This is a list of all enemy abilities from Final Fantasy IX.

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Enemy AbilitiesEdit

#Edit

Ability	Description	Enemy
6 Legs	Moderate magical damage to one target and restores HP equal to damage dealt.	Gigan Octopus
1000 Needles	Deals exactly 1000 points of damage to one target. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 8	Cactuar

AEdit

Ability	Description	Enemy
Absorb	Drains HP from one target.	Hecteyes, Malboro, Prison Cage, Seeker Bat
Absorb Even More	Drains a severe amount of HP from one target.	Seeker Bat
Absorb Magic	Decreases target's stat and add to caster's.	Tiamat, Tiamat (Crystal)
Absorb More	Drains a high amount of HP from target.	Seeker Bat
Absorb MP	Drains target's MP.	Tiamat, Tiamat (Crystal), Ozma
Absorb Strength	Decreases target's Strength stat and add to caster's.	Tiamat, Tiamat (Crystal)
Aera	Moderate Wind damage. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 14	Gimme Cat, Griffin, Jabberwock, Lani, Yan, Zuu
Aerial Slash	Wind damage to all party members.	Gargoyle, Garuda, Nova Dragon, Red Dragon, Silver Dragon
Aero	Minor Wind damage. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 7	Griffin, Zemzelett
Aero Breath	Deals random damage based on a percentage of target's HP.	Worm Hydra
Antenna	Weak physical damage.	Carve Spider
Appearance	Cactuar shows itself and enables Head Attack.	Cactuar
Attack	Physical attack.	Amarant, Beatrix, Dagger, Eiko, Freya, Lani. Quina, Scarlet Hair, Steiner, Steiner, Vivi, Zidane
Attacking Stance	Increases the damage dealt by Stab, counters attacks with Poison Counter.	Serpion
Aqua Breath	Water damage to all party members. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 14	Axolotl, Quale
Axe	Weak physical damage.	Goblin Mage

BEdit

Ability	Description	Enemy
BAAAHHH!!!	Strong physical attack, inflicts Silence.	Yan (friendly)
Bad Breath	May inflict Confuse, Poison, Slow, Darkness, and/or Mini to a single target.	Malboro
Became compact	Changes Ralvuimago's status to counter attacks with Earth Power.	Ralvuimago
Beak	Weak physical damage.	Axe Beak, Trick Sparrow
Berserk	Inflicts Berserk status. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 6	Armstrong, Ozma
Bio	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
Bite	Weak physical damage.	Yeti
Blade	Strong physical damage.	Abadon
Blaster	Damages and may inflict Stop.	Torama, Veteran
Blind	Inflicts Darkness. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 6	Ring Leader, Quale
Blind Tail	Inflicts Darkness.	Yeti
Blizzaga	Major Ice damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 24	Earth Guardian, Gigan Octopus, Necron, Taharka, Vepal (Green), Wraith
Blizzara	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
Blizzard	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
Blowup	Sacrifices self to deal damage equal to remaining HP to all party members. Note that this ends the battle aboard the Prima Vista.	Bomb
Blue Shockwave	Cuts a single target's HP to 1.	Necron
Body Ram	Moderate physical damage.	Vepal (Green), Vepal (Red)
Boomerang	Moderate physical damage to all party members.	Ark
Break	Inflicts Petrify. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 18	Gargoyle
Bring it on!	Weak physical damage.	Baku
Bubbles	Weak attack on all party members.	Clipper
Buzz	Inflicts Berserk on one target.	Dragonfly, Hornet

