Final Fantasy XIII-2 enemy abilities

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A list of various abilities used exclusively by enemies in Final Fantasy XIII-2.

Enemy abilities

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Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
1000 Needles	Physical	Deals around 1000 damage with every hit. May inflict the statuses Pain or Fog.	Gigantuar
10000 Needles	Physical	Deals around 10000 damage with every hit. May inflict the statuses Pain, Fog or Daze.	Metal Gigantuar

A

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Absolution		Removes all status ailments from Caius; buffs Caius with Protect, Shell, Veil, and Vigilance. Heals Gogmagog.	Gogmagog, Caius Ballad
Abyssal Yawn			Jet Bahamut
Accelerator			Omega
Acid Grenade	Support	Inflicts debuffs.	Lieutenant Amodar
Adieu	Support	Flees from battle.	Metallicactuar
Aleph Zero	Magical	Deals extreme magic damage to all enemies.	Raspatil
Anguished Melody			Gorgyra
Anti Force			Garnet Bahamut
Apparition Ray			Amber Bahamut
Army of One	Physical	Deals 11 hits of physical damage against a single opponent.	Lightning
Attack	Physical	Inflicts physical damage.	Gahongas
Attitude Shift	Support	Moves in and out of "out of reach"-zone.	Jet Bahamut

B

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Bashosen	Physical	Inflicts Slow and removes a buff.	Gilgamesh
Belch		Inflicts Poison.	Royal Ripeness, Mutantomato
Beseech			Raspatil
Black Hole			Faeryl
Blast Wave	Magical	Deals non-elemental damage and inflicts Wound damage.	Caius Ballad
Bloody Claw			Garnet Bahamut
Bloody Knife	Physical	Deals physical damage to target and inflicts Poison. Used after Revenge...	Don Tonberry
Body and Soul	Support	Grants Bravery, Faith, Haste, and Regen.	Caius Ballad
Bolverk			Valfodr
Break Curse		Inflicts Poison, Curse, and Slow on party.	Jet Bahamut
Brilliant Shower			Pacos Luvulite, Pacos Amethyst

C

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Call Reinforcements		Summons PSICOM Wardens, Nightblade Pumas, and Azure Behemoths.	Nabaat
Causality Barrier	Support		Gogmagog (2nd fight in New Bodhum), Aloeidai
Chain Break	Support	Clears the Chain gauge.	Caius Ballad
Changing Skies	Support	Buffs Amber Bahamut with (Bravery and Haste), and Garnet Bahamut with (Faith and Haste); removes status ailments from Amber and Garnet.	Jet Bahamut
Chastise			Nabaat
Choco Cure	Support	Restores a huge amount of HP to the user.	Chocobo, Green Chocobo, Purple Chocobo, White Chocobo
Choco Dash	Support	Flees from battle.	Green Chocobo
Cold Shock		Inflicts Wound damage.	Pacos Amethyst
Comet			Pacos Luvulite, Pacos Amethyst
Crimson Flames			Gogmagog (last fight)
Crippling Surge			Omega
Cross Slash			Valfodr
Crushing Blow	Physical		Twilight Odin
Cura	Magic	Restores HP to all allies in range.	Forked Cat
Curasa	Magic	Heals HP proportionate to amount of damage taken.	Forked Cat, Major Moblin
Cursega	Magic	Makes targets more vulnerable to interruption and deals magical damage to targets in range.	Valfodr

