Final Fantasy V enemy abilities

All enemies in Final Fantasy V possess three kinds of abilities: a regular physical attack (which is sometimes only used when berserked), a special ability, and a set of regular abilities.

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Special abilities[]

Each enemy possesses a special ability that deals damage and has one or more of the following properties:

Auto-hit and defense-piercing.
1.5× attack.^{[note 1]}
Confuse added status.
Darkness added status.
Old added status.
Paralyze added status.
Poison added status.
Sap added status.
None (i.e. it just deals normal damage - only relevant for one flavor of Critical Attack).

Some special abilities share the same name but have different properties. Others exist in the game code but are never used by at least some of their associated enemies. A few abilities are used exclusively as counters (e.g. Gil Turtle's Turtle ability). Critical Attack is the most common name for special abilities. Despite that, it has no relation to critical hits.

List of special abilities[]

In the following table ability names are those featured in the Advance and subsequent versions of the game.

Name	Properties	Enemies
Air Fist	Old added status Sap added status	Duelist (2nd form), Steel Fist
Axe	1.5× attack	Drippy
Bite	1.5× attack	Cur Nakk, Lycaon, Wild Nakk
Body Slam	1.5× attack	Bandersnatch, Bomb
Body Slam	Auto-hit and defense-piercing Paralyze added status	Bulette, Duelist (5th form)
Cat Scratch	1.5× attack	Gaelicat
Cat Scratch	Auto-hit and defense-piercing	Gaelicat (Metamorph)
Claw	1.5× attack	Steel Bat
Claw	Auto-hit and defense-piercing	Wing Raptor (1st form), Wing Raptor (2nd form)
Claw	Old added status	Mercury Bat
Claw	Paralyze added status	Archeoaevis (4th form), Sergeant (#41)
Claw	Poison added status	Archeosaur, Poison Eagle
Confuse Powder	Auto-hit and defense-piercing Confuse added status	Dragon Flower (5, left), Exoray (upper right)
Corner	1.5× attack	Headstone, Stone Mask, Ushabti
Counter	Auto-hit and defense-piercing Sap added status	Iron Fist
Counter	1.5× attack	Dueling Knight
Critical Attack	None	???, Abductor (#266), Abductor (#270), Abductor (Castle Exdeath), Adamantite Golem (Zephyrus), Adamantoise, Alte Roite, Antlion, Apanda, Archeodemon, Archeotoad, Aspis, Atomos, Azulmagia, Bahamut, Bandercoeurl (Phoenix Tower), Barrier, Belphegor, Bio Soldier (#51), Bio Soldier (Zephyrus), Black Flame, Black Goblin, Bone Dragon (Golem Battle), Byblos, Calcruthl, Calofisteri, Carbuncle (1st form), Carbuncle (2nd form), Catastrophe, Chimera Brain, Covert, Cray Claw, Crew Dust (Metamorph), Crystal (#277), Crystal (#278), Crystal (#279), Crystal (#280), Cur Nakk (Iron Claw battle), Dark Elemental (#233), Dark Elemental (#234), Dark Elemental (#235), Dark Elemental (Grand Aevis battle), Defeater, Desert Killer, Devilfish, Dhorme Chimera (Zephyrus), Dragon Pod, Elf Toad (#25), Elf Toad (Metamorph), Enchanted Fan (#65), Enchanted Fan (Metamorph), Enkidu, Exdeath (tree form), Famed Mimic Gogo, Flame Thrower, Flying Killer, Gargoyle, Gilgamesh (#267), Gilgamesh (#268), Gilgamesh (#274), Gilgamesh (#284, normal), Gilgamesh (#284, morphed), Gilgamesh (#310), Gobbledygook, Goblin (Bartz-only), Golem (2nd form), Grand Mummy, Guardian, Halicarnassus, Hole (Sandworm battle), Ice Commander, Ifrit (Metamorph), Imp (Castle Exdeath), Iron Claw, Jackanapes, Jackanapes (Castle Exdeath), Jura Aevis, Kuza beast (Phoenix Tower), Launcher (#318), Launcher (#319), Launcher (Soul Cannon battle, #260), Launcher (Soul Cannon battle, #261), Little Chariot, Magic Pot, Magissa, Mecha Head, Melusine (Physical form), Melusine (Fire form), Melusine (Ice form), Melusine (Lightning form), Merrow, Mini Dragon, Minotaur, Mummy, Neo Shinryu (invulnerable), Neo Shinryu (vulnerable), Nereid, Odin, Oiseaurare (Castle Exdeath), Omega, Omega Mk.II (Fire form), Omega Mk.II (Ice form), Omega Mk.II (Lightning form), Omniscient, Page 128, Page 256, Page 32, Page 64, Pantera, Phobos, Purobolos, Ramuh (Metamorph), Ricard Mage, Rock Slug, Rocket Launcher, Ronkan Knight (Zephyrus), Sandboil, Sergeant (Iron Claw battle), Shinryu, Shiva (#249), Shiva (Metamorph), Silent Bee, Siren (1st form), Sorcerer, Soul Cannon (#259), Soul Cannon (Phoenix Tower), Strapparer, Stroper, Tarantula, Titan, Tot Aevis, Treant, Triton, Tunneller (#80), Tunneller (Zephyrus), Twintania (1st form), Twintania (2nd form), Tyrannosaur, Wave Cannon, Wendigo, Wyvern (#28), Wyvern (Metamorph), Ziggurat Gigas (Zephyrus), Zombie Dragon (Golem Battle), Zombie Dragon (Metamorph)
