TotA - AD Skills

In Tales of the Abyss, Additional Skills (アディショナルスキル, Adishonarusukiru^?), shortened to AD Skills (ＡＤスキル, AD Sukiru^?), are various passive skills that can add to a character's abilities and enhance gameplay. Most of these skills are unlocked through gaining stats with Capacity Cores. The required stat values for a given skill are based on the bonuses that are granted by the equipped C. Cores, which are added a character's base stat values upon each level up.

AD Skill Name	Requirements	Effects
Backstep バックステップ	Level 2	enables the Backstep action by pressing the Guard button and moving the left control stick away from the current target this action allows the character to jump backwards by a short distance
Recover リカバリング Recovering	Level 3	enables the Recover action by pressing the Guard button upon being knocked away by an enemy this action prevents the effects of being knocked down
Critical Guard クリティカルガード	Level 4	enables the Critical Guard action by pressing the Guard button and moving the left control stick toward the current target this action reduces the damage received from enemy physical attacks
Free Run フリーラン	Level 5	enables the Free Run action by holding down the Free Run button and moving the left control stick toward the intended direction of movement this action enables movement through the battlefield without being restricted to a linear path
Magic Guard マジックガード	Level 7	enables the Magic Guard action by holding down the Guard button and holding down the left control stick in the Down position this action lessens the damage received from enemy magical attacks
Over Limit オーバーリミッツ Overlimits	Level 15	enables the Over Limit action by pressing the Over Limit button when the Over Limit gauge is full this action interrupts and knocks away all enemies within range this effect cannot be blocked or prevented in any way the character is then granted the status of Over Limit mode, which enables temporary invulnerability from being staggered by any attack, excluding an enemy's Over Limit action the duration of this effect is based on the Over Limit gauge the use of any mystic arte by this character will drain the Over Limit gauge
Taunt アロース Arouse	Level 22	enables the Taunt action by pressing the Over Limit button when the Over Limit gauge is not full this action recovers the Over Limit gauge by a small percentage
Special スペシャル	Level 30	enables the use of mystic artes by holding down the Attack button during the final hit of any arcane arte, high fonic arte, or FOF Change, while Over Limit mode is active
Combo Force イフィシェント Efficient	P. ATK 30+	mitigates damage loss from consecutive normal attacks in a single combo the progression of damage multipliers is as follows: hit 1: 1.00 (default), 1.00 (with Combo Force) hit 2: 0.85 (default), 0.90 (with Combo Force) hit 3: 0.70 (default), 0.80 (with Combo Force) hit 4: 0.55 (default), 0.70 (with Combo Force) hit 5: 0.40 (default), 0.60 (with Combo Force) hit 6: 0.25 (default), 0.50 (with Combo Force) hit 7: 0.10 (default), 0.40 (with Combo Force)
Power Charge パワーチャージ	P. ATK 40+	enables the Power Charge effect after holding Left Stick Down for 2 seconds this effect increases own P.ATK by 10% for 20 seconds this effect can be activated simultaneously with Magic Charge
Item Thrower アイテムスロー Item Throw	P. ATK 40+	enables the use of items on allies
Critical Up クリティカル Critical	P. ATK 50+	increases critical hit rate
Heavy Hit フェイント Faint	P. ATK 60+	increases the probability of inflicting Stun with a physical strike
Add Combo コンボプラス Combo Plus	P. ATK 70+	increases the amount of normal attacks in a single combo by one this effect can be compounded with the effects of Add Combo 2, Add Combo 3, and Add Combo 4
Roll パッシブセーフ Passive Safe	P. DEF 20+	reduces damage received when being knocked into the air or knocked down
Guard Plus ウェルガード Well Guard	P. DEF 30+	reduces damage taken while guarding by 10%
Rear Guard 1 バックガード Back Guard	P. DEF 40+	decreases probability of suffering the "Guard Break" effect
Void Attack インバリッド・アタック Invalid Attack	P. DEF 50+	enables a chance to prevent stagger when receiving damage from physical strikes
Immunity イミュニティ	P. DEF 60+	enables a chance to resist a physical status ailment
Endure エンデューロ Enduro	P. DEF 70+	decreases time staggered by 1/12th of a second
Critical Magic マジッククリティカル Magic Critical	F. ATK 20+	enables critical hits when inflicting damage with fonic artes only usable by Tear, Jade, Anise, and Asch
