Final Fantasy XIII enemy abilities

A list of the various abilities used exclusively by enemies in Final Fantasy XIII.
== List of enemy abilities ==
=== # ===
Ability	Type 	Description 	Enemies
 	Physical	Deals 1,000 base damage. May inflict Pain or Fog and dispel up to three status enhancements. 	Cactuar Prime
 	Physical	Deals 10,000 base damage. May inflict Pain or Fog and dispel up to three status enhancements. Can bypass Provoke.	Gigantuar
=== A ===
Ability	Type 	Description 	Enemies
 	Physical	Deals moderate damage and may inflict Curse, Pain or Fog. 	Amam, Mánagarmr
 	Support 	Flee from battle. 	Flowering Cactuar
 	Physical	Deals damage and launches targets around the user. Resets the chain gauge, makes the user immune to launch, and enables use of Retaliatory Strike. 	The Proudclad (Second Encounter)
 	Physical	Deals damage in a straight line. 	Hecatoncheir
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Ravager's Aero. 	Chonchon, Dahaka, Leyak, Vespid Soldier
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Ravager's Aerora. 	Dahaka, Lodestar Behemoth, Rangda, Sacrifice
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Ravager's Aeroga. 	Dahaka, Humbaba, Penanggalan, Rangda, Vampire, Vespid Soldier
 	Magical 	Inflicts Poison, Slow, Imperil, Deshell, and Defaith onto one target. 	Sacrifice
 	Physical	Deals damage to characters in range and resets the chain gauge. Makes the user vulnerable to launch, and enables use of Muon Blaster and Oneiric Maelstrom.	The Proudclad (Second Encounter)
 	Physical	Interrupts and deals damage in a large area around the target. 	Anavatapta Warmech
 	Magical 	Deals damage to all targets equal to 10% of current HP, and dispels all status enhancements from the party and all status ailments from the user. 	Barthandelus (Second Encounter)
 	Support 	Charges the ATB Gauge of the user 1.5x faster. 	Nix
=== B ===
Ability	Type 	Description 	Enemies
 	Magical 	Attacks with a barrage of three Ruin spells. 	Barthandelus (First Encounter)
 	Support 	Makes the user resistant to both physical and magical damage. 	Garuda Interceptor
 	Physical	Deals major damage and inflicts Daze on the entire party. Can dispel up to seven status enhancements. 	Adamanchelid, Shaolong Gui
 	Physical	Deals moderate damage and launches party members into the air within a wide radius. 	PSICOM Bombardier, PSICOM Destroyer, Sanctum Celebrant
 	Physical	Attacks one target with laser. 	Ciconia Velocycle
 	Support 	Removes three status ailments, and bestows Bravery, Faith, Enthunder (Enlil) or Enwater (Enki), and Haste on the user. 	Enki, Enlil
 	Physical	Deals major damage to a single target. 	Wyvern
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Ravager's Blizzard. 	Dahaka, Left Ailette, Leyak
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Ravager's Blizzara. 	Adroa, Dahaka, Left Ailette, Nix
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Ravager's Blizzaga. 	Dahaka, Flowering Cactuar, Left Ailette, Verdelet
 	Magical 	Deals major Ice and Water damage to all opponents, with chance of inflicting Imperil. Modifies elemental resistances to absorb Ice and Water attacks.	Dahaka
 	Support 	Restores Bandersnatch's HP. 	Jabberwocky
 	Magical 	Deals three attacks to party members in range. 	Jabberwocky
 	Support 	Prepares to use Imminent Grudge. 	Tonberry
=== C ===
Ability	Type 	Description 	Enemies
 	Support 	Prepares to use Grow. Long charging time. 	Cactuar
 	Physical	Deals damage and inflicts Deprotect onto all party members. 	Yakshini
 	Magical 	Inflicts Poison and any status ailments from one party member to all party members. 	Orphan (First Encounter)
 	Support 	Charges from 25% -> 50% -> 90% to switch to Annihilation Mode. 	The Proudclad (Second Encounter)
 	Support 	Prepares to use Manadrive abilities. 	PSICOM Executioner, PSICOM Marauder, PSICOM Warlord, PSICOM Reaver, Sanctum Templar
 	Support 	Charges from 25% -> 50% -> 90% to switch to Extermination Mode. 	Alpha Behemoth
 	Physical	Inflicts Deprotect and Deshell and dispels up to six status enhancements from a single target, and removes up to eight status ailments from the user, before dealing major damage.	Attacus
