Final Fantasy VIII enemy abilities

This is a list of enemy attacks that appear in Final Fantasy VIII.

Abilities

#

Ability	Description	Enemy
1000 Needles	Inflicts 1000 damage.	Cactuar
10000 Needles	Inflicts 10000 damage. Used as a counterattack every 5th attack.	Jumbo Cactuar

A

Ability	Description	Enemy
Acid	Non-elemental damage. Used only when at 50% or less Max HP, and never used when only one character is alive.	Tri-Face
Aero	Wind elemental damage.	Abyss Worm, Chimera, Fujin (1st), Ruby Dragon, Sorceress (A), Torama, Vysage
Apocalypse	Extreme non-elemental damage to the party. Spell power of 200.	Ultimecia (Final)
Aqua Breath	Moderate Water elemental damage to the party.	Chimera
Armadodo fell over!	Vitality and Spirit is lowered by 50%, lasts 4 turns. Occurs after a physical attack sometimes.	Armadodo
Armadodo got up!	Stats return to normal. Used after being knocked down for 4 turns.	Armadodo
Arm Attack	Non-elemental physical damage.	Gerogero
Arm Crush	Non-elemental physical damage.	X-ATM092
Arm Hug	Non-elemental physical attack that never misses.	Wendigo
Arm Punch	Non-elemental physical attack. Used as a counterattack after a Base Soldier has been killed.	Base Leader
Assault Horn	Non-elemental physical attack.	Behemoth
Astral Punch	Non-elemental physical damage. Spell power of 16.	Edea (1st)
"Attack with magic!"	Base Leader and Base Soldiers will start to attack with magic.	Base Leader
Aura	Allows target to use their most powerful attacks more often.	Elite Soldier, Raijin (3rd)

B

Ability	Description	Enemy
Bad Breath	Inflicts Darkness, Confuse, Berserk, Poison, Sleep, Silence, Curse, Petrifying, and Slow on the entire party. Inflicts non-elemental magical damage as well as Slow to the party in Geezard's case.	Geezard, Malboro
Bash	Non-elemental physical damage.	Hexadragon, Snow Lion, Turtapod
Beak Strike	Non-elemental physical damage and Petrifying.	Cockatrice
Beam Cannon	Heavy non-elemental damage that ignores Shell. Is used every 4th turn.	BGH251F2
Beam Laser	Non-elemental damage.	Elastoid
Bear Hug	Non-elemental physical damage.	Death Claw
"Belhelmel is furious!"	Occasionally counters with physical attacks when hit with a physical attack.	Belhelmel
"Belhelmel is laughing!"	Occasionally counters with magical attacks when hit with a magical attack.	Belhelmel
Berserk	Inflicts Berserk.	Belhelmel, Blobra, Blood Soul, Cerberus, Chimera, Gargantua, Gerogero, Gesper, Imp
Bio	Inflicts Poison elemental damage as well as Poison.	Blue Dragon, Funguar, Lefty, Torama, Ultimecia (1st)
Bite	Non-elemental attack.	Adamantoise, Bite Bug, Blood Soul, Chimera, Grendel, Thrustaevis, T-Rexaur, Torama, Tri-Face
Bite Bite	Non-elemental physical attack that always criticals.	Propagator
Bite Hard	Non-elemental physical magic counterattack that always criticals.	T-Rexaur
Blade Shot	Non-elemental physical magic counterattack.	Mesmerize
Blade Slice	Non-elemental physical damage.	Mesmerize
Blaster	Non-elemental physical OR magical damage and Petrify.	Torama
Blind	Inflicts Darkness.	Abadon, Blood Soul, Blue Dragon, Cerberus, Forbidden, Fujin (2nd), Gesper, Imp, Lefty, Ochu, Propagator
"Blitz charged itself up!"	Increases Strength and Magic if Blitz is hit by a Lightning elemental spell.	Blitz
Blizzaga	Major Ice elemental damage.	Edea, Glacial Eye, Imp, Jelleye, Sphinxaur, Ultimecia (1st)
Blizzara	Moderate Ice elemental damage.	Base Soldier, Esthar Soldier (Cyborg), Glacial Eye, Jelleye, NORG, Slapper, Sorceress (A)
Blizzard	Minor Ice elemental damage.	Jelleye
Bloodfest	Non-elemental physical damage to the party. Used more as HP is lower.	Seifer (4th)
"Blow Away Stock Magic"	Completely removes all stock of any magic in a character's magic list.	Griever, Ultimecia (Final)
Bomb-Butt	Non-elemental physical damage.	Bomb
Boomerang Sword	Non-elemental damage to the party that always hit. Will only use Punch after using this.	Esthar Soldier (Cyborg)
Both Hand Squeeze	Non-elemental physical damage. Only used if Lefty and Right are alive.	Vysage
Break	Inflicts Petrify.	Blue Dragon, Chimera
Breath	Non-elemental damage to the party. In Grendel's case, also is Lightning elemental. In Hexadragon's case, only targets one character. In Ruby Dragon's case, will not be used if 1 or more characters are KO'ed.	Blue Dragon, Grendel, Hexadragon, Ruby Dragon
Breath of Death	Non-elemental damage.	Blood Soul
"Brrawghh!"	Non-elemental magical damage to the party as well as Slow, Curse, and Darkness.	Gerogero

