Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- enemy abilities

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This is a list of enemy attacks in Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-. Abilities in italics are abilities with names not shown when used by the enemy.

Enemy abilities

#

Ability	Description	Enemy
1000 Needles	Multiple hits up to 1,000 damage.	Kactaar, Kactuar, Kactuare
5-Gallon Can	Inflicts 1,000 unblockable damage. Also inflicts Stun.	Holy Tonberry, Tonberry King
10,000 Needles	Inflicts multiple hits upwards to 10,000 damage. Used when low on health.	Kactaar, Kactuare
88mm L42 Cannon		Sky Armor
90mm L40 Cannon		Spitfire
100,000 Needles	Inflicts multiple hits upwards to 100,000 damage. Used when low on health.	Kactuare
128mm Cannonball	Inflicts massive non-elemental physical damage.	Cannon Head, Hauser Head, Proto Cannon Head
155mm Cannonball	Inflicts massive non-elemental physical damage.	Cannon Head
203mm Cannon		General's Tank

A

Ability	Description	Enemy
Absolute Stop Thread	Inflicts Stop for 3 seconds.	Abyss Worm, Lesser Worm, Worm Elite
Absolute Ward	Inflicts Invincible for 20 seconds.	Minerva
Absolute Zero	Inflicts major non-elemental damage and knocks Zack to the ground.	Grenade
Acid	Physical attack, damages and inflicts Poison.	Bizarre Bug, Hexodon, Scarab
Adapt		Experiment No. 121
Alert	Grants Invincible for about 15 seconds.	Experiment No. 115
Anesthetic Missile	Physical attack, damages and inflicts Stop.	Crescent Unit Auintus, Crescent Unit Primus, Crescent Unit Quartus, Crescent Unit Secundus, Crescent Unit Tertius, Wutai Captain, Wutai Colonel, Wutai Soldier Wu
Anti-Action Missile	Inflicts moderate damage to AP and Stop.	Advanced Head, Escort Head, Gun Bull Head+, Power Head, Proto Power Head
Anti-AP Field	5 hits of minor AP damage.	Black Widow, Grandpanzer, Guardian Eyes, Scarlet Pick
Anti-Limit Knife	Inflicts 2 hits of massive non-elemental physical damage.	G Peltast
Anti Magic	Protected against magic attacks for 20 seconds.	Minerva
Anti-Magic Missile	Inflicts moderate damage to MP and Silence.	Advanced Head, Escort Head, Gun Bull Head+, Power Head, Proto Power Head
Anti Material	Protected against physical attacks for 20 seconds.	Minerva
Anti-MP Field	5 hits of minor MP damage.	Black Widow, Guardian Eyes, Scarlet Pick, Tarantula
Anti-SOLDIER Gaze	Inflicts moderate non-elemental damage. Sets Emotion Gauge to Low.	Deathgaze
AP Crush		Support Machine+
AP Destruction Blast	Inflicts 6.25% damage to AP.	Combatant, Ensign, Guard, Sergeant Major, Special Ops Officer, Warrant Officer
AP Graviga	Takes off 25% of Zack's current AP.	Lesser Worm, Worm Elite
AP Gravija	Takes off 50% of Zack's current AP.	Abyss Worm
AP Gravity		Lava Worm
AP Slash	Inflicts moderate damage to AP.	Killer Stinger, Man Hunter
AP Spiller	Inflicts major damage to AP.	Crescent Unit Primus
Apocalypse	Heavy physical attack. Ignores Defense.	Genesis (Final battle)
Assault Twister	Inflicts 2 hits of non-elemental physical damage and knocks Zack to the ground.	Experiment No. 114, Experiment No. 123
Axe Swing	Physical attack.	Vajradhara Cala, Vajradhara Kumbhira, Vajradhara Wu

B

Ability	Description	Enemy
Bad Breath	Inflicts 10 hits of minor non-elemental damage as well as Poison, Silence, Stun, and Curse.	Malboro
Bad Odor	Inflicts Silence, Poison, and Curse.	Diceratops, Dual Horn, Wyerd
Backhand Blow	Physical attack.	Vajradhara Asura, Vajradhara Cala, Vajradhara Indra, Vajradhara Karura, Vajradhara Kinnara, Vajradhara Kumbhira, Vajradhara Rakshasa, Vajradhara Tai, Vajradhara Wu, Vajradhara Yaksha
Bag Slap	Moderate physical attack.	Hollander
Barrier	Halves damage from physical attacks. When used by Experiment No. 119, instead grants Invincible.	Evilgoyle, Experiment No. 119, G Legion, Gargoyle, Griffon, Red Saucer III, Support Materia, Water Warrior
Bite	Physical attack. Two attacks, Absorbs HP.	Hungry, Most Hungry, Very Hungry
Black Feather	Inflicts multiple hits of non-elemental physical damage.	Genesis
Black Flurry	Takes off 25% of Zack's current MP, and inflicts Curse.	Genesis
Black Thunder	Inflicts minor to moderate MP damage.	G Shadow Knight
Blast Shot	Inflicts major non-elemental physical damage as well as Stun and Silence.	Advanced Head, Alert Head, Escort Head, Gun Bull Head, Gun Bull Head+, Hauser Head, Power Head, Proto Power Head
Blessing Light	Recovers HP.	Minerva
Blitz	Inflicts massive Lightning-elemental damage.	G General
Blizzaga	Magic attack. Drops a large chunk of ice on Zack, inflicting major Ice damage.	Blizzard Materia, Blue Materia, Dorky Face, Experiment No. 111, Experiment No. 121, G Shadow Mage, G Veritas, Grenade, Hungry, Nightmare, Razor Weed, Sephiroth
Blizzara	Magic attack. Drops a medium-sized chunk of ice on Zack, inflicting moderate Ice damage.	Bat Eye, Blizzard Materia, Experiment No. 121, Mandragora, Sahagin
Blizzard	Magic attack. Drops a small-sized chunk of ice on Zack, inflicting minor Ice damage.	A-Ahriman, A-Sahagin, Blizzard Materia, Experiment No. 121, G Assassin, G Avenger
Blood Spiller	Inflicts major physical damage.	Crescent Unit Argentum, Crescent Unit Auintus, Crescent Unit Aurum, Crescent Unit Autumnus, Crescent Unit Circulus, Crescent Unit Phantasma, Crescent Unit Ventus
Boost	Grants Endure and Critical.	G Intruder
Burn Rate 30%	First countdown to usage of Hellfire.	Experiment No. 113
Burn Rate 60%	Second countdown to usage of Hellfire.	Experiment No. 113
Burn Rate 120%	Final countdown to usage of Hellfire.	Experiment No. 113
Buzz	Inflicts seven hits of non-elemental damage.	Giant Hornets, Hornets, Killer Bee, Slaps

