Action Abilities | Support Abilities Skill | White Magic | Summon | Black Magic Sword Arts | Dragon Magic | Blue Magic | Flair Skill Zidane NAME AP MP EFFECT TIPS Flee 40 0 Run from battle quickly. Drop gil. Learn it, because it could save your butt. But don't use it when it's not necessary. Detect 40 0 See what an enemy has to steal. Rarely worthwhile. It's better to just steal what enemies have to steal. What's that!? 40 2 Make the enemies' AT go down to 0 I never use it Soul Blade 35 6 Deal physical damage It's not worth the MP Annoy 50 4 Causes trouble status It's not worth a turn. Sacrifice 55 32 Sacrifice Zidane to restore the HP & MP of the other party members It could help in certain situations. Lucky Seven 85 6 Deals either 1 damage or 7777 damage randomly The uncertainty isn't worth it. Thievery 100 8 Deal damage based on how many times you have successfuly stolen. If you steal a lot like me, you'll deal insane amounts of damage Top White MagicGarnet, Eiko NAME USED BY AP MP EFFECT TIPS Cure Dagger, Eiko 30 6 Recover some HP A must-have. Use it out of battle through the whole game. Cura Dagger, Eiko 50 10 Recover more HP A must-have. Curaga Dagger, Eiko 155 22 Recover a lot of HP A must-have. Regen Eiko 25 14 Gradually recover HP It's OK, but it's better to just cast cure. Life Dagger, Eiko 30 8 Revive an ally with some HP Absolutely necessary Full Life Eiko 90 24 Revive an ally with all HP Possibly the best spell in the game Scan Dagger 25 4 View enemy's HP, MP, and weakness A waste of MP Antidote Dagger, Eiko 15 4 Neutralizes poison and venom Use it when you only have poison and/or venom. Stona Dagger, Eiko 25 8 Neutralizes petrify and gradual petrify Use it when you only have petrify or gradual petrify. Esuna Eiko 80 20 Neutralizes negative status ailments Gotta learn this! Shell Dagger, Eiko 35 6 Temporarily increases magic defense Key word: temporarily. It's rarely worth it. Protect Dagger, Eiko 30 6 Temporarily increases physical defense Key word: temporarily. It's rarely worth it. Haste Eiko 30 8 Temporarily increases speed This'll get in a few extra turns for your most important character Silence Dagger 30 8 Temporarily prevents enemy from casting magic Good on difficult mages. Note that most bosses are immune to silence. Mini Dagger 40 8 Casts or undoes the small status Best for undoing the small status Reflect Dagger 30 6 Reflects spells cast on you unto the opponent Note that you can't cast cure on a reflected person. But otherwise, it greatly helps in avoiding the spells of mage bosses Confuse Dagger 35 8 Confuses the enemy You get un-confused when you're attacked. Why bother? Berserk Dagger 30 6 Causes a unit to attack wildly Good on characters like Steiner if you don't need them doing anything but attacking Blind Dagger 40 6 Temporarily decreases hit rate Worthless Float Dagger 20 6 Temporarily avoid earth attacks If a difficult enemy casts a lot of earth magic, this is good Dispel Eiko 35 16 Neutralizes positive status ailments Can be useful in certain situations Might Eiko ? 14 Temporarily increases attack power Watch your Steiner deal even more! Jewel Eiko ? 4 Morphs a weakened enemy into a jewel I've never used it Holy Eiko ? 36 Deal holy elemental damage Deals massive damage Top Summons Garnet, Eiko NAME USED BY AP MP EFFECT TIPS Shiva Dagger 30 24 Deal ice elemental damage Best against fire enemies Ifrit Dagger 40 26 Deal fire elemental damage Best against ice enemies Ramuh Dagger 30 22 Deal lightning elemental damage Best against water enemies Atomos Dagger 40 32 Deal gravity elemental damage Best against enemies weak against gravity Odin Dagger 40 28 Instantly kill all enemies Extremely good against yans. Leviathan Dagger 40 42 Deal water elemental damage Best against thunder enemies Bahamut Dagger 80 56 Deal non-elemental elemental damage Very powerful Ark Dagger 15 80 Deals dark elemental damage Extremely powerful! Carbuncle