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Haste is a status in Final Fantasy VII that makes one's ATB gauge fill out twice as fast and their idle animation speed is doubled. As a downside, all timed effects like Barrier and Slow-numb run out double the pace. If a target is immune to Haste, they are also immune to Slow. Haste does not expire for the duration of the battle once granted, unless removed with DeSpell or other means.

Abilities[]

FFVII Haste

The Haste spell.

Item Speed Drink
Limit Break Lunatic High, Howling Moon
Spell Big Guard (E.Skill), Haste (Magic)

Additionally, equipping the Sprint Shoes will put the wearer under permanent Haste.

Enemy abilities[]

Ability Description Enemy
Adrenaline Grants Barrier and Haste to self. Ignores status immunity. Iron Man
Big Guard Grants Barrier, MBarrier, and Haste to all allies. Can be learned as an E.Skill. Beachplug, Wolfmeister

Protection[]

The following allows the player to prevent Haste, though this is usually a side effect of immunizing against Slow.

Spell Resist (Magic)
Item Vaccine
Materia Added Effect + Time linked in armor

Removal[]

Spell DeSpell, Slow, Stop
Item Holy Torch

If the Hasted character dies or is petrified and is then restored, Haste will be gone when they return.

Enemies[]

The following enemies are immune to Haste. However, putting Haste on enemies would be a detriment most of the time; the only boon would be for Death-sentence to expire faster.

Use[]

Haste is a very powerful status, enabling the player to get turns much faster, with the downside being that Barrier and MBarrier will run out faster on the character and the character succumbs to Death-sentence and Slow-numb faster. Haste can be used way before reaching Gongaga through stealing from Vice before heading to the Shinra Bldg. to get Speed Drinks. Once the player has Enemy Skill, they can instead use Big Guard to grant some protection to the party in addition to Haste.

Haste should be one of the first actions the player uses in battle to give themselves a huge advantage over the enemy. Once the Sprint Shoes can be obtained, they should opt in using this if the Ribbon is not needed, such as against Emerald Weapon.

Haste is great on the Battle Square as it does not lapse.

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