Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII enemy abilities

This page lists all enemy abilities appearing in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.

List of enemy abilities

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Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
1,000 Needles	Physical	Does 1,000 base damage. Only reduced by guard resistance.	Cactuar, Cactuar Ω
10,000 Volts	Special	Precedes One Million Volts.	Hanuman

A

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Absolute Barrier	Special	Halves all damage except wind and bestows Protect and Shell until staggered.	Parandus
Absolution	Special	Removes three status ailments and bestows Bravery, Faith, and Veil.	Caius Ballad
Aero	Magic	Deals wind-elemental damage to target.	Dryad, Dryad Ω, Gaunt, Gaunt Ω, Gremlin, Grendel, Noel Kreiss, Noel Kreiss+, Parandus
Aeroga	Magic	Deals large wind-elemental damage to target.	Aeronite, Bhunivelze (2nd form), Bhunivelze+ (2nd form), Cactair, Caius Ballad, Ereshkigal, Gaunt, Gaunt Ω, Gremlin Ω, Noel Kreiss+
Aerora	Magic	Deals moderate wind-elemental damage to target, and inflicts Daze when used by Gaunt Ω.	Aeronite, Bhunivelze (2nd form), Bhunivelze+ (2nd form), Caius Ballad, Dryad, Gaunt, Gaunt Ω, Grendel, Noel Kreiss, Noel Kreiss+, Parandus
Almagest	Physical	Deals damage through seven attacks in a straight line.	Bhunivelze (3rd form), Bhunivelze+ (3rd form)
Annihilation	Physical and Magic	Deals damage through seven attacks to target.	Snow Villiers++
Armor of Chaos	Special	Bestows Protect and Veil.	Snow Villiers+
Assault	Physical	Deals damage in a straight line and knocks back target. Used after casting Bravery.	Desdemona
ATB Charge	Special	Bestows Vigilance.	Noel Kreiss, Noel Kreiss+
Awakening	Special	Starts using Hexine, Final Judgment, and Super Nova.	Ereshkigal

B

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Batter Up	Physical	Deals damage to target.	Goblin, Goblin Ω
Belch	Physical	Deals damage through five attacks and inflicts Deprotect, Deshell, and Poison, or Debrave, Defaith, and Poison when used by Goblot Ω.	Goblot, Goblot Ω
Big Bang	Physical	Deals damage through three attacks to target. Used after Meteor Javelin.	Noel Kreiss+
Biohazard Injection	Physical	Deals damage to target and inflicts Deprotect, Deshell, Poison, Curse, and Slow.	Triffid
Bite	Physical	Deals damage to target.	Zaltys, Zaltys Ω, Zomok, Zomok Ω
Blast Wave	Physical	Deals damage through one to three attacks.	Caius Ballad
Blaze Burst	Magic	Deal fire-elemental damage to target.	Zaltys, Zaltys Ω
Blessing of Shadows	Special	Bestows Enaero, Haste, and Shell on user.	Noel Kreiss, Noel Kreiss+
Blitz	Special	Deals damage to target.	Noel Kreiss, Noel Kreiss+
Blizzaga	Magic	Deals large ice-elemental damage to target.	Aeronite, Bhunivelze (2nd form), Bhunivelze+ (2nd form), Caius Ballad, Ereshkigal, Meonekton Ω, Snow Villiers++, Gremlin Ω
Blizzara	Magic	Deals moderate ice-elemental damage to target.	Aeronite, Bhunivelze (2nd form), Bhunivelze+ (2nd form), Caius Ballad, Grendel, Miniflan Ω, Parandus, Snow Villiers+
Blizzard	Magic	Deals ice-elemental damage to target.	Gremlin, Grendel, Meonekton Ω, Miniflan, Parandus, Snow Villiers
Blood Sword	Physical	Deals damage and fully absorb it as HP.	Skeleton, Skeleton Ω
Body and Soul	Special	Restores 25% HP, removes three status ailments, and bestows Haste, Bravery, Faith, Protect, and Shell	Caius Ballad
Boulder Tackle	Physical	Deals damage to target.	Gurangatch, Gurangatch Ω
Bravery	Special	Bestows Bravery.	Desdemona, Ereshkigal, Skeleton, Skeleton Ω
Breath of Rancor	Physical and Magic	Deals damage through two attacks and inflicts Poison.	Grendel, Parandus
Brutal Bash	Physical	Deals damage to target.	Snow Villiers, Snow Villiers+, Snow Villiers++
Bulb Smash	Physical	Deals damage to target through two attacks.	Aster Protoflorian, Aster Protoflorian Ω