Eiko 35 24 Casts reflect on all allies Note that you can't cast cure on a reflected person. But otherwise, it greatly helps in avoiding the spells of mage bosses Fenrir Eiko 55 30 Deal earth elemental damage Best against enemies weak against earth Phoenix Eiko 40 32 Revives all allies and deals fire elemental damage Amazingly helpful if you have a bunch of dead allies Madeen Eiko 120 54 Deals holy elemental damage Best against evil enemies Top Black Magic Vivi NAME AP MP EFFECT TIPS Fire 20 6 Deal a little fire damage Useful at the beginning of the game Fira 50 12 Deal some fire damage Useful in the middle of the game Firaga 75 24 Deal a lot of fire damage Useful near the end of the game Sleep 20 10 Make enemy fall asleep An attack will wake up the enemy. This is worthless. Blizzard 20 6 Deal a little ice damage Useful at the beginning of the game Blizzara 50 12 Deal some ice damage Useful in the middle of the game Blizzaga 75 24 Deal a lot of fire damage Useful near the end of the game Slow 20 6 Temporarily slows down enemy It'll make the enemy skip a few turns, but bosses are immune Thunder 20 6 Deal a little lightning damage Useful at the beginning of the game Thundara 50 12 Deal some lightning damage Useful in the middle of the game Thundaga 75 24 Deal a lot of lightning damage Useful near the end of the game Stop 25 8 Temporarily stop enemy actions It'll make the enemy skip a few turns, but bosses are immune Poison 35 8 Poisons enemy Enemies that have enough HP for this to deal significant damage to are immune Bio 40 18 Deals non-elemental damage and poisons enemy Great for enemies that are strong against all your elements Osmose 70 2 Absorb the MP of the opponent EXTREMELY useful! Never use an ether on Vivi again! Drain 60 14 Absorb the HP of the opponent Or, you could cast cure on Vivi for far more HP recovery and far less MP. Demi 30 18 Takes off a percentage of the enemy's HP Good on enemies with a lot of HP. Note that many are immune Comet 55 16 Summons a comet to deal non-elemental damage Great for enemies that are strong against all your elements Death 45 20 Automatically kills an enemy If only this were FF1 and bosses weren't immune... Break 30 18 Turns the enemy to stone Stone is the equivalent of dead Water 55 22 Deals water elemental damage Best against thunder enemies Meteor 95 42 Deals non-elemental damage to all enemies For a group of powerful enemies Flare 95 40 Deal non-elemental damage Great for enemies that are strong against all your elements. It's also an extremely strong spell. Doomsday 150 72 Deals dark elemental damage to all enemies Talk about powerful!!!!! Top Sword Arts Steiner NAME AP MP EFFECT TIPS Darkside 30 0 Take away your HP to damage the enemy If you have HP to spare, it'll deal more damage than a regular attack Minus Strike 35 8 Deal the difference between your max and current HP levels If Steiner is low, this is extremely powerful Iai Strike ? 16 Automatic death Never got it Power Break 30 8 Reduces attack power Not terribly useful; decent on physically strong enemies Armor Break 45 4 Reduces defense Not terribly useful Mental Break 25 8 Reduces magic power Not terribly useful; decent on magical enemies Magic Break 25 4 Reduces magic defense Not terribly useful Charge! 30 10 All near-death allies attack instantly Never used it Thunder Slash 30 24 Deals thunder elemental damage Decent against water enemies Stock Break 25 26 Deals non-elemental damage to all enemies Good to attack multiple enemies Climhazard 70 42 Deals non-elemental damage to all enemies Good to attack multiple enemies Shock 60 40 Deals non-elemental damage Very powerful! Top Dragon Magic Freya NAME AP MP EFFECT TIPS Lancer 20 10 Deals HP & MP damage Not particularly useful Reis's Wind 40 12 Casts regen on all allies Good to use at the beginning of a boss fight Dragon Breath 205 78 Attacks enemy Ultra powerful White Draw 90 36 Absorbs MP from the enemy and distributes it to the whole party Great if some of your allies are low on MP and can't recover it on their own Luna ? 