This is a list of all enemy abilities from Final Fantasy IX.
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Enemy abilities[]
#[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Legs | Moderate magical damage to one target and restores HP equal to damage dealt. | Gigan Octopus |
| 1000 Needles | Deals exactly 1000 points of damage to one target. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 8 |
Cactuar |
A[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Absorb | Drains HP from one target. | Hecteyes, Malboro, Prison Cage, Seeker Bat |
| Absorb Even More | Drains a severe amount of HP from one target. | Seeker Bat |
| Absorb Magic | Decreases target's stat and add to caster's. | Tiamat, Tiamat (Crystal) |
| Absorb More | Drains a high amount of HP from target. | Seeker Bat |
| Absorb MP | Drains target's MP. | Tiamat, Tiamat (Crystal), Ozma |
| Absorb Strength | Decreases target's Strength stat and add to caster's. | Tiamat, Tiamat (Crystal) |
| Aera | Moderate Wind damage. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 14 |
Gimme Cat, Griffin, Jabberwock, Lani, Yan, Zuu |
| Aerial Slash | Wind damage to all party members. | Gargoyle, Garuda, Nova Dragon, Red Dragon, Silver Dragon |
| Aero | Minor Wind damage. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 7 |
Griffin, Zemzelett |
| Aero Breath | Deals random damage based on a percentage of target's HP. | Worm Hydra |
| Antenna | Weak physical damage. | Carve Spider |
| Appearance | Cactuar shows itself and enables Head Attack. | Cactuar |
| Attack | Physical attack. | Amarant, Beatrix, Dagger, Eiko, Freya, Lani. Quina, Scarlet Hair, Steiner, Steiner, Vivi, Zidane |
| Attacking Stance | Increases the damage dealt by Stab, counters attacks with Poison Counter. | Serpion |
| Aqua Breath | Water damage to all party members. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. Blu Mag for Quina. MP Cost: 14 |
Axolotl, Quale |
| Axe | Weak physical damage. | Goblin Mage |
B[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| BAAAHHH!!! | Strong physical attack, inflicts Silence. | Yan (Friendly) |
| Bad Breath | May inflict Confuse, Poison, Slow, Darkness, and/or Mini to a single target. Blu Mag for Quina. | Malboro |
| Became compact | Changes Ralvuimago's status to counter attacks with Earth Power. | Ralvuimago |
| Beak | Weak physical damage. | Axe Beak, Trick Sparrow |
| Berserk | Inflicts Berserk status. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 6 |
Armstrong, Ozma |
| Bio | Non-elemental damage and may inflict Poison. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 18 |
Agares, Amdusias, Drakan, Meltigemini, Ring Leader, Torama |
| Bite | Weak physical damage. | Yeti |
| Blade | Strong physical damage. | Abadon |
| Blaster | Damages and may inflict Stop. | Torama, Veteran |
| Blind | Inflicts Darkness. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 6 |
Ring Leader, Quale |
| Blind Tail | Inflicts Darkness. | Yeti |
| Blizzaga | Major Ice damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 24 |
Earth Guardian, Gigan Octopus, Necron, Taharka, Vepal (Green), Wraith |
| Blizzara | Moderate Ice damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 12 |
Agares, Anemone, Black Waltz 2, Black Waltz 3, Feather Circle, Gigan Toad, Gnoll, Lani, Mandragora, Myconid, Ochu, Ralvurahva, Sealion, Soldier, Troll, Type C, Yeti |
| Blizzard | Minor Ice damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 6 |
Black Waltz 1, Black Waltz 2, Black Waltz 3, Cave Imp, Flan, Sealion, Serpion, Type A, Wyerd |
| Blowup | Sacrifices self to deal damage equal to remaining HP to all party members. Note that this ends the battle aboard the M.S. Prima Vista. | Bomb |
| Blue Shockwave | Cuts a single target's HP to 1. | Necron |
| Body Ram | Moderate physical damage. | Vepal (Green), Vepal (Red) |
| Boomerang | Moderate physical damage to all party members. | Ark |
| Break | Inflicts Petrify. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 18 |
Gargoyle |
| Bring it on! | Weak physical damage. | Baku |
| Bubbles | Weak attack on all party members. | Clipper |
| Buzz | Inflicts Berserk on one target. | Dragonfly, Hornet |
C[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Call | Summons Magic Vice. | Mimic |