C

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Cactus Dance	Special	Bestows Haste, Bravery, and Faith after charging.	Cactuar
Cataclysm	Magic	Deals damage through four attacks.	Bhunivelze (4th form), Bhunivelze+ (4th form)
Change: Commando	Special	Enters physical attack mode. Vulnerable only to magic attacks.	Caius Ballad
Change: Ravager	Special	Enters magic attack mode. Vulnerable only to physical attacks.	Caius Ballad
Chaos Charge	Special	Bestows Bravery and Faith after charging until Cooldown.	Snow Villiers, Snow Villiers+, Snow Villiers++
Chaos Geyser	Magic	Deals damage to target.	Snow Villiers, Snow Villiers+, Snow Villiers++
Charge	Special	Precedes 10,000 Volts.	Hanuman
Charged Smash	Physical	Deals lightning-elemental damage.	Chimera, Chimera Ω
Chef's Secret	Physical	Deals fire and ice-elemental damage through six attacks and inflicts Deprotect and Curse.	Chocobo Eater, Chocobo Eater Ω
Chill	Magic	Deals large ice-elemental damage to target.	Aeronite, Bhunivelze (2nd form), Bhunivelze+ (2nd form), Caius Ballad
Chilled	Physical	Deals ice-elemental damage to target after charging.	Sugriva
Chimes of Darkness	Special	Bestows Enaero, Haste, Bravery, and Shell on user.	Noel Kreiss+
Chomp	Physical	Deals damage to target and restores HP by the same amount.	Chocobo Eater, Chocobo Eater Ω
Cloak of Chaos	Special	Bestows Protect.	Snow Villiers
Confused Healing	Special	Restores 50% of Lightning's HP.	Cathedral Sentry
Cooldown	Special	Removes Bravery and Faith.	Snow Villiers, Snow Villiers+, Snow Villiers++
Cool Charge	Special	Precedes Chilled.	Sugriva
Counter Drive	Physical	Deals damage to target.	Snow Villiers, Snow Villiers+, Snow Villiers++
Cranial Plant	Physical	Deals damage to target and launches them.	Aster Protoflorian, Aster Protoflorian Ω
Cross-Counter	Physical	Deals damage to target.	Snow Villiers, Snow Villiers+, Snow Villiers++
Cura	Magic	Restores HP to all allies.	Schrodinger, Schrodinger Ω
Cure	Magic	Restores HP to target.	Gremlin
Curse	Magic	Deals damage and inflicts Curse.	Grendel, Parandus, Personal Guard

