Final Fantasy Tactics Support Abilities

Raises the character's physical attack power when attacked by the enemy. Works best on characters with low attack power. However, becuase it's part of the Dancer's abilities, it's only available to female characters.

HP Damage

550

Raises the character's evade percentage, allowing him or her to dodge attacks more easily. Works with all pyhiscal attack and some magic attacks.

Enemy Attack

400

Restores character's MP by the same amount the enemy used to cast its spell.

MP Effect

250

Increases the character's chances of evading a Bow/Crossbow attack. This is another good skill for the first half of the game, when enemy bow strikes can be very damaging.

Bow/Crossbow Attack

450

When a character recieves any form of HP damage, he or she uses the lowest-level potion available. This is an effective way to heal your characters without using an AT during the beginning and middle parts of the game, especially when primed with Hi-Potions and X-Potions. However, it can be expensive, because characters equipped with this can--and will!--use potions indiscriminately.

HP Damage

400

Allows the character to evade attacks from weapons and some abilities. Bow, Crossbow and Gun attacks can also be evaded, despite what the in-game description says. The higher the character's Brave points, the higher the evasion percentage.

Physical Attack

700

This raises the character's Brave level when attacked by the enemy. However, because this is part of the Dancer's abilities, it's only available to female characters.

Physical Attack

500

Character can catch and keep items thrown across the battefield. It's possible to pick up rare items, too.!

Throw

200

Receiving an enemy's attack causes the character to take up a defensive psoition that halved all damage. Lasts until the character's next AT. Add: Defense.

HP Damage

200

Character counters an enemy's physical attack with one of his or her own. This is a slightly stronger version of Counter Tackle

Physical Attack

300

Character counters a physical attack by invoking the appropriate geomancy effect.

Physical Attack, Geomancy

300

Ther character counters with the same magic he or she receives.

Magic Effect

800

Counters a physical attack with a Dash attack's body blow. Indispensable in the beginning stages of the game but not in the middle to latter parts.

Physical Attack

180

The character's AT is elevated to next position when his or her HP totals fall within critical levels

Critical Status

700

Character shifts damage received from him- or herself to the enemy.

HP Damage

300

When the character's HP are maxed, he or she shares any excess HP with his or her allies.

HP Restore

200

When a character receives HP damage, that character casts the Reraise status.

Physical Attack

560

Raises a character's faith level when he's hit with a magical spell. This ability has its good and bad: It raises his or her magical power, but it also makes him or her more susceptible to enemy magic. Because it's among the Bard's skills, it's available only to male characters.

Magic Effect

500

Character plugs his or her ears to dodge Talk Skill (word-based) attacks.

Word Skills

300

Character receives from enemy the same amount of Gil as HP damage incured.

HP Damage

200