 	Support 	Summons an Ahriman when used by Imp, a Rangda when used by Leyak, or a Verdelet when used by Adroa. 	Imp, Leyak, Adroa
 	Support 	Changes battle strategy to offensive and debilitating. Also precedes Merciless Judgement. 	Orphan (First Encounter)
 	Support 	Changes battle strategy to recovery. Also precedes Merciless Judgement. 	Orphan (First Encounter)
 	Support 	Summons three Hedge Frogs when used by Mud Frog, or four Ceratosaurs when used by Ceratoraptor. 	Ceratoraptor, Mud Frog
 	Physical	Deals moderate damage to targets in range. 	Odin
 	Physical	Deals major damage to one target with two attacks, which deal lesser area damage to surrounding targets. 	Manasvin Warmech (Second Encounter)
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Medic's Cure. 	Cid Raines
 	Magical 	Recovers a significant amount of HP. 	Cid Raines
 	Magical 	Fully recovers Snow's HP. 	Stiria
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Saboteur's Cursega. 	Barthandelus (Second Encounter)
 	Support 	Prepares to use Aeroga. 	Vespid Soldier
=== D ===
Ability	Type 	Description 	Enemies
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Saboteur's Dazega. 	Barthandelus (Second Encounter), Cid Raines
 	Magical 	Deals damage and has a 1% chance of inflicting Instant KO. 	Sacrifice
 	Magical 	Deals major damage to all party members and may inflict Curse and Fog. Restores the user's HP to full, removes all status ailments, increases stats, and raises status resistances. 	Tonberry
 	Support 	Enters defensive mode. 	Cid Raines
 	Support 	Bestows Bravery and Haste onto all allies. 	Stikini
 	Support 	Summons four Cryptos when used by Ambling Bellows, or four Hoplites when used by Boxed Phalanx. 	Ambling Bellows, Boxed Phalanx
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Saboteur's Deprotect. 	Vampire
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Saboteur's Deprotega. 	Cid Raines, Penanggalan
 	Physical 	Deals damage to characters in range and resets the chain gauge. Makes the user vulnerable to launch, and enables use of Pinpoint Beam and Laser Rain. 	Tiamat Eliminator
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Saboteur's Deshellga. 	Cid Raines
 	Magical 	Deals major damage to all party members after charging for 30 seconds, consisting of twenty attacks. Can be reduced to twelve attacks if 12,000 damage is incurred, and further reduced to seven attacks if another 20,000 damage is incurred within 15 seconds. 	Barthandelus (First Encounter)
 	Physical and Magical	Deals moderate damage to all targets. Can inflict Deprotect and Deshell. 	Orphan (First Encounter)
 	Magical 	Deals minor damage, dispels up to eight status enhancements, and inflicts Debrave, Defaith, Deprotect, Poison, Slow, Curse, and Deshell on all targets. Removes up to eight status ailments from the user and modifies resistances to take half damage from all elements and become immune to Deprotect, Slow, and Imperil.	Dahaka
 	Physical 	Deals damage and inflicts Defaith, Deprotect, and Fog 	Rakshasa
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Saboteur's Dispel. 	Kaiser Behemoth
 	Physical 	Deals major damage to target and party members near it. 	Geiseric
 	Magical 	Inflicts Doom on the party leader, starting a countdown timer that causes instant Game Over when it reaches 0. 	Alexander, Attacus, Barthandelus, Bahamut, Brynhildr, Cid Raines, Dahaka, Geiseric, Hecatoncheir, Long Gui, Odin, Orphan (First Encounter), Orphan (Second Encounter), Shaolong Gui, Stiria, Vercingetorix
=== E ===
Ability	Type 	Description 	Enemies
 	Physical	Deals major damage through four attacks to all targets within a wide radius. Elemental property depends on current Exoproofing.	Aster Protoflorian, Vernal Harvester
 	Magical 	Deals major Lightning damage to one target. 	Immortal
 	Physical	Deals major Lightning damage. Long charging time. 	Watchdrone
 	Support 	Casts Protect and Shell. 	Barthandelus (First Encounter)
 	Support 	Prepares to use Mature. Long charging time. 	Giant Cactuar
