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See also: List of Final Fantasy IV DS Enemy Abilities.

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

Contents
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Enemy AbilitiesEdit

AEdit

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
Absorb	Suction	Absorb	Lifefont	Restores HP equal to 1/3 of current HP.	Black Knight, Satanite, Draculady, Zeromus EG
Alert	Alarm			Summons a monster into battle.	Security Eye, Searcher
Fission			Atomic Blast	Deals damage equal to the user's current HP to the entire party, and kills the user.	Optic Blaster

BEdit

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
Breath	Bad Breath			Inflicts all statuses on an ally.	Malboro, Great Malboro, Lunasaur
-			Barrier Shift	Changes elemental weakness and resistances.	Golbez
Beak	Peck		Beak	Inflicts Petrify.	Helldiver, Cockatrice, Fledgling Rukh, Mist Eagle, Treant
Beam				Inflicts damage equal to 1/10 of a character's max HP.	Beam Cannon, Dr. Lugae, Searcher, Armor Construct (DS version)
Bersk	Berserk			Inflicts Berserk.	Elder Treant
Big Bang				Inflicts around 2,000 damage to the party and Sap.	Zeromus, Zeromus EG
Hold Gas	Cursed Aura	Ice Bind	Binding Cold	Inflicts Paralyze to the party.	Golbez
Virus	Bio			Moderate non-elemental damage and Sap.	Zeromus, Deathmask, Lunasaur, Mindy, Golbez, Ghost Knight (DS version)
Demolish	Blk.Fang	Black Fang		Inflicts Death.	Shadow Dragon
Blk.Hole	Black Hole			Removes Berserk, Float, Blink, Barrier, and Reflect from all allies.	Zeromus, Brachioraidos, Zeromus EG
Blaster				50% chance of inflicting Paralyze or Death.	Cait Sith, Coeurl, Coeurl Regina
Blaze				Heavy Ice-elemental damage to the party.	Chimera, Chimera Brain, Lunar Shiva, Silver Dragon
Blitz			Thunderbolt	Inflicts Lightning-elemental damage to the party.	Gold Dragon, Thunder Dragon, Lunar Ramuh, Ramuh
Ice2		Blizzara		Moderate Ice-elemental damage.	Leviathan, Zeromus EG, Golbez, Dark Elf, Mindy, Shiva
Ice3		Blizzaga		Heavy Ice-elemental damage.	Lunar Shiva, Lunar Leviathan, Lunar Asura, Leviathan (DS version), Dark Sage
Vampire	Blood Suck	Vampire	Bloodfeast	Minor non-elemental damage and drains HP from target. Also inflicts Sap.	Abyss Worm, Blood Bat, Blood Eye, Cave Bat, Succubus, Vampire Bat, Vampiress, Left Arm, Right Arm
Stone		Break		Inflicts Petrify.	Dark Sage

CEdit

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
Reaction		Chain Explosion		Destroys all enemies. Response to Lightning-elemental attacks.	Dark Grenade
Cold Mist			Freezing Mist	Used as a counter when in Mist form. Moderate Ice-elemental damage to the party.	Mist Dragon, Lunar Dragon
Wreathe	Constrict	Entangle	Constrict	Inflicts Paralyze. Used as a counter.	Gold Dragon, Hydra, Ettin Snake, Left Arm, Right Arm
Counter	Counter Horn		Pincers	Used as a counter to all attacks except the Chocobo summon.	Antlion
Croak				Summons Bog Toads.	Bog Witch
Crush	Crash Down	Crush		Inflicts Death.	Demon Wall, Lunar Titan
Cure3		Curaga		Restores major HP.	Deathmask, Lunar Asura, Asura
Cure4		Curaja		Restores extreme HP.	Asura
Curse				Inflicts Curse.	Scarmiglione, Dinozombie, Dark Knight, Satanite, Geryon

DEdit

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
D.Breath	Dark Breath			Moderate Fire-elemental damage to the party.	Dark Dragon
Doom		Death		Inflicts Instant Death.	Dark Sage, Blood Eye
Big Wave	Big Tsunami	Tidal Wave	Deluge	Inflicts heavy Water-elemental damage to the party.	Leviathan, Ogopogo, Zeromus EG, Lunar Leviathan
Digest	Digestive Fluid	Digestive Acid	Bile	Minor non-elemental damage and inflicts Sap.	Malboro
-			Divine Judgment	Extreme non-elemental damage to the party.	Proto-Babil
Count	Doom			Inflicts Doom on one or all allies.	Ahriman, Plague Horror, Zeromus EG
Drain				Removes HP from the target and gives it to the user.	Bloodbones, Succubus, Blood Eye, Zeromus EG, Golbez
DullSong	Cursed Song	Song of Curse	Cursed Elegy	Used as a counter to Fire-elemental attacks. Inflicts Slow to the party.	Scarmiglione (Undead)

