Poison is a status in Final Fantasy VII that periodically inflicts Poison-elemental fractional physical damage upon the afflicted unit and does not remain after battle. The afflicted unit's battle model turns green.
Mechanics[]
Afflicted takes 1/32 of Max HP of physical Poison-elemental damage every 2.5 units of time ignoring Defense stat and Barrier statuses. The status last till the end of battle or until cured. The damage from the Poison status functions as if it is the player damaging themselves. Therefore, when in both the Poison status and the All Lucky 7s status, the Poison will deal 7777 damage. As the requirement of being in the All Lucky 7s status is to have 7777 health, the player will die unless they protect against Poison element. If the poisoned character is trying to Defend, the defensive stance is canceled out whenever the character takes damage.
Because the Poison status deals Poison-elemental damage, the player can be healed by it if they make the character absorb Poison, such as with the Poison Materia linked with a mastered Elemental Materia in armor. If the character is immune to the Poison element (take no damage from it), they are also immune to the Poison status.
In many games in the series Poison status is mutually exclusive with Regen, but this is not the case in Final Fantasy VII; a single unit can have both at the same time.
Abilities[]
| Item | Deadly Waste, M-Tentacles, Cauldron |
|---|---|
| Limit Break | Hellmasker (Nightmare) |
| Materia | Added Effect + Poison/Hades in a linked slot in a weapon |
| Spell | Bad Breath (E.Skill), Bio & Bio2 & Bio3 (Poison Materia) |
| Summon | Hades |
Enemy abilities[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Abnormal Breath | Non-elemental magic damage and Poison to one or all enemies. | Dragon Zombie |
| Acid Rain | Poison-elemental magic damage and Poison to one enemy. | Epiolnis |
| Bad Breath | Inflicts Confusion, Frog, Poison, Silence, Sleep, and Small on all enemies. Can be learned as an E.Skill. | Malboro |
| Bio | Poison-elemental magic damage and Poison to one or all enemies. | Lost Number |
| Bio2 | Poison-elemental magic damage and Poison to one or all enemies. | Flower Prong, Godo, Jenova∙SYNTHESIS, Lost Number, Malboro |
| Bio Gas | Non-elemental magic damage and Poison to one enemy. | Helletic Hojo |
| Bug Needle | Non-elemental physical damage and inflicts Poison and Sadness to one enemy. | Slaps |
| C Cannon | Non-elemental physical damage and Poison to one enemy. | Heli Gunner |
| Combo | Inflicts physical damage four times in a row on one opponent. Second attack may inflict Poison, third attack may inflict Darkness, fourth attack may inflict Sleep. Combo breaks if the target dies midway. | Lifeform-Hojo N |
| Firing Line | Non-elemental physical damage and inflicts Sleep and Poison to all enemies. | Heli Gunner |
| Left Revenge | Inflicts non-elemental MP damage equal to 46.875% of the target's current MP and inflicts Poison and Slow-numb to one enemy. | Ruby Weapon |
| Left Thrust | Inflicts non-elemental MP damage equal to 78.125% of the target's current MP and inflicts Poison and Slow-numb to one enemy. | Ruby Weapon |
| Liquid poison | Poison to one enemy. | Kelzmelzer |
| Northern Cross | Poison to one enemy. | Maximum Kimaira |
| Piazzo Shower | Poison-elemental magic damage and Poison to one enemy. | Zenene |
| Poison Blow | Poison to one enemy. | Velcher Task |
| Poison Breath | Poison-elemental magic damage and Poison to one enemy. | Bagnadrana, CMD.Grand Horn |
| Poison Fang | Non-elemental physical damage and Poison to one enemy. | Heg, Unknown 3 |
| Poison Fang | Poison-elemental physical damage and Poison to one enemy. | Dragon Zombie |
| Poison Storm | Poison to one enemy. | Harpy |
| Refuse | Poison-elemental magic damage and either Poison or Sleep to one enemy. | Brain Pod |
| Scorpion's Tail | Non-elemental physical damage and Poison to one enemy. | Lessaloploth, Rapps |
| Shady Breath | Poison to all enemies. | Sample:H0512 |
| Smog | Non-elemental magic damage and inflicts Poison or Darkness to one enemy. | Slalom, Smogger |
| Smog Alert | Non-elemental physical damage and inflicts Poison, Darkness, Silence, and Sadness to one enemy. | Gas Ducter |
| Stigma | Non-elemental magic damage that deals 13⁄4 time normal damage and inflicts Poison and Slow to all enemies. | Bizarro∙Sephiroth |
| Stigma | Non-elemental magic damage that deals 11⁄2 time normal damage and inflicts Poison and Slow to all enemies. Never used. | Bizarro∙Sephiroth |
| Toxic Barf | Poison and Slow to one enemy. Used as a counter on any target except self. | Zolokalter |
| Toxic Powder | Poison-elemental physical damage and Poison to all enemies. | Bizarre Bug |
Battle Square handicap[]
Poison is a handicap in the Battle Square the player may land on in-between rounds. It is one of the more benign handicaps that may be worth aiming for deliberately, especially if the player has status-protection. However, Resist does not protect the player from handicap reels, only makes the afflictions impossible to remove.
Protection[]
The following methods allow the player to protect against Poison:
| Accessory | Fairy Ring, Poison Ring, Ribbon, Star Pendant |
|---|---|
| Materia | Added Effect/LV2 Elemental + Poison/Hades in a linked slot in an armor |
| Status | Peerless, Resist |
Healing[]
| Spell | Poisona & Esuna (Heal Materia), White Wind & Angel Whisper (E.Skill) |
|---|---|
| Item | Antidote, Remedy |
| Limit Break | Breath of the Earth, Pulse of Life, Great Gospel |
Enemies[]
The following enemies are immune to Poison. Machine enemies are immune. Bosses are typically immune, the exceptions being Aps, Bad Rap Sample, Bottomswell, Dark Nation, Demons Gate, Dyne, Gi Nattak, Godo, Gorkii, Lost Number, Materia Keeper, Midgar Zolom, Palmer, Poodler Sample, Pyramid, Red Dragon, Ruby's Tentacle, Rufus, Sample:H0512, Sample:H0512-opt, Shake, Staniv, Turks:Elena, Turks:Reno, and Turks:Rude.
Use[]
Poison can be useful for adding additional damage over time, and the player can gain access to it as early as Shinra Bldg. through both the Poison Materia and the item Deadly Waste. While most regular fights end relatively quickly without the need of Poison, it may be useful in a few boss fights. In particular, it is useful against Midgar Zolom, Lost Number, and Bottomswell as damage from Poison does not trigger them to change form. It an also be utilized against Dyne, Demons Gate, Red Dragon, Materia Keeper, and the final battle with the Turks to great effect.