Attacks

Chrono Trigger Enemy Attack Bits

By: Proto K and Chickenlump

These are the bytes for enemy attacks. I haven't figured out them all (and probably won't for a while), or things like targetting or attack randomness (battle Nu Spekkio for what I mean by attack randomness).

00 - Weird flash?
01 - Cure (Heals party unless manually targetted onto enemy)
02 - "X" (Lock)
03 - Bird / Flying attack
04 - Wird smoke?
05 - Nagaette's Slow Spell
06 - Mutant / Suck attack
07 - Physical slam
08 - Wird hypno-ring attack?
09 - Gas blast (Blind)
0A - Fire blast (Fire)
0B - Dragon Tank's dash
0C - Missle attack
0D - Bubble attack (Water)
0E - Yakra's Needlespin attack
0F - Exploding ball toss?
10 - Gato's "sing" attack
11 - Volcano explosion (Fire)
12 - MP suck attack
13 - Poison status attack
14 - Laser attack
15 - Laser attack
16 - Missle attack (More powerful than 0C)
17 - Explosion attack?
18 - Explosion attack like 17, but different animation
19 - Amplifire attack
1A - Nothing?
1B - Weird attack (Unknown)
1C - Dalton's "BURP" attack?
1D - Telekinetic attack (Azala?)
1E - Ding-a-ling attack (Chaos)
1F - Earthquake attack
20 - Slash's attack?
21 - ??? (possible enemy X-Attack with 22)
22 - ??? (possible enemy X-Attack with 21)
23 - Wind attack?
24 - ???
25 - Fire-type attack
26 - Physical attack, weird sound (Unknown)
27 - Lightning release attack (Golems, Nizbel)
28 - Same as 27, but only hits one party member
29 - Rain attack (One party member)
2A - Ice
2B - Lightning
2C - Self-destruct attack?
2D - Explosion / Blast attack?
2E - ???
2F - Fire-type explosion attack (One party member)
30 - Like Crono's Slash attack
31 - Confusion attack, affected attacks all party
32 - Walks off the screen?
33 - Swirl / Blade attacks? (Chaos)
34 - Volcano explosion (Fire, like 11)
35 - Same as 34, only enemy attacks itself?
36 - Chew & spit (HP suck)
37 - Black Tyrano's flame breath
38 - Black Tyrano's roar (HP Down status, all)
39 - Different type of HP drain (like 12, only affects HP)
3A - Destruction Zone attack
3B - Weird attack (Unknown)
3C - Throws character off screen? (Could possibly be used by Winged / Cave Ape)
3D - Lifeshaver (HP down to 1)
3E - Unknown attack, possibly used by Giga Gaia (Fire)
3F - Giga Gaia's two-hand blast attack
40 - Tornado attack?
41 - Iron orb (HP down by 1/2)
42 - Water-type attack / blast
43 - ??? (Sound)
44 - Lavos's Shadow Doom Blaze
45 - Crimson Rain (HP Down, one)
46 - Cyclone attack, like Crono
47 - Laser Spin
48 - Prop attack (?)
49 - Explosive attack (Used by Lavos?)
4A - ???
4B - Antipode (Does not need two enemies to use)
4C - ???
4D - Another earthquake attack
4E - Yakra's Droooo attack (?)
4F - Character toss (Weird)
50 - Cure Beam (Heals party unless manually targetted onto enemy)
51 - Water 2
52 - Hexagon Mist (Water)
53 - Blue mist attack?
54 - Another Fire explosion attack?
55 - Water beam?
56 - Dreamless
57 - MP Buster (Target loses all MP)
58 - Obstacle (Lavos's attack, Chaos)
59 - Blue circle attack?
5A - Like 59, only different and hits all
5B - Blue electricity attack?
5C - Electric attack that does nothing?
5D - Dalton's "BURP" attack (Like 1C but hits all)
5E - Another electricity attack
5F - Non-elemental water cyclone?
60 - Lock attack (Like 02 but hits all, and is not the same as "Lock All" attack)
61 - Like Magus's Dark Mist, but only hits one party member
62 - Dark Bomb
63 - Alien's instant death attack
64 - Poison beam (used by Flea)
65 - Lightning release attack (Hits one)
66 - Some type of explosion attack?
67 - Nothing?
68 - Prism Beam (Blind, all)
69 - Magic Wall?
6A - Dark Bomb (Again, not known if any differences from 62)
6B - Dark Matter
6C - Geyser (HP Down, used by Magus)
6D - Weird jump?
6E - Nothing?
6F - Yet ANOTHER earthquake attack
70 - Effect from burning an Ogre's hammer
71 - Enemy vanishes?
72 - Enemy dies and gives HP?
73 - Blade toss attack (used by Lavos?)
74 - Weird slash attack?
75 - Sand cyclone
76 - Self-destruct (Caster dies, damage to all)
77 - Chaos breath?
78 - Enemy turns invisible (non-buggy)
79 - Enemy gets sucked into a void, turns invisible (Used by Dalton Plus?)
7A - Life / Life 2 (Glitched)
7B - ???
7C - ???
7D - ???
7E - Cure (Enemy cures itself)
7F - Instantly win battle?
80 - Golem's fire attack?
81 - Teleportation (By Azala, teleports a rock)
82 - Telekinetic slam (Azala)
83 - Beam attack (Hits one)
84 - Purple mist (Sleep)
85 - Dalton's "BURP" attack, but causes Poison to all
86 - Dash? (Possible enemy dual-tech with 87)
87 - Dash? (Possible enemy dual-tech with 86)
88 - Variation of 80, with explosion at the end
89 - Unknown
8A - Water cyclone
8B - Hypno Wave (Sleep, all)
8C - Tackle attack?
8D - Jump attack?
8E - Beam blast?
8F - Some weird Shadow attack? (Might be used, I can't remember)
90 - Zeal's lightning attack / beam
91 - Hexagon Mist (Seems to be the same as 52)
92 - Beam that freezes the game?
93 - Enemy jumps and turns invisible (Part of running away, only enemy does not run)
94 - Dash, and heal you 200 HP?
95 - "The Drop" (HP Down by 1/2)
96 - Nothing?
97 - Fire Sword (Does not need two enemies to use)
98 - Crying Heavens (Lightning, used by Lavos)
99 - Evil Star (Party's HP down by 1/2)
9A - Destruction Rains From the Heavens! (Lavos)
9B - Grand Stone
9C - Cyrus's ghost attack (Weak)
9D - Fire 2
9E - Ice 2
9F - Lightning 2
A0 - Time Warp (Prehistoric)
A1 - Time Warp (Leene Square)
A2 - Time Warp (Lab 16?)
A3 - Time Warp (Magus's Castle)
A4 - Time Warp (Mammon Machine)
A5 - Time Warp (???)
A6 - Area Bomb
A7 - Like Robo Tackle, only reduces party's HP by 1/2?
A8 - Lavos's needle attack (Hits all)
A9 - Flare
AA - ???, what the hell does this do?
AB - Earthquake attack that does no damage?
AC - Roulette shuffle? (Son of Sun)
AD - Like AC, only shows flames + counterattack
AE - Flame attack (Son of Sun's flame counterattack?)
AF - Sword sound effect?
B0 - Flame attack similar to AE
B1 - Gato's punch attack?
B2 - Gato's "Multipunch"
B3 - Blue Fire attack? (Non-elemental)
B4 - Hallation (Party's Hp down to 1)
B5 - Dark Bomb (Again, not known if any differences from 62 or 6A)
B6 - Like Azala's rock teleportation, but with smaller rocks, and hits all
B7 - Higher power cure attack (Heals party unless manually targetted onto enemy)
B8 - Lavos's sing attack (Random status, may freeze game if not used by Lavos?)
B9 - Attack used by Lavos bit?
BA - Lavos's pimp slap
BB - Luminaire
BC - Tornado spin (Slash / Flea dual-tech?)
BD - Nothing?
BE - Nothing?
BF - Nothing?
C0 - Weird flash?
C1 - E7 are ALL an attack that just has the target (crono) blink white a few times, and damage is taken.