C

Ability	Description	Enemy
Cannon Blow	Non-elemental physical damage. Only used after 3x Store.	SAM08G
Chaingun	Non-elemental physical attack.	BGH251F2, GIM47N
Change Stance	At 15% or less HP, will only use Iai Blow.	Forbidden
Charge	Non-elemental physical attack.	Biggs, Elite Soldier
Chef's Knife	Non-elemental physical damage. Only used if Tonberry is close to the party.	Tonberry
Clash	Non-elemental physical damage to the party.	X-ATM092
Claw	Non-elemental physical attack. In Raldo's case, only used if Granaldo is dead.	Bahamut, Catoblepas, Creeps, Diablos, Granaldo, Grand Mantis, Griever, Iguion, Raldo, Ruby Dragon, Tri-Point, Ultimecia (Griever form), Ultimecia (Final)
Claw Slash	Non-elemental physical attack.	Behemoth
Club	Non-elemental physical damage.	Minotaur
Confuse	Inflicts Confuse.	Abadon, Base Leader, Belhelmel, Chimera, Fujin (2nd), Funguar, Gesper, Imp, Torama
Corona	Reduces party's HP to 1. First attacked used when in "Mobile Off, Support On" mode.	Mobile Type 8
Counter Laser Eye	Non-elemental magical counterattack when in Laughing mode.	Belhelmel
Counter Rocket	Used as a counterattack when damaged.	Krysta
Counter Slice	Non-elemental physical counterattack when in Scowling mode.	Belhelmel
Counter Twist	Non-elemental physical counterattack against physical attacks. 100% Critical.	Gargantua
Crawl in Shell	Lasts 3 turns and greatly increases Vitality.	Turtapod
Create Helix	Creates a Helix. After having 2x Helixes, is able to use Ultima, Meteor, and Great Attractor.	Ultimecia (Griever form)
Creepy Touch	Non-elemental physical counterattack if Sorceress is not counting down to Ultima.	Sorceress (C)
Cross Slash	Non-elemental physical damage.	Grendel
Cura	Restores a moderate amount of HP.	Base Leader, Blobra, Blood Soul, Elite Soldier
Curaga	Restores a major amount of HP.	Blobra, Blood Soul, Diablos, Elite Soldier
Cure	Restores a minor amount of HP.	Biggs, Blobra, Elite Soldier, Gesper
Curse	Inflicts Doom and non-elemental damage. Only used if both Lefty and Righty are alive.	Vysage