C

Ability	Description	Enemy
Chain Thrust	Inflicts 5 hits of non-elemental physical damage.	Crescent Unit Argentum, Crescent Unit Aurum, Crescent Unit Celsus, Crescent Unit Circulus, Crescent Unit Nomen, Crescent Unit Phantasma, Crescent Unit Ventus
Chainsaw	Inflicts 2 hits of non-elemental physical damage, as well as Stun for 2 seconds.	Chain Machine, Cutter Machine
Chaos Wave	Inflicts major non-elemental physical damage and knocks Zack to the ground.	Experiment No. 116
Charge of Greed	Inflicts moderate non-elemental physical damage and knocks Zack to the ground.	Angeal Penance
Chilling Whisper	Inflicts major Ice-elemental damage and Stop for 5 seconds.	Balloon, Explosive
Claw Attack	2 hits of non-elemental physical damage.	G Dominator, G Equites, G Hetairos
Cluster Sphere	Inflicts moderate non-elemental damage and can hit up to 2 times.	Bahamut Fury
Combo Attack	Multiple-hitting physical attack.	G Eraser, G General, G Paladin, G Renegade, G Slayer, G Smasher
Comet	Inflicts massive non-elemental magic damage. Used after using Furious Heart.	Behemoth King, Experiment No. 110
Comet 2	Inflicts massive non-elemental magic damage. Used when defeated.	Jabberwock
Commence loading...	First countdown to "FIRE!"	Grosspanzer
Counter APMP Missile	Inflicts moderate damage to both AP and MP.	Wutai Imperial Guard
Countdown	Counts down from 3 to 0 to either My Mega Flare or My Zantetsuken.	Experiment No. 118
Crimson Flare	A Magical attack that deals a high amount of damage to Zack.	Minerva
Critical Thrust	Physical attack. Always inflicts critical damage.	Crescent Unit Plenum, Wutai Captain, Wutai Soldier Ji
Crush	Inflicts major non-elemental physical damage.	Goliath
Cura	Restores a medium amount of HP.	Evilgoyle, G Commando, Gargoyle
Curaga	Restores a large amount of HP.	Crescent Unit Auintus, Crescent Unit Primus, Crescent Unit Quartus, Crescent Unit Secundus, Crescent Unit Tertius, Demon, Experiment No. 114, Experiment No. 123, G General, G Paladin, G Renegade, Green Materia, Hexodon, Tycoon
Cure	Restores a small amount of HP.	Bandersnatch, G Battler, Water Warrior
Curse Gaze	Inflicts Curse.	Ahriman
Cursed Knife	Inflicts 2 hits of non-elemental physical damage and Curse.	G Valiant

