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Silence is a status in Final Fantasy VIII. Silence disables the Magic, Draw, and GF commands. Rinoa is immune to this status during her Angel Wing Limit Break. The effect remains indefinitely until healed, even outside of battle. The afflicted has a speech bubble with "..." above their head.

Silence can be useful against enemies that cast hazardous spells. However, most bosses are immune, though Silence will work on Propagators and some of the Sorceresses. Inflicting Silence on a Behemoth, they cannot perform their final attack.

Abilities[]

Limit Breaks Acid Crisis Level 3 (Blue Magic), Bad Breath (Blue Magic), Dark Shot (Shot)
Spell Pain, Silence (Magic, Slot, Angel Wing)
Summon Doomtrain, Siren

ST-Atk-J[]

Spell Rating Status Effects
Silence 100% Silence
Pain 100% Poison, Darkness, Silence

Enemy abilities[]

Ability Description Enemy
Bad Breath Inflicts Darkness, Confuse, Berserk, Poison, Sleep, Silence, Curse, Petrifying, and Slow on the entire party. Can be learned as a Blue Magic. Malboro
Disease Breath Inflicts non-elemental magic damage and Silence to one target. Blood Soul
Melting Bubble Inflicts non-elemental magic damage and Silence to one target. Grand Mantis
Pain Inflicts Poison, Darkness, and Silence to one target. Elnoyle, Fujin (2nd), Griever
Silence Inflicts Silence to one target. Abadon, Blobra, Blood Soul, Cerberus, Edea (2nd), Forbidden, Gargantua, Gerogero, Gesper, Glacial Eye, Imp, NORG, Paratrooper, Propagator, Right Orb
Stare Inflicts non-elemental magic damage as well as Poison, Confuse, Darkness, and Silence to one target. Vysage

Protection[]

Support ability Ribbon
Status Invincible

Rinoa under the effect of Angel Wing is also immune to Silence.

ST-Def-J[]

Spell Rating Status Effects
Esuna 20% Poison, Petrify, Petrifying, Darkness, Silence, Berserk, Sleep, Slow, Stop, Curse, Confuse
Reflect 25% Poison, Petrify, Petrifying, Darkness, Silence, Berserk, Sleep, Slow, Stop, Confuse
Pain 100% Poison, Darkness, Silence, Curse
Silence 100% Silence

Healing[]

Ability Treatment
Item Cottage, Echo Screen, Elixir, Megalixir, Remedy, Remedy+, Tent
Limit Break Full-cure
Mechanics Death, Petrify, Sleeping at a lodging such as a hotel
Spell Esuna

Enemies[]

20% Abyss Worm, Armadodo, Base Soldier, Belhelmel, Bite Bug, Blobra, Bomb, Buel, Cactuar, Caterchipillar, Cockatrice, Death Claw, Esthar Soldier, Fastitocalon, Fastitocalon-F, G-Soldier, Gayla, Geezard, Gesper, Grand Mantis, Grendel, Guard, Jelleye, Lefty, Oilboyle, Red Bat, Righty, Slapper, Snow Lion, T-Rexaur, Thrustaevis, Turtapod, Vysage, Wendigo, Biggs (D-District Prison), propagator, Rinoa, Wedge (D-District Prison)
30% Blue Dragon
60% Anacondaur, Behemoth, Creeps, Sorceress (A), Sorceress (B)
65% Elite Soldier
70% Glacial Eye, SAM08G
80% Raijin (1st/2nd)
99% Imp, Seifer (2nd)
Immune Adamantoise, Anacondaur, Blitz, Blood Soul, Chimera, Elastoid, Elnoyle, Forbidden, Funguar, GIM47N, Grat, Hexadragon, Iron Giant, Malboro, Mesmerize, Ochu, PuPu, Raldo, Ruby Dragon, Tonberry, Torama, Tri-Face, UFO?, All bosses except Biggs (D-District Prison), Propagator, Raijin, Rinoa, Seifer (2nd), Sorceress (A), Sorceress (B), Wedge (D-District Prison)
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