Slow (status)

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FFVI Slow status — Terra slowed in *Final Fantasy VI*.

Slow (スロウ, Surou?) is a recurring status effect from the Final Fantasy series. Its exact effects vary from game to game, but it always results in a character being able to perform fewer actions in a given amount of game time. In the original Final Fantasy, it results in a character scoring fewer hits in battle, while in Final Fantasy Tactics, it results in a character getting fewer turns.

Sometimes, this status effect is accompanied by a spell of the same name which causes the status effect. Slow usually can only be cured with time, but inflicting Haste on a slowed character may remove the status as well.

Appearances

Final Fantasy

The Slow status reduces enemy Hit Rate.

Final Fantasy II

Slow lowers the Hit Rate of the victim.

Final Fantasy III

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Final Fantasy IV

The status decreases a character's ATB gauge's filling-up speed. In 2D versions, it decreases the speed modifier by 8 (default being 16 for all targets), and can only be decreased to 32.

Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-

The Slow status returns as a status effect and it functions the same way as its predecessor.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years

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Final Fantasy V

Game Element	Type	Effect
Slow Cannon/Burst/Shot	Combine	Inflicts Slow and non-elemental damage.
Slow	Time Magic	Inflicts Slow.
Slowga	Time Magic	Inflicts Slow to all targets in the enemy party.
Slimer	Enemy Ability	Inflicts Slow.
Web	Enemy Ability	Inflicts Slow.

Final Fantasy VI

If a unit is immune to Slow, they are also immune to Haste. Slow will affect the Doom status, Slow will decrease the countdown timer on the afflicted.

Game Element	Type	Effect
Slow	Magic	Inflicts Slow.
Slowga	Magic	Inflicts Slow to all targets of the enemy party.
Clamp	Enemy Ability	Inflicts Slow.
Cling	Enemy Ability	Inflicts Slow.
Diabolic Whistle	Enemy Ability	Inflicts Slow as well as other statuses to the party.
Entangle	Enemy Ability	Inflicts Slow.
Entwine	Enemy Ability	Inflicts Slow to party.
Gunk	Enemy Ability	Inflicts Slow.
Mind Blast	Enemy Ability	Inflicts Slow as well as other statuses to the party.
Slime	Enemy Ability	Inflicts Slow.
Slimer	Enemy Ability	Inflicts Slow.
Venom	Enemy Ability	Inflicts Slow.

Final Fantasy VII

Slow makes a target's ATB gauge fill out half the normal speed, but the pace of all timed effects, such as Barrier and Slow-numb is halved as well.

Linking Added Effect with Time in a character's armor makes the character immune to Slow (but, curiously, also immune to Haste). The effect can be removed with DeSpell, White Wind and Angel Whisper.

Game Element	Type	Effect
Slow	Magic	Inflicts Slow.
Abnormal Shell	Enemy Attack	Inflicts minor non-elemental damage, as well as Slow and Blind.
Dance	Enemy Attack	Inflicts minor non-elemental damage and Slow to party.
Eyesight	Enemy Attack	One of four versions. Inflicts Slow and Blind, but is only used as a counter to physical attacks.
Silk	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Slow.
Slow Dance	Enemy Attack	Inflicts minor non-elemental damage and Slow.
Stigma	Enemy Attack	Inflicts major non-elemental damage as well as Slow and Poison to the party.
Super Nova	Enemy Attack	Inflicts damage equal to 15/16 of character's HP as well as Slow, Confuse, and Silence to party.
Support Beam	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Slow.
Toxic Barf	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Poison and Slow.
Jem Ring	Accessory	Protects against Petrify and Slow.
Spider Web	Item	Inflicts Slow on all enemies.

Final Fantasy VIII

Slow is effective against many early bosses. It lasts for around 6.6 seconds, and while it decreases the amount of time the ATB gauge will fill, it also lengthens the amount of time positive statuses will last.

Game Element	Type	Effect
Slow	Magic	Inflicts Slow.
Bad Breath	Blue Magic	Inflicts Slow as well as multiple abnormal status to all enemies. Inflicts mediocre magic damage and Slow to all enemies in Geezard's case.
'Brrawghh!'	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Slow, Curse, and Blind as well as non-elemental damage to the party.
Evil Eye	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Slow and Curse on the party.
Ochu Dance	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Slow and Curse on the party.
Sticky Icky	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Slow.
Sticky Web	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Slow.

