Dispel is a negative status effect in Final Fantasy XIII that removes statuses already in place. The basic dispelling effect is to remove the most recently acquired status enhancement from the target, but the Dispelga Technique instead removes almost all statuses, both negative and positive, from both enemies and allies, leveling the playing field.
In most games in the series, Dispel is not classified as a status effect, just a removal method, but in the Final Fantasy XIII series enemies can be immune to it the same way they can resist other status ailments.
The player's main means of using a dispelling effect is with the Saboteur's Dispel spell, which removes the target's most recently acquired status enhancements (unless the enemy is immune to Dispel) while also doing some non-elemental magical damage. Fang and Vanille learn it the earliest.
Abilities[]
| Game Element | Type | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Dispel | Saboteur ability for Sazh, Hope, Vanille, and Fang | Removes the most recent enhancement from an opponent by inflicting Dispel status. Magic damage. Base chance 100%. |
| Dispelga | Technique | Removes all positive and most negative status effects (not Provoke or Doom) from both allies and enemies |
Enemy abilities[]
Enemy attacks can have stronger dispelling effects than the player's own Dispel spell and remove more statuses at once.
| Game Element | Effect | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| 1000 Needles | Deals 1,000 base damage. May inflict Pain or Fog and dispel up to three status enhancements. | Cactuar Prime |
| 10,000 Needles | Deals 10,000 base damage. May inflict Pain or Fog and dispel up to three status enhancements. Can bypass Provoke. | Gigantuar |
| Apoptosis | Deals damage to all targets equal to 10% of current HP, and dispels all status enhancements from the party and all status ailments from the user. | Barthandelus (second encounter) |
| Bay | Deals major damage and can dispel up to seven status enhancements from the entire party. | Adamanchelid, Shaolong Gui |
| Concentrate | Inflicts Deprotect and Deshell and dispels up to six status enhancements from a single target, and removes up to eight status ailments from the user, before dealing major damage. | Attacus |
| Diluvial Plague | Deals minor damage, dispels up to eight status enhancements, and inflicts Debrave, Defaith, Deprotect, Poison, Slow, Curse, and Deshell on all targets. Removes up to eight status ailments from the user and modifies resistances to take half damage from all elements and become immune to Deprotect, Slow, and Imperil. | Dahaka |
| Dispel | Removes the most recently bestowed status enhancement from target. | Kaiser Behemoth |
| Foul Utterance | Deals damage to one target and dispels the three most recent status enhancements. | Dahaka |
| Knife | Deals moderate damage to one character and dispels most recent status enhancement. | Tonberry |
| Laser Rain | Deals two attacks to all targets in range. Dispels two status enhancements when used by Tiamat Eliminator. | Ushumgal Subjugator (second encounter), Tiamat Eliminator |
| Manadrive Dispel | Removes the most recently bestowed status enhancement from target. | PSICOM Reaver, Sanctum Templar |
| Meditate | After a short period, deals major damage to a single target through five attacks that can inflict Slow, dispel status enhancements, and remove status ailments from the user. | Attacus |
| Mounting Contempt | Inflicts Deprotect and Deshell, then deals a powerful attack to one target. Gets stronger with repeated use, and getting staggered resets its power to default. May dispel status enhancements. | Wladislaus |
| Pinpoint Beam | Unleashes six projectiles against the party member who was targeted before. Dispels six status enhancements when used by Tiamat Eliminator, which also does not require targeting. | Ushumgal Subjugator (second encounter), Tiamat Eliminator |
| Pollen | Heals nearby Microchus or Picochus and removes status ailments, while damaging the party, removing status enhancements, and inflicting Poison and Slow, as well as Debrave, Defaith, Deprotect, Deshell, Imperil, and Curse when used by Neochu. | Ochu, Neochu |
| Putrescence | Deals damage and dispels two status enhancements. | Vercingetorix |
| Roar | Deals major damage and inflicts Daze on all targets. Can dispel up to seven status enhancements. | Adamantoise, Adamantortoise, Long Gui |
| Screech | Deals moderate damage when used by Ochu, and heavy damage when used by Neochu, with four attacks over a large radius, and may remove status enhancements. Also bestows Microchus or Picochus with Bravery, as well as Haste when used by Neochu. | Ochu, Neochu |
| Seraphic Ray | Deals major damage to the party and dispels all status enhancements, and removes all status ailments from the user. Used after Metamorphose. | Cid Raines |
| Temporal Hollow | Resets the chain gauge, removes all status ailments from the user, and dispels all status enhancements from the party. | Final boss |
Resistance[]
The player cannot resist Dispel, not even with Veil status, which is instead removed when hit with Dispel. Enemies, however, can be immune.
Enemies[]
Unlike the other status effects, Dispel does not have varying degrees of resistance; an enemy can only be immune (0%) or susceptible (100%).
Enemies fought when the player lacks access to the Dispel spell still programmed resistances to the status even if the player cannot use the status against them in a normal playthrough.