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Final Fantasy XIII - Commando Abilities

Commando: a rustling fighter of phsycal and non-emental magic attacks.

Role Bonus: Slower recovery for the chain gauges of the attacked enemies.

 

Ability

ATB Cost

Details

learnable by

Powerchain

Auto

Cause more damage when attacking an enemy while the Chain Gauge is empty.

Lightning

Snow

Sazh

Fang

Lifesiphon

Auto

Refill a segment of the ATB gauge upon defeating an enemy.

Lightning

Snow

Sazh

Hope

Fang

Faultsiphon

Auto

Charges the ATB gauge by small amount when attacking an enemy that is affected by status ailments.

Lightning

Hope

Vanille

Fang

Launch

Auto

launching a Staggered enemy in the air upon attacking.

Lightning

Snow

Fang

Ravage

Auto

More effective Chain building.

Lightning

Snow

Hope

Fang

Smite

Auto

Strengthens the normal attack when an enemy that is ready to recover from the Stagger.

Lightning

Snow

Fang

Blindside

Auto

Strengthens the normal attack as long as the character is not a target for a non-Staggered enemy.

Lightning

Snow

Vanille

Fang

Scourge

Auto

Strengthens the normal attack when an enemy is about to recover from a Stagger.

All characters

Jeopardize

Auto

Larger amount of Chain Bonus while attacking a Staggered enemy. Stronger subsequent hits while attacking a Staggered enemy.

All characters

Deathblow

Auto

Defeat an enemy of low HP with one attack.

Snow

Vanille

Fang

Adrenaline

Auto

High HP = boost to Strength and Magic

Snow

Sazh

Vanille

Fang

Attack

1

The default attack

All characters

Blitz

2

Cause damage to all the enemies in range.

All characters

Ruin

1

Non-elemental magic attack.

All characters

Ruinga

3

Non-elemental magic attack that causes damage and interrupt all the enemies in range.

All characters

Highwind

All

Fang special attack, resets the chaining progress.

Fang

SovereignFist

All

Snow special attack, resets the chaining progress.

Snow

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Fabula Nova Crystallis
Final Fantasy
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Motomu Toriyama
Shinji Hashimoto
Yoshinori Kitase
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Mar 9, 2010

Dec 16, 2010

Genre Role-Playing
Alternative Name(s) ファイナルファンタジーXIII

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