D

Ability	Description	Enemy
Damage Up	Grants Critical status.	Bee Saucer III, Bee Saucer IV, G Renegade, Humbaba, Metal Saucer III
Dancing Sword	Moderate physical damage. Ignores Vitality.	Genesis, Genesis (Final battle)
Dark Energy		Genesis
Dark Mist		Experiment No. 118
Dark Needle		Killer Bee
Death	Inflicts Instant Death.	Demon, Experiment No. 111, Scarab
Death Cloud	Reduces HP to 1 and inflicts Poison, Silence, Stun, and Stop.	Death Machine BIS
Death Fangs	Inflicts major non-elemental physical damage and Instant Death.	Belzecue, Dark Nation, Hellhound
Death Missile	Inflicts Instant Death.	Crescent Unit Argentum, Crescent Unit Auintus, Crescent Unit Celsus, Crescent Unit Phantasma, Crescent Unit Ventus, Wutai Soldier Geng
Death Scythe	Inflicts heavy non-elemental physical damage and drains HP.	G Devastator, G Enforcer, G Guardian
Deadly Breath	Inflict Poison, Silence, Curse and removes positive statuses.	Hollander
Deadly Embrace	Inflicts moderate non-elemental physical damage and Stop for 3 seconds.	Death Claw
Debilitating Buzz	Inflicts seven hits of major damage to MP.	Giant Hornets, Hornets, Killer Bee, Slaps
Defense	Grants Null Physical.	Belial, Genesis, Horned Devil, Humbaba, King Sahagin
Defense of Lust	Grants Barrier and MBarrier.	Angeal Penance
Delta Attack	Causes critical damage to Zack.	Mover, Mover RE, Three Stars
Deluge	Inflicts major non-elemental damage.	Sahagin Chief
Devil's Knife	Physical attack that inflicts Silence and Poison	G Commando
Diagonal Spear Slash	Physical damage is dealt to Zack.	Wutai Private, Wutai Soldier Bing, Wutai Soldier Ding, Wutai Soldier Geng, Wutai Soldier Ji, Wutai Soldier Jia, Wutai Soldier Wu, Wutai Soldier Xin, Wutai Soldier Yi
Dimensional Missile	Unblockable Gravity-based attack. Reduces 75% of Zack's HP.	Hollander
Disabling Gas	Inflicts minor AP damage.	Sweeper+++
Disappointed!	Forces target to leave the battle, leaving no rewards. Only used if player fails to use the appropriate ability.	Magic Pot
Disarm Net	Inflicts Stop for about 10 seconds. Ignores immunities.	Guardian Eyes, Tarantula
Disenchanting Gas	Inflicts minor MP damage.	Sweeper+++
Disenchanting Tentacle	Inflicts two hits of massive damage to MP and Stun for 5 seconds.	Belzecue, Cerberus
Discharge	Lightning-based attack.	Bee Saucer I, Metal Saucer I
Dispel	Removes all beneficial status effects from target.	Bee Saucer IV, G Baldor, G Paladin, Green Materia, Griffon, Red Saucer II, Red Saucer IV
Dive Bomb	Inflicts major non-elemental physical damage and knocks Zack to the ground.	Experiment No. 121, G Fine, G Purgatorio, Lesser Demon, Red Cap
Dorky Breath	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Curse.	Dorky Face
Double Punch	Deals physical damage, deals two hits.	Ifrit
Double Slash	Heavy physical attack. Ignores Vitality.	G Regicide, G Eliminator, Experiment No. 124
Drain	Magic attack that absorbs HP from Zack.	A-Griffon, Ahriman, Angra Mainyu, Crescent Unit Autumnus, Deathgaze, G Devastator, G Predator, G Shadow Knight, Gargoyle, Jatayu, King Sahagin, Sahagin Prince, Simurgh
Drain Claw	Inflicts massive non-elemental physical damage and absorbs HP.	G Fine, G Purgatorio, Makonoid
Drain Tonfa	Physical attack. Absorbs HP.	Mock Trooper B
Drain Touch	Physical attack. Absorbs HP.	Belial, Demon, Evilgoyle, Horned Devil
Draining Fangs	Physical attack. Absorbs HP.	Bajang, Brahala, Lature Dano, Nandi, Nisumbha
Draw Slash	Inflicts moderate non-elemental physical damage and knocks Zack to the ground.	Experiment No. 124, Sephiroth
Drill Attack	Inflicts physical damage equal to 9% of Zack's Max HP as well as knocks Zack to the floor. Inflicts Instant Death when used by not Crazy Sword. When used by Master Blade, reduces HP to 1 instead.	Crazy Dagger, Crazy Sword, Drill Machine, Hell Slasher, Master Blade, Moth Slasher
Dynamite	Reduces HP to 1.	Combatant, Ensign, Guard, Warrant Officer

E

Ability	Description	Enemy
Eagle Grip	Heavy physical attack. Ignores Vitality and cannot be blocked.	G Regicide, G Eliminator
Eject!	Summons 5 Support Machine+s when used by Martial Tank, 5 Panzer Jr.+ when used by Grandpanzer, or 5 Panzers when used by Grosspanzer.	General's Tank, Grandpanzer, Grosspanzer, Martial Tank
Eerie Sound Wave	Inflicts 5 hits of moderate AP damage.	Deathgaze, Evil Eye
Electrocute	Inflicts major to massive Lightning-elemental damage around user. Can hit up to 3 times on one target.	Experiment No. 119, G Antenora, Scissor Chitin
EM Field	Thunder based magical attack that deals five hits of damage.	Guard Scorpion, Guard Spider
End of Gluttony	Restores major HP.	Angeal Penance
End Rampage	Removes effects of Rampage.	G Dominator, G Equites
Energy	Inflicts massive non-elemental damage to the target. Can hit multiple times.	Belial, Chive, Crescent Unit Circulus, Experiment No. 119, Experiment No. 123, Experiment No. 124, G Paladin, G Purgatorio, Hippogriff, Horned Devil, Lesser Demon
Everyone's Rancor	Deals physical damage that can knock Zack to the ground.	Holy Tonberry, Tonberry Guard, Tonberry King
Exaflare	Inflicts major non-elemental physical damage and reduces MP and AP to 0.	Bahamut Fury
Exploder Blade	Inflicts major non-elemental physical damage and knocks Zack to the ground.	Experiment No. 114, Experiment No. 123
Explosive Flame Shot	5 hit fire-elemental damage based that can track target.	Experiment No. 113, Ifrit, Mako Ifrit
Explosive Shell	Inflicts major non-elemental physical damage and knocks Zack to the ground.	Barrier Machine, Crit Machine, Death Machine, Death Machine BIS, MBarrier Machine, Repair Machine, Sweeper++, Sweeper+++

