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9 . 4 e n e m y s k i l l l i s t
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This section lists the enemy skills you can learn in numerical order.
It also lists the amount of MP needed to use an enemy skill, the effect
of that skill, and the locations of monsters you can learn them from.
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STAR 01 - FROG SONG COST - 5 MP
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Effect: Transforms all foes into frogs and puts them to sleep.
Learn: From the green frogs (Tatchimi) in the circular forest near
Gongaga Town (also from the other forests nearby).
Tip: You can control the enemy and make it use Kaeru no Uta on you
(pick the bottom option).
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STAR 02 - L4 SUICIDE COST - 10 MP
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Effect: All enemies with an experience level that is a multiple of 4
loses almost all their HP (you can't kill an enemy with this
spell--the best you can do is reduce their HP to one point).
In addition, they may be afflicted with the 'Minimum' status.
Learn: Burrowing squirrel-like foes (Muu) found near the Chocobo Farm.
Tip: You can't control this enemy, so you'll have to wait until they
use it on you.
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STAR 03 - MAGIC HAMMER COST - 3 MP
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Effect: Bop one foe on the head and gain up to 100 MP (assuming
the monster has enough MP).
Learn: Plant-like monsters (Ashigirisou) found on the tip of the
Westernmost Continent (in the dark grass).
Tip: You can control an Ashigiisou and have it use the Magic
Hammer against one of your allies (choose the third
option).
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STAR 04 - WHITE WIND COST - 34 MP
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Effect: Each ally regains lost HP and their status ailments are cured
and dispelled. The amount of HP recovered depends on the
current HP of the caster.
Learn: The white and green cactus-like monsters (Zemzerett) in the
grassy area by Junon Town , or from the winged
serpents you fight if you're hit by a barrier at the Frozen
Mountain.
Tip: You can't learn White Wind from a Zemzerett unless you control
it and make it use the skill on you (pick the bottom choice to
do this).
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STAR 05 - BIG GUARD COST - 56 MP
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Effect: Has the same effect as casting Haste, Barrier, and Mabarrier on
all your allies.
Learn: The spiky, shelled creatures with green tentacles (Beach Plug)
that live on the shore near the Gongaga Town.
Tip: The Beach Plug won't use Mighty Guard unless you control it
and make it use the skill on one of your members (it's the
middle option).
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STAR 06 - ANGEL WHISPER COST - 50 MP
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Effect: An angel appears above one person and brings them back to life
if they are dead. They also relieve any status ailments and
dispel any bad effects. In addition HP is restored to the
amount shown during the skill's use; however, this can be a
bane to characters with high HP because if your life is higher
than the amount shown, it is reduced to that amount. You'd
think that this would be a great way to weaken enemies with
more than 9999 HP, but it won't work on your opponents in this
manner--it will only heal them, remove status ailments, etc. :(
Learn: From the beckoning women in the yellow swimsuits (Polan Solita)
you meet in the Makou Pit if you take the right path the first
time you meet your friends.
Tip: The easiest way to learn this skill is by controlling your
enemy and picking the bottom option to make them use this skill
on you.
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STAR 07 - DRAGON FORCE COST - 19 MP
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Effect: Increases your physical and Magic Plus defense rating.
Learn: From the dragons (Dark Dragon) you meet during the descent into
the Makou Pit.
Tip: You can't learn this unless you control the Dark Dragon and have
it use Dragon Force on one of you (pick the second choice).
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STAR 08 - DEATH FORCE COST - 3 MP
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Effect: One ally becomes immune to instant death attacks (this doesn't
protect you from dying if you lose all your HP).
Learn: The huge tusked turtles (Adamantaimai) by the shoreline of the
Westmost Continent.
Tip: You can't learn this skill unless you control the turtle and
make it use Death Force against you. To do this, choose the
bottom option once it's under your control.
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STAR 09 - FLAME THROWER COST - 10 MP
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Effect: A stream of fire burns one foe for fire (Honoo) damage.
Learn: From any enemy that utilizes a fire breath attack. One of the
earliest locations would be the room with the ladders and
pipes where you fight the boss of the mountains behind
Nivelheim; you can fight Dragons in that area that use Kaen
Housha often. You can also learn it from the
flying yellow monsters (Aakudoragon) in the Mythril Mine.
Tip: While you could learn this skill by controlling a Dragon and
picking the bottom choice to make it use this skill on you,
chances are it will hit you with Kaen Housha as it's initial
attack in the first place. The same goes for the flying
Aakudoragons.
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STAR 10 - LASER COST - 16 MP
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Effect: Reduces an enemy's HP by one-half.
Learn: From the dragons (Dark Dragon) you meet during the descent into
the Makou Pit.
Tip: You can either let the Dark Dragon use this ability on you, or
you can control it (using Ayatsuru), and pick the top option
to make it use Laser on one of your allies.
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STAR 11 - MATRA MAGIC COST - 8 MP
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Effect: Fire a pack of missiles at one enemy for magic damage.
Learn: Machines with big feet and guns for arms (Sweeper Custom) around
Junon Town. Or from the wheeled robo-creatures in
the underwater part of Junon Town.