Lucky End エンドラッキー End Lucky	F. ATK 30+	enables a chance to shorten recovery time from casting fonic artes by 75% only usable by Tear, Jade, Anise, Natalia, and Asch
Heavy Magic マジックフェイント Magic Faint	F. ATK 40+	increases the probability of inflicting Stun with a fonic arte only usable by Tear, Jade, Anise, and Asch
Lucky Magic スペルラッキー Spell Lucky	F. ATK 50+	enables a chance to reduce TP usage from casting fonic artes by 12.5% only usable by Tear, Jade, Anise, Natalia, and Asch
Speed Cast スピードスペル Speed Spell	F. ATK 60+	decreases casting time only usable by Tear, Jade, Anise, Natalia, and Asch
Magic Charge マジックチャージ	F. ATK 70+	enables the Magic Charge effect after holding Left Stick Down for 2 seconds this effect increases own F.ATK by 10% for 20 seconds this effect can be activated simultaneously with Power Charge only usable by Tear, Jade, Anise, and Asch
Void Magic インバリッド・マジック Invalid Magic	F. DEF 20+	enables a chance to prevent stagger when receiving damage from fonic artes
Resist レジスト	F. DEF 30+	increases probability of successfully resisting a status ailment
Anti-Element アンエレメンタル Unelemental	F. DEF 40+	enables a chance to reduce elemental damage received by 50%
Magic Guard Plus マジックウェルガード Magic Well Guard	F. DEF 50+	decreases the damage received during the Magic Guard action by 10%
Stat Boost エフェクティブ Effective	F. DEF 60+	increases the effect of positive status bonuses by 25% this increase does not affect the bonuses from Power Charge and Magic Charge
Life Up ライフアップ	ENH 20+	enables a chance to increase max HP by 0.5% after the end of battle
Spirit Healer メンタルヒール Mental Heal	ENH 30+	increases the amount of TP restored after the end of battle from 8% of max to 11% of max
Happiness ハピネスシング Happinessing	ENH 40+	enables a chance to increase the experience points gained from battle by 5%
Life Healer ライフヒール Life Heal	ENH 50+	heals 5% of max HP after the end of battle
Mind Up メンタルアップ Mental Up	ENH 60+	enables a chance to increase max TP by 1% after the end of battle
HP Recovery ＨＰリカバー HP Recover	ENH 70+	increases HP recovery during battle by 5%
TP Recovery ＴＰリカバー TP Recover	ENH 80+	increases TP recovery during battle by 5%
Dash ダッシュ	AGL 20+	increases movement speed in battle
Run Away! エスケープ Escape	AGL 30+	decreases the time needed to escape by 25% this effect can be compounded with Run Away! being equipped on additional characters in the active party
Comeback カムバック	AGL 40+	enables the Comeback effect by pressing the Guard button after being staggered this effect reduces the time staggered by 1/30th of a second
Item Pro グッドジョブ Good Job	AGL 50+	decreases the time it takes to recover from using an item by 25%
O.L. Boost リミッター Limiter	AGL 60+	increases duration of Over Limit by 25%
Landing ランディング	AGL 70+	decreases the time it takes to recover from landing by 33%
Quick Turn ハイターン High Turn	AGL 80+	enables the ability to turn around instantly this effect does not work during Free Run
Aerial Jump エリアルジャンプ	AGL 90+	enables the ability to jump a second time in the air
EXP Plus ＥＸＰプラス	ENH 90+	increases the experience points gained from battle by 5%
Rebound リカバリーアタック Recovery Attack	P. ATK 20+ AGL 20+	enables the ability to use normal attacks during the Recover action
Step Away ステップアウェイ	P. ATK 20+ AGL 20+	prevents being staggered while performing the Backstep action
Item Rover ローバーアイテム Robber Item	P. ATK 20+ AGL 40+	increases the success rate of stealing attempts
Jump Combo ハイコンボ High Combo	P. ATK 30+ AGL 30+	enables the ability to attack immediately after landing
Neutralizer ラッキープール Lucky Pool	P. ATK 30+ AGL 30+	enables a chance to prevent damage received from a fonic arte
C. Counter クロスカウンター Cross Counter	P. ATK 40+ AGL 40+	increases damage inflicted by 25% when attacking an attacking enemy
Super Chain ターンレス Turnless	P. ATK 60+ AGL 60+	enables the ability to chain an arcane arte to a base arte
Ability Plus キャンセラー Canceler	P. ATK 80+ AGL 80+	enables the ability to chain a base arte to a different base arte
Add Combo 2 コンボプラス２ Combo Plus 2	P. ATK 120+ AGL 20+	increases the amount of normal attacks in a single combo by one this effect can be compounded with the effects of Add Combo, Add Combo 3, and Add Combo 4
Add Combo 3 コンボプラス３ Combo Plus 3	P. ATK 160+ AGL 40+	increases the amount of normal attacks in a single combo by one this effect can be compounded with the effects of Add Combo, Add Combo 2, and Add Combo 4
