Stop (status)

Stop (ストップ, Sutoppu?) is a recurring status effect in the series. A stopped unit is frozen into temporal stasis, so that time stands still for them even as other units act normally. This allows opponents to get several turns and attack without retaliation until Stop wears off, returning the affected unit to normal time.

In Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy IX and Final Fantasy XII, like Slow status, Stop is removed by Dispel instead of Esuna. Sometimes the Auto-Haste status grants immunity to Stop. The item Remedy can also remove Stop.

Appearances Edit

Final Fantasy III Edit

Final Fantasy IV Edit

An afflicted unit cannot act until the status wears off. This also halts timers for other effects, though that part is somewhat buggy (see Stop bug). Haste causes Stop to wear off faster, while Slow prolongs it.

Game Element	Type	Effect
Stop	Black Magic	Inflicts Stop.
ElectroMagnetic Radiation	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Stop.

Final Fantasy IV -Interlude- Edit

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Edit

Final Fantasy V Edit

Stopped characters cannot evade any attacks and have all statuses that have a timer on them stop, with the exception of Sap which will continue to act.

Game Element	Type	Effect
Stop	Time Magic	Inflicts Stop.
Romeo's Ballad	Sing	Inflicts Stop on all enemies.
Calm	Beastmaster ability	Inflicts Stop on creature-type enemies.
Electromagnetic Field	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Stop.
Kagenui	Weapon	Inflicts Stop status sometimes when attacking physically. Only in the Advance version.

Final Fantasy VI Edit

Stop wears off approximately 38 seconds from the time it is applied to the target. If Terra is stopped while tranced, and the trance bar runs out during her stop time, she will be permanently tranced for the duration of the battle.

Game Element	Type	Effect
Stop	Magic	Inflicts Stop.
Eclipse	Bushido	Inflicts Stop as well as non-elemental damage.
Mind Blast	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Stop as well as many other statuses.
Net	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Stop.
Numb	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Stop.
Numbclaw	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Stop.
Numbspines	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Stop.
Smirk	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Stop.
Time Freeze	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Stop.
Vanish	Enemy Attack (Dummied)	Inflicts Stop as well as a myriad of other statuses on the caster.

Final Fantasy VII Edit

Stop halts the time counter for the afflicted target, preventing their ATB gauge from filling, but also halting time based effects such as Barrier or Regen. Linking Added Effect Materia with Contain, Time or Choco/Mog makes the character immune to the effect. It can be cured by DeSpell, White Wind, Angel Whisper or Aeris's status healing Limit Breaks.

Game Element	Type	Effect
Freeze	Magic	Inflicts major Ice-elemental damage and inflicts Stop with 68% precision.
Stop	Magic	Inflicts Stop with 60% precision.
Hourglass	Item	Inflicts Stop with 80% precision.
Seal Evil	Limit Break	Inflicts Stop and Silence to all enemies.
Stop Eye	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Stop. Is never used.
Stop Web	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Stop.
Thread	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Stop. Only used if target is in Slow.
World	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Stop.

Final Fantasy VIII Edit

Stop lasts for around 13.3 seconds, and targets under Stop are unable to avoid attacks. If the target was afflicted with any status effects prior to being stopped, the status effects are halted as well; spells like Poison and Regen won't damage or heal, and effects like Protect won't wear off.

Game Element	Type	Effect
Stop	Magic	Inflicts Stop.
Sticky Web	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Stop.

Final Fantasy IX Edit

Stopped units are considered defeated, although the party gains no EXP or AP from them, and as such having all of the alive party under the Stop will result in a Game Over. Party members can defend against Stop by equipping the Locomotion ability. Stop also halts the countdown from Doom.

Game Element	Type	Effect
Stop	Black Magic	Inflicts Stop.
Blaster	Enemy Attack	Damages and may inflict Stop.
Grand Cross	Enemy Attack	Can inflict various statuses, including Stop.
Locomotion	Auto-Ability	Prevents Stop.

