Replacing the famed, 'Limit Breaks,' Mist Quickenings are the essentially the same limit break unneath, similiar to the fact that Limit Break was renamed 'Overdrive' in Final Fantasy X. Mist Quickenings are the powerful subsitute for Limit Breaks. Unlike the previous systems, different Mist Quickenings are not specificly assigned to only one specific character. With every individual you can assign any Mist Quickenings to the character, so the Mist Quickenings or Limit Breaks are not limited to one character, which means a wider-variety of customizations in terms of possible damage.

On the License Board, there are a certain number of licenses for Mist Quickenings. Once one character has obtained the license to a space for a Mist Quickening, that particular space cannot be obtained by a different character. So, to adequetely choose which Mist Quickening license, you have to have general idea on what you want the character to do.

Vaan's Mist Quickenings
Level	Name	Attack Power
1	Red Spiral	90
2	White Whorl	140
3	Pyroclasm	230
Ashe's Mist Quickenings
Level	Name	Attack Power
1	Northswain's Glow	90
2	Heaven's Wrath	140
3	Maelstrom's Bolt	230
Penelo's Mist Quickenings
Level	Name	Attack Power
1	Intercession	90
2	Evanescene	140
3	Replendence	230
Basch's Mist Quickenings
Level	Name	Attack Power
1	Fulminating Darkness	90
2	Ruin Impendent	140
3	Flame Purge	230
Balthier's Mist Quickenings
Level	Name	Attack Power
1	Fires of War	90
2	Tides of War	140
3	Element of Treachery	230
Fran's Mist Quickenings
Level	Name	Attack Power
1	Feral Strike	90
2	Whip Kick	140
3	Shatterhear	230