Final Fantasy IX enemy abilities

This is a list of all enemy abilities from Final Fantasy IX.
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== Enemy abilities ==
=== # ===
Ability	Description 	Enemy
 	Moderate magical damage to one target and restores HP equal to damage dealt. 	Gigan Octopus
 	Deals exactly 1000 points of damage to one target. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 8	Cactuar
=== A ===
Ability	Description 	Enemy
 	Drains HP from one target. 	Hecteyes, Malboro, Prison Cage, Seeker Bat
 	Drains a severe amount of HP from one target. 	Seeker Bat
 	Decreases target's stat and add to caster's. 	Tiamat, Tiamat (Crystal)
 	Drains a high amount of HP from target. 	Seeker Bat
 	Drains target's MP. 	Tiamat, Tiamat (Crystal), Ozma
 	Decreases target's Strength stat and add to caster's. 	Tiamat, Tiamat (Crystal)
 	Moderate Wind damage. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 14 	Gimme Cat, Griffin, Jabberwock, Lani, Yan, Zuu
 	Wind damage to all party members. 	Gargoyle, Garuda, Nova Dragon, Red Dragon, Silver Dragon
 	Minor Wind damage. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 7 	Griffin, Zemzelett
 	Deals random damage based on a percentage of target's HP. 	Worm Hydra
 	Weak physical damage. 	Carve Spider
 	Cactuar shows itself and enables Head Attack. 	Cactuar
 	Physical attack. 	Amarant, Beatrix, Dagger, Eiko, Freya, Lani. Quina, Scarlet Hair, Steiner, Steiner, Vivi, Zidane
 	Increases the damage dealt by Stab, counters attacks with Poison Counter. 	Serpion
 	Water damage to all party members. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 14	Axolotl, Quale
 	Weak physical damage. 	Goblin Mage
=== B ===
Ability	Description 	Enemy
 	Strong physical attack, inflicts Silence. 	Yan (Friendly)
 	May inflict Confuse, Poison, Slow, Darkness, and/or Mini to a single target. 	Malboro
 	Changes Ralvuimago's status to counter attacks with Earth Power. 	Ralvuimago
 	Weak physical damage. 	Axe Beak, Trick Sparrow
 	Inflicts Berserk status. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 6 	Armstrong, Ozma
 	Non-elemental damage and may inflict Poison. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 18 	Agares, Amdusias, Drakan, Meltigemini, Ring Leader, Torama
 	Weak physical damage. 	Yeti
 	Strong physical damage. 	Abadon
 	Damages and may inflict Stop. 	Torama, Veteran
 	Inflicts Darkness. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 6 	Ring Leader, Quale
 	Inflicts Darkness. 	Yeti
 	Major Ice damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 24 	Earth Guardian, Gigan Octopus, Necron, Taharka, Vepal (Green), Wraith
 	Moderate Ice damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 12 	Agares, Anemone, Black Waltz 2, Black Waltz 3, Feather Circle, Gigan Toad, Gnoll, Lani, Mandragora, Myconid, Ochu, Ralvurahva, Sealion, Soldier, Troll, Type C, Yeti
 	Minor Ice damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 6 	Black Waltz 1, Black Waltz 2, Black Waltz 3, Cave Imp, Flan, Sealion, Serpion, Type A, Wyerd
 	Sacrifices self to deal damage equal to remaining HP to all party members. Note that this ends the battle aboard the M.S. Prima Vista.	Bomb
 	Cuts a single target's HP to 1. 	Necron
 	Moderate physical damage. 	Vepal (Green), Vepal (Red)
 	Moderate physical damage to all party members. 	Ark
 	Inflicts Petrify. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 18 	Gargoyle
 	Weak physical damage. 	Baku
 	Weak attack on all party members. 	Clipper
 	Inflicts Berserk on one target. 	Dragonfly, Hornet
=== C ===
Ability	Description 	Enemy
 	Summons Magic Vice. 	Mimic
 	Halves a party member's HP. 	Armstrong, Grenade
 	Moderate non-elemental damage. 	Blazer Beetle, Bomb, Dragonfly, Gargoyle, Shell Dragon
 	Inflicts damage equal to the amount of HP the monster has lost. 	Mandragora
 	Inflicts moderate physical damage. 	Taharka
 	Weak physical attack. 	Benero, Zenero
 	Inflicts major physical damage. 	Veteran, Silver Dragon
 	Inflicts moderate physical damage. 	Crawler, Sand Scorpion, Zuu
