White Mage:
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This is a list of all enemy abilities from Final Fantasy IV.
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Enemy abilities[]
A[]
| Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Alarm (Alert) |
Summons a monster into battle. | Security Eye, Searcher |
| Atomic Blast (Fission) |
Deals damage equal to the user's current HP to one party member, and kills the user. | Last Arm |
B[]
| Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Bad Breath (Breath) |
Attempts to inflict Confuse, Toad, Mini, Pig, Silence, and Blind on a single ally, or the entire party when used by Lunasaur. | Malboro, Great Malboro, Lunasaur |
| Barrier Shift | Changes elemental weakness and resistances. | Golbez (3D) |
| Beak (Peck) |
Inflicts Petrify. | Helldiver, Cockatrice, Roc Baby, Mist Eagle, Treant |
| Beam | Inflicts damage to one character, equal to 1/10 of a character's max HP in the 2D version. | Beamer (2D and 3D), Dr. Lugae (2D and 3D), Searcher (2D and 3D), Armor Construct (3D only), Giant Warrior (2D and 3D) |
| Berserk (Bersk) |
Inflicts Berserk. | Mammon, Brachioraidos |
| Big Bang | Inflicts around 2,300 damage to the party and Sap. | Zeromus (2D and 3D), Zeromus EG |
| Bile (Digest) (Digestive Fluid) (Digestive Acid) |
Minor non-elemental damage and inflicts Sap. | Malboro, Great Malboro |
| Binding Cold (Hold Gas) (Cursed Aura) (Ice Bind) |
Inflicts Paralyze to the party. 100% accuracy rate. | Golbez |
| Bio (Virus) |
Moderate non-elemental damage and Sap. | Zeromus, Wicked Mask, Lunasaur, Mindy, Golbez, Ghost Knight (3D version), Death Puppet, Brachioraidos |
| Black Fang (Demolish) (Blk.Fang) |
Inflicts Death with 100% accuracy rate. | Shadow Dragon |
| Black Hole (Blk.Hole) |
Removes Berserk, Float, Blink (2), Blink (1), Barrier, and Reflect from all allies. | Zeromus, Brachioraidos, Zeromus EG |
| Blaster | 50% chance of inflicting Paralyze or Death. | Cait Sith, Coeurl, Coeurl Regina, Mist Kraken |
| Blaze | Heavy Ice-elemental damage to the party. | Chimera, Chimera Brain, Lunar Shiva, Silver Dragon, Death Machine, Zeromus EG, Ifrit, Bomb King, Mech Dragon |
| Blink | The target automatically dodges the next two physical attacks targeted at them. | Golden Toad |
| Blizzara (Ice2) |
Moderate Ice-elemental damage. | Leviathan, Zeromus EG, Golbez, Dark Elf, Mindy, Shiva |
| Blizzaga (Ice3) |
Heavy Ice-elemental damage. | Lunar Shiva, Lunar Leviathan, Lunar Asura, Leviathan (3D only), Dark Sage |
| Bloodfeast (Vampire) (Blood Suck) |
Minor non-elemental damage and drains HP from target. Also inflicts Sap. | Bloody Bat (2D and 3D), Vampiress (Miss Vamp and 3D), Abyss Worm (Abyss Worm and 3D), Apparition (2D only), Blood Eye (2D and 3D), Cave Bat (2D and 3D), Echidna (2D only), Gigas Worm (2D only), Left Arm (2D and 3D), Right Arm (2D and 3D), Succubus (Draculady and 3D), and Evil Bat (2D 3D) |
| Break (Stone) |
Inflicts Petrify. | Dark Sage, Brachioraidos |
C[]
| Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Chain Explosion (Reaction) |
Destroys all enemies. Used as a counter to a Lightning-elemental attack. | Dark Grenade |
| Confuse | Inflicts Confuse to one or all targets. | Zemus's Mind, Brachioraidos |
| Constrict (Entangle) |
Inflicts Paralyze. Used as a counter. | Gold Dragon, Hydra, Twin Snake, Left Arm, Right Arm, Crystal Dragon, Lamia Queen, Lunar Leviathan |
| Croak | Summons Bog Toads to the battle. | Bog Witch |
| Crush (Crash Down) |
Inflicts Death with 100% accuracy. | Demon Wall, Lunar Titan |
| Curaga (Cure3) |
Restores a great amount of HP to a single target. | Wicked Mask, Lunar Asura, Asura, Mist Summoner |
