Final Fantasy XIII-2 abilities

This is a full list of Paradigm Role and Synthesized abilities in Final Fantasy XIII-2. Feral Link abilities can be found on the Feral Link page.

Battle commands

Name	Role	Description	Image
Auto-battle	Commando	Stock a set of commands focused on dealing damage.
Auto-chain	Ravager	Stock a set of commands focused on building chain bonuses.
Auto-cover	Sentinel	Stock a set of commands focused on protecting allies.
Auto-hinder	Saboteur	Stock a set of commands focused on weakening enemies.
Auto-support	Synergist	Stock a set of commands focused on strengthening allies.
Auto-heal	Medic	Stock a set of commands focused on healing allies.
Abilities	All	Select commands to add to the queue.
Repeat	All	Repeat the same command sequence used previously.
Items	All	Use items.
Change Leader	All	Select character to control. Monsters cannot be chosen.

Lightning and Odin

Ability	Type	Description	ATB Cost
Snipe	Command	Deal physical damage to target.	1
Lightning Strike	Command	Inflict lightning-attribute magic damage on target and nearby foes.	3
Ullr's Shield	Command	Boost physical and magic resistance, and restore HP.	6

Lightning and Bahamut

Ability	Type	Description	ATB Cost
Focused Bolts	Command	Unleash lightning attacks that drive the target back.	2
Graviton Mines	Command	After a short time, an explosion scatters magic projectiles.	3
War's Benediction	Command	Restores HP and grants Haste.	6

Commando

Ability	Type	Effect	Serah	Noel	Mon (Monster) Only	Infusible
Adrenaline	Auto	Boost Strength and Magic when HP is high.		Y		Y
Area Sweep	Command	Inflict physical damage on target and nearby foes and knock them backwards.			Y
Armor Breaker	Auto	Boosts Strength when an enemy's physical resistance is set to 'Resistant' or 'Halved'.			Y
Attack	Command	Deal physical damage to target.	Y	Y
Blindside	Auto	Bolster Attack or Ruin at head of attack queue when non-staggered target is not targeting you.	Y	Y		Y
Blitz	Command	Deal physical damage to target and nearby foes.	Y	Y
Bloodthirsty	Auto	Boost Strength in proportion to enemy Wound damage.			Y
Bravery Feeder	Auto	Boosts Strength versus enemies enhanced with Bravery, and casts Bravery on self.			Y
Curse Chaser	Auto	Boosts Strength versus enemies afflicted with Curse.			Y
Deathblow	Auto	Instantly slay target with low HP.		Y
Deprotect Chaser	Auto	Boosts Strength versus enemies afflicted with Deprotect.			Y
Deshell Chaser	Auto	Boosts Strength versus enemies afflicted with Deshell.			Y
Drain Attack	Command	Absorbs HP from target in proportion to damage inflicted.			Y
Faith Feeder	Auto	Boosts Strength versus enemies enhanced with Faith, and casts Faith on self.			Y
Faultsiphon	Auto	Moderately charge ATB gauge upon attacking target afflicted with status ailments.			Y	Y
Fog Chaser	Auto	Boosts Strength versus enemies afflicted with Fog.			Y
Haste Feeder	Auto	Boosts Strength versus enemies enhanced with Haste, and casts Haste on self.			Y
Imperil Chaser	Auto	Boosts Strength versus enemies afflicted with Imperil.			Y
Jeopardize	Auto	Boost chain bonus of staggered target upon attacking.	Y			Y (Hidden)
Launch	Auto	Attack and launch staggered target into the air.	Y	Y
Lifesiphon	Auto	Recharge one ATB gauge segment upon slaying target.		Y		Y
Mind Piercer	Auto	Boosts Magic when an enemy's magical resistance is set to 'Resistant' or 'Halved'.			Y
Pain Chaser	Auto	Boosts Strength versus enemies afflicted with Pain.			Y
Poison Chaser	Auto	Boosts Strength versus enemies afflicted with Poison.			Y
Powerchain	Auto	Bolster Attack or Ruin at head of attack of queue when target's chain gauge is empty.	Y	Y		Y
Protect Feeder	Auto	Boosts Strength versus enemies enhanced with Protect, and casts Protect on self.			Y
Ravage	Auto	Bolster Blitz or Ruinga at head of attack queue when Ravager is present.	Y	Y
Ruin	Command	Deal non-elemental magic damage to target.	Y	Y
Ruinga	Command	Deal non-element magic damage to targets within wide radius.	Y	Y		Y
Scourge	Auto	Deal heavy damage with Attack to target about to recover from stagger.	Y	Y		Y
Shell Feeder	Auto	Boosts Strength versus enemies enhanced with Shell, and casts Shell on self.			Y
Slow Chaser	Auto	Boosts Strength versus enemies afflicted with Slow.			Y
Smite	Auto	Deal heavy damage with Attack to launched target about to recover form stagger.	Y	Y
Stagger: Drain	Auto	Casts Drain on staggered enemies, absorbing HP.			Y
Stagger: Wound	Auto	Inflicts Wound on staggered enemies, reducing maximum HP.			Y
Vigilance Feeder	Auto	Boosts Strength versus enemies enhanced with Vigilance, and casts Vigilance on self.			Y