 	Inflicts major physical damage to the party. Spell power of 103 (Hades). 	Hades, Iron Man
 	Change's Deathguise's status to only allow use of Death, LV5 Death and Twister. 	Deathguise
 	Reduces HP of party to 1. 	Beatrix
 	Inflicts Freeze. 	Chimera, Worm Hydra
 	Deals random non-elemental damage. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 16 	Yan
 	Inflicts Confuse. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 8 	Cactuar, Quale
 	Counterattacks an attack with a powerful physical attack. 	Grimlock, Nova Dragon, Sand Golem, Scarlet Hair, Troll
 	Counterattacks an attack with a moderate physical attack. 	Antlion
<> 	Minor physical damage. 	Black Waltz 3
 	Moderate physical damage. 	Gizamaluke
 	Minor physical damage. 	Clipper
 	Restores moderate HP. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 10 	Beatrix, Lamia
 	Restores major HP. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 22 	Hilgigars, Necron, Ozma, Trance Kuja
 	Restores minor HP. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 6 	Beatrix, Serpion
 	Reduces damage done by physical attacks by a considerable amount. 	Taharka
 	Inflicts massive non-elemental damage as well as Confuse, Poison, Slow, Mini, and Darkness to the party.	Hades, Ozma
=== D ===
Ability	Description 	Enemy
 	Inflicts Darkness. 	Seeker Bat
 	Instantly kills target. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 20 	Armodullahan, Ash, Deathguise, Lich, Lich (Crystal), Ozma, Whale Zombie
 	Severe physical damage and may inflict Doom. 	Lich, Lich (Crystal)
 	Instantly kills target; may be used only when all three Movers are alive. 	Mover
 	Removes 30% of target's current HP. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 18 	Feather Circle, Kuja, Land Worm
 	Severe physical damage. 	Deathguise
 	Petrifies one target. 	Catoblepas
 	Moderate magical damage; inflicts Freeze if used by blue-candled Wraith, Heat if used by red-candled Wraith. 	Wraith
 	Weak physical damage, may Poison. 	Ralvurahva
 	Strong physical attack. 	Red Dragon
 	Inflicts Doom. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 12 	Ash, Lich, Lich (Crystal), Tantarian, Veteran, Wraith
 	Immense Shadow damage to everyone. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic. Spell power of 172 (Hades), 186 (Ozma).MP Cost: 72	Hades, Ozma
 	Moderate physical damage to one target. 	Earth Guardian
 	Absorbs HP from one target. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 14 	Carrion Worm, Crawler, Trick Sparrow
=== E ===
Ability	Description 	Enemy
 	Earth damage to all party members. 	Ralvuimago
 	Earth damage to all party members. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 20 	Adamantoise, Lich, Lich (Crystal), Shell Dragon
 	Earth damage to all party members. 	Catoblepas, Earth Guardian, Hilgigars, Jabberwock, Lich, Lich (Crystal)
 	Masticates single target for light damage. 	Mimic
 	Deals moderate damage with book spine. 	Tantarian
 	Imbues caster with electricity; allows Torama to use Blaster and Zaghnol to use Thundara. 	Torama, Zaghnol
 	Releases hearts to confuse one target, doesn't work on females. 	Lamia
 	Flees from battle. 	Magic Vice, Soldier
 	Alleviates all negative status effects. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 6	Kraken, Kraken (Crystal), Maliris, Maliris (Crystal), Ozma
 	Bestows Float on everyone. 	Jabberwock
 	Targets all party members; damage is equal to the amount of slain Tonberries multiplied by 4. 	Tonberry
=== F ===
Ability	Description 	Enemy
 	Weak physical damage. 	Fang
 	Jumps on one target and damages with fat. 	Hedgehog Pie
 	Moderate physical damage. 	Whale Zombie
 	Minor Fire damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 6 	Black Waltz 1, Black Waltz 2, Black Waltz 3 (#059), Bomb, Carve Spider, Dragonfly, Ghost, Ladybug, Trick Sparrow, Type A, Vice
Fira ()	Minor Fire damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 6 	Black Waltz 3 (#031)
