Flee



Flee (とんずら), also known as Escape, Smoke (けむりだま), Dustb, or Smokebomb, is a command ability in some Final Fantasy games that instructs either the entire party to run from a random encounter, or a particular party member to run from that fight. It is usually associated with the Thief class. Occasionally, using this command will cause the party to lose some gil while running. The item Smoke Bomb has a similar effect, as does the spell Warp. Unlike Escape, Flee generally has a 100% chance of working, excluding fights from which players cannot run from normally, such as bosses.

Additionally, several enemies have been known to flee from the party, most notably the Cactuar enemies. Also, in Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II, the player can use the Fear spell to force enemies to flee from battle.

Final Fantasy III
Flee, also known as Escape, is an ability of the Thief class. It causes the party to escape as soon as the Thief takes his/her turn.

The summon ability, Escape, gives access to the Chocobo's attack, Chocobo Dash, which escapes the party from battle.

Final Fantasy IV
Smoke, known as Smokebomb in the J2e translation, is a Ninjutsu spell usable by Edge, which he learns at level 33 in all versions. It costs 5 MP in the Nintendo DS version and 10 MP in all other versions. In the GBA version, a glitch may cause the Smoke particle effect to not appear on all characters, though the ability has succeeded.

Porom's Cry ability flusters the enemy and makes it easier to run away in the original version, though the Nintendo DS remake makes it lower Defense instead.

Final Fantasy V
!Flee is a Level Two command ability for the Thief class, and needs 20 AP to learn.

Additionally, Ninjas have !Smoke, also known as Dustb, which is a Level One command ability that functions exactly the same as !Flee. It requires 10 AP to learn.

Final Fantasy VII
Escape is an ability used by the thieves of the game, the Bandit, Vice, and Prowler. After using one of the abilities Steal, Grind, Mug, or Hold-up, the enemy will flee the battle with the player's items or gil. The Chocobo also has an ability of the same name, that it uses when it flees the battle.

Report is another ability that makes the unit escape. The Turks, Reno, Rude, and Elena, use this at the end of all their battles, and are therefore never technically defeated. The Cactuar uses the ability to escape battle before the player defeats it. The Magic Pot will either use Report or steal an item with Gimme if the player does not relinquish Elixirs. The Ultimate Weapon uses Report in all its fights but its last fight where it is defeated.

Final Fantasy IX
Flee is one of Zidane's Skills. It allows the party to immediately escape the battle, but the party loses gil equal to 10% of the gil held by the opponents. The support ability, Flee-Gil, causes the party to gain gil when escaping with L1 and R1. However, it has no effect on Zidane's Flee ability. Flee can be learned for 40 AP from the Dagger, Mage Masher, Zorlin Shape, Ultima Weapon, and Germinas Boots.

Final Fantasy X
Flee is a Special ability located in Tidus's section of the Sphere Grid. It immediately lets the entire party escape any normal random encounter. If Tidus uses this command, he will frequently taunt the enemies while the party escapes.

Final Fantasy X-2
Flee is an ability learned by Thieves. It requires 10 AP to learn, and no MP to use.

Final Fantasy XI
Flee makes its appearance in the form of a Thief Job ability. This is available to all thieves starting at level 25 and can be used once every 5 minutes. Once activated, it will drastically increase the rate of speed a character can run. The player will increase in speed to about the same rate a chocobo can run in the game, but only for about 30 seconds. The run speed of Flee is just slightly faster than Chocobo Mazurka.

Final Fantasy XII
By holding down the R2 button on the controller, the active party can Flee from an area to safety. The command disables all gambits and the party members follow the leader while ignoring any attacking enemies. To make fleeing easier, one can set the battle speed to slow from the config, which will slow down the speed enemies execute attacks.

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
Flee is a ability exclusive to Vaan's job, the Sky Pirate. It differs from other versions of the skill, and instead of inducing an escape, it increases Vaan's mobility, allowing him to move farther and jump higher.

Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light
The Wayfarer's job abilities let the player party run from battles.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
Escape is an ability in Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, usable by Zidane at the beginning of the game. It activates in FMS when the player receives a "Bad" or worse on a trigger, allowing the player to escape damage with a 25% chance of success up to three times.