D

Ability	Description	Enemy
Dark Flare	Fire elemental damage to the party. Spell power of 180.	Tiamat
Dark Mist	Non-elemental damage and Darkness to the party. Only used at 50% or less HP.	Anacondaur
Deadly Horn	Non-elemental attack that, if it hits, will always critical.	Catoblepas
Death	Inflicts Death. Can be used as a final attack in Buel's case.	Blue Dragon, Buel, Edea (2nd), Elnoyle, Esthar Soldier (Cyborg), Forbidden, Torama
Death Claw	Non-elemental physical damage.	Death Claw
Degenerator	Inflicts Death and removes target from battle. Will not use if only one party member is alive.	Gesper
Demi	Reduces HP by 1/4.	Diablos, Esthar Soldier (Cyborg), Funguar, Gargantua, Lefty, Paratrooper, Ruby Dragon, Torama
Demon Slice	Non-elemental physical damage.	Seifer (2nd)
Destroy GF	Instantly KO's a GF being summoned.	Ultimecia (Final)
Disease Breath	Non-elemental damage and Silence.	Blood Soul
Dissolving Acid	Reduces HP by 37.5% and inflicts Vit 0.	Malboro
Dispel	Removes all positive statuses.	Abadon, Blood Soul, Cerberus, Chimera, Edea, Elastoid, Elnoyle, Gerogero, GIM47N, Imp, Ochu, Sorceress (A), Torama, Ultimecia (1st), Ultimecia (Griever form), Ultimecia (Final), Vysage
Dive	Non-elemental physical damage.	Thrustaevis
Doom	Inflicts Doom on a target.	Griever, Sphinxara
Double	Allows target to cast two consecutive spells.	Sorceress (B), Ultimecia (1st)
Double Claw	Non-elemental physical damage.	Ultimecia (Final)
Double Strike	100% Critical rating. Non-elemental attack.	Abadon
Double Sword	Non-elemental physical damage.	Forbidden
Drain	Drains HP from target and restores own HP. Spell power of 25.	Blue Dragon, Lefty, Trauma
Drain	Drains HP from target and restores own HP. Spell power of 50. Cannot be reduced with Shell.	Trauma
Drain	Drains HP from target and restores own HP. Spell power of 33.	Adel
Draw	Draws magic from character's stocked magic and uses it immediately.	Griever, Lefty
Dribble	Non-elemental physical attack that never misses.	Wendigo
Drink Magic	Randomly removes 1 magic from target, and is used used as a magic counterattack as well as inflicting non-elemental damage.	Ochu

E

Ability	Description	Enemy
Earthquake	Earth elemental damage to the party. Can be used as a final attack in Armadodo's case.	Armadodo, Ochu
Eerie Sound Wave	Non-elemental damage to the party.	Malboro
Electric Discharge	Lightning elemental damage to the party. Used as a final attack.	Cockatrice
Electrocute	Moderate Lightning elemental damage to the party.	Cockatrice
Energy Bomber	Non-elemental attack that always criticals. Spell power of 12.	Adel
Escape	Flees from battle. Used at 2% or less Max HP for Jumbo Cactuar.	Cactuar, Jumbo Cactuar
Esuna	Removes all negative statuses.	Abadon, Blobra, Fujin (2nd), Lefty, Sorceress (A), Sorceress (B), Torama, Vysage
Everyone's Grudge	Counterattack if attacked before it takes 2 turns. Damage is equal to the number of enemies the target has killed x20.	Tonberry
Evil Eye	Non-elemental magical damage to the party as well as Slow and Curse.	Gargantua
Explosion	Non-elemental damage to the party. Never misses, and only used when HP is below 50%.	Death Claw