| Cannon | Halves a party member's HP. | Armstrong, Grenade |
| Charge | Moderate non-elemental damage. | Blazer Beetle, Bomb, Dragonfly, Gargoyle, Shell Dragon |
| Chestnut | Inflicts damage equal to the amount of HP the monster has lost. | Mandragora |
| Chop | Inflicts moderate physical damage. | Taharka |
| Clamp Pinch | Weak physical attack. | Benero, Zenero |
| Claw | Inflicts major physical damage. | Veteran, Silver Dragon |
| Claws | Inflicts moderate physical damage. | Crawler, Sand Scorpion, Zuu |
| Cleave | Inflicts major physical damage to the party. Spell power of 103 (Hades). | Hades, Iron Man |
| Close | Change's Deathguise's status to only allow use of Death, LV5 Death and Twister. | Deathguise |
| Climhazzard | Reduces HP of party to 1. | Beatrix |
| Cold Breath | Inflicts Freeze. | Chimera, Worm Hydra |
| Comet | Deals random non-elemental damage. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 16 |
Yan |
| Confuse | Inflicts Confuse. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 8 |
Cactuar, Quale |
| Counter | Counterattacks an attack with a powerful physical attack. | Grimlock, Nova Dragon, Sand Golem, Scarlet Hair, Troll |
| Counter Horn | Counterattacks an attack with a moderate physical attack. | Antlion |
| <Crack!> | Minor physical damage. | Black Waltz 3 |
| Crash | Moderate physical damage. | Gizamaluke |
| Crush | Minor physical damage. | Clipper |
| Cura | Restores moderate HP. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 10 |
Beatrix, Lamia |
| Curaga | Restores major HP. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 22 |
Hilgigars, Necron, Ozma, Trance Kuja |
| Cure | Restores minor HP. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 6 |
Beatrix, Serpion |
| Curl | Reduces damage done by physical attacks by a considerable amount. | Taharka |
| Curse | Inflicts massive non-elemental damage as well as Confuse, Poison, Slow, Mini, and Darkness to the party. | Hades, Ozma |
D[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Darkness | Inflicts Darkness. | Seeker Bat |
| Death | Instantly kills target. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 20 |
Armodullahan, Ash, Deathguise, Lich, Lich (Crystal), Ozma, Whale Zombie |
| Death Cutter | Severe physical damage and may inflict Doom. | Lich, Lich (Crystal) |
| Delta Attack | Instantly kills target; may be used only when all three Movers are alive. | Mover |
| Demi | Removes 30% of target's current HP. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 18 |
Feather Circle, Kuja, Land Worm |
| Demon's Claw | Severe physical damage. | Deathguise |
| Devil's Bell | Petrifies one target. | Catoblepas |
| Devil's Candle | Moderate magical damage; inflicts Freeze if used by blue-candled Wraith, Heat if used by red-candled Wraith. | Wraith |
| Devil's Kiss | Weak physical damage, may Poison. | Ralvurahva |
| Dive | Strong physical attack. | Red Dragon |
| Doom | Inflicts Doom. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. Blu Mag for Quina. MP Cost: 12 |
Ash, Lich, Lich (Crystal), Tantarian, Veteran, Wraith |
| Doomsday | Immense Shadow damage to everyone. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. Spell power of 172 (Hades), 186 (Ozma). MP Cost: 72 |
Hades, Ozma |
| Double Slash | Moderate physical damage to one target. | Earth Guardian |
| Drain | Absorbs HP from one target. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 14 |
Carrion Worm, Crawler, Trick Sparrow |
E[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Earth Power | Earth damage to all party members. | Ralvuimago |
| Earth Shake | Earth damage to all party members. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. Blu Mag for Quina. MP Cost: 20 |
Adamantoise, Lich, Lich (Crystal), Shell Dragon |
| Earthquake | Earth damage to all party members. | Catoblepas, Earth Guardian, Hilgigars, Jabberwock, Lich, Lich (Crystal) |
| Eat | Masticates single target for light damage. | Mimic |
| Edge | Deals moderate damage with book spine. | Tantarian |
| Electrocute | Imbues caster with electricity; allows Torama to use Blaster and Zaghnol to use Thundara. | Torama, Zaghnol |
