Final Fantasy IV abilities

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The following is a list of abilities in Final Fantasy IV. Some abilities were removed from the western SNES release, but were re-added in the PlayStation release. The Advance and PlayStation Portable releases use the same abilities but add more that can only be used if certain pieces of equipment are equipped. The Nintendo DS and the following 3D remakes do not use the GBA- and PSP-exclusive abilities, but use a new ability system called the Augment system.

2D versions[]

All versions[]

The following are the abilities usable in the Super Famicom, PlayStation, Wonder Swan Color, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation Portable, and Pixel Remaster releases. Several of these abilities were removed in the original North American SNES release.

Ability	Charge Time	Description	Party Member
Attack (Fight)	0	Attack with equipped weapons or bare fists.	All Characters
Items (Item)	0	Use an item from your inventory.	All Characters
Defend (Parry)	0	Take a defensive stance to reduce damage from physical attacks.	All Characters
Swap Rows (Row) (Change)	0	Change position to the front or back row.	All Characters
Equip	0	Change weapon or shield during battle.	All Characters
Aim	1	100% hit rate for bow attacks.	Rosa
Analyze (Study) (Peep)	0	Uncover the enemy's HP and weak points.	Cid
Bardsong (Sing)	0	Sing a song to cause various status effects like Sleep and Confuse.	Edward
Black Magic (Black)	Varies	Cast black magic.	Rydia, Tellah, Palom, Fusoya
Bless (Regen)	0	Gradually restore all allies' HP.	Fusoya
Bluff	4	Raise your own intellect to make black magic more effective.	Palom
Brace (Gird) (Bear)	1	Increase your own defenses with the same effect as Protect.	Yang
Cease Cover (Off)	0	Stop taking damage in place of an ally.	Cecil
Cry	4	Surprise and confuse monsters by pretending to cry.	Porom
Cover	0	Take damage in place of an ally.	Cecil
Darkness (Dark Wave) (Dark)	2	Sacrifice some of your own HP to damage all enemies.	Cecil
Focus (Power)	4	Build power and strike for massive damage.	Yang
Hide	0	Run away and hide temporarily.	Edward
Jump	5	Jump into the sky and attack for massive damage.	Kain
Kick	1	Attack all enemies with a flying kick.	Yang
Ninjutsu (Ninja)	Varies	Perform various ninja arts.	Edge
Pray	2	Pray to restore HP for all allies.	Rosa
Recall (Recal)	1	Randomly cast a forgotten spell.	Tellah
Return (Appear) (Show)	0	Return to battle after you have escaped once.	Edward
Salve (Heal)	4	Use a healing item on all allies at the same time.	Edward
Steal (Sneak)	0	Steal items from an enemy.	Edge
Summon (Call)	Varies	Summon an Eidolon.	Rydia
Throw (Dart)	0	Throw a weapon to cause damage.	Edge
Twincast (Twin)	Varies	Cast a powerful spell with two people.	Palom, Porom
White Magic (White)	Varies	Cast white magic.	Cecil, Rydia, Tellah, Rosa, Porom, Fusoya

Game Boy Advance- and PlayStation Portable-exclusive abilities[]

The following are the abilities usable exclusively in the Game Boy Advance and PlayStation Portable releases.

Ability	Charge Time	Description	Party Member
Chant	0	Cast Protect and Shell on all allies.	Edward
Deadly	8	Lower your defense temporarily to build up power for greater damage.	Yang
Double Jump	5	Disappear into the sky and attack with twice the damage of a normal Jump.	Kain
Miracle	2	Randomly heal or restore all allies.	Rosa
Mug (Plunder)	1	Attack and steal at the same time.	Edge

Dummied commands[]

The following are unused battle commands found in the 2D versions.

Ability	Description
ひくうてい (Hikūtei?) (Airship)	An unused command found within the game's data, only named in the original Japanese version. The command is configured to target all enemies, but crashes the game when used. Given the name and positioning in the command list, it was intended for Cid.
Dbl Mtr	The Game Boy Advance version introduces another unused command. This was likely intended to replace the Twincast command when the Twin Stars were equipped on both Palom and Porom.

3D versions[]

The following are the abilities usable in the Nintendo DS, Steam, iOS and Android versions. Many of them have been highly altered from their original appearances in previous versions, and several can be learned as Augment abilities.

