Enemy Skill Materia Enemy Skill is a Command Materia from " Final Fantasy VII " that works in the same manner as Blue Magic . It enables the use of E . Skill command in battle . There are four Enemy Skill Materia in the game : Mechanics . The Enemy Skill Materia can be used to learn specific enemy spells when a character equipped with the Materia is successfully targeted by that spell . The character permanently learns the spell regardless of whether he or she survives the attack . If the party escapes from the battle the learned skill will be nulled , and if the battle ends due to the characters being eject ed out of the battle , such as in the battle against Midgar Zolom , it counts as if having escaped and the skill won ' t be learned . Enemy Skills cannot be permanently learned from the Gold Saucer Battle Square . An Enemy Skill can only be learned from an enemy casting the Enemy Skill in question , and not from another party member casting the Enemy Skill using another Enemy Skill Materia that already has the Enemy Skill learned . A single character can equip multiple Enemy Skill Materia and learn an Enemy Skill for all the Materia at the same time . However , the Enemy Skill Materia equipped can only learn a new Enemy Skill if all the rest of the Enemy Skill Materia equipped on the same character do not already have that skill . Unilke other types of Materia , an Enemy Skill Materia does not reproduce a brand new one once all Enemy Skills has been learned . This means , in the entire game , a player can have up to a maximum of 4 mastered Enemy Skill Materia . Some enemies have to be manipulated to learn the Enemy Skill because they will never use it under normal conditions . Some enemies may also be inflicted with Confuse in order to have them use the ability on the player party . Many of the enemy abilities are not specific skills and use unique formulas . Despite this they must still have a classification of Physical or Magical even if the ability does not take into account the target ' s Defense or Magic Defense stats . Its role does affect the attack however , with Magical abilities being reflectable unless stated otherwise , and Physical abilities being able to remove Confusion and Sleep statuses . An Enemy Skill materia will not work with Support Materia of any sort , not even with the Master Command / Support Materia Glitch . Obtaining rare Enemy Skills . Most of the rarer Enemy Skills can be obtained in the Northern Cave at the end of the game : Parasite uses L5 Death and Magic Breath , Dark Dragon uses Dragon Force and Laser , Malboro uses Bad Breath . Dragon Zombie uses Shadow Flare and Pandora ' s Box , Pollensalta uses Angel Whisper and Death Dealer uses Roulette . All four Enemy Skill Materia can simultaneously learn a skill when all four are equipped on a character , easing the task of learning many of the Enemy Skills , including Roulette and Shadow Flare . If an Enemy Skill is used on a character who has an Enemy Skill Materia equipped that already has that skill , the other Enemy Skill Materia on that character will not learn the skill . To learn Roulette and L5 Death , casting the Death Force enemy skill on any potential target of Roulette or L5 Death prevents the enemies or allies ( in Roulette ' s case ) from being instantly killed . Trine can be learned only from three enemies : Materia Keeper , Godo and Stilva . Since the first two are bosses ( though , Godo is an one - time optional boss that can be fought on Disc 1 ~ 3 ) and Stilva is found only at Gaea ' s Cliff ( which is a one - visit area ) , Trine can be missed permanently . The Stilva later appears in the Battle Square , but the player cannot learn Enemy Skills there . The Chocobo Sage cabin , where the 4th Enemy Skill Materia is located , can only be visited after Gaea ' s Cliff . If the players wish to learn Trine on all four Enemy Skill Materia , they must refrain from fighting Godo until after all four Materia are in their possession . Due to the game ' s programming , the Dragon Zombie only uses the Pandora ' s Box skill once per save file , and will never use it again . To learn Pandora ' s Box on all four Enemy Skill Materia , all four must be equipped on the party as it is used only once per game . Even if the Dragon Zombie failed to cast it due to not having enough MP , none of the others will cast it . If the player misses Pandora ' s Box the first time it is used , they can never obtain it .