Final Fantasy VII enemy abilities

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

When an enemy's name is shown in italics, it means it uses the ability but the name is not shown on-screen when it uses it.

Enemy abilities

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Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
	Inflicts 0 damage to random target. Costs 65,535 MP.		Dual Horn*(Scripted to use when HP is less than 50%. Not enough MP, does not use naturally)
	Locks the game. Costs 65,535 MP.		(note) (The ability appears in no enemy's ability list. It is used by enemies when in Berserk status (if they are not immune) that have no designated Berserk ability set. None of the enemies have 65,535 MP so they will not be able to use it.) 2-Faced, Doorbull, Guardian, Manhole, XCannon, Right Arm (Helletic Hojo), , êúô0(äñ), êúô1(), êúô2(ñ), êúô4(ëöù), êúô5(áñô), êúô6(ñȃ), êúô7(úñA), êúô8(úñB), êúô9(úñC)
	Inflicts physical damage, Darkness and Paralyzed on one opponent.	Cut	Safer∙Sephiroth
???	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent. Costs 16 MP.	Hit	Hippogriff*(Grounded form)
????	Inflicts damage equal to the difference in the spellcaster's maximum HP and the spellcaster's current HP. Costs 3 MP. Enemy Skill.	Non-elemental	Jersey*(Lean-left form), Behemoth
? Needle	Inflicts Paralyzed on one opponent.		Unknown 2
100 Needles	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Death Machine
1000 Needles	Inflicts exactly 1,000 damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Cactuar*(Never used), Cactuer
2-stage attack	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Castanets

A

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
AB Cannon	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict Sleep on one opponent.	Shoot	Heli Gunner*(Hovering form)
Abnormal Breath	Inflicts Confuse on one opponent. Costs 11 MP. Used as a first attack and a counter-attack.	Hit	Unknown 2
Abnormal Breath	Inflicts magic damage and Poison on one or all opponents. Costs 20 MP.	Shoot	Dragon Zombie
Abnormal Shell	Inflicts physical damage, Darkness and Slow on one opponent.	Shoot	Gun Carrier
Absorb	Physically consumes target's HP to restore caster's HP.	Non-elemental	Twin Brain, Chekhov
Absorb	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 2 MP.	Non-elemental	Lifeform-Hojo N
Absorb	Inflicts magic damage and may inflict Sadness on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Jenova∙SYNTHESIS
Acid Rain	Inflicts magic damage and Poison on one opponent. Costs 15 MP.	Poison	Epiolnis
Adrenaline	Bestows Barrier and Haste on itself. Ignores status immunity.	Non-elemental	Iron Man
Aero3	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 50 MP.	Wind	Rapps, Wind Wing
Air Bomber	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 5 MP.	Wind	Formula
Aire Tam Storm	Inflicts damage equal to the number of materia the target has equipped multiplied by 1,111 and removes Barrier, Death Force, Haste, MBarrier, Reflect, Regen, Resist, Shield, Slow and Stop on all opponents.	Non-elemental	Emerald Weapon
Angel Whisper	Magically restores HP equal to the target's maximum HP and removes KO, Berserk, Confuse, Darkness, Frog, Paralyzed, Petrify, Poison, Silence, Sleep, Slow, Slow-numb, Small and Stop on all allies. Costs 50 MP. Enemy Skill.	Restorative	Pollensalta
Angle Punch	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Punch	Dual Horn, Spiral*(Normal form)
Aqualung	Inflicts magic damage on all opponents. Costs 34 MP. Enemy Skill.	Water	Harpy, Jenova∙LIFE, Serpent
Arm Attack	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Motor Ball*(Upright form)
Arm Grab	Inflicts Imprisoned on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Right Arm (Carry Armor), Left Arm (Carry Armor)
Arm Punch	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Right Arm (Carry Armor), Left Arm (Carry Armor)
Aspil	Magically consumes target's MP to restore caster's MP. Costs 1 MP.	Non-elemental	Gi Nattak, Lost Number*(Magical form), Killbin, Christopher
Atomic Ray	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 20 MP.	Non-elemental	Wolfmeister
Aurora Fence	Revives and magically restores HP on all opponents. Game signals a "Miss" on targets who are not under KO status, but actually removes all status effects on all opponents, whether they are under KO status or not.	Restorative	Bizarro∙Sephiroth
Autumn Leaves	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict Darkness on one or all opponent. Used as a first attack or a counter-attack against magic.	Non-elemental	Rilfsak
Aux Artillery	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Hundred Gunner*(First form)
Avalanche	Inflicts physical damage to one or all opponents.	Ice	Lessaloploth