Sentinel

Ability	Type	Effect	Serah	Noel	Mon (Monster) Only	Infusible
Provoke	Command	Entice enemies in range to attack the you.	Y	Y		Y
Challenge	Command	Force a single enemy to attack you.			Y	Y
Steelguard	Command	Defend, boosting physical and magic resistance each time you are attacked.	Y			Y
Mediguard	Command	Defend while gradually recovering HP.		Y		Y
Element Guard	Command	When defending, enhance all allies' resistance to elemental damage.	Y	Y		Y
Entrench	Command	Counterattack after defending, dealing more damage the longer you defend.		Y		Y
Vendetta	Command	Counterattack after defending dealing, more damage the more you are attacked.	Y			Y
Fringeward	Auto	Reduce damage to nearby allies when you are the target of an area attack.	Y	Y		Y
Deathward	Auto	Boost physical and magic resistance when HP is low.	Y	Y		Y
Reprieve	Auto	If HP is above a certain threshold, retain 1 HP when an attack would otherwise KO out.		Y		Y

Synergist

Ability	Type	Effect	Serah	Noel	Mon (Monster) Only	Infusible
Protect	Command	Raise target's physical resistance.	Y	Y		Y
Shell	Command	Raise target's magic resistance.	Y	Y		Y
Veil	Command	Raise target's status ailment resistance.	Y	Y		Y
Vigilance	Command	Decrease target's odds of being interrupted. Decrease wound damage taken.	Y	Y		Y
Bravery	Command	Raise target's Strength.			Y	Y
Faith	Command	Raise target's Magic.			Y	Y
Bravega	Command	Enhance all allies' physical attacks.			Y	Y
Faithga	Command	Enhance all allies' magic attacks.			Y	Y
Protectga	Command	Enhance all allies' physical resistance.		Y		Y
Shellga	Command	Enhance all allies' magic resistance.		Y		Y
Veilga	Command	Raise all allies resistance to status ailments.		Y		Y
Vigilaga	Command	Decrease all allies' odds of being interrupted. Decrease wound damage taken.		Y		Y
Enfire	Command	Add fire attribute to target's COM, RAV, SEN, or SAB attacks.			Y	Y
Enfrost	Command	Add ice attribute to target's COM, RAV, SEN, or SAB attacks.			Y	Y
Enthunder	Command	Add lightning attribute to target's COM, RAV, SEN, or SAB attacks.			Y	Y
Enaero	Command	Add wind attribute to target's COM, RAV, SEN, or SAB attacks.			Y	Y
Endless Blessings	Command	Extend duration of enhancements and positive status effects.			Y
Boon	Auto	Extend duration of target's existing status enhancements upon bestowing new ones.		Y		Y