 	Moderate Fire damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 12 	Abomination, Agares, Antlion, Black Waltz 2, Blazer Beetle, Carrion Worm, Feather Circle, Lani, Mistodon, Nymph, Sand Golem, Sand Scorpion, Soulcage, Type B, Type C, Zuu
 	Major Fire damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 24 	Cerberus, Chimera, Earth Guardian, Garuda, Grenade, Maliris, Maliris (Crystal), Mover, Necron, Stilva, Wraith
 	Fire damage to all party members; only usable if Soulcage is on fire. 	Soulcage
 	Heavy physical damage. 	Iron Man
 	Expels flames to deal random Fire damage to all party members. 	Cerberus, Grenade, Ironite, Ogre, Worm Hydra
 	Severe physical Fire damage to one target. 	Maliris, Maliris (Crystal)
 	Heavy magical damage to single target. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. Spell power of 85 (Necron), 161 (Ozma), 96 (Trance Kuja).MP Cost: 40	Garland, Necron, Ozma, Trance Kuja
 	Targets all party members and deals damage equal to their level times 40 (Kuja), 35 (Trance Kuja), or 50 (Ozma). It can't be reflected. 	Kuja, Ozma, Trance Kuja
 	Grants Float. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 6 	Tiamat, Yan
 	Inflicts Freeze. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 8 	Agares, Drakan, Hades, Kraken, Kraken (Crystal), Vepal (Green)
=== G ===
Ability	Description 	Enemy
 	Weak physical attack. 	Masked Man
 	Illuminates eyes to cause Sleep. 	Axe Beak, Gigan Toad
 	Moderate physical damage. 	Gnoll
 	Deals weak random damage. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 4 	Goblin, Goblin Mage
 	Inflicts Gradual Petrify. 	Basilisk, Gargoyle, Stroper
 	Manipulates planetary alignments to wreak any number of these effects to all party members: Berserk, Doom, Petrify, Stop, Freeze, Heat, Confuse, Poison, Trouble, Silence, Zombie, Darkness, Instant Death, Mini, Sleep, and HP is reduce to 1-10. Each one of them has a 1/8 chance of being inflicted. Spell power of 88.	Necron
 	User gets bigger. 	Bomb
 	Weak physical attack. 	Baku, Masked Man
=== H ===
Ability	Description 	Enemy
 	Weak physical attack with bone knife. 	Skeleton
 	Bestows Haste. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 8 	Cactuar
 	Weak physical attack. 	Lizard Man
 	Rams into one target for light damage. 	Cactuar, Flan, Feather Circle, Mistodon
 	Rams into one target for moderate damage. 	Adamantoise, Behemoth, Catoblepas, Zaghnol
 	Dispels Float status. 	Jabberwock
 	Reduces one target's HP to 1. 	Iron Man
 	Runs around battlefield. 	Scarlet Hair
 	Cactuar hides and counters attacks with 1000 Needles. 	Cactuar
 	Moderate physical damage to all party members. 	Abadon
 	Moderate physical damage to one enemy. 	Hilgigars
 	Weak physical strike. 	Black Waltz 1, Black Waltz 3, Blazer Beetle
 	Major Holy damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. Spell power of 85 (Necron), 148 (Ozma), 96 (Trance Kuja).MP Cost: 36	Necron, Ozma, Trance Kuja
 	Physical attack. 	Amdusias
 	Switches caster's HP with target's. Disregards casters upper limit. 	Wyerd
 	Inflicts Sleep. 	Black Waltz 2, Hecteyes
=== I ===
Ability	Description 	Enemy
 	9999 damage to Garnet, regular damage to everyone else. 	Dagger
 	9999 damage to Steiner, regular damage to everyone else.	Steiner
 	9999 damage to Quina, regular damage to everyone else. 	Quina
 	9999 damage to Eiko, regular damage to everyone else. 	Eiko
 	9999 damage to Freya, regular damage to everyone else. 	Freya
 	9999 damage to Amarant, regular damage to everyone else.	Amarant
 	9999 damage to Zidane, regular damage to everyone else. 	Zidane
 	9999 damage to Vivi, regular damage to everyone else. 	Vivi
 	Weak physical damage with spear. 	Sahagin
 	Damages one target and inflicts Darkness. 	Gigan Octopus, Kraken, Kraken (Crystal)
=== J ===
Ability 	Description 	Enemy
 	Deals major Fire elemental damage as well as Heat to the party.	Tiamat, Tiamat (Crystal)
(Judgement Sword)	Reduces HP to 1. 	Hades
=== K ===
Ability	Description 	Enemy
 	Moderate physical damage.	Goblin, Ogre, Tonberry
 	Moderate physical damage.	Hilgigars
=== L ===
