Final Fantasy IV abilities

The following is a list of abilities in Final Fantasy IV. Some abilities were removed from the western SNES release, but were re-added in the PlayStation release. The Advance and PlayStation Portable releases use the same abilities but add more that can only be used if certain pieces of equipment are equipped. The Nintendo DS and the following 3D remakes do not use the GBA- and PSP-exclusive abilities, but use a new ability system called the Augment system.
== 2D versions ==
=== All versions ===
The following are the abilities usable in the Super Famicom, PlayStation, Wonder Swan Color, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation Portable, and Pixel Remaster releases. Several of these abilities were removed in the original North American SNES release.
Ability 	Charge Time	Description 	Party Member 	Image
(Fight) 	0 	Attack with equipped weapons or bare fists. 	All Characters 	
(Item) 	0 	Use an item from your inventory. 	All Characters 	
(Parry) 	0 	Take a defensive stance to reduce damage from physical attacks. 	All Characters 	
()(Change) 	0 	Change position to the front or back row. 	All Characters 	
 	0 	Change weapon or shield during battle. 	All Characters 	
 	1 	100% hit rate for bow attacks. 	Rosa 	
(Study)(Peep) 	0 	Uncover the enemy's HP and weak points. 	Cid 	
(Sing) 	0 	Sing a song to cause various status effects like Sleep and Confuse.	Edward 	
(Black) 	Varies 	Cast black magic. 	Rydia, Tellah, Palom, Fusoya 	
() 	0 	Gradually restore all allies' HP. 	Fusoya 	
 	4 	Raise your own intellect to make black magic more effective. 	Palom 	
(Gird)(Bear) 	1 	Increase your own defenses with the same effect as Protect. 	Yang 	
(Off) 	0 	Stop taking damage in place of an ally. 	Cecil 	
 	4 	Surprise and confuse monsters by pretending to cry. 	Porom 	
 	0 	Take damage in place of an ally. 	Cecil 	
(Dark Wave)(Dark)	2 	Sacrifice some of your own HP to damage all enemies. 	Cecil 	
(Power) 	4 	Build power and strike for massive damage. 	Yang 	
 	0 	Run away and hide temporarily. 	Edward 	
 	5 	Jump into the sky and attack for massive damage. 	Kain 	
 	1 	Attack all enemies with a flying kick. 	Yang 	
(Ninja) 	Varies 	Perform various ninja arts. 	Edge 	
 	2 	Pray to restore HP for all allies. 	Rosa 	
(Recal) 	1 	Randomly cast a forgotten spell. 	Tellah 	
(Appear)(Show) 	0 	Return to battle after you have escaped once. 	Edward 	
(Heal) 	4 	Use a healing item on all allies at the same time. 	Edward 	
(Sneak) 	0 	Steal items from an enemy. 	Edge 	
(Call) 	Varies 	Summon an Eidolon. 	Rydia 	
(Dart) 	0 	Throw a weapon to cause damage. 	Edge 	
(Twin) 	Varies 	Cast a powerful spell with two people. 	Palom, Porom 	
(White) 	Varies 	Cast white magic. 	Cecil, Rydia, Tellah, Rosa, Porom, Fusoya	
=== Game Boy Advance- and PlayStation Portable-exclusive abilities ===
The following are the abilities usable exclusively in the Game Boy Advance and PlayStation Portable releases.
Ability 	Charge Time	Description 	Party Member	Image
 	0 	Cast Protect and Shell on all allies. 	Edward 	
 	8 	Lower your defense temporarily to build up power for greater damage. 	Yang 	
 	5 	Disappear into the sky and attack with twice the damage of a normal Jump.	Kain 	
 	2 	Randomly heal or restore all allies. 	Rosa 	
(Plunder)	1 	Attack and steal at the same time. 	Edge 	
==== Dummied commands ====
The following are unused battle commands found in the 2D versions.
Ability	Description
() 	An unused command found within the game's data, only named in the original Japanese version. The command is configured to target all enemies, but crashes the game when used. Given the name and positioning in the command list, it was intended for Cid.
