Sadness is a status in Final Fantasy VII. Sadness makes the affected target take 30% less damage from physical and magical attacks, but also halves the rate at which the Limit gauge fills. The effect can be positive or negative, depending on the party's situation. Sadness is the opposite of Fury. When a character is under Sadness status, their Limit bar is displayed in blue, rather than the normal pink. Sadness and Fury both persist after battle and can be healed/inflicted in the menu with Tranquilizer/Hyper.
Abilities[]
| Item | Tranquilizer |
|---|
Enemy abilities[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Absorb | Non-elemental magic damage and Sadness to one enemy. | Jenova∙SYNTHESIS |
| Bad mouth | Non-elemental physical damage and Sadness to one enemy. | Gremlin |
| Bug Needle | Non-elemental magic damage and inflicts Poison and Sadness to one enemy. | Slaps |
| Creepy Touch | Sadness to one enemy. | Unknown 3 |
| High/Low Suit | Sadness to one enemy. | Christopher |
| Lick | Non-elemental physical damage and Sadness to one enemy. | Aps |
| Pale Horse | Non-elemental magic damage and inflicts Frog, Sadness, and Small to one enemy. | Safer∙Sephiroth |
| Para Tail | Non-elemental physical damage and Sadness to one enemy. | Parasite |
| Shower | Non-elemental magic damage and Sadness to one enemy. | Elfadunk |
| Smog Alert | Non-elemental physical damage and inflicts Poison, Sadness, Darkness, and Silence to one enemy. | Gas Ducter |
| Teardrop | Non-elemental physical damage and Sadness to one enemy. | Allemagne |
| Triclops | Sadness and Slow-numb to one enemy. | Grangalan Jr. |
| War Cry | Sadness to one enemy. | Screamer, Staniv |
Protection[]
The following methods allow the player to protect against Sadness:
| Accessories | Peace Ring, Ribbon |
|---|---|
| Spell | Resist |
| Item | Vaccine |
| Limit Break | Great Gospel |
Healing[]
| Spell | Esuna |
|---|---|
| Item | Hyper, Remedy, Tent |
| Limit Break | Breath of the Earth, Pulse of Life, Great Gospel |
Staying at an inn and equivalent services also heal the party of statuses.
Enemies[]
The following enemies are immune to Sadness (though there are no abilities to inflict it that the player can use, and even when using a Tranquilizer, Sadness on enemies will only mitigate damage the player can do):
Use[]
Sadness is a powerful defensive status for the player to utilize, at the cost of fewer Limits occurring. By utilizing Sadness in addition to the back row, the player can significantly reduce the amount of physical damage received from enemies, and with the correct setup, can deal full damage from the back row to any enemy, including the use of magic, items, long-range weapons, or the Long Range Materia. Since the player can apply the status at any time by using the Tranquilizer, they will always have access to the status, and can apply it outside of battle as well.