D

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Dark Flames			Jet Bahamut
Darkness Cutter			Raspatil
Defensive Maneuvers	Support	Casts Protect and Shell on summoned allies.	Nabaat
Defensive Stance	Support		Zenobia
Delirious Dance	Support		Gahongas
Demi Meteor		Inflicts Wound damage.	Left Manipulator, Right Manipulator
Deployment	Support	Summons Scutari.	Testudo
Deprotect	Magic	Reduces target's physical resistance by 30% and deals magic damage.	Ahriman
Deprotega	Magic	Reduces target's physical resistance by 30% and deals magic damage to targets in range.	Schrodinger, Valfodr
Dirge			Gorgyra
Dispel	Magic	Removes a target's most recent status enhancement and deals magic damage.	Ahriman
Dispelga	Magic	Removes nearby targets' most recent status enhancements and deals magic damage.	Caius Ballad (Requiem of the Goddess)
Divide and Conquer	Support	Paradigm Shifts Amodar to Saboteur role and Lightning to Commando role.	Lieutenant Amodar
Divider	Physical		Gilgamesh
Doom		Inflicts Doom.	Gorgyra
Double Trouble	Support	Paradigm Shifts both Amodar and Lightning to Commando role.	Lieutenant Amodar
Dragon Breath			Faeryl
Dying Sun	Magical	Deals heavy non-elemental damage to the party and inflicts Wound damage.	Jet Bahamut

E

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Eerie Soundwave		Inflicts status ailments.	Gilgamesh
Electrocute		Deals heavy Lightning damage to party members near the Centaurion Blade.	Immortal
Electroflare		Inflicts Wound damage.	Proto fal'Cie Adam
Enrage	Support		Valfodr
Envenomate	Physical	Inflicts Poison.	Albino Lobo
Esuna	Magical	Removes two last suffered debuffs.	Mewmao
Eye of Bahamut	Magical	Inflicts multiple debuffs on the target.	Caius Ballad
Exaflare	Magical	After a countdown from three, inflicts massive damage on the party, only a Sentinel can survive this. Only used if both Amber Bahamut and Garnet Bahamut are alive.	Jet Bahamut
Excalibur			Gilgamesh
Exoproofing: Ice	Support		Pink Lily
Exoproofing: Lightning	Support		Pink Lily

F

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Fanatical Dance			Gahongas
Feeding Stoop	Physical	Inflicts severe damage to targets in range.	Deathgaze, Kanna Kamuy, Svarog
Fireball	Magical	Deal massive fire-elemental to the party.	Typhon
Flamethrower		Inflicts fire-elemental damage on party.	Omega
Flare Shock		Inflicts wound damage.	Pacos Luvulite
Flourish of Steel	Physical	4-hit physical attack	Twilight Odin
Frost Breath	Magical	Deal ice-elemental damage to the party.	Ultros (second battle)

G

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Gagnrath			Valfodr
Gate of Babylon			Proto fal'Cie Adam
Gigaflare	Magical	After a countdown from three, inflicts heavy non-elemental damage on the party.	Jet Bahamut
Giga-Graviton	Magical	Inflicts moderate non-elemental damage. Similar to Ruinga.	Caius Ballad
Glacier Crush		Inflicts wound damage.	Pacos Amethyst
Gnash		Removes buffs.	Typhon
Goblinhancement	Support	Buffs allies.	Buccaboo Ace, Gancanagh Ace, Goblin Chieftain, Major Moblin, Munchkin Maestro
Graviton	Magical	Inflicts non-elemental damage. Similar to Ruin.	Caius Ballad
Great Roar			Faeryl

H

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Hand Grenade		Deals damage to nearby targets.	Lieutenant Amodar
Headspin			Pulsework Gladiator, Pulsework Knight
Heart of Chaos	Support	Grants Reraise. Used at the start of the battle.	Caius Ballad
Heave	Physical	Heavy physical damage and launches target into air. Used when the behemoth is on all fours.	Feral Behemoth, Narasimha
Hellish Breath		Removes all status ailments from self and inflicts them on the party; inflicts Wound damage.	Gogmagog
Hellstorm Bolt			Garuda, Kalavinka
Heretical Dance			Samovira

I

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Icy Breath	Magical	Inflicts ice-elemental damage on party.	Calautidon
Ignis	Physical	Inflicts moderate non-elemental damage.	Chaos Bahamut
Impenetrable Aura		Makes user temporarily immune to damage.	Yomi
Imperil	Magic	Reduces elemental resistances of target and deals magic damage.	Ahriman
Inertial Barrier	Support		Ispusteke
Inferno	Magical	Deals heavy fire-based damage and inflicts Wound damage.	Caius Ballad, Chaos Bahamut
Inspire	Support	Gives buffs to self.	Green Chocobo, Red Chocobo
Iron Bear Claw	Physical	Deals heavy physical damage to one target.	Lieutenant Amodar
Issue Orders	Support		Testudo

