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This is a list of all enemy abilities from Final Fantasy IV.
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Enemy Abilities
A
| SNES Name | PS Name | GBA Name | DS Name | Description | Enemy |
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| Absorb | Suction | Absorb | Lifefont | Restores HP equal to 33% 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 | ||
B
| SNES Name | PS Name | GBA Name | DS Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breath | Bad Breath | Attempts to inflict all statuses on a single 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 in the 2D version. | Beam Cannon, Dr. Lugae, Searcher, Armor Construct (DS version) | |||
| Bersk | Berserk | Inflicts Berserk. | Elder Treant, Brachioraidos | ||
| Big Bang | Inflicts around 2,300 damage to the party and Sap. | Zeromus, Zeromus EG | |||
| Hold Gas | Cursed Aura | Ice Bind | Binding Cold | Inflicts Paralyze to the party. 100% accuracy rate. | Golbez |
| Virus | Bio | Moderate non-elemental damage and Sap. | Zeromus, Deathmask, Lunasaur, Mindy, Golbez, Ghost Knight (DS version), Death Puppet, Brachioraidos | ||
| Demolish | Blk.Fang | Black Fang | Inflicts Death with 100% accuracy rate. | 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, Mist Kraken | |||
| Blaze | Heavy Ice-elemental damage to the party. | Chimera, Chimera Brain, Lunar Shiva, Silver Dragon, Death Machine, Zeromus EG, Ifrit, Bomb King, Clockwork Dragon | |||
| Blink | The target automatically dodges the next two physical attacks targeted at them. | Golden Toad | |||
| Blitz | Thunderbolt | Moderate Lightning-elemental damage to the party. | Gold Dragon, Thunder Dragon, Lunar Ramuh, Ramuh, Fiend Dragon | ||
| 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, Apparition, Blood Bat, Blood Eye, Cave Bat, Echidna, Gigas Worm, Left Arm, Right Arm, Succubus, Vampire Bat, Vampiress |
| Stone | Break | Inflicts Petrify. | Dark Sage, Brachioraidos | ||
C
| SNES Name | PS Name | GBA Name | DS Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reaction | Chain Explosion | Destroys all enemies. Used as a counter to a Lightning-elemental attack. | 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 | ||
| Confuse | Inflicts Confuse to one or all targets. | Zemus's Malice, Brachioraidos | |||
| Constrict | Entangle | Constrict | Inflicts Paralyze. Used as a counter. | Gold Dragon, Hydra, Ettin Snake, Left Arm, Right Arm, Crystal Dragon, Lamia Queen, Lunar Leviathan | |
| Counter | Counter Horn | Pincers | Used as a counter to all attacks except the Chocobo summon. | Antlion | |
| Croak | Summons Bog Toads to the battle. | Bog Witch | |||
| Crush | Crash Down | Crush | Inflicts Death with 100% accuracy. | Demon Wall, Lunar Titan | |
| Cure3 | Curaga | Restores a great amount of HP to a single target. | Deathmask, Lunar Asura, Asura, Mist Summoner | ||
| Cure4 | Curaja | Restores an extreme amount of HP to a single target. | Asura | ||
| Curse | Inflicts Curse on a single target. When used by Apparition, targets the entire party. | Scarmiglione, Dinozombie, Dark Knight, Satanite, Geryon, Apparition | |||
D
| SNES Name | PS Name | GBA Name | DS Name | Description | Enemy |
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| D.Breath | Dark Breath | Moderate Fire-elemental damage to the party. | Dark Dragon | ||
| Vanish | Used in Zeromus' script to kill self, it doesn't displaying the name during battle. | Zeromus | |||
| Dummy | Dark | Dark Wave | Darkness | Deals damage to all characters in exchange of HP. | Dark Knight |
| Fatal | Death | Attempts to inflict Death on a single ally. | Dark Sage, Blood Eye, Proto Deathmask, Chaos Knight | ||
| Big Wave | Big Tsunami | Tidal Wave | Deluge | Inflicts non-elemental damage equal to 25% of the target's maximum HP. In the DS version of the game this ability inflicts heavy Water-elemental damage to the party and has a chance of inflicting Death. | Leviathan, Ogopogo, Zeromus EG, Lunar Leviathan |
| Digest | Digestive Fluid | Digestive Acid | Bile | Minor non-elemental damage and inflicts Sap. | Malboro, Great Malboro |
| - | Divine Judgment | Extreme non-elemental damage to the party. | Proto-Babil | ||
| Count | Doom | Inflicts Doom on one ally or the entire party. Is Reflectable. | Ahriman, Plague Horror, Zeromus EG, Great Malboro | ||
| Drain | Inflicts moderate non-elemental damage on one target and transfers the damage as health to the user. | Bloodbones, Succubus, Blood Eye, Zeromus EG, Golbez, Master Flan | |||
| DullSong | Cursed Song | Song of Curse | Cursed Elegy | Used as a counter to Fire-elemental attacks (Scarmiglione) or when hit by a physical attack during Countdown (Brachioraidos). Inflicts Slow to the party. | Scarmiglione (Undead), Brachioraidos |
E
| SNES Name | PS Name | GBA Name | DS Name | Description | Enemy |
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| Quake | Earthquake | Weaker version of the Quake spell. | Alraune, Arachne, 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 Armor Constructs. | Optic Blaster, Armor Construct. |
| Hug | Embrace | Inflicts Petrify. Also fully heals target before Petrify except in the Nintendo DS version. | Moonmaiden, Zeromus EG, Elite Soldier | ||
| Charm | Lure | Entice | Inflicts Confuse. | Lamia, Lamia Queen, Flan Princess, Lamia Matriarch | |
F
| SNES Name | PS Name | GBA Name | DS Name | Description | Enemy |