F

Ability	Description	Enemy
Fatigue	Used after 5 Jumps. Removes usage of constant Jump until next Multi-Jump is used.	Experiment No. 112
Feather Shots		A-Griffon, Griffon, Hippogriff, Tycoon
Fin Kick	Physical attack, three hits.	G Diver
Final Kick	Inflicts major non-elemental physical damage and knocks Zack to the ground.	Diatryma
Fine Chop	Inflicts 4 hits of non-elemental physical damage.	Break Machine
Fira	Magic attack. Shoots one projectile that inflicts Fire damage when hit.	A-Griffon, Bandersnatch, Bomb, Crescent Unit Argentum, Crescent Unit Ventus, Experiment No. 121, Fire Materia, G Blader, G Intruder, G Smasher, G Spartan, G Warrior, Trap
Firaga	Major Fire-elemental damage. Shoots three projectiles that can hit up to three times on one target. Green Grass's version can inflict Curse.	Bajang, Boundfat, Brahala, Cerberus, Crescent Unit Phantasma, Evilgoyle, Experiment No. 111, Experiment No. 120, Experiment No. 121, Fire Materia, G Caina, G Eliminator, G Hetairos, G Regicide, G Shadow Mage, Gargoyle, Green Grass, Nightmare, Red Cap, Red Materia, S Mine, Sephiroth, Steam Engine, Sumbha, Tycoon, Volcano
Firaja	Magic attack. Firaja is a powerful Fire spell inflicting Fire damage when hit.	Destroyer, Detonator
Fire	Magic attack. Shoots one projectile that inflicts Fire damage when hit.	A-Ahriman, A-Hound, Balo Balo, Crescent Unit Aurum, Experiment No. 121, Fire Materia, Foulander, G Assailant, G Attacker, G Avenger, G Prowler, Hedgehog Pie, Spriggan
FIRE!	Inflicts major non-elemental physical damage and knocks Zack to the ground.	Grosspanzer
Flail Smash	Strong non-elemental attack. Knocks Zack down to the ground. Reduces Zack's HP to 1 when used by Vajradhara Karura.	Vajradhara Asura, Vajradhara Karura, Vajradhara Rakshasa
Flame Shot	Shoots three projectiles in succession that deal Fire damage.	Ifrit
Flare	Deals major, non-elemental damage to Zack.	Bahamut Fury, Bee Saucer IV, Deathgaze, Destroyer, Experiment No. 114, Experiment No. 120, Experiment No. 124, Explosive, G Guardian, G Judecca, Genesis Avatar, Gremlin, Hippogriff, Iron Claw, Jack o' Lantern, Lature Dano, Mover, Pumpkin, Red Materia, S Mine, Shadow Monk, Tycoon, Volcano
Flash	Heavy Magic damage.	Genesis (Final battle)
Flash Slash	Two-hit physical attack. Inflicts massive physical damage. If Luck is below 155, inflicts double damage.	Minerva
Flee	Escape from battle, leaving no rewards.	A-Ahriman, Dinornis, Kactuar, Kactuare, Mover RE, Three Stars
Full Cure	Restores all HP, to a maximum of 99,999 HP.	Jack o' Lantern, Shadow Monk
Funny Worm	Calls six Land Worms with 4400 of HP.	Hollander
Furious Heart	Allows user to use Comet.	Experiment No. 110

G

Ability	Description	Enemy
Gaia's Wrath	Inflicts two hits of major non-elemental damage, knocks Zack down, and inflicts Stun for 2 seconds.	Grand Horn, Wyerd
Gatling Gun	Inflicts multiple hits of moderate to major non-elemental physical damage.	General's Tank, Goliath, Grandpanzer, Martial Tank
Gastric Juice	Inflicts major non-elemental damage. Can hit multiple times.	Gaea Malboro, Great Malboro, Land Malboro, Malboro
Gaze		Experiment No. 111
Glare	Inflicts three hits of minor MP damage.	Ahriman, Angra Mainyu, Bat Eye
Graviga	Takes off 50% of Zack's HP.	Blue Materia, Crescent Unit Argentum, Demon, Explosive, Mover, Mover EX, Mover RE, Three Stars
Gravity	Takes off 25% of Zack's HP.	Bee Saucer II, G Deleter, Land Worm, Me Grangalan, Metal Saucer I
Grenade	Inflicts damage and causes Zack to fall.	Chief Petty Officer, Combatant, Ensign, Grenade Combatant, Guard, Sergeant, Sergeant Major, Shinra Troop, Special Ops Officer, Storm Trooper, Warrant Officer
Guard Breaker	A physical attack that ignores vitality.	Crescent Unit Novus, Wutai Sergeant Major, Wutai Soldier Ding
Gun Launcher	Inflicts major non-elemental physical damage and knocks Zack to the floor.	Barrier Machine, Crit Machine, MBarrier Machine, Repair Machine
Gunblade	Inflicts moderate non-elemental physical damage and knocks Zack to the floor.	G Blader, G General, G Paladin, G Renegade
Gungnir	Inflicts 10,000 points of damage, ignoring statuses and vitality.	Spike Machine
Gyro Tail	A physical attack that ignores vitality.	Behemoth, Behemoth King, Experiment No. 88, Experiment No. 110, Humbaba, Jabberwock, Sea Hulk