| Entice | Releases hearts to confuse one target. Does not work on females. | Lamia |
| Escape | Flees from battle. | Magic Vice, Soldier |
| Esuna | Alleviates most negative status effects. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 6 |
Kraken, Kraken (Crystal), Maliris, Maliris (Crystal), Ozma |
| Everyone Light | Bestows Float on everyone. | Jabberwock |
| Everyone's Grudge | Targets all party members; damage is equal to the amount of slain Tonberries multiplied by 4. | Tonberry |
F[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Fang | Weak physical damage. | Fang |
| Fat Press | Jumps on one target and damages with fat. | Hedgehog Pie |
| Fin | Moderate physical damage. | Whale Zombie |
| Fire | Minor Fire damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 6 |
Black Waltz 1, Black Waltz 2, Black Waltz 3 (#059), Bomb, Carve Spider, Dragonfly, Ghost, Ladybug, Trick Sparrow, Type A, Vice |
| Fira (Fire[note 1]) | Minor Fire damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 6 |
Black Waltz 3 (#031) |
| Fira | Moderate Fire damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 12 |
Abomination, Agares, Antlion, Black Waltz 2, Blazer Beetle, Carrion Worm, Feather Circle, Lani, Mistodon, Nymph, Sand Golem, Sand Scorpion, Soulcage, Type B, Type C, Zuu |
| Firaga | Major Fire damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 24 |
Cerberus, Chimera, Earth Guardian, Garuda, Grenade, Maliris, Maliris (Crystal), Mover, Necron, Stilva, Wraith |
| Fire Blades | Fire damage to all party members; only usable if Soulcage is on fire. | Soulcage |
| Fist | Heavy physical damage. | Iron Man |
| Flame | Expels flames to deal random Fire damage to all party members. | Cerberus, Grenade, Ironite, Ogre, Worm Hydra |
| Flame Slash | Severe physical Fire damage to one target. | Maliris, Maliris (Crystal) |
| Flare | Heavy magical damage to single target. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. Spell power of 85 (Necron), 161 (Ozma), 96 (Trance Kuja). MP Cost: 40 |
Garland, Necron, Ozma, Trance Kuja |
| Flare Star | Targets all party members and deals damage equal to their level times 40 (Kuja), 35 (Trance Kuja), or 50 (Ozma). It cannot be reflected. It can miss. | Kuja, Ozma, Trance Kuja |
| Float | Grants Float. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. It does not make one weak to wind damage even if the enemies appear to be using it for this purpose. MP Cost: 6 |
Tiamat, Yan |
| Freeze | Inflicts Freeze. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 8 |
Agares, Drakan, Hades, Kraken, Kraken (Crystal), Vepal (Green) |
- ↑ English PAL name
G[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Get Some! | Weak physical attack. | Masked Man |
| Glowing Eyes | Illuminates eyes to cause Sleep. | Axe Beak, Gigan Toad |
| Gnoll Attack | Moderate physical damage. | Gnoll |
| Goblin Punch | Deals weak random damage. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. Blu Mag for Quina. MP Cost: 4 |
Goblin, Goblin Mage |
| Gradual Petrify | Inflicts Gradual Petrify. | Basilisk, Gargoyle, Stroper |
| Grand Cross | Manipulates planetary alignments to wreak any number of these effects to all party members: Berserk, Doom, Petrify, Stop, Freeze, Heat, Confuse, Poison, Trouble, Silence, Zombie, Darkness, Instant Death, Mini, Sleep, and HP is reduced to 1–10. Each one of them has a 1/8 chance of being inflicted. Spell power of 88, but is not used when calculating damage. | Necron |
| Grow | User gets bigger. | Bomb |
| Gwahaha! | Weak physical attack. | Baku, Masked Man |
H[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Hack | Weak physical attack with bone knife. | Skeleton |
| Haste | Bestows Haste. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 8 |
Cactuar |
| Hatchet | Weak physical attack. | Lizard Man |
| Head Attack | Rams into one target for light damage. | Cactuar, Flan, Feather Circle, Mistodon |
| Heave | Rams into one target for moderate damage. | Adamantoise, Behemoth, Catoblepas, Zaghnol |
| Heavy | Dispels Float status. | Jabberwock |
| Helm Divide | Reduces one target's HP to 1. | Iron Man |
| Here I Go! | Runs around battlefield. | Scarlet Hair |
| Hide | Cactuar hides and counters attacks with 1000 Needles. | Cactuar |