Critical Attack	1.5× attack	Achelon, Alchymia, Ammonite, Ankheg, Aquathorn, Baldanders, Bandercoeurl (#130), Behemoth, Berserker, Birostris, Black Warlock, Blood Slime, Blue Dragon, Bone Dragon (Alchymia), Cherie, Chrono Controller, Claret Dragon, Coral, Crystal Dragon, Crystelle, Cure Beast, Cursed Being, Dark Aspic, Death Dealer, Dechirer, Dhorme Chimera, Dinozombie, Twin Lizard, Dragon Aevis, Druid, Exdeath's Soul, Executor, Flaremancer, Fury, Gel Fish, Ghidra (Alchymia), Gilgamesh (#307), Goblin, Golem (1st form), Gorgimera, Grass Tortoise, Gravitator, Great Dragon, Grenade, Hellraiser, Ice Soldier, Istory Lythos, King Behemoth, Kornago, Lamia Queen, Land Turtle, Lemure, Level Checker, Level Tricker, Liquid Flame (Tornado form), Magic Dragon, Magnetite, Mammon, Mandrake, Metamorph, Mini Magician, Moldwynd, Motor Trap, Mover, Mykale, Necromancer, Neon, Nix, Oiseaurare (#158), Orukat, Pao, Parthenope, Prototype, Ra Mage, Red Dragon (#133), Red Dragon (Alchymia), Reflect Mage, Sahagin, Sandcrawler, Sea Devil, Shadow, Shell Bear, Skeleton, Sleepy, Slug, Spizzner, The Damned, Thunder Anemone, Tiny Mage, Traveler, Triffid, Undead Husk, Undergrounder, Unknown (#168), Vilia, Weresnake, White Flame, Yellow Dragon, Zephyrus, Zombie Dragon (#104)
Critical Attack	Auto-hit and defense-piercing	Garula (normal enemy), Zu
Crush	1.5× attack Confuse added status	Landcrawler
Darkness Powder	Auto-hit and defense-piercing Darkness added status	Dragon Flower (3, middle), Exoray (bottom left)
Dimension Zero	1.5× attack Auto-hit and defense-piercing Sap added status	Enuo (1st form), Enuo (2nd form), Enuo's LHand, Enuo's RHand
Dive	1.5× attack	Cockatrice, Rukh, Sea Ibis
Drill	Old added status	Mindflayer
Eight Arms	1.5× attack	Moogle Eater, Octokraken
Elbow	Auto-hit and defense-piercing	Duelist (4th form), Gigas
Feeler	Old added status	Aegir
Feeler	Paralyze added status	Karlabos
Fin	Poison added status	Pas de Seul, Stingray
Fin	1.5× attack	Corbett
Fin	Sap added status	Rajiformes
Flying Knee	1.5× attack	Ziggurat Gigas (#112)
Headbutt	1.5× attack	Stone Golem
High Kick	1.5× attack	Sword Dancer
High Kick	Paralyze added status	Duelist (3rd form), Ifrit (#253)
Horn	1.5× attack	Big Horn, Frost Bull
Hose	1.5× attack	Aquagel
Incisor	Auto-hit and defense-piercing	Nutkin
Incisor	Auto-hit and defense-piercing Confuse added status Poison added status	Skull Eater, Soul Eater
Knife	Auto-hit and defense-piercing Sap added status	Tonberry
Knock Silly	Confuse added status	Shield Dragon
Knock Silly	1.5× attack Confuse added status	Moss Fungus
Left Jab	1.5× attack	Duelist (1st form), Elm Gigas
Lick	Sap added status	Mindflusher
Lick	Confuse added status	Poltergeist
Magic Stick	1.5× attack	Farfarello, Mani Wizard
Magic Stick	Old added status Sap added status	Ramuh (#255)
Mineuchi	Paralyze added status	Numb Blade
Needle^{[note 2]}	1.5× attack	Cactus, Gatling, Hedgehog, Killer Bee
Needle^{[note 2]}	Paralyze added status	Gloom Widow, Water Scorpion
Paralyze Powder	Auto-hit and defense-piercing Paralyze added status	Dragon Flower (4, mid left), Exoray (bottom right)
Pincer	1.5× attack	Acrophies, Devil Crab
Poison Powder	Auto-hit and defense-piercing Poison added status	Dragon Flower (2, mid right), Exoray (upper left)
Pressure	1.5× attack	Objet d'Art
Puncture	1.5× attack	Python
Ray	Paralyze added status	Liquid Flame (Hand form), Liquid Flame (Phoenix Tower), Medusa
Right Claw	Sap added status	Sand Bear
Rush	1.5× attack	Ghidra (#69), Hydra, Ironback, Kuza Beast (#85), Neo Garula, Tatou
Rush	Auto-hit and defense-piercing	Liquid Flame (Humanoid form)
Rush	Paralyze added status	Catoblepas
Rush	Sap added status	Garula (boss)
Sap	Sap added status	Archeoaevis (1st form), Crew Dust (#37), Doublizard, Imp (#121), Mini Satana, Unknown (#169), Unknown (#170), Unknown (#171), Unknown (#172)
Sickle	1.5× attack	Harvester
Sickle	Confuse added status Darkness added status Old added status Paralyze added status Poison added status Sap added status	Hades
Silver Powder	Auto-hit and defense-piercing Old added status	Dragon Flower (1, right), Exoray (upper)
Slap	Paralyze added status	Lamia
Sling	1.5× attack	Ronkan Knight (#63)
Sling	Darkness added status	Sekhmet
Spear	1.5× attack	Fairy Orc
Spirit Blast	1.5× attack	Galajelly
Squeeze	1.5× attack	Death Claw
Tackle	1.5× attack	Adamantite Golem, Forza, Iron Muscles
Tail	1.5× attack	Stray Cat, White Serpent, Wyrm
Tail	Auto-hit and defense-piercing	Mythril Dragon
Tail	Darkness added status	Archeoaevis (3rd form)
Tail	Paralyze added status	Bone Dragon (#102)
Tail	Sap added status	Desertpede, Leviathan
Takedown	Auto-hit and defense-piercing	Iron Giant, Ironclad
Ten Arms	1.5× attack	Devourer, Sucker
Thrust	1.5× attack	Reflect Knight
Toe Kick	1.5× attack	Shadow Dancer
Turtle	Confuse added status Darkness added status Old added status Paralyze added status Poison added status Sap added status	Gil Turtle
Tusk	Darkness added status	Blind Wolf
Tusk	Confuse added status	Archeoaevis (5th form)
Tusk	Confuse added status Old added status Poison added status	Sandworm
Vacuum Wave	1.5× attack	Neo Exdeath (Back part), Neo Exdeath (Front part), Neo Exdeath (Middle part), Neo Exdeath (Top part)
Vacuum Wave	1.5× attack Sap added status	Exdeath (Castle Exdeath), Necrophobe
Vacuum Wave	Auto-hit and defense-piercing Sap added status	Exdeath (Great Forest of Moore)
Venomous Clasp	Poison added status	Siren (undead form)
Wing Attack	1.5× attack	Lesser Lopros
Wing Attack	1.5× attack Poison added status	Grand Aevis
Wing Attack	Poison added status	Archeoaevis (2nd form)
Wring	Darkness added status Paralyze added status Poison added status	Assassin (Image), Yojimbo
Yagyuu's Strike	Sap added status	Assassin, Ninja

