Magic and Magic Chain

Use Magic Elements and Compatibility Status Ailments Magic Chain and Extreme Magic Unison Raid

Magic will be your primary weapon during battle.
Magic has a wide variety of effects and elements, and you will need to make careful use of them in order to deal with different enemies.
Attacking enemies also fills your Fairy Gauge, allowing you to unleash Magic Chains.

Use Magic

Select the Magic Battle Command to use magic. You can use one of your magic abilities once per turn.

Note that there are some enemies who will take multiple actions and use several magic abilities during their turn.

All magic has an MP Cost, (Target) Range, Power, Element, and Additional Effect.
Performing magic will cost more MP the more powerful it or its additional effects are, and/or the greater the number of targets.

Attack magic with a wide area of effect will deal damage according to the color of the glowing squares that appear when selecting your target. They follow this order, from weakest to strongest damage dealt: yellow ■, orange ■, red ■.

Special Magic

	Healing Magic	Recovers HP for you and your companions, and can even revive your companions from KO. Healing Magic can be used on the field to recover HP. Go to the Magic section of the main menu and select "Use Magic".
	Enhancing Magic	Boosts your stats and your companions', and can give your attacks special effects.
	Weakening Magic	Lowers your enemies' stats and can prevent them from acting.
	Attack Magic With Composite Elements	Deals composite damage according to the weaknesses and resistances towards the two elements. There are several possible elemental combinations.

Elements and Compatibility

The seven types of elemental magic are Fire, Ice, Holy, Demon , Light, Dark, and Non-Elemental.
Characters and enemy monsters will each have their own compatibilities for the seven elements. Attack your enemies with magic they are weak against, and try to avoid using magic they are resistant to, have immunity for, or can drain.

	Weakness	Double damage
	Resistance	Half damage
	Immunity	No damage
	Drain	Recover HP equal to damage taken

For example, if Natsu uses Fire Magic against an enemy with a weakness to the element of Fire, he will deal double damage.

Status Ailments

Magic comes with a variety of effects, many of which can inflict status ailments.
Equipping certain Lacrima can also add status ailment effects to your attacks.
Status ailments are removed after 3 turns.

	Regeneration	Recovers HP when your turn comes around in the turn order.
	ATK Up	Raises attack.
	DEF Up	Raises defense.
	SPD Up	Raises agility.
	LUC Up	Raises luck.
	Blind	Attacks will miss.
	Fire Res Up	Raises Resistance to the element of Fire.
	Ice Res Up	Raises Resistance to the element of Ice.
	Holy Res Up	Raises Resistance to the Holy element.
	Demon Res Up	Raises Resistance to the Demon element.
	Light Res Up	Raises Resistance to the element of Light.
	Dark Res Up	Raises Resistance to the element of Dark.
	Non-Elemental Res Up	Raises Non-Elemental Resistance.
	Barrier	Reduces incoming damage by a certain amount.

	Poison	Will take damage after acting.
	Burn	Will take damage after acting.
	Frozen	Delays turn order.
	Paralysis	Occasionally disables actions.
	Curse	Nullifies all healing.
	Fear	Occasionally forcibly selects "Defend".
	ATK Down	Lowers attack.
	DEF Down	Lowers defense.
	SPD Down	Lowers speed.
	LUC Down	Lowers luck.
	Fire Res Down	Lowers Resistance to the element of Fire.
	Ice Res Down	Lowers Resistance to the element of Ice.
	Holy Res Down	Lowers Resistance to the Holy element.
	Demon Res Down	Lowers Resistance to the Demon element.
	Light Res Down	Lowers Resistance to the element of Light.
	Dark Res Down	Lowers Resistance to the element of Dark.
	Non-Elemental Res Down	Lowers Non-Elemental Resistance.

Magic Chain and Extreme Magic

Magic Chain is a powerful magic attack used in succession by your team members working together.
It allows you to deal a lot of damage to all enemies.
You will also be rewarded with more EXP than usual if you unleash Magic Chain during battle.
Use Magic Chain when your Fairy Gauge is full.

Perform a Magic Chain.

Note that all characters can use Magic Chain.

Choose between Chain and Finisher and attack using the character's magic.

Chains will increase according to the character's Rank.

Select Chain to tag in the next character, who will also have the option of attacking with either Chain or Finisher magic.

You can continue a chain up to the number of Chain Combos you have available to you.

The number of Chain Combos available to you will increase according to your Guild Rank and other factors. You can view your available Chain Combos by selecting View Magic Chain from the Magic section of the main menu.

Select Finisher to perform a Finisher attack and end the Magic Chain.

The Fairy Gauge will be reduced to 0.

Note that once you have executed your maximum number of chains, you will only be able to select Finisher.

It is possible for Chains to fail, in which case the Magic Chain will end and you will not be given the chance to perform a Finisher.

Extreme Magic

You will acquire Extreme Magic every time your Guild Rank goes up. Extreme Magic may activate when you have performed over a certain number of Chains.
Special characters like Exceed Units and Makarov will appear and aid you with extremely powerful magic.

Note that there may be parts of the story during which Extreme Magic will not activate.

There is also a type of Extreme Magic that automatically activates when you're in trouble.

Over Damage

If you do battle near a destructible object (such as a fallen tree or boulder) that is blocking your way, you can destroy it and clear your path by exceeding a certain amount of damage.

Unison Raid

If Magic Chain activates while several characters are Awakened or have changed modes, a Unison Raid will begin.
Magic will automatically Chain during a Unison Raid, allowing you to deal immense damage to your enemies.
When certain characters, like Gray and Juvia, who are connected in the story are paired together, a special Unison Raid may trigger.