Twincast (Final Fantasy IV)

Twincast-DS — Porom and Palom casting Pyroblast.

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Twincast (ふたりがけ, Futarigake?), also known as Twin, is an ability in Final Fantasy IV. Two characters with the Twincast ability can act in unison to cast powerful forms of magic. Twincast is used by Palom and Porom during normal gameplay, but is also used by Golbez and Fusoya in a cutscene. In the 3D remakes, any character can have Twincast as an Augment, and Tellah's Recall ability sometimes casts Twincast magic. Twincast resembles the Band system in the sequel.

Mechanics

Casting

When the Twincast command is initiated, the twins cannot use other commands while preparing the spell. The spell is aborted if either of the twins is knocked out or petrified. Upon the spell executing, there is a 75% chance of using Pyroblast at a cost of 10 MP, or a 25% chance of using Comet at a cost of 20 MP. Comet has lower power but ignores Reflect, which Pyroblast does not.

Upgrading

In the GBA and Complete Collection releases of Final Fantasy IV, the Twincast ability can be upgraded on Palom and Porom. Equipping the Twin Stars on both characters enables the twins to have a chance cast Twin Meteor, which is much stronger than both Pyroblast and Comet, ignores Reflect like the latter, and costs no MP.

As Augment

In the 3D remake of Final Fantasy IV, more spells are available by equipping the Twincast ability as an Augment. This allows the characters who equipped the Augment to Twincast with another character who also equipped the Augment to perform a unique spell. Several abilities are only usable by a certain pairing of characters, meaning it is important to choose wisely.

As it is possible through Augments for more than two people to have the Twincast ability, both casters must manually perform the command to execute the spell, whereas in the 2D versions, if Palom or Porom alone used Twincast, the other twin automatically executed the command as well.

List of Twincasts

Name	Other Name(s)	MP Cost		Description	Characters Used
Name	Other Name(s)	2D	3D	Description	Characters Used
Pyroblast	Flare, Pyro, ltFlare	10	30	Moderate non-elemental (Fire-elemental in DS) damage to all enemies.	Palom and Porom, Any two teammates (DS)
Comet	ltMeteo	20	50	Moderate non-elemental damage to all enemies. Ignores Reflect.	Palom and Porom, Any two teammates (DS)
Twin Meteor	W.Meteo, Double Meteor	0	20	Extreme Holy-elemental (Non-elemental in DS) damage to all enemies. Ignores Reflect.	Fusoya and Golbez, Palom and Porom (Requires the Twin Stars to be equipped on both characters)
Bubble	-	-	50	Doubles party's max HP.	Kain and Cecil, Kain and Rosa
Faith	-	-	50	Increases party's magic power.	Rydia and Cecil, Rydia and Rosa
Bravery	-	-	50	Increases party's attack power.	Edge and Cecil, Edge and Rydia
Ultima	-	-	99	Extreme non-elemental damage to all enemies.	Cecil and Rosa