Tip: To learn this skill from the Sweeper Custom, just control it
and choose the last option.
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STAR 12 - BAD BREATH COST - 58 MP
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Effect: Inflict multiple status ailments upon all enemies, including
Confusion, Frog, Minimum (Shrink), Mute, Poison, and Sleepel.
Learn: From the Mobol creatures (green guys with tentacles and really
big mouths) living on the outside ledges in the Frozen Mountain.
You can also meet them in the Makou Pit, if you take
the right path the first time you run into your friends.
Tip: Be sure to have some protective accessories equipped when trying
to learn this skill or your party may be too weakened by the
Smelly Breath to kill the Molbol or even escape!
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STAR 13 - BETA COST - 35 MP
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Effect: A swirling red shape appears, surrounded by specks of white.
All targets are hit for magic damage.
Learn: The big shadow snake (Midgal Zuolm) in the marsh near the
Chocobo Farm.
Tip: This monster won't use Beta unless he's waving back and forth.
To make him do that, inflict heavy damage on him. Then just
wait until he uses Beta. If he still doesn't use it, take off
a little bit of his life since he tends to use Beta more when
he's near death.
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STAR 14 - AQUALUNG COST - 34 MP
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Effect: Blue bubbles strike all enemies for water damage.
Learn: From the boss of the Ancient City , the winged chimera
in the plains surrounding the Gold Saucer ; or from
the floating sea-dragon creature (Saapando) in the sunken plane
near the Gold Saucer.
Tip: To pick up this skill, just control a Chimera and choose the
bottom option to make it use Aqua Breath.
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STAR 15 - TRINE COST - 20 MP
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Effect: A Delta Force-like attack that hits all enemies for lighting
(Ikazuchi) damage.
Learn: The Ashura-like boss (Godo) of the pagoda's top floor in Utai.
Also from the red spider/crab-like creature (Stilve)
living inside the Frozen Mountain , or the spider-like
boss (Materia Keeper) of the mountains behind Nivelheim. . Remember, the _only_ time you can learn this skill is while
fighting one of the above monsters, so learn it while you still
can! If you miss it, it's possible to learn it from the Stilves
you meet in the Gold Saucer's Battle Square, though -NSS-.
Tip: Actually, the Materia Keeper is more likely to use this against
your characters than any other enemy that can use this skill.
It's a good thing, too, since you can't control it.
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STAR 16 - MAGIC BREATH COST - 75 MP
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Effect: Rainbow orbs hit all foes for fire, ice, and lighting damage.
Learn: From the red spider/crab-like creatures (Stilve) living inside
the Frozen Mountain. Also from the blue, leech-like
enemies (Parasite) in the Makou Pit.
Tip: To learn this skill from a Parasite quickly, control it and
pick the last option to have it use Magic Breath on your
allies.
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STAR 17 - ???? COST - 3 MP
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Effect: A weight drops and hits for special damage. The amount is
equal to the amount of damage the caster has received in
battle.
Learn: From the balance-like creatures (Judge) in Nivelheim.
Also from the purple behemoths (Behemoth) you encounter when
raiding Midgar City. Keep in mind that you won't
actually learn this skill unless you take damage from it.
Tip: The Judges will use this skill eventually. You can't control
them, but they're easier to run into than the Behemoths.
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STAR 18 - GOBLIN PUNCH COST - 0 MP
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Effect: One foe is hit for physical damage. The damage inflicted is
multiplied if your opponent has the same EXP level that you
do.
Learn: Imp-like monsters wearing boxing gloves :) (Goblin) found on the
only forested island in the northeast area of the map.
Tip: You can control the Goblins if you want (pick the middle option
to use the Goblin Punch), but it's more likely that they'll hit
you with it in the first place, so don't even bother and just
let them strike first.
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STAR 19 - CHOCOBUCKLE COST - 3 MP
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Effect: A fat chocobo bounces around and hits one foe for special
damage. This attack gains strength each time you flee from a
battle.
Learn: Go to the Chocobo Farm. Talk to the man in the barn and choose
the first choice. The 5th item from the top costs 1500 gil;
purchase three of them. Then go to the chocobo tracks on the
Southern Continent near the forest. Equip yourself with a
Chocobo Yose materia. When you encounter a chocobo, kill off
all but one of the other enemies and use the item you bought 3
of on the chocobo (it looks like an orange squash). This will
make the chocobo peck at the ground. At any time after that
point (whether or not the chocobo is still pecking), use the
Level 4 Jibaku enemy skill and you'll be hit by the Chocobockle.
Tip: Make sure you're in the right location (the forest near Mideel);
you can't learn this skill from any other type of Chocobo (these
are the only ones who will be affected by Level 4 Jibaku).
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STAR 20 - L5 DEATH COST - 22 MP
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Effect: Any enemy whose level is a multiple of 5 is instantly killed.
Learn: From the blue, leech-like enemies (Parasite) in the Makou Pit.
Tip: Simply use Control to command your foe and then choose the
middle option if you want the Parasite to use Level 5 Death
on one of your members.