 	Support 	Prepares to use Raging Torrent (Enki) or Raging Tempest (Enlil). 	Enki, Enlil
 	Physical	Deals moderate damage with two close-range attacks to target under Poison status. 	Silver Lobo
 	Support 	Same effect as a Medic's Esuna. 	Cid Raines
 	Support 	Makes the user absorb Fire, immune to Water, and weak against Ice. Also grants Enfire. 	Aster Protoflorian, Vernal Harvester
 	Support 	Makes the user absorb Ice, immune to Lightning, and weak against Fire. Also grants Enfrost. 	Aster Protoflorian, Vernal Harvester
 	Support 	Makes the user absorb Lightning, immune to Ice, and weak against Water. Also grants Enthunder. 	Aster Protoflorian, Vernal Harvester
 	Support 	Makes the user absorb Water, immune to Fire, and weak against Lightning. Also grants Enwater. 	Aster Protoflorian, Vernal Harvester
 	Support 	Allows the usage of Heave. 	Alpha Behemoth
=== F ===
Ability	Type 	Description 	Enemies
 	Support 	Same effect as a Synergist's Faith. 	Dahaka
 	Support 	Bestows Bravery, Haste, and Shell onto all allies. 	Rakshasa
 	Physical	Inflicts heavy damage to a single target with three attacks. 	Amphisbaena, Svarog, Zirnitra
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Ravager's Fire. 	Dahaka, Ghast, Gremlin, Imp, Leyak, Right Pauldron
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Ravager's Fira. 	Adroa, Ahriman, Dahaka, Garchimacera, Right Pauldron
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Ravager's Firaga. 	Dahaka, Flowering Cactuar, Right Pauldron, Verdelet
 	Support 	Summons Targeting Beacon, allowing Uhlan (PSICOM Tracker) or Bulwarker (Sanctum Seraph) to use its special attack. 	PSICOM Tracker, Sanctum Seraph
 	Physical	Four attacks that deal moderate damage to targets in range. 	Odin
 	Magical 	Three Fire attacks to one target. 	Vespid
 	Physical	Deals damage and inflicts Daze and Deprotect onto all targets. 	Stikini
 	Physical	Deals damage to opponents from a long range. 	Hecatoncheir
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Saboteur's Fogga. 	Kaiser Behemoth
 	Support 	Summons a Centaurion Blade. 	Tyrant, Berserker, Immortal
 	Magical 	Deals damage to one target and dispels the three most recent status enhancements. 	Dahaka
 	Support 	Bestow Bravery onto all allies. 	Yakshini
 	Magical 	Deals major Fire and Lightning damage to all opponents with chance of inflicting Imperil. Modifies elemental resistances to absorb Fire and Lightning attacks.	Dahaka
 	Magical 	Deals major non-elemental damage to a single target. 	Megrim Thresher
=== G ===
Ability	Type 	Description 	Enemies
 	Physical	Deals major damage to a single target over multiple attacks. Long charging time. 	Falco Velocycle
 	Support 	May bestow Bravery, Protect, Shell, Veil, and Vigilance onto an ally, depending on the user.	Borgbear Hero, Goblin Chieftain, Munchkin Maestro
 	Physical	Deals moderate damage to a single target. 	Borgbear, Goblin, Munchkin
 	Physical	Deals moderate damage and launches one party member up into the air. 	Humbaba
 	Physical	Deals moderate damage in a cone in front of the user. 	Anavatapta Warmech
 	Support 	Summons five Numidia into battle. 	Syphax
 	Support 	Turns into Giant Cactuar. 	Cactuar
 	Support 	Prepares to use Brooding Grudge. 	Tonberry
 	Support 	Reduces damage taken by 90% while guarding. 	Cid Raines, PSICOM Raider, Sanctum Archangel
 	Physical	Deals moderate damage to the area around the Targeting Beacon. 	Uhlan
=== H ===
Ability	Type 	Description 	Enemies
 	Support 	Same effect as a Synergist's Haste. 	Cid Raines, Dahaka, Mushussu
 	Physical	Launches targets surrounding user into air and drops them for moderate damage.	Pulsework Champion, Pulsework Gladiator, Pulsework Knight
 	Physical	Deals moderate damage and launches one party member up into the air. 	Alpha Behemoth, Beta Behemoth, Feral Behemoth, Greater Behemoth, Lodestar Behemoth, Proto-behemoth
 	Physical	Deals Lightning damage to all party members in range. 	Garuda Interceptor, Kalavinka Striker
 	Physical	Deals damage and inflicts Deprotect onto all party members. 	Succubus
