Status Effect

Status Effects refer to buffs and ailments that affect characters and enemies in battle. Most bosses are immune to status ailments.

Success rate

Buffs have a 100% chance of landing on their intended targets as long as the buff is activated. Positional-based buffs requires a pincer attack to happen for the game to recognize the position.

Debuff skills all have a chance to inflict, but there are more hidden variables. First, the debuff skill has to activate. Some skills have a 100% activation rate, but most tend to be around 30%. Second, each debuff skill has a hidden infliction chance. For example, Ba'gunar's Paralyzing Blade only has an 80% infliction chance. Third, every enemy has a hidden status ailment vulnerability (usually <100%). For example the Wee Orbling from the tutorial stages have a 80% vulnerability to all status ailments. Therefore, if Ba'gunar's Paralyzing Blade activates, it will have a 64% (= 80% * 80%) chance to be paralyzed. Some enemies, like those in metal zones are extra vulnerable to paralysis. Metal Zone 3 runners have a Paralysis vulnerability of 400%, so as long as Ba'gunar's skill activates, it will paralyze the runner that it hits. Powered Points will increase the activation chance to 100%, but won't change the infliction chance.

Buffs

• Attack Up - Increase attack. Can be an equip, temporary (2 turns), or position-based.
• Defense Up - Increase defense. Can be an equip, temporary (2 turns), or position-based.
• Magic Attack Up - Increase magic attack. Can be an equip, temporary (2 turns), or position-based.
• Magic Defense Up - Increase magic defense. Can be an equip, temporary (2 turns), or position-based.
• Elemental Damage Down - Decrease damage from the given element. Can be an equip, temporary (3 turns), or position-based.
• Regen - Unit recovers some HP at the start of a turn for 3 turns.
• Levitation - Unit takes no damage from ground traps or ground based attacks like Avalanche or Maelstrom. Can be an equip or temporary (3 turns).

Status ailments

Many skills involve status ailments. They can be inflicted onto enemy units, a unit can cure an ailment from itself or other units, or a unit can guard against that ailment from being inflicted in the first place. Characters with Guard skills have a 50% resistance to the status effect. Characters with the Ward skills are 100% resistant to the status effect. Typically, the ones with Ward skills also have access to skills that will cure the whole party of the ailment, or prevent it in the case of Death.

Poison

Unit is damaged at the start of a turn for 3 turns. Venom is a stronger version of Poison that deals more damage each turn.

• Poison
  • Character: Ellvern, Grace, Jaguna Λ, Zafitte
• Venom, Venom Bomb, Corrosive Cloud
  • Ellvern, Ellvern Λ, Zafitte
  • Zafitte Ο
• Antidote
  • Ellvern, Jaguna, Palpa, Zafitte
• Guard
  • Amina, Gigojago, Leviathan, Pupropu, Yulia
• Ward
  • Ellvern, Marilith Λ, Zafitte

Sleep

Unit falls asleep and is unable to move or attack for 3 turns. Enemy units will not act, and their action timers will not decrease after you take a turn. Deep Sleep is a stronger version of Sleep, where the enemy will not wake when it is damaged.

• Lullaby, Slumber, Sleeping Gas
  • Eileen, Rzonand, Rejin
• Sandman's Lullaby (Deep Sleep)
  • Eileen Λ
• Rise and Shine, taking damage (Sleep only)
  • Eileen, Rzonand, Palpa
• Guard
  • Burbaba, Gatz, Jade Dragon, Koko, Kuscah, Rejin
• Ward
  • Eileen, Marilith Λ, Rzonand

Paralyze

Unit is paralyzed and unable to move or attack for 3 turns. Enemy units will not act and their timers will not decrease after you take a turn.

• Paralyze
  • Bonna, Kana, Rejin, Rikken
• Locomotion
  • Bonna, Kana, Palpa
• Guard
  • Bagunar, Macuri, Pupropu, Rejin, Rikken
• Ward
  • Bonna, Kana

Confuse

Unit cannot be controlled and will randomly move around the field at the end of the player's turn. Confused units will neither initiate pincer attacks, nor participate in chains, even if placed accordingly by chance.

• Confuse
  • Kana, Rzonand, Yukken
• Clarity
  • Kana, Palpa, Rzonand
• Guard
  • Alika, Harold, Puprope, Sorman, Yukken
• Ward
  • Kana, Rzonand

Demoralize

Unit's attack stat and skill activation rate reduced to 0. Magic attack is unaffected, and skills will still activate through the use of a Powered Point.

• Demoralize, Intimidate, Demoralizing Blade, Demoralizing Spear
  • 54B2, Lunaken, Manmer, Odin (counter), Odin Λ, Schweiz, Zeera
• Esprit de Corps
  • Manmer, Palpa, Velraine Λ, Zeera
• Guard
  • Amazora, A'merpact, Bahamut, Maralme, Lunaken, Odin, U'nasag, Velraine
• Ward
  • 54B2, Bahl Λ, Manmer, Mizell, Ryoma, Zeera

Petrify

Unit turns into stone and cannot move or be moved. Chaining is not blocked if the petrified character is in line with the chain.

