Status effects can significantly impact the flow of battle in Trails in the Sky SC, either hindering your party or crippling your enemies. Recognizing and managing these effects is crucial for survival and success.
- Positive Status Effects (Buffs): These enhance a character's abilities. Examples include:
- ATK Up: Increases physical attack power.
- DEF Up: Increases physical defense.
- SPD Up: Increases movement speed and AT bar progression.
- CRT Up: Increases critical hit chance.
- MOV Up: Increases movement range on the battlefield.
- Negative Status Effects (Debuffs): These hinder a character's abilities or inflict damage over time. Examples include:
- Poison: Inflicts damage over time.
- Paralysis: Prevents the character from acting.
- Sleep: Prevents the character from acting until hit or a certain time passes.
- Seal: Prevents the use of Arts.
- Silence: Prevents the use of Crafts.
- AT Delay: Pushes the character's turn back on the AT Bar.
- AD Delay: Prevents the character from acting for a set number of turns.
- Confusion: Character may attack allies or act randomly.
- Burn: Inflicts damage over time and can reduce DEF.
- Freeze: Prevents the character from acting and can lower DEF.
- Removal: Many status effects can be removed using specific Arts (like 'La Forte' or 'La Cure'), Crafts, or items (like 'Tearal Balm').
Equipping accessories or using Quartz that grant resistance to certain status effects is highly recommended, especially when facing bosses known to inflict them.