F

Ability	Description	Enemy
Fang	Non-elemental physical damage.	Red Bat
Fart	Non-elemental damage and Berserk.	Bite Bug
Fira	Moderate Fire elemental damage.	Buel, Edea (2nd), G-Soldier, Geezard, Hexadragon, Jelleye, Ruby Dragon, Seifer (1st, 2nd, 3rd), Sorceress (A)
Firaga	Major Fire elemental damage.	Buel, Edea (1st), Imp, Jelleye, Ruby Dragon, Seifer (2nd & 4th), Sphinxaur
Fire	Minor Fire elemental damage.	Bomb, Buel, Elvoret, Funguar, G-Soldier, Geezard, Hexadragon, Ifrit, Jelleye, Sorceress (A), Wedge
Fist	Non-elemental physical attack.	Raijin (3rd)
Flare	Heavy non-elemental damage.	Adel, Behemoth, Griever, Ruby Dragon, Seifer (4th), Sorceress (B), Ultimecia (Final)
Fly	Will no longer use Firaga, Blizzaga, or Thundaga and will start to use Meteor, Quake, and Tornado.	Imp
Flying Attack	Non-elemental physical damage.	Fastitocalon, Fastitocalon-F

G

Ability	Description	Enemy
Gas	Non-elemental counterattack on the party that inflicts Sleep.	Death Claw
Gastric Juice	Reduces HP by 50%. In Grat's case, non-elemental damage and Poison instead.	Gayla, Grat
Gatling Gun	Non-elemental physical damage.	SAM08G
Gigantic Sword	Non-elemental physical damage to the party.	Red Giant
Gnaw	Non-elemental physical damage.	Fake President
"Go for the weak one!"	Base Leader and Base Soldiers will start to attack character with the lowest HP.	Base Leader
Grab Punch	Non-elemental physical attack.	Blue Dragon
Grand Sword	Non-elemental damage to the party.	Iron Giant
Gravija	Reduces party's HP by 75%.	Diablos, Griever, Omega Weapon, Ultima Weapon
Great Attractor	Heavy non-elemental damage to the party that ignores defense. Spell power of 64.	Ultimecia (Griever form)
Grow	After being attacked, increases Strength and Magic, and after using twice, will use Suicide.	Bomb
Gunblade	Non-elemental physical damage.	Seifer

H

Ability	Description	Enemy
Haste	Inflicts Haste	Biggs (2nd), Elastoid, Fujin (2nd), Vysage
Head Attack	Non-elemental physical damage.	Geezard
Head Bash	Non-elemental physical attack.	Anacondaur, Caterchipillar, Gayla
Head Bump	Non-elemental physical damage.	Elastoid
Head Swing	Physical damage to the party. Used only after Lift Head.	Abyss Worm
Heartbreak	Non-elemental magical damage.	Creeps
Hell's Judgement	Reduces party's HP to 1.	Ultimecia (Final)
Hind Kick	Non-elemental physical damage.	Mesmerize
Hi-Potion	Restores 1000 HP. Used on self.	Fujin (1st), Raijin (2nd), Seifer (2nd)
Hit	Non-elemental physical attack.	Blue Dragon
Holy	Heavy Holy elemental damage. Used as Imp's last attack.	Adel, Elnoyle, Imp, Torama, Ultimecia (1st), Ultimecia (Griever form), Ultimecia (Final)
Homing Laser	Non-elemental counterattack when probes are off of body.	Left Probe, Right Probe
Hypnotize	Inflicts Sleep.	Gayla

I

Ability	Description	Enemy
Iai Blow	Non-elemental physical damage and Death.	Forbidden
Ice Breath	Ice elemental damage to the party.	Snow Lion
"It's Sharp!"	Non-elemental physical attack that ignores defense. Damage is equal to the number of enemies target has killed x30.	Tonberry King

J

Ability	Description	Enemy
"Jumbo Cactuar is hesitating..."	Jumbo Cactuar may attempt to escape. Appears at 5% or less Max HP.	Jumbo Cactuar
Jump Punch	Non-elemental physical damage.	Ifrit
Junk	Non-elemental counterattack for every 5th hit done to it.	Tonberry King

K

Ability	Description	Enemy
Ker Plunk	Non-elemental damage to the party	Jumbo Cactuar