• Petrify
  • Bonna, Lunato, Zeera
• Reanimation
  • Bonna, Echo, Zeera
• Guard
  • Amimari, Czekras, Daiana, Lunato, Pupru
• Ward
  • Bonna, Zeera

Instant Death

Target takes damage equal to target's remaining health.

Doom also inflicts instant death after its timer reaches 0.

• Death, Assassinate, Dispatch
  • Bajanna, Gaiga, Joker Λ, Shaplar, Suoh
• Preventable with Death Ward (Chain)
  • Amisandra, Gaiga
• Guard
  • Odin Λ, Puprope, Shaplar, Zenzoze
• Ward
  • Amisandra, Bajanna, Gaiga, Lich Λ

Shadowbind

Unit cannot move or act, removes Levitation, and deals damage at the start of the turn.

• Shadowbind, Gravity Field
  • Rejin Λ, Seiryu
  • King
• Panacea
• Guard
  • Rejin Λ, Seiryu
  • King's Shield
• Ward
  • King's Buckler

*Shadowbind was originally named Gravity. In Patch 4.0.0, it was renamed because of the introduction of the Graviton attribute.

Icebind

Unit cannot move or act, and being pincered causes unit to die.

• Icebind
  • Leviathan Λ
  • Dragon (Companion)
• Panacea
• Guard
  • Leviathan Λ
  • Dragon's Shield
• Ward
  • Dragon's Buckler

Scorch

Scorched units damage the other unit swapping with them by 50% of their current HP. This can KO a unit if it is swapped too many times.

Swapped unit ↓	Mover
	Not Scorched	Scorched
Not Scorched	-	Swapped unit damaged
Scorched	Mover damaged	Both units damaged

• No inflict, enemy only
• Scorch Relief
  • Shay
• Guard
  • Ashe, Lio
  • Scorch Shield, Selene (Companion)
• Ward
  • Feno Λ, Shay
  • Scorch Shield v2, Selene Z

Lunacy

Chaining the affected unit will severely reduce all allies' ATK/DEF/MATK/MDEF.

• No inflict, enemy only
• Lunacy Relief
  • Arionne
• Guard
  • Hakann, Renova
  • Apollo Cannon, Lunacy Shield
• Ward
  • Arionne
  • Apollo Cannon Z, Lunacy Shield v2, Varve O

Multiple ailments

Panacea

Panacea cures Poison, Sleep, Paralysis, Confusion, Demoralization, Petrification, Icebind, and Shadowbind. It does not cure Scorch or Lunacy, and does not remove debuffs, like reduced skill activation (inflicted by Seed, and Odin (Boss)), nor Nullify Healing.

• Character: Eileen, Gatz, Nazuna, Palpa, Schweiz, Sheena (Cleansing Caper), Zafitte
• Monster: Mechanic Kino Λ

Multiple guards

• Status Guard - 50% resistance to Poison, Sleep, Paralysis, Confusion, Demoralization, and Petrification
  • Character: A'misandra Λ, Dahlia, Nazuna, Schweiz, Senala, Tronic Gal, Varve

• Ribbon - 50% resistance to Poison, Sleep, Paralysis, Confusion, Demoralization, Petrification, Icebind, Shadowbind, Scorch, Lunacy, and Instant Death
  • Character: Yukken Λ
  • Companion: Ribbon, Yukken (Companion)

Multiple inflict

Some characters have skills that can inflict multiple status ailments at once.

• Mood Swing - Inflicts poison, sleep and demoralization
  • Character: Pupru
  • Companion: Deluxe Pacifier, Whimsical Pacifier

• Fickle Birds - Inflicts poison, sleep and demoralization
  • Character: Nazuna

• Plague - Inflicts poison, sleep and confusion
  • Character: Marilith Λ

Monsters

There are many Monsters that can inflict or remove Status effects. Most players will have removal covered due to Palpa being available through the story, but status effects can be useful against certain bosses or in the Metal Zone.

Note: Even if the skill activates, different skills have different inherent infliction chances.

Status	Skill	Inflction %	Unit
Poison	Poison Sting, 30% (3 turns)	100%	Triscorp LV20
	Poison Vial, Area (2), 100% (3 turns)	30%	Vial Chucker LV15
	Green Spores, Area (2), 100% (3 turns)	30%	Starwhip LV15
Sleep	Rose Thorn, 30% (3 turns)	100%	Mecharose LV20
	Sleeping Gas, Area (2), 100% (3 turns)	30%	Mech Orbling LV1
	Sleeping Gas, Pincer Area, 30% (3 turns)	100%	Cybergolem LV45
Petrify	None	-	None
Demoralize	Demoralize, Area (2), 100% (3 turns)	30%	Floralpede LV20
	Demoralize, Area (1), 30% (3 turns)	100%	Electrosapper LV35
Paralyze	Paralyze, 30% (3 turns)	100%	Paralypede LV 1
	Paralyze, Area (2), 30% (3 turns)	75%	Paralypede LV 35
	Paralyzing Dust, Area (2), 100% (3 turns)	30%	Mothbot LV15
	Paralyzing Tentacles, Pincer Area, 30% (3 turns)	100%	Kraken LV65
Confuse	Confuse, 30% (3 turns)	100%	Flamebot LV30
	Garbage, Area (2), 100% (3 turns)	30%	Wastecell LV20
Death	Chaos Blade, 30%	100%	Lich LV35