D

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Damnatio Memoriae	Physical	Deals damage through twenty to thirty-five attacks to target.	Bhunivelze (4th form), Bhunivelze+ (4th form)
Damnation	Physical and Magic	Deals damage through six attacks to target.	Snow Villiers+
Dancing Mad	Magic	Deals damage to target. Used after Genethliac Hymn.	Bhunivelze (2nd form), Bhunivelze+ (2nd form)
Daze Strike	Physical	Deals damage to target and inflicts Daze.	Noel Kreiss, Noel Kreiss+
Deathscythe	Physical	Deals damage to target through five attacks.	Meonekton Ω
Debrave	Magic	Deals damage and inflicts Debrave.	Bhunivelze (1st form), Bhunivelze+ (1st form), Gaunt, Gaunt Ω, Grendel, Parandus
Defaith	Magic	Deals damage and inflicts Defaith.	Bhunivelze (1st form), Bhunivelze+ (1st form), Grendel, Parandus
Delirious Healing	Special	Restores 50% of Lightning's HP.	Personal Guard
Deprotect	Magic	Deals damage and inflicts Deprotect.	Bhunivelze (1st form), Bhunivelze+ (1st form), Fanatic, Grendel, Parandus
Deshell	Magic	Deals damage and inflicts Deshell.	Bhunivelze (1st form), Bhunivelze+ (1st form), Gaunt, Gaunt Ω, Grendel, Parandus
Depths of Despair	Special	Increases Strength and Magic by 100 and starts using Sanctify, Damnation, or Annihilation and Cloak of Chaos, Armor of Chaos, or Spirit of Chaos.	Snow Villiers, Snow Villiers+, Snow Villiers++
Disaster	Magic	Deals damage through five attacks to target and inflicts Debrave, Defaith, Deprotect, Deshell, and Curse.	Bhunivelze, Bhunivelze+, Grendel, Parandus
Dispel	Magic	Deals damage and removes most recent status enhancement.
Divine Efflux	Physical	Deals damage through one to three attacks and launches target.	Bhunivelze (4th form), Bhunivelze+ (4th form)
Divine Punishment	Physical and Magic	Deals damage to target through two attacks.	Bhunivelze (3rd form), Bhunivelze+ (3rd form)
Diving Strike	Physical	Deals damage to target.	Reaver, Reaver Ω
Doom	Special	Inflicts Doom on target, resulting in death if caster is not staggered or defeated before timer reaches zero.	Bhunivelze (1st form), Bhunivelze+ (1st form, 4th form)
Double Charging...	Special	Precedes Reaching Critical Level...	Sugriva
Dragon Breath	Magic	Deals fire-elemental damage through four attacks.	Aeronite

E

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Eerie Soundwave	Special	Inflicts Curse, Slow, and Imperil on target.	Meonekton, Meonekton Ω
Eerie Soundwave Explosion	Special	Inflicts Curse, Slow, and Imperil on user.	Meonekton, Meonekton Ω
Efflorescence	Physical	Deals damage through four attacks.	Aster Protoflorian, Aster Protoflorian Ω
Electrify	Special	Bestows Faith and Enthunder.	Chimera, Chimera Ω
Element	Magic	Deals fire, ice, lightning, and wind damage through four attacks to target.	Arcangeli, Arcangeli Ω, Cactuar, Grendel, Parandus
Elementa	Magic	Deals fire, ice, lightning, and wind damage through ten attacks to target.	Arcangeli, Arcangeli Ω, Cactuar Ω, Grendel, Parandus
Elementaga	Magic	Deals fire, ice, lightning, and wind damage through two attacks to target.	Bhunivelze (4th form), Bhunivelze+ (4th form)
Energy Blast	Magic	Deals damage to target and inflicts Curse.	Gertrude
Esuna	Special	Removes most recent status ailment.	Noel Kreiss+
Evil Eye	Magic	Deals fire-elemental damage through multiple attacks and inflicts Curse.	Cyclops, Cyclops Ω
Exa Meteor	Special	Deals 3,000 damage to target fifteen times.	Ereshkigal
Exoproofing: Fire	Special	Bestows Enfire and Bravery on user and modifies elemental resistances.	Aster Protoflorian, Aster Protoflorian Ω
Exoproofing: Ice	Special	Bestows Enfrost and Faith on user and modifies elemental resistances.	Aster Protoflorian, Aster Protoflorian Ω
Exoproofing: Lightning	Special	Bestows Enthunder and Haste on user and modifies elemental resistances.	Aster Protoflorian, Aster Protoflorian Ω
Exoproofing: Wind	Special	Bestows Enaero and Regen on user and modifies elemental resistances.	Aster Protoflorian, Aster Protoflorian Ω
Eye of Bahamut	Physical	Deals damage through five attacks and inflicts Deprotect, Deshell, Imperil, and Slow.	Caius Ballad

