Gauntlet (ability)

Gauntlet (鎧袖一触, Gaishū Isshoku?, lit. Armor Sleeve Single Blow), also known as Purification, is a recurring ability that originally featured in Final Fantasy VII. Gauntlet has various different effects in its different appearances, although it more often than not refers to dealing physical damage, using a Gauntlet to deal damage.

1 Appearances
2 Gallery
3 Etymology

Appearances[edit | edit source]

Final Fantasy VII[edit | edit source]

Main article: Gauntlet (Final Fantasy VII)

Gauntlet is Yuffie's first level 3 Limit Break. It is unlocked after killing 64 enemies as Yuffie on level 2. It is a large bomb that hits all enemies, inflicting 1³⁄₄ times normal damage, and is always a critical hit that ignores defense. After using it six times in battle, Doom of the Living is unlocked.

Final Fantasy XIII[edit | edit source]

Purification is used by Alexander by entering the button combination on PlayStation 3, or on Xbox 360. It deals physical damage to a single target, and inflicts Deshell.

Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia[edit | edit source]

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Pictlogica Final Fantasy[edit | edit source]

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Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade[edit | edit source]

Gauntlet is usable by Yuffie. It is one of her Ability cards, and is also used in three different Legend cards. The Ability card is an SSR card in rarity, while the Legend card is as an SSR, SSR+ and UR+ in rarity.

Final Fantasy Record Keeper[edit | edit source]

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Name	Burst Mode	ReplacementThe ability replaced by Burst Mode	Traits
Purification (Armored Single Sleeve Blow (XIII)Name in Japanese: 鎧袖一触【XIII】 (Gaishū Isshoku [XIII]?))	Hope: Divine Judgment	Attack	SchoolThe category of ability it is classified as: Black Magic Charge TimeThe duration of delay in seconds before the ability is used: 1.65s TargetThe targets which the ability hits: One enemy Auto-TargetThe target that will be automatically chosen if none are select: Lowest HP% enemy Damage formulaDetermines the damage output: Magic TypeThe type of damage: BLK HitsThe number of hits that ability does: 4 PotencyThe total damage potency of the ability: 224% (Total: 896%) ElementsThe elements that are attached to the ability: Holy, non-elemental Healing potencyThe healing potency of the ability: 0 Soul Gauge charge rateThe charge rate at which the Soul Gauge fills: 50
	Deal four magic holy and non-elemental attacks to one target.

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius[edit | edit source]

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Gallery[edit | edit source]

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Etymology[edit | edit source]

The four-character idiom "gaishuu isshoku" is a term that refers to "defeating someone hands down in one go".

