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List of Final Fantasy IV Enemy Abilities: Misc

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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
Absorb	Suction	Absorb	Lifefont	Restores HP equal to 1/3 of current HP.	Black Knight, Satanite, Draculady, ZeromusEG
Alert	Alarm			Summons a monster into battle.	Security Eye, Searcher

B

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
Breath	Bad Breath			Inflicts all statuses on an ally.	Malboro, Great Malboro, Lunarsaurus
Beak	Peck		Beak	Inflicts Petrify.	Helldiver, Cockatrice, Fledgling Rukh, Mist Eagle, Wood Eyes
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 all good statuses from the party.	Zeromus, Brachioraidos, Zeromus EG
Blaster				50% chance of inflicting Paralyze or Death.	Cait Sith, Coeurl, Coeurl Regina
Blaze				Heavy Fire-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, Baigan's Left Arm, Baigan's Right Arm

C

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
Chain Explosion				Used when HP runs low. Causes other Dark Grenades around it to explode.	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, Baigan's Left Arm, Baigan's 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.	Scarmaglione, Dinozombie, Dark Knight, Satanite, Geryon

D

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
D.Breath	Dark Breath			Moderate non-elemental damage to the party.	Dark Dragon
Doom		Death		Inflicts Instant Death.	Dark Sage, Bloody 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
N/A			Divine Judgment	Extreme non-elemental damage to the party.	Proto-Babil
Count	Doom			Inflicts Doom on one or all allies.	Ahriman, Plague, Zeromus ET
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)

E

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

F

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 Mech, 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

G

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

H

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
Whisper			Hex	Inflicts Pig on an ally.	Dark Elf, Lil' Murderer
Hold				Inflicts Paralyze.	Tiny Mage
White	Holy			Heavy Holy-elemental damage.	Deathmask

I

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, T-Rex, Lunar Shiva, Tiny Mage, Shiva
N/A			Inferno	Heavy Fire-elemental damage.	Rubicante, Geryon

L

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
Laser				Major non-elemental damage.	Dr. Lugae, Death Mech
N/A			Laser Barrage	Major non-elemental damage to the party.	Deathmask, Attack Node
Peep	Scan	Libra		View vital statistics of target.	Zemus's Breath, Li'l Murderer
N/A			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

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
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 non-elemental damage to the party.	Zeromus

N

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
Needle				Inflicts non-elemental damage. Ignores Armor.	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
Globe 199	Number 199	Globe 199	Object 199	Inflicts 9,999 damage to an ally.	CPU, Brachioraidos, Proto-Babil, Death Mech, Lunar Asura
Psych	Asper	Osmose		Drains MP from target to restore own MP.	Zeromus EG, Golbez, Tiny Mage, Dark Sage, Zeromus (DS version)

P

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
Maser	Laser	Piercing Laser		Inflicts damage to the party equal to 1/10 of their max HP.	Death Mech
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.	Flying Eyes, Hell Flapper, Gloom Wing
Pollen				Non-elemental damage and Sap on the party.	Blood Flower, Death Flower
N/A	Armor	Protect		Increases Defense.	Asura (Advance and DS only), Platinum Toad

R

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

S

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
Explode	Self-Destruct		Self Destruct	Deals damage equal to remaining HP.	Balloon, Bomb, Armored Fiend, Gray Bomb, Katsuhisa Higuchi, Baigan's Left Arm, Baigan's 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

T

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
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

W

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
Tornado	Whirlwind			Major 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)
N/A			Wing Scales	Inflicts Blind.	Flying Eyes

Z

SNES Name	PS Name	GBA Name	DS Name	Description	Enemy
Odin	Zantetsuken			Extreme non-elemental damage to the party.	Odin, Lunar Odin

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GBA Version

Bad Breath	Beam	Big Bang	Black Fangs
Blaster	Blaze	Blitz	Cold Mist
Counter Horn	Curse	Darkness	Dark Breath
Death	Digestive Acid	Drain	Earthquake
Embrace	Entangle	Entice	Explode
Fire	Fira	Fission	Flame
Flame Thrower	Glance	Glare	Globe 199
Heat Ray	Ice Bind	Ice Storm	Jump
Kick	Laser	Lightning	Maelstrom
Magnetic Radiation	Mega Flare	Mind Blast	Needle
Ninth Dimension	Osmose	Panacea	Piercing Laser
Poison Gas	Poison Powder	Pollen	Ray
Restore	Search	Self-Destruct	Sleeping Gas
Song of Curse	Thermal Rays	Thunder	Tidal Wave
Tornado	Vampire	Whirl	Whisper
Zantetsuken

DS Version

Bad Breath	Barrier Shift	Beak	Beam
Big Bang	Bile	Binding Cold	Black Fang
Black Hole	Blaster	Blaze	Bloodfeast
Constrict	Crush	Curse	Cursed Elegy
Dark Breath	Deluge	Doom	Earthquake
Electromagnetic Radiation	Embrace	Explode	Flamethrower
Freezing Mist	Gas	Gaze	Glare
Heal	Hex	Icestorm	Inferno
Laser Barrage	Lifefont	Lightning	Light of Babil
Maelstrom	Megaflare	Mind Blast	Needles
Ninth Dimension	Object 199	Pincers	Pollen
Reraise	Restore	Reversal Gas	Samba de Flan
Scorch	Self-Destruct	Slap	Sleeping Gas
Stone Gaze	Stone Touch	Target	Thermal Rays
Thunderbolt	Tsunami	Whirl	Wing Scales
Zantetsuken

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Physical
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Elemental
Acid Rain - Aeroja - Almagest - Aqua Breath - Atomic Ray - Avalanche - Beam - Blaze - Breath - - Cyclone - Diamond Dust - Earthquake - Electrocute - Fireball - Flame - Flamethrower - Frost - Hellfire - Inferno - Judgment - Lightning - Quicksand - Sandstorm - Scorch - Shadow Flare - Snowstorm - Spark - Tornado - Tremor - Trine - Tsunami - Wind Slash
Restorative/Prevention
Angel Whisper - Eerie Sound Wave - Mighty Guard - Pollen - Potion - Wall Change - White Wind
Status
Acid - Bad Breath - Blaster - Bone - Breath - Death Claw - Digestive Acid - Entangle - Flash - Frog Song - Frost - Gaze - Grand Cross - Ink - Mind Blast - Mustardbomb - Needle - Night - Poison Claw - Poison Gas - Pollen - Powder - Sandstorm - Stone Breath - Stone Gaze - Tongue - Vampire
Stat
Dragon Force - Guard-Off - Pollen
Non-elemental
1000 Needles - Aqua Breath - Beam - Big Bang - Black Fang - Black Hole - Bone - Blaster - Cave-In - Chef's Knife - Cleave - Crush - - Cyclone - Death Claw - Delta Attack - Dischord - Karma - Self-Destruct - Flare Star - Goblin Punch - Heartless Angel - Laser - Level 3 Flare - Level 5 Death - Lifebreak - Maelstrom - Magic Hammer - Matra Magic - Mega Flare - Needle - Reverse Polarity - Roulette - Sacrifice - Sandstorm - Seed Cannon - Shadow Flare - Shockwave - Snort - Sonic Boom - Stone - Supernova - Tentacle - Traveler - Tsunami - Wave Cannon - Zantetsuken
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