E8 - Red tounge snatches party member up, monster chomps them, and spits them out
E9 - Shoots balls of fire at characters, flames disperse upon impact
EA - An unused attack that makes rocks materialize above opponent, and drops with an odd noise
EB - An unused attack that makes rocks materialize above opponent, and drops with an odd noise
EC - An unused attack that makes rocks materialize above opponent, and drops with an odd noise
ED - Red circle under party member, expands outwards
EE - Red balls go above enemy, collect and hover above party member, drops and mini red mushroom cloud
EF - Singing attack, causes confusion in party member instead of damage
F0 - Similar to Yakra needle attack
F1 - Laser shoots out and through party member causing damage
F2 - Missiles shoot up and land on party member
F3 - Enemy jumps up, shoots out black circle at party member, party member laughs, and there is... damage...
F4 - X Strike
F5 - Electric charge release
F6 - Red rocks shoot up, screen turns red, red rocks fall, and there is... damage...
F7 - Star shoots to party member, tornado picks them up, drops them
F8 - Red Rain
F9 - Enemy picks party member up, flies up, and drops them
FA - Red spark in center of screen, expands outward in a red circle, and there is... damage...
FB - Blue Wave shoots upward around party member (don't remember this one... could be just me...)
FC - Red balls go above enemy, collect and shoot at party member for damage
FD - Telekenisis?
FE - Red balls go above enemy, collect and hover above party member, drops and mini red mushroom cloud (variant?)
FF - Party member flashes white a few times, but no damage is taken (unlike the others like this)

From: Offsets (Chrono Trigger)