Signature abilities

Final Fantasy	Warrior of Light	Ascension - Bitter End - Crossover - Oversoul - Radiant Sword - Rune Saber - Shield of Light - Shining Wave - Sword Thrust - Ultimate Shield
	Sarah	Soul Voice
	Garland	Chain Cast - Deathblow - Highbringer - Round Edge - Soul of Chaos - Twin Swords - Twist Drill
Final Fantasy II	Firion	Double Trouble - Fervid Blazer - Fulminating Strike - Grand Fist - Lance Combo - Lord of Arms - Reel Axe - Rope Knife - Straightarrow - Swordslash - Weaponsmaster
Final Fantasy II	Emperor Mateus	Dreary Cell - Starfall - Thunder Crest
Final Fantasy III	Onion Knight	Blade Torrent - Extra Slice - Multi-Hit - Sword & Magic - Swordshower - Turbo-Hit
	Cloud of Darkness	0-form Particle Beam - Aura Ball - Feint Particle Beam - Flood of Darkness - Fusillade Particle Beam - Tentacle of Pain
	Luneth	Eternal Wind
Final Fantasy IV	Cecil Harvey	Dark Cannon - Dark Flame - Gravity Ball - Holy Flame - Nightfall - Paladin Force - Radiant Wings - Sacred Cross - Saint's Fall - Searchlight - Shadowbringer - Shine Blast - Soul Shift - Valiant Blow
	Kain Highwind	Double Jump - Dragon's Fang - Dragoon's Pride - Lance Barrage - Lance Burst - Rising Drive - Sky Rave - Spiral Blow
	Golbez	Abyssal Quasar - Binding Cold - Black Fang - Genesis Rock - Glare Hand - Nightglow - Rising Wave - Summon Shadow Dragon - Twin Moon
	Cagnazzo	Tsunami
	Barbariccia	Maelstrom - Ray
	Rubicante	I'll Recover You! - Inferno - Scorch
	Ursula	Twin Wing Frenzy
	Edge Geraldine	Ultimate Art: Advent of Phoenix
Final Fantasy V	Bartz Klauser	Master Mime
	Gilgamesh	Bitter End - Cross Slash - Dual Thrust - Morphing Time! - Rift Breaker - Slice Thrice - Strongest Sword - Tsubame Gaeshi - Ultimate Illusion
	Exdeath	Almagest - Black Hole - Grand Cross
	Kelger Vlondett	Lupine Attack
Final Fantasy VI	Terra Branford	Magitek Missile - Riot Blade
	Locke Cole	Mirage Dive - Phoenix Ray
	Edgar Roni Figaro	Air Anchor - Auto Crossbow - Bioblaster - Bravo Figaro - Debilitator - Chainsaw - Drill - Royal Shock - Sunbeam
	Sabin Rene Figaro	Aura Cannon - Meteor Strike - Phantom Rush - Raging Fist - Razor Gale - Rising Phoenix - Tiger Break
	Shadow and Interceptor	Takedown - Wild Fang
	Cyan Garamonde	Dragon - Fang - Flurry - Oblivion - Sky - Tempest - Tiger
	Celes Chere	Runic - Spinning Edge
	Setzer Gabbiani	Dive Bomb - Prismatic Flash - Red Card
	Strago Magus	Sabre Soul
	Relm Arrowny	Sketch - Star Prism
	Gogo	Punishing Meteor
	Kefka Palazzo	Forsaken Null - Havoc Wing - Hyperdrive - Lickety-Split Thundaga - Scatter Spray Blizzaga - Twisty-Turny Blizzaga - Waggle-Wobbly Firaga - Zap-Trap Thundaga
Compilation of Final Fantasy VII	Cloud Strife	Blade Beam - Braver - Climhazzard - Cross Slash - Double Cut - Finishing Touch - Meteorain - Omnislash - Omnislash Version 5 - Slashing Blow - Sonic Break - The power of mako
