Final Fantasy VII abilities

In Final Fantasy VII each party member has the basic commands: Attack, Item, Change, and Defend. They also have the Limit command, which appears when the unit's LIMIT gauge is full. These are always accessible unless the player is under the Berserk or Confuse statuses. The Magic and Summon skillsets can be obtained by equipping Magic Materia and Summon Materia respectively. All other commands are equipped with Command Materia, with the exception of Slash-All which can also be equipped via the Mega-All Independent Materia as well as its own command.

In the Battle Square the player can have many of these commands temporarily locked. Each type of Materia can be locked thus locking off any command gained from those Materia, and also the Item command is sealed will block use of the Item command.

The Silence status locks the Magic, Summon, and E.Skill commands. The Frog status locks all commands but the four main ones, and Magic, which has had all spells locked other than the Toad spell. Limit will never appear when a character is in this status.

Commands[]

Command	Requirement	Description
Attack	Automatic	Physical attack against single target based on weapon equipped.
Attack	Attack with equipped weapon
Limit	LIMIT gauge full	Replaces Attack command. Opens Limit sub-menu. Commands based on character's set LIMIT LEVEL.
Limit	Use a limit skill
2x-Cut	Double Cut(1)	Physical attack against single enemy twice based on weapon equipped.
2x-Cut	Attacks constantly
4x-Cut	Double Cut(2+)	Physical attack four times, each against random enemy. Long range.
4x-Cut	Four consecutive cuts
Slash-All	Slash-All(1); Mega All^{[note 1]}	Physical attack against each member of enemy party. Long range.
Slash-All	Attack all opponents
Flash	Slash-All(2+)	Instant death attack against each member of enemy party. Long range.
Flash	Instantly kills opponent
Magic	Any Magic Materia	Opens Magic sub-menu.
Magic	Cast spell
W-Magic	W-Magic	Allows player to select two commands from the user's Magic skillset. Grayed out if no Magic skills equipped to user.
W-Magic	Casts two Magic spells at once
Summon	Any Summon Materia	Opens Summon sub-menu.
Summon	Call Summon Monster
W-Sum. (W-Summon(Name given on W-Summon Materia in the menu))	W-Summon	Allows player to select two commands from the user's Summon skillset. Grayed out if no Summon skills equipped to user.
	Casts two Summon spells at once
Item	Automatic	Opens Item sub-menu.
Item	Use available item
W-Item	W-Item	Allows player to select two commands from the user's Item skillset. Can be exploited to duplicate items.
W-Item	Use two items at once
Change	Automatic	Accessed by pressing left of main command window. Reverse's user's row.
Change	Change position to or from front/back row
Defend	Automatic	Accessed by pressing right of main command window. Halves damage from physical attacks until next turn.
Defend	Defend without attacking
Steal	Steal(1); Master Command^{[note 2]}	Attempts to steal an item from a single enemy. If All, attempts to steal an item from each enemy.
Steal	Steal item
Mug	Steal(2+)	Physical attack against single enemy and attempts to steal an item from a single enemy. If All, physical attack against all enemies, long range, and attempts to steal an item from each enemy.
Mug	Steals from opponent at a given rate while attacking
Sense	Sense; Master Command	Displays enemy's HP, MP, and elemental weaknesses. If All, displays all enemy's HP, MP, and elemental weaknesses. In all circumstances, displays previously targeted enemies HP in [ASSIST] text thereafter. Enemies with at least 30,000 maximum HP are immune.
Sense	Sense opponent's HP/MP/etc
Coin	Throw(2+); Master Command	Opens sub-menu to select Gil amount. Inflicts damage based on Gil amount on all enemies. Damage based on a tenth of Gil spent, divided equally among enemies. Long range.
Coin	What can I say? It's all about money
Throw	Throw; Master Command	Opens Throw sub-menu. Long range.
Throw	Throw items damaging opponent
Morph	Morph; Master Command	Physical attack (1/8 strength of normal attack) on one enemy, and if the enemy is dispatched by this attack, an item is received. If All, uses ability on all enemies. Always long range. Never critical hits. The amount of EXP / AP / Gil received after the battle remains the same.
Morph	Transform opponent into an item
D.blow	Deathblow; Master Command	Physical attack (1/3 accuracy of normal attack) on one enemy, and if it connects it will be a critical hit. If All, uses ability on all enemies with hit-chance calculated per-target. Always long range.
D.blow	Attacks that either deal critical damage or miss
Manip.	Manipulate; Master Command	Attempts to inflict Manipulate status on one target. If All, attempts to inflict Manipulate status on all targets, but only connects with one. On successive turns the user will select from commands of the enemy in the status until that enemy loses that status.
Manip.	You control opponent's movements
Mime	Mime; Master Command	Repeats the previous action taken by a member of the player party. If previous action is other character's Limit Break, command will fail. Includes counter ability actions.
Mime	Mimics attack immediately before your command
E.Skill	Enemy Skill	Opens E.Skill sub-menu.
E.Skill	Use enemy skills used on you