Add Combo 4 コンボプラス４ Combo Plus 4	P. ATK 200+ AGL 60+	increases the amount of normal attacks in a single combo by one this effect can be compounded with the effects of Add Combo, Add Combo 2, and Add Combo 3
E. Plus インエレメンタル Enelemental	P. ATK 20+ F. ATK 20+	enables a chance to increase the damage inflicted with elemental attacks by 25%
Magic End スペルエンド Spell End	F. ATK 20+ AGL 30+	enables the ability to act immediately after casting a fonic arte only usable by Tear, Jade, Anise, Natalia, and Asch
Lucky Soul ルーズレスソウル Looseless Soul	P. DEF 20+ F. DEF 20+	enables a chance recover 5% of max TP when knocked to the ground
Nullify アクシデンタル Accidental	P. DEF 30+ F. DEF 20+	enables a chance to prevent damage received from an attack
Condition Guard コンディションガード	P. DEF 30+ F. DEF 30+	decreases the effects of Poison and Weak
Reflect ペインリフレクト Pain Reflect	P. DEF 40+ F. DEF 40+	enables a chance to reflect damage back to an attacking enemy while guarding
Status Guard ステータスガード	P. DEF 40+ F. DEF 40+	enables a chance to resist a magical status ailment
Blood Spirit メンタルサプライ Mental Supply	P. DEF 45+ F. DEF 45+	recovers 1 TP for each additional hit received after 3 hits in a single combo
Resurrect リコール Recall	P. DEF 50+ F. DEF 50+	enables a chance to automatically revive from being KO'ed during battle
Auto Aid オートメディスン Auto Medicine	P. DEF 60+ F. DEF 60+	enables a chance to cast First Aid on self when receiving damage
Skill Guard スキルガード	F. DEF 25+ AGL 25+	replaces the Magic Guard action with the Guardian arcane arte only usable by Luke, Guy, Anise, and Asch
Dash Guard サプレスガード Suppress Guard	F. DEF 40+ AGL 40+	prevents stagger from fonic artes while running
Long Step ステップロング Step Long	P. DEF 20+ AGL 20+	increases the distance moved during a Backstep action
Rear Guard 2 リアガーダー Rear Guarder	P. DEF 60+ AGL 50+	decreases chance of being inflicted with the "Guard Break" effect
Reducer リダクション Reduction	F. ATK 30+ F. DEF 30+	decreases TP consumption by 25% when same fonic arte is cast twice in a row only usable by Tear, Jade, Anise, Natalia, and Asch
Item Master アイテムユーザー Item User	AGL 30+ ENH 30+	increases the effectiveness of items by 12.5%
Item Getter アイテムゲッター	AGL 40+ ENH 40+	increases the probability of receiving items after battle this effect can be compounded with Item Getter being equipped on additional characters in the active party
Counter カウンター	P. ATK 30+ P. DEF 30+	enables the Counter action by pressing the Attack button after successfully guarding an enemy attack this action immediately executes a normal attack
Pow Hammer ピコハンリベンジ Pikohan Revenge	P. ATK 40+ P. DEF 40+	enables the use of a single, weaker version of Pow Hammer as a means of returning damage to the enemy activated with a random chance upon being hit
C. Combo カウンターコンボ Counter Combo	P. ATK 40+ P. DEF 40+ AGL 20+	enables the ability to continue with a combo after performing the Counter action
Back Action バックアクション	P. ATK 25+ P. DEF 25+ AGL 10+	enables to ability to act immediately after performing the Backstep action
Rhythm リズム	F. ATK 20+ F. DEF 20+ AGL 20+	enables the ability to reduce the casting time by 1/60th of a second for each press of the Attack button while casting a fonic arte
Reprise スペルボルテージ Spell Voltage	F. ATK 20+ F. DEF 20+ AGL 40+	decreases casting time by 12.5% when using the same fonic arte twice in a row only usable by Tear, Jade, Anise, Natalia, and Asch
Spell Save スペルキープ Spell Keep	P. DEF 30+ F. ATK 30+ F. DEF 30+	enables the ability to resume casting a fonic arte at the same point if casting is interrupted only usable by Tear, Jade, Anise, Natalia, and Asch
Rebirth ライフリバース Life Rebirth	P. DEF 30+ F. DEF 30+ ENH 30+	slowly heals half of damage received from the last attack healing occurs at a rate of around 60 HP per second
Angel's Tear エンジェルコール Angel Call	P. DEF 60+ F. DEF 60+ ENH 50+	enables to ability to automatically revive from being KO'ed once during battle
Flash フラッシュ	P. ATK 30+ P. DEF 30+ F. DEF 30+	prevents stagger while transitioning from one portion of a combo to another
Resilience グレイス Grace	P. DEF 60+ F. DEF 60+ AGL 40+	prevents stagger from most sources while casting a fonic arte only usable by Tear, Jade, Anise, Natalia, and Asch
Glory グローリー	P. DEF 60+ F. DEF 60+ AGL 50+ ENH 60+	prevents stagger from most sources

References

• Tales of the Abyss (PS2) Spells/Artes FAQ by Chuc GameFAQs (2007-06-15) Retrieved on 2008-11-18.