B

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
Bad Breath	Inflicts Confuse, Frog, Poison, Silence, Sleep and Small on all opponents. Costs 58 MP. Enemy Skill.	Non-elemental	Malboro
Bad mouth	Inflicts physical damage and Sadness on one opponent.	Hit	Gremlin
Ballistic	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.		Hell Rider VR2
Barrier	Bestows Barrier on one or all allies. Costs 16 MP.	Non-Elemental	Dark Nation, Death Claw, Adamantaimai, Gorkii
Beak	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Punch	Nerosuferoth, Cokatolis, Skeeskee, Shake, Hippogriff*(Grounded form)
Beak	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Hippogriff*(Flying form)
Beam Cannon	Inflicts magic damage on all opponents. Costs 32 MP.	Shoot	Proud Clod
Beam Gun	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent. Known as "Beam gun" in the demo release.	Shoot	Grunt, Special Combatant
Beast Sword	Inflicts physical damage on all opponents.	Non-elemental	Godo
Behemoth Horn	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Punch	Behemoth, King Behemoth
Berserk Needle	Inflicts magic damage and Berserk on one opponent.	Punch	Slaps
Beta	Inflicts magic damage on all opponents. Costs 35 MP. Enemy Skill.	Fire	Midgar Zolom*(Standing form)
Bewildered	May inflict Confuse on one opponent. Used when on the back row.	Non-elemental	Turks:Elena
Big Breath	Inflicts magic damage on one or all opponents. Costs 20 MP.	Shoot	Allemagne
Big Bomber	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Air Buster*(Program 1 Operation)
Big Claw	Inflicts damage equal to 62.5% of the target's HP on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Ruby Weapon
Big Fang	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Bad Rap, Bad Rap Sample
Big Guard	Bestows Barrier, Haste and MBarrier on all allies. Costs 56 MP. Enemy Skill.	Non-elemental	Beachplug*(Only used when manipulated), Wolfmeister
Big Hand Clash	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Proud Clod
Big Horn	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Punch	Materia Keeper, Stilva
Big Pollen	Inflicts magic damage and may inflict Sleep on all opponents.	Non-elemental	Ho-chu
Big Punch	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Wolfmeister
Big Red Clipper	Inflicts physical damage on one enemy.	Non-elemental	Acrophies, Stilva
Big Sound	Inflicts physical damage on all opponents.	Wind	Tonadu*(Only used when manipulated)
Big Spiral	Inflicts physical damage on all opponents.	Hit	Heavy Tank
Big Swing	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict Paralyzed on all opponents.	Hit	Ruby Weapon
Big Wave	Inflicts physical damage on all opponents. Also used as death move.	Water	Bottomswell*(Third form)
Big Wave	Inflicts physical damage on all opponents.	Non-elemental	Diver Nest
Bio	Inflicts magic damage and may inflict Poison on one opponent. Costs 8 MP. Never used.	Poison	Lost Number*(Magical form)
Bio2	Inflicts magic damage and may inflict Poison on one or all opponents. Costs 36 MP.	Poison	Flower Prong*(First and third forms), Lost Number*(Magical form), Godo, Malboro, Jenova∙SYNTHESIS
Bio Gas	Inflicts magic damage and Poison on one opponent. Costs 15 MP.	Shoot	Helletic Hojo
Bird Kick	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Levrikon, Cokatolis, Epiolnis
Bite	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Guard Hound, Blood Taste, Dark Nation, Midgar Zolom, Crawler, Jayjujayme, Crysales, Unknown, King Behemoth
Bite	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Beachplug, Tail Vault
Bite	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict Confuse on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Bandersnatch
Bite	Inflicts physical damage on any one target under Poison (including its allies and itself).	Shout	Zolokalter
Bizzarro Enegy	Magically restores HP on one or all allies.	Restorative	Bizarro∙Sephiroth
Blaster	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 20 MP.	Non-elemental	Cuahl, Unknown
Blood Suck	Physically consumes target's HP to restore caster's HP.	Hit	Black Bat, Evilhead, Rilfsak
Bloody Nail	Physically consumes target's HP to restore caster's HP.	Non-elemental	Scissors (Upper)
Blown Away	Removes an opponent from battle. Opponent is classed as having run away.	Non-elemental	Midgar Zolom*(Standing form)
Blue Dragon Breath	Inflicts magic damage on all opponents. Costs 20 MP.	Ice	Blue Dragon
Blue Flame	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 12 MP.	Water	Jenova∙LIFE
Blue Impulse	Inflicts magic damage on all opponents. Costs 18 MP.	Wind	Formula
Blue Light	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 8 MP.	Water, Shout	Jenova∙LIFE
Body Tail	Inflicts physical damage on one or all opponents.	Shoot	Dragon Zombie
Bodyblow	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Blugu, Air Buster, Hedgehog Pie, Hell House*(Released form), Ceasar, Sword Dance, Sample:H0512-opt, Brain Pod, Kalm Fang, Elfadunk, Bottomswell*(First and second forms), Bloatfloat, Bomb, Bullmotor, Nibel Wolf, Bizarre Bug*(Grounded form), Under Lizard, Boundfat, Hungry, Bandersnatch, Grenade, Ironite, Sculpture, Corvette*(Only used when berserked or manipulated), Diver Nest, Hard Attacker, Gun Carrier, Poodler, Jamar Armor*(Never used), Grosspanzer∙Mobile, Poodler Sample
Bodyblow	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Mover
Bolt	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 4 MP.	Lightning	Dark Nation, Crown Lance, Lost Number*(Base and magical forms. Never used in both forms)
Bolt2	Inflicts magic damage on one or all opponents. Costs 22 MP.	Lightning	SOLDIER:3rd, Lost Number*(Base and magical forms), Yang, Garuda, Grimguard*(Defense form), Turks:Rude*(Rocket Town and Gelnika encounters only. For the Gelnika encounter, this is never used on Tifa), Unknown 3
Bolt3	Inflicts magic damage on one or all opponents. Costs 52 MP.	Lightning	Christopher, Bizarro∙Sephiroth
Bolt Ball	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 22 MP.	Lightning	Vlakorados
Bomb Blast	Sacrifice user to inflict physical damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Bomb, Grenade
Bone	Inflicts physical damage and Paralyzed on one opponent.	Shoot	Dragon Zombie
Bonecutter	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Bahba Velamyu
Break	Inflicts magic damage and may inflict Petrify on one opponent. Costs 86 MP.	Earth	Safer∙Sephiroth
Bubble	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Water	Ceasar
Bug Needle	Inflicts magic damage and may inflict Poison and Sadness on one character.	Punch	Slaps
Butterfly Attack	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Kimara Bug

C

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
C Cannon	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict Poison on one opponent.	Shoot	Heli Gunner*(Hovering form)
Capsule	Revives all allies and restores 100% maximum HP.	Restorative	Hojo
Capsule	Targeting to all allies. Never used.	Hit	Hojo
Catapult	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Epiolnis
Cave-in	Inflicts physical damage on all opponents who are not under Petrify or Slow-numb status.	Ice	Demons Gate
Change	Changes the battle stance of the Midgar Zolom to standing.	Non-elemental	Midgar Zolom
Charge	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Heavy Tank
Charging	Will charge up twice for it use Wave Artillery.		Hundred Gunner*(Third form)
Chocobo goes nuts	Inflicts physical damage each of its user's allies and opponents.	Punch	Chocobo
Chocobo goes nuts	Inflicts physical damage to all opponents. Never used.	Non-elemental	Chocobo
Chocobuckle	Inflicts damage equal to the number of times the player party has escaped on all opponents. Enemy Skill.	Non-elemental	Chocobo*(After fed Sylkis or Mimmett Greens)
Chute Attack	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Punch	Needle Kiss
Clap	Inflicts physical damage on all opponents.	Wind	Zemzelett
Claw	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Chuse Tank, Ark Dragon, Bagnadrana, Gagighandi, Velcher Task, Foulander, Kelzmelzer, Doorbull, Malldancer, Gremlin, Allemagne
Claw	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Punch	Death Claw, Harpy, Crown Lance, Griffin, Zuu, Tonadu, Eagle Gun, Ultimate Weapon*(Mideel and land battles), Behemoth, Maximum Kimaira, Dark Dragon
Club	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent.	Earth	Joker
Club Sword	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Jumping
Cold	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 16 MP.	Ice	Diablo
Cold Breath	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. MP cost differs with spellcaster.	Ice	Crawler*(Costs 2 MP), Jemnezmy*(Costs 12 MP), Snow*(Costs 12 MP), Pollensalta*(Costs 12 MP)
Cold Snap	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Ice	Ice Golem
Combo	Inflicts physical damage four times in a row on one opponent. Second attack may inflict Poison, third attack may inflict Darkness, fourth attack may inflict Sleep. Combo breaks if the target dies midway.	Punch	Lifeform-Hojo N
Comet2	Inflicts four hits of magic damage. Each hit damages one randomly selected opponent. Costs 110 MP.	Non-elemental	Ruby Weapon, King Behemoth
Confu	May inflict Confuse on one or all opponents. Costs 18 MP.	Non-elemental	Helletic Hojo, Scissors (Lower)
Confu Missile	Inflicts physical damage and Confuse on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Rocket Launcher*(Level 20 version only)
Confu-scales	Inflicts magic damage and Confuse on one opponent. Costs 5 MP.	Non-elemental	Jayjujayme*(Only used when manipulated)
Continu-claw	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Frozen Nail
Cover	When ally is attacked physically, intercepts damage.	Non-elemental	Turks:Rude*(All encounters except Gelnika)
Crack	Inflicts physical damage on itself. Damage is not shown.	Hit	Icicle
Crazy Claw	Inflicts physical damage and Berserk on one opponent.	Hit	Shred
Creepy Touch	Inflicts Sadness on one opponent. Costs 11 MP.	Hit	Unknown 3
Cross Impulse	Inflicts magic damage on all opponents. Costs 26 MP.	Wind	Formula
Cross Scissor	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Scissors, Scissors (Upper)
Crush	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Sea Worm
Cure	Magically restores HP on one or all allies. Costs 5 MP.	Restorative	Turks:Rude*(Gongaga encounter only, has it in Midgar raid encounter, but is never used), Adamantaimai*(Technically does not have it, but if one bestows Barrier and MBarrier before its first turn, it will attempt to cast Cure, which it does not have)
Cure2	Magically restores HP on one or all allies. Costs 24 MP.	Restorative	Materia Keeper, Godo, Killbin, Turks:Rude*(Rocket Town and Gelnika encounters only), Christopher
Cure3	Magically restores HP to one or all allies. Costs 64 MP.	Restorative	2-Faced, Shred, Scissors (Lower), Jenova∙SYNTHESIS
Curses	Inflicts Silence on one opponent. Costs 10 MP.	Hidden	Dorky Face
Cut	Inflicts damage equal to 96.875% of the target's current HP on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Sephiroth
Cutter	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Dorky Face