Regular abilities[]

#[]

Name	Description	Enemy
??? (????)	Inflicts damage equal to maximum HP minus current HP. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Azulmagia, Kuza Beast, Tyrannosaur, Wild Nakk, Behemoth, Gel Fish, King Behemoth, Mecha Head, Numb Blade, Traveler
100 Gs (Gravity 100)	Removes Float from all party members. Is Reflectable.	Catastrophe, Exdeath
1000 Needles (Blow Fish)	Inflicts exactly 1000 damage to a party member. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Azulmagia, Lamia Queen, Cactus, Hedgehog, Lamia, Lemure, Mykale

A[]

Name	Description	Enemy
Aera (Aero 2)	Deal wind damage to a party member. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Gigas, Enchanted Fan, Page 32, Gilgamesh, Enkidu, Abductor, Azulmagia, Galajelly
Aero	Deals minor wind damage to a party member. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Moldwynd, Gigas, Magissa, Mykale, Azulmagia, Defeater
Aeroga (Aero 3)	Deals major wind damage. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Enchanted Fan, Magic Dragon, Elm Gigas, Crystal, Baldanders, Azulmagia, Neo Exdeath, Dark Elemental, Enuo, Cherie, Ziggurat Gigas
Almagest	Major Holy-elemental damage on all party members, inflicts Sap.	Hades, Neo Exdeath, Neo Shinryu, Enuo
(Alte Roit's true form!)	Morphs into Jura Aevis	Alte Roite
Aqua Breath (Aqua Rake)	Deals non-elemental damage to all party members, despite its name. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Dhorme Chimera, Chimera Brain, Leviathan, Bahamut, Azulmagia, Crystal, Enuo, Famed Mimic Gogo, Aquagel
Arise	Revives a target in KO status with full HP. Shares its name with Raise in the Anthology translation.	Purobolos
Atomic Ray (Atom Ray)	Medium Fire-elemental damage to all party members.	Bahamut, Gorgimera, Omega, Omega Mk.II, Red Dragon, Shinryu, Twintania
Attack (Strong) (Fight (Strong))	Strong physical attack. Ignores Evasion.	Duelist, Flaremancer, Steel Fist