F

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Faith	Special	Bestows Faith.	Arcangeli, Arcangeli Ω, Ereshkigal
Falling Star	Magic	Deals damage to target. Used after Genethliac Hymn if staggered.	Bhunivelze (2nd form)
Fed Up	Physical	Flees battle if not staggered or defeated within three minutes of beginning any phase.	Aeronite
Final Judgment	Magic	Deals lightning-elemental damage to target through three attacks and inflicts random status ailments.	Ereshkigal
Fira	Magic	Deals moderate fire-elemental damage to target.	Aeronite, Bhunivelze (2nd form), Bhunivelze+ (2nd form), Caius Ballad, Ectopudding, Ectopudding Ω, Grendel, Parandus, Reaver, Reaver Ω
Firaga	Magic	Deals large fire-elemental damage to target.	Aeronite, Bhunivelze (2nd form), Bhunivelze+ (2nd form), Caius Ballad, Ereshkigal, Gremlin Ω
Fire Breath	Magic	Deals fire-elemental damage to target through three attacks.	Chimera, Chimera Ω
Fire Eater	Special	Bestows Enfire on target. Also restores HP and bestows Vigilance, Regen, Protect, and Shell when with allies.	Sugriva, Sugriva Ω
Fire Spirit	Special	Bestows Enfire and modifies elemental resistances.	Bhunivelze (2nd form), Bhunivelze+ (2nd form)
Fire	Magic	Deals fire-elemental damage to target.	Gremlin, Grendel, Parandus
Firepower	Special	Bestows Enfire.	Chimera, Chimera Ω
Firestorm	Magic	Deals fire and wind-elemental damage to target.	Schrodinger
Firestorma	Magic	Deals fire and wind-elemental damage to target.	Schrodinger
Fist of Destruction	Physical	Deals damage through two attacks to target and inflicts Deprotect, as well as Slow when used by Snow Villiers+, and Slow and Curse when used by Snow Villiers++.	Snow Villiers, Snow Villiers+, Snow Villiers++
Flame Cyclone	Physical and Magic	Deals fire-elemental damage through five attacks and inflicts Deprotect.	Dreadnought, Dreadnought Ω
Flamesparka	Magic	Deals fire and lightning-elemental damage to target.	Caius Ballad
Flare	Magic	Deals large fire-elemental damage to target.	Aeronite, Bhunivelze (2nd form), Bhunivelze+ (2nd form), Caius Ballad
Fog	Magic	Deals damage and inflicts Fog.	Grendel, Parandus
Fogga	Magic	Deals damage to all targets and inflicts Fog.	Aeronite
Force Darts	Physical	Deals damage to target through three attacks.	Meonekton, Meonekton Ω
Fortifying Draught	Special	Restores HP and bestows Bravery, Faith, Vigilance, and Regen to ally.	Triffid
Frostburna	Magic	Deals fire and ice-elemental damage to target.	Caius Ballad
Full Swing	Physical	Deals damage through two attacks and inflicts Slow.	Cyclops, Cyclops Ω
Fully Charged!	Physical	Deals fire and ice-elemental damage to target after charging.	Sugriva

G

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Gale Fang	Physical	Deals wind-elemental damage through seven attacks to target.	Noel Kreiss, Noel Kreiss+
Gathering energy...	Special	Precedes Ready! when used by Caius Ballad and Invoking Meteor... when used by Ereshkigal.	Caius Ballad, Ereshkigal
Genethliac Hymn	Magic	Rises away from ground and deals damage over time while charging up for Dancing Mad or Falling Star.	Bhunivelze (2nd form), Bhunivelze+ (2nd form)
Getting Peckish	Special	Precedes Should I Chomp Them? and Should I Cook Them?	Chocobo Eater, Chocobo Eater Ω
Giga-Graviton	Magic	Deals damage through two attacks.	Bhunivelze (1st form), Bhunivelze+ (1st form), Caius Ballad
Giga Meteor	Special	Deals 3,000 damage to target four times.	Ereshkigal
Gloria Mundi	Magic	Deals damage to target through twenty-four attacks and extends the duration of status ailments.	Parandus
Glutton	Physical	Deals damage to target and restores HP by the same amount.	Goblot, Goblot Ω, Niblet, Niblet Ω
Goblin Punch	Physical	Deals damage to target.	Goblin, Goblin Ω
Got 'em loose!	Special	Appears after first third use of "Take this! 1,000 Needles!".	Cactair
Grand Impulse	Physical	Deals damage and removes status enhancements.	Ereshkigal
Graviton	Magic	Deals damage to target.	Bhunivelze (1st form), Bhunivelze+ (1st form), Caius Ballad

