1,000 Needles (Final Fantasy IX)

1,000 Needles is a Blu Mag spell for Quina in Final Fantasy IX that deals 1000 fixed damage to a target at a cost of 8 MP.
1,000 Needles cannot be reflected but works with Return Magic. The only enemy to use it is the Cactuar.
==Obtain==
Quina learns 1,000 Needles by eating a Cactuar. The earliest it can be learned is from the Cactuars fought on the Donna Plains dirt terrain near Conde Petie on the Outer Continent.
==Mechanics==
1,000 Needles deals fixed 1000 damage to an opponent.
==Use==
1,000 Needles can be handy for bringing enemies within the required health range to become vulnerable to Quina's Eat, as it does not miss often like Demi, Demi Shock, Matra Magic, and Aqua Breath.
Due to its cheap MP cost, the player could simply use 1,000 Needles instead of Quina's Attack, placing Quina in the back row as it would not matter when using Blue Magic. However, even if acquiring 1,000 Needles at the earliest opportunity, Quina will soon leave the party, not be in the party against any boss fought on the Outer Continent at this time, and not be available until the player has the Blue Narciss; by this time, other damage-dealing methods tend to outclass 1,000 Needles; e.g. Frog Drop if the player is partaking in the frog catching minigame. Frog Drop is also fixed damage but with considerably greater potential than 1,000 Needles.
Category:Blue Magic in Final Fantasy IX