Final Fantasy Tactics Advance enemy abilities

This article lists the enemy abilities used in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, which enemies use them, and what the ability does. For or more detailed look at the abilities, visit the individual enemy pages.
==Enemy abilities==
===#===
Ability	Description 	Enemies	Power	Range
 	Bestows Shell and Protect.	Reaker 	— 	Self
===A===
Ability	Description 	Enemies 	Power 	Range
 	Deals area damage and may inflict Poison. 	Biskmatar 	48 MPow	3
 	Corrosive liquid. Inflicts a random status ailment. 	Cream, Ice Flan, Jelly	— 	3
 	The fatherspell of Omega and Ultima. Deals devastating ranged Area Damage. 	Li-grim 	99 WAtk	4
 	Neutralizes all enemies status enhancements. (Target All) 	Li-grim 	— 	Infinite
 	Angelic sigh. Heals HP and bestows Auto-Life on one ally. Deals damage to zombies.Element: Holy	Titania 	30 MPow	3
===B===
Ability	Description 	Enemies 	Power 	Range
 	Incredibly foul breath inflicts five of the following status ailments, chosen at random: Blind, Confuse, Frog, Poison, Silence, Sleep, Slow.	Big Malboro, Malboro 	— 	1
 	Changes Law to next set of laws for the day. 	 	— 	Infinite
 	Releases shining energy, Petrifying target. 	Coeurl 	— 	3
 	Most powerful Ice spell. Fires a huge chunk of ice at a cross-shaped area. 	Ice Flan 	50 MPow	4
 	Powerful Ice spell. Fires a larger chunk of ice at a cross-shaped area. 	Ice Flan 	40 MPow	4
 	First Ice spell. Fires a chunk of ice at a cross-shaped area. 	Ice Flan 	30 MPow	4
 	Guards against bow and greatbow attacks. 	Vampire 	— 	—
 	Self-KO. Deals massive damage to adjacent enemies. 	Bomb, Grenade 	15 MPow	Self
 	Electrically charged cloud. Deals lightning damage in a T-shaped area emanating from the caster. 	Thundrake 	40 WAtk	Cone
 	Envelops surrounding units and deals damage. 	Adrammelech, Famfrit, Mateus	40 WAtk	4
===C===
Ability	Description 	Enemies 	Power 	Range
 	Spreads chill from caster, causing area cold damage. 	Grenade 	40 MPow	Self
 	Mystical circle. Lowers target's weapon attack and magic power. Inflicts WAtk DOWN and MPow DOWN statuses.	Ahriman 	— 	3
 	Follows up enemy attack with a counterattack. 	Adrammelech, Ahriman, Antlion, Bomb, Famfrit, Firewyrm, Floateye, Goblin, Icedrake, Jelly, Lamia, Lilith, Reaker, Red Cap, Red Panther, Sprite, Thundrake, Titania, Toughskin, Zombie	— 	—
===D===
Ability	Description 	Enemies 	Power 	Range
 	Deals damage equal to 1/2 of targets current HP. 	Famfrit 	— 	3
 	Summons a Random Totema. 	Li-grim 	— 	Infinite
 	Gaze Silences and inflicts Darkness in an area two spaces in front of the Floateye. 	Floateye 	— 	Cone
 	Releases the Dragon soul within. All stats improve for duration of the battle. Inflicts WAtk UP, WDef UP, MPow UP, and MRes UP statuses.	Thundrake	— 	1
 	Evil touch. Absorbs HP in the amount to damage dealt to target. 	Zombie 	20 WAtk	1
===F===
Ability	Description 	Enemies 	Power 	Range
 	Powerful Fira spell. Fires a larger ball of flame at a cross-shaped area. 	Jelly 	40 MPow	4
 	Most powerful Fire spell. Deals incredible fire damage in a cross-shaped area. 	Jelly 	50 MPow	4
 	First Fire spell. Generates a damaging ball of flame at a cross-shaped area. 	Jelly 	30 MPow	4
 	Incendiary breath. Deals fire damage in a T-shaped area emanating from the caster. 	Firewyrm 	40 WAtk	Cone
 	Fire damage to all units in line. 	Adrammelech	35 WAtk	Line