H

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Haste	Special	Bestows Haste.	Bhunivelze (1st form), Bhunivelze+ (1st form)
Heartless Angel	Magic	Reduces targets HP to 1 after charging.	Bhunivelze (4th form), Bhunivelze+ (4th form)
Heated	Physical	Deals fire-elemental damage to target after charging.	Sugriva
Heave	Physical	Deals damage to target and launches them.	Reaver, Reaver Ω
Heavenly Storm	Magic	Deals wind-elemental damage through multiple attacks.	Zomok, Zomok Ω
Heel Kick	Physical	Deals damage to target.	Skata'ne, Skata'ne Ω
Helldiver	Physical	Deals damage to target.	Chimera, Chimera Ω
Hellflare	Magic and Special	Deals damage to target and ignores resistances.	Aeronite
Hellhowling	Magic	Deals damage to target and inflicts Imperil and removes a status enhancement.	Chimera, Chimera Ω
Hellkraft	Magic	Deals damage through six attacks.	Grendel, Parandus
Hexine	Magic	Deals fire-elemental damage to target through eighteen attacks.	Ereshkigal
Holy Blade	Special	Bestows Vigilance, then Faith, then Bravery. Bestows Bravery and Faith when used by Bhunivelze+.	Bhunivelze (3rd form), Bhunivelze+ (3rd form)
Hurricane Slash	Physical	Deals wind-elemental damage through two attacks to target.	Noel Kreiss, Noel Kreiss+
Hypernova	Magic and Special	Deals damage to target and ignores defenses. Cinematic attack.	Bhunivelze (3rd form), Bhunivelze+ (3rd form)

I

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
I Don't Feel So Good...	Physical	Deals damage through ten attacks and inflicts Debrave, Defaith, Deprotect, Poison, and Pain.	Earth Eater, Earth Eater Ω
I'll Swallow Them Whole!	Physical	Deals damage to target.	Earth Eater, Earth Eater Ω
I'm Getting Angry!	Special	Bestows Haste, Bravery, Vigilance, and Veil.	Earth Eater, Earth Eater Ω
Ice Eater	Special	Bestows Enfrost on target. Also restores HP and bestows Vigilance, Regen, Protect, and Shell when with allies.	Sugriva, Sugriva Ω
Ice Spirit	Special	Bestows Enfrost and modifies elemental resistances.	Bhunivelze (2nd form), Bhunivelze+ (2nd form)
Icespark	Magic	Deals ice and lightning-elemental damage to target.	Schrodinger, Schrodinger Ω
Icesparka	Magic	Deals ice and lightning-elemental damage to target.	Schrodinger, Schrodinger Ω
Icestorma	Magic	Deals ice and wind-elemental damage to target.	Caius Ballad
I'll Chomp Them!	Special	Precedes Chomp.	Chocobo Eater, Chocobo Eater Ω
I'll Cook Them!	Special	Precedes Chef's Secret.	Chocobo Eater, Chocobo Eater Ω
Impact Driver	Physical	Deals physical and launches target.	Snow Villiers, Snow Villiers+, Snow Villiers++
Imperil	Magic	Deals damage and inflicts Imperil.	Arcangeli, Arcangeli Ω, Grendel, Parandus
Imperil Strike	Physical	Deals damage to target and inflicts Imperil.	Noel Kreiss, Noel Kreiss+
Incinerate	Magic	Deals fire-elemental damage to target through two attacks.	Dreadnought, Dreadnought Ω
Inferno	Magic	Deals fire-elemental damage to target.	Caius Ballad
Invigorate	Special	Resets stagger level.	Caius Ballad
Invoking Meteor...	Special	Precedes Meteor, Mega Meteor, Giga Meteor, Tera Meteor, and Exa Meteor.	Ereshkigal

J

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Javelin	Physical	Deals damage to target.	Noel Kreiss, Noel Kreiss+
Judgment	Magic	Deals lightning-elemental damage and inflicts a random status ailment.	Ereshkigal

