Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift enemy abilities

This article lists the enemy abilities used in Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift, which enemies use them, and what the ability does.
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== Enemy abilities ==
=== A ===
Ability	Description 	Enemies
 	Gain HP equal to 10% of damage taken. 	Adamantitan, Crushatrice, Demon Wall, Ghoul, Golem, Great Tortoise, Headless, Ice Flan, Luchorpan, Mamatrice, Malboro King, Lightland Warden, Nagaraja, Neukhia, Nidhogg, Rafflesia, Red Marshmallow, Tonberry King, Yellow Jelly, Yowie, Zahak, Zombie
 	Gain MP equal to the MP cost of offensive magick that targets the user. 	Ice Flan, Mimic, Red Marshmallow, Yellow Jelly, Zombie
 	Summons a horrific abyss that causes damage and Stop status to its targets.	Illua
 	Inflicts a random negative status. 	Ice Flan, Yellow Jelly
 	Restores HP and grants Reraise. 	Sprite
 	Reduces target's MP to 0. 	Illua
 	Cures Poison. 	Werewolf
 	Inflicts Confuse to units in a small area. 	Neukhia
 	Avoid all bow-based basic attacks. 	Ahriman, Antlion, Baknamy, Bloody Orb, Brown Chocobo, Cockatrice, Floating Eye, Grenade, Hoppy Bunny, Plague, Sprite
 	Raises Magick and Resistance. 	Hoppy Bunny
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Immobilize. 	Loup-garou, Werewolf
 	Increases Attack. 	Antlion, Axebeak, Cockatrice, Hellhound, Ice Drake, Worgen, Zahak, Zombie
 	User will not spring traps. 	Ahriman, Baknamy, Bloody Orb, Chocobo, Cockatrice, Luchorpan, Tonberry King, Werewolf, Yellow Jelly, Zaghnal
=== B ===
Ability	Description 	Enemies
 	Inflicts Blind, Poison, and Silence to all units in a cone in front of user. 	Great Malboro, Malboro
 	Inflicts Charm and Doom. 	Upsilon
 	Inflicts Confuse to all surrounding units. 	Rafflesia
 	Inflicts Charm and Slow. 	Ahriman, Plague
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage and lowers Defense and Resilience. 	Antlion, Pit Beast
 	Inflicts Slow and reduces Speed. 	Plague
 	Inflicts Blind. 	Alraune, Dreamhare, Luchorpan
 	Inflicts Blind to surrounding units. 	Rafflesia
 	Counter attack and knock back the attacker after being the target of an offensive action.	Black Chocobo, Golem, Great Malboro, Headless, Hellhound, Loup-garou, Mutadragon, Nidhogg, Zaghnal, Zombie, Illua
 	Inflicts major Ice elemental damage. 	Ice Flan
 	Inflicts moderate Ice elemental damage. 	Ice Flan
 	Inflicts minor Ice elemental damage. 	Ice Flan
 	Users uses HP instead of MP for spells. 	Deathscythe, Ghost, Mimic, Wraith
 	Avoid hand-cannon and gun-based basic attacks. 	Antlion, Dreamhare, Pit Beast, Yellow Jelly
 	Counter attack after taking damage, always dealing more damage than taken. 	Great Malboro, Grenade, Headless, Hellhound, Luchorpan, Gaiasea Warder, Pit Beast, Wendigo, Zahak, Illua
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage and delays target's next turn. 	Golem, Headless, Wendigo
 	Raises the potency of the next user's physical attack. 	Golem, Headless, Wendigo
 	Reduces target's HP to 1. 	Tonberry, Tonberry King
=== C ===
Ability	Description 	Enemies
 	Lowers Defense and Resistance of all units in a small area. 	Neukhia
 	Attacks consume MP, but does additional damage. 	Hellhound, Ice Drake, Loup-garou, Mooglebane, Wendigo, Zombie
 	Bestows Neukhia Charge on Neukhia Wisp. 	Neukhia
