Tentacle ( ability ) Tentacle , also called Tentacles and Tentacl is a recurring enemy ability in the series . It is a physical attack that can either inflict statuses , deal heavy damage to a party member , or Drain HP from a party member . Appearances . Tentacle is an ability used by Orthros . In the first phase of the battle , it will deal two hits to random targets ; in the second phase of the battle , the number of hits increases to four . Each hit counts as a physical attack and can be nullified by Blink . " Final Fantasy V " . Tentacle , titled Feeler in the " Advance " release , is a physical attack that inflicts Paralyze . It is used by the Karlabos boss . " Final Fantasy VI " . Tentacle is an enemy ability used by Seaflower , which inflicts Poison upon a single character . This ability is only used in the SNES version however . " Final Fantasy VII " . Tentacle , known as Feeler in the demo release , is the special attack of Guard Hound and Unknown 2 , as well as being the standard attack for Lost Number . It deals minor damage in Guard Hound ' s and Lost Number ' s case , but deals major non - elemental damage when used by Unknown 2 . Tentacle Drain , used by Blood Taste , deals minor non - elemental damage and drains HP from the target . " Dirge of Cerberus - Final Fantasy VII - " . Tentacle is used by Crimson Hound and Guard Hound , and hits up to three times . " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " . Tentacle , used by Guard Fang , deals non - elemental physical damage and hits twice . It may also inflict Stun for one second . " Final Fantasy VIII " . Tentacle , used by Jelleye and Ochu , are both non - elemental Counterattacks . When used by Ochu , it has an added ability of inflict Poison as well . " Final Fantasy IX " . Left Tentacle and Right Tentacle , both used only by Plant Brain , inflict minor non - elemental damage to one target . Tentacle , used by Plant Spider , also inflicts minor non - elemental damage to one target . The more dangerous Virus Tentacles , used by Malboro , inflict moderate non - elemental damage as well as Virus to one party member . " Final Fantasy X " . Tentacles Attack , used by Octopus , inflicts minor non - elemental damage to one party member as well as inflicting Slow . " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . Tentacles Slap , used by the Tentacles enemy when Oversouled , inflicts five non - elemental attacks worth of moderate damage a piece to random party members . " Final Fantasy XI " . Tentacle is a single target melee attack used by Sea Monk enemies . " Final Fantasy Tactics " . Tentacles are used by all three varieties of Malboro as well as all three varieties of Mindflayer , however each has a unique formula for damage . It inflicts non - elemental damage to one unit . " Final Fantasy Adventure " . Tentacle is an enemy ability used by the Kraken , attacks in a upside down " L " shape pattern . " The Final Fantasy Legend " . Tentacl is an ability that has 25 uses and has an attack power of 5 which damages one enemy , the damage formula is base on Agility . This ability is used by Octopus , Cactus , P - Flower , Garlic , Thorn , and F - Flower . " Final Fantasy Legend II " . Tentacle is a special attack that has 30 uses , it also increases a Robot ' s HP by 9 . The damage formula for Tentacle is the user ' s Str x6 . This attack can be used by Octopus . " Final Fantasy Legend III " . Tentacle is a physical attack that damages one enemy . Octopus and Squid can use this attack . " Final Fantasy All the Bravest " . Tentacle is the enemy ability that is used by Ultros during battle . " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " . One of Tros ' s cards can use Tentacle as its ability . For the cost of discarding another Tros card , Tentacle doubles the damage Tros does to Forwards for the rest of the turn .