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Limit Breaks
Introduction to limit breaks:
Limit Breaks are powerful attacks that can be used after a character has been attacked a great deal. Each time a character is attacked by an enemy, the "Limit Gauge" fills a little more. You can use a character's limit break when the Limit Gauge fills completely. "Limit" will then replace the normal "Attack" command. For most characters, there are four levels of limit breaks, each with two attacks. When you can use a limit break, you will get to choose one of the two limits for the level that you're at.
You start off with only one limit break, and will have to learn the others. You learn the first limit break of each level by killing 80 enemies with a character. That character must be the last person to attack the enemy before it is defeated in order for it to count towards their limit. You learn the second limit break of each level by using the first limit break of that level a certain numbers of times (8 times for level one, 7 times for level two, and 6 times for level three). Learning the first limit break of each level is independent of learning the second limit break of each level. That is, you do not need to learn the second limit break of each level in order to learn the first limit break of the next level.
Additionally, there is only one limit break in the fourth level, and it cannot be learned normally. You can only learn the final limit break by locating certain items and having the characters use them on themselves. The two notable exceptions to the normal method of learning new limit breaks would be for Vincent and Cait Sith. Vincent has only one limit break for each level, and learns new ones by accumulating 60 kills per level. Cait Sith only has one limit break for each level, but only has two levels. Cait Sith does not need an item for the last limit break, and learns it by using his first limit 8 times.
Level 2 Blade Beam Cloud sends a wave of blue energy at one of his opponents. This attack works well with a group of enemies because when it hits one of them, it diffuses and hits the remaining opponents. Learn by: Accumulate 80 kills for Cloud Climhazzard Cloud shoves his sword into an enemy and then leaps high into the air, pulling his sword through them. Learn by: Use Blade Beam 7 times
Level 3 Meteorain Cloud jumps in the air and unleashes devastating meteors upon his foes. Learn by: Accumulate 80 more kills for Cloud Finishing Touch Cloud creates a huge tornado that either sucks all enemies up and kills them or slams them back onto the ground. Learn by: Use Meteorain 6 times
Level 4 Omnislash Cloud launches himself into the group of enemies slashing targets at random for 15 hits, each causing heavy damage to the targets. Learn by: Obtain limit item from the Battle Square in the Gold Saucer for 32,000BP on disc 2 or 3, or for 64,000BP on disc 1.
Level 2 Breath of Earth Magical beams of light cure the entire party of any abnormal status. Learn by: Accumulate 80 kills for Aeris Fury Brand Aeris blasts the party with Fury, instantly filling the other characters' Limit Bars to their maximum. Learn by: Use Breath of Earth 7 times
Level 3 Planet Protector Aeris forms a protective barrier around the party, making them completely invincible for a brief period of time. Learn by: Accumulate 80 more kills for Aeris Pulse of Life Aeris completely cures the entire party of any abnormal status as well as fully restoring each character's HP and MP, including KO'd ones. Learn by: Use Planet Protector 6 times
Level 4 Great Gospel Aeris cures the entire party, then forms a protective barrier around them, making them completely invincible for a brief period of time. Learn by: There is a cave by the Mythril mines past a river. You need to do this on disk 1. Go to that continent with the buggy by going to Costa del Sol with it to reach Junon. Enter the cave and talk to the sleeping man. He will tell you how many battles you've won. You need to make the last two digits the same in order to wake him up. If you do, you'll get either the Bolt Ring or the Mythril. You will get the Mythril if the last two digits are the same and odd. Get the Mythril and go to the house below the peninsula by the Gold Saucer. Talk to the man there to give him the Mythril, then choose to open the small box on the second level to get the Great Gospel.
Level 2 Grenade Bomb Barret throws a grenade at the enemies, and hits all enemies. Learn by: Accumulate 80 kills for Barret Hammerblow Can kill an enemy in one hit, but has a high miss rate. Doesn?t work on bosses. Learn by: Use Grenade Bomb 7 times
Level 3 Satellite Beam Barret fires lasers across the ground, hitting all enemies. Learn by: Accumulate 80 more kills for Barret Ungermax Barret does 18 hits to random enemies. Learn by: Use Satellite Beam 6 times
Level 4 Catastrophe Barret does 20 strong hits to random enemies. Learn by: On disc 2, after completing the mission for the huge materia in Corel, and not letting the train crash into the town, enter the house near the inn and talk to the lady. You will get Catastrophe from her.
