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Karma | Karma is a rare status effect used by some bosses (like Alexander)… |
Be caught in the Light Pillars attack used by Alexander |
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Dispelled by Esuna |
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Karma appears as part of the Alexander boss fight. Karma will… |
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Debrave | The Debrave status effect reduces physical attack power. |
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Reduces the damage potential of physical attacks. |
Dispelled by Esuna Dispelled by Remedy |
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The Debrave effect can be safely ignored when applied to a character… |
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Decree of Exile | The Decree of Exile effect prevents a KO’d character from being… |
Have a KO’d character be the target of the Tonberry King’s Decree… |
The Auto-Life effect can revive a character instantly, but must… |
Prevents a KO’d character from being revived. |
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The only surefire way to avoid this effect is to revive a downed… |
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The Decree of Exile is an incredibly rare, yet incredibly dangerous… |
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Defaith | The Defaith status effect reduces magic attack power. |
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Reduces the damage potential of Magic attacks. |
Dispelled by Esuna Dispelled by Remedy |
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The Defaith effect can be safely ignored when applied to a character… |
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Deprotect | The Deprotect status effect decreases physical defense. |
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Deprotect is opposed by Protect. A character cannot have both… |
Increases the damage taken from physical attacks by lowering… |
Dispelled by Esuna Dispelled by Remedy |
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Just like Deshell, Deprotect is great when dealing when enemies… |
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Deshell | The Deshell status effect decreases magic defense. |
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Deshell is opposed by Shell. A character cannot have both effects… |
Increases the damage taken from magic attacks by lowering the… |
Dispelled by Esuna Dispelled by Remedy |
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In combat, Deshell is very helpful when dealing with enemies… |
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Instant Death | Characters with the Instant Death debuff are instantly killed.… |
Triggered by the Chef’s Knife attack used by Tonberry. Triggered… |
Instant Death is effectively negated by Auto-Life, as the latter… |
Kills the afflicted character immediately. |
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Characters with a Safety Bit equipped are immune to Instant… |
Characters will remain dead until revived through any means.… |
When going up against enemies like Tonberries, make sure you’ve… |
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Morphable Items | Using Morph on an enemy will transform them into various items,… |
Enemies that are immune to Morphing are given this effect by… |
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Makes the enemy immune to Morph. |
Effectively makes Morph Materia useless. |
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Despite appearances, this ‘status effect’ is only seen when an… |
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Petrify | Characters with the Petrify effect will slowly turn to Stone,… |
Enemies that can apply the Petrify effect with special attacks… |
Characters with the Resist effect active cannot also have Petrify… |
Slowly turn to stone, with the petrification getting faster… |
Dispelled by Remedy Dispelled by Esuna Dispelled by Gold Needle… |
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With the threat of instant death via the Stone effect looming… |
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Poison | Poison inflicts a gradual drain on the afflicted character’s… |
Spells from the Poison Materia. Certain enemy abilities or environmental… |
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Gradually saps the affected character’s HP over time. |
Can be cured using items such as Antidote, Remedy, Poisona,… |
Poison status can be guarded against with Resist, Star Pendant,… |
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Poison presents a persistent threat in battle, gradually wearing… |
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Silence | Silence renders the afflicted character incapable of casting… |
The Silence spell from the Binding Materia. Certain enemy abilities… |
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Prevents the affected character from casting spells. |
Can be cured using items such as Echo Mist, Remedy, or Esuna.… |
Silence status can be protected against with Resist, Warding… |
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Silence is a potent status effect that can disrupt the flow of… |
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Sleep | Sleep induces a state of unconsciousness in the affected character,… |
Equip Binding Materia at any level to unlock the Sleep spell.… |
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Renders the affected character unable to act until awoken. Disables… |
Can be cured using items such as Remedy or Esuna, or by being… |
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Sleep is a debilitating status effect that incapacitates the… |
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Slow | Slow impedes the rate at which the affected character’s Active… |
Slow status can be applied through: The Slow spell from the… |
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Decreases the rate at which the affected character’s ATB gauge… |
Opposes Haste status, and the two overwrite each other. Slows… |
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Slow represents a hindrance to the affected character’s combat… |
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Stone | A fully petrified character turns to Stone, KO’ing them instantly.… |
Take damage several times while under the effect of Petrify.… |
Characters with the Resist effect active cannot also have Petrify… |
Instantly K.O’s the impacted character. |
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Cure the Petrify effect with Remedy, Esuna or Gold Needle before… |
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The Stone effect is directly tied to the Petrify effect. If the… |
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Stop | Stop incapacitates the affected character, rendering them unable… |
Stop status can be applied through: Stop spell unlocked by equipping… |
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Renders the affected character unable to act for the duration… |
Opposes Haste status, and the two overwrite each other. Completely… |
Stop status can be protected against with equipment such as… |
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Stop is a potent status effect that immobilizes the affected… |
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Stun | The Stun effect makes characters unable to act. |
Enemies that can apply stun with special attacks include but… |
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Prevents characters from acting (using items, attacking, dodging,… |
Dispelled by Esuna Dispelled by Remedy |
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The Stun effect is particularly annoying, and should be avoided… |
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Toad | The Toad status effect turns characters into relatively harmless… |
Wearing an Enfeeblement Ring Get caught in the Toadfrog Tune… |
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Greatly lowers battle capabilities Unlocks the Leapfrog and… |
Dispelled by Maiden’s Kiss Dispelled by Esuna Dispelled by Remedy… |
Wear the White Cape accessory for total immunity Dodge the Toad-inflicting… |
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The Toad effect is effectively a joke. You can still use items… |
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Venom | Almost identical to Poison, Venom gradually saps characters’… |
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Characters with the Resist effect active are immune to Venom.… |
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Cured by Remedy Cured by Esuna Cured by Antidote |
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Venom is a dangerous status effect to ignore. To keep a character… |