Final Fantasy 7 Enemy Skill

Final Fantasy 7 Enemy Skill Materia

FROG SONG:
Causes [Sleepel/Frog] on all opponents (5 MP)
-[Christopher, Touch Me, Toxic Frog]

L4 SUICIDE:
Causes [Critical/Small] with levels in multiples of 4 (10 MP)
-[Mu, Trickplay]

MAGIC HAMMER:
Drains 100 MP out of every opponent (3 MP)
-[Razor Weed]

WHITE WIND:
Restores HP and status to every ally (34 MP)
-[Wind Wing, Zemzelett]

BIG GUARD:
Adds [Barrier/MBarrier/Haste] to every ally (56 MP)
-[Beachplug]

ANGEL WHISPER:
Revives, restores HP and status to any one ally (50 MP)
-[Pollensalta]

DRAGON FORCE:
Raises the Defense and Magic Def. level of one ally (19 MP)
-[Dark Dragon]

DEATH FORCE:
Makes any one ally immune to death (3 MP)
-[Adamantaimai]

FLAME THROWER:
Causes Fire damage to any single opponent (10 MP)
-[Ark Dragon, Dragon]

LASER:
Lessens one opponent's HP by 1/2 (10 MP)
-[Dark Dragon, Death Claw]

MATRA MAGIC:
Non-elemental damage to all opponents (8 MP)
-[Custom Sweeper, Death Machine]

BAD BREATH:
[Poison/Confu/Sleepel/Silence/Small/Frog] on all (58 MP)
-[Malboro]

BETA:
Fire damage on all opponents (35 MP)
-[Midgar Zolom]

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AQUALUNG:
Water damage on all opponents (34 MP)
-[Harpy, Jenova-LIFE, Serpent]

TRINE:
Lightning damage on all opponents (20 MP)
-[Godo, Materia Keeper, Stilva]

MAGIC BREATH:
Fire/Ice/Lightning damage on all opponents (75 MP)
-[Stilva, Parasite]

????:
Does damage equal to user's MaxHP/HP (3 MP)
-[Behemoth, Jersey]

GOBLIN PUNCH:
Non-elemental damage on any one opponent (0 MP)
-[Goblin]

CHOCOBUCKLE:
Non-elemental damage on any one opponent (3 MP)
-[Chocobo (NOTE: Begin by tracking down a Chocobo with a level evenly divisible by 4. Feed it Mimett Greens and follow up with the L4 Suicide Enemy Skill to get the Chocobo to use this attack.)]

L5 DEATH:
Causes [Death] to opponents with levels in multiples of 5 (22 MP)
-[Parasite]

DEATH SENTENCE:
Pronounces death sentence on any one opponent (10 MP)
-[Boundfat, Gi Spector, Sneaky Step]

ROULETTE:
Pronounces death on any one opponent or ally (6 MP)
-[Death Dealer]

SHADOW FLARE:
Big non-elemental damage on any one opponent (100 MP)
-[Dragon Zombie, Ruby Weapon, Ultimate Weapon]

PANDORA'S BOX:
Big Damage on all opponents, ignores defense (110 MP)
-[Dragon Zombie]

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As the title suggest, I would like to know how to fully grow a Enemy Skill Materia: I managed to get some E.S. but not every fight brings me one. There's a strategy to get 'em all?

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Final Fantasy 7 Enemy Skill Materia

E Skill learns new skills by being subject to those skills in battle. So it's a matter of fighting the proper enemies, not enough battles. It's also impossible until the end of the game, due to one being in the last dungeon. There are 3 'problem' E Skills, as it were, that cause some frustration. 2 because they can be lost forever and one that's fairly luck based.

Chocobuckle, granted by level 16 Chocobos near the Chocobo Ranch. They'll only use the attack when low in health, and the only way to get them to it without them running away immediately is to use another Enemy Skill, Lv. 4 Suicide. Level 16 ones are the only ones that can be hit by the skill, anyway. However, it's never quite guaranteed that they'll use it, so it may take some time.
Trine, used by the bosses Materia Keeper and Godo, as well as Stilva, an enemy in a dungeon that can only be visitted once. So once you have beaten both bosses and gotten past that dungeon, it becomes impossible to learn the skill. So make sure that when you fight the bosses, you wait long enough for the skill to be used.
Pandora's Box, used by the Zombie Dragon enemy in the final dungeon. This one is interesting because in any save game, the skill can only be used once. So you need to make sure you have every Enemy Skill materia equipped at this point, because if you run into a Zombie Dragon and it uses Pandora's Box and you don't have it, you've just lost it forever.