H

Ability	Description	Enemy
Heart Stopper	Inflicts major non-elemental physical damage that ignores Vitality.	Wutai Colonel, Wutai Soldier Xin
Heartless Angel	Reduces HP to 1. Cannot be blocked.	Experiment No. 124, Sephiroth
Heartless Jump	Reduces HP to 1. Cannot be blocked.	Emperor Sahagin
Heartless Needle	Reduces HP to 1. Cannot be blocked.	Garnet Mole, Killer Stinger
Heat Shot	Inflicts 3 hits of moderate to major Fire-elemental damage.	Experiment No. 113
Heave	Physical attack. Knocks Zack to the floor.	Bandersnatch, Behemoth, Behemoth King, Experiment No. 88, Experiment No. 110, Sea Hulk
Hell Gaze	Inflicts moderate non-elemental damage as well as Stun, Silence, Poison, and Curse.	Angra Mainyu
Hell Needle	Inflicts multiple hits of major non-elemental physical damage.	Giant Hornets
Hellfire	A fire-based magical attack.	Ifrit, Experiment No. 113, Mako Ifrit
Hexafang	Inflicts upwards to 6 hits of moderate to major non-elemental physical damage. User is invincible for the duration of ability.	Bahamut Fury
Hi-Potion	Recovers 62.5% of max HP.	Captain, Combatant, Corporal, Ensign, Guard, Shinra Troop, Sergeant Major, Special Ops Officer, Warrant Officer
Holy Javelin	Physical attack that inflicts damage equal to about 18% of Zack's Max HP.	Needle Machine
Holy Lance	Physical attack that inflicts damage equal to about 12% of Zack's Max HP.	Needle Machine
Homing	Four hits of moderate magical damage.	Genesis (Final battle)
Hyper Blade	Inflicts 2 hits of major non-elemental physical damage.	Mock Trooper A
Hyper Laser	Inflicts massive non-elemental physical damage. Cannot be blocked.	Red Scorpion, Scarlet Pick
Hysteric Voices	Physical attack. Several hits, Inflicts MP damage, inflicts Silence, and Stun for 4 seconds.	Chive, Green Grass, Mandragora, Mandrake, Razor Weed

I

Ability	Description	Enemy
I'm all right now!	Grants Endure and Invincible.	Hollander
It's bigger!	Increases size of enemy. After two uses, allows enemy to use Self-Destruct.	Balloon, Bomb, Destroyer, Explosive, Gray Bomb, Grenade, Mine, Remedy Bomb, S Mine, Touchy Bomb, Trap

J

Ability	Description	Enemy
Jack o'Breath	Inflicts major damage to MP and Curse.	Jack o' Lantern
Jagged Edge	Inflicts major physical non-elemental damage.	Crescent Unit Tertius, Wutai Soldier Geng, Wutai War Chief
Judgment Arrow Judgement Arrow	Inflicts high magical damage, damages HP, MP, and AP, ignores all status effects except Invincibility, removes all positive status effects if it connects. Deals 75,000 base damage in Reunion, or 99,999 on Hard Mode.	Minerva
Judgment of Light	Inflicts moderate to major non-elemental damage.	Bahamut Fury
Jump	The user leaps into the air and descends, dealing greater damage than a typical attack.	A-Sahagin, Experiment No. 112, Sahagin, Water Warrior

K

Ability	Description	Enemy
Karma	Deals damage based on the number of enemies Zack has killed.	Master Tonberry, Tonberry
Kettle	Deals 100 damage and inflicts Stun.	Holy Tonberry, Tonberry King
Kick	Deals physical attack that can knock target to the ground.	Ifrit, Mako Ifrit
Kitchen Knife	Physical attack. For Tonberries besides the normal Tonberry, teleports the user and strikes after a short delay, becoming invulnerable and untargetable during effect.	Holy Tonberry, Master Tonberry, Tonberry, Tonberry Guard, Tonberry King
Knife Toss	Inflicts 2 hits of major non-elemental physical damage.	G Assailant, G Intruder, G Prowler
Krysta	Magic attack. Deals a high amount of damage.	Minerva

L

Ability	Description	Enemy
Laser Orbs		Bahamut
Learn	Changes patterns from regular attacks > Blizzard/Thunder/Fire > Blizzaga/Thundaga/Firaga > Attacks	Experiment No. 121
Left-Right Claw	Physical attack.	Behemoth
Left-Right Tail	Physical attack, ignores vitality.	Behemoth
Left Slash	Moderate physical attack. Ignores Vitality.	G Regicide, G Eliminator
Life Shaver	Inflicts two hits of moderate non-elemental physical damage as well as drains HP.	G Devastator, G Enforcer, G Guardian, G Predator
Lightning Bolt	Magic attack. Deals between 1-5 hits of Lightning-elemental damage.	Bahamut
Loaded...	Last countdown to "FIRE!"	Grosspanzer
Longinus	Trust attack that Inflicts Instant Death.	Stive Machine

M

Ability	Description	Enemy
Mace Boomerang	Moderate physical attack.	Vajradhara Indra, Vajradhara Kinnara, Vajradhara Tai, Vajradhara Yaksha
Magic Defense	Grants Null Magic.	Belial, Crescent Unit Celsus, G General, Genesis, Horned Devil, Humbaba, King Sahagin
Magic Shatterer	Minor physical non-elemental damage.	Bajang, Brahala, Lature Dano, Nisumbha
Magic Sword	A physical attack that can't be blocked.	Genesis (Final battle)
Magnitude 8	Strong non-elemental attack. Knocks Zack down to the ground.	Vajradhara Asura, Vajradhara Karura, Vajradhara Rakshasa
Make Invincible	Grants Barrier, MBarrier, No MP Cost, and Invincible.	Emperor Sahagin, G Renegade
Mako Needle	Damages SP.	Grashtrike
Maser		A-Griffon, Griffon, Hippogriff, Tycoon
MBarrier	Halves damage from magic attacks.	Griffon, Red Saucer III, Sahagin, Water Warrior
Megaflare	Heavy non-elemental magic damage to all targets.	Bahamut
Meteorite	Inflicts moderate non-elemental damage.	Humbaba, Sea Hulk
Mind Shock	Inflicts 3 hits of moderate MP damage.	Hexodon
Missile	Inflicts multiple hits of minor non-elemental damage. In the final battle, deals percentage-based damage.	Launcher Machine, Shot Machine
MP Crush		Support Machine+
MP Destruction Blast	Inflicts 6.25% damage to MP.	Combatant, Ensign, Guard, Sergeant Major, Special Ops Officer, Warrant Officer
MP Launcher	Inflicts major damage to MP.	Barrier Machine, Crit Machine, Death Machine BIS, MBarrier Machine, Repair Machine
MP Slash	Inflicts moderate damage to MP.	Killer Stinger, Man Hunter
MP Spiller	Inflicts major MP damage.	Wutai Imperial Guard
Multi-Jump	Enables constant usage of Jump, up to 5 Jumps.	Experiment No. 112
My Mega Flare	Inflicts massive damage after finishing Countdown.	Experiment No. 118
My Zantetsuken	Inflicts Zantetsuken-type Instant Death after finishing second Countdown.	Experiment No. 118