 	Spews fire from within to deal fire damage. Attacks one enemy within a 3-panel range.	Bomb 	40 MPow	3
 	Summons random spirit from Summoners skillset. 	Reaker 	— 	4
 	Damages and knocks back surrounding units. 	Biskmatar 	50 WAtk	Self
===G===
Ability	Description 	Enemies 	Power 	Range
 	Deals damage based on Weapon Attack power, then slightly varied positively or negatively. 	Goblin 	30 WAtk	1
 	Sticky ooze. Immobilizes target. 	Big Malboro, Malboro	— 	1
 	Fire breath. Lower target's weapon def. and magic resis. Inflicts WDef DOWN and MRes DOWN statuses.	Firewyrm 	— 	1
===H===
Ability	Description 	Enemies 	Power 	Range
 	Flat handed slap. Deals damage and delays target's next turn. 	Lamia 	45 WAtk 	1
 	Slows target. Stops Hasted target. 	Coeurl 	— 	1
 	MP damage equal to target's HP. Element is same as equipped weapon.	Biskmatar 	As Weapon	As Weapon
 	Lowers Speed of surrounding units. Inflicts Speed DOWN status. 	Adrammelech	— 	Self
===I===
Ability	Description 	Enemies 	Power 	Range
 	Icy cold breath. Deals damage in a T-shaped area emanating from the caster.	Icedrake	40 WAtk	Cone
===J===
Ability	Description 	Enemies	Power 	Range
 	Lawcard that summons the judge sword to Damage and steals up to two Judge Points. Element is same as equipped weapon.	Judge 	As Weapon	As Weapon
===K===
Ability	Description 	Enemies 	Power	Range
 	Deals damage for each unit the target has KO'd. 	Tonberry 	— 	1
 	Sweet kiss. Charms and dooms one target. 	Lilith 	— 	1
 	Knife stab. Reduces HP to one-tenth of maximum HP.	Masterberry, Tonberry	— 	1
===L===
Ability	Description 	Enemies 	Power 	Range
 	Primal power. Randomly changes the laws to three new laws. 	Li-grim 	— 	Infinite
 	Damages and may inflict Doom. Element is same as equipped weapon. 	Biskmatar 	As Weapon	As Weapon
 	Damages unit and bypasses reaction ability. 	Adrammelech, Famfrit	45 WAtk 	1
 	Deals heavy damage when own life is threatened. If the Blade Biter has a critical HP level, this skill can do over 900 damage.	Blade Biter 	— 	1
 	Word of God. Lowers Attack Power, Magic Power, and may inflict Charm. 	Ultima Crystal 	— 	3
 	Lowers weapon defense and magic resistance of enemies whose level is divisible by 3. 	Antlion, Jawbreaker 	— 	3
 	Inflicts Knocked Out to units with levels divisible by 5.Element: Dark 	Antlion, Jawbreaker 	— 	3
 	Deals harsh holy damage to all units with a level equal to the current day. 	Titania 	65 MPow 	Infinite
 	Dark damage to all units with same level as caster. 	Vampire 	55 WAtk 	Infinite
===M===
Ability	Description 	Enemies 	Power 	Range
 	Primal chaos deals massive damage to all enemies. (Target All) 	Li-grim 	50 MPow 	Infinite
 	Mystical hammer. Deals damage to MP. 	Red Cap 	38 WAtk 	3
 	Switches target's HP and MP. 	Toughskin 	— 	3
 	Shoots a small meteor to damage one enemy. 	Sprite 	50 MPow 	3
 	Area damage and Poison. 	Vampire, Zombie	20 WAtk 	3
 	Raises Weapon Def. and Magic Res. for one battle. 	Icedrake 	— 	1
 	Recover some HP and cure status ailments. 	Reaker 	35 MPow 	Self
 	Damages and knocks back target. Element is same as equipped weapon. 	Reaker 	As Weapon	As Weapon
 	Double damage, Half accuracy. Element is same as equipped weapon. 	Reaker 	As Weapon	As Weapon
 	Crushes weapons with sharp teeth and powerful jaws. Monster takes damage.	Blade Biter 	47 WAtk 	1
 	Absorbs HP from target. 	Red Cap 	— 	1
===N===
Ability	Description 	Enemies	Power	Range
 	Call to the darkness. Puts all units but the caster to sleep.	Lamia 	— 	Infinite
