Final Fantasy IX Skills

Skills are commands that can be used in battle. Skills are shown in the menu with a jewel. When a character has an item with a skill on it, they can use the skill before it is learned. Once learned, they can use the skill without the item being equipped. The only exception is Quina. It's Blue Magic requires that it eats certain enemies.

Zidane	AP	Description
Flee	40	Escape from battles faster
Detect	40	View items on enemy
What's that	40	Allows back attacks
Soul Blade	35	Inflicts status from thief swords
Annoy	50	Casts trouble on target
Sacrafice	55	Sacrafice yourself to restore HP/MP to everyone else
Lucky 7	55	Damages by luck
Thievery	100	Physical damage to target

*Note* Each time Zidane successfully steals an item, his thievery will do more damage.

Garnet	AP	Description
Cure	30	Restoress 300+ HP
Cura	50	Restoress 1500+ HP
Curaga	155	Restores 3000+ HP
Life	30	Revives KOed ally
Scan	25	View enemies stats and weakness
Panacea	15	Cures Poison/Venom
Stona	25	Cures Petrification
Shell	35	Reduces magical damage
Protect	30	Reduces physical damage
Silence	30	Prevents spell casting
Mini	40	Shrinks enemy, lowering attack and defense
Reflect	20	Bounces spells back at caster
Confuse	35	Causes enemies to attack their allies
Berserk	30	Raises attack power, losing control of ally
Blind	40	Blinds an enemy, lowering hit%
Float	20	Levitates ally(s) off the floor, prevents earth damage
Shiva	20	Ice elemental damage to all enemies
Ifrit	35	Fire elemental damage to all enemies
Ramuh	30	Thunder elemental damage to all enemies
Atomos	30	Reduces enemies HP by a %
Odin	30	Attempts to KO all enemies
Leviathan	40	Water elemental damage to all enemies
Bahamut	80	Non elemental damage to all enemies
Ark	100	Shadow Damage to all enemies

Vivi	AP	Description
Fire	25	Small fire damage
Fira	50	Medium fire damage
Firaga	75	Large fire damage
Sleep	20	Casts sleep on enemy(s)
Blizzard	25	Small ice damage
Blizzara	50	Medium ice damage
Blizzaga	85	Large ice damage
Slow	20	Slows actions of enemy(s)
Thunder	25	Small lightning damage
Thundara	50	Medium lightning damage
Thundaga	80	Large lightning damage
Stop	25	Stops actions of enemy(s)
Poison	35	Casts poison on enemies
Bio	40	damages and poisons enemy(s)
Osmose	70	Transfers MP from target to caster
Drain	60	Transfers HP from target to caster
Demi	30	damage depending on targets HP
Comet	55	Random, non-elemental damage to a single enemy
Death	45	KO's target
Break	30	Turns target into stone
Water	55	Water elemental damage
Meteor	95	Non-elemental damage to all enemies
Flare	95	Explosive non-elemental damage to one enemy
Doomsday	150	Shadow damage to all on screen

Steiner	AP	Description
Darkside	40	Reduces HP and causes shadow damage
Minus Strike	40	Damages equal to the difference between current and max HP
Iai Strike	40	KO's target
Power Break	35	Cripples enemy's attacks
Armor Break	50	Cripples enemy's defense
Mental Break	55	Cripples enemy's magical defense
Magic Break	55	Cripples enemy's magical attack
Charge!	100	All party members near death attack
Thunder Slash	100	Thunder damage to one enemy
Stock Break	100	Non elemental damage to one enemy
Climhazzard	100	Non elemental damage to all enemies
Shock	100	Physical damage to one enemy

Freya	AP	Description
Lancer	20	Reduces targets HP/MP
Reis's Wind	25	Casts Regen on the party
Dragon Breath	205	Reduces HP of all enemies
White Draw	65	Restores MP to all party members
Luna	30	Casts Berserk on all enemies
Six Dragons	25	Transfers HP/MP from two characters to two other characters
Cherry Blossom	40	Non elemental damage to all enemies
Dregon Crest	45	Physical damage to one enemy

*Note* Dragon Crest's damage increases with each dragon defeated.

Quina	MP	Description
Goblin Punch	4	Non elemental damage to one enemy
LV 5 Death	20	KO's enemies with LV's multiple of 5
LV 4 Holy	22	Holy damage to enemies with LV's multiple of 4
LV 3 Def-Less	12	Reduces defense of enemies with LV's multiple of 3
Doom	12	Casts Doom on enemy
Roulette	18	KO's a random target
Aqua Breath	14	Water damage to all enemies
Mighty Guard	64	Casts Shell and Protect on party
Matra Magic	8	Reduces targets HP to 1
Bad Breath	16	Casts Confuse, Dark, Slow, and Mini
Limit Glove	10	Non elemental damage when HP is 1
1,000 Needles	8	1,000 Pt's damage regardless of defense
Pumpkin Head	12	Damage equil to the difference bettween current and Maximum HP
Night	14	Casts Sleep on all enemies
Twister	22	Wind elemental damage
Earth Shake	20	Earth elemental damage
Angel's Snack	4	Casts Remedy on party
Frog Drop	10	Damage equal to the amount of frogs caught x Quina's LV
White Wind	14	Restores random amount of HP to party
Vanish	8	Casts Vanish on target
Frost	8	Freezes enemy
Mustard Bomb	10	Casts heat status
Magic Hammer	2	Reduces targets MP
Auto-Life	14	Casts Life when KO'ed

Eiko	AP	Description
Cure	20	Restoress 300+ HP
Cura	40	Restoress 1500+ HP
Curaga	80	Restores 3000+ HP
Regen	25	Gradually RestoresS HP
Life	35	Revives KOed ally
Full-Life	90	Revives KOed ally with full HP
Panacea	15	Cures Poison/Venom
Stona	25	Cures Petrification
Esuna	40	Cures abnormal status effects
Shell	20	Reduces magical damage
Protect	20	Reduces physical damage
Haste	30	Speeds up attack times
Silence	25	Prevents spell casting
Mini	35	Shrinks enemy, lowering attack and defense
Reflect	25	Bounces spells back at caster
Dispel	35	Removes any magical statuses
Float	25	Levitates ally(s) off the floor, prevents earth damage
Might	20	Raises attack power
Jewel	50	Extracts ores from enemies
Holy	110	Holy elemental magic
Carbuncle	35	Casts Reflect, Haste, Protect, or Vanish on the party
Fenrir	55	Earth or Wind elemental damage to all enemies
Phoenix	40	Fireelemental damage to all enemies, & revives fallen allies
Madeen	120	Holy elemental damage to all enemies

Amarant	AP	Description
Chakra	30	Restores one characters HP/MP
Spare Change	40	Use Gil to damage enemy
No Mercy	25	Causes non elemental damage to one enemy
Aura	25	Casts Auto-Life and Regen on one ally
Curse	20	Makes target weak to a certain elemental property
Revive	35	Recovers from KO
Demi Shock	50	Damage to a enemy, depending on their HP
Countdown	40	Casts Doom on one enemy