Instant Death (Final Fantasy)

Instant Death is an element in Final Fantasy. It is used exclusively to inflict the KO status. No enemies are weak against Instant Death, while many resist it, limiting its usefulness to players, but it is commonly used by enemies, making resistance to it invaluable.
It must be noted that resistance to the Instant Death element only reduces the accuracy of attacks with that element, it does not provide resistance or immunity to the KO status. It is not possible to resist the status directly via any effect.
Content in italics is exclusive to the Dawn of Souls and/or 20th Anniversary releases.
==Abilities==
===Spells===
Name 	Description 	Users
Death 	Attempts to inflict KO on one enemy. 	Black Mage, Black WizardAstos, Dark Wizard, Death Eye, Death Gaze, Echidna, Evil Eye, Marilith (#125), Reaper
Dispel 	(Non-elemental) Attempts to remove all elemental resistances and status immunities from one target. 	White WizardDark Fighter, Death Eye, Death Gaze, Death Knight, Reaper
Kill 	Attempts to inflict KO on one enemy. Always succeeds if the target has 300 or less HP and is not resistant against the Instant Death element. Always fails if the target has over 300 HP, or resists the Instant Death element.	Black WizardBlack Dragon, Chronodia (#197/201), Death Gaze, Death Knight, Evil Eye, Lich (#124), Reaper
NulAll 	(Non-elemental) Grants immunity to all status effects and resistance to all elements to all allies. 	White WizardDark Fighter, Gilgamesh
NulDeath	(Non-elemental) Grants immunity to all status effects and resistance to the Earth, Spirit, Poison, Time, and Instant Death elements to all allies. 	Red Wizard, White Mage, White Wizard
===Enemy abilities===
Name 	Description 	Users
Deadly Gas	Attempts to inflict KO on all enemies.	Earth Plant, Iron Golem
Gaze 	Attempts to inflict KO on one enemy. 	Bloody Eye, Dark Eye, Evil Eye, Pyrolisk
====Status-inflicting attacks====
Status	Users
KO 	Catoblepas, Reaper
==Equipment==
Equipment 	Type 	Description 	Equipable by
Assassin Dagger	Weapon	Casts Kill when used as an item. 	Warrior, Knight, Thief, Ninja, Red Mage, Red Wizard, Black Wizard
Deathbringer 	Weapon	Casts Death when used as an item. 	Red Wizard
Excalibur 	Weapon	Deals damage from all elements and is effective against all enemy types. 	Knight
White Robe 	Armor 	Grants resistance to Fire and Instant Death. Casts Invisira when used as an item.	White Wizard
Hero's Shield 	Shield	Grants resistance to all elements. 	Knight, Ninja
Ribbon 	Helmet	Grants resistance to all elements and immunity to all status effects. 	Warrior, Knight, Thief, Ninja, White Mage, White Wizard, Black Mage, Black Wizard, Red Mage, Red Wizard
Protect Ring 	Gloves	Grants resistance to Instant Death. 	Warrior, Knight, Thief, Ninja, White Mage, White Wizard, Black Mage, Black Wizard, Red Mage, Red Wizard
Lunar Curtain 	Item 	Casts NulDeath when used. 	
==Enemies==
Resists	Ahriman, Air Elemental, Atomos, Barbariccia, Black Dragon, Black Flan, Bloodbones, Bonesnatch, Cagnazzo, Catoblepas, Cerberus, Chaos, Chronodia, Clay Golem, Dark Elemental, Death Elemental, Death Eye, Death Gaze, Death Knight, Dragon Zombie, Duel Knight, Earth Elemental, Echidna, Fire Elemental, Ghast, Ghost, Ghoul, Gilgamesh, Gray Ooze, Green Slime, Guardian, Iron Golem, Killer Shark, King Mummy, Kraken, Lich, Marilith, Minotaur Zombie, Mummy, Mythril Golem, Nightmare, Ochre Jelly, Omega, Orthros, Phantom Train, Pharaoh, Prototype, Rakshasa, Reaper, Red Flan, Revenant, Rubicante, Scarmiglione, Shadow, Shinryu, Silver Dragon, Skeleton, Skuldier, Soldier, Specter, Stone Golem, Tiamat, Two-Headed Dragon, Typhon, Undergrounder, Unicorn, Vampire, Vampire Lord, Warmech, Water Elemental, Wight, Wraith, Yamatano Orochi, Zombie
Category:Elements in Final Fantasy