 	Inflicts Ice elemental damage and Immobilize. 	Hellhound, Wolf, Worgen
 	Bestows Protect and Shell to surrounding units. 	Black Chocobo, Chocobo, Green Chocobo, White Chocobo
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage to one target. 	Black Chocobo, Brown Chocobo, Chocobo, Green Chocobo, Red Chocobo
 	Restores HP to surrounding units. 	Brown Chocobo, Chocobo, Green Chocobo, Red Chocobo, White Chocobo
 	Removes negative statuses from surrounding units. 	Green Chocobo
 	Inflicts Fire elemental damage. 	Black Chocobo
 	Bestows Regen as well as raising Defense and Resistance to all surrounding units.	Brown Chocobo
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage to units in a small area. 	Red Chocobo
 	Restores MP. 	White Chocobo
 	Inflicts Sleep and Slow. 	Cassie, Malboro King
 	Increases chance to hit. 	Floating Eye, Great Tortoise, Lamia, Luchorpan, Werewolf
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage to units in a large area. 	Neukhia
 	Counter attack when targeted with an offensive action. 	Adamantitan, Ahriman, Alraune, Antlion, Axebeak, Baknamy, Black Chocobo, Bloody Orb, Cassie, Chocobo, Cockatrice, Deadly Nightshade, Deathscythe, Dreamhare, Fire Drake, Ghost, Great Malboro, Malboro, Great Tortoise, Green Chocobo, Headless, Hellhound, Ice Drake, Ivory Wyrm, Lamashtu, Lamia, Malboro King, Mimic, Oversoul, Rocktitan, Sprite, Toughskin, Wendigo, Werewolf, Wolf, Zaghnal, Zombie
 	Gain Berserk when user is in Critical. 	Axebeak, Baknamy, Banshee, Cockatrice, Deadly Nightshade, Fire Drake, Lamia, Lilith, Red Marshmallow, Werewolf
 	Increases Evasion when HP is in Critical. 	Cockatrice
 	Gain Haste when user is in Critical. 	Black Chocobo
 	User acts next when HP is in Critical. 	Bomb, Chocobo, Cockatrice, Floating Eye, Great Tortoise, Green Chocobo, Red Chocobo, Thunder Drake, Tonberry, Tonberry King, Worgen
 	Gain Vanish when HP is in Critical. 	Hoppy Bunny, Pit Beast, Wraith
=== D ===
Ability	Description 	Enemies
 	Inflicts minor Dark elemental damage. 	Ghost, Wraith, Zombie
 	Takes away 95% of target's HP and MP. Halved Accuracy. 	Asha
 	Inflicts massive Dark elemental damage. 	Deathscythe, Oversoul, Wraith
 	Inflicts moderate Dark elemental damage. 	Deathscythe, Ghoul, Wraith
 	Inflicts heavy non-elemental damage and KO's user. 	Floating Eye
 	Increases chance to score a critical hit. 	Antlion, Axebeak, Baknamy, Black Chocobo, Floating Eye, Ghoul, Golem, Green Chocobo, Luchorpan, Red Chocobo, Werewolf, Zaghnal
 	Inflicts Sleep and Stop. 	Deathscythe, Oversoul
 	Raises Defense. 	Ahriman, Antlion, Banshee, Black Chocobo, Cockatrice, Great Tortoise, Headless, Hellhound, Ice Drake, Lamia, Nidhogg, Rocktitan, Toughskin
 	Inflicts Confuse. 	Ahriman, Plague
 	Raises Attack, Defense, Magick, and Resistance. 	Golem, Mutadragon, Gaiasea Warder, Lightland Warder
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage to units in a large area. 	Crushatrice, Mamatrice
 	Tears holes in the fabric of time, reducing all units' HP in targeted area by 75% in the process.	Illua
 	Removes buffs from all enemies. 	Neukhia
 	Inflicts Doom. 	Deathscythe
 	Increases Attack and Magick. 	Asp, Fire Drake, Nidhogg, Zahak
 	Drains HP from target to restore own HP. 	Ghoul, Zombie
 	Steals target's HP to restore own HP. 	Yowie
 	Inflicts Addle and Disable. 	Plague
=== E ===
Ability	Description 	Enemies
 	Cures Silence. 	Werewolf
