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Status Effects are various effects that affect your Player's State during a battle in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Read on to learn more about what each status effect does and how to use them against your enemies!
| Buff | Effect |
|---|---|
 Accuracy Up |
Boosts Accuracy |
 Armor Veil |
Absorbs fixed amount of damage |
 Attack Up |
Boosts damage dealt |
 Awakening |
Improves Atk, Def. and recharge rate |
 Counter Heal |
Heal HP when hit, for set no. of hits |
 Critical Hit Plus |
Boosts critical hit extra damage |
 Critical Rate Up |
Boost Critical Rate |
 Debuff Barrier |
Nullifies set no. of enemy debuffs |
 Decoy |
Evade attacks set no. of times |
 Defense Up |
Reduces damage taken |
 Delayed Healing |
Heals HP when below set value |
 Ether Anchor |
Nullifies set no. of combo reactions |
 Evasion Up |
Improves Evasion |
 Fast Recharge |
Improves rate of recharge |
 Invincible |
Nullifies attacks from enemies |
 Pause Buff Timer |
Freezes timer on other active buffs |
 Power Charge |
Boosts damage of next Art |
 Recovery Up |
Boosts amount of HP healed |
 Regenerate |
Heals HP at fixed intervals |
| Debuff | Effect |
|---|---|
 Accuracy Down |
Reduces Accuracy |
 Attack Down |
Reduces damage dealt |
 Bind |
Makes it impossible to move |
 Blaze |
Deals damage at fixed intervals |
 Bleed |
Deals damage at fixed intervals |
 Damage Link |
Realys dmg. taken to nearby allies |
 Eclipse Soul |
Makes allies attack one another |
 Ether Defense Down |
Reduces Ether Defense |
 Evasion Down |
Reduces Evasion |
 Freeze |
Deals damage at fixed intervals |
 Heal Bind |
Incapacitates Healers |
 Interlink Seal |
Seals Interlink with Moebius's power |
 Moebius Shackles |
Stops a character from moving |
 Phys. Def. Down |
Reduces Physical Defense |
 Reduce All |
Reduces Dmg. / Acc. / Evas. / Def. |
 Resistance Down |
Reduces resistance to debuffs |
 Shackle Arts |
Makes it impossible to use Arts |
 Shackle Blocking |
Makes it impossible to block |
 Shackle Healing |
Makes it impossible to heal HP |
 Shield Bind |
Incapacitates Defenders |
 Sleep |
Incapacitates until damage is taken |
 Slow Recharge |
Reduces rate of recharge |
 Sword Bind |
Incapacitates Attackers |
 Target Lock |
Locks enemy into targeting user |
 Toxin |
Deals damage at fixed intervals |
You can apply status effects to your enemies or allies by using arts. Some arts come with buff or debuffs, which you can check by heading to the Arts Selection in the Arts Menu.
Arts Guide: List of All Arts and Effects
All Status Effects Explained
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