Saboteur

Ability	Type	Effect	Serah	Noel	Mon (Monster) Only	Infusible
Deprotect	Command	Reduce target's physical resistance and deal magic damage.	Y	Y		Y
Deprotega	Command	Reduce physical resistance and deal magic damage within a wide radius.	Y			Y
Deprotect II	Command	Reduce physical resistance and deal heavy physical damage.			Y
Heavy Deprotega	Command	Reduce physical resistance and deal heavy physical damage within a wide radius.			Y
Deshell	Command	Reduce target's magic resistance and deal magic damage.	Y	Y		Y
Deshellga	Command	Reduce magic resistance and deal magic damage within a wide radius.	Y			Y
Deshell II	Command	Reduce magic resistance and deal heavy physical damage.			Y
Heavy Deshellga	Command	Reduce magic resistance and deal heavy physical damage within a wide radius.			Y
Imperil	Command	Reduce target's elemental resistances and deal magic damage.	Y	Y		Y
Imperilga	Command	Reduce elemental resistances and deal magic damage within a wide radius.	Y			Y
Imperil II	Command	Reduce elemental resistance and deal heavy physical damage.			Y
Heavy Imperilga	Command	Reduce elemental resistance and deal heavy physical damage within a wide radius.			Y
Poison	Command	Poison target and deal magic damage.	Y	Y		Y
Poisonga	Command	Poison and deal magic damage to targets within a wide radius.	Y			Y
Poison II	Command	Poison target and deal heavy physical damage.			Y
Heavy Poisonga	Command	Poison target and deal heavy physical damage within a wide radius.			Y
Dispel	Command	Remove target's two most recent status enhancements and deal magic damage.	Y	Y		Y
Dispelga	Command	Remove target's most recent status enhancement and deal magic damage within a wide radius.	Y			Y
Dispel II	Command	Remove target's two most recent enhancement and deal heavy physical damage.			Y
Heavy Dispelga	Command	Remove target's most recent status enhancement and deal heavy physical damage within a wide radius.			Y
Endless Nightmare	Command	Extend duration of harmful status ailments.			Y
Jinx	Auto	Extend duration of target's existing status ailments upon inflicting new ones.	Y
Curse	Command	Increase target's odds being interrupted, and deal magic damage. Increases wound damage taken.			Y	Y
Cursega	Command	Increase target's odds being interrupted, and deal magic damage within a wide radius. Increases wound damage taken.			Y	Y
Curse II	Command	Increase target's odds of being interrupted, and deal heavy physical damage. Increase wound damage taken.			Y
Heavy Cursega	Command	Increase target's odds of being interrupted, and deal heavy physical damage within a wide radius. Increase wound damage taken.			Y
Fog	Command	Disable target's spell-casting abilities and deal magic damage.			Y	Y
Fogga	Command	Disable target's spell-casting abilities and deal magic damage in a wide radius.			Y
Fog II	Command	Disable enemy magic abilities and deal heavy physical damage.			Y
Heavy Fogga	Command	Disable enemy magic abilities and deal heavy physical damage within a wide radius.			Y
Pain	Command	Disable target's physical abilities and deal magic damage.			Y	Y
Painga	Command	Disable target's physical abilities and deal heavy magic damage within a wide radius.			Y	Y
Pain II	Command	Disable enemy physical abilities and deal heavy physical damage.			Y
Heavy Painga	Command	Disable enemy physical abilities and deal heavy physical damage within a wide radius.			Y
Wound	Command	Deal wound damage to a target. Reduces maximum HP.	Y	Y		Y
Woundga	Command	Deal wound damage to targets in a wide radius. Reduces maximum HP.	Y			Y

Medic

Ability	Type	Effect	Serah	Noel	Mon (Monster) Only	Infusible
Cheer	Command	Boost the Feral Link gauge.			Y
Cure	Command	Restore target's HP.	Y	Y		Y
Cura	Command	Restore HP to target and nearby allies.		Y		Y
Curasa	Command	Restore HP to target proportional to amount of damage target has taken.	Y	Y		Y
Curaja	Command	Restore HP to target and nearby allies proportional to amount of damage each has taken.		Y		Y
Esuna	Command	Remove target's two most recently inflicted status ailment.	Y	Y		Y
Esunada	Command	Remove most recently inflicted status ailment from all allies.			Y	Y
Raise	Command	Revive an ally from KO.	Y	Y		Y

