Current Events > What is the WORST Status Effect in the FF Series?

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Despite many of us being fans of the series and not knowing what Aura is, it was an overwhelming amount of votes ahead for Haste. Haste is the best status effect in Final Fantasy.

Now let's see what the worst one is. I feel this one will be much closer. Please remember that certain status effects could not be removed via Magic (eg, sleep/confuse).

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You sound salty about Aura not winning tbh.
It's hard for something to be "best in the series" when it only appears once, versus being a regularly recurring thing that becomes centric to most strategies

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meestermj posted...

You sound salty about Aura not winning tbh.

haha I'm a little salty. But the democracy has spoken. Haste is definitely the best status effect.

Honestly though, Haste deserves it. Aura being in one game and being broken in one game may show why it was never included in future games. That and the fact that how limit breaks worked changed in future games.

Edit: I read the second part of your post too late. You literally said it.

meestermj posted...

It's hard for something to be "best in the series" when it only appears once, versus being a regularly recurring thing that becomes centric to most strategies

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DoGCyN posted...

haha I'm a little salty. But the democracy has spoken. Haste is definitely the best status effect.

Honestly though, Haste deserves it. Aura being in one game and being broken in one game may show why it was never included in future games. That and the fact that the way limit breaks work changed in future games.

It was hands down the best in its game, that's that's sure! I voted haste simply because it's in almost every game, and in every game it becomes centric to almost every build.
Something that prevalent can't be ignored.
If we had voted for "most overpowered" aura likely would have taken it.

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Confuse.

Nothing can wipe a party back to the last saving point then this.

Edit: to remove the d in confuse
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Status effects in general arent so common anymore in newer FFs. But essentially it's any thatd make you lose a turn so stop, confuse, sleep petrify, and death spells(dunno why that's not here).

But if I had to pick one, maybe petrify. In some games , I think 10? Theres a annoying second effect where if a petrified character is hit by a physical atk they'd not just die. They'd shatter and you cant even swap out to another character then.

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Alakazamtrainer posted...

Confused.

Nothing can wipe a party back to the last saving point then this.

I think "worst" needs clarification.
Worst to deal with?
Worst to inflict on enemies?

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Worst in whatever definition you perceive as "worst," for your party (not the enemy)

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meestermj posted...

Alakazamtrainer posted...

Confused.

Nothing can wipe a party back to the last saving point then this.

I think "worst" needs clarification.
Worst to deal with?
Worst to inflict on enemies?

Fixed my post.

The status effect Confuse is worst... as if your between turns and the confused member attacks a party member, it generally leads to wipes if he's the strongest
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Alakazamtrainer posted...

Fixed my post.

The status effect Confuse is worst... as if your between turns and the confused member attacks a party member, it generally leads to wipes if he's the strongest

I actually read your post correctly, but now it's really funny to me how it could be read incorrectly because of that "d" lol

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Petrify is definitely the worst. Confuse is a close second but being confused is almost always better in every situation

Whole party petrified = game over
Dying while petrified = literally being deleted from the game
Petrified = you won't auto recover

And you're basically screwed if you last standing party member is petrified. Even if the last party member is confused they have a chance to recover.


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Alakazamtrainer posted...

Fixed my post.

The status effect Confuse is worst... as if your between turns and the confused member attacks a party member, it generally leads to wipes if he's the strongest

I agree. Say your turn order is:
Boss/Enemy > Melee attacker > melee > mage > healer

If the boss confuses a melee attacker right off, at least one team mate is likely dying that turn. Sure it's easy to cure, but it wastes MULTIPLE turns dealing with it.
Wasted turn 1: one person doesn't get to act, instead harms your team
Wasted turn 2: someone (likely your mage, if they didn't die. Your healer worst case scenario) has to attack the confused
Wasted turn 3: someone has to revive/heal the fallen team mate

Now you're at risk because the healer wasn't healing, and could be facing a part wipe or spending even MORE turns recovering.

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ChrisTaka posted...

And you're basically screwed if you last standing party member is petrified. Even if the last party member is confused they have a chance to recover.

You make a good argument

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I knew this would come up, so I say Heat from FF9

It ain't too common, but fucks you up if you don't predict it, or don't have immunity

Being KOed for taking a action is what it does. A enemy could hit you with it after you selected your action, anddddd your dead

It's basically Stop but deadlier

I feel like a lot of status effects are really seared in one game, and a non issue in another

ChrisTaka posted...

Petrify is definitely the worst. Confuse is a close second but being confused is almost always better in every situation

Whole party petrified = game over
Dying while petrified = literally being deleted from the game
Petrified = you won't auto recover

And you're basically screwed if you last standing party member is petrified. Even if the last party member is confused they have a chance to recover.