Final Fantasy X-2 Edit

Stop prevents all movement animations from triggering, meaning affected units cannot be chained because their stagger animation will not trigger. The ATB bar is turned grey and will not move until the effect is cleared.

Game Element	Type	Effect
Borrowed Time	Flimflam	Inflicts Stop.
Brake-dance	Dance	Inflicts Stop on all enemies while dancing.
Kogoro Freeze	Kogoro	Inflicts Ice-elemental damage and Stop.
Stop Knife	Cutlery	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Stop.
Congealed Honey	Fallalery	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Stop to all enemies.
Stop Missile	Machinations	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Stop.
Still Wing	Throttle	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Stop.
Stop Mask	Festivities	Inflicts physical damage and Stop.
Beguiling Mire	Enemy Attack	Attacks target three times and inflicts Stop.
Cease and Desist	Enemy Attack	Inflicts minor non-elemental damage and Stop.
Gooey End	Enemy Attack	Inflicts minor non-elemental damage and Stop to party.
Halting Gaze	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Stop and minor non-elemental damage.
Heavenly Strike	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Stop as well as dealing damage equal to 50% of remaining HP and MP of target.
Looming Glacier	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Stop and reduces MP to 0.
Pernicious Powder	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Stop as well as many other statuses to party.
Sticky End	Enemy Attack	Inflicts minor non-elemental damage and Stop to party.
Stop Attack	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Stop. Only in International version.
Tempus Laxit	Enemy Attack	Inflicts minor non-elemental damage and Stop to party.
Stopproof	Auto-Ability	Protects against Stop.

Final Fantasy X-2: Last Mission Edit

Stop makes the target unable to take any action. The player can inflict the status through the Festivalist's ability Spinner.

Final Fantasy XII Edit

While a target is stopped, status effects are also halted. For example, Sap will stop draining HP for the duration of Stop, and its duration will be paused until Stop has run its course. This fact can be abused by casting Reverse followed by Stop on a character, thus allowing the character to absorb all forms of damage until Stop wears off.

This is especially useful for bosses which always target the nearest character, as equipping the other party members with ranged weapons will keep them alive while the Reversed character is taking all the hits. A stopped character is immune to Decoy, so a stopped character with Reverse can't be decoyed. A stopped character can be used to trigger the Immobilize glitch.

Stop is removed by Chronos Tear, Remedy (once the Remedy Lore 3 has been purchased), and Dispel. The accessory Power Armlet makes the wearer immune to Stop.

The Stop spell is a Time Magick 6 license that can be activated for 45 LP and can be bought in Rabanastre, Nalbina or Mt Bur-Omisace for 3,700 gil.

Game Element	Type	Effect
Stop	Time Magicks	Inflicts Stop.
Thundaja	Enemy Magick	Inflicts heavy Lightning-elemental damage as well as Stop.
Judgment	Enemy Technick	Inflicts heavy Holy-elemental damage as well as Stop.
Time Requiem	Enemy Technick	Inflicts Stop on all targets.
White Breath	Enemy Technick	Inflicts Ice-elemental damage as well as Stop.

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings Edit

Game Element	Type	Effect
Timeslip	Vaan's Action	Adds Stop to attacks.
Perseus Bow	Fran's weapon	Hits inflict Stop on opponents.
Absolute Zero	Esper (Shivar) Action	Inflicts Stop on one foe.
Kickline Dance	Esper (Siren) Action	Inflicts Stop and deal damage to one foe.
Diamond Dust	Shiva's Action	Inflicts heavy water damage and Stop to all foes in range.
White Breath	Yiazmat's Action	Inflicts damage and Stop to all foes in range.

Final Fantasy XVEdit

Stop freezes the target in place for a few seconds. They can be stopped in midair. After recovering from the status, the player recoils. Golden Hourglass and Ribbon protect against it, as well as the Resilient food buff.