CEdit

Ability	Description	Enemy
Call	Summons Magic Vice.	Mimic
Cannon	Halves a party member's HP.	Armstrong, Grenade
Charge	Moderate non-elemental damage.	Blazer Beetle, Bomb, Dragonfly, Gargoyle, Shell Dragon
Chestnut	Inflicts damage equal to the amount of HP the monster has lost.	Mandragora
Chop	Inflicts moderate physical damage.	Taharka
Clamp Pinch	Weak physical attack.	Benero, Zenero
Claw	Inflicts major physical damage.	Veteran, Silver Dragon
Claws	Inflicts moderate physical damage.	Crawler, Sand Scorpion, Zuu
Cleave	Inflicts major physical damage to the party.	Hades, Iron Man
Close	Change's Deathguise's status to only allow use of Death, LV5 Death and Twister.	Deathguise
Climhazzard	Reduces HP of party to 1.	Beatrix
Cold Breath	Inflicts Freeze.	Chimera, Worm Hydra
Comet	Deals random non-elemental damage. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 16	Yan
Confuse	Inflicts Confuse. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 8	Cactuar, Quale
Counter	Counterattacks an attack with a powerful physical attack.	Grimlock, Nova Dragon, Sand Golem, Scarlet Hair, Troll
Counter Horn	Counterattacks an attack with a moderate physical attack.	Antlion
<Crack!>	Minor physical damage.	Black Waltz 3
Crash	Moderate physical damage.	Gizamaluke
Crush	Minor physical damage.	Clipper
Cura	Restores moderate HP. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 10	Beatrix, Lamia
Curaga	Restores major HP. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 22	Hilgigars, Necron, Ozma, Trance Kuja
Cure	Restores minor HP. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 6	Beatrix, Serpion
Curl	Reduces damage done by physical attacks by a considerable amount.	Taharka
Curse	Inflicts massive non-elemental damage as well as Confuse, Poison, Slow, Mini, and Darkness to the party.	Hades, Ozma

DEdit

Ability	Description	Enemy
Darkness	Inflicts Darkness.	Seeker Bat
Death	Instantly kills target. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 20	Armodullahan, Ash, Deathguise, Lich, Lich (Crystal), Ozma, Whale Zombie
Death Cutter	Severe physical damage and may inflict Doom.	Lich, Lich (Crystal)
Delta Attack	Instantly kills target; may be used only when all three Movers are alive.	Mover
Demi	Removes 30% of target's current HP. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 18	Feather Circle, Kuja, Land Worm
Demon's Claw	Severe physical damage.	Deathguise
Devil's Bell	Petrifies one target.	Catoblepas
Devil's Candle	Moderate magical damage; inflicts Freeze if used by blue-candled Wraith, Heat if used by red-candled Wraith.	Wraith
Devil's Kiss	Weak physical damage, may Poison.	Ralvurahva
Dive	Strong physical attack.	Red Dragon
Doom	Inflicts Doom. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 12	Ash, Lich, Lich (Crystal), Tantarian, Veteran, Wraith
Doomsday	Immense Shadow damage to everyone. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 72	Hades, Ozma
Double Slash	Moderate physical damage to one target.	Earth Guardian
Drain	Absorbs HP from one target. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 14	Carrion Worm, Crawler, Trick Sparrow

EEdit

Ability	Description	Enemy
Earth Power	Earth damage to all party members.	Ralvuimago
Earth Shake	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
Earthquake	Earth damage to all party members.	Catoblepas, Earth Guardian, Hilgigars, Jabberwock, Lich, Lich (Crystal)
Eat	Masticates single target for light damage.	Mimic
Edge	Deals moderate damage with book spine.	Tantarian
Electrocute	Imbues caster with electricity; allows Torama to use Blaster and Zaghnol to use Thundara.	Torama, Zaghnol
Entice	Releases hearts to confuse one target, doesn't work on females.	Lamia
Escape	Flees from battle.	Magic Vice, Soldier
Esuna	Alleviates all negative status effects. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 6	Kraken, Kraken (Crystal), Marilis, Marilis (Crystal), Ozma
Everyone Light	Bestows Float on everyone.	Jabberwock
Everyone's Grudge	Targets all party members; damage is equal to the amount of slain Tonberries multiplied by 4.	Tonberry

FEdit

Ability	Description	Enemy
Fang	Weak physical damage.	Fang
Fat Press	Jumps on one target and damages with fat.	Hedgehog Pie
Fin	Moderate physical damage.	Whale Zombie
Fira	Moderate Fire damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 12	Abomination, Agares, Antlion, Black Waltz 2, Black Waltz 3, Blazer Beetle, Carrion Worm, Feather Circle, Lani, Mistodon, Nymph, Sand Golem, Sand Scorpion, SoulCage, Type B, Type C, Zuu
Firaga	Major Fire damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 24	Cerberus, Chimera, Earth Guardian, Garuda, Grenade, Marilis, Marilis (Crystal), Mover, Necron, Stilva, Wraith
Fire	Minor Fire damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 6	Black Waltz 1, Black Waltz 2, Black Waltz 3, Bomb, Carve Spider, Dragonfly, Ghost, Ladybug, Trick Sparrow, Type A, Vice
Fire Blades	Fire damage to all party members; only usuable if SoulCage is on fire.	SoulCage
Fist	Heavy physical damage.	Iron Man
Flame	Expels flames to deal random Fire damage to all party members.	Cerberus, Grenade, Ironite, Ogre, Worm Hydra
Flame Slash	Severe physical Fire damage to one target.	Marilis, Marilis (Crystal)
Flare	Heavy magical damage to single target. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 40	Garland, Necron, Ozma, Trance Kuja
Flare Star	Targets all party members and deals damage equal to their level times 30 (Kuja) or 35 (Trance Kuja, Ozma). It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 46	Kuja, Ozma, Trance Kuja
Float	Grants Float. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 6	Tiamat, Yan
Freeze	Inflicts Freeze. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 8	Agares, Black Waltz 3, Drakan, Hades, Kraken, Kraken (Crystal), Vepal (Green)