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| 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, Bomb King | ||
| 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, Clockwork Dragon | ||
| Emission | Flame Thrower | Flamethrower | Minor Fire-elemental damage to the party. | Armored Fiend, Dr. Lugae | |
| Nuke | Flare | Extreme non-elemental damage to one target. | Zeromus EG, Dark Bahamut, Zeromus, Deathmask, Master Flan, Proto Deathmask, Brachioraidos | ||
G
| SNES Name | PS Name | GBA Name | DS Name | Description | Enemy |
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| 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, Catoblepas |
H
| SNES Name | PS Name | GBA Name | DS Name | Description | Enemy |
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| Fast | Haste | Doubles the targets action speed. | Plague Horror, Lunar Odin, Sorceress | ||
| Hatch | Removes Egg status, causing the monster to take on its normal appearance and behavior. | Mystery Egg | |||
| Remedy | Heal | Restore | Heal | Restores HP equal to 1/10 of max HP. | Cagnazzo, Lunasaur, Dark Bahamut, Defense Node, Brachioraidos, Lunar Dragon, Lunar Asura, Proto Deathmask |
| Whisper | Hex | Inflicts Pig on an ally. | Dark Elf, Li'l Murderer | ||
| Hold | Inflicts Paralyze. | Tiny Mage, Death Puppet | |||
| White | Holy | Heavy Holy-elemental damage. | Deathmask, Lunar Odin, Proto Deathmask, Brachioraidos | ||
I
| SNES Name | PS Name | GBA Name | DS Name | Description | Enemy |
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| 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 | ||
L
| SNES Name | PS Name | GBA Name | DS Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laser | Non elemental damage based on user's current HP. | Dr. Lugae, Death Machine | |||
| - | Leech | Zeromus EG | |||
| 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, Crystal Dragon | ||
M
| 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, Fiend Dragon | ||
| Blast | Mind Blast | Moderate non-elemental damage as well as Paralyze and Sap. | Mindflayer, Zemus's Breath, Mist Kraken | ||
| 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 | ||
N
| SNES Name | PS Name | GBA Name | DS Name | Description | Enemy |
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| Needle | Inflicts non-elemental damage. Ignores Protect status. | Gatlinghog, Needlehog, Sword Rat | |||
| Disrupt | Dimension 9 | Ninth Dimension | Inflicts Death. Is Reflectable. | Trap Door | |
O
| SNES Name | PS Name | GBA Name | DS Name | Description | Enemy |
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| 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), Mist Kraken | |
P
| 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, Death Puppet |
| 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, Iron Giant, Elite Soldier, Grudge Puppet | ||
Q
| SNES Name | PS Name | GBA Name | DS Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quake | Major non-elemental damage to all non-floating targets. | Titan | |||
R
| SNES Name | PS Name | GBA Name | DS Name | Description | Enemy |
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| 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, Master Flan, Proto Deathmask, Platinum Toad, Golden Toad | ||
| Regenerate | Revives all KO'd allies. | Master Flan | |||
| Recover | Arise | Reraise | Revives one fallen enemy. | Amoeba, Cindy | |
| Heal | Medic | Panacea | Restore | Removes all bad statuses from party. | Dr. Lugae |
| Retreat | Escape from battle. | Captain, General, Amoeba, Mors, Lunar Virus, Platinum Toad | |||
| Ray | Finger Tip | Ray | Stone Touch | Inflicts Gradual Petrify. | Medusa, Gorgon, Barbariccia, Geryon |
| - | Reversal Gas | Inflicts Reverse on all party members and enemies. | Dr. Lugae (DS only) | ||
S
| SNES Name | PS Name | GBA Name | DS Name | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, Melt Bomb | |
| Shell | Iron Giant | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Stop | Inflicts Stop. | Crystal Dragon | |||
| Call | Summon | Calls a monster into the battle. Golbez calls Shadow Dragon. | Puppeteer, Sorcerer, Summoner, Mist Summoner, Golbez | ||
T
| SNES Name | PS Name | GBA Name | DS Name | Description | Enemy |
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| 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 | ||
| Lit-2 | Bolt2 | Thundara | Moderate Lightning elemental damage. | Zeromus EG, Golbez, Mindy, Ramuh | |
| Lit-3 | Bolt3 | Thundaga | Heavy Lightning-elemental damage. | Lunar Ramuh, Lunar Asura, Li'l Murderer, Dark Sage, Master Flan, Sahagin Prince, Echidna | |
| Lit-1 | 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, Golden Toad, Brachioraidos | |||
| 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), Chaos Knight, Strato Avis | |
| Wave | Tsunami | Heavy Water-elemental damage to the party. (Can inflict instant death in the DS version). | Cagnazzo, Flood Worm | ||
W
| SNES Name | PS Name | GBA Name | DS Name | Description | Enemy |
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| 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, Hellflapper | ||
Z
| SNES Name | PS Name | GBA Name | DS Name | Description | Enemy |
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| Odin | Zantetsuken | Extreme non-elemental damage to the party. | Odin, Lunar Odin | ||
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