| High Wind | Moderate physical damage to all party members. | Abadon |
| Hiphop | Moderate physical damage to one enemy. | Hilgigars |
| Hit | Weak physical strike. | Black Waltz 1, Black Waltz 3, Blazer Beetle |
| Holy | Major Holy damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. Spell power of 85 (Necron), 148 (Ozma), 96 (Trance Kuja). MP Cost: 36 |
Necron, Ozma, Trance Kuja |
| Horn | Physical attack. | Amdusias |
| HP Switching | Switches caster's HP with target's. Disregards caster's upper limit. | Wyerd |
| Hypnotize | Inflicts Sleep. | Black Waltz 2, Hecteyes |
I[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| "I am Dagger." | 9999 damage to Dagger, regular damage to everyone else. | Dagger (Mirror) |
| "I am Steiner." | 9999 damage to Steiner, regular damage to everyone else. | Steiner |
| "I Quina!" | 9999 damage to Quina, regular damage to everyone else. | Quina (Mirror) |
| "I'm Eiko!" | 9999 damage to Eiko, regular damage to everyone else. | Eiko (Mirror) |
| "I'm Freya." | 9999 damage to Freya, regular damage to everyone else. | Freya (Mirror) |
| "I'm the real Amarant!" | 9999 damage to Amarant, regular damage to everyone else. | Amarant (Mirror) |
| "I'm the real Zidane!" | 9999 damage to Zidane, regular damage to everyone else. | Zidane (Mirror) |
| "I'm Vivi!" | 9999 damage to Vivi, regular damage to everyone else. | Vivi (Mirror) |
| Impale | Weak physical damage with spear. | Sahagin |
| Ink | Damages one target and inflicts Darkness. | Gigan Octopus, Kraken, Kraken (Crystal) |
J[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Jet Fire | Deals major Fire-elemental damage as well as Heat to the party. | Tiamat, Tiamat (Crystal) |
| Judgment Sword (Judgement Sword[note 1]) |
Reduces HP to 1. | Hades |
- ↑ English PAL name
K[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Knife | Moderate physical damage. | Goblin, Ogre, Tonberry |
| Knock Down | Moderate physical damage. | Hilgigars |
L[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Lava Gun | Deals major Fire-elemental damage. | Vepal (Red) |
| Leaf Swirl | Moderate damage to party. | Soulcage |
| Left Stem | Minor physical damage. | Prison Cage |
| Left Tentacle | Minor physical damage. | Plant Brain |
| Leg | Major physical damage. | Kraken |
| Light | Bestows Float. | Jabberwock |
| Light Flare | Moderate Fire-elemental damage. It can be reflected. MP Cost: 30 |
Thorn |
| Lightning | Deals random percentage worth of Thunder-elemental damage. | Chimera, Worm Hydra |
| Limit Glove | Deals 9999 damage when used at 1 HP. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. Blu mag for Quina. MP Cost: 10 |
Adamantoise, Catoblepas, Jabberwock |
| LV4 Holy | Deals major Holy-elemental damage if target's levels are a multiple of 4. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. Blu Mag for Quina. MP Cost: 22 |
Amdusias, Ozma |
| LV5 Death | Inflicts Death on all targets whose levels are a multiple of 5. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. Blu Mag for Quina. MP Cost: 20 |
Armodullahan, Deathguise, Dracozombie, Lich, Lich (Crystal), Ozma, Soulcage |
M[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Maelstrom | Reduces HP to 1–10. | Garuda, Sand Worm |
| Magic Attack Blue | Changes heads to blue. | Grimlock |
| Magic Hammer | Reduces MP by a random amount. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. Blu Mag for Quina. MP Cost: 2 |
Magic Vice |
| Matra Magic | Reduces target's HP to 1. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. Blu Mag for Quina. MP Cost: 8 |
Armstrong |
| Melt | Inflicts damage equal to remaining HP and kills user. | Zombie |
| Meow! I'm mad! | Non-elemental magic attack ignoring Magic Defense. | Gimme Cat |
| Meteor | Random non-elemental damage to party. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. Spell power of 50 (Necron), 110 (Ozma). MP Cost: 40 |
Deathguise, Necron, Ozma |
| Meteor Counter | Counterattacks with Meteor when damaged. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 40 |
Behemoth |
| Meteorite | Minor non-elemental damage to the party. MP Cost: 40 |
Zorn |
| Might | Increases Attack power. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 14 |
Gnoll, Iron Man, Lamia |