Past those, the rest tend to be a simple matter of fighting the right enemies and waiting for the right attacks. There are some buff spells which will need you to use the Manipulate materia on the enemy, such as Dragon Force, Angel Whisper, and White Wind. If you see an enemy using one of these skills, then use Manipulate and force it on yourself if it's available. Past that, the rest is all a matter of getting your face beaten in.

General strategy is simple - always keep that Materia on at all times! Then you will not miss the one-times and you'll always catch it when the attack happens in normal scenarios, rather than having to hunt the skill down amidst all the rest of the late-game stuff you need to do.

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You might be interested in knowing that there are four enemy skill materia available in the game. Their locations are, as listed on this wiki:

In the sample tank in Professor Hojo's lab in the Shinra Headquarters after Red XIII joins the party.
In the Respectable Inn in Junon.
In one of the houses in the Forgotten Capital.
Received from the Chocobo Sage's mountain chocobo.

If you want to max out all four materia, you need to have them equipped by a character who the enemy skill is being used on, so in the case of getting Trine on all enemy skill materia that don't have the skill, from Godo, after already beating Materia Keeper and Stilva, you have to have all those enemy skill materia equipped by Yuffie.

I always kicked myself over not getting Trine on the fourth enemy skill materia well after getting pretty much everything else in the game. My save file will be forever tainted.

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Enemy Skills Guide

Getting the Bad Breath: Fight the creature after the Icicle Fall, on the left side after equipping the Enemy Skill materia.
Getting the Big Guard: To get the Big Guard enemy skill (casts Barrier, M-Barrier, and Haste), make sure you have Manipulate (Cait Sith is equipped with it) and Enemy Skill materias. Go to Costa Del Sol's nearby beach. You will find an enemy called Beach Plug. Use the Manipulate on them and make one cast Big Guard on your party.
Getting the Death Force: Fight the adamataiami on the beach of the west continent.
Getting the Death Roulette: Equip all party members with the Enemy Skill Materia. Walk around in the spiral part of the Northern Cave encountering a Death Dealer. Manipulate it during the battle and cast death roulette. This will increase the chance of the party member with the best Enemy Skill Materia to get hit with that attack.
Getting the Death Sentence: Fight the demon riders before the Broken Reactor after equipping the Enemy Skill materia.
Getting the Dragon Force: Manipulate the Dark Dragons with a master level Manipulate Materia and the Hypnocrown accessory.
Getting the Flame Thrower: Fight the green dragons at the Broken Reactor after equipping the Enemy Skill materia.
Getting the Frog Song: Fight the frogs south-east of Cosmo Canyon after equipping the Enemy Skill materia.
Getting the Goblin Punch: Go to the Goblin Islands and get in a fight with a Goblin. Get it to do the Goblin Punch against a character equipped with the Enemy Skill materia.
Getting the L5 Death: Fight the Parasite in the crater.
Getting the Laser: Manipulate the Dark Dragons with a master level Manipulate Materia and the Hypnocrown accessory.
Getting the Magic Breath: Fight the Stilva in Gaea's Cliff.
Getting the Magic Hammer: Walk around the Wutai area. You will encounter an enemy called Razor Weed. Manipulate him and use Magic Hammer on the character(s) who have the Enemy Skill Materia on them.

Sim girl are you coming over tonight. Steal Guide
KEY
Blue - Weapons/Armours
Green - Health Items
Yellow - Battle Items

For me the best thief in the game is Cloud, despite other guides telling me to go for the one with the highest Dexterity stat (Tifa then Red XIII. etc). For some reason I have better luck with him. Other people do use Tifa, Red, Yuffie. ironically I thought Yuffie was quite crappy at it. Ignoring invalid directory prefix in sources entry: examples. I do think it depends on how often you do it (like he gets better the more he does it) and the level difference between you and the enemy. In my latest save in Train Graveyard Cloud's level 15, I'm usually on 11/12. I'm finding it a lot easier to steal than I ever have in this area. So again that's probably why Cloud's stole more things than anyone else with me, he's always the highest level.