J

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Judgement Blade	Physical	Inflicts heavy non-elemental damage on the party members in front of Jet Bahamut.	Jet Bahamut

K

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Kinetic Booster	Support	Gives allies Bravery.	Proto fal'Cie Adam

L

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Landshatter			Aloeidai
Launch	Physical	Launches the target into the air.	Lieutenant Amodar, Gilgamesh, Snow
Launching Slash		Launches the target into the air.	Nabaat
Levinbolt	Magical	Deals major Thunder-based damage.	Cocytus
Light Eruption			Amber Bahamut
Limit Breech	Support		Lightning

M

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Magic Blast			Seeker
Malicious Surge		Deals even more damage than Sadistic Surge. Used after Nabaat sacrifices an Azure Behemoth.	Nabaat
Manadrive Overload	Support.	Gives allies Faith.	Proto fal'Cie Adam
Masamune			Gilgamesh
Mediguard	Support	Guards while recovering HP. Only usable in Sentinel role.	Lieutenant Amodar
Megaflare	Magical	Inflicts heavy non-elemental damage on the whole party.	Chaos Bahamut
Megaton Charge	Physical		Faeryl
Megiddo Flame			Garnet Bahamut
Metamorphosis	Support	Switches form.	Chaos Bahamut
Meteor	Magical	Deals massive damage to party.	PuPu
Miasma		Inflicts status ailments on party.	Cocytus, Varcolaci
Missile	Physical		Omega
Motivation Lost	Support	Inflicts status ailments on self.	Typhon
Multicast	Magical	Multiple magical attacks.	Amber Bahamut, Ispusteke, Apotamkin, Gogmagog (last fight)
Muramasa	Physical		Gilgamesh

O

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Obliterating Breath			Chaos Bahamut (Requiem of the Goddess)
Offensive Maneuvers	Support	Casts Bravery and Faith on summoned allies.	Nabaat
Onslaught			Vaballathus
Operation Ω			Omega

P

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Photon Burst			Thermadon
Pilebunker	Physical		Omega
Plead	Support	Gains healing from Ochu.	Microchu
Pollen			Ochu
Potion		Restore some HP to all targets.	UFO
Pouty Pudding		Gives self Bravery, Faith, and Haste.	Mutantomato
Power Spritz	Support	Gives buffs to self	Swampmonk, Apkallu
Pulsar Burst			Caius Ballad, Chaos Bahamut
Putrescence		Dispels buffs and inflicts Poison on party.	Yomi

Q

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Quasar			Valfodr (Level 99)
Quivering Wrath		Bestows Haste (status) on self, and gives self the ability to inflict Wound damage with attacks.	Royal Ripeness (Paradox fight)

R

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Rancor Knife	Physical	Deals 9999 damage to the target. Used after "Vengeance is nigh!".	Tonberry
Ravager Stance	Support		Caius Ballad (Requiem of the Goddess)
Regenerate Carapace	Support	Regenerates carapace after being staggered.	Bunkerbeast
Rescue	Magical	Heals the target at a fast rate.	Flanitor
Resist Lightning	Support	Resists magic based Lightning attacks.	Chaos Bahamut (Requiem of the Goddess)
Resist Wind	Support	Resists physical-based Wind attacks.	Chaos Bahamut (Requiem of the Goddess)
Resonance			Clione
Revitalize	Magical	Heals and bestows Regen to the target.	Miniflan, Royal Ripeness (first encounter)
Roar	Physical	Deals massive physical damage and inflicts Daze on the whole party.	Long Gui, Ugallu
Ruin	Magical	Deals non-elemental magic damage to a single target.	Cactuaroni, Red Chocobo
Ruinga	Magical	Deals non-elemental magic damage to target and nearby foes.	Narasimha*(when standing), Seeping Brie
Rush	Physical	Chance to inflict Deprotect, Debrave, and Dispel all buffs.	Apkallu, Mandrake

