Death (Final Fantasy V)

Death, also known as Doom, is a Black Magic spell in Final Fantasy V. It attempts to inflict Instant Death on one target, with an 80% hit rate. As a level 6 Black Magic spell, it can only be used by the Black Magic skillset. Death is one of the spells that can be cast for free by Wonder Wand.
Death is also an enemy ability that can be used by Alchymia, Aquathorn, Carbuncle, Black Warlock, Exdeath's Soul, Fury, Necrophobe, and Archeodemon.
==Obtained==
Death can be purchased for 10000 gil at Phantom Village.
The player can also use Death by catching and releasing Mani Wizard, Aquathorn, or Tonberry. This is available much sooner than the spell Death used via Black Magic—as soon as the party gains the Beastmaster job from the Fire Crystal and is able to get to Wind Shrine after; Mani Wizard is found in Wind Shrine in Bartz's world, and Aquathorn is found in Galuf's world on the Bal continent.
==Mechanics==
Death can even kill Heavy targets, as long as they lack immunity to Death.
:Spell Hit\% = 80 + Attacker~Level - Target~Level
:Evade\% = Target~Magic~Evade\%
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
Death fully heals undead targets. It can be reflected.
==Use==
Death has a good chance to instantly kill a single target, but has a hefty MP cost. Against most normal enemies, and Heavy enemies not immune, it is a good way to instantly kill a target. This can be useful in battles where the party is low and needs to quickly deal with an enemy; in most other cases, it is less MP-efficient than simply using a spell to damage all enemies and possibly end the battle quicker.
One alternative is the Blue Magic spell Level 5 Death, which instantly kills all enemies whose levels are divisible by 5. Unlike Death, it bypasses immunity. Other alternatives are the Black Magic spell Break, which has a lower MP cost but slightly lower hit rate (though it can be used with Spellblade), and Banish, which has a notably lower hit rate than Death, but works the opposite way: bypasses Death immunity and works on the undead, but fails on Heavy targets.
;Susceptible enemies
As Death is obtained late into the game in a normal playthrough, it can only be used against enemies possible to encounter in the "exploration phase" for completing sidequests in the merged world, in the final dungeon, and in the Sealed Temple bonus dungeon in the versions that have it.
*Steel Bat
*Devil Crab
*Stroper
*Nutkin
*Black Goblin
*White Serpent
*Moldwynd
*Mani Wizard
*Big Horn
*Tatou
*Garula
*Rock Slug
*Gaelicat
*Cockatrice
*Headstone
*Zu
*Grass Tortoise
*Bomb
*Bio Soldier(Zephyryus)
*Skull Eater
*Sandboil
*Sand Bear
*Weresnake
*Kornago
*Cursed Being
*Drakenvale
*Lycaon
*Poison Eagle
*Ziggurat Gigas(Zephyrus)
*Magic Dragon
*Black Warlock
*Adamantite Golem(Zephyrus)
*Blue Dragon
*Sleepy
*Triffid
*Hedgehog
*Python
*Shadow
*Elm Gigas
*Desertpede
*Bulette
*Slug
*Gloom Widow
*Mykale
*Executor
*Oiseaurare
*Shadow Dancer
*Numb Blade
*Frost Bull
*Istory Lythos
*Spizzner
*Druid
*Ironback
*Mercury Bat
*Coral
*Steel Fist
*Ankheg
*Ammonite
*Landcrawler
*Lemure
*Parthenope
*Cherie
*Sahagin
*Thunder Anemone
*Sea Ibis
*Nix
*Water Scorpion
*Vilia
*Gel Fish
*Rukh
*Sea Devil
*Grenade
*Baldanders
*Death Dealer
*Level Checker
*White Flame
*Moss Fungus
*Farfarello
*Orukat
*Great Dragon
*Achelon
*Ninja
*Sword Dancer
*Fury
*Yojimbo
*Iron Giant
*King Behemoth
*Crystal Dragon
*Gorgimera
*Mindflayer
*Crystelle
*Belphegor
*Exoray
*Pantera
*Covert
*Ramuh (boss)
*Gargoyle (boss)
*Barrier (boss)
By using the Beastmaster to catch and release Mani Wizard (Bartz's world) or Aquathorn (Galuf's world), the player can also use Death on these enemies:
*Stray Cat
*Gatling
*Bandersnatch
*Aegir
*Wild Nakk
*Bio Soldier(world map)
*Harvester
*Black Flame
*Ra Mage
*Ronkan Knight(Ronka Ruins)
*Enchanted Fan(Ronka Ruins)
*Lamia
*Archeotoad
*Hydra
*Pao
*Tarantula
*Shell Bear
*Devilfish
*Treant
*Merrow
*Flying Killer
*Little Chariot
*Neo Garula
*Tunneller(world map)
*Birostris
*Fairy Orc
*Devourer
*Kuza Beast(Sealed Castle)
*Blood Slime
*Acrophies
*Moogle Eater
*Lesser Lopros
*Cactus
*Sandcrawler
*Aquathorn
*Undergrounder
*Gobbledygook
*Neon
*Magnetite
*Traveler
*Level Tricker
*Gravitator
*Ziggurat Gigas(Barrier Tower)
*Dark Aspic
*Cure Beast
*Land Turtle
*Dechirer
*Mini Magician
*Wyrm
*Twin Lizard
*Blind Wolf
*Hellraiser
*Adamantite Golem(Castle Exdeath)
*Bandercoeurl(Castle Exdeath)
*Iron Fist
*Yellow Dragon
*Sleepy
*Ice Commander (boss)
*Ifrit (boss)
*Cray Claw (boss)
*Adamantoise (boss)
*Purobolos (boss)
*Chimera Brain (boss)
*Abductor (boss)
*Gilgamesh (boss)(first battle and Xezat's Ship)
*Dragon Pod (boss)
*Dragon Flower (boss)
*Enkidu (boss)
*Crystal (boss)
Though the player could release a Death-using enemy with a Beastmaster onto a Reflect Knight or Reflect Mage who are vulnerable to death, they have innate reflect, meaning the spell will bounce back onto the player's own party.
==Gallery==
Death-FFVA.png|GBA.
FFV iOS Death.png|2013.
FFV Death Sprite iOS.png|2013 sprite.
FFV archeodemon death.png|Death (on itself).|Archeodemon uses Death to restore itself.
==Notes==
Category:Black Magic in Final Fantasy V