	Barret Wallace	Big Shot - Catastrophe - Grenade Bomb - Hammer Blow - Mindblow - Satellite Beam - Ungarmax
	Tifa Lockhart	Beat Rush - Burning Arrow - Dolphin Blow - Elbow Smash - Falcon's Dive - Final Heaven - Meteodrive - Meteor Crusher - Meteor Strike - Rolling Blaze - Somersault - Waterkick
	Aerith Gainsborough	Fury Brand - Great Gospel - Healing Wind - Planet Protector - Prayer of the Cetra - Pulse of Life - Seal Evil
	Red XIII	Blood Fang - Cosmo Memory - Earth Rave - Lunatic High - Sled Fang - Stardust Ray
	Cait Sith	Dice - Game Over - Toy Box - Toy Soldier
	Cid Highwind	Boost Jump - Dragon Dive - Dynamite - Hyper Jump
	Yuffie Kisaragi	All Creation - Bloodfest - Clear Tranquil - Doom of the Living - Gauntlet - Greased Lightning - Landscaper
	Vincent Valentine	Chaos (Chaos Saber · Satan Slam) - Death Gigas (Gigadunk · Livewire) - Galian Beast (Beast Flare · Berserk Dance) - Hellmasker (Splattercombo · Nightmare)
	Sephiroth	Black Materia - Heartless Angel - Heaven's Light - Hell's Gate - Oblivion - Octaslash - Reaper - Scintilla - Shadow Flare - Sudden Cruelty - Super Nova - Transience
	Zack Fair	Air Strike - Apocalypse - Chain Slash - Lucky Stars - Meteor Shots - Rush Assault
	Reno	Electro-Mag Rod - Neo Turk Light - Pyramid - Turk Light
	Rude	Grand Spark
	Angeal Hewley	Charge of Greed - Defense of Lust - Rage of Sloth - Thunder of Envy - Unleashed Wrath - Wings of Pride
	Shelke Rui	Countertek
Final Fantasy VIII	Squall Leonhart	Beat Fang - Blasting Zone - Brutal Shell - Fated Circle - Keen Edge - Lion Heart - Renzokuken - Revolver Drive - Rough Divide - Savage Claw - Solid Barrel - Thunder Barret - Upper Blues
	Irvine Kinneas	Armor Shot - Canister Shot - Flame Shot - Hyper Shot - Normal Shot - Quick Shot - Scatter Shot
	Seifer Almasy	Bloodfest - Demon Slice - No Mercy - Zantetsuken Reverse
	Laguna Loire	Desperado - Missile Salvo - Ragnarok Blade - Ragnarok Buster - Ricochet Snipe
	Ward Zabac	Massive Anchor
	Edea Kramer	Astral Punch - Ice Strike - Maelstrom
	Fujin	Sai
	Raijin	Raijin Special
	Ultimecia	Apocalypse - Great Attractor - Hell's Judgment - Shockwave Pulsar
	Kiros Seagill	Blood Pain
Final Fantasy IX	Zidane Tribal	Booster 8 - Free Energy - Grand Lethal - Lucky Seven - Meo Twister - Rumble Rush - Scoop Art - Shift Break - Solution 9 - Soul Blade - Stellar Circle 5 - Storm Impulse - Swift Attack - Thievery - Tidal Flame - What's That!?
	Freya Crescent	Cherry Blossom - Dragon Breath - Dragon's Crest
	Eiko Carol	Double White Magic - Emerald Light - Guardian Mog
	Amarant Coral	No Mercy
	Beatrix	Climhazzard - Shock - Stock Break
	Kuja	Burst Energy - Final Requiem - Flare Star - Force Symphony - Snatch Blow - Soulsplitter