12 Berserks all targets Never got it Six Dragons 25 28 Reduces magic power Not terribly useful; decent on magical enemies Cherry Blossom ? 46 Deals non-elemental damage Very powerful! Dragon's Crest 45 16 Deals physical damage Jump deals big physical damage too. Top Blue Magic Quina NAME LEARNED FROM MP EFFECT TIPS Goblin Punch Goblins 4 Deals non-elemental damage It's random LV5 Death Whale Zombie (Beaches near the Forgotten Continent) 20 Automatically kills enemies with levels that are multiples of 5 Not worth finding out the enemies' levels LV4 Holy The stingray-like guys in Fossil Roo (Feather Circles) 22 Deal holy damage on enemies whose levels are multiples of 4 Not worth finding out the enemies' levels LV3 Def-less Lamia (Gizamaluke's Grotto) 12 Decreases the defense of enemies whose levels are multiples of 3 Not worth finding out the enemies' levels Doom ? 12 Casts death sentence on an enemy Enemies are either immune or can be killed really quickly anyway Roulette Hecteyes 18 Kills a random target And watch Quina be that random target... Aqua Breath Someone near Lindblum 14 Deals water to all enemies Good against groups of thunder enemies Mighty Guard Some dragon enemy on the Mist Continent 64 Casts protect and shell on all allies Uses a lot of MP, but helps on bosses Matra Magic Dragonfly 8 Reduces enemy's HP to 1 Good for making enemies easy to eat Bad Breath Malboro 16 Causes a lot of negative status effects Too bad all the strong enemies are immune to most status effects Limit Glove ? 10 Deals non-elemental damage when your HP is 1 Auto-life will easily put your HP at 1 1000 Needles Cactuar (Forgotten and Outer Continents) 8 Deals 1000 damage Good early on Pumpkin Head Hedgehog Pie 12 Deals the difference between Quina's max and current HP Good if Quina is low on HP Night Nymph 14 Puts everyone sleep An attack will wake up the enemy. This is worthless. Twister Red Dragons 22 Deals wind elemental damage to all enemies Good against groups that are weak against wind Earth Shake ? 20 Deals earth elemental damage to all enemies Good against groups that are weak against wind Angel's Snack ? 4 Uses a remedy from your inventory on all allies If many allies have status effects that need healing, this is a quick recovery Frog Drop Gigan Toad (Qu Marshes) 10 Deals damage based on the # of frogs you've caught If you catch frogs as much as me, this is extremely useful White Wind Zuu 14 Recover HP to all allies. (Not Quina's current HP) Good healing Vanish Vice 8 Makes an ally invisible Good against bosses that use lots of physical attacks Frost ? 8 Freezes the enemy Everybody whom this is good against is immune Mustard Bomb Vepal, Grenade 10 Casts heat on the enemy Everybody whom this is good against is immune Magic Hammer Magic Vice (Burmecia) 2 Deals MP damage Most monsters have huge stocks of MP anyway Auto-Life Cerebus 14 Casts life when the target is killed Great for survival on enemies that can kill you in one hit Top Flair Amarant NAME AP MP EFFECT TIPS Chakra 30 4 Recovers HP & MP to a target Great on Garnet and Eiko, who need lots of MP but can't recover it on their own Spare Change ? 0 Throws money at an enemy If you happen to be loaded, this is good No Mercy ? 12 Deals non-elemental damage Powerful damage Aura ? 12 Casts regen and auto-life Super defense! Your character doesn't die for a long time, and when it does, it comes right back! How could you not use Amarant? Curse ? 12 Makes the enemy weak against a certain elemental attack Pointless Revive ? 20 Revives a dead character Definitely worth it Demi Shock 50 20 Casts Demi Good on enemies with a lot of HP. Note that many are immune Coundown 40 16 Casts death sentence Enemies are either immune or can be killed really quickly anyway Top Action Abilities | Support Abilities