===O===
Ability	Description 	Enemies 	Power 	Range
 	As powerful as Ultima. Deals massive double damage. Element is same as equipped weapon.	Biskmatar, Li-grim	As Weapon	As Weapon
===P===
Ability	Description 	Enemies 	Power 	Range
 	Damage to surrounding units. Element is same as equipped weapon.	Judge 	As Weapon	Self
 	Turns target into a Frog and poisons. 	Lamia, Lilith	— 	3
 	Damages and knocks back a unit using the fear of god. 	Famfrit 	50 WAtk 	1
===R===
Ability	Description 	Enemies 	Power 	Range 		 	 	 	
 	Attacks target's weak spot to deal damage. 	Red Panther 	35 WAtk	1 		 	 	 	
 	Back quivers to create resonance. May Disable enemies with metallic weapons equipped. 	Blade Biter 	— 	Infinite		 	 	 	
 	Finds and reveals any Concealed units. 	Coeurl, Red Panther	 	- 		Damages surrounding units.	Biskmatar	45 WAtk	Self
 	Instantly KOs a unit chosen at random on the battlefield. Must have Auto-Life in order to learn successfully.Element: Dark	Ahriman 	— 	Infinite		 	 	 	
===S===
Ability	Description 	Enemies 	Power 	Range
 	Self-KO. Fully heals one adjacent allies HP and cures status ailments. 	Jelly 	— 	1
 	Dark tornado. Damages and inflicts Darkness on enemies adjacent to caster.Element: Earth 	Antlion 	40 WAtk 	Self
 	Allows shieldwielding, regardless of job. 	Reaker 	— 	—
 	Inflicts the Slow status. 	Famfrit 	— 	—
 	Deals 1 point of damage to a single target. 	Colin, Lyle, Guinness	— 	4
 	Area MP damage. Element is same as equipped weapon. 	Adrammelech 	As Weapon	4
 	Grating noise. Neutralizes status enhancements, similar to Dispel. Only removes Auto-Life, Regen, Conceal, Shell, and Protect.	Big Malboro 	— 	3
 	Dark arm that attacks soul, damages, Slows, and delays next turn of one target. 	Mateus 	50 WAtk 	4
 	Uses the power of the stars to deal Holy damage to all enemies. 	Mateus 	17 MPow 	Infinite
 	Fearsome gaze. Confuses all units facing the caster with 100% accuracy. 	Floateye 	— 	Cone
 	Choking attack. Target loses next turn. 	Jawbreaker 	— 	1
===T===
Ability	Description 	Enemies 	Power 	Range
 	Inflicts Charm. 	Reaker 	— 	1
 	Most powerful Thunder spell. Fires a huge bolt of lightning at a cross-shaped area.	Cream, Mateus	50 MPow	4
 	Powerful Thunder spell. Fires a larger bolt of lightning at a cross-shaped area. 	Cream 	40 MPow	4
 	First Thunder spell. Fires a bolt of lightning at a cross-shaped area. 	Cream 	30 MPow	4
 	Whipping whirlwind. Reduces HP by half in a cross- shaped area. 	Lilith 	— 	3
===V===
Ability	Description 	Enemies 	Power	Range
 	This attack carries a powerful, deadly curse. Deals more than 900 damage.	Masterberry	— 	1
===W===
Ability	Description 	Enemies 	Power	Range
 	Improves weapon attacks to deal more damage. 	Blade Biter, Bomb, Grenade, Lamia, Vampire	— 	—
 	Reduces damage from weapon attacks. 	Floateye, Goblin, Toughskin 	— 	—
 	Fluttering fairy wings. Restores HP equal to own HP in a cross-shaped area.	Sprite 	— 	3
===Y===
Ability	Description 	Enemies	Power	Range
 	Adds a Yellow Card to the target. If not removed by Judgemaster Cid's Yellow Clip ability, a penalty will result like the unit was actually carded normally. The reason for being carded will be random. Despite no weapon damage being dealt, it is counterable with Bonecrusher.	Judge 	— 	1
===Z===
Ability	Description 	Enemies	Power 	Range
 	Inflicts ZombieElement: Dark	Vampire	45 WAtk	1
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