Small (Final Fantasy VII)

Small is a status in Final Fantasy VII. One afflicted with the Small status has their Attack Power reduced to 1, never doing more than 1 damage with physical attacks. Unlike most other statuses, Small is not removed if a character is KO'd, but it does not persist after battle. Small is the only status able to stick of a petrified unit. The enemy Hungry can eat a character in Small status, removing them from battle and flagging them as defeated. The healing item dedicated for removing Small is Cornucopia.

Abilities[]

Items	Shrivel, Cauldron
Limit Breaks	Hellmasker (Nightmare)
Materia	Added Effect + Transform/Hades in a linked slot in a weapon
Spells	Mini, Bad Breath, L4 Suicide
Summons	Hades

Enemy abilities[]

Ability	Description	Enemy
Bad Breath	Inflicts Confuse/Frog/Poison/Silence/Sleep/Small on all enemies. Can be learned as E.Skill.	Malboro
L4 Suicide	Reduces HP by 96.875% and inflicts Small on all enemies whose levels are a multiple of 4. Can be learned as E.Skill.	Mu, Trickplay
Mini	Inflicts/removes Small from one or all enemies.	Godo, Hungry
Pale Horse	Inflicts non-elemental magic damage and Frog/Sadness/Small to one enemy.	Safer∙Sephiroth
Right Revenge	Reduces HP by 46.875% of current HP and inflicts Frog/Small to one enemy.	Ruby Weapon
Right Thrust	Reduces HP by 93.75% of current HP and inflicts Frog/Small to one enemy.	Ruby Weapon

Battle Square handicap[]

The Minimum handicap in the Battle Square inflicts Small on the player's combatant if they are not immune from equipment. Resist status does protect from handicaps and, in fact, makes the handicap impossible to remove after infliction.

Protection[]

The following allows the player to protect against Small:

Accessory	Ribbon, White Cape
Materia	Added Effect + Transform/Hades in a linked slot in an armor
Spell	Resist
Item	Vaccine

Healing[]

Item	Cornucopia, Remedy, Holy Torch
Spell	Esuna, White Wind, Angel Whisper
Limit Breaks	Breath of the Earth, Pulse of Life, Great Gospel

Small persists after battle, and is thus also removed by staying at an inn and equivalent services.

Enemies[]

The following enemies are immune to Small. All bosses except Dark Nation are immune.

Use[]

Small is useful for reducing the amount of physical damage the enemy can do, but it does not affect their magic attacks, making it less useful than Frog. In addition, while fewer enemies are immune to Small compared to Frog, it is useless on all machine enemies and giant enemies, such as Dragons or Worms. Most fights can be ended relatively quickly without the need for Small, making the status not see much use.