Final Fantasy VII Rebirth abilities

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This is a list of abilities in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.

Each party member has a basic Attack command, one or a series of unique abilities, the ability to guard, a set of synergy skills with other party members, and a set of abilities usable from the command menu. In addition to these, many passive abilities are provided by weapon skills unique to each weapon, and by accessories.

Many of the abilities usable from the command menu expend one or more ATB charges. ATB is built up gradually over time by battle, but built faster by performing normal attacks, blocking attacks, or through various effects provided by some Complete Materia. To chain abilities together, one must build their ATB quickly in-between using abilities.

The abilities available from the menu are Abilities, Spells, Item, Summon, Limit, and Synergy Abilities. Of the command menu abilities, only limit breaks and synergy abilities cost no ATB charge to use.

Basic commands[]

Command	Requirement	Description
Commands Menu	All	Open the Commands Menu and enter Tactical Mode, slowing down time while one selects picks an ability.
Attack	All	Attack against a target based on the party member controlled and their weapon equipped. The attacks will also build up an ATB gauge. For each party member, using the command multple times will perform a combo of moves specific to them, while holding the button down will perform a specialized attack. Tifa can extend her combo by reaching higher chi levels through Unbridled Strength or Unfettered Fury. Cloud and Cait Sith can perform a dodge roll before using their attack to used a ranged attack instead.
Strong Attack	Cloud in Punisher Mode	Identical to a normal Attack in function, but more powerful, and faster. Holding the button down will cause Cloud to perform an overhead swing; doing so will briefly put him under Berserk.
Ninjutsu	Yuffie after Throw	Identical to a normal Attack in function, but a ranged, magic-based attack, used after Yuffie throws her shuriken. Can be imbued with an element with Elemental Ninjutsu.
Dodge-roll	All	Evade in the specified direction to avoid an attack.
Guard	All	Brace for damage, reducing damage taken by 40%, and making it slightly harder to interrupt.
Shortcut	All	Open up a list of shortcuts, tied to , , , or , set by the player in the menu.

Unique abilities[]

Cloud Strife[]

Barret Wallace[]

Tifa Lockhart[]

Aerith Gainsborough[]

Red XIII[]

Yuffie Kisaragi[]

Cait Sith[]

Sephiroth[]

Zack Fair[]

Synergy skills[]

Main article: Synergy skill

Synergy skills cost no ATB, and are similar to basic actions such as attacking or guarding. Using them pulls in another party member, with whom they perform the skill together. Synergy skills differ from synergy abilities, which are much larger actions and called from the menu.

Each party member has four synergy skills, of which two are offenisve synergy skills and two are defensive. These are learned when they are unlocked on the user's folio.

Commands menu[]

Abilities tied to the command menu can either be used from the menu, or tied to a shortcut using . The abilities available from the menu are Abilities, Magic, Item, Summon, Limit, and Synergy Abilities.

Outside of battle, only Spells and Items can be used.

Command	Requirement	Description
Abilities	Various	This skillset includes party member-specific abilities as well as those provided by Command Materia, and cost either 1, 2, or 3 ATB charges (with 3 requiring United Refocus). Among party member-specific abilities, each character has two available by default, some learned from their folio, and others that are learned by equipping weapons. Achieving 100% proficiency with one will unlock it permanently.
Spells	Magic Materia	Spells that are provided by any equipped magic materia. Spells all have a varying MP cost. In battle, they cost one or two ATB charges, but outside of battle, there are no restrictions.
Item	All	Use any item that is currently usable. During battle, items cost one ATB charge to use, but outside of battle, there are no restrictions.
Summon	Summoning Materia	Calls forth a summon from the party member's equipped summoning materia. This command is only available in certain fights, and after the party takes significant damage. When the summon is active, this is replaced by "Summon Abilities".
Summon Abilities	Active summon	Issue summon-specific commands to the active summon. Any party member can issue commands, and issuing one will use up their own ATB charges, either 1 or 2 depending on the ability.
Limit	All	With the character's limit gauge full, use one of their available limit breaks. Unlike most abilities, this consumes no ATB.
Synergy Abilities	All	When enough synergy charges are full on both party members, perform a synergy ability together. Unlike most abilities, this consumes no ATB.