| Mighty Guard | Casts Protect and Shell on party. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. Blu Mag for Quina. MP Cost: 64 |
Gigan Octopus |
| Mind Blast | Moderate non-elemental damage and Confuse. | Drakan |
| Mini | Inflicts or cures Mini. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 8 |
Ozma, Quale |
| Mirror | Summons a Mirror version of a party member to the battle. Can only summon 1 Mirror version at a time, and cannot summon anymore if there is already 1 in the battle. | Epitaph |
| Mist | Inflicts moderate Shadow-elemental damage and Sleep to the party. Depending on Mistodon Battle Scene, Power either 23 or 58, Status Hit Rate 30, 32 or 100. | Feather Circle, Mistodon |
| Moonlight Slash | Steiner uses this attack when his HP hits 0, it breaks Blank's armor. | Steiner (#005) |
| Mucus | Inflicts moderate non-elemental damage and Berserk. | Anemone |
| Mug | Minor physical damage and steals an item. Item stolen cannot be recovered. | Magic Vice |
| Mustard Bomb | Inflicts Heat. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. Blu Mag for Quina. MP Cost: 10 |
Drakan, Hades, Maliris, Maliris (Crystal), Soulcage, Vepal (Red) |
N[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Neutron Ring | Deals major non-elemental damage to the party. Spell power of 132. | Necron |
| Night | Inflicts Sleep on everyone in the battle. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. Blu Mag for Quina. MP Cost: 14 |
Nymph, Ralvurahva |
O[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Osmose | Drains MP from a target. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 2 |
Agares, Black Waltz 2, Ghost, Malboro, Ring Leader, Torama, Type B |
| Open | Changes Deathguise's status to only allow use of Demon's Claw or Spin. | Deathguise |
| Oww! | User trips and wastes a turn. | Masked Man |
P[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Paper Storm | Deals major non-elemental damage to the party. | Agares, Tantarian |
| Petrify | Inflicts Petrify. | Epitaph |
| Photon | Reduces HP to 1. | Ark |
| Physical Attack Red | Switches heads to Red. | Grimlock |
| Poison | Inflicts Poison. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 8 |
Mimic, Quale, Tantarian, Torama |
| Poison Claw | Deals major non-elemental damage and Poison. | Grand Dragon |
| Poison Counter | Counterattacks with a moderate physical attack that inflicts Poison. | Sand Scorpion, Serpion |
| Pollen | Deals minor non-elemental damage and Darkness to the party. Dendrobium also has a weaker version that does not inflict Darkness. | Dendrobium, Plant Brain |
| Poly | Deals 0 damage. | King Leo |
| Power of the Land | Alternate name for Earth Power. | |
| Powering Sword | Allows Hades to use Curse and Doomsday after a countdown from three. | Hades |
| Propeller Wind | Inflicts Confuse to the party. | Ark |
| Protect | Halves damage done by physical attacks by bestowing Protect status. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 6 |
Iron Man, Lizard Man, Necron |
| Psychokinesis | Deals major non-elemental damage. | Garland, Nova Dragon, Zemzelett |
| Pumpkin Head | Deals damage equal to the amount of HP user has lost. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. Blu Mag for Quina. MP Cost: 12 |
Hedgehog Pie |
| Pyro | Deals 0 damage. | Benero, Zenero |
R[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Wind | Deals Fire/Ice/Lightning/Wind/Water/Holy/Shadow-elemental damage. | Zemzelett |
| Raining Swords | Deals major non-elemental damage to the party. Used as a death move. | Maliris |
| Ram | Deals moderate non-elemental damage. | Hedgehog Pie, Taharka |
| Rapid Fire | Deals minor non-elemental damage. | Python |
| Red Clipper | Deals major Fire-elemental damage. | Stilva |
| Reflect | Bestows Reflect status that bounces back spells at enemy party. It can itself be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 6 |
Ash, Drakan, Hades, Maliris, Maliris (Crystal), Ring Leader, Trance Kuja |
| Return | Changes Serpion's Attacking Stance back to normal. | Serpion |
| Right Stem | Minor non-elemental damage. | Prison Cage |
| Right Tentacle | Minor non-elemental damage. | Plant Brain |
| Rise | Awakens Gargoyles that are still stone. | Agares |
