Bad Breath Bad Breath , also known as Breath or Sour Mouth , is an enemy ability used by the recurring Malboro enemies . In most games the attack can be learned as Blue Magic . It inflicts multiple , if not all possible ailments simultaneously , occasionally with a small amount of non - ailment related damage . Appearances . " Final Fantasy II " . Bad Breath is used by Rhyos and Chimera Sphinx , which appear in the Jade Passage . Instead of inflicting multiple statuses , Bad Breath merely inflicts Petrify on the party . " Final Fantasy III " . Only the final boss in the DS remake can use this ability . It only affects one party member , inflicting them with multiple statuses . " Final Fantasy IV " . The Malboro use Breath as their opening attack . It only affects one party member inflicting them with these status ailments : Confuse , Toad , Mini , Pig , Silence , and Blind . However , if the target is immune to at least one of the above statuses , then it will not be affected by any of the statuses afflicted . " Final Fantasy VI " . The Malboro and Great Malboro use this attack sometimes when left alone . Strago can learn it as a Lore . It only affects one party member and inflicts the Blind , Poison , Sap , Imp , Silence , and Confuse statuses . It costs 32 MP to cast and has a 100 hit rate . It can be learned from Dark Force , Great Malboro , and Malboro . " Final Fantasy VII " . Bad Breath is an enemy ability used by the Malboro enemy . It casts numerous status effects on all targets . The statuses inflicted are Poison , Confuse , Sleep , Silence , Frog , and Small . An unprepared party may find this ability difficult . A Malboro will only use it three times in a battle . Bad Breath also appears as an Enemy Skill . The Malboro enemy can only be fought in two locations , on Gaea ' s Cliff and inside the Northern Cave . Since the Northern Cave is the final dungeon , if the player does not learn it at Gaea ' s Cliff it cannot be obtained until the end of the game since Gaea ' s Cliff is an unrevisitable location . With all its effects , Bad Breath can render most enemies completely defenseless . However , it rarely works on bosses due to being immune to the statuses it attempts to inflict . The MP cost is 58 . " Final Fantasy VIII " . Quistis can learn Bad Breath as a Limit Break from the Malboro Tentacles . It inflicts various statuses to all enemies depending on Quistis ' s Crisis Level : When used by Malboros , they usually always use it as their first move . The Geezard also has an attack called Bad Breath , but it isn ' t the same as the Malboro ' s version . It deals minor damage and may inflict Slow . " Final Fantasy IX " . Bad Breath is an enemy ability used uniquely by the Malboro . It inflicts Confusion , Poison , Blind , Slow , and Mini to one target with a 40 % chance of the spell hitting . Quina Quen can learn Bad Breath from eating a Malboro , Anemone , or Worm Hydra . It costs 16 MP to cast . " Final Fantasy X " . Kimahri can learn Bad Breath for his Ronso Rage by using Lancet on a Malboro or Great Malboro . The latter always opens battle with this attack , and both always cause Poison , Slow , Darkness and Silence ; and also may cause Confusion , and Berserk to the entire party . A more powerful version called Putrid Breath is used by the Malboro Menace , which can only be fought in the Monster Arena , and deals minor damage in addition to inflicting always Confusion , Poison , Slow , Darkness ( by 8 turns ) , and Silence ( by 8 turns ) to the entire party . " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . Bad Breath is a Blue Bullet ability learned by the Gun Mage dressphere , costing 64 MP to use . It can be learned from Malboros . Bad Breath inflicts Silence , Darkness , and Poison with 30 % accuracy , Curse with 50 % accuracy and Slow with 80 % possibility . Great Malboros can utilize the more powerful Really Bad Breath , which inflicts more status effects . " Final Fantasy XI " . Bad Breath is an ability used by members of the Malboro family , and can be cast by Blue Mages starting at level 61 . It is considered a breath attack , inflicting