N

Ability	Description	Enemy
Nightmare Breath	Slightly damages MP and inflicts Curse.	Nightmare
Now loading...	Second countdown to "FIRE!"	Grosspanzer

O

Ability	Description	Enemy
Octaslash	Inflicts moderate non-elemental physical damage. Cannot be blocked.	Sephiroth
Oh, yes!	Used only as a response to the first appropriately used ability before asking for second ability.	Magic Pot
One Million Volts	Inflicts major Lightning-elemental damage around user. Can hit multiple times.	Experiment No. 111, Simurgh
Osmose	Absorbs MP from target.	Abyss Worm, Blue Materia, G Devastator, Lava Worm, Lesser Worm, Worm Elite
Over Drive	Gravity-Based attack, reduce MP+AP, cancels positive statuses.	Genesis Avatar
Overload	Grants Null Physical and Null Magic.	Hauser Head

P

Ability	Description	Enemy
Pain Plunge	Reduces HP to 1.	Crescent Unit Tertius
Paralyzing Needle	Inflicts moderate non-elemental damage and inflicts Stop.	Man Hunter
Paralyzing Scissors	Inflicts moderate non-elemental damage, absorbs HP, and inflicts Stop.	Experiment No. 116
Partisan	Inflicts damage equal to a 12% of Zack's HP.	Pile Machine
Peaceful Heart	Removes ability to use Comet.	Experiment No. 110
Penetrate	Jumps into the air to inflict major non-elemental physical damage as well as absorb HP.	King Sahagin, Sahagin Chief
Phoenix Down	Inflicts Raise.	Experiment No. 123
Photon Feather	Multiple hits of heavy physical damage with weak tracking.	Minerva
Poison Gas	Inflicts Poison.	Chain Machine, Cutter Machine, Launcher Machine, Sweeper
Poison Gaze	Inflicts Poison.	Fly Eye
Poison Needle	Inflicts Poison.	Slaps
Poison Shot	Physical attack. Inflicts Poison.	Combatant, Ensign, Guard, Warrant Officer
Poison Sting	Physical attack. Inflicts Poison.	Head Hunter
Poison Tail	Physical attack. Inflicts Poison.	Blood Taste
Poison Thrust	Physical attack. Inflicts Poison.	A-Sahagin
Potion	Recovers 31.25% of max HP.	Grenade Combatant
Power Discharge...	Inflicts three hits of Lightning-elemental damage.	Bee Saucer III
Power Drain	Inflicts major non-elemental physical damage and absorbs HP.	Experiment No. 123
Power Lv.1	Inflicts 1,000 unblockable damage.	Experiment No. 122
Power Lv.2	Inflicts 2,000 unblockable damage.	Experiment No. 122
Power Lv.3	Inflicts 4,000 unblockable damage.	Experiment No. 122
Power Lv.4	Inflicts 8,000 unblockable damage.	Experiment No. 122
Power Lv.5	Inflicts 16,000 unblockable damage.	Experiment No. 122
Power Lv.6	Inflicts 32,000 unblockable damage.	Experiment No. 122
Power Lv.7	Inflicts 64,000 unblockable damage.	Experiment No. 122
Power Lv.8	Inflicts 99,999 unblockable damage. Resets Power Lv. back to 1.	Experiment No. 122
Power Shot	Inflicts multiple hits of major non-elemental physical damage.	Mock Trooper C
Power Tonfa	Inflicts moderate to major non-elemental physical damage.	Mock Trooper B
Pressure	Inflicts major non-elemental physical damage and knocks Zack down.	A-Griffon, Hippogriff, Tycoon
Psych Up!		Emperor Sahagin, Sahagin Prince
Pumpkin Breath	Inflicts minor MP damage as well as Curse.	Pumpkin
Purgatorial Wave	Unblockable physical attack, reduce 75% of Zack's HP.	Genesis Avatar

Q

Ability	Description	Enemy
Quadruple Slash	Heavy physical attack.	Experiment No. 124
Quake	Inflicts heavy non-elemental magic damage to enemies in a radius from caster.	Behemoth King, Demon, Experiment No. 115, Metal Saucer III, Yellow Materia
Quintuple Shot	Physical attack. Ranged attack, five hits.	Captain, Chief Petty Officer, Combatant, Corporal, Ensign, Grenade Combatant, Guard, Sentry, Sergeant, Sergeant Major, Shinra Troop, Special Ops Officer, Storm Trooper, Warrant Officer, Wutai Private, Wutai Soldier Bing, Wutai Soldier Jia, Wutai Soldier Yi