Final Fantasy IX

Game Element	Type	Effect
Slow	Black Magic	Inflicts Slow.
Bad Breath	Blue Magic	Inflicts Slow as well as other statuses.
Curse	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Slow as well as non-elemental damage and various other statuses.
String	Enemy Attack	Inflicts minor non-elemental damage as well as Slow.
Web	Enemy Attack	Inflicts minor non-elemental damage and Slow.
Gladius	Weapon	Has Slow as an Add-Status.
Oak Staff	Weapon	Has Slow as an Add-Status.
Ragnarok	Weapon	Has Slow as an Add-Status.
Silver Fork	Weapon	Has Slow as an Add-Status.
Locomotion	Auto-Ability	Prevents Slow and Stop.

Final Fantasy X

The Slow status delays the future turns of the enemy. This is unlike Delay Attack or Delay Buster that simply delays one turn of the enemy.

There are a plethora of ways to inflict Slow status, which include customizing weapons with Slowtouch or Slowstrike or using a Silver Hourglass or Gold Hourglass. Rikku's Chaos Grenade Mix also inflicts Slow.

Game Element	Type	Effect
Slow	White Magic	Inflicts Slow.
Slowga	White Magic	Inflicts Slow to all enemies.
Bad Breath	Overdrive	Inflicts Slow as well as many other statuses to all enemies.
Chaos Grenade	Overdrive	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Slow to all enemies as well as many other status effects.
Contamination	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Slow as well as other statuses.
Impulse	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Slow and other statuses. Only in the International version, by Dark Bahamut.
Kozuka	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Slow and other statuses. Only in the International version, by Dark Yojimbo.
Mega Graviton	Enemy Attack	Reduces party's HP by 7/16 as well as inflicting Slow and other statuses to party. Only in the International version.
Obliteration	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Slow to the party. Only in the International version.
Ochu Dance	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Slow and many other statuses to the party.
Putrid Breath	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Slow as well as other statuses and non-elemental damage to the party.
Shockwave	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Slow as well as many other statuses and non-elemental damage to party.
Slam	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Slow.
Slime	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Slow and many other statuses.
Stone Gaze	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Petrify and Slow as well as non-elemental damage.
Tentacles	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Slow.
Ultra Spark	Enemy Attack	Inflicts extreme non-elemental damage as well as Slow and other statuses to party.
Venom	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Slow and Poison as well as non-elemental damage.
Slowtouch	Auto-Ability	Inflicts Slow half the time when attacking physically.
Slowstrike	Auto-Ability	Inflicts Slow when attacking physically.
Slow Ward	Auto-Ability	Protects against Slow half the time.
Slowproof	Auto-Ability	Protects against Slow.
Gold Hourglass	Item	Inflicts 1,000 HP damage and Slow to all enemies.
Silver Hourglass	Item	Inflicts Slow to all enemies.

Final Fantasy X-2

Slow Dance is an ability on the Songstress dressphere costing 60 AP to learn. Slow Dance will inflict the entire enemy party with slow as long as the user is dancing. The ATB bar is turned gold for the duration of the effect.

Game Element	Type	Effect
Bad Breath	Blue Bullet	Inflicts Slow as well as many other statuses to all enemies.
Slow Dance	Dance	Inflicts Slow on all enemies while dancing.
Intimidate	Instinct	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Slow.
Sticky Honey	Fallalery	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Slow to all enemies.
Slow Shell	Machinations	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Slow.
Blackout	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Darkness and Slow.
El Nino	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Slow to party.
Lingering Gaze	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Slow.
Really Bad Breath	Enemy Attack	Inflicts multiple statuses, including Slow, to the party.
Slow Attack	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Slow. Only in the International version.
Squirt Gun	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Water-elemental damage and Slow.
Slowproof	Auto-Ability	Protects against Slow.
Silver Hourglass	Item	Inflicts Slow.
Gold Hourglass	Item	Inflicts Slow to all enemies.

Final Fantasy X-2: Last Mission

Slow makes the character take only one action every two turns. Some fiends inflict the status with their regular attacks. The player can inflict it by using the Yubimello medicine. It can be healed by entering the Haste status. The auto-ability Slowproof makes the character immune to the status.

Final Fantasy XI

The Slow status has two effects: the speed of attacks is reduced, and the recast times of spells are increased. The casting times of spells and the recast times of job abilities are not affected by Slow.

The slow status is directly inflicted via a variety of spells and a Blood Pact:

It is also an added effect of the following spells and Blood Pacts:

Monsters possess a multitude of abilities that inflict slow that are unavailable to players.

Final Fantasy XII

Slow status halves unit's ATB gauge speed forcing them to take action less frequently. It can be inflicted via the Slow and Slowga Time Magicks. Long Bolts will inflict Slow status on a target, so will the Kagenui, Iron Pole, Heavy Lance, and the Orichalcum Dirk. The Ensanguined Shield inflicts Slow for the bearer.

Slow can be healed by Haste, Dispel or Remedy. Sash and Ribbon immunize against Slow.

Slow does not affect the rate other statuses last.