Earth - elemental damage in addition to various status ailments : Slow , Poison , Silence , Paralyze , Weight , Bind , and Blind . A few Malboro Notorious Monster s have a deadly variant called Extremely Bad Breath , so toxic that it inflicts Instant K . O . on all in range . The Reikyo Hairpin , a piece of armor equippable on the head at level 72 by all jobs , has 50 charges of an enchantment , " Slightly Bad Breath " . When used , one enemy is inflicted with Bind , Silence , and Paralysis status . The hairpin drops from Lividroot Amooshah , a Morbol Notorious Monster of the Ameretat subfamily . " Final Fantasy XII " . Used by all forms of Malboro , Bad Breath causes Slow , Poison , and Blind to all targets in range . Malboro - type enemies can also use other status - breath attacks , including Cloying Breath — which causes Sleep and Slow — and Putrid Breath ; which inflicts Petrify , Confuse , Sleep , Disease , Slow , Disable , Immobilize , Blind , Poison , Oil and Sap . Malboros commonly uses Bad Breath to inflict random debuffs on a circle of enemies for 10 seconds ; Ba ' Gamnan learns it at level 18 . " Final Fantasy XIV " . Most Morbols can use Bad Breath , which causes Poison , Paralysis , Slow , Heavy , Blind , Silence , Pacification , Max HP Down , and Determination Down to all targets hit by it . " Final Fantasy Tactics " . Bad Breath damages all units in a three square line emanating from the point of casting . It does no damage , but instead attempts to inflict Petrify , Blind , Confuse , Silence , Oil , Toad , Poison , and Sleep status effects with a 25 % chance of inflicting each . The Greater Malboro has this ability and the Malboro can use it if an ally with the Monster Skill ability is next to it . See also enemy abilities . " Final Fantasy Tactics Advance " . Bad Breath is learned as a Blue Magic spell from Malboro and Big Malboro . It can inflict several status ailments which include Slow , Confuse , Poison , Blind , Silence , Frog , and Sleep at the cost of 20 MP . Bad Breath can be learned from Malboro - type enemies . Slightly weakened from the first game , it only deals three status ailments : Poison , Blind , and Silence , however it now affects a T - shaped area . It costs 8 MP to cast . " Final Fantasy Type - 0 " . Enemy attacks are not named in " Final Fantasy Type - 0 " , but Malboros breath toxic bubbles that , if hit , deal damage and poison , mute and stop the target . " Final Fantasy Mystic Quest " . Though the enemy ability appears in " Final Fantasy Mystic Quest " , its effect is different , or greatly toned down . Zombie , Stheno and Plant Man possess the ability which inflicts the Paralyze status . " Dissidia Final Fantasy " . Bad Breath is an ability used by the summon Malboro . It constantly saps Bravery from the opponent depending on how far they are from the summoner . The closer the two players are , the greater the reduction . " Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy " . Bad Breath returns as the summon Malboro ' s ability in " Dissidia 012 " . It again has the same effect of sapping Bravery from the opponent depending on how close the opponent is . It can be seen as a counter to the summon Land Worm whose ability — Wormhole — saps Bravery the further away the opponent is . " Final Fantasy All the Bravest " . Bad Breath is the enemy ability that is used by the Malboro during battle . The Great Malboro uses Really Bad Breath . " Final Fantasy Explorers " . Bad Breath is used by Malboro and Great Malboro . Dryad uses a similar attack called Very Bad Breath . As in other games , it can inflict a wide variety of status ailments . Blue Mages can learn Bad Breath after killing an enemy who has used it in the presence of the Blue Mage . As a Blue Magic , the spell costs 260 AP to cast and has a cooldown time of 12 seconds . The caster stands still and spews a green cloud directly forward , which can hit multiple enemies if they are close enough . Non - " Final Fantasy " guest appearances . " Chrono Cross " . BadBreath is a Green ability used by the Green Dragon and it inflicts random status ailments on all targets .