EEdit

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
Quake	Earthquake			Weaker version of Quake.	T-Rex, Zeromus EG, Lunar Titan, Titan, White Dragon
Magnet	Electromagnetic Field	Magnetic Radiation	Electromagnetic Radiation	Inflicts Stop. Used as a counter to Lightning-elemental attacks by Giant Soldiers.	Optic Blaster, Giant Soldier.
Hug	Embrace			Inflicts Petrify. Also fully heals target before Petrify except in the Nintendo DS version.	Moonmaiden, Zeromus EG
Charm	Lure	Entice		Inflicts Confuse.	Lamia, Lamia Queen, Flan Princess, Lamia Matriarch

FEdit

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
Fire2		Fira		Moderate Fire-elemental damage.	Zeromus EG, Rubicante, Lunar Ifrit, Golbez, Dark Elf, Mindy, Ifrit
Fire3		Firaga		Major Fire-elemental damage.	Lunar Ifrit, Lunar Asura, Dark Sage
Fire1		Fire		Minor Fire-elemental damage.	Tiny Mage
Fire	Flame			Inflicts major Fire elemental damage to the party.	Death Machine, T-Rex, Zeromus EG, Lunasaur, Lunar Ifrit, Lunar Shiva, Ifrit
Emission		Flame Thrower	Flamethrower	Minor Fire-elemental damage to the party.	Armored Fiend, Dr. Lugae
Nuke	Flare			Heavy Fire-elemental damage.	Zeromus EG, Dark Bahamut, Zeromus, Deathmask

GEdit

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
Glance	Gaze			1/3 chance of either Confuse, Sleep, or Paralyze. In Lunar Titan's case, inflicts Gradual Petrify.	Blood Eye, Lunar Titan
Glance	Pupil	Glance	Glare	Inflicts Confuse.	Calcabrina, Vampiress

HEdit

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
Heal	Medic	Panacea	Restore	Removes all bad statuses from party.	Dr. Lugae
Fast	Haste			Increases target's speed.	Plague Horror, Lunar Odin, Sorceress
Hatch				Removes Egg status, causing the monster to take on its normal appearance and behavior.	Mystery Egg
Whisper			Hex	Inflicts Pig on an ally.	Dark Elf, Li'l Murderer
Hold				Inflicts Paralyze.	Tiny Mage
White	Holy			Heavy Holy-elemental damage.	Deathmask

IEdit

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
Blizzard	Snowstorm	Ice Storm	Icestorm	Heavy Ice-elemental damage to one or more party members.	Blue Dragon, Frostbeast, T-Rex, Lunar Shiva, Tiny Mage, Shiva
-			Inferno	Heavy Fire-elemental damage.	Rubicante, Geryon

LEdit

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
Laser				Major non-elemental damage.	Dr. Lugae, Death Machine
Peep	Scan	Libra		View vital statistics of target.	Zemus's Breath, Li'l Murderer
-			Light of Babil	Inflicts extreme non-elemental damage to the party.	Proto-Babil
Thunder	Lightning			Moderate Lightning-elemental damage.	T-Rex, Zeromus EG, Lunar Ramuh, Geryon, Barbariccia, Ramuh

MEdit

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
Storm	Maelstrom			Reduces party's HP to single digits. Used as a counter by Behemoths to Holy-elemental attacks.	Barbariccia (Elements), Behemoth, Brachioraidos, White Dragon, Lunar Leviathan, Geryon, Storm Dragon
Blast	Mind Blast			Moderate non-elemental damage as well as Paralyze and Sap.	Mindflayer, Zemus's Breath
Size	Mini			Inflicts and/or removes the Mini status.	Zeromus EG, Lunar Asura
MegaNuke	Mega Flare		Megaflare	Extreme non-elemental damage to the party.	Bahamut, Dark Bahamut, Brachioraidos, Lunar Bahamut
Meteo		Meteor		Heavy Holy-elemental damage to the party. Heavy Non-elemental damage in DS.	Zeromus

NEdit

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
Needle				Inflicts non-elemental damage. Ignores Protect status.	Gatlinghog, Needlehog, Sword Rat
Disrupt	Dimension 9	Ninth Dimension		Inflicts Death. Is Reflectable.	Trap Door