L

Ability	Description	Enemy
Laser	Non-elemental physical damage to females.	Funguar
Leg Stamp	Non-elemental physical damage.	Jumbo Cactuar
Leg Strike	Non-elemental physical damage.	X-ATM092
Lick	Inflicts physical damage and Curse.	Abadon
Lift Head	Changes forms, and will no longer use Protect, Reflect or Sandshake. Used after being physically attacked 4 times.	Abyss Worm
Light Pillar	Always inflicts 9999 damage.	Omega Weapon, Ultima Weapon
Lose Sword	Loses sword when HP is below 9000.	Red Giant
Lv5 Death	Inflicts Death on targets whose levels are a multiple of 5.	Omega Weapon, Torama

M

Ability	Description	Enemy
Machine Gun	Non-elemental physical attack.	Base Leader, Biggs, Elite Soldier
Mad Cow Special	Earth elemental damage to the party. Only used if both Minotaur and Sacred are alive.	Minotaur, Sacred
Maelstrom	Halves party's HP and inflicts Curse. Ultimecia removes 62.5% of current HP.	Edea (2nd), Ultimecia (1st)
"Magical powers are concentrated on Adel"	Means Ultima will be used the following turn.	Adel
Magic Summon	Summons Jelleye, Forbidden, or Tri-Face, in that order.	Sphinxara
Magma Breath	Fire elemental damage and Petrifying.	Iguion
Mega Flare	Heavy non-elemental damage to the party that ignores defense. Spell power of 120.	Bahamut
Mega Pulse Cannon	Non-elemental damage to the party that ignores defense. Used when 2x Dromas are killed and before creating 2x new Dromas.	Trauma
Mega Spark	Lightning elemental counterattack against all attacks except when hit by an attack of its weakness. Spell power of 120.	Tri-Point
Megiddo Flame	Non-elemental damage to the party that ignores defense. Last attack used in "Mobile Off, Support On" mode for Mobile Type 8. Spell power of 78. In Omega Weapon's case, always inflicts 9998 damage to party.	Mobile Type 8, Omega Weapon
Meltdown	Non-elemental damage and inflicts Vit 0.	Elite Soldier, Sorceress (B), Ultimecia (1st)
Melt-Eye	Non-elemental damage to the party.	Hexadragon
Melting Bubbles	Non-elemental damage and Silence.	Grand Mantis
Meteor	10 hits of non-elemental damage to random party members. Used as a final attack in Catoblepas's case, and can be used as a final attack in Behemoth's case.	Adel, Behemoth, Catoblepas, Elnoyle, Fujin (2nd), Imp, Lefty, Omega Weapon, Ruby Dragon, Sorceress (B), Torama, Ultima Weapon, Ultimecia (1st), Ultimecia (Griever form), Ultimecia (Final)
Metsu	Non-elemental physical damage to the party. Never misses.	Fujin (2nd)
Micro Missile	Halves target's HP (25% if target has Protect).	GIM52A
Mighty Guard	Casts Protect and Shell on all allies. Used when at 50% or less HP.	Behemoth, Iron Giant
Mini Pulse Cannon	Non-elemental damage that ignores defense and Shell. Is 1/3rd the power of Pulse Cannon.	Droma
Morph	Either Vitality is boosted and Tentacle is the only attack used, Vitality and Spirit are boosted and only magic attacks are used, or Vitality and Spirit are boosted and all attacks are used.	Jelleye
Mower	Non-elemental physical damage to the party.	Minotaur
Mystery Kick	Non-elemental physical damage.	Cactuar

N

Ability	Description	Enemy
Needle	Non-elemental physical attack that inflicts Poison.	Bite Bug

O

Ability	Description	Enemy
Ochu Dance	Inflicts Curse and Slow to the party.	Ochu
Oil Blast	Reduces HP by 62.5%. Counter when HP is below 1/3rd of Max HP. Never misses.	Oilboyle
Oil Shot	Non-elemental damage and inflicts Darkness.	Oilboyle
Onrush	Non-elemental physical attack that always criticals.	Tri-Point
Out of the Sand	Appears above ground. Defense is reduced.	Fastitocalon, Fastitocalon-F