Level 2 Water Kick A roundhouse kick with a water-element attack Learn by: Accumulate 80 kills for Tifa Meteodrive Tifa bodyslams the enemy Learn by: Use Water Kick 7 times
Level 3 Dolphin Blow Tifa hits the enemy with an uppercut, and then a dolphin attacks them. Learn by: Accumulate 80 more kills for Tifa Meteor Strike Tifa throws the enemy to the ground Learn by: Use Dolphin Blow 6 times
Level 4 Final Heaven Tifa fires a massive energy blast at all enemies. Learn by: On disc 2 after Cloud's coma and with Tifa in your party, go to Tifa's house in Nibelheim and choose to play the piano. Play the Highwind theme, which is: X, Square, Triangle, R1 + Triangle, R1 + Square, X, Square, Triangle, R1 + X, O, X, Square, X
Level 2 Blood Fang Red XIII attacks a single enemy and his HP and MP are regained according to the enemy's MP Learn by: Accumulate 80 kills for Red XIII Stardust Ray Red XIII fires star shaped blasts at the enemy. Learn by: Use Blood Fang 8 times
Level 3 Earth Rave Red XIII casts Haste, Berserk and increases his attack power, then randomly attacks enemies. Learn by: Accumulate 80 more kills for Red XIII Howling Moon Red XIII howls at the moon, and then attacks up to 5 enemies. Learn by: Use Earth Rave 6 times
Level 4 Cosmo Memory Red XIII attacks all enemies once for very high damage. Learn by: Go to Nibelheim and enter the Shinra Mansion. Unlock the safe and fight Lost Number to receive Cosmo Memory.
Level 2 Hyper Jump Cid jumps into the air and spears an opponent. Resulting explosion hits all enemies Learn by: Accumulate 80 kills for Cid Dragon Cid summons a dragon which swirls around enemies and absorbs their HP and MP. Learn by: Use Hyper Jump 8 times
Level 3 Dragon Dive Cid jumps into the air and slams into opponents multiple times. Targets are random. Learn by: Accumulate 80 more kills for Cid Big Brawl Cid attacks his enemies multiple times. Learn by: Use Earth Rave 6 times
Level 4 Highwind Cid summons the airship, Highwind, which unleashes a load of missiles on the enemies. Learn by: After the quest for the huge materia in the underwater reactor, find the sunken Gelnika with the submarine. Find Highwind in a chest in the cargo room.
Level 2 Landscaper Yuffie causes the land to form bumps under the enemies and shatter. Learn by: Accumulate 80 kills for Yuffie Bloodfest Yuffie attacks all enemies for a total of 10 hits. Learn by: Use Landscaper 7 times
Level 3 Gauntlet Yuffie launches a bomb at all enemies. Learn by: Accumulate 80 more kills for Yuffie Doom of the Living Yuffie attacks 15 times. Targets are random. Learn by: Use Gauntlet 6 times
Level 4 All Creation Yuffie fires a massive energy blast that hist all enemies. Learn by: Go to Wutai. After the side quest involving the stolen materia, Don Corneo and the Turks, go to the pagoda at the far end with Yuffie and fight the bosses at each level. On the top level, fight Godo and win to get All Creation.
Level 2 Death Gigas Transforms into a Frankenstein like creature. Uses a slamming attack with the hands and Livewire, which causes electricity to form and strike enemies. Learn by: Accumulate 60 kills for Vincent
Level 3 Hellmasker Transforms into a masked creature with a chainsaw. Uses chainsaw attacks and Nightmare, which causes colored lights to swirl around the enemy and inflict status ailments. Learn by: Accumulate 60 more kills for Vincent
Level 4 Chaos Transforms into a demon-like creature. Uses wing attacks. Learn by: On disc 2 or 3, go to the waterfall cave just behind the Gold Saucer, either by riding a green, black, or gold chocobos, or using a submarine. With Vincent in your party, talk to Lucrecia for a scene. Come back any time later during disc 3 with Vincent and approach the alter, and you will get Chaos.
Level 2 Slots A slot machine appear, and depending on what it lands on you get one of 6 attacks: 1. Joker - Rare, but when it comes up it wipes out your entire party. 2. Random Summon - Summons a random summon you have aquired. 3. Lucky Gal - Gives you a higher possibility of scoring a critical hit during the battle. 4. All Over - Wipes out all enemies. Doesn't work on bosses. 5. Huge Mog - Cait Sith?s stuffed mog grows and attacks the enemy. 6. Mog Dance - Fully restores HP/MP to all party members Learn by: Use Dice 8 times
Cloud Strife
Level 1 Braver Cloud performs a leaping chop that slices his enemy down its center. Learn by: Initial limit break, no requirements Cross Slash Cloud slashes at an enemy three times in different directions, causing heavy damage and sometimes paralysis. Learn by: Use Braver 8 timesLevel 2 Blade Beam Cloud sends a wave of blue energy at one of his opponents. This attack works well with a group of enemies because when it hits one of them, it diffuses and hits the remaining opponents. Learn by: Accumulate 80 kills for Cloud Climhazzard Cloud shoves his sword into an enemy and then leaps high into the air, pulling his sword through them. Learn by: Use Blade Beam 7 times
Level 3 Meteorain Cloud jumps in the air and unleashes devastating meteors upon his foes. Learn by: Accumulate 80 more kills for Cloud Finishing Touch Cloud creates a huge tornado that either sucks all enemies up and kills them or slams them back onto the ground. Learn by: Use Meteorain 6 times
Level 4 Omnislash Cloud launches himself into the group of enemies slashing targets at random for 15 hits, each causing heavy damage to the targets. Learn by: Obtain limit item from the Battle Square in the Gold Saucer for 32,000BP on disc 2 or 3, or for 64,000BP on disc 1.