Ability	Description 	Enemy
 	Deals major Fire elemental damage. 	Vepal (Red)
 	Moderate damage to party. 	Soulcage
 	Minor physical damage. 	Prison Cage
 	Minor physical damage. 	Plant Brain
 	Major physical damage. 	Kraken
 	Inflicts Float. 	Jabberwock
 	Moderate Fire elemental damage. It can be reflected.MP Cost: 30 	Thorn
 	Deals random percentage worth of Thunder-elemental damage. 	Chimera, Worm Hydra
 	Deals 9999 damage when used at 1 HP. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 10 	Adamantoise, Catoblepas, Jabberwock
 	Deals major Holy elemental damage if target's levels are a multiple of 4. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 22	Amdusias, Ozma
 	Inflicts Death on all targets whose levels are a multiple of 5. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 20 	Armodullahan, Deathguise, Dracozombie, Lich, Lich (Crystal), Ozma, Soulcage
=== M ===
Ability	Description 	Enemy
 	Reduces HP to 1-10. 	Garuda, Sand Worm
 	Changes heads to blue. 	Grimlock
 	Reduces MP by a random amount. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 2 	Magic Vice
 	Reduces target's HP to 1. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 8 	Armstrong
 	Inflicts damage equal to remaining HP and kills user. 	Zombie
 	Non-elemental magic attack ignoring Magic Defense. 	Gimme Cat
 	Random non-elemental damage to party. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic. Spell power of 50 (Necron), 110 (Ozma).MP Cost: 40 	Deathguise, Necron, Ozma
 	Counterattacks with Meteor when damage. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 40 	Behemoth
 	Minor non-elemental damage to the party.MP Cost: 40 	Zorn
 	Increases Attack power. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 14 	Gnoll, Iron Man, Lamia
 	Casts Protect and Shell on party. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 64 	Gigan Octopus
 	Moderate non-elemental damage and Confuse. 	Drakan
 	Inflicts or cures Mini. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 8 	Ozma, Quale
 	Summons a Mirror version of a party member to the battle. Can only summon 1 Mirror version at a time, and cannot summon anymore if there is already 1 in the battle.	Epitaph
 	Inflicts moderate Shadow elemental damage and Sleep to the party. Depending on Mistodon Battle Scene, Power either 23 or 58, Status Hit Rate 30, 32 or 100. 	Feather Circle, Mistodon
 	Steiner uses this attack when his HP hits 0, it breaks Blank's armor. 	Steiner (#005)
 	Inflicts moderate non-elemental damage and Berserk. 	Anemone
 	Minor physical damage and steals an item. Item stolen cannot be recovered. 	Magic Vice
 	Inflicts Heat. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 10 	Drakan, Hades, Maliris, Maliris (Crystal), Soulcage, Vepal (Red)
=== N ===
Ability	Description 	Enemy
 	Deals major non-elemental damage to the party. Spell power of 132. 	Necron
 	Inflicts Sleep on everyone in the battle. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 14	Nymph, Ralvurahva
=== O ===
Ability	Description 	Enemy
 	Drains MP from a target. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 2	Agares, Black Waltz 2, Ghost, Malboro, Ring Leader, Torama, Type B
 	Change's Deathguise's status to only allow use of Demon's Claw or Spin. 	Deathguise
 	User trips and wastes a turn. 	Masked Man
=== P ===
Ability	Description 	Enemy
 	Deals major non-elemental damage to the party. 	Agares, Tantarian
 	Inflicts Petrify. 	Epitaph
 	Reduces HP to 1. 	Ark
 	Switches heads to Red. 	Grimlock
 	Inflicts Poison. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 8 	Mimic, Quale, Tantarian, Torama
 	Deals major non-elemental damage and Poison. 	Grand Dragon
 	Counterattacks with a moderate physical attack that inflicts Poison. 	Sand Scorpion, Serpion
 	Deals minor non-elemental damage and Darkness to the party. Dendrobium also has a weaker version that doesn't inflict Darkness.	Dendrobium, Plant Brain
 	Deals 0 damage. 	King Leo
 	Alternate name for Earth Power. 	Alternate name for Earth Power.
