Lore
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Lore is Strago Magus's ability in the game Final Fantasy VI. It is the game's form of Blue Magic. Strago learns different Lores by seeing an enemy use the ability and by surviving the battle. Unlike in other games, he does not have to be hit with the spell to learn it. He just has to "see" it be cast and as such, he can not learn a Lore when he is under the Blind status. All Lores are magical. It should also be noted that if Gau has acquired a Rage which includes an attack that Strago can learn as a Lore, the attack can be learned through Gau's rage rather than an enemy's attack.
[edit] List of Lores
There are several things to note about this list:
- There are enemies that use these attacks that don't appear in these lists. However, Strago can't normally fight these enemies, so they can't teach him the Lores.
- These enemies don't necessarily use the Lores in their normal attack script. Sometimes the Lores will only show up in their Rage, Sketch, Control, or Muddled scripts. Check the individual enemy pages to find out if they appear in these other scripts.
| Doom (Condemned) | ||
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| Super NES | GBA | |
| Name | Condemned | Doom |
| Learned from | Allo Ver Critic Dark Force Nerapa Retainer Sleep Skull Dragon Still Life Veteran Zombone | Ahriman Alluring Rider Dark Force Death Warden Nelapa Rest Skull Dragon Still Life Yojimbo Zombie Dragon |
| MP Cost | Spell Power | Hit Rate |
| 20 | N/A | Unblockable; fails on enemies immune to Instant Death |
| Effect | ||
| Inflicts Condemned upon the target. | ||
| Roulette (Roulette) | ||
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| Super NES | GBA | |
| Name | Roulette | Roulette |
| Learned from | Critic Dark Force Nerapa Pipsqueak Veteran | Ahriman Alluring Rider Dark Force Nelapa Onion Knight |
| MP Cost | Spell Power | Hit Rate |
| 10 | N/A | Unblockable; fails on enemies immune to Instant Death |
| Effect | ||
| Picks a random target, friend or foe, and instantly kills him/her/it. | ||
| Tsunami (Cleansweep) | ||
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| Super NES | GBA | |
| Name | Cleansweep | Tsunami |
| Learned from | Atma Blue Dragon Dark Force Enuo Master Pug | Blue Dragon Dark Force Enuo Master Tonberry Ultima Buster |
| MP Cost | Spell Power | Hit Rate |
| 30 | 50; ignores Split Damage | 150 |
| Effect | ||
| Water-elemental attack against all opponents. | ||
| Aqua Breath (Aqua Rake) | ||
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| Super NES | GBA | |
| Name | Aqua Rake | Aqua Breath |
| Learned from | Initial Lore | Initial Lore |
| MP Cost | Spell Power | Hit Rate |
| 22 | 71 | 150 |
| Effect | ||
| Deals Water/Wind dual-elemental damage to all opponents. | ||
| Aero (Aero) | ||
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| Super NES | GBA | |
| Name | Aero | Aero |
| Learned from | Dark Force Doom Gaze Harpiai Harpy Poltregeist Sprinter Storm Dragon Tyranosaur | Dark Force Deathgaze Demon Marchosias Sprinter Storm Dragon Tyrannosaur Vasegiatta Gilgamesh |
| MP Cost | Spell Power | Hit Rate |
| 41 | 125 | 150 |
| Effect | ||
| Wind-elemental attack against all opponents. | ||
| 1000 Needles (Blow Fish) | ||
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| Super NES | GBA | |
| Name | Blow Fish | 1000 Needles |
| Learned from | Brainpan Cactrot Dark Force KatanaSoul Phase Phunbaba Presenter | Angler Whelk Brainpan Cactuar Dark Force Face Humbaba Samurai Soul Gilgamesh |
| MP Cost | Spell Power | Hit Rate |
| 50 | Set damage; Ignores defense | Unblockable |
| Effect | ||
| Always causes 1000 HP damage to a single opponent. | ||
| Mighty Guard (Big Guard) | ||
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| Super NES | GBA | |
| Name | Big Guard | Mighty Guard |