D

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
Damage Attack	Inflicts damage on all opponents under Imprisoned status.	Non-elemental	Carry Armor, Right Arm (Carry Armor), Left Arm (Carry Armor)
Dance	Magically consumes the target's MP to restore the caster's MP. Costs 8 MP.	Non-elemental	Garuda
Dance	Inflicts physical damage, Darkness and Slow on all opponents.	Non-elemental	Malldancer
Dark Dragon Breath	Inflicts magic damage and may inflict Darkness on one or all opponents. Costs 20 MP.	Shoot	Dark Dragon
Dark Needle	Inflicts physical damage and Darkness on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Boundfat
Darkeye	May inflict Darkness on one opponent. Costs 4 MP.	Non-elemental	Grangalan
Deadly Needles	Inflicts magic damage and Petrify on one opponent.	Punch	Crown Lance
Deadly Wheel	Inflicts physical damage on all opponents.	Hit	Motor Ball*(Name is not shown in Flamethrower form), Grosspanzer∙Mobile
Death Claw	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict Paralyzed on one opponent.	Punch	Death Claw
Death Force	Bestows Death Force on one ally. Costs 3 MP. Enemy Skill.	Non-elemental	Adamantaimai*(Only used when manipulated)
Death Sentence	Inflicts Death-sentence on one opponent. Costs 10 MP. Enemy Skill.	Non-elemental	Sneaky Step, Gi Spector, Boundfat
DeBarrier	Removes Barrier, MBarrier, Reflect, and Shield on one opponent. Costs 12 MP.	Non-elemental	Gi Nattak
Deen	Inflicts magic damage on all opponents.	Non-elemental	Safer∙Sephiroth
Demi	Inflicts damage equal to 25% of the target's current HP on one opponent. Costs 14 MP.	Gravity	Deenglow
Demi2	Inflicts damage equal to 50% of the target's current HP on one opponent. Costs 33 MP.	Gravity	Gorkii
Demi3	Inflicts damage equal to 75% of the target's current HP on one or all opponents. Costs 48 MP.	Gravity	Valron, Godo, Bizarro∙Sephiroth.
Demon Rush	Inflicts physical damage on all opponents.	Non-elemental	Demons Gate
DeSpell	Removes Death Force, Barrier, Haste, MBarrier, Reflect, Regen, Resist, Shield, Slow and Stop on one or all opponents. Costs 20 MP.	Non-elemental	Valron, Safer∙Sephiroth
Diamond	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Joker
Diamond Fire	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent.	Fire	Diamond Weapon
Diamond Flash	Inflicts damage equal to 87.5% of the target's current HP and inflicts Silence on one or all opponents.	Non-elemental	Diamond Weapon
Dive Kick	Inflicts damage equal to 25% of the target's maximum HP on one opponent.	Hit	Valron, Gorkii
Dive Kick	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Jumping
Dodge	Avoid physical attacks	Non-elemental	Cactuar, Black Bat, Cactuer, Rilfsak
Dorsal Punch	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Headbomber
Double Breath	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 10 MP.	Fire, Ice	Schizo (Right), Schizo (Left)
Double Shot	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Mighty Grunt*(Armored form)
Dragon Cannon	Inflicts physical damage on all opponents.	Shoot	XCannon
Dragon Dance	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Serpent
Dragon Fang	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Dragon, Red Dragon, Blue Dragon
Dragon Force	Increases Defense and Magic Defense by 50% on one ally. Costs 19 MP. Enemy Skill.	Non-elemental	Blue Dragon, Dark Dragon
Drain	Magically consumes target's HP to restore caster's HP. Costs 1 MP.	Non-elemental	Ghost, Flower Prong*(First form, never used), Gi Nattak, Godo, XCannon*(Never used)
Drift Turn	Inflicts physical damage on all opponents.	Hit	Devil Ride
Drilldrive	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Punch	Mono Drive, Scrutin Eye
Dual Attack	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Dragon Rider
Dual Spike	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Cripshay
Dual Wing Fire	Inflicts physical damage on all opponents.	Shoot	Eagle Gun

E

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
Earthquake	Inflicts magic damage on all opponents. Costs 10 MP.	Earth	Land Worm, Sea Worm
Eat	Removes one opponent from battle. Opponent is flagged as defeated.	Non-elemental	Hungry
Electric Burst	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 8 MP.	Lightning	Edgehead
Electro-mag Rod	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict Paralyzed on one opponent. Also used as a counter-attack against Lightning-elemental damage.	Lightning	Turks:Reno*(Sector 7 Plate encounter only)
Electromag	Moves all opponents on the front row to the back row and all opponents on the back row to the front row.	Hidden	Hell Rider VR2
Electroprod	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Lightning	Turks:Reno*(Gongaga and Midgar raid encounters only)
Electroprod 2	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Lightning	Turks:Reno*(Gelnika encounter only)
Emerald Beam	Inflicts damage equal to 65.625% of the target's current HP and removes Regen on all opponents.	Non-elemental	Emerald Weapon
Emerald Beam	Inflicts damage equal to 62.5% of the target's current HP and removes Regen on all opponents. Never used.	Non-elemental	Emerald Weapon
Emerald Laser	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Eye*(Blue version)
Emerald Laser	Inflicts magic MP damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Eye*(Yellow version)
Emerald Shoot	Inflicts magic damage and removes Barrier, Death Force, Resist, MBarrier and Shield on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Emerald Weapon
Emperor	Magically restores HP to one or all allies. Due to user's immunity to restorative, this always heals for 0 HP.	Restorative	Death Dealer
Energy Ball	Inflicts physical damage to one opponent.	Shoot	Air Buster*(Program 2 Operation)
Energy Siphon	Consumes target's MP equal to 37.5% of the target's MP to restore user's MP. Never used.	Non-elemental	Flower Prong*(First and second forms)
Erupt	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict Darkness on one opponent.	Shoot	Hell House*(Concealed form)
Eruption	Inflicts physical damage on all opponents. Never used.	Fire	Grenade
Escape	User escapes from battle.	Non-elemental	Bandit, Chocobo, Vice, Prowler
Everyone's Grudge	Inflicts damage equal to the number of enemies the target has defeated multiplied by 10.	Non-elemental	Master Tonberry
Evil Poison	Inflicts physical damage and Darkness on one opponent. Costs 4 MP.	Poison	Bad Rap, Bad Rap Sample
Extreme Bomber	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict Fury on one opponent.	Shout	Headbomber
Eyesight	Inflicts MP damage equal to 75% of the target's current MP on one opponent.	Non-elemental	8 eye
Eyesight	Inflicts damage equal to 75% of the target's current HP on one opponent.	Non-elemental	8 eye
Eyesight	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	8 eye
Eyesight	Inflicts Darkness and Slow on one opponent.	Non-elemental	8 eye