P

Ability	Description	Enemy
Pain	Inflicts Poison, Darkness, and Silence.	Elnoyle, Fujin (2nd), Griever
Petrify Stare	Inflicts Petrify. Used as a counterattack to magic attacks in Cockatrice's case.	Cockatrice, Glacial Eye
Poison Gas	Non-elemental damage as well as Poison and Confuse.	Tri-Face
Poison Mist	Non-elemental damage and Poison to the party. Only used at 50% or less HP.	Anacondaur
Potion	Restores 200 HP.	Base Soldier
Power Bomb	Non-elemental physical attack that never misses.	Wendigo
Protect	Halves damage done by physical attacks.	Abyss Worm, Adamantoise, Base Leader, Edea (1st), Elastoid, Elite Soldier, Gesper, NORG, Vysage
Psycho Blast	Non-elemental damage.	NORG
Punch	Non-elemental physical attack.	Blobra, Esthar Soldier (Cyborg), Gargantua, Gesper, GIM47N, GIM52A, Propagator, Red Giant, Wendigo

Q

Ability	Description	Enemy
Quake	Heavy Earth elemental damage to the party. Spell power of 40.	Cerberus, Imp, Lefty, Sorceress (B)
Quake	Heavy Earth elemental damage to the party. Spell power of 80.	Adel, Gargantua, Ultima Weapon, Ultimecia (1st), Ultimecia (Griever form)

R

Ability	Description	Enemy
Raijin Special	Non-elemental physical attack that always criticals.	Raijin (2nd & 3rd)
Raldo Ball	Non-elemental damage. Only used when Raldo is alive.	Granaldo
Raldo Throw	Non-elemental damage. Only used when Raldo is alive.	Granaldo
Ram	Non-elemental physical damage.	Mesmerize
Ray-Bomb	Non-elemental magical damage to the party. Spell power of 24/26.	GIM52A, X-ATM092
Reflect	Bounces spells back at enemy party.	Abyss Worm, Adamantoise, Blue Dragon, Buel, Edea (2nd), Elite Soldier, GIM47N, Glacial Eye, Lefty, Ruby Dragon, Sorceress (A)
Reflect Beam	Non-elemental physical damage to the party.	Elastoid
Regen	Target gradually restores HP over time.	Biggs (2nd), Blood Soul, Fujin (2nd), Lefty
Remedy	Removes negative statuses.	Base Leader, Base Soldier, Fujin (1st), Paratrooper, Seifer (2nd)
Repairing x%	Used only if knocked down. Indicates how close to being fully restored.	X-ATM092
Resonance	Non-elemental damage to the party. Only used if both Iguions are alive.	Iguion
Roll Attack	Non-elemental physical attack.	Armadodo