 	Allows Hades to use Curse and Doomsday after a countdown from three. 	Hades
 	Inflicts Confuse to the party. 	Ark
 	Reduces damage done by physical attacks by half. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 6 	Iron Man, Lizard Man, Necron
 	Deals major non-elemental damage. 	Garland, Nova Dragon, Zemzelett
 	Deals damage equal to the amount of HP user has lost. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 12 	Hedgehog Pie
 	Deals 0 damage. 	Benero, Zenero
=== R ===
Ability	Description 	Enemy
 	Deals Fire/Ice/Lightning/Wind/Water/Holy/Shadow elemental damage. 	Zemzelett
 	Deals major non-elemental damage to the party. Used as a death move. 	Maliris
 	Deals moderate non-elemental damage. 	Hedgehog Pie, Taharka
 	Deals minor non-elemental damage. 	Python
 	Deals major Fire elemental damage. 	Stilva
 	Bounce back spells at enemy party. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 6 	Ash, Drakan, Hades, Maliris, Maliris (Crystal), Ring Leader, Trance Kuja
 	Changes Serpion's Attacking Stance back to normal. 	Serpion
 	Minor non-elemental damage. 	Prison Cage
 	Minor non-elemental damage. 	Plant Brain
 	Awakens Gargoyles that are still stone. 	Agares
 	Deals major non-elemental damage. 	Quale
 	Randomly kills a target in the fight. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 18	Hecteyes, Veteran, Zombie
 	Minor physical damage. 	Baku
 	Moderate physical damage. 	Bandersnatch, Fang
 	Minor physical damage. 	Cave Imp
=== S ===
Ability	Description 	Enemy
 	Deals moderate non-elemental damage to the party. Reduces party HP to single digits when used by Antlion. 	Antlion, Land Worm, Sand Golem
 	Deals minor non-elemental damage. 	Myconid
 	See target's vital stats. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 4 	Lani
 	Becomes immune to all elemental attacks. 	Vepal (Red)
 	Minor non-elemental damage. 	Gimme Cat, Seeker Bat
 	Inflicts Silence to one target. 	Gimme Cat
 	Halves damage from magical attacks. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 6 	Necron, Serpion
() 	Increases defense to 255. 	Sahagin
 	Major non-elemental damage. 	Beatrix
 	Major non-elemental damage to the party. 	Nova Dragon, Silver Dragon, Soulcage
 	Inflicts Silence. 	Mandragora
 	Target can no longer use magic. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 8 	Grimlock, Quale, Ring Leader, Stroper
 	Deals major non-elemental damage and Silence. 	Tiamat, Tiamat (Crystal)
 	Minor physical damage and inflicts Silence. 	Nymph
 	Moderate physical damage and inflicts Silence. 	Abomination
 	Inflicts Silence. 	Gizamaluke
 	Moderate non-elemental damage. 	Stroper, Wyerd
 	Moderate non-elemental damage. 	Haagen, Lamia, Lani, Soldier, Weimar
 	Target is unable to attack or act at all until awoken. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 10 	Abomination, Grimlock
 	Inflicts Sleep. 	Cave Imp
 	Minor non-elemental damage. 	Vice
 	Target's ATB gauge fills up at half the normal rate. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 6 	Basilisk, Grimlock, Ochu
 	Reduces HP to 1. 	Shell Dragon
 	Removes target from battle. Target is unable to return to fight, and is considered KO'ed. 	Tiamat, Yan
 	Deals major Ice elemental damage to the party. 	Ash
 	Deals moderate non-elemental damage and Berserk. 	Troll
 	Moderate non-elemental damage. 	Armodullahan, Ladybug, Troll
 	Deals major non-elemental damage to the party. 	Deathguise
 	Inflicts Darkness to the party. 	Myconid
 	Moderate non-elemental damage. 	Ralvuimago
 	Steals an item. 	Vice
 	Deals major non-elemental damage. 	Stilva
 	Deals minor non-elemental damage. 	Hornet
 	Reduces party's HP to 1. 	Beatrix
 	Moderate non-elemental damage. 	Crawler
 	Cures Petrify. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 8 	Gargoyle
 	Deals minor non-elemental damage. 	Mu
 	Target is unable to act at all. If all party members are hit by this, it's game over. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 8	Ash, Garland, Garuda, Grimlock, Lich, Lich (Crystal)