| Rolling Attack | Deals major non-elemental damage. | Quale |
| Roulette | Randomly kills a target in the fight. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. Blu Mag for Quina. MP Cost: 18 |
Hecteyes, Veteran, Zombie |
| Rrragh! | Minor physical damage. | Baku |
| Rush | Moderate physical damage. | Bandersnatch, Fang |
| Rusty Knife | Minor physical damage. | Cave Imp |
S[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Sandstorm | Deals moderate non-elemental damage to the party. Reduces party HP to single digits when used by Antlion. | Antlion, Land Worm, Sand Golem |
| Saw | Deals minor non-elemental damage. | Myconid |
| Scan | View target's vital stats. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 4 |
Lani |
| Scorch | Becomes immune to all elemental attacks. | Vepal (Red) |
| Scratch | Minor non-elemental damage. | Gimme Cat, Seeker Bat |
| Screech | Inflicts Silence to one target. | Gimme Cat |
| Shell | Halves damage from magical attacks by bestowing Shell status. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 6 |
Necron, Serpion |
| Shell Defense ({Shell Defence[note 1]) |
Increases defense to 255. | Sahagin |
| Shock | Major non-elemental damage. | Beatrix |
| Shockwave | Major non-elemental damage to the party. | Nova Dragon, Silver Dragon, Soulcage |
| Shriek | Inflicts Silence. | Mandragora |
| Silence | Inflicts Silence status that makes target can no longer use magic. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 8 |
Grimlock, Quale, Ring Leader, Stroper |
| Silent Claw | Deals major non-elemental damage and Silence. | Tiamat, Tiamat (Crystal) |
| Silent Kiss | Minor physical damage and inflicts Silence. | Nymph |
| Silent Slap | Moderate physical damage and inflicts Silence. | Abomination |
| Silent Voice | Inflicts Silence. | Gizamaluke |
| Slap | Moderate non-elemental damage. | Stroper, Wyerd |
| Slash | Moderate non-elemental damage. | Haagen, Lamia, Lani, Soldier, Weimar |
| Sleep | Inflicts Sleep to a susceptible target. Target is unable to attack or act at all until awoken. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 10 |
Abomination, Grimlock |
| Sleeping Juice | Inflicts Sleep. | Cave Imp |
| Slice | Minor non-elemental damage. | Vice |
| Slow | Inflicts Slow to a susceptible target whose ATB gauge fills up at half the normal rate. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 6 |
Basilisk, Grimlock, Ochu |
| Smash | Reduces HP to 1. | Shell Dragon |
| Snort | Removes target from battle. Target is unable to return to fight, and is considered defeated. | Tiamat, Yan |
| Snowstorm | Deals major Ice-elemental damage to the party. | Ash |
| Solution | Deals moderate non-elemental damage and Berserk. | Troll |
| Spear | Moderate non-elemental damage. | Armodullahan, Ladybug, Troll |
| Spin | Deals major non-elemental damage to the party. | Deathguise |
| Spore | Inflicts Darkness to the party. | Myconid |
| Stab | Moderate non-elemental damage. | Ralvuimago |
| Steal | Steals an item. | Vice |
| Sting | Deals major non-elemental damage. | Stilva |
| Stinger | Deals minor non-elemental damage. | Hornet |
| Stock Break | Reduces party's HP to 1. | Beatrix |
| Stomach | Moderate non-elemental damage. | Crawler |
| Stona | Cures Petrify. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 8 |
Gargoyle |
| Stone | Deals minor non-elemental damage. | Mu |
| Stop | Inflicts Stop status to a susceptible target who is unable to act at all. If all party members are hit by this, it is game over. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 8 |
Ash, Garland, Garuda, Grimlock, Lich, Lich (Crystal) |
| Strike | Moderate non-elemental damage. | Behemoth, Cerberus, Dracozombie, Drakan, Type A, Type C, Zombie |
| String | Minor non-elemental damage and Slow. | Ralvurahva |
| Swallow | Removes target from battle. Is considered defeated. | Zuu |
| Sweep | Moderate non-elemental damage to the party. | Stroper |
| Sword Quiver | Major non-elemental damage. | Maliris, Maliris (Crystal) |
- ↑ English PAL name
T[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Tail | Minor non-elemental damage. | Axolotl, Feather Circle, Griffin, Mu |
| Taste steel! | Minor non-elemental damage. | King Leo |