Aeris Gainsborough:
Level 1 Healing Wind A healing wind surrounds the party and recovers a majority of lost HP. Learn by: Initial limit break, no requirements Seal Evil Aeris casts a spell on a group of enemies causing them to become stopped and silenced. Learn by: Use Healing Wind 8 timesLevel 2 Breath of Earth Magical beams of light cure the entire party of any abnormal status. Learn by: Accumulate 80 kills for Aeris Fury Brand Aeris blasts the party with Fury, instantly filling the other characters' Limit Bars to their maximum. Learn by: Use Breath of Earth 7 times
Level 3 Planet Protector Aeris forms a protective barrier around the party, making them completely invincible for a brief period of time. Learn by: Accumulate 80 more kills for Aeris Pulse of Life Aeris completely cures the entire party of any abnormal status as well as fully restoring each character's HP and MP, including KO'd ones. Learn by: Use Planet Protector 6 times
Level 4 Great Gospel Aeris cures the entire party, then forms a protective barrier around them, making them completely invincible for a brief period of time. Learn by: There is a cave by the Mythril mines past a river. You need to do this on disk 1. Go to that continent with the buggy by going to Costa del Sol with it to reach Junon. Enter the cave and talk to the sleeping man. He will tell you how many battles you've won. You need to make the last two digits the same in order to wake him up. If you do, you'll get either the Bolt Ring or the Mythril. You will get the Mythril if the last two digits are the same and odd. Get the Mythril and go to the house below the peninsula by the Gold Saucer. Talk to the man there to give him the Mythril, then choose to open the small box on the second level to get the Great Gospel.
Barret Wallace:
Level 1 Big Shot Fires a large fireball from Barret's gun arm. Learn by: Initial limit break, no requirements Mind Blow Fires a blue light at enemies and drains some of the enemy's MP. Learn by: Use Big Shot 8 timesLevel 2 Grenade Bomb Barret throws a grenade at the enemies, and hits all enemies. Learn by: Accumulate 80 kills for Barret Hammerblow Can kill an enemy in one hit, but has a high miss rate. Doesn?t work on bosses. Learn by: Use Grenade Bomb 7 times
Level 3 Satellite Beam Barret fires lasers across the ground, hitting all enemies. Learn by: Accumulate 80 more kills for Barret Ungermax Barret does 18 hits to random enemies. Learn by: Use Satellite Beam 6 times
Level 4 Catastrophe Barret does 20 strong hits to random enemies. Learn by: On disc 2, after completing the mission for the huge materia in Corel, and not letting the train crash into the town, enter the house near the inn and talk to the lady. You will get Catastrophe from her.
Tifa Lockhart:
Note: Tifa's limit breaks work a little differently than the other characters. When you choose to use one, a slot will appear. It will land on "Hit", "Miss" or "Yeah!" You want to stop the slot when it lands on either "Hit" or "Yeah!". A slot will appear for each limit break that she has learned. If the slot lands on "Hit" or "Yeah!" she will perform that attack in succession. If you miss a slot in between, Tifa will just miss doing that attack and go to the next one. Level 1 Beat Rush Unleashes a series of punches against the enemy Learn by: Initial limit break, no requirements Somersault A strong flip kick. Learn by: Use Beat Rush 9 timesLevel 2 Water Kick A roundhouse kick with a water-element attack Learn by: Accumulate 80 kills for Tifa Meteodrive Tifa bodyslams the enemy Learn by: Use Water Kick 7 times
Level 3 Dolphin Blow Tifa hits the enemy with an uppercut, and then a dolphin attacks them. Learn by: Accumulate 80 more kills for Tifa Meteor Strike Tifa throws the enemy to the ground Learn by: Use Dolphin Blow 6 times
Level 4 Final Heaven Tifa fires a massive energy blast at all enemies. Learn by: On disc 2 after Cloud's coma and with Tifa in your party, go to Tifa's house in Nibelheim and choose to play the piano. Play the Highwind theme, which is: X, Square, Triangle, R1 + Triangle, R1 + Square, X, Square, Triangle, R1 + X, O, X, Square, X
Red XIII
Level 1 Sled Fang Red XIII charges through his target. Learn by: Initial limit break, no requirements Lunatic High Yellow mists surround Red XIII and his allies. Their defense increases. Learn by: Use Sled Fang 9 timesLevel 2 Blood Fang Red XIII attacks a single enemy and his HP and MP are regained according to the enemy's MP Learn by: Accumulate 80 kills for Red XIII Stardust Ray Red XIII fires star shaped blasts at the enemy. Learn by: Use Blood Fang 8 times
Level 3 Earth Rave Red XIII casts Haste, Berserk and increases his attack power, then randomly attacks enemies. Learn by: Accumulate 80 more kills for Red XIII Howling Moon Red XIII howls at the moon, and then attacks up to 5 enemies. Learn by: Use Earth Rave 6 times
Level 4 Cosmo Memory Red XIII attacks all enemies once for very high damage. Learn by: Go to Nibelheim and enter the Shinra Mansion. Unlock the safe and fight Lost Number to receive Cosmo Memory.