This so much

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Confuse, easily imo

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I get why haste is good in the CTB games and the first 3, but it sounds worthless in the ATB games, tbh.

Anyways, for this one, petrify is the worst. Confuse is a close second though.

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uwnim posted...

I get why haste is good in the CTB games and the first 3, but it sounds worthless in the ATB games, tbh.

Anyways, for this one, petrify is the worst. Confuse is a close second though.

This. Confuse is nowhere near as bad in FF games compared to other games. Berserk in Fire Emblem is far worse. I had an Assassin get berserkd and Insta-kill a party member. Unlike FF, I dont get that unit back EVER unless I restart. No revives


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I voted doom because I thought most useless to use.

Doom is worthless against the enemy, but can be tricky to deal with occasionally. Confuse is probably the single worst since your characters can waste unique items or kill each other.

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I hated Doom in FF12

but maybe that's because of Demon Wall

Petrify is terrible as well

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Oil

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Petrify is the worst. Because most of the time enemies can use it, its instantly followed up with some massive bullshit.

Confuse/Charm is by far the worst status effect in Personas and the original 4 .Hack// games though, like holy fuck actual cancer in those lol

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bump

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Worst as in "better protect against this status" or worst as in "this effect is a useless who cares".

Petrify is we mean dangerous status effects

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Suikoden420 posted...

Worst as in "better protect against this status" or worst as in "this effect is a useless who cares".

Your call

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Stop, imo.
Usually can't be cured by remedies, you need to use dispel and in some games like IX you get a game over if everyone in your party gets afflicted by it

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While confuse sucks when its used against you, it can be a lot of fun to use in an enemy. It at least had a purpose in the game.

I know it wont win, but I voted for mini/toad. It just comes off as pointless in most games, except for FF3, where mini is featured quite prominently.

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Confuse and Petrify

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LordFarquad1312 posted...

Stop, imo.
Usually can't be cured by remedies, you need to use dispel and in some games like IX you get a game over if everyone in your party gets afflicted by it

I really wanted to vote for this too because it's truly terrible. But Petrify is even worse. Usually it's at least easier to cure than Stop though. Confuse is annoying but very easy to cure.

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Voted for Stop. It's a lot less common than Confusion, but harder to get rid of and can lead to death just as quickly.

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Other:

FF6 Zombie.

Instant Death PLUS they attack your own team, so it's Death+Charm. Oh, and you need a special item to revive them (Revivify, vs Remedy or Phoenix Down). And the World of Ruin is filled to the brim with enemies who love that status.

I know it's only in one game, but it's the Bad Breath of Instant Kills.

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i'm voting for poison because it's useless and usually disappears early on.
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Confuse. Nothing worse than grinding for a long-time without saving when your strongest gets confused and mows down your team

Fluttershy posted...

i'm voting for poison because it's useless and usually disappears early on.

I do remember it being crazy strong in FFX, then again status effects in that game were overall pretty damn good.

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ffx is the one example! it did (i think) 25% of your total health every tick. that's kinda how i think it should be -- because you don't just get poisoned and set it on the backburner. the whole point of poison is that it is very very bad for you.

taking (barely) triple-digit damage when you have 6k HP is more like having a mosquito bite. and not a dangerous mosquito bite. just one you scratched maybe a little too hard.
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Worst status to be afflicted with? Either Confuse or Death.
Worst status to apply on enemies? Zombie, probably.

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Fluttershy posted...

i'm voting for poison because it's useless and usually disappears early on.

Disagree.

In FFXIII Lightning Returns it is great against a couple of extremely hard bosses.

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okay, two games out of sixteen (eighteen if mq and fft) where it's worth it. you got me.
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Musourenka posted...

Other:

FF6 Zombie.

Instant Death PLUS they attack your own team, so it's Death+Charm. Oh, and you need a special item to revive them (Revivify, vs Remedy or Phoenix Down). And the World of Ruin is filled to the brim with enemies who love that status.

I know it's only in one game, but it's the Bad Breath of Instant Kills.

Ive played through FF6 numerous times, and the only location in the game where I remember it even being a used much Daryls Tomb. And even then, a zombified character will randomly attack allies and enemies alike, so it sometimes works in your favor.

Dont enemies also still target the zombified character as well, making them a randomly-attacking tank?

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Confuse because it can lead to more than one character dying.

Dont enemies also still target the zombified character as well, making them a randomly-attacking tank?

believe so.

so you could theoretically give sabin a pair of fire claws and everyone else gets flame shields, and suddenly he's an immortal tank that occasionally throws a heal to the team in between enemy kills.
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