Vigilance (ability)

Vigilance as seen in Final Fantasy Tactics.

Prevents sneak attacks and back attacks.

Final Fantasy Dimensions description

Vigilance (けいかい or 警戒, Keikai?, lit. Warning), also known as Caution and Alert, is a recurring ability in the Final Fantasy series, associated with the Thief job class. It generally prevents back attacks

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Appearances

Final Fantasy V

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Prevent back attacks.

Description

Vigilance (also known as Caution) is a support ability for the Thief job class, costing 75 ABP. It reduces the chance of a back attack on the party from 1/16 to 0.

Final Fantasy VI

Template:Sideicon Vigilance is found on the relic Alarm Earring which protects against Back Attacks and Pincer Attacks. Because some enemies only attack in certain formations, this eliminates some Random encounter groups.

Final Fantasy VII

Template:Sideicon Although not mentioned in the Materia's description, the Preemptive Materia, when mastered and placed on the last character on the party, gives an "Ambush Alert Bonus", which halves the chance of back and pincer attacks.

Each area has a set number of battle formations that are possible to occur during a random encounter. When a random encounter is about to start the game performs a check to see if any of the "special attack formations" apply. If the area has any special formation battles (Back Attack, Side Attack and Pincer Attack) the chance of getting them is calculated first. These battles have the player at a disadvantage, but a mastered Preemptive Materia helps protect against these battles by halving the chances of the disadvantageous ones.

The game uses two types of check in order to detect whether of not a party member has a mastered Preemptive Materia equipped: a single character check and a global check. The single character check is made whenever the player changes Materia or Equipment. If the character does not have a mastered Preemptive Materia the game will remove the Ambush Alert Bonus, which halves the chance of Back and Pincer Attacks, and it doesn't matter if another character does actually have a mastered Preemptive equipped.

The global check is used when entering the menu or exiting the PHS screen by running the single character check on each character in the party in turn, starting from the top. What this means is that only the bottommost character in the party counts for whether they have a mastered Preemptive Materia equipped.

Final Fantasy VIII

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Prevents Back Attack.

Description

Alert is available from the Guardian Force Cerberus for 200 AP. It doesn't protect against fixed back attacks, such as the one in Deep Sea Research Center against a Ruby Dragon whilst answering Bahamut's questions.

Final Fantasy IX

Template:Sideicon The Alert support ability costs four Magic Stones to equip and reduces the chance of being ambushed from 24/256 to 0%. It is learned from the Barbut, Ninja Gear, and Germinas Boots. Alert can be learned by Zidane, Steiner and Amarant. Zidane learns it for 40 AP, Steiner for 60 AP and Amarant for 30 AP.

Final Fantasy XI

Template:Sideicon Here translated as Alertness, it is a mysterious job trait that Ranger gains at level 5. Its description says that it "Lowers the chance of being detected by enemies." Nothing about how this works is known with any certainty.

Final Fantasy Tactics

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Assume a defensive stance.

Description

Vigilance, also known as Caution, is a reaction ability. The Thief class learns it for 200 JP. Receiving an enemy's attack causes the character to take up a defensive position that doubles the unit's evasion rate (but not reduce damage received). It lasts until the character's next AT.

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift

Template:Sideicon Vigilance is a support ability exclusive to the Sky Pirate class, belonging solely to Vaan. It allows the user to not take extra damage from side or back attacks.

Final Fantasy Dimensions

Template:Sideicon Vigilance is the level 12 ability of the Thief class, requiring 230 AP to learn. It requires 1 slot in order to equip and use. The ability prevents sneak attacks and back attacks.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy

Template:Sideicon Vigilance is a special ability learned by Onion Knight, Bartz, Faris and Locke. Vigilance activates once per stage during Field Music Sequence, and prevents the character from being replaced if they fall.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call

Template:Sideicon Vigilance is a reactive ability that costs 4 CP to equip. It is activated just once in Field Music Sequences (FMS) when a character is hurt. The character will not be switched out for the next party member like usual. It is learned by Onion Knight (level 5), Bartz (level 5), Galuf (level 10), Sephiroth (level 5), Vincent (initially), Tidus (initially), Vaan (initially), Balthier (level 5), Rikku (level 15), and Zack (level 5).

Final Fantasy Explorers

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Backstep out of harm's way, becoming invisible and reducing malice.

Description

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Final Fantasy Brave Exvius

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World of Final Fantasy

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Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon

Template:Sideicon Alert is a level 3 Thief ability that costs 3 SP to use and requires 260 JP to learn. It finds enemies, traps, and items on the floor.

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