K

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Knockback	Physical	Deals damage to target.	Caius Ballad

L

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Launch	Physical	Deals damage to target and launches them.	Noel Kreiss, Noel Kreiss+
Like I'd Let You Get Away With That!	Physical	Deals damage through seven attacks.	Earth Eater, Earth Eater Ω

M

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Magnet	Magic	Deals damage through four attacks and draws target closer.	Cyclops, Cyclops Ω
Manadrive Missile	Magic	Deals damage to target.	Aster Protoflorian, Aster Protoflorian Ω
Mediguard	Special	Braces against attacks and gradually restores HP.	Gurangatch, Gurangatch Ω
Megabite	Physical	Deals damage through two attacks to target and launches them, the second attack restoring HP by the same amount.	Gorgonopsid, Gorgonopsid Ω
Megaflare	Special	Deals damage to target after charging.	Caius Ballad
Mega Meteor	Special	Deals 3,000 damage to target two times.	Ereshkigal
Megaton Break	Physical and Magic	Deals damage through five attacks after charging.	Aeronite
Meteor	Special	Deals 3,000 damage to target.	Ereshkigal
Meteor Javelin	Physical	Deals damage through four or eight attacks to target.	Noel Kreiss, Noel Kreiss+
Meteor unleashed	Special	Precedes Words of power intoned...	Ereshkigal
Monad Beget	Special	Summons three Monads.	Bhunivelze (2nd form), Bhunivelze+ (2nd form)
My needles are stuck in my hair!?	Special	Appears after first two uses of Take this! 1,000 Needles!	Cactair

N

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Nutrient Absorption	Magic	Deals damage to target and restores HP after charging.	Rafflesia, Rafflesia Ω
Nutritional Supplement	Special	Bestows Bravery, Faith, Vigilance, and Regen on Lightning.	Triffid

O

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
One Million Volts	Physical	Deals lightning-elemental damage to target after charging.	Hanuman

P

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Pain	Magic	Deals damage and inflicts Pain.	Grendel, Parandus
Painga	Magic	Deals damage to all targets and inflicts Pain.	Aeronite
Panic Potshot	Physical	Deals damage to ally through multiple attacks.	Cathedral Sentry
Pearly Requiem	Physical	Deals damage to target.	Fanatic
Plaguebreath	Magic	Deals damage through three attacks and inflicts Debrave, Deprotect, and Fog. Consists of five attacks and also inflicts Poison and Daze when used by Gurangatch Ω.	Gurangatch, Gurangatch Ω
Poison	Magic	Deals damage and inflicts Poison.	Grendel, Parandus
Poison Strike	Physical	Deals damage to target through two attacks and inflicts Poison.	Noel Kreiss+
Potion	Special	Restores 50% HP to all allies.	Personal Guard
Protect	Special	Bestows Protect.	Ereshkigal
Protect Potion	Special	Restores 33% of HP and bestows Protect.	Personal Guard
Protective Circle	Special	Halves all damage except wind and bestows Protect and Shell until staggered.	Grendel
Pulsar Burst	Magic	Deals damage through ten attacks to target.	Caius Ballad
Pulverize	Physical	Deals damage to target.	Dreadnought, Dreadnought Ω