| Teleport | Minor non-elemental damage. | Black Waltz 2 |
| Tentacle | Minor non-elemental damage. | Plant Spider |
| The Drop | Major non-elemental damage. | Grimlock |
| Thorn Whip | Moderate non-elemental damage. | Ochu |
| Thundaga | Major Thunder-elemental damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 24 |
Abadon, Earth Guardian, Grand Dragon, Kuja, Malboro, Necron |
| Thundara | Moderate Thunder-elemental damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 12 |
Adamantoise, Agares, Amdusias, Armodullahan, Armstrong, Axe Beak, Bandersnatch, Black Waltz 2, Black Waltz 3, Catoblepas, Dracozombie, Goblin Mage, Ironite, Lani, Ralvuimago, Type B, Type C, Zaghnol |
| Thunder | Minor Thunder-elemental damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 6 |
Black Waltz 2, Black Waltz 3, Ghost, Plant Brain, Plant Spider, Python, Skeleton, Type A |
| Thunder Slash | Moderate Thunder-elemental damage. | Beatrix |
| Tidal Wave | Massive Water-elemental damage to the party. | Nova Dragon |
| Tongue | Inflicts Sleep. | Bandersnatch, Basilisk |
| Trouble Counter | Counterattacks with a massive physical attack that inflicts Trouble. | Kraken (Crystal) |
| Trouble Juice | Minor non-elemental damage and Trouble. | Carrion Worm |
| Trouble Knife | Moderate non-elemental damage and Trouble. | Ogre |
| Trouble Mucus | Moderate non-elemental damage and Trouble. | Antlion |
| Trouble Tail | Minor non-elemental damage and Trouble. | Feather Circle |
| Tsunami | Moderate Water-elemental damage to party. | Sealion |
| Twister | Major Wind-elemental damage to the party. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. Also a Blu Mag for Quina. MP Cost: 22 |
Deathguise, Nova Dragon, Red Dragon, Silver Dragon, Tiamat, Tiamat (Crystal) |
U[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Ultima | Ends battle. | Kuja, Trance Kuja |
| Ultra Sound Wave | Inflicts Mini. | Ralvuimago, Whale Zombie |
V[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Vanish | Makes target immune to physical attacks but vulnerable to magic attacks. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. Blu Mag for Quina. MP Cost: 8 |
Drakan, Gnoll, Goblin Mage, Iron Man |
| Venom Breath | Inflicts Venom. | Chimera, Grand Dragon, Whale Zombie, Worm Hydra |
| Venom Powder | Inflicts Venom. | Lich, Lich (Crystal), Meltigemini |
| Viral Smoke | Deals major non-elemental damage and Virus to the party. | Meltigemini |
| Virus Combo | Moderate non-elemental damage and Virus. | Mover |
| Virus Crunch | Major non-elemental damage and Virus. | Chimera |
| Virus Fly | Major non-elemental damage and Virus. | Abadon |
| Virus Powder | Moderate non-elemental damage and Virus. | Ring Leader, Yan |
| Virus Tentacles | Moderate non-elemental damage and Virus. | Malboro |
W[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Water | Moderate Water-elemental damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 24 |
Anemone, Axolotl, Clipper, Gigan Toad, Gizamaluke, Kraken, Lani, Sahagin |
| Water-gun | Moderate Water-elemental damage. | Kraken, Kraken (Crystal), Sahagin |
| Waterga | Major Water-elemental damage to party. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 45 |
Kraken, Kraken (Crystal) |
| Wave | Major non-elemental damage. | Garland |
| Web | Minor non-elemental damage and Slow. | Carve Spider |
| What do you think you're doing!? | Physical attack. | Lani |
| Whirl Slash | Moderate non-elemental damage. | Skeleton |
| Whirlwind | Deals moderate Wind-elemental damage and grants Float to party. | Ark |
| White Wind]] | Restores a moderate amount of HP to all allies. It cannot be reflected and works with Return Magic. Blu Mag for Quina. MP Cost: 14 |
Griffin, Zemzelett, Zuu |
| Wind | Minor Wind-elemental damage. | Dendrobium |
| Wing | Minor non-elemental damage. | Sealion |
| Wings | Moderate non-elemental damage. | Ironite, Meltigemini |
Y[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| YEOWWW! | User trips, wasting a turn. | Baku |
Z[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Zombie Breath | Moderate non-elemental damage and inflicts Zombie. | Dracozombie |
| Zombie Powder | Inflicts Zombie. | Whale Zombie |
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