Ravager

Ability	Type	Effect	Serah	Noel	Mon (Monster) Only	Infusible
Aero	Command	Inflict wind-attribute magic damage on target and temporarily stun it.	Y	Y		Y
Aerora	Command	Inflict wind-attribute magic damage to target and nearby foes, tossing them into the air and drawing them in.		Y		Y
Aeroga	Command	Inflict wind-attribute magic damage on targets within a wide radius, drawing them up into a tornado.		Y		Y
Aero Blitz	Command	Inflict wind-attribute physical damage on target and nearby foes.			Y
Blizzard	Command	Inflict ice-attribute magic damage.	Y	Y		Y
Blizzara	Command	Inflict ice-attribute magic damage to target and nearby foes. Staggered targets take more damage.		Y		Y
Blizzaga	Command	Inflict ice-attribute magic damage on targets within a wide radius.		Y		Y
Electric Blitz	Command	Inflict lightning-attribute physical damage on target and nearby foes.			Y
Fearsiphon	Auto	Slightly charge ATB gauge upon attacking staggered target.	Y	Y		Y
Felflame	Auto	Increases damage of fire-based attacks against enemies vulnerable to fire.			Y
Felfrost	Auto	Increases damage of ice-based attacks against enemies vulnerable to ice.			Y
Felgust	Auto	Increases damage of wind-based attacks against enemies vulnerable to wind.			Y
Felspark	Auto	Increases damage of lightning-based attacks against enemies vulnerable to lightning.			Y
Fire	Command	Inflict fire-attribute magic damage.	Y	Y		Y
Fira	Command	Inflict fire-attribute magic damage to target and nearby foes. Staggered targets take more damage.	Y			Y
Firaga	Command	Inflict fire-attribute magic damage on targets within a wide radius.	Y			Y
Flamestrike	Command	Inflict fire-attribute physical damage.	Y	Y
Froststrike	Command	Inflict ice-attribute physical damage.	Y	Y
Galestrike	Command	Inflict wind-attribute physical damage on target.	Y	Y
Heat Blitz	Command	Inflict fire-attribute physical damage on target and nearby foes.			Y
Ice Blitz	Command	Inflict ice-attribute physical damage on target and nearby foes.			Y
Overwhelm	Auto	Boost chain bonus effect of attacks for each ally targeting the same enemy.	Y			Y
Sparkstrike	Command	Inflict lightning-attribute physical damage.	Y	Y
Thunder	Command	Inflict lightning-attribute magic damage.	Y	Y		Y
Thundara	Command	Inflict lightning-attribute magic damage to target and nearby foes. Staggered targets take more damage.	Y			Y
Thundaga	Command	Inflict lightning-attribute magic damage on targets within a wide radius.	Y			Y
Vigor	Auto	Boost chain bonus effect of your attack when your HP is high.	Y

Passive and synthesized abilities

Main article: Final Fantasy XIII-2 passive abilities

Exclusive command abilities

Ability	Effect	Character	Role
Meteor Javelin	Unleash a flurry of blows, clearing chain gauges. Damage varies by situation. Usable only once per battle.	Noel	Commando
Ultima Arrow	Unleash a salvo of attacks. Chain bonus effect varies by situation. Usable only once per battle.	Serah	Ravager

"Lightning's Story: Requiem of the Goddess" DLC abilities

Ability	Description	Paradigm
Attack	Deal physical damage to target.	Paladin
Blitz	Deal physical damage to target and nearby foes.	Paladin
Ruin	Deal non-element magic damage to target.	Paladin
Ruinga	Deal non-element magic damage to targets within wide radius.	Paladin
Launch	Attack and launch staggered target into the air.	Paladin
Smite	Deal heavy damage with Attack to launched target about to recover form stagger.	Paladin
Galestrike	Inflict wind-attribute physical damage on target.	Shaman
Windstorm	Inflict wind-attribute physical damage to target and surrounding foes.	Shaman
Bladestorm	Inflict wind-attribute physical damage to targets in a wide radius.	Shaman
Thunder	Inflict lightning-attribute magic damage.	Mage
Thundara	Inflict lightning-attribute magic damage on target and nearby foes. Staggered target take more damage.	Mage
Thundaga	Inflict lightning-attribute magic damage on targets within a wide radius.	Mage
Immortality	Reduces damage taken and raises status ailment resistance.	Knight
Aura	Removes all buffs and casts Bravery, Faith, and Haste.	Conjurer
Mighty Guard	Removes all buffs and casts Protect, Shell, Veil, and Vigilance.	Conjurer
Chaos	Inflicts Debrave, Defaith, Deprotect, Deshell, Curse, and Daze.	Sorcerer

Dummied abilities

The Water element was removed from the game, and its associated abilities can still be found within the game's data and they function as intended if added to a character's ability list through a third party tool.

Ability	Description	Paradigm
Aquastrike	Inflict water-attribute physical damage.	Dummied
Water	Inflict water-attribute magic damage.	Dummied
Watera	Inflict water-attribute magic damage on target and nearby foes. Staggered targets take more damage.	Dummied
Waterga	Inflict water-attribute magic damage on targets within a wide radius.	Dummied

Other appearances

Pictlogica Final Fantasy

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