 	Removes all buffs. 	Great Malboro, Malboro, Malboro King
 	Unit will counter attacks until next turn. 	Werewolf
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Addle to units in a small area.	Lilith
 	Inflicts Doom and Sleep to all units. 	Lamashtu
 	Resist spells that deal damage. 	Deathscythe, Reaver
 	Lowers Defense and Resistance. 	Fire Drake, Nagaraja, Zahak
 	Increases duration of buffs and debuffs on units in a small area.	Sprite
 	Cures Blind. 	Werewolf
=== F ===
Ability	Description 	Enemies
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage. 	Hellhound, Wolf, Worgen
 	Inflicts Fire elemental damage and Silence. 	Hellhound, Wolf, Worgen
 	Inflicts moderate Fire elemental damage. 	Grenade, Red Marshmallow
 	Inflicts heavy Fire elemental damage. 	Grenade, Red Marshmallow
 	Inflicts minor Fire elemental damage. 	Bomb, Grenade, Red Marshmallow
 	Inflicts Fire elemental damage. 	Mutadragon, Nidhogg, Zahak
 	Inflicts Fire elemental damage. 	Fire Drake, Gaiasea Warder, Nidhogg
 	Inflicts Fire elemental damage. 	Bomb, Grenade
 	Inflicts Blind to all surrounding units. 	Ghost, Wraith
 	Deals damage while ignoring opponent's R-Ability.	Asha
 	Increases user's Attack. 	Crushatrice, Mamatrice
=== G ===
Ability	Description 	Enemies
 	Lowers resistance to user's elemental attacks. 	Ice Drake, Ice Flan, Pit Beast, Red Marshmallow, Thunder Drake, Yellow Jelly, Zahak
 	Inflicts major magic damage to all targets. 	Neukhia
 	Obtain Gil after receiving a critical hit. 	Gil Snapper
 	Inflicts Petrify. 	Ahriman, Plague
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Poison. 	Bloody Orb, Floating Eye
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage, ignoring the target's Defense.	Baknamy
 	Bestows Haste to all units in a small area. 	Hoppy Bunny
 	Attacks all foes and inflicts Slow. 	Asha
 	Inflicts Immobilize and reduces Speed. 	Great Malboro, Malboro
 	Major physical damage to all units. 	Neukhia
 	Reduces target's HP by 50%. 	White Pudding
 	Reduces target's HP to 1. 	Demon Wall
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage to all enemies. 	Yowie
=== H ===
Ability	Description 	Enemies
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage and delays target's next turn. 	Lamia, Lilith
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Immobilize. 	Great Tortoise, Rocktitan
 	Raises user's Attack. 	Lightland Warder
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage, and may also destroy target's helmet. 	Wendigo
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage. 	Dreamhare, Hoppy Bunny
 	Inflicts Charm on target in front of user. 	Cassie
 	Inflicts Holy elemental damage. 	Lightland Warder, Reaver
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Knockback. 	Alraune
 	Inflicts minor damage, but has increased chance to hit. 	Alraune
 	Inflicts Poison. 	Alraune
 	Reduces target's MP and inflicts Confuse to units in a cone in front of user.	Werewolf, Zaghnal
=== I ===
Ability	Description 	Enemies
 	Inflicts Ice elemental damage. 	Ice Drake, Ivory Wyrm, Gaiasea Warder, Nagaraja, Nidhogg, Zahak
 	Inflicts Ice elemental damage. 	Ivory Wyrm, Mutadragon, Nagaraja , Zahak
 	Inflicts Charm. 	Dreamhare, Hoppy Bunny, Mooglebane
 	Neither buffs nor debuffs may be removed from user.	Adamantitan, Asp, Banshee, Black Chocobo, Bloody Orb, Cockatrice, Deathscythe, Fire Drake, Gil Snapper, Great Malboro, Malboro, Ivory Wyrm, Lamashtu, Lilith, Malboro King, Tonberry King, Toughskin, Wendigo, White Chocobo, Wraith