 	Physical	Deals moderate damage and launches one party member up into the air. 	Behemoth King, Kaiser Behemoth
 	Physical	Deals damage in a small radius around the user. 	Hecatoncheir
=== I ===
Ability	Type 	Description 	Enemies
 	Magical	Deals ice damage with five attacks to one target. May inflict Slow. 	Tiamat Eliminator
 	Magical	Deals three attacks of ice damage in a small radius. 	Navidon
 	Magical	Drops an expanding cloud of blue flame onto a character, dealing damage in an area. Chains from Umbral Vise. 	Bahamut
 	Magical	Prepares to use Deep-seated Grudge (first use), Serious Grudge (second use), Vehement Grudge (third use), Unfathomable Grudge (fourth use), or Ultimate Grudge (fifth use and beyond). 	Tonberry
 	Support	User becomes temporarily invincible, and will regenerate 1% of its lost HP eight times. This ability also removes status ailments, applies status enhancements, and resets chain gauge.	Vercingetorix
 	Magical	Same effect as a Saboteur's Imperilga. 	Gelatitan
 	Support	Makes the user immune to physical damage and resistant to magical damage. Removes Deprotect. 	Raktavija, Vetala
 	Magical	Breathes crimson flames on party members affected by Whirlwind. 	Bahamut
 	Support	Restores Left and Right Manipulator after they have been defeated. Long charging time. 	Anima
 	Support	Commands the user's allies to use status enhancement abilities. 	Ambling Bellows, Boxed Phalanx
=== K ===
Ability	Type 	Description 	Enemies
 	Physical and Magical	Deals major damage to one target. 	Orphan (Second Encounter)
 	Physical 	Deals damage to one target. Three attacks when used by Giant Cactuar. 	Cactuar, Giant Cactuar
 	Physical 	Deals moderate damage to one character and dispels most recent status enhancement.	Tonberry
=== L ===
Ability	Type 	Description 	Enemies
 	Magical 	Deals minor damage around the user, and inflicts Deprotect, Deshell, Debrave, Defaith, and Curse. 	Syphax
 	Physical	Deals two attacks to all targets in range. Dispels two status enhancements when used by Tiamat Eliminator. 	Ushumgal Subjugator (Second Encounter), Tiamat Eliminator
 	Magical 	Deals major Lightning damage to all targets. 	Bituitus, Mithridates
 	Support 	Resonates with other users to execute the same command or to coordinate atacks. 	Chonchon, Penanggalan
 	Physical	Deals damage and launches targets around the user. Removes all status ailments, resets the chain gauge, makes the user immune to launch, and enables use of Ice Grenades, Tail Hammer, and Overdrive. 	Tiamat Eliminator
 	Support 	Recovers 299,997 HP and bestows Bravery, Haste, and Vigilance when used in First Encounter. Recovers 4,999,995 HP and additionally bestows Deprotect and Deshell when used in Second Encounter. Strengthens untargetable lasers, and enables use of Oneiric Maelstrom.	The Proudclad
 	Support 	Provokes nearby targets. May increase Gestalt gauge faster. 	Alexander
 	Support 	Attacks targets who draw near. May increase Gestalt gauge faster. 	Hecatoncheir
=== M ===
Ability	Type 	Description 	Enemies
 	Support 	Upgrades Pauldrons' and Ailettes' magic attacks to -ra or -ga stages. 	Barthandelus (First Encounter)
 	Magical 	Deals moderate damage to a small area around target. 	Seeker
 	Support 	Causes Left and Right Manipulator to use Resonant Magic. 	Anima
 	Physical 	Deals major damage to the party. Used at beginning of battle once, then used continuously when at low HP. 	Havoc Skytank
 	Support 	Railgun is ready to fire. 	Midlight Reaper
 	Support 	Bestows Barthunder on target. 	Corps Gunner
 	Magical 	Deals major Ice damage on large area around the target. 	Corps Regular, Corps Watchman
 	Support 	Bestows Bravera on target. 	Sanctum Inquisitrix
 	Support 	Bestows Bravery on target. 	PSICOM Huntress, Sanctum Seraph
 	Magical 	Casts Cura on target. 	PSICOM Infiltrator
 	Magical 	Inflicts Curse on target. 	PSICOM Predator
 	Magical 	Inflicts Deprotect on target. 	PSICOM Reaver
 	Magical 	Inflicts Deshell on target. 	PSICOM Reaver
 	Magical 	Removes target's most recent status enhancement. 	PSICOM Reaver, Sanctum Templar
 	Support 	Bestows Enfire on target. 	Corps Marksman
