Dia
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- Lowers an enemy's defense and gradually deals Light elemental damage.
DescriptionSpell cost: 7 MP
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TimersCasting Time: 1 second |
How to Obtain
- Automatically given if you start as Red Mage (Note: This scroll is
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| Auction House Category: Scrolls > White Magic ( | ) |
Merchants
Price: 82 - 94 gil Name Location Type Kususu Port Windurst (H-8) Standard Merchant Regine Port San d'Oria (J-8) Standard Merchant Sororo Bastok Markets (H-5) Standard Merchant
Other Information
- Enemy Defense Down effect
- Defense is reduced by 27/512 (5.27%)
- This effect cannot be resisted except with Magic Shield.
- Dia / Bio Priority
- Dia and Bio do not stack.
- Bio III > Dia III > Bio II > Dia II > Bio > Dia
- Example: If Dia is cast, and Bio is cast afterwards, Dia will be overwritten. If Dia II is then cast, Bio will be overwritten. If Bio II is cast, Dia II will be overwritten.
- Note: This is not necessarily the case for player characters who have been hit with both spells.
- Useful Macros
- /ma "Dia" <t> Casts onto current target
- /ma "Dia" <bt> Casts onto last target claimed by party
- /ma "Dia" <stnpc> Allows you to select a target from available NPCs
- The Meaning of Dia
- The spell "Dia" comes from the original Japanese release of Final Fantasy, where it is the name of a direct-damage holy spell. (The name of this spell in the North American release was "Harm".) Dia (ダイヤ) is Japanese shorthand for "diamond", and the spell is intended to be symbolic of the purity and clarity of a diamond. ダイヤ is also the Japanese name for the Diamond suit found in playing cards. Because of the romaji provided with the Japanese naming, and the English word referenced by it, we know the pronunciation to be (d-ī-ah), or "Dye-ah".
- Some players prefer to use the pronunciation as "Dïa" (d-ee-ah). "Dïa" itself has historical reference, and can be defined as the prefix that was derived from Greek roots, which means "to pass through or join", or defined as "the day" after the word "el día" in Spanish. Dia (d-ee-ah) also refers to God in Gaelic, and is part of the greeting used "dia duit" meaning Gods blessing.
Application
- Use of Dia in a party should be balanced with the use of Bio as Bio will overwrite Dia, but Dia will not overwrite Bio.
- Use of Dia in Campaign Battles counts toward Elemental Magic Damage in terms of rewards calculation, despite its primary use being that of enfeebling. The reward is based solely on the initial damage reported in the log, and not on the overall damage-over-time.
