How to attack without wasting limits?

[SenMithrarin85]

Title says it all. Just started playing and charged Cloud's limit up, but now I can't select attack anymore, only limit or magic. Can you use normal attacks without wasting your limit? Much appreciated.

[Xuhybrid]

You can press menu/triangle to skip to the next person.

[Seraphita]

FF7 is not like FF8. You cannot choose to use your limit break or not. It's you use it or you use magics or items (or skip to another character). No other choices for this game.

[Ruka イオ]

This is why I always keep either D-Blow equiped,Enemy Skill or any magic materia

[Fluffy Rainbow]

I only "save" a limit when it would take longer to defeat the enemy by watching the limit animation than by attacking it.

Really, you shouldn't need to store limits for later use. Aside from a few encounters in the game in which pre-charging limits may make things easier, the outcomes of battles likely won't be decided by whether you have early access to your limits.

[Bun Bun]

From what I remember of the game the limit break becomes the attack if you don't want to use it and you have items or magic you can use then use it otherwise you'll have to skip the person's turn.

[SenMithrarin85]

Thanks, guys

[Xuhybrid]

If you don't have the second Limit within a level then its beneficial to use all your Limits because that is what unlocks to next Limit break.

[Aldante]

Couldnt you hit left and it gives you the attack command. I don't relly rememb er its been so long.

[The Combat Medic]

Don't you lose your Limit Break if you get KO'd?

[SnipeTheWolf]

You can always use the defense if you do not want to use a limit or that charater at the moment.

[SenMithrarin85]

How do you use the defence command?

[The Combat Medic]

Press right when the menu pops up

[SenMithrarin85]

Thanks

[Govalon]

I don't advice you to save up limits for long. You get the next limit by using the former enough times. For the third limit break you need to kill enough enemies so saving limit breaks dont matter then. for the fourth you need to use limit breaks again to get the next one. For the fifth you need to kill enemies again etc. It goes along this pattern all the way except for the last limit break.

[Xuhybrid]

Why defend instead of pressing triangle/menu though? Give him good advice or not at all.