 	Support 	Bestows Enwater on target. 	Corps Tranquifex
 	Support 	Casts Esuna on target. 	PSICOM Infiltrator, Sanctum Archangel
 	Magical 	Deals minor Fire damage on target. 	Corps Regular, Corps Watchman
 	Magical 	Inflicts Fog on target. 	PSICOM Raider
 	Support 	Bestows Haste on target. 	PSICOM Huntress, Sanctum Inquisitrix
 	Magical 	Inflicts Pain on target. 	PSICOM Raider
 	Support 	Bestows Protect on target. 	PSICOM Huntress, PSICOM Ranger
 	Magical 	Deals major damage to large area around target. May launch affected targets into the air. 	Proto-behemoth
 	Support 	Bestows Shell on target. 	PSICOM Huntress, PSICOM Ranger
 	Support 	Bestows Veil on target. 	Sanctum Inquisitrix
 	Support 	Bestows Vigilance on target. 	PSICOM Scavenger, Sanctum Inquisitrix
 	Magical 	Deals moderate Water damage to a single target and nearby party members. 	Corps Pacifex
 	Support 	Turns into Cactuar Prime. 	Giant Cactuar
 	Physical 	After a short period, deals major damage to a single target through five attacks that can inflict Slow, dispel status enhancements, and remove status ailments from the user. 	Attacus
 	Physical 	Deals damage to all targets equal to 99% of their current HP. 	Orphan (First Encounter)
 	Support 	Fuses unto a monster to enhance it and restore HP. 	Dire Flan, Flan, Phosphoric Ooze
 	Support 	Allows use of all abilities, and enables use of Seraphic Ray. 	Cid Raines
 	Physical 	Deals damage and may inflict Poison, Imperil, Slow, Deprotect, Deshell, and Daze on all targets within a wide radius, depending on the Cie'th. 	Bituitus, Edimmu, Mithridates, Pijavica, Varcolaci
 	Physical 	Deals moderate damage to all targets with six evenly-split homing missiles. May also interrupt the target. 	Portside Hull, Starboard Hull
 	Physical 	Deals heavy damage with multiple homing missiles. May also interrupt the target. 	PSICOM Aerial Recon, PSICOM Dragoon
 	Physical 	Deals heavy damage with multiple homing missiles. May also interrupt the target. 	PSICOM Aerial Sniper
 	Physical and Magical	Inflicts Deprotect and Deshell, then deals a powerful attack to one target. Gets stronger with repeated use, and getting staggered resets its power to default. May dispel status enhancements.	Wladislaus
 	Physical 	Deals moderate damage to target. 	Bandersnatch
 	Magical 	Casts a barrage of random magic spells all at once. 	Raktavija, Vetala
 	Support 	Allows Geiseric's Fist to be targeted. 	Geiseric
 	Physical 	Five attacks to characters in a straight line. Used in Annihilation Mode. 	The Proudclad (Second Encounter)
 	Support 	Casts Faith and Haste. 	Barthandelus (First Encounter)
=== N ===
Ability	Type 	Description 	Enemies
 	Physical	Five Fire attacks to target. 	Ushumgal Subjugator (First encounter)
 	Support 	HP recovery to Jabberwocky. 	Bandersnatch
 	Magical 	Inflicts Pain and Fog to one target. 	Orphan (Second Encounter)
 	Magical 	Deals damage to the party and inflicts Poison. 	Midlight Reaper
 	Magical 	Drains HP from one target and gives it to the user.	Alraune, Noctilucale, Rafflesia
=== O ===
Ability	Type 	Description 	Enemies
 	Physical	Deals damage to launched target. 	Alexander
 	Support 	Enters offensive mode. 	Cid Raines
 	Support 	Makes user immune to damage until Staggered. 	Anavatapta Warmech
 	Physical	Deals 20 attacks with variable damage, including a strong finishing hit, over a large area. Used in Annihilation Mode. 	The Proudclad (Second Encounter)
 	Support 	Allows the casting of Consummate Light and Consummate Darkness at the same time. 	Orphan (First Encounter)
 	Physical	Deals Lightning damage to the area around the Targeting Beacon. 	Bulwarker
 	Support 	Bestows Bravery, inflicts Deprotect and Deshell, and becomes immune to all status ailments except Provoke when used by Ushumgal Subjugator. Heals 99,999 HP and bestows the user with Haste, Bravery, Protect, and Shell when used by Tiamat Eliminator.	Ushumgal Subjugator (First Encounter), Tiamat Eliminator
=== P ===
Ability	Type 	Description 	Enemies
 	Magical 	Deals moderate Lightning damage to a small area around the user. 	Flanborg