R

Ability	Description	Enemy
Rage of Sloth		Angeal Penance
Rampage	Grants Critical and Endure.	G Dominator, G Hetairos
Really Bad Breath		Gaea Malboro
Regen	Restores 6.25% HP every 5 seconds as a status.	Behemoth King, Experiment No. 123, Garuda, Genesis, Jatayu
Remedy	Dispels Poison, Sadness and Curse.	Combatant, Ensign, Guard, Metal Saucer III, Sergeant Major, Special Ops Officer, Warrant Officer
Repair	Restores major HP to all units.	Panzer Jr.+
Right Slash	Moderate physical attack. Ignores Vitality.	G Regicide, G Eliminator
Rip	Inflicts major non-elemental physical damage multiple times.	Experiment No. 121, G Antenora, G Caina, G Fine, G Judecca, G Ptolomea, G Purgatorio, Makonoid
Robo Claw	Physical attack. Ignores Vitality.	Guard Spider
Roll	Physical attack. Three hits.	Hungry
Rotten Smell		Grand Horn

S

Ability	Description	Enemy
Scatter Shoot	Multiple hitting physical attack that deals 800 damage per hit.	Barrier Machine, Crit Machine, Death Machine, Death Machine BIS, MBarrier Machine, Missile Machine, Repair Machine, Spike Machine, Stive Machine
Scorcher	Multiple hitting physical attack. Used as a Limit when at low HP.	G Eraser
Scratch	Physical attack.	Bandersnatch
Self-Destruct	KOs the spell caster dealing large damage.	Bomb, Explosive, Mine, Support Machine, Trap
Self-Recovering...	Restores major HP to the user.	Bee Saucer IV, Metal Saucer IV, Red Saucer IV
Sextuple Shot	Physical attack. Ranged attack, six hits.	Needle Machine
Shadow Flare	Inflicts four hits dealing 800 points of damage with each hit.	Genesis, Genesis Avatar
Shadow Monk Breath	Inflicts major damage to MP and Curse.	Shadow Monk
Shadow Stitch	Inflicts 2 hits of major non-elemental physical damage. Inflicts Stop.	G Hoplite, G Scutatus
Shinra Cannon	Powerful physical attack and knocks Zack down.	Grandpanzer, Martial Tank
Shinra Mega Cannon	Inflicts massive non-elemental physical damage and knocks Zack down.	Goliath
Shinra Type-100 Cannon	Powerful physical attack and knocks Zack down.	Arachno, Black Widow, Guardian Eyes, Red Scorpion, Scarlet Pick, Tarantula
Shock Needle	Inflicts Instant Death.	Hornets
Shock Whip		Experiment No. 97
Shoot	Inflicts five hits of physical damage and Inflicts Stun for 2 seconds.	Crescent Unit Novus, Crescent Unit Plenum, Wutai Sergeant Major, Wutai Soldier Ji, Wutai War Chief
Silence	Prevents target from using magical abilities.	G Warrior, Green Materia
Silence Blast	Physical attack. Inflicts Silence.	Combatant, Ensign, Guard, Warrant Officer
Silence Shot	Inflicts moderate non-elemental physical damage and Silence.	Gun Bull Head
Silence Fangs	Inflicts moderate non-elemental physical damage and Silence.	Hunting Hound
Silence Gas	Weak magical attack. Inflicts Silence.	Chain Machine, Launcher Machine, Sweeper+
Silence Gaze	Inflicts Silence.	Bat Eye
Smoke Vent	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Curse.	Barrier Machine, Break Machine, Crit Machine, MBarrier Machine, Repair Machine, Spike Machine, Stive Machine, Sweeper++
Solar Plexus	Inflicts 18.75% damage. Inflicts Stun for 3 seconds.	Combatant, Ensign, Guard, Warrant Officer
SP Slash	Inflicts moderate damage to SP.	Killer Stinger, Man Hunter
SP Spiller	Physical attack. Damages SP.	Crescent Unit Secundus
Spear Strike	Physical attack. Ignores vitality.	Wutai Private, Wutai Soldier Ding, Wutai Soldier Jia
Spin	Physical attack. Inflicts Several hits, how many depends on the enemy.	Mandragora
Spin Attack	Multiple hitting physical attack.	Flying Machine, Heli Gunner, Sky Armor, Sky Gunner
Spin Charge	Multiple hitting physical attack.	Spitfire
Spinning Saw	Inflicts 4 hits of non-elemental physical damage, as well as Stun for 2 seconds.	Chain Machine, Cutter Machine
Spider Web	Inflicts Stop.	Arachno, Guard Spider
Squirt Gun		King Sahagin, Sahagin, Sahagin Prince
Stop	Prevents target from moving for an extended amount of time.	Yellow Materia
Stop Attack	Inflicts non-elemental physical damage and Stop for 5 seconds.	Balloon
Stop Blast	Physical attack. Inflicts Stop for 3 seconds.	Combatant, Ensign, Guard, Warrant Officer
Stop Gaze	Physical attack. Inflicts Stop for 5 seconds.	Evil Eye
Stranglehold	Inflicts major non-elemental physical damage.	G Dominator, G Equites, G Hetairos
Stun Beam		Support Machine+
Summon	Summons a Fire Materia, Blizzard Materia, Thunder Materia, and Support Materia.	Sephiroth
Super Bad Breath	Inflicts multiple hits of moderate non-elemental damage as well as all negative statuses excluding Instant Death.	Great Malboro
Super Grenade	Strong physical attack.	Combatant, Ensign, Guard, Warrant Officer
Super EM Field	Multiple hitting magical attack.	Arachno, Black Widow, Red Scorpion, Tarantula