GEdit

Ability	Description	Enemy
Get Some!	Weak physical attack.	Masked Man
Glowing Eyes	Illuminates eyes to cause Sleep.	Axe Beak, Gigan Toad
Gnoll Attack	Moderate physical damage.	Gnoll
Goblin Punch	Deals weak random damage. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 4	Goblin, Goblin Mage
Gradual Petrify	Inflicts Gradual Petrify.	Basilisk, Gargoyle, Stroper
Grand Cross	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, Venom, Mini, Sleep, and HP is reduce to 1-10.	Necron
Grow	User gets bigger.	Bomb
Gwahaha!	Weak physical attack.	Baku, Masked Man

HEdit

Ability	Description	Enemy
Hack	Weak physical attack with bone knife.	Skeleton
Haste	Bestows Haste. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 8	Cactuar
Hatchet	Weak physical attack.	Lizard Man
Head Attack	Rams into one target for light damage.	Cactuar, Flan, Feather Circle, Mistodon
Heave	Rams into one target for moderate damage.	Adamantoise, Behemoth, Catoblepas, Zaghnol
Heavy	Dispels Float status.	Jabberwock
Helm Divide	Reduces one target's HP to 1.	Iron Man
Here I Go!	Runs around battlefield.	Scarlet Hair
Hide	Cactuar hides and counters attacks with 1000 Needles.	Cactuar
High Wind	Moderate physical damage to all party members.	Abadon
Hiphop	Moderate physical damage to one enemy.	Hilgigars
Hit	Weak physical strike.	Black Waltz 1, Black Waltz 3, Blazer Beetle
Holy	Major Holy damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 36	Necron, Ozma, Trance Kuja
Horn	Physical attack.	Amdusias
HP Switching	Switches caster's HP with target's. Disregards casters upper limit.	Wyerd
Hypnotize	Inflicts Sleep.	Black Waltz 2, Hecteyes

IEdit

Ability	Description	Enemy
"I am Dagger."	9999 damage to Garnet, regular damage to everyone else.	Dagger
"I am Steiner."	9999 damage to Steiner, regular damage to everyone else.	Steiner
"I Quina!"	9999 damage to Quina, regular damage to everyone else.	Quina
"I'm Eiko!"	9999 damage to Eiko, regular damage to everyone else.	Eiko
"I'm Freya."	9999 damage to Freya, regular damage to everyone else.	Freya
"I'm the real Amarant!"	9999 damage to Amarant, regular damage to everyone else.	Amarant
"I'm the real Zidane!"	9999 damage to Zidane, regular damage to everyone else.	Zidane
"I'm Vivi!"	9999 damage to Vivi, regular damage to everyone else.	Vivi
Impale	Weak physical damage with spear.	Sahagin
Ink	Damages one target and inflicts Darkness.	Gigan Octopus, Kraken, Kraken (Crystal)

JEdit

Ability	Description	Enemy
Jet Fire	Deals major Fire elemental damage as well as Heat to the party.	Tiamat, Tiamat (Crystal)
Judgement Sword	Reduces HP to 1.	Hades

KEdit

Ability	Description	Enemy
Knife	Moderate physical damage.	Goblin, Ogre, Tonberry
Knock Down	Moderate physical damage.	Hilgigars