F

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
Falling Rocks	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Demons Gate
Fang	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Zenene, Kalm Fang, Bagnadrana, Nibel Wolf, Dragon Rider
Fang	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Doorbull
Fascination	Inflicts Confuse on one opponent. Costs 5 MP.	Non-elemental	Jemnezmy, Snow, Pollensalta
Fight	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Mystery Ninja, SOLDIER:2nd, Goblin, Ghost Ship, SOLDIER:1st
Finger Shot	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Golem
Fire	Inflicts magic damage on one or all opponents. Costs 4 MP.	Fire	Mono Drive, Hedgehog Pie, Ghost, Sample:H0512-opt, Dyne*(Never used), Turks:Rude*(Never used on Tifa. Gongaga encounter only, has it in Midgar raid encounter, but is never used), Poodler, Pollensalta*(Never used), Death Dealer*(Never used)
Fire2	Inflicts magic damage on one or all opponents. Costs 22 MP.	Fire	Scrutin Eye, Soul Fire*(May also cast on itself when not inside a character), Jersey*(Lean-right form), Killbin, Turks:Rude*(Gelnika encounter only. Never used on Tifa), Manhole, Poodler Sample
Fire3	Inflicts magic damage on one or all opponents. Costs 52 MP.	Fire	Pollensalta, Bizarro∙Sephiroth
Fire Fang	Inflicts physical damage on one or all opponents.	Fire	Mystery Ninja*(Level 17, 22)
Fire Roulette	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Roulette Cannon
Fire Shell	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Fire	Doorbull, Sculpture
Fire Veil	Inflicts physical damage on one or all opponents.	Fire	Mystery Ninja*(Level 27, 32, 37, 42)
Fireball	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent.	Fire	Bomb
Firing Line	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict Sleep and Poison on all opponents.	Shoot	Heli Gunner*(Hovering form)
Flame	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 16 MP.	Fire	Diablo
Flame Dance	Inflicts magic damage on all opponents. Costs 16 MP.	Fire	Foulander
Flame Thrower	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 10 MP. Enemy Skill.	Fire	Ark Dragon, Dragon
Flaming Peck	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict Fury on one opponent.	Hit	Levrikon
Flap	Inflicts physical damage on all opponents.	Wind	Zemzelett
Flare	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent.	Fire	Behemoth, King Behemoth*(Only used when manipulated)
Flutilizer	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Christopher
Flying Drill	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Heli Gunner*(Spinning form)
Flying Hammer	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent. Never used.	Hit	Hammer Blaster
Flying Muddle	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict Confuse on one opponent. Never used.	Hit	Hammer Blaster
Flying Sickle	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 8 MP.	Wind	SOLDIER:3rd, Flapbeat, Frozen Nail
Flying Upper	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Ironite
Flying Zip	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent. Never used.	Hit	Hammer Blaster
Flying Zip Confu	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict Confuse on one opponent. Never used.	Hit	Hammer Blaster
Foot Stamp	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Diamond Weapon
Foot Stamp	Inflicts physical damage on all opponents.	Non-elemental	Emerald Weapon
Four Laser	Inflicts Magic damage on one opponent. MP cost differs with enemy.	Non-elemental	Search Crown*(Costs 8 MP), Battery Cap*(Costs 16 MP)
Freeze	Inflicts magic damage and may inflict Stop on one opponent. Costs 82 MP.	Ice	Maximum Kimaira
Frog Jab	Inflicts physical damage and either inflicts or removes Frog on one opponent.	Hit	Touch Me, Toxic Frog
Frog Song	Either inflicts or removes Frog and inflicts Sleep on one opponent. Costs 5 MP. Enemy Skill.	Non-elemental	Touch Me, Toxic Frog, Christopher
Frozen Beam	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 20 MP.	Ice	Malboro
Funny Breath	May inflict Confuse on all opponents.	Hidden	Dorky Face
Fury	Animation only. Throws a tantrum.		Gremlin
Fury 2	Animation only. Throws a tantrum.		Gremlin

G

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
Gas	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Jenova∙BIRTH
Gash	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Sword Dance*(Never used), Corvette
Ghenghana	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 6 MP.	Fire	Zenene
Gimme	Steals an item from the player's inventory.	Non-elemental	Magic Pot
Glasscutter	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Razor Weed
Goannai	Removes one opponent from battle. Target is flagged as defeated.	Non-elemental	Ghost Ship
Goblin Punch	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent. If the user's level is equal to the target's level, damage is increased. Enemy Skill.	Non-elemental	Goblin
Gold Mountain	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent. Adds 800 Gil to the user's Gil value.	Non-elemental	Trickplay
Golem Laser	Inflicts magic damage on all opponents. Costs 20 MP.	Non-elemental	Armored Golem
Golem Punch	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Golem, Ice Golem, Armored Golem*(Never used)
Grand Attack	Inflicts physical damage against all opponents. Also used by Level 37 only as death move.	Shoot	CMD.Grand Horn
Grand Punch	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent.	Earth	Grand Horn
Grand Spark	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent.	Hit	Capparwire, Turks:Rude*(Rocket Town and Midgar raid encounters only. Never used in Gongaga and Gelnika encounters)
Grand Sword	Inflicts physical damage on one all opponents.	Shoot	Iron Man
Grass Punch	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Mandragora
Great Gale	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict Darkness on all opponents.	Wind	Zuu, Tonadu, Blue Dragon
Grenade	Inflicts physical damage on all opponents.	Non-elemental	Marine, Attack Squad
Grim Rod	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Grimguard*(Magic Defense form)
Grind	Steals an item from the player's inventory.	Non-elemental	Vice, Prowler
Grunt Death	Death animation of armor into armorless Mighty Grunt.		Mighty Grunt*(Armored form)
Guillotine	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Ghirofelgo*(Swinging form)
Guitar Slap	Inflicts physical damage and Fury on one opponent.	Shoot	Gighee
Gush	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Fire	Grenade

H

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
Halt Whip	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict Paralyzed on one opponent.	Punch	Heg
Hammer Attack	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Hammer Blaster
Hand Grenade	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent. Known as Grenade in the demo release.	Shoot	Grenade Combatant, Submarine Crew*(Only used when manipulated), Underwater MP, Captain*(Only used when manipulated)
Handclaw	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Punch	Grunt, Special Combatant, Senior Grunt
Harrier	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Sonic Speed
Harrier Beam	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Senior Grunt
Harpoon	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Punch	Sahagin, Desert Sahagin
Head Attack	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Parasite
Head Hunting	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Dragon Rider
Head Hunting 2	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Dragon Rider
Heart	Magically restores HP on one opponent.	Restorative	Joker
Heartless Angel	Inflicts damage equal to the target's current HP minus 1 on all opponents.	Non-elemental	Bizarro∙Sephiroth, Safer∙Sephiroth
Heatwing	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 4 MP.	Fire	Nerosuferoth
Heavy Sword	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Wolfmeister, Iron Man
Hell Bomber	Inflicts physical damage on one target.	Shoot	Hell House*(Concealed form)
Hell Bubbles	May inflict Sleep on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Blugu
Hell Combo	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Materia Keeper
Hell Press	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Hell House*(Released form)
Hell Spear	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict Paralyzed on one opponent.	Punch	Gi Spector
Hidden Artillery	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Hundred Gunner*(First form)
Hidden One	Inflicts Instant Death on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Death Dealer
High/Low Suit	Inflicts Sadness on one opponent. Costs 10 MP.	Shoot	Christopher
High/Low Suit	Inflicts Fury on one opponent. Costs 10 MP. Never used.	Shoot	Christopher
Highway	Inflicts physical damage on all opponents.	Hit	Motor Ball
Hit	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Vice*(Only used when berserked or manipulated), Corneo's Lackey, Scotch, Prowler*(Only used when berserked or manipulated), Bandit*(Only used when manipulated)
Hold-up	Steals 340 Gil from the player.	Non-elemental	Bandit
Horn	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Punch	Bagnadrana, Ancient Dragon
Horn Bomber	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Diablo
Horn Lift	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Dual Horn
Hot Springs	Magically restores HP on one opponent.	Restorative	Mu, Trickplay
Howling	Revives one KO'd ally and restores 100% HP. Can only target the caster's same species.	Restorative	Nibel Wolf, Bandersnatch
Huge Tidal Wave	Inflicts physical damage on all targets, including user. Back attack damage on targets the wave hits first. Costs 20 MP.	Water	Acrophies, Serpent

