Paralyze (Final Fantasy V)

Paralyze is a status in Final Fantasy V. Paralyzed units cannot act nor evade, nor will they cover for other allies, making it similar to stop status. The duration of paralyze depends on the attack setting it, but an easy way for the player to inflict it is with a whip (used by Beastmasters), most of which have a 50% chance of inflicting a susceptible target when the attack connects. Those afflicted with paralyze crouch in place and have yellow zigzag symbol next to them.

Abilities[]

Ability	Chaos Drive (Dark Arts), Flying Squirrel (Animals), Mineuchi^{[note 1]}
Spell	Death Claw (Blue Magic), Mind Blast (Blue Magic)
Summon	Remora
Weapons	Beast Killer 50%, Chain Whip 50%, Dragon's Whisker 50%, Whip 50%

↑ Prior to the now defunct 2013 iOS version, the Samurai's Mineuchi ability does not paralyze opponents, due to a bug in game coding. This is fixed in the 2013 versions and Final Fantasy V Pixel Remaster.

Enemy abilities[]

Ability	Description	Enemy
Blaster	Inflicts Paralyze or Death to one target or the party.	Bandercoeurl, Grand Aevis, Omega, Omega Mk.II, Pantera, Prototype
Death Claw	Reduces HP to single digits and inflicts Paralyze to one target.	Death Claw, Treant, Gilgamesh, Soul Eater, Azulmagia, Iron Claw, Objet d'Art, Strapparer
Entangle	Inflicts Paralyze to one target.	Archeoaevis, Aspis, Jura Aevis, Leviathan, Python, Unknown (#170), Weresnake, White Serpent
Feeler	Inflicts non-elemental physical damage and Paralyze to one target.	Karlabos
Grand Cross	Inflicts Death, Petrify, Toad, Mini, Poison, Zombie, Darkness, Old, Sleep, Paralyze, Confuse, Berserk, Silence, Stop, Doom, and Sap to the entire party.	Enuo, Neo Exdeath
High Kick	Inflicts non-elemental physical damage and Paralyze to one target.	Duelist, Ifrit, Sword Dancer
Mind Blast	Inflicts non-elemental magic damage as well as Paralyze and Sap to one target.	Wendigo, Twintania, Mindflayer, Azulmagia
Mineuchi	Inflicts non-elemental physical damage and Paralyze to one target.	Numb Blade
Paralyze Powder	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Paralyze to one target.	Dragon Flower, Exoray
Ray	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Paralyze to one target.	Liquid Flame, Medusa
Slap	Inflicts non-elemental physical damage and Paralyze to one target.	Lamia
Wring	Inflicts non-elemental physical damage as well as Darkness, Poison, and Paralyze to one target.	Assassin, Yojimbo

Protection[]

Accessory	Genji Gloves, Hermes Sandals
Shield	Genji Shield

Healing[]

Mix	Remedy, Smelling Salts
Spell	Esuna (White Magic)

Enemies[]

Most bosses are immune to paralyze, the exceptions being Byblos, Carbuncle (Healing), Catastrophe, Covert, Cray Claw, Dragon Flower, Forza, Gargoyle, Golem, Ifrit, Ice Commander, Iron Claw, Jura Aevis, Melusine (Elemental phases), Nereid, Neo Exdeath (Top), Odin, Omniscient, Pantera, Phobos, Sekhmet, Siren, Triton, and Wing Raptor.

The following enemies are immune to paralyze:

[1] Prior to the now defunct 2013 iOS version, the Samurai's Mineuchi ability does not paralyze opponents, due to a bug in game coding. This is fixed in the 2013 versions and Final Fantasy V Pixel Remaster.

[note 1]