S

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Sacrifice Pawn		Sacrifices enemies on the field to use Sadistic Surge. PSICOM Wardens will heal her, Nightblade Pumas will inflict Daze on the party, and Azure Behemoths power up Sadistic Surge. Will hit her for large damage if no enemies can be sacrificed.	Nabaat
Sadistic Surge	Magical		Nabaat
Scatter Beam			Lancer
Screech			Ochu
Seed Dispersal	Support	Summons Microchus.	Ochu
Seeds of Destruction		Summons Ebon Seeds, which eventually explode.	Jet Bahamut
Self-Destruct		Deals damage based on HP.	Bomb, Circuitron, Cloudburst, Cryohedron, Debris, Grenade, Tempest
Serial Killer		Inflicts Deprotect, Deshell, and Poison.	Dendrobium, Clematis
Shadowbind	Support	Immobilizes target.	Metallicactuar
Shocking Breath	Magic	Inflicts Lightning-elemental damage.	Bunkerbeast
Shuffle		Inflicts Wound damage.	Zenobia
Skyward Swing	Physical	May launch the target in the air.	Twilight Odin
Slashing			Garnet Bahamut
Slowga	Magic	Slows targets and deals magic damage to all targets in range.	Valfodr
Sneer			Nabaat
Snort		Major damage to party, deals Wound damage, and inflicts Daze.	Typhon
Solfire			Garnet Bahamut
Song of Ruin			Gorgyra
Sovereign Fist	Physical	Hits party for damage relative to power level. Will result in an immediate Game Over at the max level.	Snow
Split	Support	Revives fallen enemy with the amount of HP the user has.	Pacos Luvulite, Pacos Amethyst
Steam Clean	Support	Removes status ailments from the user.	Dreadnought
Subversive Dance			Samovira
Summon	Support	Summons Mánagarmr, Apkallu, or Proto-behemoth depending on the amount of other enemies alive.	Mimi
Sunder	Physical	Inflicts severe damage to nearby targets. Used when behemoth is standing.	Azure Behemoth, Narasimha, Proto-behemoth, Zaghnal
Supersonic Wave		Inflicts status ailments on party.	Blue Chocobo, Green Chocobo, Red Chocobo
Swamp Water		Chance to inflict Deshell and Imperil.	Pitterpatter
Swipe	Physical	Hits nearby targets.	Gogmagog (first and second fights), Aloeidai

T

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Tear Gas	Support	Inflicts debuffs.	Lieutenant Amodar
Teraflare	Magical	After a countdown from three, if Garnet Bahamut or Amber Bahamut is on the field, causes massive damage on the party.	Jet Bahamut
Twin Solfire		Inflicts Wound damage.	Garnet Bahamut

U

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Ullr's Shield	Support	Reduces damage.	Twilight Odin
Ultima	Magical	Inflicts moderate to massive damage on the party.	Caius Ballad, Long Gui, Proto fal'Cie Adam, Valfodr
Umbral Vise	Magical		Chaos Bahamut
Unicorn Horn	Support	Removes all status buffs and ailments from both allies and enemies.	Lieutenant Amodar

V

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Vendetta	Support	Guard then counterattack, damage increases when attacked during guard.	Gilgamesh
Version Upgrade	Support		Scutari
Virulent Breath		Inflicts Poison.	Albino Lobo, Silver Lobo, Ugallu, Uridimmu
Volcano Crush		Inflicts Wound damage.	Pacos Luvulite

W

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
War Cry	Support	Gives buffs to self.	Gorgonopsid
Wave Cannon		Inflicts massive damage on the party. Omega Staggers after using this.	Omega
Whirlwind			Chaos Bahamut
Wicked Whirl		Deals massive damage to party with multiple hits.	Yomi
Wind Shear			Yomi
Wound	Magic	Deals Wound damage to target, reducing maximum HP.	Ahriman
Wrecking Ball	Physical		Dreadnought
Writhe		Inflicts debuffs on self.	Gogmagog (last fight)

Z

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Zantetsuken	Physical		Twilight Odin

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