I

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
Ice	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 4 MP.	Ice	Deenglow, Sample:H0512-opt, Beachplug, Snow*(Never used)
Ice2	Inflicts magic damage on one or all opponents. Costs 22 MP.	Ice	SOLDIER:3rd, Scrutin Eye, Yang, Garuda, Boundfat, Grimguard*(Defense form), Snow, Killbin, Turks:Rude*(Gelnika encounter only. Never used on Tifa), Manhole
Ice3	Inflicts magic damage on one or all opponents. Costs 52 MP.	Ice	Bizarro∙Sephiroth
Icicle Drop	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Icicle
Impaler	Inflicts Frog on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Mystery Ninja*(Level 17, 22)
Iron Attack	Inflicts physical damage on all opponents.	Earth	Screamer, Staniv
Iron Mallet	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Hell Rider VR2
Ironball	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Madouge, Screamer, Staniv
Isogin Smog	Inflicts magic damage and Darkness on all opponents. Costs 10 MP.	Non-elemental	Acrophies

J

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
Joker	May inflict Instant Death on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Joker
Jump Attack	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Stilva
Jump Kick	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Valron
Jumping Blow	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Guardian
Jumping Cutter	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Bahba Velamyu

K

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
Keyclaw	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Sample:H0512, Materia Keeper
Kick	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Aero Combatant*(Flying form), Turks:Elena
Kick	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Gargoyle
King Teel	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	King Behemoth
Knee Blend	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Proud Clod
Knee Fire	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Proud Clod
Knife	Inflicts Instant Death on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Tonberry, Master Tonberry

L

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
L2 Confu	Inflicts Confuse on one opponent. Misses if target's level is not divisible by two. Costs 18 MP.	Shoot	Hippogriff
L3 Flare	Inflicts damage equal to 125% of the target's current HP on one or all opponents. Misses if target's level is not divisible by three. Costs 20 MP.	Fire	Allemagne
L4 Death	Inflicts Instant Death on one or all opponents. Misses if target's level is not divisible by four. Costs 20 MP.		Gargoyle, Allemagne
L4 Suicide	Inflicts damage equal to 96.875% of target's HP and inflicts Small on all opponents. Misses if target's level is not divisible by four. Costs 10 MP. Enemy Skill.	Non-elemental	Mu, Trickplay
L5 Death	Inflicts Instant Death on all opponents. Misses if target's level is not divisible by five. Costs 22 MP. Enemy Skill.	Non-elemental	Parasite*(Only used when manipulated)
Lapis Laser	Inflicts magic damage on all opponents. Costs 10 MP.	Non-elemental	Carry Armor
Laser	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Jenova∙BIRTH
Laser	Inflicts magic damage equal to 50% of the target's current HP on one opponent. Costs 16 MP. Enemy Skill.	Gravity	Death Claw, Dark Dragon*(Only used when manipulated)
Laser Cannon	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	1st Ray, Laser Cannon
Lay Flat	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Kyuvilduns
Left Breath	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 10 MP.	Ice	Schizo (Left)
Left Breath 2	Inflicts magic damage on all opponents.	Lightning	Schizo (Left)
Left Hand Revived	Revives Jenova∙SYNTHESIS B and restores HP equal to 25% of the target's maximum HP.	Restorative	Jenova∙SYNTHESIS
Left Revenge	Inflicts MP damage equal to 46.875% of the target's current MP and may inflict Poison and Slow-numb on one opponent.	Punch	Ruby Weapon
Left Thrust	Inflicts MP damage equal to 78.125% of the target's current MP and may inflict Poison and Slow-numb on one opponent.	Punch	Ruby Weapon
Leviathan Scales	Inflicts physical damage on one or all opponents.	Water	Mystery Ninja*(Level 27, 32, 37, 42)
Lick	Inflicts minor physical damage and Sadness on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Aps
Light Shell	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shout	Adamantaimai, Doorbull, Cuahl
Lightning	Inflicts magic damage on all opponents. Costs 16 MP.	Lightning	Thunderbird
Liquid poison	Inflicts Poison on one opponent.	Poison	Kelzmelzer
Lost Blow	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Lost Number*(Physical form)
Lunattack	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Hell House*(Released form)

M

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
Machine Gun	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent. Known as Machine gun in the demo release.	Shoot	MP, Sweeper, Proto Machinegun, Corneo's Lackey, Scotch, Grenade Combatant, Mighty Grunt*(Armored form), Machine Gun, Marine, Attack Squad, Quick Machine Gun*(If two damage figures are shown, the second damage figure is ignored), Submarine Crew, Underwater MP*(Used three times in one turn), Captain
Magic Breath	Inflicts magic damage on all opponents. Costs 75 MP. Enemy Skill.	Fire, Ice, Lightning	Stilva, Parasite*(Only used when manipulated)
Magic Cutter	Physically consumes target's MP to restore caster's MP. Costs 4 MP.	Non-elemental	Bahba Velamyu
Magic Extinguish	Inflicts Silence on one opponent.		Parasite
Magic Hammer	Consumes exactly 100 MP from the target to restore caster's MP. Costs 3 MP. Enemy Skill.	Non-elemental	Razor Weed*(Only used when manipulated)
Magma	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Fire	Trickplay
Main Artillery	Inflicts physical damage on all opponents.	Shoot	Hundred Gunner*(Second form)
Mako Gun	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent (as Fire2).	Fire	Palmer
Mako Gun	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent (as Ice2).	Ice	Palmer
Mako Gun	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent (as Bolt2).	Lightning	Palmer
Materia-jammer	Bestows Reflect on one opponent. Costs 16 MP. Can only use if Jamar Armor is alive.	Non-elemental	Proud Clod
Matra Magic	Inflicts magic damage on all opponents. Costs 8 MP. Enemy Skill.	Non-elemental	Custom Sweeper, Bullmotor, Death Machine
MBarrier	Bestows MBarrier on one or all allies. Costs 24 MP.	Non-elemental	Dark Nation, Death Claw, Valron, Adamantaimai, Turks:Rude*(Rocket Town encounter only)
Megaton Punch	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Golem, Ice Golem*(Never used), Armored Golem
Mini	May inflict or remove Small on one opponent. Costs 10 MP.	Non-elemental	Godo, Hungry
Molotov Cocktail	Inflicts physical damage on all opponents.	Hit	Dyne
Mono Laser	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent. It will use against each party members in one turn when have below 50% of it's Max HP, and stays with this attack mode while is weakened.	Physical attack	Eligor
Moonstrike	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Bottomswell*(Second form)
Moon Wars	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Gigas
Mug	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent and steals an item from the player's inventory.	Non-elemental	Bandit
Muyddle Mallet	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict Confuse on one opponent.	Hit	Hammer Blaster
Mystery Kick	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Cactuar, Cactuer

