Status effect

Status Effects

Curse Fire Freeze Poison Shock Sleep Stun

Status effects are statuses that effect the behavior of both players and enemies. They have a wide range from effects, such as dealing damage over time or damaging a character when it attacks.

Positives/Negatives of Status Effects

Curse

• + Causes a fair amount of damage any time a monster attempts to use any ability, attack OR healing
• + allows you to inflict mild damage when shielded
• - doesn't make it easier to dodge/block attacks
• - only extremely useful against monsters who don't pause/wait after attacking once.
• situation: healers that are protected by mobs or anything else, e.g. Danger Rooms, Arenas and Royal Jelly.

Fire

• + inflicts strong damage over time without you needing to attack
• + allows you to run away from a monster instead of shielding attacks
• - like curse, it doesn't make it easier to dodge/block attack
• - becomes a lot less useful in situations with two or more healers
• - Immediately extinguished by any freeze effect
• - ignites Oilers
• situation: damaging large mobs and monsters that are hard to deal with at close range, e.g. deconstruction zones and gun puppies. Also great for melting Ice Jellies.

Freeze

• + immobilizes monsters, preventing them from moving or turning and making them vulnerable to attacks from the side or rear
• + Gives the player time to recover or charge up attacks
• + if the status is allowed to wear out without the monster being attacked, the monster will take significant damage
• - Does not hinder enemy's ability to attack in the direction they're facing
• - Status will be interrupted by any source of damage, from knights or enemies, in which case monster will not take any extra damage from the freeze itself
• - Frozen monsters can obstruct a Knight's escape route

Poison

• + Causes damage to monsters whom are being healed, becoming a lethal status when used near Tier 3 Menders and Silkwings.
• + Decreases monster's offensive abilities considerably, making a fight much safer. Shields will also last longer against poisoned monsters
• + Lowers monster's defense slightly, indirectly buffing teammate's offensive power
• - Doesn't make attacks easier to dodge or escape.
• - Doesn't directly deal extra damage; you still have to attack normally for poison to make a difference to the fight
• Situation: Where teammates are effectively dealing constant damage to enemies, and are in a position where dodging attacks is difficult. Also anywhere near healers.

Shock

• + Interrupts attacks and movement
• + Shock spasms deal damage to the monster inflicted with the status, as well as other monsters within a one block radius
• + Due to Shock's elemental damage, deals additional damage to Elemental weak enemies such as Undeads and Constructs.
• - Against a single foe the DoT from shock is weak
• - Supercharges Quicksilvers
• - Deals minimal damage to monsters resistant to Elemental damage such as Beasts and Gremlins
• Situation: Multiple non-beast/gremlin monsters packed closely together, especially effective in arenas and triggered spawn clumps

Sleep

• + completely pacifies and immobilizes enemies for a short amount of time
• - monsters are healed a significant amount while inflicted with sleep
• - Flinching the monster causes them to immediately wake up.
• - currently vials are the only method for players to inflict sleep
• situation: Disabling dangerous monsters temporarily so that other monsters can be handled first

Stun

• + Severely reduces monsters' movement speed, increasing the effectiveness of knockback weapons, and removes the danger of slow ones
• + Severely reduces monsters' attack speed, resulting in monsters becoming far more predictable and less dangerous
• - Despite the slower attacks, stun does not reduce damage from attacks
• - Projectiles are not slowed, only the rate that they are fired
• - Incredibly short duration severely limits its use.
• - Does not reduce enemy's ability to turn
• situation: Against particularly fast or dangerous enemies, and where your teammates can take full advantage of monsters stunned by your attacks