| Curaja (Cure4) |
Restores an extreme amount of HP to a single target. | Asura |
| Curse | Inflicts Curse on a single target. When used by Apparition, targets the entire party. | Scarmiglione, Dinozombie, Dark Knight, Warrior, Geryon, Apparition |
| Cursed Elegy (DullSong) (Cursed Song) (Song of Curse) |
Used as a counter to Fire-elemental attacks (Scarmiglione) or when hit by a physical attack during Countdown (Brachioraidos). Inflicts Slow to the party. | Scarmiglione (Undead), Brachioraidos |
D[]
| Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Dark Breath (D.Breath) |
Moderate Fire-elemental damage to the party. | Dark Dragon |
| Darkness (Dummy) (Dark) (Dark Wave) |
Deals damage to all characters in exchange of HP. | Dark Knight |
| Death (Fatal) |
Attempts to inflict Death on a single ally. | Dark Sage, Bloody Eye, Proto Deathmask, Chaos Knight |
| Deluge (Big Wave) (Big Tsunami) (Tidal Wave) |
Inflicts non-elemental damage equal to 25% of the target's maximum HP. In the 3D version, this ability inflicts heavy Water-elemental damage to the party and has a chance of inflicting Death. | Leviathan, Ogopogo, Zeromus EG, Lunar Leviathan |
| Divine Judgment | Extreme non-elemental damage to the party. | Proto-Babil |
| Time Distortion (Disrupt) |
Removes Berserk, Float, Blink (2), Blink (1), and Barrier. Also resets the speed modifier to the default of 16. | Zeromus (used before Cecil uses Crystal on it to reveal his true form. It is used when he massively shakes.) |
| Doom (Count) |
Inflicts Doom on one ally or the entire party. Is Reflectable. | Ahriman, Plague, Zeromus EG, Great Malboro |
| Drain | Inflicts moderate non-elemental damage on one target and transfers the damage as health to the user. | Bloodbones, Draculady, Bloody Eye, Zeromus EG, Golbez, Flan Master |
E[]
| Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Earthquake (Quake) |
Weaker version of the Quake spell. | Tarantula, Arachne, Tyrannosaurus, Zeromus EG, Lunar Titan, Titan, White Dragon |
| Electromagnetism (Electromagnetic Radiation) (Magnet) (Electromagnetic Field) (Magnetic Radiation) |
Inflicts Stop. Used as a counter to Lightning-elemental attacks by Armor Constructs. | Last Arm, Giant Soldier |
| Embrace (Hug) |
Inflicts Petrify. Also fully heals target before Petrify (except in the 3D version). | Selene Guardian, Zeromus EG, Elite Soldier |
| Entice (Charm) (Lure) |
Inflicts Confuse. | Lamia, Lamia Queen, Flan Princess, Lamia Matriarch |
F[]
| Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Fira (Fire2) |
Moderate Fire-elemental damage. | Zeromus EG, Rubicante, Lunar Ifrit, Golbez, Dark Elf, Mindy, Ifrit |
| Firaga (Fire3) |
Major Fire-elemental damage. | Lunar Ifrit, Lunar Asura, Dark Sage, Bomb King |
| Fire (Fire1) |
Minor Fire-elemental damage. | Tiny Mage |
| Flame (Fire) |
Inflicts major Fire elemental damage to the party. | Death Machine, Tyrannosaurus, Zeromus EG, Lunasaur, Lunar Ifrit, Lunar Shiva, Ifrit, Mech Dragon |
| Flamethrower (Emission) (Flame Thrower) |
Minor Fire-elemental damage to the party, or one party member when used by Armored Fiend (3D). | Giant Warrior, Dr. Lugae |
| Flare (Nuke |
Extreme non-elemental damage to one target. | Zeromus EG, Dark Bahamut, Zeromus, Wicked Mask, Flan Master, Proto Deathmask, Brachioraidos |
| Freezing Mist (Cold Mist) |
Used as a counter when in Mist form. Moderate Ice-elemental damage to the party. | Mist Dragon, Lunar Dragon |
G[]
| Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Gas (Poison) (Poison Gas) |
