Which spell do you think is the strongest in Final Fantasy history? Drop your pick below 👇

The End yes! However, if you just wanted to go with power wise. I say Rinoa Meteor Wings (Angel Wings) 10 meteors with damages x5 is 7500-8500 damage per hit. With speed and auto haste she wrecks everything!

Last Resort? I was expecting Death.

Flare Star is not the strongest spell in FFXIV. If you’re going to count The End, a limit break spell from VIII as the strongest, then you have to count the caster limit breaks. Flare Star has 900 potency (after calculating the buff in from Astral Fire) whereas Meteor has a potency of 5,400, a full 6x increase over Flare Star

But even if you don’t want to count the limit breaks, Star Prism from pictomancer deals 1,100 potency, and Rainbow Drip deals 1,000 potency making them both stronger spells than Flare Star

FF12’s ‘Ardor’ spell is hilariously broken with the right setup. It’s not quite as strong as Scathe in base power but it’s fire elemental. So you can use a Burning Bow/Flame staff, the oil status effect and magic defence reducing techniques on a fire-weak foe for up to 345,000 damage. 😛

For FF8 I think Shockwave Pulsar, it is one of three attacks in game that bypasses the damage limit, the GF Eden and level 100 Cactaur are the other two, and since you said no summons. Sure the End is one of the more shockingly powerful spell since it can easily one shot bosses, but it deals no damage.

Didn’t realize Comet2 is that good in FF7.
Even ignoring the multi hit part, Comet2’s total damage is higher then Ultima and Flare, equal to Alexander and Bahamut Zero (Bahamut Zero has the advantage of ignoring magical def). And Comet2 is only ultimately surpassed by Shadow Flare (too bad Shadow Flare is an enemy skill, so no Quadra Magic or W-Magic/Summon shenanigans there).

Sometimes Life magic is the strongest on some bosses, instant death lol

One could argue that Ultima in FF8 was the strongest. It would max out any stat it was tied to, breaking your char before you leave Balamb region.

So many of your videos have been really helpful thnx Fuzz✌️

As good as it is I wholly disagree about FFV. Meteor is a party killer and does 4 attacks. Consistently doing more damage to single targets but falls off with multiple targets so its situationally the best and 2nd best with flare
FFXII its absolutely Ardor. Granted its fire damage but that means equipment buffs and oil makes it like triple damage

I will watch the full video but pretty sure in 7 it could be Ultima

As a 14 player, seeing Scathe on the screen when you got to 12 had me thrown for a loop LOL

Arise is the strongest 😛

For 8 I would say Apocalypse or Meteor, with The End being too similar to banning Omnislash from the list, since it didn’t have a castable version.
For Ff9, ultima since Kuja does cast it in battle and it ignores everything even autolife

Comet 2 is CRAP even at 255 Magic it won’t be doing even close to 5000+ damage to EVEN Emerald/Ruby weapon or even M Tonberries in the FINAL dungeon.

The strongest spell in 13 is not Last Resort.
It’s Death.
And by Death, I don’t mean the Instant kill move, I mean the damage Death can deal. Death is the only full-ATB skill than can be buffed by an En-Spell. With the right setup, you can hit 999’999 every time you cast Death (and in the JP1.0 version, you can go up to 1.999.998).

Also Aeroga is also stronger than Last Resort.

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Didn’t know you could combine Steiner with doomsday!!! Nice 👍 and a very good video and explanation from an old lurker!

You know I’ve never used Doomsday Sword after all my playthroughs. Definitely have to see it the next time I pick up FF9.

Yeah i still call it NUKE in FF1

Doomsday is basically meteor but Darkness Elemental and much bigger

For FF5 I would HAVE to SAY “Meteor” to BE the BEST, ONLY because of its MULTI-HITTING effect ESPECIALLY when COMBINED with the “Quick” spell AND “!DualCast” BOTH put together! That’s EASILY 16 HITS of Meteor ITSELF!

Loving these videos, Fuzz. As a massive fan of Final Fantasy, im ashamed to admit that I’ve not played a FF game before FF7 (so am I a ‘real fan’?). It is really cool to see how series staple spells like Ultima have evolved over the years.

Thanks for making these videos 😊

I always found Aura in 8 to be completely overpowered..