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STAR 21 - DEATH SENTENCE COST - 10 MP
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Effect: One enemy is Condemned (they die when the counter over their
head reaches zero).
Learn: The yellow, spiked enemies (Bound Fat) that live in front of and
in the area behind the Ancient City.
Tip: You could control these guys, but if you kill one it will
counterattack with this skill so it may be easier to simply
off one, especially if you don't have the Ayatsuru materia. If
you do, then simply control them and pick the bottom option to
use the Death Sentence.
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STAR 22 - ROULETTE COST - 6 MP
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Effect: One friend or foe is randomly killed.
Learn: From the floating card-jesters (Death Dealer) in the Makou Pit
if you take the right path the first time you meet your friends.
Tip: You can control the Death Dealer and make him use Shi no
Roulette on you by picking the second option when the enemy
abilities window appears. If it kills one of your enemies,
you'll have to try again until the pointer lands on you.
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STAR 23 - SHADOW FLARE COST - 100 MP
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Effect: A black flare hits a single opponent for magic damage.
Learn: From the flying black dragon in Disc 3; it uses it as a
Counterattack before dying. Or, learn it from the Dragon
Zombies in the Makou Pit.
Tip: If you're fighting the flying dragon, just kill it and it will
use the Shadow Flare on you. If you're trying to learn it from
a Dragon Zombie, you'll have to wait until it uses it since you
can't control them.
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STAR 24 - PANDORA'S BOX COST - 110 MP
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Effect: A star field and question mark appear; hits all enemies for
physical damage.
Learn: From the huge, multi-limbed bone dragons (Dragon Zombie) in
the Makou Pit if you take the right path the first time you
meet your friends.
Tip: As the Dragon Zombies are uncontrollable, you'll simply have
to keep fighting them until they use this skill on one of
your characters.
To learn an enemy skill, you must be equipped with a Teki no Waza (Learn
Enemy Skill) yellow materia. When an enemy hits you with it's special
skill, you will learn it, even if it misses or kills you. However,
unless you win the battle, you won't keep the skill you've learned.
There are 24 skills in all, and one of the 24 stars on the Materia Menu
will light up as you get more enemy skills. Note that you can't learn
a skill and then have your player cast it on another person with a
Teki no Waza; they _must_ learn it from enemies. You'll know if you
learned a skill because the character with the materia equipped will
spin in a circle once and you'll get a message ending in an exclamation
point. Keep in mind that if you're controlling a monster to learn a
particular skill, you'll have to target the character wearing the Teki
no Waza in order to learn the skill.
For those of you who would like a more definitive guide, here is a list
that shows the earliest point at which you can learn each skill as you
play through the game:
DISC ONE ______________________________________________________________
Matora Magic - from the Sweeper Customs after you've escaped from
Midgar City.
Level 4 Self-... - from the Muus in the area around the Chocobo Farm.
Beta - from Midogaru Zuorumu, the snake you encounter after
reaching the Chocobo Farm.
Fire Blaster - from the Aakudoragons in the Mythril Mine (I tried to
learn it from the Mootaabooru boss, but I couldn't
get it, so....)
White Wind - from the Zemzeretts in the Junon Area (land between
the Fort Condor and Junon Town).
Aqua Breath - use the Gold Saucer vehicle to get attacked by a
Chimera in the dirt pit around the Saucer.
Song of the Frog - the Tatchimis in the forests around Gongaga Town.
Mighty Guard - the Beach Plugs on the shore near Gongaga Town.
???? - from the Judges in Sephiroth's Mansion in Nivelheim.
Tryne - from the Materia Keeper boss of the Nivelheim
mountain range.
Death Force* - from the Adamantaimais on the shores of the
Westermost Continent (once you have Cid's airplane).
Magic Hammer* - from the Ashigiisous found in the dark, grassy areas
of the Westernmost Continent (just before entering
Utai).
Death Sentence - from the Bound Fats found just before the Ancient
City.
* If Yuffie hasn't joined you yet, then you can get these skills without
worry. But if she has joined your party, then she'll steal all your
Materia, preventing you from learning these two skills until after
you've completed her sub-quest and gotten your Teki no Waza materia
back (along with the rest of your materia).
DISC TWO ______________________________________________________________
Smelly Breath - from the Molbols while climbing up the Frozen
Mountain.
Magic Breath - from the Stilves inside the Frozen Mountain.
Once you get the Highwind...
Chocobockle - from the Chocobs found in the forest near Mideel.
Goblin Punch - from the Goblins on the forested isle in the
northeast part of the World Map.
Shadow Flare - from the Ultima Weapon flying around in the sky.
DISC THREE ____________________________________________________________
Dragon Force - from the Dark Dragons in the Makou Pit.
Laser - from the Dark Dragons in the Makou Pit.
Level 5 Death - from the Parasites in the Makou Pit.
Angel's Whisper - from the Polan Solitas in the Makou Pit.
Death Roulette - from the Death Dealers in the Makou Pit.
What??? - from the Dragon Zombies in the Makou Pit
(you can also learn Shadow Flare from them).
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