LEdit

Ability	Description	Enemy
Lava Gun	Deals major Fire elemental damage.	Vepal (Red)
Leaf Swirl	Moderate damage to party.	SoulCage
Left Stem	Minor physical damage.	Prison Cage
Left Tentacle	Minor physical damage.	Plant Brain
Leg	Major physical damage.	Kraken
Light	Inflicts Float.	Jabberwock
Light Flare	Moderate Fire elemental damage. It can be reflected. MP Cost: 30	Thorn
Lightning	Deals random percentage worth of Lightning elemental damage.	Chimera, Worm Hydra
Limit Glove	Deals 9999 damage when used at 1 HP. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 10	Adamantoise, Catoblepas, Jabberwock
LV4 Holy	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
LV5 Death	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

MEdit

Ability	Description	Enemy
Maelstrom	Reduces HP to 1-10.	Garuda, Sand Worm
Magic Attack Blue	Changes heads to blue.	Grimlock
Magic Hammer	Reduces MP by a random amount. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 2	Magic Vice
Matra Magic	Reduces target's HP to 1. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 8	Armstrong
Melt	Inflicts damage equal to remaining HP and kills user.	Zombie
Meow! I'm mad!	Non-elemental magic attack ignoring Magic Defense.	Gimme Cat
Meteor	Random non-elemental damage to party. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 40	Deathguise, Necron, Ozma, Trance Kuja
Meteor Counter	Counterattacks with Meteor when damage. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 40	Behemoth
Meteorite	Minor non-elemental damage to the party. MP Cost: 40	Zorn
Might	Increases Attack power. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 14	Gnoll, Iron Man, Lamia
Mighty Guard	Casts Protect and Shell on party. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 64	Gigan Octopus
Mind Blast	Moderate non-elemental damage and Confuse.	Drakan
Mini	Inflicts or cures Mini. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 8	Ozma, Quale
Mirror	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
Mist	Inflicts moderate Shadow elemental damage and Sleep to the party.	Feather Circle, Mistodon
Mucus	Inflicts moderate non-elemental damage and Berserk.	Anemone
Mug	Minor physical damage and steals an item. Item stolen can not be recovered.	Magic Vice
Mustard Bomb	Inflicts Heat. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 10	Drakan, Hades, Marilis, Marilis (Crystal), SoulCage, Vepal (Red)

NEdit

Ability	Description	Enemy
Neutron Ring	Deals major non-elemental damage to the party.	Necron
Night	Inflicts Sleep on everyone in the battle. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 14	Nymph, Ralvurahva

OEdit

Ability	Description	Enemy
Osmose	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
Open	Change's Deathguise's status to only allow use of Demon's Claw or Spin.	Deathguise
Oww!	User trips and wastes a turn.	Masked Man

PEdit

Ability	Description	Enemy
Paper Storm	Deals major non-elemental damage to the party.	Agares, Tantarian
Petrify	Inflicts Petrify.	Epitaph
Photon	Reduces HP to 1.	Ark
Physical Attack Red	Switches heads to Red.	Grimlock
Poison	Inflicts Poison. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 8	Mimic, Quale, Tantarian, Torama
Poison Claw	Deals major non-elemental damage and Poison.	Grand Dragon
Poison Counter	Counterattacks with a moderate physical attack that inflicts Poison.	Sand Scorpion, Serpion
Pollen	Deals minor non-elemental damage and Darkness to the party.	Dendrobium, Plant Brain
Poly	Deals 0 damage.	King Leo
Power of the Land	Alternate name for Earth Power.
Powering Sword	Allows Hades to use Curse and Doomsday after a countdown from three.	Hades
Propeller Wind	Inflicts Confuse to the party.	Ark
Protect	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
Psychokinesis	Deals major non-elemental damage.	Garland, Nova Dragon, Zemzelett
Pumpkin Head	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
Pyro	Deals 0 damage.	Benero, Zenero

REdit

Ability	Description	Enemy
Rainbow Wind	Deals Fire/Ice/Lightning/Wind/Water/Holy/Shadow elemental damage.	Zemzelett
Raining Swords	Deals major non-elemental damage to the party. Used as a death move.	Marilis
Ram	Deals moderate non-elemental damage.	Hedgehog Pie, Taharka
Rapid Fire	Deals minor non-elemental damage.	Python
Red Clipper	Deals major Fire elemental damage.	Stilva
Reflect	Bounce back spells at enemy party. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 6	Ash, Drakan, Hades, Marilis, Marilis (Crystal), Ring Leader, Trance Kuja
Return	Changes Serpion's Attacking Stance back to normal.	Serpion
Right Stem	Minor non-elemental damage.	Prison Cage
Right Tentacle	Minor non-elemental damage.	Plant Brain
Rise	Awakens Gargoyles that are still stone.	Agares
Rolling Attack	Deals major non-elemental damage.	Quale
Roulette	Randomly kills a target in the fight. It can't be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 18	Hecteyes, Veteran, Zombie
Rrragh!	Minor physical damage.	Baku
Rush	Moderate physical damage.	Bandersnatch, Fang
Rusty Knife	Minor physical damage.	Cave Imp