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings

Slow is a status effect that causes the unit to move slowly and have a lower rate of attacking.

Slowga is a spell used by Ashe that inflicts Slow to all enemies in range. Balasa's Fire Fist attack also inflicts Slow as well as Fire-elemental damage to an enemy, while Ifrit's Hellfire inflicts Slow and Fire-elemental damage to all surrounding enemies.

Final Fantasy XIII

Slow is granted by the Saboteur's Slow spell. It makes the ATB gauge charge 50% slower. The effect can be cleared by Esuna or be canceled by casting Haste on an afflicted character.

Final Fantasy XIII-2

Slow can only be inflicted by enemies and Feral Links. The only way for the player to apply this status to enemies is to use Don Tonberry's Nekton's, Samovira's, or Ultros's Feral Links. It lowers the target's ATB recharge rate by 50%. Slow cannot be cancelled by Haste.

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

Slow slows the rate the afflicted's ATB gauge replenishes. Lightning can inflict it upon her opponents with the Slow and Slowga spells, and if afflicted herself, can heal it with Remedy or Mega Remedy. It expires on its own after a time.

Oerba Yun Fang uses Slow Hunter on enemies afflicted with Slow dealing increased damage.

Pretty Orb immunizes Lightning to Slow.

Final Fantasy XIV

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Final Fantasy Tactics

When a character is inflicted with Slow their sprite moves more slowly. The character's effective speed is halved (round down). Slow lasts for 32 ticks.

Slow can be inflicted with Slow, Slowja, Forbidden Dance, Wind Blast, Biora, Ague, and Grand Cross.

Diamond Bracelet, Cachusha and Ribbon can all be equipped to prevent Slow.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

Slow halves the recovery speed of a unit's ATB gauge, and can be inflicted through the use of the Ninja ability Earth Veil, the Blue Magic spells Bad Breath and Hastebreak, the Time Mage spell Slow, the Elementalist ability Sliprain, and the Assassin ability Ague. The enemy ability Spellbind also inflicts Slow, and is only used by Mateus.

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift

Slow can be inflicted on targets through the use of the Time Mage spells Slow and Slowga, the Spellblade ability Slow Blade, and the enemy abilities Bewitching Gaze, Binding Circle, Cloying Breath, Gold Hourglass, Mucus, Sheol, and Vine Lash.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles

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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates

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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time

Slow is a status effect that causes a character to move slowly. While the effect can fall off over time, it can be dispelled via Clear or Cleara. It can be cast on an enemy via the combination Blizzard and Clear.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord

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Final Fantasy Dimensions

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Bravely Default

Slow lowers the affected characters speed. Slow Parry is an enemy ability that has a 50% chance to apply slow to the attacker when taking a single-target physical attack.

Pictlogica Final Fantasy

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Final Fantasy Record Keeper

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Final Fantasy Explorers

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World of Final Fantasy

Slow increases the afflicted's wait time until they are able to take their next turn.

Game Element	Type	Effect
Slow	Active Ability	Inflicts Slow on a single target.
Bad Breath	Active Ability	Inflicts Poison/Blindness/Oblivion/Slow/Confusion to a single target.
Lust Dagger	Active Ability	Inflicts Physical Fire damage/Slow to a single target.
Accursed Gaze	Active Ability	Inflicts neutral Magical damage/Slow to a single target.
Blaster	Active Ability	Inflicts neutral Magical damage/Slow/chance of Death to a single target.
Mini Blaster	Active Ability	Inflicts neutral Magical damage/Slow/chance of Death to a single target.
Icicle Drift	Active Ability	Inflicts Magical Ice damage/Slow to a single target.
Quicksand	Active Ability	Inflicts Magical Earth damage/Slow to a single target.
Sonic Wings	Active Ability	Inflicts Magical Wind damage/Slow to a single target.
Sticky Goo	Active Ability	Inflicts Magical Water damage/Slow to a single target.
Whirlpool	Active Ability	Inflicts Magical Water damage/Slow to a single target.
Resist Slow	Passive Ability	Protects the user against Slow.
Spider Silk	Item	Sometimes inflicts the effects of Slow to a single target.
Slow Mirajewel	Mirajewel	Allows Lann or Reynn to use Slow.
Resist Slow Mirajewel	Mirajewel	Raises Lann or Reynn's Resistance to Slow to 100.
Slow Seed	Ability Seed	Allows a Mirage to use Slow.
Resist Slow Seed	Ability Seed	Raises a Mirage's Resistance to Slow to 100.

Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon

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Chocobo's Dungeon 2

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Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales

Slow is a status effect that causes the person affected to take their turn after the user.

Cards that cause Slow

Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon

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Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances

Chrono Trigger

The Slow status decreases the time between turns. The status is shown with a white outline on the character, in the same manner of Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VI.