B[]

Name	Description	Enemy
Barrier Change (Wall Change)	Changes elemental weakness.	Melusine, Omega MK. II
Beak	Inflicts Petrify on a target	Cockatrice, Tot Aevis
Berserk (Bersrk)	Target is unable to be controlled and attacks randomly. Attack and Speed increases.	Enuo, Fury, Mammon, Triffid, Treant
Bio	Moderate poison-elemental damage and Sap.	Bio Soldier, Calofisteri, Enuo, Exdeath (1st), Flaremancer, Fury, Omniscient, Phobos
Blaster	Paralyzes or kills a party member.	Bandercoeurl, Grand Aevis, Omega, Omega Mk.II, Pantera, Prototype
Blaze (Flame)	Deals Fire-elemental damage to all party members equal to 25% of their max HP. Fails against heavy targets.	Bahamut, Great Dragon, Ifrit, Covert, Jura Aevis, Liquid Flame, Neo Shinryu, Archeoaevis
Blink (Image)	Makes target evade the next 2 physical attacks.	Zephyrus
Blizzaga (Ice3)	Major Ice-elemental damage.	Barrier, Enuo, Exdeath (1st), Flaremancer, Fury, Melusine, Necrophobe, Neo Exdeath, Nereid, Omniscient
Blizzara (Ice2)	Moderate Ice-elemental damage.	Carbuncle, Flaremancer, Ra Mage, Omniscient, Shiva, Reflect Mage
Blizzard (Ice)	Minor Ice-elemental damage.	Ice Soldier, Magissa, Mani Wizard, Omniscient, Siren, Reflect Mage
Bone	Reduces a party member's HP to single digits. Fails against heavy targets.	Bone Dragon, Dinozombie
Break	Inflicts Petrify.	Carbuncle, Black Warlock, Flaremancer, Objet d'Art
Breath Wing (Air Wing)	Deals Wind-elemental damage to all party members equal to 25% of their max HP. Fails against heavy targets.	Claret Dragon, Corbett, Crystal Dragon, Dragon Aevis, Grand Aevis, Jura Aevis, Lesser Lopros, Neo Shinryu, Rukh, Tot Aevis, Wing Raptor, Wyrm, Wyvern

C[]

Name	Description	Enemy
Chain Detonation (Resploder)	Ability that may have been used/was meant to be used as a special script ability for death animations.	Ramuh, Catoblepas, Sekhmet, Sandworm, Exdeath's normal and tree forms, Archeoaevis, Gilgamesh, Wendigo
Confuse (Charm) (Muddle)	Inflicts Confuse.	Apanda, Byblos, Carbuncle, Black Warlock, Imp, Omniscient, Sorcerer, Tiny Mage, Wendigo
Comet	Inflicts a random amount of damage to one party member.	Atomos, Chrono Controller, Fury, Neo Exdeath
Cura (Cure2)	Restores moderate HP.	Calofisteri, Carbuncle, Cure Beast, Omniscient, Purobolos, Tiny Mage, Zephyrus
Curaga (Cure3)	Restores major HP.	Fairy Orc
Cure	Restores minor HP.	Omniscient, Ricard Mage, Siren
Curse	Randomly inflicts Toad, Mini, Poison, Darkness, Old, Sleep, Confuse, Berserk, Silence, and Sap to one party member. Is often used as a counterattack.	Archeodemon, Neo Shinryu

D[]

Name	Description	Enemy
Dark Spark (BlakShock) (Black Shock)	Halves a party member's level. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Black Flame, Strapparer, Ushabti, Azulmagia, Hades, Shadow, Druid
Danse Macabre (Dance Macabre) (DoomDance)	Inflicts Zombie to a party member.	Cherie, Cursed Being, Mummy, Sword Dancer, Enuo
Dancehall Daze (Daze Dance)	Inflicts Sleep to a party member.	Cherie, Gilgamesh, Grand Mummy, Medusa, Shadow Dancer
Death (Doom)	Inflicts Death to a party member.	Alchymia, Aquathone, Carbuncle, Black Warlock, Exdeath's Soul, Fury, Necrophobe, Archeodemon
Death Claw (Doom Claw)	Reduces a party member's HP to single digits and paralyzes them. Fails against heavy targets. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Death Claw, Treant, Gilgamesh, Soul Eater, Azulmagia, Iron Claw, Objet d'Art, Strapparer
Deep Freeze	Major Ice-elemental damage and Stop to all party members.	Enuo
Delta Attack	Damages and inflicts Petrify to a party member.	Guardian, Phobos, Nereid, Triton, Mover, Neo Exdeath, Omega Mk.II, Unknown (#168), Enuo
Demon Eye (Demon's Eye) (Evil Eye)	Petrifies a party member.	Achelon, Catastrophe, Catoblepas, Grand Aevis, Medusa, Orukat, Shinryu, Enuo
Digestive Acid (HeartBurn)	Damages and inflicts Sap to a party member.	Ammonite, Devilfish, Mandrake, Unknown (#170), Antlion
Dischord	Halves level of a party member.	Achelon, Byblos, Druid, Enkidu, Gilgamesh, Tunneller, Antlion, Apanda
Dispel	Removes positive statuses.	Exdeath (1st), Neo Exdeath, Tiny Mage
Doom (Condemn) (Condemned)	Instantly kills one party member after 30 seconds. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Exdeath, Hades, Azulmagia, The Damned, Unknown (#172), Neo Shinryu
Drain	Steal HP from target to restore own HP.	Apanda, Biblos, Calofisteri, Carbuncle, Black Warlock, Farfarello, Fury, Magissa, Omniscient, Ricard Mage, Catoblepas, Soul Eater
Drain Touch	Non-elemental damage to one character and absorbs HP from character equal to damage dealt.	Enuo, Archeodemon