| Learned from | Earthguard Guardian Mover | Guardian Land Ray Mover |
| MP Cost | Spell Power | Hit Rate |
| 80 | N/A | Unblockable |
| Effect | ||
| Casts Protect and Shell on the entire party. | ||
| Revenge Blast (Revenge) | ||
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| Super NES | GBA | |
| Name | Revenge | Revenge Blast |
| Learned from | Initial Lore | Initial Lore |
| MP Cost | Spell Power | Hit Rate |
| 31 | Set damage; Ignores defense | Unblockable |
| Effect | ||
| Deals damage to one opponent equal to Strago's max HP minus his current HP. | ||
| White Wind (Pearl Wind) | ||
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| Super NES | GBA | |
| Name | Pearl Wind | White Wind |
| Learned from | Abolisher Curley Dark Force Lady Harpiai Ogor Peepers Sprinter Storm Dragon Vectaur | Curlax Dark Force Kamui Lady Marchosias Peeper Sprinter Storm Dragon Vector Lythos Venobennu |
| MP Cost | Spell Power | Hit Rate |
| 45 | Set recovery | Unblockable |
| Effect | ||
| Heals all allies for an amount equal to Strago's current HP. | ||
| Level 5 Death (L.5 Doom) | ||
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| Super NES | GBA | |
| Name | L.5 Doom | Level 5 Death |
| Learned from | Apokryphos Dark Force Didalos Doom Gaze Dueller Goblin Sky Base Trapper | Apocrypha Dark Force Death Machine Deathgaze Daedalus Duel Armor Devil Trapper |
| MP Cost | Spell Power | Hit Rate |
| 22 | N/A | Unblockable; fails on targets immune to Instant Death |
| Effect | ||
| Causes instant death to all enemies whose level is a multiple of 5. In addition, if the Slots ability Joker Doom comes up, Strago will learn L.5 Doom. | ||
| Level 4 Flare (L.4 Flare) | ||
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| Super NES | GBA | |
| Name | L.4 Flare | Level 4 Flare |
| Learned from | Apokryphos Dark Force Dueller Goblin Mag Roader (Brown) Red Dragon Trapper | Apocrypha Dark Force Duel Armor Devil Magna Roader (Brown) Red Dragon Trapper |
| MP Cost | Spell Power | Hit Rate |
| 42 | 66; Ignores defense; Ignores split damage | Unblockable |
| Effect | ||
| Deals non-elemental magic damage to all enemies whose level is a multiple of 4. | ||
| Level 3 Confuse (L.3 Muddle) | ||
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| Super NES | GBA | |
| Name | L.3 Muddle | Level 3 Confuse |
| Learned from | Apokryphos Dante Dark Force Goblin Trapper | Apocrypha Dante Dark Force Devil Trapper |
| MP Cost | Spell Power | Hit Rate |
| 28 | N/A | Unblockable; fails on targets immune to Muddle |
| Effect | ||
| Causes Muddle on all enemies whose level is a multiple of 3. | ||
| Reflect??? (Reflect???) | ||
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| Super NES | GBA | |
| Name | Reflect??? | Reflect??? |
| Learned from | Dark Force Didalos | Dark Force Daedalus |
| MP Cost | Spell Power | Hit Rate |
| 0 | N/A | Unblockable; fails on targets immune to Dark, Mute, and Slow |
| Effect | ||
| Causes Dark, Mute, and Slow on all opponents who have the Reflect status. | ||
| Level ? Holy (L? Pearl) | ||
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| Super NES | GBA | |
| Name | L? Pearl | Level ? Holy |
| Learned from | Critic Dark Force Innoc Red Dragon | Alluring Rider Dark Force InnoSent Red Dragon |
| MP Cost | Spell Power | Hit Rate |
| 50 | 120; Ignores Split Damage | Unblockable |
| Effect | ||
| Deals Holy-elemental damage to all enemies whose level is a multiple of the last digit of the party's current GP. | ||
| Traveler (Step Mine) | ||
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| Super NES | GBA | |
| Name | Step Mine | Traveler |
| Learned from | Brachiosaur Crawler Dark Force Greasemonk Intangir Master Pug Mesosaur Pug Tomb Thumb | Brachiosaur Crawler Dark Force Fafnir Intangir Master Tonberry Onion Dasher Tonberry Unseelie |
| MP Cost | Spell Power | Hit Rate |
