Aire, Yunita, and Jusqua psyched up.
Psyched Up (気合, Kiai?, lit. Fighting Spirit) is a gameplay feature that appears in Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light. Being psyched up indicates the player characters' level of enthusiasm during battle.
Mechanics[]
When characters are psyched up. they become surrounded by a yellow aura and their Strength, Intellect, Spirit are increased by 50%, and they gain extra AP at the start of that turn. When multiple characters become psyched up at the same time, there's an opportunity to have those characters team up to attack or cast identical spells. Correspondingly, when the heroes are feeling down they become surrounded by a blue aura and their stats decrease. Characters get psyched up randomly during battles, and they are only feeling sad in response to certain actions some enemies can inflict upon them during battle. Some enemies are also capable of cancelling out a character's psyched up status.
The Hero crown gets psyched up more often than other jobs. The Party Host crown learns abilities that focus on psyching up the party. The Lone Wolf accessory stops psyched characters from taking part in joint attacks. The Courage Ring makes the wearer get psyched up more frequently.
The following table shows how specific actions or status changes affect a character's psyched up level. When a character accumulates 100 points, said character is considered psyched up for that turn. The lowest value a character can have is -100. When this happens, said character's Strength, Intellect, and Spirit are reduced by 50%.
| Actions | Value |
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| Character has less than 4 AP | +15 |
| Character takes damage | -10 |
| An ally is KO'd | +50 |
| Ally KO'd. 1 character left in party | +20 |
| An enemy undergoes a status change | +10 |
| Battle ends | x0.8 |
| A character boosts | +30 |
| A character uses an ability | +20 |
| Performing an action other than boost when Psyched Up | Resets to 0 |
| Attack enemy's weakness | +25 |
| Kill enemy | +40 |
| Enemy evades the character's attack | -15 |
| Avoid enemy's attack | +10 |
List of Joint Attacks[]
Attack[]
| Name | Description | Image |
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| Two heroes combine forces | Two psyched up character's combine an Attack. | 
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| Three heroes combine forces | Three psyched up character's combine an Attack. | 
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| Four heroes combine forces | Four psyched up character's combine an Attack. | 
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Black Magic[]
Even if multiple Desolator Tomes are hacked into the player's inventory and equipped on different character's battle command list, there will be no joint attacks with the Desolator spell if selected.
| Name | Characters | Description | Image |
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| Strong Fire | 2 | Deals minor Fire-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Fira | 2 | Deals moderate Fire-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Firaga | 2 | Deals major Fire-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Fire | 3 | Deals minor Fire-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Fira | 3 | Deals moderate Fire-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Firaga | 3 | Deals major Fire-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Fire | 4 | Deals minor Fire-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Fira | 4 | Deals moderate Fire-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Firaga | 4 | Deals major Fire-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Blizzard | 2 | Deals minor Water-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Blizzara | 2 | Deals moderate Water-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Blizzaga | 2 | Deals major Water-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Blizzard | 3 | Deals moderate Water-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Blizzara | 3 | Deals moderate Water-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Blizzaga | 3 | Deals moderate Water-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Blizzard | 4 | Deals minor Water-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Blizzara | 4 | Deals moderate Water-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Blizzaga | 4 | Deals major Water-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Thunder | 2 | Deals minor Light-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Thundara | 2 | Deals moderate Light-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Thundaga | 2 | Deals major Light-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Thunder | 3 | Deals minor Light-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Thundara | 3 | Deals moderate Light-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Thundaga | 3 | Deals major Light-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Thunder | 4 | Deals minor Light-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Thundara | 4 | Deals moderate Light-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Thundaga | 4 | Deals major Light-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Aero | 2 | Deals minor Wind-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Aerora | 2 | Deals moderate Wind-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Aeroga | 2 | Deals major Wind-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Aero | 3 | Deals minor Wind-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Aerora | 3 | Deals moderate Wind-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Aeroga | 3 | Deals major Wind-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Aero | 4 | Deals minor Wind-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Aerora | 4 | Deals moderate Wind-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Aeroga | 4 | Deals major Wind-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Quake | 2 | Deals minor Earth-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Quakra | 2 | Deals moderate Earth-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Quaga | 2 | Deals major Earth-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Quake | 3 | Deals minor Earth-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Quakra | 3 | Deals moderate Earth-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Quaga | 3 | Deals major Earth-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Quake | 4 | Deals minor