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Saboteur's Pain. 	Chonchon
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Saboteur's Painga. 	Gelatitan
 	Support 	Prepares to use Adieu. 	Flowering Cactuar
 	Support 	Strengthens attacks and enables use of Meditate instead of Concentrate. 	Attacus
 	Physical 	Deals damage to a wide area around the target. 	Geiseric
 	Physical 	Deals 10 attacks to party members in a straight line. 	Ushumgal Subjugator (First Encounter)
 	Physical and Magical	Deals major damage and launches one target into the air. Long charging time. 	Lucidon, Thermadon
 	Physical 	Unleashes six projectiles against the party member who was targeted before. Dispels six status enhancements when used by Tiamat Eliminator, which also does not require targeting. 	Ushumgal Subjugator (Second Encounter), Tiamat Eliminator
 	Physical 	Pulls targets nearby before unleashing damage around the user. 	Pulsework Centurion
 	Physical 	Deals damage to opponents within a small radius. 	Nix
 	Physical 	Deals two attacks to a party member. May launch target into the air. 	Havoc Skytank
 	Physical 	Deals major damage to the entire party. 	Aquila Velocycle
 	Support 	Requests Ochu or Neochu to use Pollen. 	Microchu, Picochu
 	Magical 	Inflicts Poison on target and deals damage. 	Chonchon
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Saboteur's Poisonga. 	Barthandelus (Second Encounter), Cid Raines, Penanggalan
 	Support 	Heals nearby Microchus or Picochus and removes status ailments, while damaging the party, removing status enhancements, and inflicting Poison and Slow, as well as Debrave, Defaith, Deprotect, Deshell, Imperil, and Curse when used by Neochu.	Ochu, Neochu
 	Support 	Bestows Haste, Shell, Veil and Vigilance onto the user. 	Dagonite, Orobon
 	Support 	Prepares to use Railgun. 	Midlight Reaper
 	Magical 	Damages one party member with a 50% chance to inflict Instant Death. 	Orphan (First Encounter)
 	Support 	Same effect as a Synergist's Protect. 	Cid Raines, Mushussu
 	Magical 	Deals moderate Fire damage to one target. 	Tyrant
 	Physical 	Deals multiple attacks to opponents within a small radius. 	Hecatoncheir
 	Physical 	Deals damage and dispels two status enhancements. 	Vercingetorix
 	Physical 	Shoots a bullet at a target that combusts in an area upon contact. Deals Fire damage. 	Brynhildr
 	Physical 	Shoots a bullet at a target that combusts in a wide area upon contact. Deals Fire damage. 	Brynhildr
=== Q ===
Ability	Type 	Description 	Enemies
 	Magical	Deals Earth damage to all targets.	Adamanchelid, Adamantoise, Adamantortoise, Corrosive Custard, Flowering Cactuar, Hecatoncheir, Long Gui, Shaolong Gui
=== R ===
Ability	Type 	Description 	Enemies
 	Physical 	Deals major damage to one party member. Long charging time. 	Midlight Reaper
 	Magical 	Deals major Lightning damage around the user. 	Enlil
 	Magical 	Deals major Water damage around the user. 	Enki
 	Physical and Magical	Deals minor damage to all targets and bestows the user with Bravery, Faith, Haste, and Veil. Used after recovering from Stagger.	Orphan (Second Encounter)
 	Support 	Enters recovery mode. 	Cid Raines
 	Support 	Makes the user resistant to physical and magical damage. Occurs after stagger period ends. 	Gurangatch, Lucidon, Navidon, Scalebeast, Thermadon
 	Support 	Allows the usage of Railgun. 	Midlight Reaper
 	Physical 	Blasts a single target with darkness. 	Orphan (First Encounter)
 	Magical 	Deals damage to party members in range. Used after Anima uses Magical Projection. 	Left Manipulator, Right Manipulator
 	Support 	Restores an ally's HP. 	Flanitor
 	Physical 	Deals major damage with twelve simultaneous attacks to target. Used in Aerial Defense Mode. 	The Proudclad
 	Magical 	Deals damage to one target and orders Numidias to tether to party members and sacrifice themselves, dealing constant damage. 	Syphax
 	Support 	Morphs caster into a higher ranking form. 	Borgbear, Goblin, Munchkin
 	Physical 	Deals major damage and inflicts Daze on all targets. Can dispel up to seven status enhancements. 	Adamantoise, Adamantortoise, Long Gui