S

Ability	Description	Enemy
Sai	Reduces HP to 1. Never misses.	Fujin
Saliva	Non-elemental damage and Curse.	Abyss Worm
Sandshake	Counterattack against physical attacks. Inflicts Earth elemental damage to the party.	Abyss Worm
Sand Storm	Non-elemental damage and Darkness to the party.	Adamantoise
Sandstorm	Non-elemental damage to the party.	Fastitocalon
Scan	Reads target's vital information. Cannot be reflected.	Tri-Point
Shake	Non-elemental physical attack that always criticals.	Righty
Shell	Halves damage done by magical attacks.	Adamantoise, Base Leader, Edea (1st), Elastoid, Elite Soldier, Gesper, NORG, Vysage
Shockwave Pulsar	Extreme non-elemental damage to the party. Used halfway through the fight; if not, then used as death move. Spell power of 180.	Griever
Shoot	Non-elemental damage to the party.	Wendigo
Shotgun	Non-elemental physical damage.	Esthar Soldier (Human), Esthar Soldier (Cyborg)
Shoulder Charge	Non-elemental physical damage.	SAM08G
Sigh	Non-elemental damage to the party.	Vysage
Silence	Inflicts Silence.	Abadon, Blobra, Blood Soul, Cerberus, Edea (2nd), Forbidden, Gargantua, Gerogero, Gesper, Glacial Eye, Imp, NORG, Paratrooper, Propagator
Sit Down	Vitality and Spirit return to normal values.	Abadon
Slap	Non-elemental attack that always criticals.	Adamantoise, Krysta, Righty, Trauma
Slash	Non-elemental physical attack that does extra damage when Blitz is charged.	Blitz, Omega Weapon
Sleep	Inflicts Sleep	Belhelmel, Blood Soul, Elastoid, Forbidden, Funguar, Gerogero, Guard, Sphinxara
Sleeping Gas	Non-elemental counterattack that inflicts Sleep to the party and damage.	Grat
Slice	Non-elemental physical attack.	Belhelmel, Mesmerize
Slow	Target's ATB gauge fills up half its normal rate.	Biggs (2nd), Blobra, Edea (2nd), Fujin (2nd), Gesper, Lefty, NORG, Paratrooper, Sphinxara
Snipe Laser	Non-elemental damage to one target.	GIM47N
Sonic Wave	Non-elemental damage and Curse to the party.	Oilboyle
Soul Crush	Reduces target's HP to 1.	Esthar Soldier (Cyborg)
Spin Bash	Non-elemental physical damage.	Left Probe, Right Probe
Spinning	Will only use Reflect Beam while in this mode. Only used when at 30% or less Max HP.	Elastoid
Squeeze	Non-elemental physical attack.	Anacondaur
"Standby for Beam Cannon!"	Beam Cannon will be used next turn.	BGH251F2 (1st)
Stand Up	Vitality and Spirit are greatly increased. In Torama's case, will only used at 40% or less HP, and will no longer use magic and instead use Bite and Blaster.	Abadon, Torama
Stare	Non-elemental damage as well as Poison, Confuse, Darkness, and Silence.	Vysage
Steel Orb	Non-elemental physical damage.	Sacred
Stick	Non-elemental physical damage.	Slapper
Sticky Icky	Non-elemental damage and Slow.	Blobra
Sticky Web	Inflicts Slow (lv20-29) / Stop (lv30+).	Caterchipillar
Store	Lasts 3 rounds, and only used if at least one other enemy is alive and isn't a SAM08G.	SAM08G
Strike	Non-elemental physical damage.	Esthar Soldier (Human), Esthar Soldier (Cyborg), Krysta, Raijin
Stop	Inflicts Stop on a target.	Bahamut, Blobra, Chimera, Elastoid, Forbidden, Lefty
Storm Breath	Non-elemental magical damage to the party. Used every 6th turn.	Elnoyle, Elvoret
Suck	Non-elemental physical damage.	Oilboyle
Suicide	Used after using Grow twice. Inflicts damage equal to Bomb's Max HP x2. Never misses.	Bomb
Super Arm	Non-elemental attack that always criticals.	Grand Mantis
Swipe	Non-elemental physical attack.	Armadodo, Death Claw, Elnoyle, Elvoret, Geezard, SAM08G
Sword	Non-elemental damage.	Iron Giant, Paratrooper, Red Giant
Sword Slash	Non-elemental physical attack.	Base Soldier, Forbidden, G-Soldier, Guard, Ultima Weapon, Wedge