 	The Game Boy Advance version introduces another unused command. This was likely intended to replace the Twincast command when the Twin Stars were equipped on both Palom and Porom.
=== 3D versions ===
The following are the abilities usable in the Nintendo DS, Steam, iOS and Android versions. Many of them have been highly altered from their original appearances in previous versions, and several can be learned as Augment abilities.
Ability	Description 	Party Member 	Image
 	The Attack command will allow a character to attack an enemy with his/her equipped weapon. 	All Characters 	
s 	The Items menu will appear when selected, listing all available items in the player's inventory. The player can exchange a character's equipped weapon or shield from one in the inventory or use Item Magic. 	All Characters 	
 	The Defend command can be found by pressing right on the character's battle command window. Character's defending halves damage received from physical attacks. 	All Characters 	
 	The Swap Rows command can be found by pressing right on the character's battle command window. Attacks dealt with the Attack command are affected by being in the back row, all characters' special commands and magic spells are unaffected by row. 	All Characters 	
 	Change weapon or shield during battle. 	All Characters 	
 	Cecil enters "Darkness" status for three turns, increasing the strength of his attacks, making all of his attacks dark-elemental, and inflicting damage to him whenever he attacks. Usable when Cecil is a Dark Knight and as an Augment ability. When using darkness with an elemental weapon (such as Ragnarok or Icebrand), the dark element will be added to the weapon's default element, producing an attack with two elements (e.g.) light and dark for Ragnarok, or ice and dark for Icebrand.	Cecil 	
 	Cecil intercepts physical attacks on an ally. Cecil will automatically use Cover on allies in critical status. Cecil cannot use Cover when he himself is in critical status. Usable only while Cecil is a Paladin. 	Cecil 	
 	Casts a White Magic spell the character has learned. Both Rydia and Cecil have limited spell lists and learn spells as they level up. Rydia is only able to use White Magic as a child, and Cecil can only use White Magic as a Paladin. Tellah knows a handful of spells as first and remembers many more later. Fusoya has access to every White spell in the game. Rosa and Porom learn spells as they level up and can eventually learn every White spell. 	Cecil, Rydia, Tellah, Rosa, Porom, Fusoya	
 	Casts a Black Magic spell the character has learned. Tellah knows a handful of spells as first and remembers many more later. Fusoya has access to every Black spell in the game. Rydia and Palom learn spells as they level up and can eventually learn every Black spell in the game. The exception is Fire, which Rydia learns in accordance with the story. 	Rydia, Tellah, Palom, Fusoya 	
 	Summons a monster to attack. Rydia can only learn more summons by defeating certain enemies. One of these summons, Whyt, functions differently from other summons. 	Rydia 	
 	Tellah casts a random Black Magic spell on all enemies. Recall may fail. Tellah may cast a spell he cannot normally cast with this ability. 	Tellah 	
 	Edward uses a minor healing item on all party members. Usable as an Augment ability. 	Edward 	
 	Edward removes himself from battle and cannot be targeted by allies or enemies. Edward cannot perform any actions except Return, which returns him to battle. Usable as an Augment ability. 	Edward 	
 	Return to battle after the character has escaped once. 	Edward 	
 	Edward sings a song chosen by the player. Usable as an Augment ability. 	Edward 	
 	Rosa attacks an enemy with an attack that never misses, doing slightly more damage than normal. Rosa can only use this ability if she is equipped with a bow. 	Rosa 	
 	Rosa restores a small amount of HP and MP to the party. Pray may fail. 	Rosa 	
 	Yang executes a physical attack on all enemies. If Yang is equipped with a claw with a status or elemental property, that status or elemental property is also applied to the Kick. Usable as an Augment ability. 	Yang 	
 	Yang builds up power, increasing the damage done by his next attack or Kick. Can be stocked up to three times. Usable as an Augment ability. 	Yang 	
 	Yang heavily boosts his defensive abilities. Usable as an Augment ability. 	Yang 	
 	Palom doubles his Intelligence for a short time. Usable as an Augment ability. 	Palom 	
 	Halves defense of all enemies. Usable as an Augment ability. 	Porom 	
 	Palom and Porom chant together to unleash an extra-strong spell. Only usable if both twins are alive and neither is afflicted by a status ailment that would prevent them from casting spells, such as Silence, Confuse, etc. If either twin is knocked out or afflicted with one of the mentioned status ailments, the spell is canceled. Usable as an Augment ability, and when used as an Augment, depending on the casters a different spell than normal will be cast. 	Palom, Porom 	
 	Cid casts the Libra spell on all enemies for no MP cost. Usable as an Augment ability. 	Cid 	
 	Cid uses an attack item to add an elemental property to his attack. Usable as an Augment ability. 	Cid 	
 	Edge attempts to steal an item from an enemy. 	Edge 	
 	Edge throws a weapon at an enemy. 	Edge 	
 	Edge casts a Ninja spell he has learned. Edge learns new spells as he levels up, with the exception of Flood and Blitz, which he learns in accordance with the story. 	Edge 	
 	Fusoya restores a small amount of MP to the party over time. 	Fusoya 	
==== Augments ====
The Augment system is the support ability system for the Nintendo DS, Steam, iOS and Android versions.
