Limit Breaks are actions which may be performed in battle instead of the command Attack. Each character has a Limit Gauge, a bar which slowly fills every time they take damage. When this bar is full, the Attack command becomes Limit.
Each character has four Limit levels with the exception of Cait Sith, who has only two. The Limits available in battle depend on the character's Limit level, which can be selected in the menu. Higher Limit levels have more powerful effects, but lower Limit levels cause the gauge to fill up faster.
To begin with, each character knows only their first Level 1 Limit Break. The second is learned after performing the first a number of times, and the next level can be reached by defeating a number of enemies. However, the Level 4 Limit Break is learned by using a special item after the character has learned the rest of their Limits. Those items can be found in various places, and they have the same name as the skill they teach.
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Aeris Gainsborough Healing: 6 | No damage: 1 |
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Barret Wallace All enemies: 4 | One enemy: 2 | No damage: 1 |
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Cait Sith Random attacks |
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Cid Highwind All enemies: 5 | One enemy: 2 |
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Cloud Strife All enemies: 4 | One enemy: 3 |
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Red XIII All enemies: 3 | One enemy: 2 | Healing: 2 |
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Tifa Lockheart One enemy: 7 |
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Vincent Valentine Transforms |
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Yuffie Kisaragi All enemies: 5 | One enemy: 1 | Healing: 1 |
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