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Darkness is a status in Final Fantasy VIII. Darkness reduces a character's Hit Rate by 75%, making them miss their attacks frequently. Characters with base hit rate of 255% are unaffected, such as Squall and Seifer, although Darkness disables the gunblade's trigger, making them unable to deal additional damage. The sound effect of hitting the trigger will play, but the hit will lack the explosion around the enemy and damage will not be increased. The effect remains indefinitely until healed, even outside of battle. Spells and Limit Breaks never miss due to poor accuracy. The afflicted has a dark cloud over around head, shrouding their vision.

Abilities[]

Limit Break Acid Crisis Level 2 (Blue Magic), Bad Breath (Blue Magic), Dark Shot (Shot)
Spell Blind, Pain (Magic, Slot, Angel Wing)
Summon Doomtrain

ST-Atk-J[]

Spell Rating Status Effects
Blind 100% Darkness
Pain 100% Poison, Darkness, Silence

Enemy abilities[]

Ability Description Enemy
Bad Breath Inflicts Darkness, Confuse, Berserk, Poison, Sleep, Silence, Curse, Petrifying, and Slow on the entire party. Can be learned as a Blue Magic. Malboro
Blind Inflicts Blind to one target. Abadon, Blood Soul, Blue Dragon, Cerberus, Forbidden, Fujin (2nd), Gesper, Imp, Lefty, Ochu, Propagator
"Brrawghh!" Inflicts non-elemental magic damage as well as Slow, Curse, and Darkness to the party. Gerogero
Dark Mist Inflicts non-elemental magic damage as well as Darkness to the party. Only used at 50% or less HP. Anacondaur
Oil Shot Inflicts non-elemental physical damage and Darkness to one target. Oilboyle
Pain Inflicts Poison, Darkness, and Silence to one target. Elnoyle, Fujin (2nd), Griever
Sand Storm Inflicts non-elemental physical damage and Darkness to the party. Adamantoise
Stare Inflicts non-elemental magic damage as well as Poison, Confuse, Darkness, and Silence to one target. Vysage

Protection[]

Support ability Ribbon
Status Invincible

ST-Def-J[]

Spell Rating Status Effects
Esuna 20% Poison, Petrify, Petrifying, Darkness, Silence, Berserk, Sleep, Stop, Slow, Curse, Confuse
Reflect 25% Poison, Petrify, Petrifying, Darkness, Silence, Berserk, Sleep, Stop, Slow, Confuse
Blind 100% Darkness
Pain 100% Poison, Darkness, Silence, Curse

Healing[]

Ability Treatment
Item Cottage, Elixir, Eye Drops, Megalixir, Remedy, Remedy+, Tent
Limit Break Full-cure
Mechanics Death, Petrify, Sleeping at a lodging like a hotel
Spell Esuna

Enemies[]

20% Abyss Worm, Adamantoise, Armadodo, Base Leader, Base Soldier, Belhelmel, Bite Bug, Blitz, Blobra, Bomb, Buel, Cactuar, Caterchipillar, Chimera, Cockatrice, Death Claw, Esthar Soldier, Esthar Soldier (Terminator), Elite Soldier, Fastitocalon, Fastitocalon-F, G-Soldier, Gayla, Geezard, Gesper, Glacial Eye, Grendel, Guard, Jelleye, Lefty, Mesmerize, Paratrooper, Righty, SAM08G, Slapper, Snow Lion, T-Rexaur, Biggs (D-District Prison), Thrustaevis, Turtapod, Vysage, Wendigo, Edea (2nd), Propagator, Red Giant, Rinoa, Sorceress (A), Sorceress (B), Wedge (D-District Prison)
30% Anacondaur, Behemoth, Blue Dragon
40% GIM47N, Iron Giant, Raldo, Catoblepas, Elvoret, Fujin (1st), Raijin (1st/2nd)
50% Bahamut, BGH251F2, Diablos
60% Tri-Face, Abadon, Fujin (2nd), Raijin (3rd)
80% Elnoyle, Torama
99% Seifer (2nd)
Immune Blood Soul, Creeps, Elastoid, Forbidden, Funguar, Grand Mantis, Grat, Hexadragon, Imp, Malboro, Ochu, Oilboyle, PuPu, Red Bat, Ruby Dragon, Tonberry, UFO?, All bosses except Abadon, Bahamut, BGH251F2, Biggs (D-District Prison), Catoblepas, Diablos, Edea (2nd), Elvoret, Fujin, Propagator, Raijin, Red Giant, Rinoa, Seifer (2nd), Sorceress (A), Sorceress (B), Wedge (D-District Prison)
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