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[[File:FFX Jinx.png|thumb|Jinx in ''Final Fantasy X''.]]
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'''Jinx''' {{J|バッドタイム|Baddo Taimu|Bad Time}} is a recurring ability in the series. Its effects vary per game.
 
'''Jinx''' {{J|バッドタイム|Baddo Taimu|Bad Time}} is a recurring ability in the series. Its effects vary per game.
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
 
===''[[Final Fantasy X]]''===
 
===''[[Final Fantasy X]]''===
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Jinx is a [[Special (Final Fantasy X)|Special]] ability found on [[Kimahri Ronso|Kimahri's]] section of the [[Sphere Grid]]. It costs no [[MP (stat)|MP]] to use.
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Jinx is an ability found on [[Kimahri Ronso|Kimahri]]'s section of the [[Sphere Grid]]. It costs no [[MP (Stat)|MP]] to use. It claims to lower the target's [[Luck (Stat)#Final Fantasy X|Luck]] stat, but does not give the full impact of a reduced Luck while it does reduce their evasion chance by 1%, and increases the chance of landing a critical hit on them by 1%, it has no impact on the target's accuracy or their chance of landing a critical hit themselves. The effect can be stacked of up to five points.
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It claims to lower the targets' [[Luck (stat)#Final Fantasy X|Luck]] stat at once, but does not give the full impact of a reduced Luck. Each use reduces the evasion chance of all enemies by 1%, and increases the chance of landing a [[critical hit#Final Fantasy X|critical hit]] on them by 1%; it has no impact on the target's accuracy or their chance of landing a critical hit themselves in their attacks. The effect can be stacked of up to five times.
   
 
===''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]''===
 
===''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]''===
 
{{Quote|Extend the duration of a target's existing status ailments upon inflicting new ones.|Description}}
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Jinx is a [[Saboteur (Final Fantasy XIII)|Saboteur]] auto-ability that increases the duration of any negative status effects already on the enemy by 5 seconds, when a character successfully inflicts a negative status effect on them.
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Jinx is the only [[Saboteur (Final Fantasy XIII)|Saboteur]] auto-ability. It increases the duration of all existing debuff and debilitation spells on the opponent by 5 seconds whenever a new ailment is inflicted.
 
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It is learned by [[Lightning (Final Fantasy XIII)/Gameplay|Lightning]] (stage 8), [[Sazh Katzroy/Gameplay|Sazh]] (stage 7), [[Snow Villiers/Gameplay|Snow]] (stage 7), [[Oerba Dia Vanille/Gameplay|Vanille]] (stage 7), [[Hope Estheim/Gameplay|Hope]] (stage 7), and [[Oerba Yun Fang/Gameplay|Fang]] (stage 7).
   
 
====''[[Final Fantasy XIII-2]]''====
 
====''[[Final Fantasy XIII-2]]''====
 
Jinx is a [[Saboteur (Final Fantasy XIII-2)|Saboteur]] auto-ability that extends the duration of a target's existing status ailments upon inflicting new ones. It can be learned by [[Serah Farron/Gameplay|Serah]] (role level 50) and by infusing a Saboteur [[Paradigm Pack|monster]] with a combined total of 99 [[Synergist (Final Fantasy XIII-2)|Synergist]] [[level]]s.
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Jinx is still the only auto-ability accessible by [[Saboteur (Final Fantasy XIII-2)|Saboteurs]] and no changes have been made. It is available to [[Serah Farron|Serah]] via normal leveling methods, but the player needs to infuse a Saboteur [[Paradigm Pack|monster]] with a combined total of 99 [[Synergist (Final Fantasy XIII-2)|Synergist]] [[level]]s for the Saboteur to learn Jinx. [[Noel Kreiss|Noel]] cannot learn it at all.
 
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==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
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{{Etym|Jinx}}
A {{w|jinx}}, in popular superstition and folklore, is a type of curse placed on a person that makes them prey to many minor misfortunes and other forms of bad luck; a person afflicted with a similar curse, who, while not directly subject to a series of misfortunes, seems to attract them to anyone in his vicinity; or an object or person that brings bad luck.
 
   
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Revision as of 21:11, 10 April 2020

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FFX Jinx

Jinx in Final Fantasy X.

Jinx (バッドタイム, Baddo Taimu?, lit. Bad Time) is a recurring ability in the series. Its effects vary per game.

Appearances

Final Fantasy X

Jinx is a Special ability found on Kimahri's section of the Sphere Grid. It costs no MP to use.

It claims to lower the targets' Luck stat at once, but does not give the full impact of a reduced Luck. Each use reduces the evasion chance of all enemies by 1%, and increases the chance of landing a critical hit on them by 1%; it has no impact on the target's accuracy or their chance of landing a critical hit themselves in their attacks. The effect can be stacked of up to five times.

Final Fantasy XIII

Extend the duration of a target's existing status ailments upon inflicting new ones.

Description

Jinx is a Saboteur auto-ability that increases the duration of any negative status effects already on the enemy by 5 seconds, when a character successfully inflicts a negative status effect on them.

It is learned by Lightning (stage 8), Sazh (stage 7), Snow (stage 7), Vanille (stage 7), Hope (stage 7), and Fang (stage 7).

Final Fantasy XIII-2

Jinx is a Saboteur auto-ability that extends the duration of a target's existing status ailments upon inflicting new ones. It can be learned by Serah (role level 50) and by infusing a Saboteur monster with a combined total of 99 Synergist levels.

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT

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Final Fantasy Brave Exvius

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Etymology

A jinx, in popular superstition and folklore, is a type of curse placed on a person that makes them prey to many minor misfortunes and other forms of bad luck; a person afflicted with a similar curse, who, while not directly subject to a series of misfortunes, seems to attract them to anyone in his vicinity; or an object or person that brings bad luck.