SEdit

Ability	Description	Enemy
Sandstorm	Deals moderate non-elemental damage to the party.	Antlion, Land Worm, Sand Golem
Saw	Deals minor non-elemental damage.	Myconid
Scan	See target's vital stats. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 4	Lani
Scorch	Becomes immune to all elemental attacks.	Vepal (Red)
Scratch	Minor non-elemental damage.	Gimme Cat, Seeker Bat
Screech	Inflicts Silence to one target.	Gimme Cat
Shell	Halves damage from magical attacks. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 6	Necron, Serpion
Shell Defense	Increases defense to 255.	Sahagin
Shock	Major non-elemental damage.	Beatrix
Shockwave	Major non-elemental damage to the party.	Nova Dragon, Silver Dragon, SoulCage
Shriek	Inflicts Silence.	Mandragora
Silence	Target can no longer use magic. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 8	Grimlock, Quale, Ring Leader, Stroper
Silent Claw	Deals major non-elemental damage and Silence.	Tiamat, Tiamat (Crystal)
Silent Kiss	Minor physical damage and inflicts Silence.	Nymph
Silent Slap	Moderate physical damage and inflicts Silence.	Abomination
Silent Voice	Inflicts Silence.	Gizamaluke
Slap	Moderate non-elemental damage.	Stroper, Wyerd
Slash	Moderate non-elemental damage.	Haagen, Lamia, Lani, Soldier, Weimar
Sleep	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
Sleeping Juice	Inflicts Sleep.	Cave Imp
Slice	Minor non-elemental damage.	Vice
Slow	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
Smash	Reduces HP to 1.	Shell Dragon
Snort	Removes target from battle. Target is unable to return to fight, and is considered KO'ed.	Tiamat, Yan
Snowstorm	Deals major Ice elemental damage to the party.	Ash
Solution	Deals moderate non-elemental damage and Berserk.	Troll
Spear	Moderate non-elemental damage.	Armodullahan, Ladybug, Troll
Spin	Deals major non-elemental damage to the party.	Deathguise
Spore	Inflicts Darkness to the party.	Myconid
Stab	Moderate non-elemental damage.	Ralvuimago
Steal	Steals an item.	Vice
Sting	Deals major non-elemental damage.	Stilva
Stinger	Deals minor non-elemental damage.	Hornet
Stock Break	Reduces party's HP to 1.	Beatrix
Stomach	Moderate non-elemental damage.	Crawler
Stona	Cures Petrify. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 8	Gargoyle
Stone	Deals minor non-elemental damage.	Mu
Stop	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)
Strike	Moderate non-elemental damage.	Behemoth, Cerberus, Dracozombie, Drakan, Type A, Type C, Zombie
String	Minor non-elemental damage and Slow.	Ralvurahva
Swallow	Removes target from battle. Is considered KO'ed.	Zuu
Sweep	Moderate non-elemental damage to the party.	Stroper
Sword Quiver	Major non-elemental damage.	Maliris, Maliris (Crystal)

TEdit

Ability	Description	Enemy
Tail	Minor non-elemental damage.	Axolotl, Feather Circle, Griffin, Mu
Taste steel!	Minor non-elemental damage.	King Leo
Teleport	Minor non-elemental damage.	Black Waltz 2
Tentacle	Minor non-elemental damage.	Plant Spider
The Drop	Major non-elemental damage.	Grimlock
Thorn Whip	Moderate non-elemental damage.	Ochu
Thundaga	Major Lightning elemental damage. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 24	Abadon, Earth Guardian, Grand Dragon, Kuja, Malboro, Necron
Thundara	Moderate Lightning 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
Thunder	Minor Lightning 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
Thunder Slash	Moderate Lightning elemental damage.	Beatrix
Tidal Wave	Massive Water elemental damage to the party.	Nova Dragon
Tongue	Inflicts Sleep.	Bandersnatch, Basilisk
Trouble Counter	Counterattacks with a massive physical attack that inflicts Trouble.	Kraken (Crystal)
Trouble Juice	Minor non-elemental damage and Trouble.	Carrion Worm
Trouble Knife	Moderate non-elemental damage and Trouble.	Ogre
Trouble Mucus	Moderate non-elemental damage and Trouble.	Antlion
Trouble Tail	Minor non-elemental damage and Trouble.	Feather Circle
Tsunami	Moderate Water elemental damage to party.	Sealion
Twister	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)