R

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Rage	Special	Increases stats while lowering defenses.	Cyclops, Cyclops Ω
Rampage	Physical	Deals fire-elemental damage through four attacks.	Cyclops, Cyclops Ω
Reaching Critical Level...	Special	Precedes Fully Charged!	Sugriva
Ready!	Special	Prepares to use Flare, Chill, Surge, and Tornado.	Caius Ballad
Readying...	Special	Precedes Gathering energy...	Caius Ballad
Recast	Special	Counters magic attacks with Counter Drive.	Snow Villiers, Snow Villiers+, Snow Villiers++
Regenerate Carapace	Special	Removes all status ailments and increases resistances.	Gurangatch, Gurangatch Ω
Reinforcement	Special	Summons two Cathedral Sentry allies.	Cathedral Sentry
Resonance	Magic	Deals damage through thirteen attacks.	Ereshkigal
Rescue	Special	Restores HP to ally.	Flanitor
Riposte	Special	Counters physical attacks with Cross-Counter.	Snow Villiers, Snow Villiers+, Snow Villiers++
Roar	Physical	Deals damage through fifteen attacks, or twelve after first stagger.	Aeronite
Ruin	Magic	Deals damage to target.	Bhunivelze (1st form), Bhunivelze+ (1st form), Grendel, Meonekton, Parandus
Ruinga	Magic	Deals moderate damage to target.	Aeronite, Bhunivelze (1st form), Bhunivelze+ (1st form), Grendel, Parandus, Sugriva, Sugriva Ω
Rush	Physical	Deals damage in a straight line and knocks back target.	Gertrude, Meonekton, Meonekton Ω, Desdemona, Desert Sahagin (Lightning Returns), Desert Sahagin Ω, Desmond

S

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Sanctify	Magic	Deals damage through five attacks to target.	Snow Villiers
Satisfied	Special	Used after Chomp or Chef's Secret.	Chocobo Eater, Chocobo Eater Ω
Seance	Special	Bestows Bravery (Grendel), Faith, Vigilance (Parandus), and Veil.	Grendel, Parandus
Shadow Clan	Magic	Deals damage to target through eight attacks and extends the duration of status ailments.	Grendel
Shell	Special	Bestows Shell.	Ereshkigal
Shell Potion	Special	Restores 33% HP and bestows Shell.	Personal Guard
Shocking Breath	Magic	Deals lightning-elemental damage.	Chimera, Chimera Ω
Should I Chomp Them?	Special	Precedes So Hungry!	Chocobo Eater, Chocobo Eater Ω
Should I Cook Them?	Special	Precedes So Hungry!	Chocobo Eater, Chocobo Eater Ω
Slow	Magic	Deals damage and inflicts Slow.	Grendel, Parandus
Slow Strike	Physical	Deals damage to target and inflicts Deprotect, Deshell, and Slow.	Noel Kreiss, Noel Kreiss+
Smite	Physical	Deals damage to target through two attacks.	Noel Kreiss, Noel Kreiss+
Sniping Thrust	Physical	Deals damage through five attacks after charging.	Triffid
So Hungry!	Special	Bestows Haste, Bravery, Protect, and Veil and inflicts Daze on target.	Chocobo Eater, Chocobo Eater Ω
Sonic Smash	Physical	Deals wind-elemental damage.	Chimera, Chimera Ω
Spell Sword	Physical	Deals damage and inflicts Curse.	Set
Spin Attack	Physical	Deals damage through three attacks, and inflicts Deprotect and Deshell when used by Triffid Ω.	Triffid, Triffid Ω
Spin Jump	Physical and Magic	Deals damage through two attacks.	Aster Protoflorian, Aster Protoflorian Ω
Spinning Slice	Physical	Deals damage to target through two attacks.	Reaver, Reaver Ω
Spirit Barrier	Special	Becomes resistant to magic damage.	Ereshkigal
Spirit Infusion	Special	Bestows Enfire.	Goblin
Spirit of Chaos	Special	Bestows Protect, Veil, and Vigilance.	Snow Villiers++
Spirit Unleashed	Special	Restores HP and bestows Regen, Faith, and Veil, as well as Haste and Protect when used by Arcangeli Ω.	Arcangeli, Arcangeli Ω
Squash	Physical	Deals fire-elemental damage.	Cyclops, Cyclops Ω
Stampede	Physical	Deals damage to target.	Zaltys, Zaltys Ω, Zomok, Zomok Ω
Steam Clean	Special	Removes one status ailment and bestows Veil.	Dreadnought, Dreadnought Ω
Stomp	Physical	Deals damage through three attacks and inflicts Deprotect.	Cyclops, Cyclops Ω
Storm Front	Magic	Deals wind-elemental damage to target.	Zomok, Zomok Ω
Storm of Steel	Magic	Deals fire, lightning, and wind-elemental damage.	Chimera, Chimera Ω
Stormstrike	Physical	Deals wind-elemental damage through two attacks to target.	Noel Kreiss, Noel Kreiss+
Summon	Special	Summons two to three Dryad allies.	Dryad
Sunder	Physical	Deals damage through two attacks.	Reaver, Reaver Ω
Super Nova	Magic and Special	Deals damage to target.	Ereshkigal
Surge	Magic	Deals large lightning-elemental damage through eight attacks to target.	Aeronite, Bhunivelze (2nd form), Bhunivelze+ (2nd form), Caius Ballad

