Holy is a recurring element in the Breath of Fire series. It encompasses spells that are designed to restore HP to their targets, such as Heal, however these have the opposite effect on undead targets, usually severely damaging them. Holy is also the element associated with certain offensive spells, which are either especially or exclusively effective against the undead and/or spirits.
Breath of Fire[]
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The holy element is assigned to a few offensive spells which are only effective on undead or spirit type enemies, often dealing lethal damage to them.
Breath of Fire II[]
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The only spell associated with it the holy element is Angel, which does lethal damage to undead and spirit type enemies. There are a few pieces of equipment that have the holy elemental property. In the case of weapons, this causes the damage they inflict to become holy-based, while in the case of armor and helmets, it increases the wearer's resistance against holy damage. However, having a party member gain holy resistance is purposeless, as no enemies in the game have access to holy based attacks.
Breath of Fire III[]
Holy is an element and stat. It's the opposing element of Shadow. Holy is usually effective against Undead enemies. As in the other games in the series, it is also the element associated with spells which heal living targets' HP. It is represented by the icon:
The effect of offensive Holy-elemental spells follows this formula:
LV | Effectiveness |
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0 | 300% damage |
1 | 200% damage |
2 | 200% damage |
3 | 167% damage |
4 | 133% damage |
5 | 100% damage |
6 | 50% damage |
7 | 0% damage |
The effect of curative Holy-elemental spells follows this formula:
LV | Effectiveness |
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0 | -300% restore |
1 | -200% restore |
2 | -100% restore |
3 | 0% restore |
4 | 50% restore |
5 | 100% restore |
6 | 200% restore |
7 | 400% restore |
Breath of Fire IV[]
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Breath of Fire:Dragon Quarter[]
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