T

Ability	Description	Enemy
Tail Laser	Major non-elemental physical damage.	Guard Scorpion
Target Found!	Allows user to attack.	Alert Head
Target Search	Sets up for Tail Laser. Used when low on HP.	Guard Scorpion
Tempest	Major non-elemental physical damage.	G Guardian
Ten Million Volts	Major non-elemental magic attack that hits multiple times.	Experiment No. 110, Jatayu
Tentacle	Physical attack. Two hits, may inflict Stun for 1 second.	Guard Fang, Hellhound, Hunting Hound
This should fix me up!	Restores roughly 7,000 HP to user and allies.	Hollander
Thor's Hammer	Inflicts massive magical damage.	Minerva
Thread	Inflicts Stop for 5 seconds.	Experiment No. 115, Lava Worm, Worm
Thundaga	Major Lightning-elemental damage.	Ahriman, Evil Eye, Evilgoyle, Experiment No. 121, G Eliminator, Gargoyle, Thunder Materia, Thunderbird, Yellow Materia
Thundara	Inflicts moderate Lightning-elemental damage.	Experiment No. 121, G Battler, G Commando, Needle Kiss, Thunder Materia
Thunder	Minor Lightning damage.	Experiment No. 121, Fly Eye, Raijincho, Thunder Materia
Thunder of Envy	Inflicts moderate Lightning-elemental damage. Used when Zack stays behind user for too long.	Angeal Penance
Thwack	Inflicts major non-elemental physical damage and knocks Zack to the ground.	Jabberwock
Tomahawk Boomerang	Physical attack.	Vajradhara Cala, Vajradhara Kumbhira, Vajradhara Wu
Tonfa		Captain, Chief Petty Officer, Combatant, Corporal, Ensign, Grenade Combatant, Guard, Sentry, Sergeant, Sergeant Major, Shinra Troop, Special Ops Officer, Storm Trooper, Warrant Officer
Tornado	Inflicts percentage based damage.	G Enforcer
Tracking Missile	Inflicts upwards to 5 hits of non-elemental physical damage.	Experiment No. 121, G Fine, G Ptolomea, G Purgatorio, Makonoid
Tremor	Inflicts 2 hits of non-elemental physical damage, inflicts Stun, and knocks Zack to the ground.	Diceratops
Tri-Fire	Inflicts major Fire-elemental damage, can hit up to 3 times. Can inflict Instant Death.	Break Machine, Crescent Unit Nomen, Experiment No. 119, G Scutatus, Gremlin, Hellhound, Imp, Iron Claw, Lature Dano, Mandrake, Nandi, Scissor Claw
Tri-Thundaga	Powerful Thunder-Based attack.	G Regicide, G Eliminator, G Regicide, Garuda, Iron Claw, Scissor Chitin, Scissor Claw, Simurgh
Triple Fire	Inflicts major Fire-elemental damage.	Mock Trooper A
Triple Shot	Physical attack. Ranged attack, three hits.	Guard Fang
Triple Trouble	Physical attack. Damages MP, AP and SP.	Crescent Unit Celsus, Crescent Unit Quartus
Twin Claws	Inflicts two hits of moderate non-elemental physical damage.	Death Claw, Iron Claw, Scissor Chitin, Scissor Claw, Scissor Devil
Twin Kick	Inflicts two hits of moderate non-elemental physical damage.	G Battler
Twin Tomahawk	A physical attack that can't be blocked.	Vajradhara Tai, Vajradhara Wu
Twister Strike	Heavy physical attack.	Genesis (Final battle)
Type-97 Cannon	Physical attack that deals five shots of damage.	Guard Spider
Type-98 Cannon	Physical attack that deals five shots of damage.	Guard Scorpion
Typhoon	Inflicts major non-elemental damage.	G Devastator

U

Ability	Description	Enemy
Ultima	Inflicts massive non-elemental magic damage. Unblockable in Reunion. Fixed damage when used by Minerva in Reunion.	Angra Mainyu, Belial, Experiment No. 123, G Enforcer, Gaea Malboro, Horned Devil, Imp, Jabberwock, Land Malboro, Lature Dano, Minerva, Most Hungry, Mover, Mover EX, Red Saucer IV, Scissor Devil, Shadow Monk
Ultra Missile	Inflicts major non-elemental physical damage multiple times. Inflicts Stop, Curse, Stun, Poison, and Silence.	Missile Machine
Unleashed Wrath	Inflicts major non-elemental damage.	Angeal Penance
Uppercut	Inflicts major non-elemental damage and knocks Zack to the ground.	Humbaba

V

Ability	Description	Enemy
Very Bad Breath		Land Malboro
Vicious	Grants Endure status. Only used at low HP. When used by S Mine and Volcano, will instead make it immune to physicals while making it constantly use regular attacks.	Brahala, Destroyer, Nandi, Nisumbha, S Mine, Sumbha

W

Ability	Description	Enemy
Wait		Sentry
Wall	Grants Barrier and MBarrier to one target.	A-Griffon, Bee Saucer II, Bee Saucer III, Bee Saucer IV, Demon, Experiment No. 114, Experiment No. 123, Experiment No. 124, G Baldor, G Paladin, G Slayer, Grangalan, Green Materia, Hexodon, Metal Saucer III, Red Saucer II, Red Saucer IV
Warning! Warning!	Forces user to flee from fight.	Alert Head
Wash Tub	Inflicts 10,000 unblockable damage. Inflicts Stun.	Holy Tonberry, Tonberry King
Washbowl	Inflicts 10 unblockable damage. Inflicts Stun.	Holy Tonberry, Tonberry King
Water		Experiment No. 112
Whirlwind		G Deleter
Wings of Pride	Eight-hit physical attack.	Angeal Penance

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