N

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
Napalm Bomb	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Fire	Grosspanzer∙Big*(Never used), Grosspanzer∙Mobile
Needle	Inflicts just 1 damage and may inflict Paralyzed on one opponent. Costs 1 MP.	Non-elemental	Vargid Police
Needle Gun	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Dyne
Neo Turk Light	Inflicts Confuse on one opponent.	Hit	Turks:Reno*(Gelnika encounter only)
Normal Shell	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Gun Carrier, Cromwell, Grosspanzer∙Small*(Never used), Grosspanzer∙Mobile*(Used if one Grosspanzer∙Small is alive)
Normal Shell	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Grosspanzer∙Mobile*(Used if both Grosspanzer∙Small are alive)
Northern Cross	Inflicts Poison on one opponent. Costs 30 MP.	Non-elemental	Maximum Kimaira

O

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
Oil	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Fire	Hard Attacker

P

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
Pale Horse	Inflicts magic damage, Frog, Sadness and Small on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Safer∙Sephiroth
Pandora's Box	Inflicts magic damage on all opponents. Ignores target's Magic Defense. Costs 110 MP. Enemy Skill. Only used as a death move once per playthrough.	Non-elemental	Dragon Zombie
Para Tail	Inflicts physical damage and Sadness on one opponent.	Cut	Parasite
Paralaser	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict Paralyzed rarely on one opponent. Low accuracy.	Shoot	Laser Cannon
Paralyzer Needle	Inflicts magic damage and may inflict Paralyzed on one opponent.	Punch	Slaps
Peacock	Inflicts MP magic damage on all opponents. Costs 8 MP.	Non-elemental	Griffin
Petrif-Eye	Inflicts Slow-numb on one opponent. Costs 12 MP.	Hidden	Demons Gate
Petrif-Eye	Inflicts Petrify on one opponent. Costs 10 MP.	Shoot	Gighee
Petrified Frog	May inflict Frog and Slow-numb on one opponent. Costs 45 MP.	Non-elemental	Under Lizard
Petrify Smog	May inflict Slow-numb on one opponent.	Hidden	Cokatolis
Piazzo Shower	Inflicts magic damage and may inflict Poison on one opponent. Costs 6 MP.	Poison	Zenene
Pile Banger	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Punch	Helletic Hojo
Poison Blow	May inflict Poison on one opponent. Costs 4 MP.	Shoot	Velcher Task
Poison Breath	Inflicts magic damage and may inflict Poison on one opponent. Costs 10 MP.	Poison	CMD.Grand Horn, Bagnadrana
Poison Fang	Inflicts physical damage and Poison on one opponent.	Hit	Heg, Unknown 3
Poison Fang	Inflicts physical damage and Poison on one opponent.	Poison	Dragon Zombie
Poison Storm	Inflicts Poison on one opponent. Costs 20 MP.	Non-elemental	Harpy
Poisona	Removes Poison on one or all allies. Costs 3 MP.	Non-elemental	Toxic Frog*(Only used when manipulated), Jemnezmy
Pollen	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict Sleep on all opponents.	Non-elemental	Flower Prong*(Third form)
Propeller	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Aero Combatant*(Flying form)
Propeller Sword	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.		Aero Combatant*(Grounded form)
Punch	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Smogger, CMD.Grand Horn, Grand Horn, Lost Number*(Base and physical forms), Gas Ducter, Slalom
Pyramid	Inflicts Imprisoned on one opponent, revives a Pyramid with full HP.	Non-elemental	Turks:Reno*(Sector 7 Plate encounter only)

Q

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
Quadra-cut	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	SOLDIER:2nd*(Never used), SOLDIER:1st
Quake	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 6 MP. Never used.	Earth	Lost Number*(Magical form)
Quake2	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 28 MP.	Earth	Bagrisk, Lost Number*(Magical form), Ultimate Weapon*(Mideel and land battles)
Quake3	Inflicts magic damage on one or all opponents. Costs 68 MP.	Earth	Gigas, Bizarro∙Sephiroth

R

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
Rabbit Gouge	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Punch	Stinger
Rage Bomber	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict Fury on one opponent. Low accuracy.	Shout	Skeeskee, Shake
Reanimagic	Revives all KO'd allies with full HP. Costs 40 MP.	Restorative	H0512
Rear Gun	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Air Buster
Red Dragon Breath	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent.	Fire	Red Dragon
Red Light	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 8 MP.	Fire, Shout	Jenova∙DEATH
Regen	Bestows Regen on one or all allies. Costs 30 MP.	Non-elemental	Gorkii
Reflect	Bestows Reflect on one or all allies. Costs 30 MP.	Non-elemental	Gorkii, Jenova∙LIFE
Refuse	Inflicts magic damage and may inflict either Poison (animation throwing a poisonous smog) or Sleep (animation spitting out a green mass) on one opponent.	Poison	Brain Pod
Repeating Slap	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict Fury on one opponent.	Hit	Jenova∙SYNTHESIS
Report	User escapes from battle.	Non-elemental	Cactuar, Dyne, Magic Pot, Turks:Elena, Turks:Reno*(Gongaga and Midgar raid encounters only), Turks:Rude*(All encounters except Gelnika), Ultimate Weapon*(All encounters except Cosmo Canyon battle)
Revenge Stamp	Inflicts physical damage and removes Haste on all opponents.	Non-elemental	Emerald Weapon
Rider Breath	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 20 MP. Also used as a counter-attack against magic.	Non-elemental	Dragon Rider
Rifle	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Guard Scorpion*(Lowered tail form), Crazy Saw
Right Breath	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 10 MP.	Fire	Schizo (Right)
Right Breath 2	Inflicts magic damage on all enemies.	Lightning	Schizo (Right)
Right Hand Revived	Revives Jenova∙SYNTHESIS C and restores HP equal to 25% to the target's maximum HP.	Restorative	Jenova∙SYNTHESIS
Right Revenge	Inflicts damage equal to 46.875% of the target's current HP and may inflict Frog and Small on one opponent.	Punch	Ruby Weapon
Right Thrust	Inflicts damage equal to 93.75% of the target's current HP and may inflict Frog and Small on one opponent.	Punch	Ruby Weapon
Rising Dagger	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Head Hunter
Rock Finger	Inflicts magic damage and Slow-numb on one opponent. Costs 10 MP. When used, transforms into moving form.	Non-elemental	Gargoyle*(Petrified form)
Rock Toss	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Mu, Trickplay
Rockbreaker	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Manhole
Rocket Launcher	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Rocket Launcher
Rocket Punch	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Guardian
Rod	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Garuda
Roller Dash	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Mighty Grunt*(Unarmored form)
Rollerspin	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Mighty Grunt*(Unarmored form)
Rolling Attack	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Sample:H0512-opt
Rolling Claw	Inflicts damage equal to 12.5% of the target's current HP.	Hit	Chuse Tank
Rolling Fire	Inflicts magic damage on all opponents. Costs 24 MP.	Fire	Motor Ball*(Upright form)
Roulette	Inflicts Instant Death on one target chosen at random. Costs 6 MP. Enemy Skill.	Non-elemental	Death Dealer
Ruby Flame	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent.	Fire	Ruby Weapon
Ruby Ray	Inflicts magic damage and Confuse on one opponent.	Shout	Ruby Weapon