Earth-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Quakra | 4 | Deals moderate Earth-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Quaga | 4 | Deals major Earth-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Water | 2 | Deals minor Water-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Watera | 2 | Deals moderate Water-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Waterga | 2 | Deals major Water-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Water | 3 | Deals minor Water-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Watera | 3 | Deals moderate Water-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Waterga | 3 | Deals major Water-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Water | 4 | Deals minor Water-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Watera | 4 | Deals moderate Water-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Waterga | 4 | Deals major Water-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Banish | 2 | Deals minor Light-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Banishra | 2 | Deals moderate Light-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Banishga | 2 | Deals major Light-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Banish | 3 | Deals minor Light-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Banishra | 3 | Deals moderate Light-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Banishga | 3 | Deals major Light-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Banish | 4 | Deals minor Light-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Banishra | 4 | Deals moderate Light-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Banishga | 4 | Deals major Light-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Dark | 2 | Deals minor Dark-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Darkra | 2 | Deals moderate Dark-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Darkaga | 2 | Deals major Dark-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Dark | 3 | Deals minor Dark-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Darkra | 3 | Deals moderate Dark-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Darkaga | 3 | Deals major Dark-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Dark | 4 | Deals minor Dark-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Darkra | 4 | Deals moderate Dark-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Darkaga | 4 | Deals major Dark-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Leaf | 2 | Deals minor Non-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Leafra | 2 | Deals moderate Non-elemental damage. | 
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| Strong Leafaga | 2 | Deals major Non-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Leaf | 3 | Deals minor Non-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Leafra | 3 | Deals moderate Non-elemental damage. | 
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| Amazing Leafaga | 3 | Deals major Non-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Leaf | 4 | Deals minor Non-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Leafra | 4 | Deals moderate Non-elemental damage. | 
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| Prodigious Leafaga | 4 | Deals major Non-elemental damage. | 
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Dark Magic[]
| Name | Characters | Description | Image |
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| Strong Drain | 2 | Deals minor Non-elemental damage and absorb HP. | 
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| Amazing Drain | 3 | Deals moderate Non-elemental damage and absorb HP. | 
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| Prodigious Drain | 4 | Deals major Non-elemental damage and absorb HP. | 
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| Strong Suppress | 2 | Reduces foe's status. | 
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| Amazing Suppress | 3 | Reduces foe's status. | 
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| Prodigious Suppress | 4 | Reduces foe's status. | 
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| Strong Confuse | 2 | Inflicts confusion. | 
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| Amazing Confuse | 3 | Inflicts confusion. | 
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| Prodigious Confuse | 4 | Inflicts confusion. | 
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| Strong Flash | 2 | Inflicts blindness. | 
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| Amazing Flash | 3 | Inflicts blindness. | 
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| Prodigious Flash | 4 | Inflicts blindness. | 
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| Strong Poison | 2 | Inflicts poison. | 
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| Amazing Poison | 3 | Inflicts poison. | 
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| Prodigious Poison | 4 | Inflicts poison. | 
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| Strong Silence | 2 | Inflicts silence. | 
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| Amazing Silence | 3 | Inflicts silence. | 
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| Prodigious Silence | 4 | Inflicts silence. | 
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| Strong Sleep | 2 | Inflicts sleep. | 
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| Amazing Sleep | 3 | Inflicts sleep. | 
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| Prodigious Sleep | 4 | Inflicts sleep. | 
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| Strong Curse | 2 | Inflicts curse. | 
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| Amazing Curse | 3 | Inflicts curse. | 
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| Prodigious Curse | 4 | Inflicts curse. | 
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| Strong Break | 2 | Inflicts petrification. | 
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| Amazing Break | 3 | Inflicts petrification. | 
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| Prodigious Break | 4 | Inflicts petrification. | 
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| Strong Death | 2 | Inflicts sudden death. | 
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| Amazing Death | 3 | Inflicts sudden death. | 
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| Prodigious Death | 4 | Inflicts sudden death. | 
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Etymology[]
"Psych up" means to get mentally ready for something.