OEdit

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
Globe 199	Number 199	Globe 199	Object 199	Inflicts extreme non-elemental damage to an ally.	CPU, Brachioraidos, Proto-Babil, Death Machine, Lunar Asura
Psych	Asper	Osmose		Drains MP from target to restore own MP.	Zeromus EG, Golbez, Tiny Mage, Dark Sage, Zeromus (DS version)

PEdit

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
Maser	Laser	Piercing Laser	Laser Barrage	Inflicts damage to the party equal to 1/10 of their max HP.	Death Machine, Attack Node
Poison	Poison Gas		Gas	Inflicts Poison and minor non-elemental damage to the party.	Dr. Lugae, Geryon, Scarmiglione, Lunar Dragon
Powder	Cold Snap	Poison Powder		Non-elemental damage and Blind to party.	Eyewing Moth, Hell Flapper, Gloomwing
Pollen				Non-elemental damage and Sap on the party.	Blood Flower, Mortblossom
Armor		Protect		Increases Defense.	Asura (Advance and DS only), Zemus's Malice, Platinum Toad

REdit

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
Life1		Life	Raise	Revives a KOed ally with minimum HP.	Asura
Ray	Finger Tip	Ray	Stone Touch	Inflicts Gradual Petrify.	Medusa, Gorgon, Barbariccia, Geryon
Wall		Reflect		Bounces spell off of target back at enemy party.	Asura, Zeromus EG, Sandy, Baigan, Deathmask
Regen	Arise	Reraise		Revives one fallen enemy.	Amoeba, Cindy
Remedy	Heal	Restore	Heal	Restores HP equal to 1/10 of max HP.	Cagnazzo, Lunasaur, Dark Bahamut, Defense Node, Brachioraidos, Lunar Dragon, Lunar Asura
-			Reversal Gas	Reverses the effects of healing and damaging items and spells.	Dr. Lugae (DS only)

SEdit

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
"Come Dance"	Dancing	Samba de Flan		Inflicts Berserk.	Flan Princess
Glare	Scorch	Glare	Scorch	Major Fire-elemental damage.	Brachioraidos, Flamehound, Rubicante, Lunar Ifrit, Crystal Dragon
Explode	Self-Destruct		Self Destruct	Deals damage equal to remaining HP.	Balloon, Bomb, Armored Fiend, Gray Bomb, Katsuhisa Higuchi, Left Arm, Right Arm, Barnabas, Barnabas-Z
Mute		Silence		Prevents target from using spells.	Scarmiglione, Sorceress
Slap				1/3 chance of Paralyze, Silence, or Curse.	Lilith, Hiromi Nakada
Sleep				Inflicts Sleep.	Hiroyuki Ito
Gas	Sleep Gas	Sleeping Gas		Inflicts Sleep to the party. Counter to physical damage.	Dr. Lugae, Lunar Dragon
Slow				Reduces target's speed.	Lunar Dragon, Sorceress
Petrify	Stone Gaze			Inflicts Gradual Petrify.	Black Lizard, Basilisk, Ice Lizard, Catoblepas, Lunar Titan
Call	Summon			Calls a monster into the battle. Golbez calls Shadow Dragon.	Puppeteer, Sorcerer, Summoner, Mist Summoner, Golbez

TEdit

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
Search		Target		Target does not do anything. It is only used by Trap Door to warn the player that it's about to use Ninth Dimension.	Trap Door
Heat Ray			Thermal Ray	Inflicts major Fire-elemental damage to the party.	Red Dragon
Bolt2		Thundara		Moderate Lightning elemental damage.	Zeromus EG, Golbez, Mindy, Ramuh
Bolt3		Thundaga		Heavy Lightning-elemental damage.	Lunar Ramuh, Lunar Asura, Li'l Murderer, Dark Sage
Bolt1		Thunder		Minor Lightning-elemental damage.	Scarmiglione, Tiny Mage, Skeleton
Toad				Inflicts and/or removes the Toad status.	Zeromus EG, Lunar Asura, Bog Toad, Bog Witch, Toadgre, Platinum Toad
Tongue	Lick	Tongue		Inflicts damage and Sleep.	Naga
Weak	Wind	Tornado		Reduces a target's HP to single digits.	Dark Elf, Dark Sage, Belphegor (DS version)
Wave	Tsunami			Heavy Water-elemental damage to the party. (Can inflict instant death in the DS version).	Cagnazzo, Flood Worm

WEdit

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
Tornado	Whirlwind			Minor non-elemental damage.	Storm Dragon, Sand Worm
Weak	Wall	Whirl		Same as the Black Magic spell Tornado, but is more effective. Used as a counter to Holy-elemental attacks.	Zeromus, Zeromus EG, Ogopogo (DS only)
-			Wing Scales	Inflicts Blind.	Eyewing Moth