Death-sentence

Death-sentence (しのせんこく(死の宣告), Shi no Senkoku?, lit. Death Sentence) is a status in Final Fantasy VII. Death-sentence applies a timer to 60 seconds (30 if the target is in Haste). If the timer hits 0 during battle, the target will be put into Death state. Death-sentence is similar to Slow-numb, though in the Battle Square, Death-sentence will not carry on to the next round whereas Slow-numb will. There are only two methods in the game of applying Death-sentence to a target.

Tifa's Powersoul weapon doubles in power if she is near death, and quadruples in power when she is under Death-sentence, making equipping her with Curse Ring potentially beneficial.

Abilities[]

Spell	Death Sentence

Additionally, the accessory Curse Ring has the wearer start the battle with Death-sentence.

Enemy abilities[]

Ability	Description	Enemy
Death Sentence	Inflicts Death-sentence to one enemy. Can be learned as an E.Skill.	Boundfat, Gi Spector, Sneaky Step

Protection[]

The following methods allow the player to protect against Death-sentence:

Accessory	Safety Bit
Spell	Resist
Item	Vaccine
Limit Break	Great Gospel

Death Force protects against Death, so if the timer expires, the afflicted will not die.

Enemies[]

The following enemies are immune to Death-sentence. All bosses, except Dark Nation, Pyramid, and Sample:H0512-opt, are immune to Death-sentence (but the player cannot have Death Sentence for this battles in a normal playthrough).

Use[]

Death-sentence is not a super useful status, as most fights are easily won and can be ended long before the 60 seconds time limit expires. Death-sentence is useless on machine enemies and several of the more powerful enemies, like Blue Dragon. The player can only use Death-sentence with the Death Sentence Enemy Skill, as there is no other means of inflicting the status either for the player or enemy. If the player wishes to attempt to use Death-sentence, a more applicable approach is to inflict the status and then apply Haste to the enemy to make the timer start at 30 seconds instead of 60 and expire even faster.