| Total time taken to play the game in minutes divided by 30 when cast by a character, and 1 when cast by a monster | Set damage; Ignores defense | Unblockable |
| Effect | ||
| Deals damage to one opponent equal to the number of steps the party has taken throughout the game divided by 32. | ||
| Force Field (ForceField) | ||
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| Super NES | GBA | |
| Name | ForceField | Force Field |
| Learned from | Doom | Fiend |
| MP Cost | Spell Power | Hit Rate |
| 24 | N/A | Unblockable |
| Effect | ||
| Nulls all damage done by a random element on anyone, friend or foe. | ||
| Dischord (Dischord) | ||
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| Super NES | GBA | |
| Name | Dischord | Dischord |
| Learned from | Chaser Crawler Dark Force Figaliz IronHitman Lizard Scullion Telstar | Chaser Crawler Dark Force Figaro Lizard Gamma Lizard Metal Hitman Satellite |
| MP Cost | Spell Power | Hit Rate |
| 68 | N/A | 100; Fails on enemies immune to Instant Death |
| Effect | ||
| Halves the level of one opponent. | ||
| Bad Breath (Sour Mouth) | ||
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| Super NES | GBA | |
| Name | Sour Mouth | Bad Breath |
| Learned from | Dark Force Evil Oscar Mad Oscar | Dark Force Great Malboro Malboro |
| MP Cost | Spell Power | Hit Rate |
| 32 | N/A | 100; Fails on enemies immune to the statuses it inflicts |
| Effect | ||
| Inflicts Dark, Poison, Imp, Mute, Muddle, and Sleep upon one opponent. | ||
| Transfusion (Pep up) | ||
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| Super NES | GBA | |
| Name | Pep up | Transfusion |
| Learned from | Intangir Junk Muus | Intangir Junk Mousse |
| MP Cost | Spell Power | Hit Rate |
| 1 | N/A | Unblockable |
| Effect | ||
| Restores all HP and MP of one ally. Cures Dark, Zombie, Poison, Petrify, Condemned, Mute, Berserk, Muddle, Sleep, Slow, and Stop. Kills Strago and removes him from the battle; he cannot be revived. | ||
| Rippler (Rippler) | ||
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| Super NES | GBA | |
| Name | Rippler | Rippler |
| Learned from | Blue Dragon Dark Force Reach Frog | Blue Dragon Dark Force Leap Frog |
| MP Cost | Spell Power | Hit Rate |
| 66 | N/A | Unblockable |
| Effect | ||
| Switches any status ailments Strago has with those of one opponent. Also the cause of the Rippler bug. | ||
| Stone (Stone) | ||
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| Super NES | GBA | |
| Name | Stone | Stone |
| Learned from | Initial Lore | Initial Lore |
| MP Cost | Spell Power | Hit Rate |
| 22 | 40 | 75 |
| Effect | ||
| Deals non-elemental magic damage and inflicts Muddle upon all opponents. If the enemy is the same level as Strago, Stone deals 8 times more damage. | ||
| Quasar (Quasar) | ||
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| Super NES | GBA | |
| Name | Quasar | Quasar |
| Learned from | Dark Force Goddess | Dark Force Goddess Gilgamesh |
| MP Cost | Spell Power | Hit Rate |
| 50 | 57; Ignores defense | Unblockable |
| Effect | ||
| Deals non-elemental magic damage to all opponents. | ||
| Grand Delta (GrandTrain) | ||
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| Super NES | GBA | |
| Name | GrandTrain | Grand Delta |
| Learned from | Hidon | Hidon |
| MP Cost | Spell Power | Hit Rate |
| 64 | 84; Ignores defense | Unblockable |
| Effect | ||
| Deals non-elemental magic damage to all opponents. | ||
| Self-Destruct (Exploder) | ||
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| Super NES | GBA | |
| Name | Exploder | Self-Destruct |
| Learned from | Balloon Bomb Dark Force Grenade Junk Pipsqueak Repo Man Scullion Wart Puck | Balloon Bandit Bomb Dark Force Grenade Junk Onion Knight Gamma Wartpuck |
| MP Cost | Spell Power | Hit Rate |
| 1 | Set damage; Ignores defense | Unblockable |
| Effect | ||
| Deals damage equal to Strago's HP on one opponent. Kills Strago. | ||
