Catch the evils and punish! Hold Tight!
Quote when using in the PSX version of Final Fantasy Tactics.
Embrace (ほうよう, Houyou?), also known as Hug and Hold Tight, is a recurring ability in the Final Fantasy series. It often inflicts the Petrify status, but sometimes also restores some or all HP while doing so, or just restores HP without inflicting the status, and is generally used by enemies only.
Appearances[]
Final Fantasy IV[]
Embrace is an ability used by Selene Guardian, Zeromus EG, and Elite Soldier, and inflicts Petrify to one target in all versions but the 3D remakes, in which the character is fully healed before Petrify is inflicted.
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years[]
Embrace is an ability used by Astaroth and Nova Dragon, and inflicts Petrify while also fully healing the HP of one target.
Final Fantasy V[]
Embrace is an ability used by Lemure and Medusa, and simply inflicts Petrify to one target.
Final Fantasy Tactics[]
Embrace is a dummied enemy ability that was to be used by a Lucavi, which would have inflicted the Immobilize status with a 100% success rate to one target with a range of 5 and a vertical reach of 0.