Final Fantasy VII/Characters/Limit Breaks

Final Fantasy VII characters
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Limit breaks are powerful attacks, or other handy status boosts, that can be performed once the limit bar is full. The limit bar is slowly filled as enemies attack the character. Fury status makes limit bar fill quicker and Sadness status makes the limit bar fill slower.

Most characters have 4 levels of limits; these characters can only learn the 4th limit once all other limits are learned. The 4th level limit is hidden, and comes in form of a "manual" to the limit. Once all other limits are learned, simply use this manual object on the character to learn the level 4 limit.

Most of the first limits on each level are learned by killing more and more enemies. This means that the character has to be the one that deals the killing blow; it doesn't matter if other characters damage the enemy as well. Most second limits on each level are simply gained by using the first limit on the level enough times.

These tables below list the number of times you have to use the first limit break of each level to get second limit breaks, as well as the number of kills needed to gain the first limit break of the next level. These numbers aren't conclusive because there is an amount of randomness to the system, they should be used as guidelines

Cloud

Name	Level	Effect	How to unlock
Braver	Level 1	Damages one enemy	Cloud starts with it
Cross Slash	Level 1	Damages one enemy, inflicts stop	Use Braver 8 times
Blade Beam	Level 2	Damages one enemy, splash damage to all others	Kill 80 enemies
Climhazzard	Level 2	Damages one enemy	Use Blade Beam 8 times
Meteorain	Level 3	Damages random enemies	Kill 80 more enemies
Finishing Touch	Level 3	May remove enemies from battle	Use Meteorain 8 times
Omnislash	Level 4	15 slash attack	Buy the Omnislash manual from the Battle Arena in the Gold Saucer. It costs 64,000 Battle Points in Disk 1 and 32,000 Battle Points in Disk 2 and 3.

Tifa

Tifa's limit breaks are chained. When a limit break is used, she will do all of the attacks in the following order, up to the maximum limit of the level currently selected. The slots system is used to pick how well the limits in question are handled: "Hit" means normal damage, "Yeah!" gives extra damage, and "Miss" will mean the limit is not going to be used. Too many misses will break the chain and the limits that follow aren't used. If a "Miss" occurs for a certain limit break, the count for that limit break doesn't go up. Also only the first limit break of the Level Tifa is set on will accumlate uses. For example, if Tifa has her first limit breaks of Level 1 and Level 2 and is set on the Level 2 limit. Then no matter how many times she gets a "Hit" or "Yeah!" on the Beat Rush portion of the slot, her count for Beat Rush will not improve.

Name	Level	Effect	How to unlock
Beat Rush	Level 1	Damages one enemy	Tifa starts with it
Somersault	Level 1	Damages one enemy	Use Beat Rush 8 times
Waterkick	Level 2	Damages one enemy, water elemental	Kill 80 enemies
Meteodrive	Level 2	Damages one enemy	Use Waterkick 8 times
Dolphin Blow	Level 3	Damages one enemy	Kill 80 more enemies
Meteor Strike	Level 3	Damages one enemy	Use Dolphin Blow 8 times
Final Heaven	Level 4	Damages all enemies	On Disc 2 or 3, after Cloud is rescued, play the piano in Tifa's house in Nibelheim to get the manual.

In game, there's one way of learning the melody - during Cloud's story in Kalm. You can get the limit break even if you don't find the melody out then, however, just play the melody normally.

File:FF7-Tifa-Limit-Piano.png

(Listen to MIDI version)
Melody: Do Re Mi Ti La Do Re Mi So Fa Do Re Do
Keys: [Cancel], [Switch], [Menu], [Pgup]+[Menu], [Pgup]+[Switch], [Cancel], [Switch], [Menu], [Pgup]+[Cancel], [OK], [Cancel], [Switch], [Cancel]
Playstation version: X, S, T, R1+T, R1+S, X, S, T, R1+X, O, X, S, X
PC version: Ins Del Plus 9+Plus 9+Del Ins Del Plus 9+Ins Enter Ins Del Ins

Note: Tifa must be in your party when you play the song to get the limit break.

Barret

Name	Level	Effect	How to unlock
Big Shot	Level 1	Damages one enemy	Barret starts with it
Mindblow	Level 1	Damages one enemy's MP	Use Big Shot 8 times
Grenade Bomb	Level 2	Damages all enemies	Kill 80 enemies
Hammer Blow	Level 2	May instantly kill an enemy	Use Grenade Bomb 8 times
Satellite Beam	Level 3	Damages all enemies	Kill 80 more enemies
Angermax	Level 3	18 attacks on random enemies	Use Satellite Beam 8 times
Catastrophe	Level 4	20 attacks on random enemies	Save North Corel from the runaway train, and an old lady in a hut will give the manual to you.

Aeris

Name	Level	Effect	How to unlock
Healing Wind	Level 1	Heals the party for half their HP	Aerith starts with it
Seal Evil	Level 1	May stop and silence an enemy	Use Healing Wind 8 times
Breath of the Earth	Level 2	Cures all party members' status ailments	Kill 80 enemies
Fury Brand	Level 2	Fills all party members' limit bars	Use Breath of the Earth 7 times
Planet Protector	Level 3	Makes all party members invincible for a period of time	Kill 80 more enemies
Pulse of Life	Level 3	Completely heals party	Use Planet Protector 6 times
Great Gospel	Level 4	Planet Protector + Pulse of Life	From the weapon store on peninsula.

