Status effect

Status Effects are ailments which can affect Sora, his allies, or even enemies. Status effects can be caused by enemy attacks, magic, or sleights.

Magic Caused Status Effects
Stop - This is caused by Stop magic and causes the enemy to freeze in time for a certain duration. This effect is especially useful in the Phantom fight. In Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories, there are features in some Room cards that have a type of clock when hit will stop nearby Heartless, making it easier for Sora to attack them first.

Burn - Caused by some Fire-type enemies, this will cause Sora and company to take damage at an increasing rate for a duration of time. This is very similar to a poisonous effect.

Flat - This is caused by Gravity magic. It inflicts damage and gathers the enemies together for a certain amount of time. This is represented highly in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.

Doom - This can only be inflicted upon Sora and his party members and only in the Phantom boss fight. The Phantom will cast Doom and a timer will appear over a character's head. Once the timer runs out, the character will be KO'd and cannot be brought back into the battle. It normally gets rid of your party members before finally affecting Sora. The only way to avoid this effect is to cast Stop on the Clock Tower which will keep the counter from going down for one minute real time. Eventually, the spell will wear off and the timer will resume, forcing the player to cast Stop again.

Enemy Effects
Confusion - Confusion is caused by Sora and occasionally the enemies in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories. It reverses the controls, making it more difficult to move and avoid attacks. In Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories, some Room cards that have statues that will attack Sora and cause him to be confused. An example of this are the cherub statues in Olympus Coliseum.

Certain attacks and abilities also cause this. One is Zexion's Enemy Card, Confu-Strike, which has a chance of causing confusion. A combo with King Mickey, Dark Burst, also may also induce confusion upon the enemy. The combo finisher of Dark Aura also has this effect, confusing those the flames hit, should the enemies survive the attack. It should be noted that most bosses are immune to this status effect.

Poison - Mainly caused by Black Fungus Heartless. It causes the player to take damage at an increasing rate even while moving away from the enemy. This lasts for about 5 seconds after the initial strike.

Stun - 'Stunning an enemy is a way of gaining an advantage in battle, yet can also be used by the enemy as a threat. While stunned, one cannot move for a short amount of time, usually until attacked. Strike Raid causes this effect in Sora's story, and Riku's second hit in his Dark Mode's three-hit combo also causes it. Holy Burst can stun as well. While bosses are typically immune to this effect, and rarely use it, Larxene's various Thunder abilities and Riku Replica's second hit in his three-hit combo also cause stunning.

Positive Effects
Air Shield - Caused by the Aero spell, this effect will shield a player for a set amount of time. Some enemies will cast this, and party members can cast this as well. This only appears in Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories. However, Xaldin can use a similar ability in Kingdom Hearts II.

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
In Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, there are many status effects in the game that have not appeared in the previous games. The effects are usually shown by an different icons to represent different ailments, which appear over the affected characters' heads. Many enemies are capable of these attacks that can inflict status impairments that reduce or negate his combat and movement abilities. All effects subside after a brief time or can be cured by using a Panacea.


 * Ignited: When the character catches on fire, he or she continues to lose HP until the fire goes our. Typically caused by Fire magic. Identical to the Burn effect listed above.


 * Frozen: When ice forms around a character's feet, he or she becomes incapable of action. Press A rapidly to break free of the ice. Typically caused by Blizzard magic.


 * Jolted: When a character is surrounded by electricity, he or she damages any allies he or she touches. Typically caused by Thunder magic.


 * Air-tossed: When a green tornado appears over the character's head, he or she becomes incapable of action or recovery while in midair. The effect only last until the character lands on the ground. Typically caused by Aero magic.


 * Radar Zapped: The map displayed on the lower touch screen disappears for a short time. Typically cause by Light magic.


 * Blinded: When sunglasses appear over the character's head, attacks attempted are more likely to miss. Typically caused by Dark magic.


 * Shoe-glued: When a "1 Ton" icon appears over the character's head, he or she becomes unable to jump over or perform aerial combos.


 * Flip-footed: When question marks (??) appear above the character's head, movement controls become reversed. Identical to the Confusion effect listed above.


 * Silenced: When three periods appear over the character's head, he or she become incapable of casting magic.


 * Rewound Defense: When a blue shield with "Lv. 1" appears over the character's head, his or her defense is lowered for a short period of time.


 * Nulled Defense: Certain enemies can attack without regard in the character's defense. Certain rings can protect against this.


 * HP Halved: Certain enemies are capable of attacks that reduce a character's attacks by half of his or her max HP. Certain rings can protect against this.


 * Damage Drained: The ability of some enemies to continually draw HP out of a character, replenishing their own. Typically enacted by the ghost type of Heartless. Certain rings can protect against this.