S

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
S-Mine	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Dyne
Sadistic Attack	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Ying
Sandgun	May inflict Darkness on one opponent.	Earth	Desert Sahagin
Sandstorm	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict Darkness on all opponents.	Earth	Land Worm, Sea Worm
Sawback	Inflicts physical damage on all opponents.	Cut	Sword Dance, Corvette*(Never used)
Scissor Attack	Inflicts physical damage and Instant Death on one opponent. When used, transform into Scissors (Upper) and Scissors (Lower).		Scissors
Scissor Kick	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Scissors, Scissors (Lower)
Scissor Spark	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Lightning	Castanets
Scissor Tornado	Removes one opponent from battle. Target is flagged as having run away.	Non-elemental	Scissors (Upper)
Scissors	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Cripshay, Edgehead
Scorpion Attack	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Bizarre Bug*(Flying form)
Scorpion Tail	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Guard Scorpion*(Lowered tail form)
Scorpion's Tail	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict Poison on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Rapps, Lessaloploth
Scratch	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Ghost
Search Scope	Chooses a target for its next attack.	Non-elemental	Guard Scorpion*(Lowered tail form)
Seed Bullet	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Flower Prong*(Second form)
Seed Shot	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Search Crown
Seed Shot	Inflicts Darkness on one opponent.	Shoot	Battery Cap
Sephiroth Shock	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Bizarro∙Sephiroth*(One Party: Main Body (A). Two Parties: Main Body (Main:A), Main Body (Sub:A). Three Parties: Main Body (Main:A), Main Body (Sub1:A), Main Body (Sub2:A))
Seize	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Vice*(Never used), Prowler
Self-destruct	Sacrifice user to inflict damage equal to 75% of the target's current HP on one opponent.	Non-elemental	2-Faced
Sewer	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent.	Water	Mu, Trickplay
Sewer Tsunami	Inflicts physical damage on all targets, including user. May be used either forward or backward the party, varying the battle damage depending on version attack.	Water	Aps
Shadow Flare	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 100 MP. Is Reflectable. Enemy Skill.	Non-elemental	Ultimate Weapon*(Cosmo Canyon (last battle). Never used in others encounters), Ruby Weapon, Dragon Zombie, Safer∙Sephiroth
Shady Breath	May inflict Poison on all opponents. Costs 4 MP.	Poison	H0512
Sham Seal	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Wind Wing
Shell Defense	When physically attacked, has a 6.25% chance of having Defense raised to 512, thus taking only 1 point of damage.	Non-elemental	Sahagin, Desert Sahagin*(Once used, Defense stays at 512 for the rest of the battle)
Shield Defense	User's Def% is 255 while shields are around.	Non-elemental	Magnade
Shield Throw	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Magnade*(with shield)
Short Staff	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Turks:Reno
Shotgun	inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Rufus
Shoulder Attack	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Turks:Rude
Shower	Inflicts magic damage and Sadness on one opponent. Costs 5 MP.	Shoot	Elfadunk
Sickle	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Grashtrike, Whole Eater, Head Hunter
Silence	May inflict Silence on one or all opponents. Costs 24 MP.	Non-elemental	Eligor, Bahba Velamyu, Jenova∙DEATH, SOLDIER:2nd*(Never used), SOLDIER:1st, Helletic Hojo, Lifeform-Hojo N
Silk	Inflicts Slow on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Grashtrike, Jayjujayme
Silver Wheel	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shout	Grangalan, Grangalan Jr., Grangalan Jr. Jr.
Single Wing Fire	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Eagle Gun
Sinking	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Earth	Mu, Trickplay
Skating	Animation only. Skates around the area.		Mighty Grunt*(Unarmored form)
Skewer	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Punch	Gi Spector
Slap	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict Fury on one opponent.	Hit	Sword Dance, Corvette, Unknown 3*(Always inflict Fury (unless immune))
Sleepel	May inflict Sleep on one or all opponents. Costs 8 MP.	Non-elemental	Eligor, SOLDIER:3rd, Crown Lance, Godo, Ironite, Goblin, Helletic Hojo, Bizarro∙Sephiroth
Sleep Scales	Inflicts Sleep on one opponent. Costs 10 MP.	Non-elemental	Crysales
Slow	Inflicts Slow on one opponent. Costs 20 MP.	Non-elemental	Bahba Velamyu, Killbin, Lifeform-Hojo N, Bizarro∙Sephiroth
Slow Dance	Inflicts physical damage and Slow on one opponent.	Shoot	Mandragora
Smog	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict either Poison or Darkness on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Smogger, Slalom
Smog Alert	Inflicts physical damage, Darkness, Poison, Sadness and Silence on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Gas Ducter
Smoke Bullet	Inflicts Darkness and Sleep on one opponent.	Hidden	Marine, Attack Squad
Smoke Shot	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent. Known as Smoke shot in the demo release.	Shoot	Sweeper, Custom Sweeper
Snap	Inflicts physical damage on all opponents.	Shout	Armored Golem
Snowstorm	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 16 MP. Never used.	Ice	Lessaloploth
Somersault	Inflicts physical damage to each party members in one turn.	Non-elemental	Tail Vault
Sonic Attack	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Wind	Sonic Speed
Southern Cross	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Ice	Ancient Dragon
Spade	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Joker
Spaz Voice	May inflict Fury on one opponent. Costs 15 MP.	Non-elemental	Razor Weed
Spear Attack	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Punch	Gi Nattak
Speed Punch	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Valron
Speed Slash	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Moth Slasher
Spider Attack	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Kimara Bug
Spider Web	Inflicts Slow on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Mystery Ninja
Spiky Hell	Inflicts exactly 200 damage on one opponent.	Punch	Bloatfloat
Spin Attack	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Jersey
Spin Turn	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Death Dealer
Spinning Bodyblow	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Heli Gunner*(Spinning form)
Spinning Card	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Joker
Spinning Cut	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Sword Dance*(Never used), Corvette
Spin	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Spiral*(Rolling form)
Split	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	SOLDIER:3rd
Squash	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Earth	Gigas
St. Elmos Fire	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Ghost Ship
Stab	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Punch	Thunderbird
Star	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Death Dealer
Stardust March	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Christopher
Stare Down	Inflicts Paralyzed on one opponent. Costs 5 MP.	Non-elemental	Twin Brain, Chekhov
Steal	Steals an item from the player's inventory.	Non-elemental	Vice, Prowler
Stigma	Inflicts magic damage dealing 13⁄4 times normal damage, Poison and Slow on all opponents.	Shout	Bizarro∙Sephiroth
Stigma	Inflicts magic damage dealing 11⁄2 times normal damage, Poison and Slow on all opponents. Never used.	Shout	Bizarro∙Sephiroth
Sting	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Punch	Stinger
Sting Bomb	Inflicts damage equal to 75% of the target's current HP on one opponent. Costs 20 MP.	Punch	Stinger
Stone Stare	Inflicts Slow-numb on one opponent. Costs 5 MP.	Hidden	Gagighandi
Stone Strike	Inflicts Petrify on one opponent. Costs 10 MP.	Hidden	Bagrisk
Stop	May inflict Stop on one or all opponents. Costs 34 MP.	Non-elemental	Jenova∙BIRTH, Jenova∙SYNTHESIS
Stop Eye	May inflict Stop on one opponent. Costs 4 MP.	Non-elemental	Grangalan Jr. Jr.*(Only used when berserked)
Stop Web	Inflicts Stop on one opponent. Costs 5 MP.	Shoot	Kimara Bug
Strong Kick	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Magnade*(without shield)
Sub Artillery	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent. Never used.	Shoot	Hundred Gunner
Suffocation Song	Inflicts Instant Death on one opponent.	Shoot	Christopher
Suicide	Sacrifice life to inflict damage equal to 18.75% of the target's HP to one opponent. Costs 10 MP.	Non-elemental	Vargid Police
Suicide Drop	Inflicts physical damage to all opponents and transform into second form (if not already in second form).	Earth	Hell House
Suicide Yang	Sacrifice life to inflict damage equal to 96.875% of the target's maximum HP on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Yang
Sun	Inflicts Darkness and Silence on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Death Dealer
Sun Diver	Removes one opponent from battle. Target is flagged as having run away.	Non-elemental	Gighee
Super Nova	Inflicts damage equal to 93.75% of the target's current HP and may inflict Confuse, Silence and Slow on all opponents.	Non-elemental	Safer∙Sephiroth
Support Beam	Inflicts Slow on one opponent. Costs 8 MP.	Non-elemental	Shadow Maker
Swamp Shoot	Inflicts physical damage and Darkness on one opponent.	Hit	Madouge
Swift Bolt	Inflicts physical damage to one or all opponents.	Lightning	Mystery Ninja*(Level 27, 32, 37, 42)
Swing Attack	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Mirage
Sword Attack	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Eligor
Sword of Doom	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	SOLDIER:2nd*(Also used as a counter-attack), SOLDIER:1st
Sword Rush	Physical attack on one opponent.		Aero Combatant*(Grounded form)
Swordblade	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Spencer

