Magic & Skills

There are two types of magic. White and Black. White magic is Yuna's forte, it is located primarily in the lower left of the Sphere Grid. Black Magic is Lulu's forte. It is located primarily in the bottom right of the Sphere Grid. In addition, there are also Skills, and Specials. Skills also use MP but are not based on Magical Effects. Specials do not use MP at all with the excetion of four.

White Magic	Black Magic
Special Abilities	Skills

- White Magic -
White Magic is primarily in the lower left hand corner of the Sphere Grid. However, in Tidus' section, there is Haste, Slow, Slowga, and Hastega (in that order respectfully). There is also the lone Scan ability in the center of the Sphere Grid.
Ability Name	MP Cost	Effect
Cure	4	Restores a small ammount of HP to the target.
Cura	10	Restores a medium ammount of HP to the target
Curaga	20	Restores a large ammount of HP to the target
Esuna	5	Cures posion darkness silence sleep petrification confusion berserk and slow. Does NOT work for zombie curse Doom and KO
Scan	1	Displays information about the enemy. Certain bosses (Mainly Arena monsters) cannot be scanned.
Nul (Shock, Blaze, Tide, Frost)	2	Nul Shock protects one thunder attack, Blaze one fire attack, Tide one water attack, and Frost one ice attack
Life	18	Revives a party member
Full-Life	60	Revives a party member with full health
Haste	8	Increases one character's turn rate
Hastega	30	Casts haste on entire party
Slow	12	If succesful, decreases enemy's turn rate
Slowga	20	Casts slow on all enemies
Shell	10	Raises one party member's Magic Defense stat
Protect	12	Raises one party member's Defense stat
Reflect	14	All spells cast at the enemy are re-directed to the opposing party
Dispel	12	Removes all positive status changes from the target
Regen	40	Target's HP gradually restores
Holy	85	Deals HOLY damage to the target. Holy damage is unique to this ability and works best on undead creatures
Auto-Life	97	Target is automatically revived when KOed. Expires after reviving. During the final battles, all party members have Auto-Life on at all times (Once you start battling the Aeons)

- Black Magic -
Black magic is located primarily in the bottom right of the Sphere Grid. However, there are also Drain and Osmose in Wakka's path, and Ultima, in the center, behind four Level 4 locks (but you only need to open 3). In addition, the Double Cast ability lets you use two Black Magics in a row.
Ability Name	MP Cost	Effect
Fire/ Thunder/ Water/ Blizzard	4	Deals low level damage of corresponding element
Fira/ Thundara/ Watera/ Blizzara	8	Deals medium level damage of corresponding element
Firaga/ Thundaga/ Waterga/ Blizzaga	16	Deals high level damage of corresponding element
Bio	10	If succesful, the target is poisonned
Demi	32	Inflicts 25% of current HP to all enemies
Death	20	Instant KO
Drain	12	Damage dealt is ammount healed on caster
Osmose	0	Damage dealt is in mana. It is transfered to the caster
Flare	54	High Non-elemental damage
Ultima	90	High Non-elemental damage to all enemies

- Special Abilities -
Special abilities are located all throughout the Sphere Grid. Rarely do they require MP to use. Any dashes under MP Cost means no MP Required.
Ability Name	MP Cost	Effect
Steal	-	Steals an item from an enemy.
Use	-	Uses special items such as Al Bhed Potion
Flee	-	All party memebers escape from battle. (Not always effective)
Pray	-	Restores a small ammount of HP to the party
Cheer	-	Raises party's Str and Def
Aim	-	Raises party's Accuracy
Focus	-	Raises party's Mgc and Mgc Def
Reflex	-	Raises party's Evasion
Luck	-	Raises party's Luck (which alters Acc Eva and Critical Hits)
Jinx	-	Lowers enemy's Luck (read above for what Luck alters)
Lancet	-	Siphon HP and MP. Kimahri also learns new Ronso Rages with Lancet
Guard	-	Take a physical hit for a party member
Sentinel	-	Take a physical hit for a party memeber in defensive stance
Spare Chance	-	Damage is equal to 1/10 of Gil Thrown
Threaten	12	Target stops
Provoke	4	Directs enemy's attacks toward caster
Entrust	8	Gives Overdrive charge to another party member
Copycat	28	Copies the last action performed. Cannot copy Summons or Overdrives
Doublecast	Spell's MP Cost	Casts two Black Magic spells one after another
Bribe	-	Pay enemy Gil to go away and leave an item. Pay 20 times their max HP

- Skills -
Skills are attack abilities which are not Magic based but still have special effects. A lot of them are located in Wakka's area with his status attacks, then Auron's Break attacks, and Tidus' Quick hit and Delay attack and buster and Rikku's Mug abilities.
Ability Name	MP Cost	Effect
Dark/ Silence/ Sleep Attack	5	Low chance of inflicting Darkness/Silence/Sleep for 3 turns
Dark/ Silence/ Sleep Buster	10	High chance of inflicting Darkness/Silence/Sleep for 1 turn
Delay Attack	8	Delay's targets next turn slightly
Delay Buster	18	Delay's targets next turn greatly
Zombie Attack	10	Inflicts Zombie status on the target
Triple Foul	24	High chance of inflicting Darkness Silence and Sleep for 3 turns
Power/Magic Break	8	Lowers targets Str/Mgc stat
Armor/Mental Break	12	Lowers targets Def/Mgc Def stat
Mug	10	Steal while attacking
Quick Hit	12	Attack normally but next turn comes faster