Inflicts Poison and minor non-elemental damage to the party. | Dr. Lugae, Geryon, Scarmiglione, Lunar Dragon |
| Gaze (Glance) |
1/3 chance of either Confuse, Sleep, or Paralyze. In Lunar Titan's case, inflicts Gradual Petrify. | Bloody Eye, Lunar Titan |
| Glare (Glance) (Pupil) |
Inflicts Confuse. | Calcobrena, Miss Vamp, Catoblepas |
H[]
| Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Haste (Fast) |
Doubles the targets action speed. | Lunar Odin, Sorceress (2D and 3D), and Plague Horror (2D and 3D) |
| Hatch | Removes Egg status, causing the monster to take on its normal appearance and behavior. | Mystery Egg (2D and 3D) |
| Heal (Remedy) (Restore) |
Restores HP equal to 1/10 of max HP. | Cagnazzo, Lunasaur, Dark Bahamut, Defense Node, Brachioraidos, Lunar Dragon, Lunar Asura, Proto Deathmask |
| Hex (Whisper) |
Inflicts Pig on an ally. | Dark Elf, Li'l Murderer |
| Hold | Inflicts Paralyze. | Tiny Mage, Death Puppet |
| Holy (White) |
Heavy Holy-elemental damage. | Wicked Mask, Lunar Odin, Proto Deathmask, Brachioraidos |
I[]
| Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Icestorm (Blizzard) (Snowstorm) (Ice Storm) |
Heavy Ice-elemental damage to one or more party members. | Blue Dragon, Cold Beast, Tyrannosaurus, Lunar Shiva, Tiny Mage, Shiva |
| Inferno | Heavy Fire-elemental damage. | Rubicante, Geryon |
J[]
| Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Jump | User leaves the screen for a short period of time, then deals physical damage to target. | Dragoon |
K[]
| Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Kick | Deals damage physical damage to all targets. | Monk |
L[]
| Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Laser | Non-elemental damage based on user's current HP. | Dr. Lugae, Death Machine |
| Laser Barrage (Maser) (Laser) (Piercing Laser) |
Inflicts damage to the party equal to 1/10 of their max HP. | Death Machine, Attack Node, Death Puppet |
| Leech | Zeromus EG | |
| Libra (Peep) (Scan) |
View vital statistics of target. | Zemus's Breath, Li'l Murderer |
| Light of Babil | Inflicts extreme non-elemental damage to the party. | Proto-Babil |
| Lifefont (Suction) (Absorb) |
Restores HP equal to 33% of current HP. | Black Knight (2D and 3D), Warrior (2D and 3D), Succubus (Draculady and 3D), and Zeromus EG |
| Lightning (Thunder) |
Moderate Lightning-elemental damage. | Tyrannosaurus, Zeromus EG, Lunar Ramuh, Geryon, Barbariccia, Ramuh, Crystal Dragon |
M[]
| Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Maelstrom (Storm) |
Reduces party's HP to single digits. Used as a counter by Behemoths to Holy-elemental attacks. | Barbariccia (Elements), Behemoth, Brachioraidos, White Dragon, Lunar Leviathan, Geryon, Storm Dragon, Fiend Dragon |
| Mind Blast (Blast) |
Moderate non-elemental damage as well as Paralyze and Sap. | Mind Flayer, Zemus's Breath, Mist Kraken |
| Mini (Size) |
Inflicts and/or removes the Mini status. | Zeromus EG, Lunar Asura |
| Megaflare (MegaNuke) (Mega Flare) |
Extreme non-elemental damage to the party. | Bahamut, Dark Bahamut, Brachioraidos, Lunar Bahamut |
| Meteor (Meteo) |
Heavy Holy-elemental damage to the party. Heavy Non-elemental damage (3D version). |
Zeromus |
N[]
| Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Needle | Inflicts non-elemental damage. Ignores Protect status. | Gatlinger, Hell Needle, Sword Rat |
| Ninth Dimension (Disrupt) (Dimension 9) |
Inflicts Death. Is Reflectable. | Trap Door |
O[]
| Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Object 199 (Globe 199) (Number 199) |
Inflicts extreme non-elemental damage to an ally. | CPU, Brachioraidos, Proto-Babil, Death Machine, Lunar Asura |