Ability	Description	Party Member
Attack	The Attack command will allow a character to attack an enemy with his/her equipped weapon.	All Characters
Items	The Items menu will appear when selected, listing all available items in the player's inventory. The player can exchange a character's equipped weapon or shield from one in the inventory or use Item Magic.	All Characters
Defend	The Defend command can be found by pressing right on the character's battle command window. Character's defending halves damage received from physical attacks.	All Characters
Swap Rows	The Swap Rows command can be found by pressing right on the character's battle command window. Attacks dealt with the Attack command are affected by being in the back row, all characters' special commands and magic spells are unaffected by row.	All Characters
Equip	Change weapon or shield during battle.	All Characters
Darkness	Cecil enters "Darkness" status for three turns, increasing the strength of his attacks, making all of his attacks dark-elemental, and inflicting damage to him whenever he attacks. Usable when Cecil is a Dark Knight and as an Augment ability. When using darkness with an elemental weapon (such as Ragnarok or Icebrand), the dark element will be added to the weapon's default element, producing an attack with two elements (e.g.) light and dark for Ragnarok, or ice and dark for Icebrand.	Cecil
Cover	Cecil intercepts physical attacks on an ally. Cecil will automatically use Cover on allies in critical status. Cecil cannot use Cover when he himself is in critical status. Usable only while Cecil is a Paladin.	Cecil
White Magic	Casts a White Magic spell the character has learned. Both Rydia and Cecil have limited spell lists and learn spells as they level up. Rydia is only able to use White Magic as a child, and Cecil can only use White Magic as a Paladin. Tellah knows a handful of spells as first and remembers many more later. Fusoya has access to every White spell in the game. Rosa and Porom learn spells as they level up and can eventually learn every White spell.	Cecil, Rydia, Tellah, Rosa, Porom, Fusoya
Black Magic	Casts a Black Magic spell the character has learned. Tellah knows a handful of spells as first and remembers many more later. Fusoya has access to every Black spell in the game. Rydia and Palom learn spells as they level up and can eventually learn every Black spell in the game. The exception is Fire, which Rydia learns in accordance with the story.	Rydia, Tellah, Palom, Fusoya
Summon	Summons a monster to attack. Rydia can only learn more summons by defeating certain enemies. One of these summons, Whyt, functions differently from other summons.	Rydia
Recall	Tellah casts a random Black Magic spell on all enemies. Recall may fail. Tellah may cast a spell he cannot normally cast with this ability.	Tellah
Salve	Edward uses a minor healing item on all party members. Usable as an Augment ability.	Edward
Hide	Edward removes himself from battle and cannot be targeted by allies or enemies. Edward cannot perform any actions except Return, which returns him to battle. Usable as an Augment ability.	Edward
Return	Return to battle after the character has escaped once.	Edward
Sing	Edward sings a song chosen by the player. Usable as an Augment ability.	Edward
Aim	Rosa attacks an enemy with an attack that never misses, doing slightly more damage than normal. Rosa can only use this ability if she is equipped with a bow.	Rosa
Pray	Rosa restores a small amount of HP and MP to the party. Pray may fail.	Rosa
Kick	Yang executes a physical attack on all enemies. If Yang is equipped with a claw with a status or elemental property, that status or elemental property is also applied to the Kick. Usable as an Augment ability.	Yang
Focus	Yang builds up power, increasing the damage done by his next attack or Kick. Can be stocked up to three times. Usable as an Augment ability.	Yang
Brace	Yang heavily boosts his defensive abilities. Usable as an Augment ability.	Yang
Bluff	Palom doubles his Intelligence for a short time. Usable as an Augment ability.	Palom
Cry	Halves defense of all enemies. Usable as an Augment ability.	Porom
Twincast	Palom and Porom chant together to unleash an extra-strong spell. Only usable if both twins are alive and neither is afflicted by a status ailment that would prevent them from casting spells, such as Silence, Confuse, etc. If either twin is knocked out or afflicted with one of the mentioned status ailments, the spell is canceled. Usable as an Augment ability, and when used as an Augment, depending on the casters a different spell than normal will be cast.	Palom, Porom
Analyze	Cid casts the Libra spell on all enemies for no MP cost. Usable as an Augment ability.	Cid
Upgrade	Cid uses an attack item to add an elemental property to his attack. Usable as an Augment ability.	Cid
Steal	Edge attempts to steal an item from an enemy.	Edge
Throw	Edge throws a weapon at an enemy.	Edge
Ninjutsu	Edge casts a Ninja spell he has learned. Edge learns new spells as he levels up, with the exception of Flood and Blitz, which he learns in accordance with the story.	Edge
Bless	Fusoya restores a small amount of MP to the party over time.	Fusoya

Augments[]

Main article: Augment (Final Fantasy IV)

The Augment system is the support ability system for the Nintendo DS, Steam, iOS and Android versions.

Other appearances[]

Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia[]

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Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade[]

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Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]

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