Final Fantasy X series	Tidus	Blitz Ace - Energy Rain - Full Slide - Jecht Shot - Jecht Shot 2 - Slice & Dice - Sonic Buster - Sphere Shot - Spiral Cut - Quick Hit - Wither Shot
	Auron	Banishing Blade - Dragon Fang - Shooting Star - Tornado
	Rikku	Chaos Grenade - Grenade - Hazardous Shell - Hyper Mighty G - Hyper NulAll - Potato Masher - Shockstorm - Ultra NulAll - Vajra - Winter Storm
	Wakka	Attack Reels - Aurochs Reels - Aurochs Spirit - Element Reels - Status Reels
	Lulu	Firaga Fury - Flare Fury - Focus - Thunder Fury - Ultima Fury
	Yuna	Grand Summon - Great Whirl - Scattershot - The Sending - Trigger Happy
	Kimahri Ronso	Seed Cannon
	Paine	Demi Sword - Hurt - Liquid Steel - Sword Dance
	Jecht	Blitz King - Hot Steel - Jecht Beam - Jecht Blade - Jecht Bomber - Jecht Rush - Jecht Stream - Triumphant Grasp - Ultimate Jecht Shot
	Yunalesca	Mega Death
	Seymour Guado	Banish - Cross Cleave - Lance of Atrophy - Multi Fira - Requiem
	Leblanc	Sonic Fan
Final Fantasy XI	Shantotto	Colossal Shantotto - Divine Malison - Play Rough - Retribution - Salvation Scythe - Vidohunir
	Prishe	Backhand Blow - Combo - Dragon Kick - Knuckle Sandwich - Nullifying Dropkick
	Curilla V Mecru	Savage Blade
	Maat	Bear Killer
	Lion	Powder Keg - Walk the Plank
	Shadow Lord	Bowels of Agony - Implosion
	Zeid	Abyssal Strike
	Kam'lanaut	Great Wheel
	Lilisette	Dancer's Fury - Sensual Dance - Viper Bite - Vivifying Waltz - Whirling Edge
	Aphmau	Shield Subverter - Sixth Element
Final Fantasy XII	Vaan	Dervish - Luminescence - Pyroclasm - Red Spiral - White Whorl - Windburst - Calamitous Orb
	Penelo	Evanescence - Intercession - Resplendence
	Balthier	Element of Treachery - Fires of War - The Fleetfooted - Tides of Fate
	Fran	Feral Strike - Shatterheart - Whip Kick
	Basch fon Ronsenburg	Apocalypse Shield - Flame Purge - Fulminating Darkness - Ruin Impendent
	Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca	Heaven's Wrath - Maelstrom's Bolt - Northswain's Glow
	Gabranth	Circle of Judgement - Enrage - Frost Purge - Fulminating Oblivion - Guilt - Hatred - Innocence - Ruin Unflinching - Sentence - Vortex of Judgement
	Vayne Carudas Solidor	Contempt - Divine Sword - Force of Will - Gigaflare Sword - Inviolable Will - Mach Wave - Tree of Sephira
	Cidolfus Demen Bunansa	S-27 Tokamak - S-85 Cyclotrone
	Ba'Gamnan	Eviscerator
Lightning Saga	Lightning	Army of One - Beat Down - Blaze Rush - Crushing Blow - Flourish of Steel - Gestalt Drive - Heavy Slash - Legion of One - Light Slash - Lightning Strike - Seismic Strike - Skyward Swing - Smite - Stormblade - Thunderfall - Valhalla's Call
	Sazh Katzroy	Cold Blood
	Snow Villiers	Chaos Geyser - Impact Driver - Sovereign Fist
	Hope Estheim	Brutal Sanction - Last Resort - Obliterator - Retributive Blast
	Oerba Dia Vanille	Piercing Ray
	Oerba Yun Fang	Highwind - Ignis - Pulsar Burst
	Serah Farron	Ultima Arrow