E[]

Name	Description	Enemy
Earth Shaker	Major Earth-elemental damage to all party members.	Bahamut, Catastrophe, Crystal, Titan
Earthquake	Major Earth-elemental attack to all party members.	Ankheg, Gil Turtle, Great Dragon, Neo Shinryu, Omega, Omega Mk.II, Undergrounder
Electrocute (Shock)	Minor Lightning-elemental damage to a party member.	Gilgamesh, Gorgimera, Guardian, Octokraken, Ramuh
Embrace (Hug)	Inflict Petrify.	Lemure, Medusa, Aquagel
Encircle	Kills a party member and removes them from battle.	Alte Roite, Druid, Guardian, Mover, Omega, Omega Mk.II, Tiny Mage
Entangle (Coilote)	Inflicts Paralyze to a party member.	Archeoavis, Aspis, Jura Aevis, Leviathan, Python, Unknown (#170), Weresnake, White Serpent
Entice (Tempta)	Inflicts Confuse.	Imp, Lamia, Lamia Queen, Medusa, Melusine, Parthenope
Esuna (Heal) (Remedy)	Removes negative statuses except Doom.	Calofisteri, Carbuncle

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Name	Description	Enemy
Fira (Fire2)	Moderate Fire-elemental damage.	Executor, Carbuncle, Flaremancer, Ifrit, Ra Mage, Liquid Flame, Omniscient, Reflect Mage
Firaga (Fire3)	Major Fire-elemental damage.	Barrier, Enuo, Exdeath (1st), Flaremancer, Fury, Liquid Flame, Melusine, Necrophobe, Neo Exdeath, Omniscient, Triton
Fire	Minor Fire-elemental damage.	Magissa, Mani Wizard, Reflect Mage
Flame Thrower (Emission) (Burn Ray)	Deals moderate fire damage to one party member. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Prototype, Flame Thrower, Mecha Head, Omega, Omega Mk.II, Triton, Great Dragon, Azulmagia, Claret Dragon, Mindflayer
Flare	Major non-elemental defense-ignoring damage to one party member.	Barrier, Enuo, Exdeath (Final), Famed Mimic Gogo, Necrophobe, Neo Exdeath, Omniscient, Archeodemon
Flash	Blinds all party members. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Headstone, Crew Dust, Ramuh, Neon, Gilgamesh, Necrophobe, Azulmagia, Orukat, Parthenope, Stone Mask
Flee (Escape)	Flees from battle.	Antlion, Big Horn, Desert Killer, Frost Bull, Garula, Gilgamesh, Kornago, Magic Pot, Pantera, Sergeant, Shield Dragon, Skull Eater
Float	Avoid Earth-elemental damage.	Chrono Controller, Omniscient
Frost (Blaze)	Ice-elemental damage to all party members.	Bahamut, Blue Dragon, Famed Mimic Gogo, Gorgimera, Jura Aevis, Lesser Lopros, Manticore, Nereid, Wendigo
Frostbite (FrostBite)	Minor Ice-elemental damage on all party members.	Istory Lythos, Mini Dragon

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Name	Description	Enemy
Giga Flare (Gigaflare)	Massive non-elemental damage to all party members.	Neo Shinryu, Twintania, Archeodemon, Enuo
(Gilgamesh Morph!!)	Morphs into Gilgamesh (#284b).	Gilgamesh (#284a)
Goblin Punch (GobPunch)	Deals physical damage, damage increases is the caster and target's levels are the same. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Goblin, Black Goblin, Gilgamesh, Gobbledygook, Azulmagia, Sahagin, Nix
Grand Cross	Attempts to inflict a random status ailment (among death, petrify, toad, mini, poison, zombie, darkness, old, sleep, paralyze, confuse, berserk, silence, stop, doom, sap, and critical) on each target. The status ailment is randomized for each target.	Neo Exdeath (top part), Enuo (left hand), Enuo (2nd form)
Graviga (Quarter) (Demi2)	Reduces HP by 7/8.	Chrono Controller, Enuo, Gravitator, Omniscient, Atomos
Gravity (Demi)	Reduces HP by ½.	Chrono Controller, Exdeath (1st), Hole, Omniscient, Atomos