UEdit

Ability	Description	Enemy
Ultima	Reduces HP to all on all targets and ends battle.	Kuja, Trance Kuja
Ultra Sound Wave	Inflicts Mini.	Ralvuimago, Whale Zombie

VEdit

Ability	Description	Enemy
Vanish	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
Venom Breath	Inflicts Venom.	Chimera, Grand Dragon, Whale Zombie, Worm Hydra
Venom Powder	Inflicts Venom.	Lich, Lich (Crystal), Meltigemini
Viral Smoke	Deals major non-elemental damage and Virus to the party.	Meltigemini
Virus Combo	Moderate non-elemental damage and Virus.	Mover
Virus Crunch	Major non-elemental damage and Virus.	Chimera
Virus Fly	Major non-elemental damage and Virus.	Abadon
Virus Powder	Moderate non-elemental damage and Virus.	Ring Leader, Yan
Virus Tentacles	Moderate non-elemental damage and Virus.	Malboro

WEdit

Ability	Description	Enemy
Water	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
Water-gun	Moderate Water elemental damage.	Kraken, Kraken (Crystal), Sahagin
Waterga	Major Water elemental damage to party. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. MP Cost: 45	Kraken, Kraken (Crystal)
Wave	Major non-elemental damage.	Garland
Web	Minor non-elemental damage and Slow.	Carve Spider
What do you think you're doing!?	Physical attack.	Lani
Whirlslash	Moderate non-elemental damage.	Skeleton
Whirlwind	Deals moderate Wind elemental damage and grants Float to party.	Ark
White Wind	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
Wind	Minor Wind elemental damage.	Dendrobium
Wing	Minor non-elemental damage.	Sealion
Wings	Moderate non-elemental damage.	Ironite, Meltigemini

YEdit

Ability	Description	Enemy
YEOWWW!	User trips, wasting a turn.	Baku

ZEdit

Ability	Description	Enemy
Zombie Breath	Moderate non-elemental damage and inflicts Zombie.	Dracozombie
Zombie Powder	Inflicts Zombie.	Whale Zombie

GalleryEdit

See also: List of Final Fantasy IX Enemy Abilities/Gallery.