Cid Highwind
Level 1 Boost Jump Cid jumps into the air and spears an opponent. Learn by: Initial limit break, no requirements Dynamite Cid uses his cigarette to light a stick of dynamite, and hits all enemies. Learn by: Use Boost Jump 9 timesLevel 2 Hyper Jump Cid jumps into the air and spears an opponent. Resulting explosion hits all enemies Learn by: Accumulate 80 kills for Cid Dragon Cid summons a dragon which swirls around enemies and absorbs their HP and MP. Learn by: Use Hyper Jump 8 times
Level 3 Dragon Dive Cid jumps into the air and slams into opponents multiple times. Targets are random. Learn by: Accumulate 80 more kills for Cid Big Brawl Cid attacks his enemies multiple times. Learn by: Use Earth Rave 6 times
Level 4 Highwind Cid summons the airship, Highwind, which unleashes a load of missiles on the enemies. Learn by: After the quest for the huge materia in the underwater reactor, find the sunken Gelnika with the submarine. Find Highwind in a chest in the cargo room.
Yuffie Kisaragi
Level 1 Greased Lightning Yuffie jumps forward, slashes once, jumps back and slashes again. Learn by: Initial limit break, no requirements Clear Tranquil Yuffie causes a blue-green bubble to surround her and her allies. It heals HP. Learn by: Use Greased Lightning 8 timesLevel 2 Landscaper Yuffie causes the land to form bumps under the enemies and shatter. Learn by: Accumulate 80 kills for Yuffie Bloodfest Yuffie attacks all enemies for a total of 10 hits. Learn by: Use Landscaper 7 times
Level 3 Gauntlet Yuffie launches a bomb at all enemies. Learn by: Accumulate 80 more kills for Yuffie Doom of the Living Yuffie attacks 15 times. Targets are random. Learn by: Use Gauntlet 6 times
Level 4 All Creation Yuffie fires a massive energy blast that hist all enemies. Learn by: Go to Wutai. After the side quest involving the stolen materia, Don Corneo and the Turks, go to the pagoda at the far end with Yuffie and fight the bosses at each level. On the top level, fight Godo and win to get All Creation.
Vincent Valentine
Level 1 Galian Beast Transforms into a purple Behemoth-like beast. Uses furious claw swipes and Beast Flare, which causes explosions. Learn by: Initial limit break, no requirementsLevel 2 Death Gigas Transforms into a Frankenstein like creature. Uses a slamming attack with the hands and Livewire, which causes electricity to form and strike enemies. Learn by: Accumulate 60 kills for Vincent
Level 3 Hellmasker Transforms into a masked creature with a chainsaw. Uses chainsaw attacks and Nightmare, which causes colored lights to swirl around the enemy and inflict status ailments. Learn by: Accumulate 60 more kills for Vincent
Level 4 Chaos Transforms into a demon-like creature. Uses wing attacks. Learn by: On disc 2 or 3, go to the waterfall cave just behind the Gold Saucer, either by riding a green, black, or gold chocobos, or using a submarine. With Vincent in your party, talk to Lucrecia for a scene. Come back any time later during disc 3 with Vincent and approach the alter, and you will get Chaos.
Cait Sith
Level 1 Dice Cait Sith throws a 1 to 6 dice. The number that is displayed on the dice x 100 determines how much damage is inflicted. Learn by: Initial limit break, no requirementsLevel 2 Slots A slot machine appear, and depending on what it lands on you get one of 6 attacks: 1. Joker - Rare, but when it comes up it wipes out your entire party. 2. Random Summon - Summons a random summon you have aquired. 3. Lucky Gal - Gives you a higher possibility of scoring a critical hit during the battle. 4. All Over - Wipes out all enemies. Doesn't work on bosses. 5. Huge Mog - Cait Sith?s stuffed mog grows and attacks the enemy. 6. Mog Dance - Fully restores HP/MP to all party members Learn by: Use Dice 8 times
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