| Osmose (Psych) (Asper) |
Drains MP from target to restore own MP. | Zeromus EG, Golbez, Tiny Mage, Dark Sage, Zeromus (3D version), Mist Kraken |
P[]
| Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Pincers (Counter) (Counter Horn) |
Used as a counter to all attacks except the Chocobo summon. | Antlion |
| Poison Powder (Powder) (Cold Snap) |
Non-elemental damage and Blind to party. | Flying Eyes, Hell Flapper, Gloomwing |
| Pollen | Non-elemental damage and Sap on the party. | Blood Flower, Death Flower |
| Protect (Armor) |
Increases Defense. | Asura (Advance and 3D only), Zemus's Mind, Platinum Toad, Iron Giant, Elite Soldier, Grudge Puppet |
Q[]
| Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Quake | Major non-elemental damage to all non-floating targets. | Titan |
R[]
| Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Raise (Life1) (Life) |
Revives a KO'd ally with minimum HP. | Asura |
| Reflect (Wall) |
Bounces spell off of target back at enemy party. | Zeromus EG, Sandy (2D and 3D, Baigan (2D and 3D), Deathmask (Wicked Mask and 3D), CPU (2D and 3D), Dark Bahamut (2D and 3D), Proto Deathmask, Flan Master, Platinum Toad, Brachioraidos |
| Regenerate | Revives all KO'd allies. | Flan Master |
| Reraise (Recover) (Arise) |
Revives one fallen enemy. | Water Bug, Cindy |
| Restore (Heal (Medic) (Panacea) |
Removes all bad statuses from party. | Dr. Lugae (2D and 3D) |
| Retreat | Escape from battle. | Captain, General, Water Bug, Mors, Lunar Virus, Platinum Toad |
| Reversal Gas | Inflicts Reverse on all party members and enemies. | Dr. Lugae (3D only) |
S[]
T[]
| Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Target (Search) |
Target does not do anything. It is only used by Trap Door to warn the player that it's about to use Ninth Dimension. | Trap Door |
| Thermal Ray (Heat Ray) |
Inflicts major Fire-elemental damage to the party. | Red Dragon |
| Thundara (Lit-2) (Bolt2) |
Moderate Lightning elemental damage. | Zeromus EG, Golbez, Mindy, Ramuh |
| Thundaga (Lit-3) (Bolt3) |
Heavy Lightning-elemental damage. | Lunar Ramuh, Lunar Asura, Li'l Murderer, Dark Sage, Flan Master, Sahagin Prince, Echidna |
| Thunder (Lit-1) (Bolt1) |
Minor Lightning-elemental damage. | Scarmiglione, Tiny Mage, Skeleton |
| Thunderbolt (Blitz) |
Moderate Lightning-elemental damage to the party. | Gold Dragon, Thunder Dragon, Lunar Ramuh, Ramuh, Fiend Dragon |
| Toad | Inflicts and/or removes the Toad status. | Zeromus EG, Lunar Asura, Tiny Toad, Bog Witch, Toadgre, Platinum Toad, Golden Toad, Brachioraidos |
| Tongue (Lick) |
Inflicts damage and Sleep. | Naga |
| Tornado (Weak) (Wind) |
Reduces a target's HP to single digits. | Dark Elf, Dark Sage, Belphegor (3D version), Chaos Knight, Strato Avis |
| Tsunami (Wave) |
Heavy Water-elemental damage to the party. (Can inflict instant death in the 3D version). | Cagnazzo, Flood Worm |
W[]
| Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Whirlwind (Tornado) |
Minor non-elemental damage. | Storm Dragon, Sand Worm |
| Whirl (Weak) (Wall) |
Same as the Black Magic spell Tornado, but is more effective. Used as a counter to Holy-elemental attacks. | Zeromus, Zeromus EG, Ogopogo (3D only) |
| Wing Scales | Inflicts Blind. | Flying Eyes, Hell Flapper |
V[]
| Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
(Vanish) |
Used in Zeromus' script to kill self, name is not displayed during battle. | Zeromus |
Z[]
| Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Zantetsuken (Odin) |
Extreme non-elemental damage to the party. | Odin, Lunar Odin |
Gallery[]
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