 	Grants user immunity to debuffs. 	Crushatrice, Deathscythe, Demon Wall, Mamatrice, Neukhia, Oversoul, Rafflesia, Reaver, Yowie, Illua, Ewen
 	Switches one target's current HP and MP values. 	Ghoul, Zombie
 	Increases effects of Potions and other items. 	Baknamy, Werewolf
=== K ===
Ability	Description 	Enemies
 	Inflicts damage equal to the number of enemies target has killed.	Tonberry, Tonberry King
 	Inflicts Charm and Doom. 	Lamashtu, Lilith
 	Reduces target's HP by 90%. 	Tonberry, Tonberry King
=== L ===
Ability	Description 	Enemies
 	Raises Move and Jump. 	Luchorpan
 	Does moderate damage in a line extending from the user. 	Adelle
 	Grants Haste and Protect to all allies. 	Asha
 	Inflicts Lightning elemental damage. 	Asp, Mutadragon, Nidhogg, Zahak
 	User gains Regen. 	Cassie, Malboro King, Wraith, Tomato, Sprite
 	Inflicts massive non-elemental damage when user is in single digit HP. 	Great Tortoise
 	Restores HP, raises Defense, and grants Regen to units in a small area. 	Cassie
 	Inflicts Holy elemental damage to units who share the first digit of caster's level.	Banshee
=== M ===
Ability	Description 	Enemies
 	Casts magick targeting the user back at caster. Magick cast in this way requires MP.	Luchorpan, Mooglebane, Toughskin, White Pudding, Yellow Jelly, Behemoth
 	Reduces target's MP. 	Baknamy, Luchorpan
 	Increases Magick. 	Ghost
 	Grants Regen and increases Attack to all units in a small area. 	Great Malboro, Malboro King
 	Switch the target's HP and MP. 	Adamantitan, Gil Snapper
 	Inflicts Silence and Toad. 	White Pudding
 	Kills user to fully restore target's HP. 	Ice Flan, Yellow Jelly
 	Inflicts Charm and lowers Speed. 	Fire Drake
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage to a small target. 	Banshee, Sprite
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Poison to units in a small area. 	Ghoul, Zombie
 	Raises Defense and Resistance. 	Nagaraja, Zahak
 	Reverses effects of items used on a target. 	
 	Damage taken deplete MP rather than HP. Has no effect when user has no MP. 	Banshee, Cassie, Deathscythe, Dreamhare, Ghost, Grenade, Lilith, Mooglebane, Nagaraja, Plague, Rocktitan, Wraith
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Slow. 	Antlion
 	Crush the target's equipment with powerful jaws. 	Adamantitan, Toughskin
 	Steal target's HP to restore user's HP. 	Luchorpan
=== N ===
Ability	Description 	Enemies
 	Inflicts Poison and Silence to units in a small area. 	Rafflesia
 	Inflicts Sleep on all targets in battle except the user.	Lamashtu, Lamia, Lilith
=== O ===
Ability	Description 	Enemies
 	Attacks all foes with non-elemental damage.	Asha
=== P ===
Ability	Description 	Enemies
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage. 	Axebeak, Cockatrice, Crushatrice, Mamatrice
 	Gimme elixir! 	Magick Pot
 	Inflicts Petrify on all targets in a cone in front of user. 	Banshee
 	Ignores Reflect and attacks target. 	Bomb, Deathscythe, Grenade, Mimic, Red Marshmallow, Yellow Jelly
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage to all enemies. 	Crushatrice
 	Inflicts Poison and Toad. 	Lamashtu, Lamia
 	Does damage equal to 1/2 of target's current HP to a 3 sq. width line in front of user.	Upsilon
 	Raises Attack and Defense. 	Nidhogg
 	No loot for you! 	Magick Pot
