Incapacitation

Incapacitation is a status effect from Final Fantasy XIV. It is afflicted by dealing a certain ammount of damage on specific body parties from enemies. This can be achieved by using some of the strongest weaponskills available.

The effects of incapacitation may be varied based on the creature's genus, but are generally three:


 * 1) Weaken the monster
 * 2) Prevent the monster from using some its special attacks (damaging a Dodo's head will prevent him from using his breath attacks, for example)
 * 3) Influence the type of loot dropped (most undeads may drop the Skull Eyepatch if killed with their head incapacitated)

Some weaponskills that can incapacitate a monster's body part: