Status Effects
Game: Final Fantasy X/X-2
Most units in the game can be afflicted with various effects. How they impact the unit and how they’re removed varies depending on the status effect.
Neutral/Negative Effects
Name | Effect | How to Cure |
|---|---|---|
The unit will become uncontrollable, only using stronger physical attacks on a random enemy. | Remedy or Esuna | |
The unit will become uncontrollable, only using a physical attack on a random ally. | Remedy, Esuna, or getting hit by a physical attack | |
Prevents the character from using Overdrives, and their Overdrive gauge from charging. | Dispel or Holy Water | |
Reduces the unit’s chance of hitting with attacks and skills by 10%. | Eye Drops, Remedy, or Esuna | |
Delays the target’s next turn by a certain amount, depending on the attack used. | N/A | |
Puts a countdown on the unit’s head (5 for characters, varies for enemies), that will decrease by 1 each turn they take. When the counter hits 0, the unit will instantly die. | N/A | |
Prevents the character from taking any action until they’re cured. Getting killed and Stoned at the same time will cause a character to shatter, removing them from the battle completely. | Soft, Remedy, Al Bhed Potion, or Esuna | |
Causes the unit to lose a percentage of their max HP each turn (25% for characters, varies for enemies). | Antidote, Remedy, Al Bhed Potion, or Esuna | |
Prevents the unit from using magic. Magic based Overdrives (such as Fury) and Summon will still work. | Echo Screen, Remedy, Al Bhed Potion, or Esuna | |
Prevents the unit from acting, and increases damage taken from physical and magic attacks by 50%. The duration of Sleep depends on the ability used to inflict it. | Remedy, Esuna, or getting hit by a physical attack | |
Lowers the rate at which the unit takes a turn. | Dispel, Remedy, or Haste | |
The unit takes damage from restorative items and magic, but becomes immune to instant death. | Holy Water, Remedy | |
Halves the unit’s Strength. | Dispel | |
Halves the unit’s Magic. | Dispel | |
Reduces the unit’s Defense to 0, and nullifies Armored status. | Dispel | |
Reduces the unit’s Magic Defense to 0. | Dispel | |
Inflicts the unit with Power Break, Magic Break, Armor Break, and Mental Break. | Dispel |
Positive Effects
Name | Effect | How to Apply |
|---|---|---|
The character will automatically be revived with 25% HP when KO’d. | Auto-Life spell, Hyper Mighty G | |
Increases the rate at which the unit takes a turn. | Haste/Hastega spell, various Mixes, Chocobo Feather, Chocobo Wing | |
Nullifies one Fire attack or spell done to the character. | NulBlaze Spell, Mighty Guard, various Mixes, SOS NulBlaze | |
Nullifies one Ice attack or spell done to the character. | NulFrost Spell, Mighty Guard, various Mixes, SOS NulFrost | |
Nullifies one Lightning attack or spell done to the character. | NulShock Spell, Mighty Guard, various Mixes, SOS NulShock | |
Nullifies one Water attack or spell done to the character. | NulTide Spell, Mighty Guard, various Mixes, SOS NulTide | |
Reduces the physical damage taken by the unit by 50%. | Protect spell, Mighty Guard, various Mixes, Light Curtain, SOS Protect, Auto-Protect | |
Bounces most spells targeted at the unit back to the caster. If the unit casts a spell on themselves, it’ll bounce to a random enemy. | Reflect spell, Star Curtain, Auto-Reflect | |
The unit will restore a small amount of HP at the start of any unit’s turn. Lasts for ten of the Regened unit’s turns. The amount restored is random between 100 and 1/10 of the unit’s max HP. | Regen spell, various Mixes, Healing Spring, SOS Regen, Auto-Regen | |
Reduces the magic damage take by the unit by 50%. | Shell spell, Mighty Guard, various Mixes, Lunar Curtain, SOS Shell, Auto-Shell |