King's Knight -Wrath of the Dark Dragon-Edit

Stop is an added effect of select KM, lasting 5-10 seconds when an enemy is struck. A Stopped enemy appears frozen in place with a purple clock icon overhead.

Final Fantasy Tactics Edit

When inflicted with Stop a character stops moving. It freezes the character's CT meter. Stopped characters cannot evade or use reaction abilities, including Blade Grasp and Abandon. Stop will wear off on its own after 20 ticks, and it can be removed with Choco Esuna.

Game Element	Type	Effect
Stop	Time Magick	Inflicts Stop on an area.
Tanglevine	Geomancy	Inflicts damage and may inflict Stop on an area.
Forbidden Dance	Dance	Distributes several status effects randomly on throughout all enemies.
Crushing Blow	Darkness	Deals damage and may inflict Stop on one character.
Judgement Blade	Holy Sword	Deals damage and may inflict Stop on an area.
Celestial Stasis	Astrology	Inflicts Stop, Disable, and Immobilize on all enemies.
Finishing Touch	Limit	Inflicts Stop, KO, or Stone on an area.
Onion Gloves	Accessory	Immunity to all status effects.
Jade Armlet	Accessory	Immunity to Stop.
Empyreal Armband	Accessory	Immunity to Stop.
Black Garb	Armor	Immunity to Stop.
Barrette	Armor	Immunity to Stop.
Ribbon	Armor	Immunity all status effects.
Balmung	Weapon	May inflict Stop.
Bind	Dread	Inflicts Stop.
Shadowbind	Subdual Arts	Inflicts Stop.
Blaster	Enemy Ability	Inflicts Stop.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance Edit

Game Element	Type	Effect
Acid	Blue Magic	Inflicts random status, including Stop.
Hastebreak	Blue Magic	Slows target, but inflicts Stop on a target with Haste.
Stop	Time Magic	Inflicts Stop.
Shadowbind	Corner	Inflicts Stop.
Stopshot	Gunmanship	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Stop.
Ring	Stunt	Inflicts Stop.
Abate	Advanced Law	Inflicts Stop on a Judge in charge of battle.
Stillness	Rune	Inflicts Stop in an area. Non-Reflectable.

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift Edit

Final Fantasy Type-0 Edit

Stop completely prevents an enemy from doing any actions for a certain period of time. The target can be hit multiple times without the effect wearing off.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Edit

Stop can be cast by combining Life and two attack spells (Fire, Blizzard, Thunder). When Stopped, the target is unable to move or attack for a short period of about 3 seconds.

Bravely Default Edit

Stop makes the affected character unable to act. Victims also do not regenerate BP and cannot recover by being hit with a physical attack. However, stop cannot be removed with items or Esuna/ga. Instead it can only be cured by using Dispel, or naturally over time.

Game Element	Type	Effect
Stop	Time Magic ability Enemy ability	Prevent one target from moving for several turns.
Stop Immunity	Time Mage ability	Confer immunity to stop during battles.
Freezing Punch	Enemy ability	High physical water damage to a single target, inflicts Stop.
Icy Breath	Enemy ability	Very high physical water damage to the party. Inflicts Stop.
Tight Bind	Enemy ability	Inflicts Stop on party.
Fairy Ward	Spiritism ability	Render all allies immune to poison, blind, silence, sleep, paralyze, dread, berserk, confuse, charm, doom, death, and stop for five turns.

Bravely Second: End Layer Edit

Final Fantasy Dimensions Edit

Final Fantasy Record Keeper Edit

Final Fantasy Explorers Edit

World of Final Fantasy Edit

Other appearances Edit

Kingdom Hearts series Edit

Stop is a status effect in the Kingdom Hearts series. Enemies in stop status are prevented from moving for a limited amount of time. In most games, when a stopped enemy is attacked, no damage is dealt at first, but the accumulated damage is dealt when Stop wears off.

Gallery Edit