H[]

Name	Description	Enemy
Haste	Doubles speed of target.	Calofisteri, Exdeath (1st), Gilgamesh (Big Bridge), Halicarnassus, Omniscient, Siren, Zephyrus, Enuo
Hastega (Haste2)	Inflicts Haste on enemy party.	Chrono Controller
Holy	Major Holy-elemental damage to one party member.	Barrier, Enuo, Exdeath (Final), Famed Mimic Gogo, Halicarnassus, Minotaur, Neo Exdeath
Hurricane	Reduces a party member's HP to single digit. Fails against heavy targets.	Gilgamesh, Iron Giant, Ironclad, Necrophobe, Wendigo, Ziggurat Gigas, Abductor, Enuo

I[]

Name	Description	Enemy
Ice Storm (Blizzard)	Major Ice-elemental damage to all party members.	Bahamut, Blue Dragon, Famed Mimic Gogo, Neo Shinryu, Nereid, Shinryu, Twintania
Image	Causes two physical attacks to miss.	Assassin, Druid
Interceptor	Intercepts a jumping party member, negating their !Jump attack.	Mecha Head

J[]

Name	Description	Enemy
Jump		Gilgamesh

L[]

Name	Description	Enemy
Level 2 Old (L2 Old) (L. 2 Old)	Casts Old on all party members whose levels are a multiple of 2. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Magic Dragon, Level Checker, Azulmagia, Executor, Shinryu, Level Tricker
Level 3 Flare (L3 Flare) (L. 3 Flare)	Massive non-elemental, defense-ignoring damage to all party members whose levels are a multiple of 3. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Exdeath, Level Checker, Azulmagia, Executor, Shinryu, Tunneller, Red Dragon, Archeosaur, Enuo
Level 4 Graviga (L4 Qrtr) (L. 4 Quarter)	Casts Graviga on all party members whose levels are a multiple of 4. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Ghidra, Level Tricker, Level Checker, Azulmagia, Executor, Enuo
Level 5 Death (L5 Doom) (L. 5 Doom)	Instantly KO’s all party members whose levels are a multiple of 5, ignores death immunity and is unblockable. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Page 64, Level Checker, Azulmagia, Executor, Enuo, Level Tricker
Libra (Scan)	See target's stats.	Omniscient, Siren, Tiny Mage
Lightning	Deals Lightning-elemental damage to all party members equal to 25% of their max HP. Fails against heavy targets.	Bahamut, Ghidra, Hydra, Jura Aevis, Neo Shinryu, Ramuh, Shinryu, Yellow Dragon
Lilliputian Lyric (LitlSong) (Little Song)	Inflicts Mini on a party member. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Mini Magician, Gilgamesh, Cherie, Farfarello, Azulmagia, Vilia, Mykale
Go forth, creatures of darkness! (Lo, Creatures of Darkness!)	Calls an enemy into battle. Will summon one of the following: Adamantite Golem, Bio Soldier, Dhorme Chimera, Ronkan Knight, Tunneller, or Ziggurat Gigas.	Zephyrus

M[]

Name	Description	Enemy
Maelstrom	Reduces HP of random party members to single digits. Fails against heavy targets.	Bahamut, Famed Mimic Gogo, Grand Aevis, Jura Aevis, Landcrawler, Neo Exdeath, Neo Shinryu, Omega, Omega Mk.II, Sandcrawler, Shinryu, Enuo, Archeoaevis
Magic Hammer (MagHammr) (MagHammer)	Halves a party member's MP. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Byblos, Drippy, Apanda, Azulmagia, Oiseaurare
Magnet (Magneto)	Pulls a character from the back row into the front row. It has no effect of front row characters.	Druid, Liquid Flame, Magnetite
Gamma Ray (Zap Wave)	Inflicts Stop.	Motor Trap, Soul Cannon (Phoenix Tower)
Mega Flare	Major non-elemental damage to all party members.	Bahamut, Twintania, Archeodemon
Meltdown	Heavy Fire-elemental damage and Sap to the party.	Enuo
(Metamorpha: Morph!!)	Morphs into different enemy. Either Cait Sith, Crew Dust, Elf Toad, Enchanted Fan, Ifrit, Ramuh, Shiva, Wyvern, or Zombie Dragon.	Metamorph
Meteor (Meteo)	4 non-elemental hits for random damage.	Chrono Controller, Enuo, Exdeath (1st), Exdeath (Final), Gogo, King Behemoth, Neo Exdeath, Neo Shinryu, Behemoth
Mighty Guard (BigGuard) (Guardian)	Casts Protect, Shell, and Float on the group. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Azulmagia, Shinryu, Neo Shinryu, Ironclad, Stingray, Tiny Mage
Mind Blast (MindBlst)	Damages and paralyzes a party member. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Wendigo, Twintania, Mindflayer, Azulmagia
Mini (Size)	Inflicts or cures Mini.	Fury, Omniscient, Ramuh, Tiny Mage
Missile	Reduces a party member's HP to ¼. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Prototype, Rocket Launcher, Enkidu, Gilgamesh, Mecha Head, Soul Cannon, Azulmagia, Motor Trap
Moon Flute	Casts Berserk on all party members. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Page 256, Jackanapes, Mykale
Mustard Bomb	Damages and inflicts Sap to a party member.	Little Chariot, Mecha Head, Omega, Omega Mk.II, Prototype
Mute (Void)	Prevents enemy party from casting spells for the remainder of the battle.	Neo Shinryu

