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{{quote|"Wait, what's this? You only have status-inducing magic spells? Why, those ''suck!''"|''[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/169933 Final Fantasy VII: All About Random Battles]''}}
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== Aversions and parodies ==
* All Force type character classes in later versions of ''[[Phantasy Star Online]]'' have particular technique specialities, techs that they have a higher level cap for than other classes. The [[Magic Knight|FOmar]]'s speciality are the buff and debuff techniques, which at max level make an enormous difference to the affected stats and have a massive area of effect. Having Shifta and Deband maintained whenever possible is standard procedure for PSO, and the
* Dervishes in ''[[Guild Wars]]'' have enchantment (buff) stacking as their gimmick. Typically any given one only has minor effects, but given that many of them synergise well and Dervish primaries gain energy every time an enchantment ends, it tends to be essential to maintain a lot of them.
* Any boss in ''[[Science Girls]]'' is just as vulnerable to status effects as regular enemies, so you can poison them or drop their stats from the start of the fight. It's balanced by some bosses having moves that can cancel them out after they're afflicted, but it at least makes them waste a turn.
* ''[[Persona 4]]'' (and from all reports, all [[Mega Ten]] games) seems to avert this trope with some degree of gusto. Not only does stat-up/down work on most bosses (and are necessary at points to avoid death) but instant kill techniques such as Chie's Galactic Punt Follow Though technique will instantly remove everything up to and including mid-bosses from battle.
** In regard to Galactic Punt, several players had the following reaction when witnessing it: "[[Disadvantageous Disintegration|Do I get EXP for this?]]" [[Awesome Yet Practical|You do]].
** Hilariously, this trips up even veteran RPG players at times, as evidenced in the [[Giant Bomb]] [[Let's Play]] of the game where the hosts were constantly re-rolling a fusion for Jack Frost because they kept getting Sukunda (A spell that decreases the hit/evasion stat of one enemy and is incredibly helpful throughout the entire game against bosses.)
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** Provided, of course, you have reflection. If you don't, and happen to run across something that DOES, it's [[Yet Another Stupid Death]].
** Using it on the Death is also case of Too Dumb to Live
* In the ''[[Harry Potter and
* In its early stages, status-inflicting moves and items in ''[[Opoona]]'' are not very helpful. This is especially so since battles are [[Timed Mission|timed]], and there's not a lot of time to waste fiddling around with menus. Then, [[Difficulty Spike|the game decides to stop messing around]], and throws at you parties of 8+ enemies, many of whom can [[Shoot the Medic First|heal]], some of whom deal devestating damage, and many of whom live in battlefields strewn with bombs. Suddenly, the ability to prevent enemies from casting spells looks pretty useful. Poleena also has several abilities which can stun all enemies at once, which is ''extremely'' useful.
* [[The Last Remnant]] easily averts this trope by simply having all status spells and items deal damage as well. There are few magic spells that don't cause some type of status ailment, in addition to causing damage. The staus ailments themselves are quite useful: poison does a decent amount of damage, while sealing an enemy's mystic and combat arts greatly reduces their offensive capabilities.
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