== Other appearances ==
=== Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia ===
DFFOO Jump.png|Jump.
DFFOO Cry.png|Cry.
 
=== Pictlogica Final Fantasy ===
PFF Bless.png|Bless.
PFF Bluff.png|Bluff.
PFF Cry.png|Cry.
PFF Deadly.png|Deadly.
PFF Pray.png|Pray.
PFF Bio FFIV.png|Recall (Bio).
PFF Protect FFIV.png|Recall (Protect).
=== Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade ===
;Ability Cards
FFAB Cry - Porom SR.png|Cry (SR).
FFAB Double Jump - Kain SR.png|Double Jump (SR).
FFAB Focus - Yang SR.png|Focus (SR).
FFAB Cry - Porom SR+.png|Cry (SR+).
FFAB Double Jump - Kain SR+.png|Double Jump (SR+).
FFAB Focus - Yang SR+.png|Focus (SR+).
FFAB Aim - Rosa SSR.png|Aim (SSR).
FFAB Jump - Kain SSR.png|Jump (SSR).
FFAB Kick - Yang SSR.png|Kick (SSR).
FFAB Throw (Fuma Shuriken) - Edge SSR.png|Throw (Fuma Shuriken) (SSR).
FFAB Upgrade (Blue Fang) - Cid SSR.png|Upgrade (Blue Fang) (SSR).
FFAB Upgrade (Red Fang) - Cid SSR.png|Upgrade (Red Fang) (SSR).
FFAB Aim - Rosa SSR+.png|Aim (SSR+).
FFAB Jump - Kain SSR+.png|Jump (SSR+).
FFAB Kick - Yang SSR+.png|Kick (SSR+).
FFAB Throw (Fuma Shuriken) - Edge SSR+.png|Throw (Fuma Shuriken) (SSR+).
FFAB Upgrade (Blue Fang) - Cid SSR+.png|Upgrade (Blue Fang) (SSR+).
FFAB Upgrade (Red Fang) - Cid SSR+.png|Upgrade (Red Fang) (SSR+).
FFAB Jump - Kain UUR+.png|Jump (UUR+).
;Legend Cards
Kain Jump Brigade.png|Jump (Summon).
FFAB Aim - Rosa Legend SR.png|Aim (SR).
FFAB Cry - Porom Legend SR.png|Cry (SR).
FFAB Deadly - Yang Legend SR.png|Deadly (SR).
FFAB Focus - Yang Legend SR.png|Focus (SR).
FFAB Kick - Yang Legend SR.png|Kick (SR).
FFAB Recall - Tellah Legend SR.png|Recall (SR).
FFAB Aim - Rosa Legend SR+.png|Aim (SR+).
FFAB Cry - Porom Legend SR+.png|Cry (SR+).
FFAB Deadly - Yang Legend SR+.png|Deadly (SR+).
FFAB Focus - Yang Legend SR+.png|Focus (SR+).
FFAB Kick - Yang Legend SR+.png|Kick (SR+).
FFAB Recall - Tellah Legend SR+.png|Recall (SR+).
