Tail (ability)

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FFIX Tail — Mu using Tail in *Final Fantasy IX*.

Tail (しっぽ, Shippo?), also known as Tail Hammer and Tail Attack, is a recurring enemy ability in the Final Fantasy series. A non-elemental physical attack, the severity of damage it inflicts has varied through the series, and in some appearances Tail can inflict negative status effects.

Appearances[]

Final Fantasy V[]

Tail, used by the Bone Dragon, Desertpede, Leviathan, Mythril Dragon, Stray Cat, White Serpent and Wyrm, deals moderate physical damage to one party member.

Final Fantasy VI[]

Tail, used by the Sand Ray, Peeper, Knotty and Dragon, deals weak physical damage to one party member. Knotty's Tail attack can also inflict Imp.

Final Fantasy VII[]

Tail, used by the Bagrisk (sometimes twice in one turn) and the Shred, deals physical damage to one party member.

Final Fantasy VIII[]

Tail, used by Cerberus and T-Rexaur, inflicts non-elemental physical damage with a 100% critical hit rate when under Triple status.

Final Fantasy IX[]

Tail, used by the Axolotl, Feather Circle, Griffin and Mu, deals weak physical damage to one party member.

Final Fantasy X[]

Tail is an enemy ability used by the Behemoth King. It deals moderate non-elemental damage to the entire party.

Final Fantasy XIII[]

Tail Hammer is an enemy ability that deals moderate physical damage to party members in range. Tiamat Eliminator's Tail Hammer may inflict Imperil. It is used by the Ushumgal Subjugator (first encounter) and Tiamat Eliminator.

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII[]

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Vagrant Story[]

Tail Attack, used by the Dragon, Earth Dragon, Sky Dragon, Snow Dragon, Arch Dragon, Flame Dragon, Dark Dragon and Dragon Zombie, deals physical damage.

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest[]

Tail, used by the Snipion, has an attack power of 5 and inflicts physical damage.

The Final Fantasy Legend[]

Tail is an ability that has 10 uses and has an attack power of 6 which damages one enemy, the damage formula is base on Agility. This ability is used by Gecko, Siren, Crawler, Behemoth, Hydra, Nue, LavaWorm, Naga, Dinosaur, Scylla, Lilith, SandWorm, GigaWorm, Lamia, Leviathn, and Sei-Ryu2.

Final Fantasy Legend II[]

Tail is a special attack that has 30 uses, it also increases a Robot's HP by 9. The damage formula for Tail is the user's Agl x8. This attack can be used by Dinosaur, Dolphin, GigaWorm, Gunfish, Komodo, Lamia, LavaWorm, Leviathn, Lilith, Medusa, Naga, Piranha, SandWorm, Scylla, Shark, Worm, and Wyrm.

Final Fantasy Legend III[]

Tail inflicts physical damage to one party member and this ability can be used by numerous monsters: Worm, Ray, Gargoyle, LandWorm, Scorpion, GigaWorm, Young-D, Remora, D.Bone, Hunter, D.Fossil, BoltRay, Garuda, Warrior, Medusa, Fish Man, Lamia, Merman, Naga, Nix, Scylla, Selkie, Echidna, Gill Man, and Ballor.

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Tail (ability)

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