T

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Tail Hammer	Physical	Deal damage to target.	Zaltys, Zaltys Ω
Tail Pummel	Physical	Deals damage through two attacks.	Zomok, Zomok Ω
Take This! 1,000 Needles!	Special	Deals 1,000 base damage. Only reduced by guard resistances.	Cactair
Tera Meteor	Special	Deals 3,000 damage to target eight times.	Ereshkigal
Thundaga	Magic	Deals large lightning-elemental damage to target.	Aeronite, Bhunivelze (2nd form), Bhunivelze+ (2nd form), Caius Ballad, Ereshkigal, Gremlin Ω
Thundara	Magic	Deals large lightning-elemental damage to target.	Aeronite, Bhunivelze (2nd form), Bhunivelze+ (2nd form), Caius Ballad, Grendel, Parandus
Thunder Eater	Special	Bestows Enthunder on target. Also restores HP and bestows Protect, Shell, and Vigilance on target when with allies.	Hanuman, Hanuman Ω
Thunder Clap	Special	Summons lightning-elemental head.	Chimera, Chimera Ω
Thunder Spirit	Special	Bestows Enthunder and modifies elemental resistances.	Bhunivelze (2nd form), Bhunivelze+ (2nd form)
Thunder	Magic	Deals lightning-elemental damage to target.	Gremlin, Grendel, Parandus
Thunderstoma	Magic	Deals lightning and wind-elemental damage to target.	Caius Ballad
Tornado	Magic	Deals large wind-elemental damage through eight attacks to target.	Aeronite, Bhunivelze (2nd form), Bhunivelze+ (2nd form), Caius Ballad
Trine	Magic	Deals fire-elemental damage to target through six attacks.	Ereshkigal

U

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Ultima	Magic	Deals damage to target through two attacks.	Bhunivelze (3rd form), Bhunivelze+ (3rd form), Caius Ballad
Updraft	Special	Bestows Protect and Enaero.	Chimera, Chimera Ω

V

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Veil	Special	Bestows Veil.	Arcangeli, Arcangeli Ω
Veil Potion	Special	Restores 33% of HP and bestows Veil.	Personal Guard
Vigilance Potion	Special	Restores 33% of HP and bestows Vigilance.	Personal Guard
Virulent Breath	Physical	Deals damage through multiple attacks and inflicts Poison.	Gorgonopsid, Gorgonopsid Ω

W

Ability	Type	Description	Enemies
Walled Heart	Special	Becomes resistant to physical damage.	Ereshkigal
Wargod's Boon	Physical	Bestows Bravery, Haste, and Veil.	Set
Warm Charge	Special	Precedes Heated.	Sugriva
War Cry	Special	Bestows Bravery on user, as well as Veil and Vigilance when used by Gorgonopsid Ω.	Gorgonopsid, Gorgonopsid Ω
Wind Breath	Magic	Deals wind-elemental damage through nine attacks.	Chimera, Chimera Ω
Wind Gust	Special	Summons wind-elemental head.	Chimera, Chimera Ω
Wind Spirit	Special	Bestows Enaero and modifies elemental resistances.	Bhunivelze (2nd form), Bhunivelze+ (2nd form)
Wings of Destruction	Magic	Deals damage and detonates Monads.	Bhunivelze (2nd form), Bhunivelze+ (2nd form)
Wings of Judgement	Magic	Deals damage through thirteen attacks after charging and removes all status ailments.	Arcangeli, Arcangeli Ω
Words of power intoned...	Special	Precedes Gathering energy...	Ereshkigal
Wrecking Ball	Physical	Deals fire-elemental damage to target.	Dreadnought, Dreadnought Ω

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