Vivi is a young Black Mage who is asked by Zidane to join the party. Although his past is a mystery even to himself, Vivi struggles to learn about the nature of the world and his destiny. Vivi can learn Black Magic attacks by equipping items, but the staves that he weilds are extremely low in physical attack power. This means that Vivi depends on having a hefty amount of MP at the beginning of all battles.
The very nature of Black Magic is to destroy or attack. Vivi learns most of his spells from wooden staves that you can find or purchase as the game progresses. Vivi should start each major battle by using his first couple of turns to "Focus" his magical powers. This is a command on his battle menu, and it can sometimes double the power of his spells!
Vivi learns incredibly powerful magical attacks, but because his physical strikes are so weak, he depends spell-casting to an extreme. Thus, Vivi's abilities are pratically negated if the enemy casts a Reflect spell. To counter this, a White Mage (like Dagger or Eiko) must cast reflect on a party member, and then Vivi can bouce spells off of him or her at the enemy.
Arguably, Vivi's most powerful spell is the Doomsday spell, which inflicts Shadow damage upon everything on-screen. Prepare your party accordingly when Doomsday is cast, and learn how to use it effectively against enemies.
| Description / EffectAbility [MP Required] |
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| Causes Fire damage to single/multiple targets Fire [6 MP] |
| Causes a lot of Fire damage to single/multiple targets Fira [12 MP] |
| Causes big time Fire damage to single/multiple targets Firaga [24 MP] |
| Puts single/multiple targets to sleep Sleep [10 MP] |
| Causes Ice damage to single/multiple targets Blizzard [6 MP] |
| Causes a lot of Ice damage to single multiple targets Blizzara [12 MP] |
| Causes big time Ice damage to single/multiple targets Blizzaga [24 MP] |
| Slows down ATB Gauge Slow [6 MP] |
| Causes Thunder damage to single/multiple targets Thunder [6 MP] |
| Causes a lot of Thunder damage to single/multiple targets Thundara [12 MP] |
| Causes big time Thunder damage to single/multiple targets Thundaga [24 MP] |
| Stops targets from taking any action Stop [8 MP] |
| Causes Poison to single/multiple targets Poison [8 MP] |
| Causes non-elemental damage and Poison to single/multiple targets Bio [18 MP] |
| Absorbs MP from the target and transfers it to the spell caster Osmose [2 MP] |
| Drains HP from the target and transfers it to the spell caster Drain [14 MP] |
| Amount of damage depends on the target’s HP Demi [18 MP] |
| Causes non-elemental damage Comet [16 MP] |
| KO’s the target Death [20 MP] |
| Causes Petrify Break [18 MP] |
| Causes Water damage to single/multiple targets Water [22 MP] |
| Causes non-elemental damage to all enemies Meteor [42 MP] |
| Causes non-elemental damage Flare [40 MP] |
| Causes Shadow damage to all targets Doomsday [72 MP] |