Final Fantasy V
Abilities




Job Ability Description
Knight Cover Protect near-death allies from physical attacks.
!Guard Defend
2 Handed Doubles attack power by having Knight use both hands with his sword.
Equip Shield Equip Shield
Equip Armor Equip Armor
Equip Sword Equip Sword
Monk !Store Takeslonger than normal attack, but it's doubly powerful.
BareFist Fight barehanded as well as a Monk does! It's good for White Mages or Chemists.
!Chakra Recovers HP, darkeness, and poison
Counter Randomly counter attacks. (makes sense, no?)
HP 10% Up HP gets raised by 10%! Go figure.
HP 20% Up No one knows what this mystery Ability does...
HP 30% Up Same as above. Numbers change.
Thief Secret See cool hidden passages.
!Flee Run from battles with better chances than holding L1 and R1.
Dash This was useful in the SNES version. But in Antho, you can Dash (run faster than normal) anyway. THIS version lets you Dash... faster.
!Steal Steal various junk, crap, or potions from monsters.
Caution Avoids back attacks.
!Mug-Steal + Attack Fun fun fun!!! (self explainatory)
Footwork Speed of a Theif
White Mage White Magic Level 1 Use Lv1 White Magic
White Magic Level 2 Use Lv2 White Magic
White Magic Level 3 Use Lv3 White Magic
White Magic Level 4 Use Lv4 White Magic
White Magic Level 5 Use Lv5White Magic
White Magic Level 6 Use Lv6 White Magic
MP 10% Up Increases Max MP 10%
Black Mage Black Magic Level 1 Use Lv1 Black Magic
Black Magic Level 2 Use Lv2 Black Magic
Black Magic Level 3 Use Lv3 Black Magic
Black Magic Level 4 Use Lv4 Black Magic
Black Magic Level 5 Use Lv5 Black Magic
Black Magic Level 6 Use Lv6 Black Magic
MP 30% Up Increases Max MP 30%
Blue Mage !Check See the monsters max HP, MP, and weaknesses
Learning Learn a monsters attacks as Blue magic
!Blue Cast blue magic
!View Like !Peep, but you can also see the current status of the monster
Berserker Berserk Always attacks. Everytime. But it makes 'em stronger.
Equip Axe Equip Axe
Sorcerer MagiWall Casts Shell when near-death
Sword Magic Level 1 Allows non-Sorcerer to use Lv1 Sword Magic
Sword Magic Level 2 Allows non-Sorcerer to use Lv2 Sword Magic
Sword Magic Level 3 Allows non-Sorcerer to use Lv3 Sword Magic
Sword Magic Level 4 Allows non-Sorcerer to use Lv4 Sword Magic
Sword Magic Level 5 Allows non-Sorcerer to use Lv5 Sword Magic
Sword Magic Level 6 Allows non-Sorcerer to use Lv6 Sword Magic
Time Mage Time Magic Level 1 Use Lv1 Time Magic
Time Magic Level 2 Use Lv2 Time Magic
Time Magic Level 3 Use Lv3 Time Magic
Time Magic Level 4 Use Lv4 Time Magic
Time Magic Level 5 Use Lv5 Time Magic
Time Magic Level 6 Use Lv6 Time Magic
Equip Rod Equip Rod
Summoner Summon Magic Level 1 Use Lv1 Summon Magic
Summon Magic Level 2 Use Lv2 Summon Magic
Summon Magic Level 3 Use Lv3 Summon Magic
Summon Magic Level 4 Use Lv4 Summon Magic
Summon Magic Level 5 Use Lv5 Summon Magic
!Call Randomly casts a summon without using MP
Red Mage Red Level 1 Cast up to level 1
Red Level 2 Cast up to level 2
Red Level 3 Cast up to level 3
Redx2 Cast two consecutive magics. VERY useful!
Trainer !Tame Makes a monster docile or something.
!Control Control a monster and use their commands.
Equip Whip Equip Whip
!Catch Affter weakening a monster, the Mediator is able to, well, capture it, and use it later as an attack
Geomancer !Earth Use elemental attacks (depends on the background of the battle)
FindHole Damage floors do no damage
AntiTrap Evade hidden holes
Ninja !Dust Pretty much the same as "Flee", the Thief ability. Except you see smoke! Yay!
!Twin Casts Invis
First Attack Increased amounts of surprise attacks.
!Throw Turns Ninja into a Bunny and lets him hop around and... erm... actually it allows a Non-Ninja to Throw a weapon. Sorry.
TwoSword Have a weapon in each hand! Two weapons means two attacks!
Bard !Hide When in Hide Mode, you can't be attacked. But you can't attack either.
Equip Harp Don't bother...
!Sing Sing the Bard's songs. Thuper. That thatin really thuits you by the way.
Hunter !Animals (Critt) Calls upon forest friends. (Sometimes you'll get Setzer's Lagomorph! Mugu Mugu! Yaaay. Hehe)
!Aim Increases hit rate
Equip bow Equip bow
!SShot Attack four times with half the power
Samurai !SwdSlap Paralyzes the enemy
!GP Toss Throws away money for a very powerful attack that gets stronger with your level.
SwordGrab Sometimes catches an attack (causing no damage)
Equip Katana Equip Katana
!Fast Draw Dispatches an enemy
Lancer !Jump Fly about and attack like a dragon! If you have a spear equipped, it'll do twice the damage!
!Lance Steals HP and MP from an enemy.
Equip Spear Equip Spear
Dancer !Flirt If you succeed, the monster becomes flustered. Whatever that means
!Dance Use the Dancer's Dances. A much overlooked but very powerful Abilitiy (sword dance, anyone?)
EqRibbon Allows you to equip a ribbon. Imagine that.
Mime Mime Mime the last attack made. It's cool!
Chemist Medicine Potions, Ethers, (etc.) are twice as effective.
!Mix Mix two itms to make a new one (battle only).
!Drink Drink items like Giant and Hero potions.
!Recover Recover the whole party's status effects!
Revive Life2 to everybody. NO MP USAGE!