 	Magical 	Deals minor damage to a single target. 	Cid Raines, Strigoi
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Commando's Ruinga. 	Barthandelus (First Encounter), Cid Raines
 	Physical 	Launches one party member up into the air. 	Dagonite
=== S ===
Ability	Type 	Description 	Enemies
 	Physical	Deals moderate damage to target. 	Sanctum Templar
 	Physical	Deals damage and absorbs HP equivalent to damage dealt. 	PSICOM Raider, PSICOM Scavenger, Sanctum Seraph
 	Physical	Deals damage to all party members. 	Geiseric
 	Physical	Deals moderate damage when used by Ochu, and heavy damage when used by Neochu, with four attacks over a large radius, and may remove status enhancements. Also bestows Microchus or Picochus with Bravery, as well as Haste when used by Neochu.	Ochu, Neochu
 	Support 	Summons Microchus when Ochu uses it, and Picochus when Neochu uses it. 	Ochu, Neochu
 	Physical	Deals moderate damage to targets in range. 	Odin
 	Physical	Deals major damage and consumes all HP. Only used when HP is full. Damage depends on the user's current HP. 	Bomb, Circuitron, Cryohedron
 	Magical 	Deals major damage to the party and dispels all status enhancements, and removes all status ailments from the user. Used after Metamorphose. 	Cid Raines
 	Magical 	Deals major damage to all party members and may inflict Curse and Fog. Restores the user's HP to full, removes all status ailments, increases stats, and raises status resistances. 	Tonberry
 	Support 	Same effect as a Synergist's Shell. 	Cid Raines
 	Magical 	Deals three attacks that deal major Lightning damage in a small radius. 	Scalebeast, Gurangatch
 	Physical	Deals two-three attacks that deal moderate damage to targets in range. 	Odin
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Saboteur's Slowga. 	Gelatitan
 	Physical	Deals heavy damage and launches one party member into the air. 	Sanctum Inquisitrix
 	Physical	Deals damage and launches party members around the main target into the air. 	Alexander
 	Magical 	Deals moderate Lightning damage on target. 	Orion
 	Physical	Deals moderate damage to character and may inflict Curse, Deprotect, Deshell, or Poison, depending on the user. 	Barbed Specter, Mushussu, Triffid
 	Support 	Restores 1 HP and removes the most recent status ailment when used by Dreadnought, and all status ailments when used by Juggernaut. Long charging time. 	Dreadnought, Juggernaut
 	Magical 	Deals Lightning damage to characters in range. May heal user and remove status ailments. 	Amam, Mánagarmr
 	Support 	Bestows Bravery onto all allies. 	Succubus
 	Support 	Summons a random monster. 	Rangda, Verdelet
 	Physical	Deals major Earth damage to target and nearby allies through multiple attacks. 	Behemoth King, Humbaba, Kaiser Behemoth, Lodestar Behemoth, Proto-behemoth
 	Magical 	Deals Water damage to a single target. May inflict Deprotect. 	Ceratoraptor, Hedge Frog
 	Support 	Can bestow Bravery and Haste onto the user. 	Hoplite, Cryptos
=== T ===
Ability	Type 	Description 	Enemies
 	Physical	Deals moderate damage to party members in range and launches them into the air. Also inflicts Imperil when used by Tiamat Eliminator. 	Ushumgal Subjugator (First encounter), Tiamat Eliminator
 	Support 	Targets party member and prepares to use Pinpoint Beam. 	Ushumgal Subjugator (Second Encounter)
 	Support 	Resets the chain gauge, removes all status ailments from the user, and dispels all status enhancements from the party. 	Orphan (Second Encounter)
 	Physical	Deals three attacks to a single target. 	Anavatapta Warmech
 	Physical	Opens face to unleash a stream of seven lasers, dealing damage in a straight line. 	Barthandelus (First Encounter)
 	Magical 	Deals sixteen attacks in a straight line. In Second Encounter it is unaffected by physical or magical damage reduction and hits characters up to 16 times for 95–99 base damage per hit. Damage is percentage-based in the Third Encounter, removing 12% of current HP with each attack.	Barthandelus (Second/Third Encounter)
 	Magical 	Deals moderate Fire damage to a single target. 	Viking
