict fire - elemental damage to all members of the enemy party . Ifrit ' s spell power is equal to 1 . 6875x the base magic damage . " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " . Hellfire is cast by Ifrit when selected by the Digital Mind Wave . The attack deals major fire - elemental damage depending on the level of the attack , with a spell power of 52 at Level 1 , up to 77 at Level 5 . Hellfire is also by used Ifrit in the battles against him , an attack unavoidable by the player . Hellfire is used as an enemy ability by the Ifrit palette - swaps , Mako Ifrit and Experiment No . 113 . The Hellfire materia increases the chance of Ifrit appearing in the DMW . It begins at 5x , and increases by 1x each level up to 9x . It is a reward for Mission 9 - 5 - 5 and can be bought from Bone Village Commerce . " Final Fantasy VIII " . Ifrit uses Hell Fire in battle . An extremely damaging fire - elemental attack that can be made stronger through Boost . Ifrit ' s summon time is 13 seconds , which , according to the " Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania " , allows the player to boost its damage to around 180 % of normal damage using a regular PlayStation controller . Its damage is calculated as follows : Elemental Defense starts at 800 ( 0 % ) , 900 nullifies damage and 1000 absorbs it . If an enemy is shown to be weak against an element , its Elemental Defense is below 800 . If damage becomes negative ( due to high Elemental Defense ) , the target is healed by that amount . " Final Fantasy IX " . Flames of Hell is Ifrit ' s summon attack , which deals Fire elemental damage to all enemies . It can be used by Dagger The spell power for Flames of Hell ' s power is Power = 42 + Number of Topazes ( see Summon ( Final Fantasy IX ) # Mechanics for damage formulae ) . Like most summon attacks Flames of Hell can have a long animation or a short animation , with the long animation dealing more damage . With the support ability Boost the player cam always summon the long animation , unless it is used as a counterattack as part of Dagger ' s Trance . " Final Fantasy X " . Hellfire is the overdrive of Ifrit , and inflicts fire - elemental damage to all enemies . Hellfire is also used in all three battles with Ifrit , the battle with Grothia and the battle with Dark Ifrit . Dark Ifrit ' s Hellfire deals 30 , 465 to 34 , 401 damage that can only be reduced by another aeon ' s Shield . " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . Hellfire is the enemy ability exclusive to Ifrit . The animation is the same as in " Final Fantasy X " , but it is far weaker than the original version . " Final Fantasy XII " . Hellfire is the ultimate attack of Belias , the fire summon of the game . It does fire - elemental damage to all enemies . Though Belias appears , he cannot use the Hellfire ability . However , Ifrit has once more . Hellfire damages surrounding enemies and has a chance of inflicting Slow . " Final Fantasy XIV " . Hellfire is the ultimate attack used by Ifrit when fought as a boss . It has a quite long cast time , however it hits the entire battlefield and is able to instant kill a party if there are any infernal nails on the field when used . In addition , Inferno appears as a pet ability available to Summoners once they learn the Enkindle job ability at level 50 . The ability causes Ifrit - Egi to deal fire - elemental damage to all enemies within an area of effect with the potency of 200 and also deals fire damage over time with a potency of 20 for a period of 15 seconds . In the Japanese version of the game , Inferno is called Flames of Hell . " Final Fantasy Tactics " . The summon Ifrit casts Infernal Blaze , a fire - elemental attack similar to Hellfire . " Bravely Default " . Hellfire is a Genome ability learned from Cerberus or Orthros . It unleashes a fire - based physical attack on all enemies that deals 125 % times the damage of a normal attack . It costs 30 MP . " Final Fantasy Dimensions " . Hell Fire is an ability used by the Eidolon Ifrit when summoned . It requires 34 MP and deals fire damage to all enemies . Also , Hell Fire is used by Ifrit during the battle to vanquish the Eidolon . " Dissidia Final Fantasy " . When summoned , Ifrit uses Hellfire to increase the summoner ' s Bravery by 50 % . " Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy " . Yuna can summon Ifrit to perform Hellfire as an HP attack . It creates a tall wall of fire in front of Yuna . Hellfire costs 30 CP to equip and 150 AP to master . Bartz can mimic Yuna ' s summoning to call Ifrit and perform Hellfire as an HP attack , with the same effect as as Yuna . Unlike Yuna ' s , it costs only 130 AP to master . Hellfire is one of two new ground HP Attacks for Bartz . The summon Ifrit reappears with unchanged effects . " Theatrhythm Final Fantasy " . Hellfire appears as Ifrit ' s signature attack and is used when he is summoned in battle stages . " Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call " . Hellfire reappears as Ifrit ' s signature attack and is used when he is summoned in battle stages .