Anyway I probably don't have all the things listed that you can steal in this section, and/or I have the minor stuff like battle items wrong. My PC modded version is a little different, there's two different items you can steal. so it's a matter of luck. Rest assured the important stuff like weapons and armours are correct, they're the same as the Playstation version. Anyway lets get started.

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Train Graveyard

First things first, Ether's can be stolen from Deenglow. I'd steal a plenty of them, I always do.

Ghost Hand. They're an attack item, they drain the MP out of an opponent. and you can steal them from Ghost. If like me you never use these types of items unless in an emergency and you're desperate. then just concentrate of beating these annoying enemy's. Be warned that they disappear everytime they're hit or attempted mugged, so fight them slowly.

Now the harder steal (as in the creature rarely turns up, at least for me) in the area is the Striking Staff, especially in my modded PC version. I keep getting Echo Screen, I shouldn't of installed that mod. Anyway there's a monster called Eligor in the second screen where you move the trains. Steal the Striking Staff from it, and continue on your way. It's a great weapon for Aeris at this point in the game, if you miss it, you can buy it several towns away much later.

Shinra HQ

On the first floor, in the elevator and on the floor where you leave the elevator there are several enemies that you can steal Tranquilizers from. These treat the Fury status, so why not steal a few. The enemies are the Grenade Combatant and Mighty Grunt.

There are enemies called the Sword Dance on several of the levels, there you can steal Hyper's. These will help with the Sadness status. There are enemies around the Chocobo Farm area that inflict this status on you, so it's a good idea to nab a few before you finish here. Saves you a few gil, ey?

Last but not least, that I know of anyway, is the Hammer Blaster. These guys have the Echo Screen item that cures Silence. You always need some of those handy items, don't you?

On the 67th (& 68) floor you get back into random battles. Look out for an enemy called Moth Slasher as they have a very good armour called Carbon Bangle. If you just like using the same three characters (once you're out of the building that is), steal three of them, if you'd like one for every member of the team steal five of them.

On the 68th after fighting one of Hojo's pets, you can get randomly attacked by Soldier: 3rd. Steal from them to get one Hardedge. If you like to earn some cash once you get out of Midgar, keep stealing them. you can sell all the spares.

Make sure you get these two steals before you get arrested, after rescuing Aeris. because these guys will be replaced with different enemies after you get out of jail.

The Custom Sweepers, who also provide you with the Matra Magic enemy skill, also hold a very strong weapon (for this point in the game) for Barrett. This is called Atomic Scissors. The only downside is that it's a melee weapon, so you lose the long-range advantage Barrett usually has.

The chain swinging Madouges hold another one of those early weapon upgrades for your team. This time it's for Tifa, the Grand Glove.

Now this is only if you've already recruited Yuffie in the woods. If you prefer to recruit her a lot later or not at all, this will not apply to you unless you like to steal everything and sell stuff later. Here is the weapon upgrade for Yuffie, the Boomerang. Steal from Formula, they're very common in packs of 3 in the woods. Beware though, at a low level even in your 20's. the enemies in the woods appear in big groups and do lots of damage all at once. Go there at your own risk.

The Shinra Ferry
After you get on this boat and have a little team meeting, you'll start getting into random battles again. The Marines in the area you can steal the armour Shinra Beta. Again like Carbon Bangles, steal as many as you need. Don't hang around stealing for too long cos you do need to fight a boss battle very soon.

Desert Prison
(coming soon - I need to get to that part of the game to know all the names)
You cannot get to this area of the prison right away, you can only do so after you get Barrett back in the team. Once you do, go north back to the where you started in the prison. Then go north again, where you couldn't before thanks to a guard now being unable to block your path. Make sure you don't go off track, follow the fencing (see picture), or you'll get lost in the desert. Anyway in that area you can steal Platinum Bangles from one of the regular enemies here (if you haven't bought them already), it'll also give you an Enemy Skill. They're not the best armours in the game, but they do have two Double Materia growth slots. If you don't have any armours that have four slots by now, or are in a hurry to level up some of the materia's you have already, they could be handy. However they're pointless if you have multiple slot armours, you do the math = 2 slots of double AP, 4 slots of regular AP. can you see the point? Steal if you're interested in using/selling.