Poison (element)

Poison (毒) is a recurring element in the Final Fantasy series. It is primarily featured in Final Fantasy II, Final Fantasy VI, and Final Fantasy VIII. Often, attacks with the Poison affinity have a chance of inflicting the status ailment of the same name.

Equipment
In general, any equipment that protects the wearer against the Poison status (such as the Star Pendant) also protects from the Poison element. In Final Fantasy II, Gold Equipment protected the user from Poison. Any weapons with the word Poison or Venom in the name (such as Venom Axe) causes Poison-elemental damage.

Spells
Poison is a spell in its own right, though it usually only inflicts the status effect. Bio is a Poison-elemental damaging spell, and its upgrades are Biora and Bioga. A few games include Scourge, which often damages and inflicts the Poison debuff. In Final Fantasy II, Scourge (and thus the Poison element) is very effective against Lightning-elemental entities.

Summons
Poison has only two summons to its name. Doomtrain appears in Final Fantasy VIII and attacks with Runaway Train. The world of Ivalice features an Esper with the affinity of Poison, fittingly called Cúchulainn, the Impure.

Final Fantasy II
The following gameplay elements of Final Fantasy II are related to the Poison element.

Final Fantasy VI
Poison gained most of its notoriety in Final Fantasy VI, especially as the main weakness of Humbaba, a notorious boss.

Final Fantasy VII
Poison gained its first spell tiers in Final Fantasy VII, which increased its importance. Because the Poison status deals Poison-elemental damage, the player can absorb it if they make the character absorbent to Poison, such as with the Poison Materia linked with a mastered Elemental Materia in the character's armor. If the character is immune to the Poison element (take no damage from it), they are also immune to the Poison status. The reverse is also true: if the character is immune to the Poison status, they are also immune to the Poison element.

Final Fantasy VIII
Poison was given to its first own summon on Final Fantasy VIII, and the element is also somewhat attached to status ailments in general. Unlike the last few games, there are only two ways to inflict Poison on enemies, either through use of Doomtrain or Bio

Final Fantasy XII
Although Poison is not an element in Final Fantasy XII, the summon Cúchulainn is given its attribute. Bio and Scourge also appear, and both may grant the Sap status instead of Poison.

Final Fantasy Legend II
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