Enemy Skills!!!

[skatehippie]

i'm having trouble getting some enemy skills...

namely white wind and big guard/might guard/whatever

all the guides say you can learn white wind from the Zemzelette (big bird thing around Junon), and learn big guard from Beachplug (squid thing on Le Sol beaches). The problem is, THEY NEVER USE THE SKILLS. How am i supposed to learn them if the enemy doesn't use them?

i thought of maybe it was the same concept that is in effect for X-2 where you must confuse the enemy so they'll use curative skills on your blue mage-type character. however VII is a few years older and i don't know if "confuse the enemy" trick applied.

i confused some beachplugs hoping theyd use big guard but they just killed each other with ice attacks...

[Kirobaito]

There is a Materia that lets you take control of your enemy, I don't remember what it was, though. It exists, but I can't put my finger on the name on it. Perhaps someone else could help me out here.

[Del Murder]

Manipulate. Cait Sith starts with one I think.

[Rostum]

Manipulate.

Couldn't have been easier.

[DocFrance]

Confusing the enemy does work, but it's rather unreliable.

[PeTeRL90]

Manipulate works about like, 30 or 40% of the time, meaning you can't manipulate all monsters.

[BG-57]

I recently discovered a theory that Dragon Zombies cast Pandora's Pox as a last resort the first time you fight them and never after that. I could have saved myself a lot of grief had I known that sooner.

Believe me, I share your frustration with getting E-skills. FFVII may have among the best selection of Blue Magic, but it can be a pain to get all of them.

[PhoenixAsh]

Almost certain that isn't true, I remember vaguely coming up with a system to get it to cast Pandora's Box, but it's still a fairly long process.

[Breine]

I always use Manipulate. Always!

[ForeverZeroUltima]

yesh. and, i have a question about enemy skills, too.

where do i find the Angel's Blessing e.skill (or whatever it's called), and what enemy do i fight to get it? I heard somewhere that Angels' Blessing is like Life3 in FFVI.

and, if you have any other good e.skills that i should get, tell me. I already have the following:

Flamethrower
Beta
Trine
Matra Magic
Death Sentence
Pandora's Box
Magic Breath
Big Guard
Dragon Force
Death Force
White Wind
Aqualung
Shadow Flare
Bad Breath

and that's all i remember.

[Kirobaito]

I thought the word Manipulate was longer than I thought the name of the Materia was.

And you can get Angel Whisper from Pollensata (sp?) in The Crater.

[Del Murder]

The name of the marteria is Manipulate. The name of the command is Manip.

[Cloudane]

Yup, just manip. Easy as pie. I think there's an accessory you can get called the "Hypnocrown" which will increase the likelihood of manip hitting... otherwise just keep trying!

[Kirobaito]

The name of the marteria is Manipulate. The name of the command is Manip.

I thought of that 100 times while writing that post. But I thought the word 'Manip' was stupid.

[Cloudane]

FF7 is strange like that... I thought for most of my first play that I was dealing with materiaL because the game usually adds a ! on the end (You picked up a materia!) and it looks like an 'l' *shrugs*