T

Ability	Description	Enemy
Tail	Non-elemental physical attack. Always criticals when under Triple status.	Cerberus, T-Rexaur
Tail Bash	Non-elemental physical damage.	Caterchipillar
Tail Blade	Non-elemental physical damage.	Grendel
Tail Slap	Non-elemental physical damage.	Snow Lion
Tail Slash	Non-elemental physical damage.	Glacial Eye
Tail Needle	Non-elemental physical attack that always criticals.	Elnoyle
Tail Whip	Non-elemental damage.	Blue Dragon, Gayla
Telekinesis	Non-elemental physical damage.	Gesper, Sorceress (A), Sorceress (B), Sorceress (C)
Tentacle	Non-elemental physical counterattack. In Ochu's case, non-elemental damage and Poison.	Jelleye, Ochu
Terra Break	16 hits of heavy non-elemental damage to random targets that ignore defense. Spell power of 15/hit.	Omega Weapon
"The horn broke off!"	Will only use Hind Kick and Ram. Can happen after any attack.	Mesmerize
Thrust	Non-elemental physical attack that always criticals.	Forbidden
Thundaga	Major Lightning elemental damage.	Bahamut, Behemoth, Belhelmel, Blitz, Buel, Catoblepas, Cerberus, Chimera, Creeps, Edea (1st), GIM52A, Imp, Jelleye, Lefty, Propagator, Sorceress (B), Sphinxaur, Ultimecia (1st)
Thundaga	Major Lightning elemental damage. Cannot be reflected. Charges Blitz.	Blitz
Thundara	Moderate Lightning elemental damage.	Base Leader, Belhelmel, Biggs (2nd), Blitz, Buel, Chimera, Creeps, Edea (2nd), GIM52A, Jelleye, Sorceress (A)
Thundara	Moderate Lightning elemental damage. Cannot be reflected. Charges Blitz.	Blitz
Thunder	Minor Lightning elemental damage.	Belhelmel, Biggs (1st), Blitz, Buel, Creeps, Elvoret, Grendel, Jelleye, Lefty, Sorceress (A), Torama
Thunder	Minor Lightning elemental damage. Cannot be reflected. Charges Blitz.	Blitz
Thunder Summon	Lightning elemental damage to the party. Used after using Thundaga 3 times.	Catoblepas
"Tonberry fell over..."	Tonberry wastes a turn.	Tonberry
Tornado	Heavy Wind elemental damage to the party. Spell power of 38.	Bahamut, Behemoth, Cerberus, Chimera, Fujin, Imp, Ultimecia (1st), Vysage
Tornado	Heavy Wind elemental damage to the party. Spell power of 76.	Ultimecia (Griever form)
Triple	Allows target to cast 3 spells consecutively.	Cerberus, Griever
Twin Homing Laser	Non-elemental counterattack when probes are on main body and main body is attacked.	Left Probe, Right Probe
Twin Laser	Non-elemental physical counterattack.	Helix

U

Ability	Description	Enemy
Ultima	Heavy non-elemental damage to the party. Spell power of 80.	Krysta, Sorceress (C)
Ultima	Heavy non-elemental damage to the party. Spell power of 110.	Adel, Omega Weapon, Ultimecia (Griever form), Ultimecia (Final)
Ultrasonic Waves	Non-elemental damage and Sleep (lv1-19)/ Confuse (lv20+).	Red Bat
Ultra Waves	Non-elemental damage and Berserk to the party.	Caterchipillar
Underground Attack	Non-elemental physical damage.	Fastitocalon, Fastitocalon-F
Upward Kick	Non-elemental physical damage.	Cockatrice

V

Ability	Description	Enemy
Vampire	Steals HP to restore own HP. Only used when HP is below 25% in Glacial Eye's case. In Red Bat's case, only used if HP is below 50%.	Glacial Eye, Grat, Red Bat
Vine	Non-elemental physical damage.	Grat

W

Ability	Description	Enemy
Water	Water elemental damage.	NORG
"Wedge is pissed off!"	Increases stats. Only used when HP is below 75%.	Wedge (2nd)
"We have heart! Go, Galbadia!"	Non-elemental physical attack that ignores defense and always criticals.	Slapper
Whip	Non-elemental physical damage.	Mobile Type 8
White Wind	Restores HP equal to user's Max HP minus user's current HP to the party.	Adamantoise
Wild Cannon Blow	Non-elemental physical damage. Only used after 3x Store.	SAM08G
Wind Blast	Wind elemental damage to the party. Only used when below 30% of Max HP.	Thrustaevis
Wing Slash	Non-elemental physical damage.	Buel

Z

Ability	Description	Enemy
Zan	Non-elemental physical damage.	Fujin
Zantetsuken	Game Over. Only used if timer during battle runs out.	Odin
Zombie	Inflicts Zombie	Blood Soul, Sphinxara

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