	Noel Kreiss	Deathblow - Meteor Javelin
	Cid Raines	Metamorphose - Seraphic Ray
	Jihl Nabaat	Sadistic Surge
	Caius Ballad	Eye of Bahamut - Graviton - Pulsar Burst
Final Fantasy XIV	Y'shtola Rhul	Aetherial Pulse - Cleric Stance - Fluid Aura - Medica II - Spiritual Ray
	Thancred Waters	Circle of Scorn - Dancing Edge
	Papalymo Totolymo	Astral Fire
	Yda Hext	Fists of Earth - Forbidden Chakra
	Estinien Wyrmblood	Blood of the Dragon
Final Fantasy XV	Noctis Lucis Caelum	Armiger - Warp-strike
	Prompto Argentum	Crackshot - Puncture - Starshell - Trigger Happy
	Gladiolus Amicitia	Dawnhammer - Impulse - Royal Guard - Tempest
	Ignis Scientia	Regroup - Sagefire
	Iris Amicitia	Eclipse
	Aranea Highwind	Air Superiority
	Cor Leonis	Lion's Roar
Final Fantasy Tactics	Ramza Beoulve	Raging Inferno - Shout - Stone Throw - Tailwind
	Delita Heiral	Northswain's Strike
	Mustadio Bunansa	Seal Evil
	Agrias Oaks	Cleansing Strike - Divine Ruination - Hallowed Bolt - Judgment Blade
	Goffard Gaffgarion	Duskblade - Shadowblade
	Marach Galthena	Corporeal Void
	Rapha Galthena	Ashura - Celestial Void - Heaven's Wrath
	Ultima	Eschaton
Final Fantasy Type-0	Ace	Attack Hand - Cut Cards - Jackpot Shot - Jackpot Triad - Mega Burst - Spirit Hand - Support Hand - Wild Card
	Deuce	Concerto - Crescendo - Dissonant Sonata - Hymn of Healing - Requiem of Ruin
	Trey	Burst Delta - Charged Shot - Dynamite Arrow - Raining Arrows
	Cater	Debuff Shot - Explosive Shell - Land Mine
	Cinque	Cheerleader - Earthquake - Full Swing - Mace Cyclone - Whirling Mace
	Sice	Dark Nebula - Death Maelstrom - Negative Aura
	Seven	Diving Strike - Drainlash - Elementalash - Osmoselash - Sadistic Spikes
	Eight	Lightspeed Jab - Quickbolt Stance - Swiftwind Stance - Wildfire Stance
	Nine	Javelin Throw - Laser Lance - White Knight
	Jack	Deliverance - Ninja Slice - Piercing Gleam - Transience
	Queen	Balestra Lunge - Divine Judgment - Gate of Destiny - Magic Martyr - Mana Sphere
	King	Endless Waltz - Iron Will - Magazine Blast - Multitask - Point-Blank Shot - Trigger Finger
	Machina Kunagiri	Awakening - Dark Side - Furious Blades - Guardian Blades - Siphon Sword - Stunning Slash
	Rem Tokimiya	Dagger Boomerang - Flying Daggers - Seraphim Strike - Siphon Delta - Siphon Sphere - Undying Wish
	Kurasame Susaya	Absolute Zero
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles	Ciaran	Soulshot
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest	Benjamin	Mega Grenade
Final Fantasy Dimensions	Baugauven	Final Backdraft
Final Fantasy Dimensions	Vata	Buffet
Final Fantasy Record Keeper	Tyro	Cyclone Grimoire - Judgment Grimoire - Last Judgment Grimoire - Sentinel's Grimoire
Final Fantasy Record Keeper	Dr. Mog	Dr. Mog's Teachings
Mobius Final Fantasy	Wol	Round Slash
Mobius Final Fantasy	Echo	Breaker's Gift - Elemental Gift - Hastening Gift