 	Inflicts major damage to one target. 	Neukhia
 	Removes negative statuses from unit. 	Malboro
 	Inflicts Toad, Doom, and Confuse. 	Great Malboro, Malboro, Malboro King
=== Q ===
Ability	Description 	Enemies
 	Inflicts Earth elemental damage to units in a small area.	Golem, Headless
 	Enables target to take its next turn immediately. 	Sprite
=== R ===
Ability	Description 	Enemies
 	Inflicts Earth elemental damage to units in a small area. 	Gil Snapper, Great Tortoise, Rocktitan
 	Fully recovers user's status and HP. 	Illua
 	Bounces spells back at user. 	Sprite
 	Avoid all basic attacks. 	Banshee, Plague, Illua
 	Gain Regen after taking damage. 	Antlion, Great Tortoise, Sprite
 	Removes negative statuses from target. 	Baknamy
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage with a chance to destroy target's armor. 	Reaver
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage and lowers Defense. 	Lightland Warder
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage and may destroy target's shield. 	Reaver
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Knockback to any units blocking its way.	Demon Wall
 	Raises Resistance, reducing damage done from magical attacks. 	Alraune, Banshee, Dreamhare, Ghost, Hoppy Bunny, Lamashtu, Lamia, Luchorpan, Nagaraja, Plague, Sprite
 	Inflicts Disable on all units wielding bladed weapons. 	Toughskin
 	Restores Neukhia Wisp's HP. 	Neukhia
 	Avoid bow-based enemy attacks and fire an arrow back at attacker. 	Lamia, Luchorpan
 	Enables user to see and target Invisible units. 	Bloody Orb, Dreamhare, Floating Eye, Ghost, Hellhound, Lamia, Lilith, Plague, Werewolf, Wolf, Worgen, Wraith
 	Thanks! 	Magick Pot
 	Makes three stones shine with golden light. 	Neukhia
 	Enables use of Ribbon, regardless of job. 	White Pudding
 	Removes all buffs from all units. 	Loup-garou, Werewolf, Zaghnal
 	Restores user's HP. 	Mimic
 	Randomly KO one unit. Does not distinguish between friend or foe. 	Ahriman, Plague
=== S ===
Ability	Description 	Enemies
 	Raises Attack power and Accuracy of user. 	Illua
 	Prevents user's equipment from being stolen or destroyed. 	Magick Pot
 	Deals non-elemental damage and lowers Speed. 	Antlion
 	Damages all enemies. Uses up Neukhia Charge. 	Neukhia
 	Inflicts Earth elemental damage as well as Blind to units in a small area. 	Antlion, Pit Beast
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage to surrounding units and raises user's Evasion.	Cockatrice
 	Inflicts Lightning elemental damage to units in a small area. 	Mimic
 	Inflicts Confuse. 	Hellhound, Wolf, Worgen
 	Grants user Haste status. 	Axebeak, Cockatrice
 	Deals heavy damage. 	Upsilon
 	Creates a new ally. 	Rafflesia
 	Kills user to inflict damage heavy damage to surrounding units. 	Bomb
 	Inflicts Immobilize and Disable. 	Deathscythe, Oversoul
 	Deals non-elemental damage to all foes. 	Asha
 	Inflicts Dark elemental damage and Blind. 	Hellhound, Worgen
 	Slow and Immobilize for all foes, Haste and Regen for all allies. 	Illua
 	Inflicts Petrify, Immobilize, and Sleep to all units in front of user. 	Demon Wall
 	Inflicts Confuse and Addle. 	Thunder Drake
 	Prevents target from using magick. 	Alraune, Deadly Nightshade, Luchorpan
 	Inflicts Dark elemental damage and Silence. 	Ghost
 	Inflicts Charm. 	White Pudding
 	Inflicts Sleep. 	Dreamhare, Hoppy Bunny, Luchorpan
 	Inflicts Dark elemental damage and Sleep. 	Ghost