 	Moderate non-elemental damage. 	Behemoth, Cerberus, Dracozombie, Drakan, Type A, Type C, Zombie
 	Minor non-elemental damage and Slow. 	Ralvurahva
 	Removes target from battle. Is considered KO'ed. 	Zuu
 	Moderate non-elemental damage to the party. 	Stroper
 	Major non-elemental damage. 	Maliris, Maliris (Crystal)
=== T ===
Ability	Description 	Enemy
 	Minor non-elemental damage. 	Axolotl, Feather Circle, Griffin, Mu
 	Minor non-elemental damage. 	King Leo
 	Minor non-elemental damage. 	Black Waltz 2
 	Minor non-elemental damage. 	Plant Spider
 	Major non-elemental damage. 	Grimlock
 	Moderate non-elemental damage. 	Ochu
 	Major Thunder-elemental damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 24 	Abadon, Earth Guardian, Grand Dragon, Kuja, Malboro, Necron
 	Moderate Thunder-elemental damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 12 	Adamantoise, Agares, Amdusias, Armodullahan, Armstrong, Axe Beak, Bandersnatch, Black Waltz 2, Black Waltz 3, Catoblepas, Dracozombie, Goblin Mage, Ironite, Lani, Ralvuimago, Type B, Type C, Zaghnol
 	Minor Thunder-elemental damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 6 	Black Waltz 2, Black Waltz 3, Ghost, Plant Brain, Plant Spider, Python, Skeleton, Type A
 	Moderate Thunder-elemental damage. 	Beatrix
 	Massive Water-elemental damage to the party. 	Nova Dragon
 	Inflicts Sleep. 	Bandersnatch, Basilisk
 	Counterattacks with a massive physical attack that inflicts Trouble. 	Kraken (Crystal)
 	Minor non-elemental damage and Trouble. 	Carrion Worm
 	Moderate non-elemental damage and Trouble. 	Ogre
 	Moderate non-elemental damage and Trouble. 	Antlion
 	Minor non-elemental damage and Trouble. 	Feather Circle
 	Moderate Water-elemental damage to party. 	Sealion
 	Major Wind elemental damage to the party. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 22	Deathguise, Nova Dragon, Red Dragon, Silver Dragon, Tiamat, Tiamat (Crystal)
=== U ===
Ability	Description 	Enemy
 	Reduces HP to all targets and ends battle.	Kuja, Trance Kuja
 	Inflicts Mini. 	Ralvuimago, Whale Zombie
=== V ===
Ability	Description 	Enemy
 	Makes target immune to physical attacks but vulnerable to magic attacks. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 8	Drakan, Gnoll, Goblin Mage, Iron Man
 	Inflicts Venom. 	Chimera, Grand Dragon, Whale Zombie, Worm Hydra
 	Inflicts Venom. 	Lich, Lich (Crystal), Meltigemini
 	Deals major non-elemental damage and Virus to the party. 	Meltigemini
 	Moderate non-elemental damage and Virus. 	Mover
 	Major non-elemental damage and Virus. 	Chimera
 	Major non-elemental damage and Virus. 	Abadon
 	Moderate non-elemental damage and Virus. 	Ring Leader, Yan
 	Moderate non-elemental damage and Virus. 	Malboro
=== W ===
Ability 	Description 	Enemy
 	Moderate Water-elemental damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 24 	Anemone, Axolotl, Clipper, Gigan Toad, Gizamaluke, Kraken, Lani, Sahagin
 	Moderate Water-elemental damage. 	Kraken, Kraken (Crystal), Sahagin
 	Major Water-elemental damage to party. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 45 	Kraken, Kraken (Crystal)
 	Major non-elemental damage. 	Garland
 	Minor non-elemental damage and Slow. 	Carve Spider
What do you think you're doing!?	Physical attack. 	Lani
 	Moderate non-elemental damage. 	Skeleton
 	Deals moderate Wind elemental damage and grants Float to party. 	Ark
 	Restores a moderate amount of HP to all allies. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic.MP Cost: 14	Griffin, Zemzelett, Zuu
 	Minor Wind elemental damage. 	Dendrobium
 	Minor non-elemental damage. 	Sealion
 	Moderate non-elemental damage. 	Ironite, Meltigemini
=== Y ===
Ability	Description 	Enemy
 	User trips, wasting a turn.	Baku
=== Z ===
Ability	Description 	Enemy
 	Moderate non-elemental damage and inflicts Zombie.	Dracozombie
 	Inflicts Zombie. 	Whale Zombie
== Gallery ==
Category:Enemy abilities in Final Fantasy IX
Category:Enemy ability lists