T

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
Tail	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Bagrisk, Shred
Tail Attack	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Aps, Bottomswell*(First form), Red Dragon, Vlakorados, Blue Dragon, Dark Dragon
Tail Laser	Inflicts physical damage on all opponents.	Shoot	Guard Scorpion*(Raised tail form), Jenova∙BIRTH
Tailbeat	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Flapbeat, Wind Wing
Take Over	Orders a Soul Fire to possess the selected target. Opponent is the target for its next four attacks (unless opponent is KO'd). Soul Fire cannot be attacked until Take Over expires.	Non-elemental	Gi Nattak, Soul Fire*(Never used)
Teardrop	Inflicts physical damage and Sadness on one opponent.	Shoot	Allemagne
Tentacle	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent. Known as Feeler in the demo release.	Hit	Guard Hound, Lost Number, Unknown 2
Tentacle Drain	Physically consumes target's HP to restore caster's HP.	Non-elemental	Blood Taste
Thread	Inflicts Stop on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Jayjujayme
Throw	User escapes from battle.	Non-elemental	Mystery Ninja
Throw	Inflicts physical damage on all opponents.	Fire	Turks:Elena
Throw	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Turks:Elena
Thunder Kiss	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 4 MP.	Lightning	Needle Kiss
Thunderball	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 20 MP.	Lightning	Ultimate Weapon*(Sky battles including Cosmo Canyon battle)
Thunderbolt	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 4 MP.	Lightning	Zemzelett
Time Damage	Inflicts damage equal to the sum of number of hours played multiplied by 100 and the number of minutes played on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Tonberry
to Beast	Changes Godo into Beast mode.	Non-elemental	Godo (Human, Cheater)
to Cheater	Changes Godo into Cheater mode.	Non-elemental	Godo (Human, Beast)
to Human	Changes Godo into Human mode.	Non-elemental	Godo (Beast, Cheater)
Toad	Either inflicts or removes Frog. Costs 14 MP.	Non-elemental	Jemnezmy
Tonfa	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	MP
Tongue	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Unknown
Tornade Wave	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 20 MP.	Wind	Diver Nest
Toxic Barf	Inflicts Slow and Poison on one opponent. Costs 58 MP. When used as a counter-attack, is used on any one target (except itself).	Non-elemental	Zolokalter
Toxic Powder	Inflicts physical damage and Poison on all opponents.	Poison	Bizarre Bug*(Flying form)
Tremor	Inflicts magic damage on all opponents. Costs 8 MP.	Earth	Schizo (Right), Schizo (Left)
Triangle Attack	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Mover
Triclops	May inflict Sadness and Slow-numb on one opponent. Costs 4 MP.	Non-elemental	Grangalan Jr.
Trine	Inflicts magic damage on all opponents. Costs 20 MP. Enemy Skill.	Lightning	Materia Keeper, Godo, Stilva*(Only used when manipulated)
Triple Attack	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Sneaky Step
Tropic Wind	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 12 MP.	Fire, Wind	Jenova∙DEATH
Turk Light	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Turks:Reno*(Gongaga and Midgar raid encounters only)
Twin Burner	Inflicts magic damage on all opponents. Costs 16 MP.	Fire	Motor Ball*(Flamethrower form)

U

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
Ultima	Inflicts magic damage on all opponents. Costs 130 MP.	Non-elemental	Ruby Weapon, Jenova∙SYNTHESIS*(After a five-turn countdown. Sacrifices user when used), Dark Dragon
Ultima Beam	Inflicts magic damage on all opponents. Costs 40 MP.	Hidden	Ultimate Weapon
Ultrasound	Inflicts magic damage and Silence on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Evilhead
Upper Cutter	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Spencer
Uppercut	Inflicts physical damage and Confuse on one opponent.	Shoot	Crazy Saw

V

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
Vacuum	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Bloatfloat
Verbal Attack	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Moth Slasher
Violent Advance	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Punch	Vlakorados
Viper Breath	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent. Costs 20 MP.	Ice, Water	Serpent
Voice of Ages	Inflicts Silence on one or all opponents. Costs 10 MP.	Shoot	Gighee

W

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
W-Laser	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Jenova∙BIRTH
W-Shield Throw	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Magnade
W Laser	Inflicts damage equal to 93.75% of the target's HP on one opponent.	Shoot	Flower Prong*(Third form)
W Machine Gun	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent. Known as Double in the demo release.	Shoot	Sweeper, Custom Sweeper, Death Machine, Proud Clod
W Rocket Punch	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Guardian
Wall	Bestows Barrier and MBarrier on one or all allies. Costs 58 MP.	Non-elemental	Safer∙Sephiroth
War Cry	Inflicts Sadness on one opponent. Costs 4 MP.	Non-elemental	Screamer, Staniv
Water Gun	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Sahagin
Water Wave	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shout	Senior Grunt
Waterball	Inflicted Imprisoned and Seizure on one opponent. Revives a Waterpolo.	Non-elemental	Bottomswell*(Third form)
Wave	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shout	Special Combatant
Wave Artillery	Inflicts physical damage on all opponents.	Shoot	Hundred Gunner*(Third form)
Wheelie	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Devil Ride
Wheelie Attack	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Heavy Tank
Whip	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Bad Rap, Bad Rap Sample
Whip Sting	Inflicts physical damage and Paralyzed on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Ho-chu
Whirlsand	Removes one opponent from battle. The target is flagged as defeated.	Non-elemental	Ruby Weapon
White Wind	Physically restores HP equal to the spellcaster's current HP and removes Berserk, Confuse, Darkness, Death Force, Frog, Manipulate, Paralyzed, Petrify, Poison, Resist, Silence, Sleep, Slow, Slow-numb, Small and Stop on all allies. Costs 34 MP. Enemy Skill.	Restorative	Zemzelett*(Only used when manipulated), Wind Wing
Wide Grazer	Inflicts magic damage on all enemies. Costs 15 MP.	Lightning	Ice Golem
Wing Cut	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Rapps, Lessaloploth
Wing Cutter	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Cut	Deenglow
Wire Attack	Inflicts magic damage on one opponent.	Hit	Capparwire
World	Inflicts Stop on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Death Dealer
Wrist Laser	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Shoot	Proud Clod

X

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
x	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Non-elemental	Killbin

Y

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
Ying Punch	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent.	Hit	Ying

Z

Ability	Description	Element	Enemy
Zip Confu	Inflicts physical damage and may inflict Confuse on one opponent. Never used.	Hit	Hammer Blaster
Zip Hammer	Inflicts physical damage on one opponent. Never used.	Hit	Hammer Blaster

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