 	Inflicts Doom and Sleep. 	Ice Drake, Ivory Wyrm, Nagaraja
 	Reduces speed of target. 	Sprite
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage, ignoring Defense. 	Loup-garou, Werewolf, Zaghnal
 	Spin fast enough to create a fierce whirlwind. Damages surrounding units. 	Adamantitan, Gil Snapper, Great Tortoise
 	Inflicts Sleep to surrounding units. 	Rafflesia
 	Drain a target's HP and MP. 	Asha
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage to surrounding units and restores user's HP. 	Grenade
 	Extends duration of buffs and debuffs on target. 	Baknamy, Black Chocobo, Brown Chocobo, Deadly Nightshade, Rocktitan, Sprite
 	Stalks target. 	Tonberry, Tonberry King
 	Inflicts Addle. 	Deathscythe
 	Catch items thrown at user and place them in party's inventory. 	Deathscythe, Lilith
 	Inflicts Petrify on all units in a cone in front of user. 	Axebeak, Cockatrice
 	Prevents unit from taking any actions. 	Sprite
 	Avoid all basic attacks and counter. 	Wendigo
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Immobilize. 	Yowie
 	Inflicts Earth elemental damage to surrounding units. 	Pit Beast
 	Delays target's next turn. 	Antlion, Pit Beast
 	Call nearby allies. 	Hellhound, Wolf, Worgen
 	Inflicts Earth elemental damage. 	Golem, Headless, Wendigo
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Silence. 	Bloody Orb, Floating Eye
 	Fully depletes target's MP. 	Neukhia
=== T ===
Ability	Description 	Enemies
 	Inflicts Immobilize and teleports foes into unit's path.	Demon Wall, Neukhia
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage to units beneath user. 	Crushatrice, Mamatrice
 	Inflicts major Lightning elemental damage. 	Yellow Jelly
 	Inflicts moderate Lightning elemental damage. 	Yellow Jelly
 	Inflicts minor Lightning elemental damage. 	Yellow Jelly
 	Inflicts Lightning elemental damage. 	Asp, Gaiasea Warder, Nidhogg, Thunder Drake
 	Damages the target and delays its next turn. 	Illua
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Knockback. 	Deadly Nightshade
 	Inflicts Berserk. 	Deadly Nightshade
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage and lowers Speed. 	Deadly Nightshade
 	Raises Accuracy. 	Luchorpan
 	Spells cost twice as normal, but are much more potent. 	Ghoul, Mimic, Zombie
 	Reduces HP of surrounding units and target by 50%. 	Lamia, Lilith
=== U ===
Ability	Description 	Enemies
 	Inflicts Oil on surrounding units. 	Red Marshmallow
 	Raises Attack, Defense, Resistance, and Magick when user has full HP.	Antlion, Banshee, Black Chocobo, Bloody Orb, Bomb, Brown Chocobo, Chocobo, Cockatrice, Deadly Nightshade, Fire Drake, Malboro, Pit Beast, Sprite, Thunder Drake, Werewolf
=== V ===
Ability	Description 	Enemies
 	Steals HP from target, restoring user's HP. 	Bloody Orb
 	Drains MP of all foes. Halved Accuracy. 	Asha
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Slow as well as delaying target's next turn.	Rafflesia
 	Inflicts Instant Death. 	Tonberry King
=== W ===
Ability	Description 	Enemies
 	Summons undead to aid the user. 	Ghost, Wraith
 	Target takes the next turn. 	Axebeak, Cockatrice, Cluckatrice
 	Increases the Attack of all units in a small area. 	Dreamhare, Hoppy Bunny
 	Inflicts non-elemental damage to all units in its path.	Neukhia
 	Restores HP equal to user's HP to surrounding units. 	Sprite
== Gallery ==
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