N[]

Name	Description	Enemy
Needle^{[note 2]}	Inflicts Darkness and Silence on a target.	Gloom Widow, Silent Bee, Water Scorpion

O[]

Name	Description	Enemy
Old	Stats decrease rapidly over time.	Carbuncle, Chrono Controller, Calofisteri
Off-Guard (Guard-Off)	Lowers Defense. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Magic Dragon, Ziggurat Gigas, Ushabti, Azulmagia, Page 256, Shadow, The Damned
Osmose (Psych) (Asper)	Drain MP from target to restore own MP.	Aspis, Enuo, Farfarello, Mini Magician, Ramuh, Soul Eater

P[]

Name	Description	Enemy
Panacea	Removes negative status effects.	Apanda, Hellraiser
Paraclete	Raise a party member in KO status into a Zombie.	Fairy Orc, Grand Aevis
Poison (Venom)	Minor non-elemental damage and Poison.	Calofisteri, Enuo, Flaremancer, Omniscient
Poison Breath	Major attack, inflicts Poison to all party members.	Archeosaur, Bahamut, Dinozombie, Ghidra, Grand Aevis, Neo Shinryu, Shinryu, Tyrannosaur, Zombie Dragon
Pond's Chorus (Toad Song)	Inflicts Toad on a party member. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Azulmagia, Elf Toad, Archeotoad, Kornago, Farfarello, Gilgamesh, Lemure, Vilia
Possess	Sacrifice self to kill a party member.	Unknown (#169)
Protect (Armor) (Protes)	Reduces damage from physical attacks.	Byblos, Calofisteri, Carbuncle, Enuo, Gilgamesh (Big Bridge), Necromancer, Siren, Zephyrus, Apanda
Punishment	Sacrifices self for large damage to the entire party.	Soul Cannon

Q[]

Name	Description	Enemy
Quicksand	Damages and inflicts Sap to a party member.	Desert Killer, Sandworm, Spizzner

R[]

Name	Description	Enemy
Rainbow Wind	Inflicts Darkness, Silence, and Sap.	Galajelly, Moss Fungus, Omega, Omega Mk.II, Phobos, Shadow Dancer
Raise (Arise)	Revives a target in KO status to Critical.	Hellraiser
Reaper's Sword (Doom Sword)	Physical attack with a chance to instantly kill a party member.	Exdeath's Soul, Hades, Enuo
Reflect (Wall) (Rflect)	Bounce certain spells back at enemy party.	Calofisteri, Omniscient
Regen	Target regains HP at set intervals.	Calofisteri, Chrono Controller, Enuo, Magissa, Omniscient
Remedy	Fully heals target's HP.	Alte Roite, Famed Mimic Gogo, Gilgamesh, Magic Pot, Omega MK.II
Return (Reset)	Starts battle over.	Omniscient
[??] (Reverse)	Morphs into Metamorph.	Cait Sith, Crew Dust, Elf Toad, Enchanted Fan, Ifrit, Ramuh, Shiva, Wyvern, Zombie Dragon
Reverse Polarity (Rev Polar)	Switches the row of party members.	Crystelle, Twin Lizard, Exdeath, Guardian, Halicarnassus, Mecha Head, Parthenope, Unknown (#168)
Ribbit	Inflicts Toad on target.	Alchymia
Ribbit (Hah-hahaha!)	Inflicts Toad on enemy party.	Halicarnassus
Rocket Punch	Inflicts damage equal to half of target's max HP and inflicts Confuse.	Gilgamesh, Iron Giant, Ironclad, Rocket Launcher, Omega, Omega MK. II
Roulette	Randomly targets one ally or enemy and inflicts instant death. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Parthenope, Azulmagia, Death Dealer, Shinryu, Hades

S[]