Command abilities

Recurring abilities

Acrobatics - Aim - Alchemy - Armor Break - Arts of War - Asuran Fists - Attack - Barrage - Blessing - Bushido - Catch - Chakra - Charge - Chivalry - Combo - Control - Cover - Darkness - Dance - Defend - Delay Buster - Delay Attack - Dismiss - Dive Bomb - Dragon - Draw Fire - Dualcast - Eat - Equip - Escape - Flair - Flee - Focus - Forest Nocturne - Gil Toss - Gunmanship - Hide - Holy Breath - Holy Sword - Item - Jump - Kick - Lance Barrage - Land - Libra - Magic (Arcane Magick · Black Magic · Blue Magic · Green Magick · Red Magic · Time Magic · White Magic) - Magic Break - Martial Arts - Mental Break - Mimic - Miracle - Mix - Mug - Ninjutsu - Nullifying Dropkick - Onyx Wave - Piracy - Poach - Power Break - Pray - Provoke - Pummel - Rage - Recall - Recover - Revive - Row - Scan - Sing - Skill - Souleater - Spellblade - Steal - Summon - Swordplay - Terrain - Throw

Game specific abilities

Final Fantasy III	Advance - Boost - Cheer (NES) - Peep (NES) - Retaliate - Scare (NES) - Sing - Souleater - Study
Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection	Final Fantasy IV	Analyze - Bless - Bluff - Brace - Cry - Chant - Curse - Deadly - Double Jump - Eye Gouge - Inferno - Phoenix - Plunder - Regen - Requiem - Return - Salve - Tsunami - Twincast - Upgrade - Whirlwind
Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection	Final Fantasy IV: The After Years	Analyze - Awaken - Band - Big Throw - Cover Counter - Human Kite - Illusions - Jive - Piercing Sight - Pressure - Risk Strike - Shuriken - Taunt - Tenketsu
Final Fantasy V	Animals - Bladeblitz - Calm - Condemn - Check - Combine - Dark Arts - Drink - Finisher - Flirt - Gaia - Guard - Iainuki - Image - Lance - Mineuchi - Oath - Open Fire - Predict - Smoke - Zeninage
Final Fantasy VI	Blitz - Leap - Lore - Magitek - Rage - Runic - Possess - Shock - Sketch - Slot - Tools - Trance
Final Fantasy VII	2x-Cut - 4x-Cut - Coin - D.blow - E.Skill - Flash - Manip. - Mime - Morph - Sense - Slash-All - W-Item - W-Magic - W-Summon
Final Fantasy VIII	Absorb - Card - Darkside - Devour - Doom - Draw - Kamikaze - LV Down - LV Up - Mad Rush - MiniMog - Treatment
Final Fantasy IX	Seiken - SFX - Skill - Swd Art
Final Fantasy X series	Final Fantasy X	Armor - Shield - Skill - Special - Trigger - Weapon
Final Fantasy X series	Final Fantasy X-2	Arcana - Assault - Berserk - Blue Bullet - Bribe - Bushido - Charon - Crush - Cutlery - Dance - Dextral Arts - Fallalery - Fiend Hunter - Finale - Flimflam - Flurry - Fright - Gamble - Ghiki - Great Whirl - Gunplay - Homing Ray - Howl - HP Repair - Instinct - Kogoro - Kupo! - Left Stigma - Left Pistilplay - Machinations - Mettle - MP Absorb - MP Repair - Mug - Nab Gil - Psionics - Reboot - Right Stigma - Right Pistilplay - Sentinel - Sing - Sinistral Arts - Spare Change - Smash - Stamina - Stash - Sword Dance - Tantalize - Teleport - Throttle - Trigger Happy - Wildcat - Vajra - Vigor - Zantetsu
Final Fantasy XII	Mist - Technicks
Lightning Saga	Final Fantasy XIII	Techniques
	Final Fantasy XIII-2	Change Leader
	Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII	EP Abilities
Final Fantasy Tactics	Aimed Shot - Arithmeticks - Fundaments - Geomancy - Holy Sword - Huntcraft - Iaido - Limit - Mettle - Mystic Arts - Nether Mantra - Piracy - Sky Mantra - Speechcraft - Unyielding Blade
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance series	Final Fantasy Tactics Advance	Advanced Law - Alchemy Tech - Battle Tech - Charge - Corner - Dragon Tech - Fighter Tech - Hermetics - Hunt - Lunge Tech - Monk Tech - Morph - Ninja Tech - Pandora - Prayer - Phantasm Tech - Rune - Sacred Tech - Sagacity Skill - Sharpshoot - Spellblade Tech - Spirit Magic - Stunt
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance series	Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift	Acrobatics - Assassination - Astutia - Ballistics - Beast Lore - Blade Arts - Brutality - Calling - Cannonry - Chococraft - Clockwork - Devastation - Discipline - Dragon Soul - Elemental Magick - Fencing - Feralism - High Magick - Illusion - Instinct - Intercession - Lore - Onslaught - Piracy - Precision - Pugilism - Reconnaissance - Sacred Blade - Sagacity - Savagery - Sharpshooting - Sleight of Hand - Sparring - Survivalism - Thievery - Trapping - Warding
Final Fantasy Dimensions	Back Up - Battle Arts - Boost Element - Chain Magic - Clarity - Dragon Arts - Dark Blade - Holy Blade - Memorandom - Pickpocket - Res. Element - Riposte
Dissidia Final Fantasy series	Bravery Attack - HP Attack

Lists of abilities