FFAB Aim - Rosa Legend SSR.png|Aim (SSR).
FFAB Darkness - Cecil Legend SSR.png|Darkness (SSR).
FFAB Double Jump - Kain Legend SSR.png|Double Jump (SSR).
FFAB Jump - Kain Legend SSR.png|Jump (SSR).
FFAB Kick - Yang Legend SSR.png|Kick (SSR).
FFAB Throw (Fuma Shuriken) - Edge Legend SSR.png|Throw (Fuma Shuriken) (SSR).
FFAB Upgrade (Blue Fang) - Cid Legend SSR.png|Upgrade (Blue Fang) (SSR).
FFAB Upgrade (Red Fang) - Cid Legend SSR.png|Upgrade (Red Fang) (SSR).
FFAB Aim - Rosa Legend SSR.png|Aim (SSR+).
FFAB Double Jump - Kain Legend SSR+.png|Double Jump (SSR+).
FFAB Jump - Kain Legend SSR+.png|Jump (SSR+).
FFAB Kick - Yang Legend SSR+.png|Kick (SSR+).
FFAB Throw (Fuma Shuriken) - Edge Legend SSR+.png|Throw (Fuma Shuriken) (SSR+).
FFAB Upgrade (Blue Fang) - Cid Legend SSR+.png|Upgrade (Blue Fang) (SSR+).
FFAB Upgrade (Red Fang) - Cid Legend SSR+.png|Upgrade (Red Fang) (SSR+).
FFAB Jump - Kain Legend UR+.png|Jump (UR+).
=== Final Fantasy Record Keeper ===
FFRK Miracle.png|Rosa's Miracle.
FFRK Recall.png|Tellah's Recall.
== Gallery ==
;GBA
FFIV GBA Attack.png|Attack.
FFIV GBA Items.png|Items.
FFIV GBA Defend.png|Defend.
FFIV GBA Row.png|Row.
FFIV GBA Equip Command.png|Equip.
FFIV Aim.png|Aim.
FFIV Study.png|Study.
FFIV Sing.png|Sing.
FFIV Black Magic.png|Black Magic.
FFIV Regen.png|Regen.
FFIV Bluff GBA.png|Bluff.
FFIV Gird.png|Grid.
FFIV GBA Off.png|Off.
FFIV Chant.png|Chant.
FFIV Cry.png|Cry.
FFIV Cover.png|Cover.
FFIV Deadly.png|Deadly.
FFIV GBA Jump.png|Double Jump.
FFIV Power.png|Power.
FFIV Hide.png|Hide.
FFIV GBA Jump.png|Jump.
FFIV Kick GBA.png|Kick.
FFIV Miracle.png|Miracle.
FFIV Plunder.png|Plunder.
FFIV Ninjutsu.png|Ninjutsu.
FFIV Pray GBA.png|Pray.
FFIVA Recall.png|Recall.
FFIV Heal GBA.png|Heal.
FFIV GBA Appear.png|Appear.
FFIV Steal.png|Steal.
FFIV Summon.png|Summon.
FFIV GBA Throw.png|Throw.
FFIV Pyro.png|Twincast.
FFIV White Magic.png|White Magic.
;PlayStation Portable
Ability Aim FFIVPSP.png|Aim.
Ability Bardsong FFIVPSP.png|Bardsong.
Ability Bless FFIVPSP.png|Bless.
Ability Bluff FFIVPSP.png|Bluff.
Ability Brace FFIVPSP.png|Brace.
FFIVPSP Comet.png|Comet.
Ability Cry FFIVPSP.png|Cry.
FF4PSP Ability Focus.png|Focus.
Ability Hide FFIVPSP.png|Hide.
Ability Jump FFIVPSP.png|Jump.
Ability Kick2 FFIVPSP.png|Kick.
Ability Pray FFIVPSP.png|Pray.
FFIVPSP Pyroblast.png|Pyroblast.
Ability Recall FFIVPSP.png|Recall.
Ability Salve FFIVPSP.png|Salve.
Category:Abilities in Final Fantasy IV
Category:Ability lists