Drain in Bravely Second: End Layer
Drain (ドレイン, Dorein?) is a recurring offensive spell in the Bravely series. It is a generally weak attack that attacks one single target and heals the user by the same amount of HP as the damage dealt. It is generally part of Black Magic or a related school of magic.
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Bravely Default[]
Drain is a level 4 Black Magic spell. It absorbs HP from one target, though both the user and target take damage if the target is an undead enemy. It costs 8 MP to cast. It can be purchased from Starkfort for 1600 pg.
Drain is also a level 4 Sword Magic spell, learned from the same scroll. It imbues a weapon with an HP absorb effect for ten turns, allowing physical attacks to absorb HP from their target. It costs 8 MP to cast. The item the Blood Blade can cast the spell on the user.
Bravely Second: End Layer[]
Drain is a level 4 Black Magic spell. It absorbs HP from one target, though both the user and target take damage if the target is an undead enemy. It costs 8 MP to cast. It can be purchased from Yunohana and Chompshire for 3200 pg.
Fiore DeRosa uses the spell when fought in the second loop of the game.
Bravely Default II[]
Drain is a Necromancy spell available at job level 3 for the Arcanist job. It performs a magic attack that absorbs a target's HP. It costs 30 MP to cast.
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Etymology[]
One meaning of the word drain is to deprive something of vitality, often to take it for oneself, and that is the meaning reflected by this spell, whose function is to take HP from a target and gives it to the spell's user.
The spell originates from the Final Fantasy series, debuting in Final Fantasy II as a Black Magic spell. It was a high-level spell in Final Fantasy III but at level 4 in Final Fantasy V, just as it is as part of Black Magic in the first two Bravely games. It is instead part of the Arcanist job in Bravely Default II, reflecting that job's nature as a variant of the Black Mage successor Magus, as well as Drain's status as Arcane Magic in Final Fantasy XII, a school of magic with many similar abilities to Necromancy.