v · e · d Final Fantasy IX
Characters
Playable characters
Zidane Tribal - Vivi Ornitier - Adelbert Steiner - Garnet Til Alexandros XVII - Freya Crescent - Quina Quen - Eiko Carol - Amarant Coral
Temporary playable characters
Marcus - Blank - Cinna - Beatrix - Cid Fabool IX
Villains
Black Waltz 1 - Black Waltz 2 - Black Waltz 3 - Brahne Raza Alexandros XVI - Garland - Kuja - Lani - Necron - Soulcage - Zorn and Thorn
Other characters
Artania - Artemicion - Lord Avon - Baku - Black Mage No. 288 - Bobby Corwen - Choco - Erin - Cid Fabool VIII - Fratley - Gilgamesh - Hildagarde Fabool - Hippaul - Jane - King of Burmecia - Lowell Bridges - Mikoto - Mog - Morrid - Nero Brothers - Knights of Pluto - Puck - Quale - Quan - Ramuh - Ruby - Queen Stella - Stiltzkin - Doctor Tot - Zebolt
Gaia - Terra
Mist Continent
Alexandria - Alexandria Castle - Evil Forest - Ice Cavern - Dali - Observatory Mountain - Lindblum - Lindblum Castle - Gizamaluke's Grotto - Burmecia - Aerbs Mountains - Treno - Gargan Roo - Cleyra - Pinnacle Rocks - Fossil Roo - Chocobo's Forest - Quan's Dwelling
Outer Continent
Conde Petie - Black Mage Village - Conde Petie Mountain Path - Madain Sari - Iifa Tree - Desert Palace - Earth Shrine - Mognet Central
Forgotten Continent
Oeilvert - Daguerreo - Ipsen's Castle - Wind Shrine - Water Shrine - Chocobo's Lagoon
Lost Continent
Esto Gaza - Mount Gulug - Fire Shrine - Shimmering Island
Terra
Bran Bal - Pandemonium
Other
Chocobo's Air Garden - Chocobo's Dream World - Crystal World - Memoria - Chocobo's Paradise - Qu's Marsh - Hill of Despair
Races and creatures
Black Mage - Burmecian/Cleyran - Dwarves - Eidolon - Genome - Gargant - Human - Mole People - Moogle - Oglop - Qu - Summoner
Terms
Active Time Event - Airship - Battle of the Iifa Tree - Blackjack - Chocobo Hot and Cold - Chocograph - Crystal - Festival of the Hunt - Frog Catching - Gulug Stone - Hilda Garde - I Want to Be Your Canary - Invincible - Jump Rope - Magic Stone - Mognet - Mogshop - Prima Vista - Siege of Burmecia - Siege of Cleyra - Siege of Lindblum - Tantalus Theater Troupe - Tetra Master - Trance - Treasure Hunter Rank
Music
Original Soundtrack - Original Soundtrack PLUS - Uematsu's Best Selection - Melodies of Life -Final Fantasy IX- - Piano Collections - Chips
"A Place to Call Home" - "Vamo Alla Flamenco" - "Battle 1" - "Melodies of Life" - "Festival of the Hunt" - "Kuja's Theme" - "Roses of May" - "Unrequited Love" - "Mount Gulug" - "Not Alone" - "The Final Battle" - "Moogle's Theme" - "Doga and Une"
Archives
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v · e · d Enemy Abilities
Physical
Axe  · Beak  · Bite  · Body Slam  · Charge  · Crush  · Havoc Wing  · Haymaker  · Heave  · Knife  · Rocket Punch  · Rush  · Slap  · Sword Dance  · Tail  · Uppercut
Elemental
Acid Rain  · Almagest  · Aqua Breath  · Atomic Ray  · Avalanche  · Blaze  · Breath  · Cyclone  · Diamond Dust  · Drain Touch  · Earthquake  · Electrocute  · Fireball  · Flame  · Flamethrower  · Frost  · Frost Breath  · Hellfire  · Hurricane  · Ice Break  · Inferno  · Judgment  · Lightning  · Quicksand  · Sandstorm  · Scorch  · Shadow Flare  · Snowstorm  · Spark  · Tremor  · Trine  · Tsunami  · Twister  · Whirlpool  · Whirlwind  · Wind Slash
Restorative/Prevention
Angel Whisper  · Barrier Shift  · Drain Touch  · Treatment  · Mighty Guard  · Pollen  · Potion  · White Wind
Status
Acid  · Bad Breath  · Bite  · Blaster  · Bone  · Breath  · Curse  · Death Claw  · Digestive Acid  · Entice  · Entangle  · Flash  · Frog Song  · Frost  · Gaze  · Grand Cross  · Ink  · Lullaby  · Miasma  · Mind Blast  · Mustard Bomb  · Needle  · Night  · Nightmare  · Poison Breath  · Poison Claw  · Poison Gas  · Pollen  · Powder  · Sandstorm  · Slap  · Stare  · Stone Breath  · Stone Gaze  · Tongue  · Vampire  · Web
Stat
Dragon Force  · Guard-Off  · Pollen
Non-elemental
1000 Needles  · 10000 Needles  · Aqua Breath  · Big Bang  · Bite  · Black Hole  · Bone  · Blaster  · Cave-In  · Chef's Knife  · Choco Meteor  · Comet  · Crush  · Cyclone  · Death Claw  · Delta Attack  · Dischord  · Eerie Sound Wave  · Flare Star  · Forsaken  · Gatling Gun  · Gigaflare  · Goblin Punch  · HP to One Abilities (Heartless Angel)  · Hyperdrive  · Karma  · Laser  · Leaf Rain  · Level 3 Flare  · Level 5 Death  · Lifebreak  · Maelstrom  · Magic Hammer  · Matra Magic  · Megaflare  · Missile  · Needle  · Reverse Polarity  · Roulette  · Sacrifice  · Sandstorm  · Seed Cannon  · Self-Destruct  · Shadow Flare  · Shockwave  · Slap  · Snort  · Sonic Boom  · Starfall  · Stone  · Supernova  · Tentacle  · Traveler  · Tsunami  · Wave Cannon  · Zantetsuken
Lists
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