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Ravager's Thunder. 	Dahaka, Leyak, Right Ailette
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Ravager's Thundara. 	Adroa, Behemoth King, Dahaka, Monstrous Flan, Odin, Right Ailette, Zwerg Metrodroid
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Ravager's Thundaga. 	Behemoth King, Dahaka, Right Ailette, Verdelet
 	Magical 	Deals Lightning damage to target and inflicts Deprotect. 	Enlil
 	Physical	Deals major damage through multiple attacks. May be synchronized with other Deckdrones. 	Deckdrone
 	Physical	Deals major damage in a straight line. Long charging time. 	Milvus Velocycle
 	Physical	Fire ten rapid gunshots to target. May interrupt the target. 	Portside Turret, Starboard Turret
=== U ===
Ability	Type 	Description 	Enemies
 	Support 	Enters guard mode and charges ATB gauge. 	Odin
 	Magical 	Deals major damage to all characters, consisting of a weak opener and strong finisher with high damage variance. 	Barthandelus (Third Encounter), Long Gui, Shaolong Gui
 	Magical 	Deals major damage to all party members and may inflict Curse and Fog. Restores the user's HP to full and removes all status ailments. 	Tonberry
 	Physical	Follows Whirlwind. Crushes an airborne character in claws, creating an ellipse of flame that damages nearby characters. 	Bahamut
 	Magical 	Deals major damage to all party members and may inflict Curse and Fog. Restores the user's HP to full, removes all status ailments, increases stats, and raises status resistances. User glows purple.	Tonberry
 	Support 	Strengthens attacks and enables use of Concentrate. 	Attacus
=== V ===
Ability	Type 	Description 	Enemies
 	Physical	Slices at one character, spins with scythe, fires an arc of shots, and spins with scythe once more, all in quick succession. 	Brynhildr
 	Magical 	Deals major damage to all party members and may inflict Curse and Fog. Restores the user's HP to full, removes all status ailments, increases stats, and raises status resistances.	Tonberry
 	Support 	Bestows Bravery, Faith, Protect, Shell, Veil, and Vigilance onto the user. 	Hoplite
 	Support 	Same effect as a Synergist's Vigilance. 	Cid Raines, Mushussu
 	Magical 	Deals minor damage to all opponents and restores the user's HP by the sum amount. 	Orphan (First Encounter)
 	Physical	Deals moderate damage and may inflict Curse or Poison, depending on the user. 	Gorgonopsid, Megistotherian, Silver Lobo, Ugallu, Uridimmu
=== W ===
Ability	Type 	Description 	Enemies
 	Magical 	Inflicts a very short Daze. 	Taxim, Strigoi, Vampire
 	Support 	Bestows Bravery and Haste onto the user. 	Adamantheron, Thexteron
 	Physical	Deals major damage to all targets within a wide radius. 	Yaksha
 	Magical 	Attacks one target with water orb. May cause Slow or Daze. Also used by Dahaka and Left Pauldron, but with the same effect as a Ravager's Water.	Dagonite, Dahaka, Left Pauldron, Leyak, Orobon, Sahagin
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Ravager's Watera. 	Adroa, Dahaka, Left Pauldron
 	Magical 	Same effect as a Ravager's Waterga. 	Dahaka, Flowering Cactuar, Gelatitan, Hybrid Flora, Left Pauldron, Verdelet
 	Magical 	Deals Water damage to target and inflicts Deprotect. 	Enki
 	Physical	Opens frontal compartment to fire a beam of energy at all characters. 	Manasvin Warmech
 	Physical	Deals multiple attacks to one opponent. 	Nix
 	Physical	Slashes while spinning to damage characters in a radius and launch them into the air. Follows up with Umbral Vise or Inferno. 	Bahamut
 	Physical	Deals major non-elemental damage over a large area through fourteen attacks with a strong finisher. Launches targets into the air. 	Vercingetorix
 	Magical 	Deals major non-elemental damage to all targets through nine, fifteen, twenty-one, or twenty-seven attacks. 	Vercingetorix
 	Magical 	Deals moderate Wind damage to all targets. 	Edimmu, Nelapsi, Pijavica, Varcolaci
 	Physical	Deals major Fire damage to target and nearby allies. 	Dreadnought, Juggernaut
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