Name	Description	Enemy
Search (Target)	Indicates next target.	Level Checker, Omega Mk.II
Self Destruct (Exploder)	Instantly kills the monster and deals damage equal to its HP to a party member. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Azulmagia, Motor Trap, Bomb, Purobolos, Grenade, Gilgamesh, Prototype
Shell	Reduces damage from magic attacks.	Calofisteri, Carbuncle, Gilgamesh (Big Bridge), Halicarnassus, Harvester, Hades, Necromancer, Zephyrus, Tiny Mage
Silence (Mute)	Inflicts Silence.	Fury, Omniscient, Siren
Sleep	Inflicts Sleep.	Ricard Mage, Siren, Sleepy
Slimer	Inflicts Slow and Sap.	Aquathorn, Cray Claw, Devourer, Page 128, Rock Slug, Slug, Unknown (#169), Unknown (#170)
Slow	Inflicts Slow.	Chrono Controller, Omniscient, Ricard Mage, Atomos
Slowga (Slow2)	Inflicts Slow on the party.	Black Warlock, Chrono Controller, Enuo, Fury, Atomos
(Spawn!!)	Spawns two copies of itself.	Pantera
Spore	Inflicts Poison	Aegir, Coral, Lemure, Moss Fungus, Sandboil, Unknown (#168)
Stop	Inflicts Stop.	Calofisteri, Carbuncle, Black Warlock, Fury, Omniscient, Ricard Mage

T[]

Name	Description	Enemy
Tail Screw	Reduces a party member's HP to single digits. Fails against heavy targets.	Claret Dragon, Cray Claw, Karlabos, Corbett*(only used through Control)
Terminate	Ends the battle.	Mover
Thundaga (Bolt3)	Major Lightning-elemental damage.	Barrier, Enuo, Exdeath (1st), Flaremancer, Fury, Melusine, Necrophobe, Neo Exdeath, Omniscient
Thundara (Bolt2)	Moderate Lightning-elemental damage.	Carbuncle, Flaremancer, Ra Mage, Omniscient, Ramuh, Reflect Mage
Thunder (Bolt)	Minor Lightning-elemental damage.	Magissa, Mani Wizard, Siren, Reflect Mage, Archeoaevis
Tidal Wave	Major Water-elemental attack on all party members.	Leviathan, Neo Shinryu, Shinryu, Twintania
Time Slip	Casts Old and Sleep on a party member. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Traveler, Gilgamesh, Azulmagia, Cherie
Toad	Inflicts or cures Toad.	Apanda, Byblos, Flaremancer, Garula (Walz Tower), Omniscient, Sorcerer
Transfusion (Pep Up)	Fully restores target's HP and MP. Instantly kills the user afterward. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Mythril Dragon, Gargoyle, Birositris, Calcruthl, Devilfish, Mover

V[]

Name	Description	Enemy
Vampire (Red Feast)	Drain HP from a party member equal to the difference between the user's current HP and maximum HP, up to the target's current HP. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Steel Bat, Blood Slime, Abductor, Zombie Dragon, Enkidu, Dark Aspic, Python, Mercury Bat, Azulmagia, Achelon, Dechirer, Shadow
Vanish (Dark Returns)	Used when hit by a Gold Needle. Merely a death animation.	Objet d'Art, Alchymia

W[]

Name	Description	Enemy
Wave Cannon (Beam Cannon)	Deals major damage to all party members equal to half of a character's maximum HP and inflicts Sap.	Mecha Head, Omega, Omega Mk.II, Soul Cannon, Wave Cannon
Web (Thread)	Inflicts Slow.	Byblos, Druid, Gloom Widow, Moss Fungus, Tarantula
White Hole	Instantly kills and Petrifies a party member.	Neo Shinryu, Exdeath, Enuo
White Wind (WhiteWind)	Restores the group's HP equal to the caster's HP. This attack may be learned as a Blue Magic spell.	Enchanted Fan, Azulmagia, Dark Elemental, Enkidu, White Flame, Hellraiser
Wind Slash (Gale Cut)	Wind-elemental attack on all party members.	Apanda, Byblos, Covert, Enkidu, Gilgamesh, Twintania
Wormhole	Removes a party member in KO status from battle.	Atomos

X[]

Name	Description	Enemy
Banish (Degen) (X-Zone)	Inflicts Death to a target.	Black Warlock, Carbuncle, Chrono Controller, Exdeath Soul, Gilgamesh (#284b)

Z[]

Name	Description	Enemy
Zantetsuken (Z-Sword) (VengancSwd)	Major physical damage to the party.	Odin
Zombie Breath (ZomBreath)	Major non-elemental damage to the party and inflicts Zombie if it reduces a character's HP to 0.	Archeosaur, Bahamut, Neo Shinryu, Shield Dragon, Shinryu, Grand Aevis
Zombie Powder	Inflicts Zombie to a party member.	Dragon Flower, Exoray, Grand Aevis, Necromancer, Rukh, Neo Shinryu

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Annotations[]

↑ Technically speaking, the A parameter of the relevant damage formula is multiplied by 1.5 by means of adding half of the original value.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 There are three different versions of the Needle ability. The first two count as special abilities, while the third one is a regular ability.

[1] Technically speaking, the A parameter of the relevant damage formula is multiplied by 1.5 by means of adding half of the original value.

[needle-versions-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 There are three different versions of the Needle ability. The first two count as special abilities, while the third one is a regular ability.

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