To make it easier to get Aerith's 2nd and 3rd limit breaks just do the following. After you escape from the Church give Aerith some Materia (I gave her Fire, Ice, and Restore Materia) and get into some random battles. Fight only with Aerith using her magic (this should instantly kill most enemies) and use Cloud for healing. Do this until you have her 2nd limit break (If you don't have Seal Evil limit break by the time this is done...you can do it now if you want). Seems like it'll take forever? It only took me a little more than a half an hour. Take a break from playing, (Unless you want to continue of course!) and repeat to get her 3rd limit break. This'll make it easier when you want to get her last limit break.

To get the Level 4 manual, you need to talk to the sleeping man in a cave near Junon. He'll tell how many battles you've been in. When the two last digits of the battle count are same and odd, he'll give you a piece of Mythril. This can then be traded for the Great Gospel manual at the blacksmith on the peninsula south of Gongaga. The blacksmith will give you two boxes to choose from, the "big one" and the "small one", choose the "small one". The small box is located up the stairs in a grey safe.

You can do this any time after getting out of the Corel Desert prison and before going to the Temple of the Ancients. Take the buggy given from Dio, go to Costa de Sol, and take the boat back to Junon. It will allow you to cross the river to get to the cave. You can also get there by following the coasts and going up the river with the Tiny Bronco.

Red XIII

Name	Level	Effect	How to unlock
Sled Fang	Level 1	Damages one enemy	Red XIII starts with it
Lunatic High	Level 1	Casts haste on the party	Use Sled Fang 8 times
Blood Fang	Level 2	Drains HP and MP from one enemy	Kill 80 enemies
Stardust Ray	Level 2	10 random attacks	Use Blood Fang 8 times
Howling Moon	Level 3	Casts haste, berserk and increses power for Red XIII	Kill 80 more enemies
Earth Rave	Level 3	5 random attacks	Use Howling Moon 8 times
Cosmo Memory	Level 4	Damages all enemies	Defeat Lost Number in the Shinra Mansion to obtain the manual.

Cait Sith

Cait Sith only has two limit breaks.

Name	Level	Effect	How to unlock
Dice	Level 1	Damages one enemy for 100 times the sum of the dice	Cait Sith starts with it
Slots	Level 2	Random effects	Kill 40 enemies

Cid

Name	Level	Effect	How to unlock
Boost Jump	Level 1	Damages one enemy	Cid starts with it
Dynamite	Level 1	Damages all enemies	Use Boost Jump 8 times
Hyper Jump	Level 2	Damages all enemies	Kill 80 enemies
Dragon	Level 2	Drains HP and MP from one enemy	Use Hyper Jump 8 times
Dragon Dive	Level 3	6 random attacks	Kill 80 more enemies
Big Brawl	Level 3	8 random attacks	Use Dragon Dive 8 times
Highwind	Level 4	18 random attacks	Use the submarine to reach the sunken Gelnika (airplane wreck found in one of the bays). The manual can be found in the cargo hold.

Yuffie

Name	Level	Effect	How to unlock
Greased Lightning	Level 1	Damages one enemy	Yuffie starts with it
Clear Tranquil	Level 1	Heals party	Use Greased Lightning 8 times
Landscaper	Level 2	Damages all enemies	Kill 80 enemies
Bloodfest	Level 2	10 random attacks	Use Landscaper 8 times
Gauntlet	Level 3	Damages all enemies	Kill 80 more enemies
Doom of the Living	Level 3	15 random attacks	Use Gauntlet 8 times
All Creation	Level 4	Damages all enemies	Defeat Godo at the top of the Wutai Pagoda and finish Yuffie's subquest to obtain the manual.

Vincent

Vincent, unlike all the others, has only one limit break per limit level, and his limit breaks involve morphing into another creature. You cannot control Vincent while he is morphed.

Name	Level	Effect 1	Effect 2	How to unlock
Galian Beast	Level 1	Berserk Dance: Damages one enemy	Beast Flare: Fire damage to all enemies	Vincent starts with it
Death Gigas	Level 2	Giga Dunk: Damages one enemy	Livewire: Lightning damage to all enemies	Kill 60 enemies
Hellmasker	Level 3	Splattercombo: 5 attacks to one enemy	Nightmare: Status ailments to one enemy	Kill 60 more enemies
Chaos	Level 4	Chaos Saber: Fire damage to all enemies	Satan Slam: Attempts instant death, then does fire damage to all enemies	Waterfall by the lake.

To get the lvl4 manual, go to the waterfall on the northern side of the round lake on the second continent. You need a either a colored chocobo or the submarine to reach it.

If you go to the waterfall with Vincent in your party, a cutscene follows. Return to the waterfall after approximately one hour of play time, and you will get both the manual and Vincent's best weapon.