Paralyzed (Final Fantasy VII)

Paralyzed is a status in Final Fantasy VII. When a unit is paralyzed, they freeze on the spot and cannot act. Paralysis lasts a shorter while than Stop and, unlike in Stop, the characters' Limit Break gauges do not fill when they receive damage during the affliction. Unusually, the superboss Ruby Weapon can be paralyzed. This is the basis of several strategies for defeating it.
==Abilities==
Item 	Dazers
Limit Break	Cross-slash
Summon 	Hades
==Enemy abilities==
Ability 	Description 	Enemy
[No name] 	Inflicts non-elemental physical damage and Darkness/Paralyzed to one enemy. 	Safer∙Sephiroth
? Needle 	Inflicts Paralyzed to one enemy. 	Unknown 2
Big Swing 	Inflicts non-elemental physical damage and Paralyzed to all enemies. 	Ruby Weapon
Bone 	Inflicts non-elemental physical damage and Paralyzed to one enemy. 	Dragon Zombie
Death Claw 	Inflicts non-elemental physical damage and Paralyzed to one enemy. 	Death Claw
Electro-mag Rod 	Inflicts Lightning-elemental physical damage and Paralyzed to one enemy. Used as a counter to Lightning-elemental attacks.	Turks:Reno
Halt Whip 	Inflicts non-elemental physical damage and Paralyzed to one enemy. 	Heg
Hell Spear 	Inflicts non-elemental physical damage and Paralyzed to one enemy. 	Gi Spector
Needle 	Inflicts 1 physical damage and Paralyzed to one enemy. 	Vargid Police
Paralaser 	Inflicts non-elemental physical damage and Paralyzed to one enemy. 	Laser Cannon
Paralyzer Needle	Inflicts non-elemental magic damage and Paralyzed to one enemy. 	Slaps
Stare Down 	Inflicts Paralyzed to one enemy. 	Chekhov, Twin Brain
Whip Sting 	Inflicts non-elemental physical damage and Paralyzed to one enemy. 	Ho-chu
==Protection==
The following methods allow the player to protect against Paralyzed:
Accessory	Jem Ring, Ribbon
Spell 	Resist
Though Hades may inflict Paralyzed when summoned, the Hades Materia does not itself contain the status and thus it cannot protect against Paralyzed when paired with Added Effect.
==Healing==
Paralyzed lasts such a short while it may not be worth spending a turn healing it specifically.
Item 	Remedy
Spell 	Esuna, White Wind, Angel Whisper
Limit Break	Breath of the Earth, Pulse of Life, Great Gospel
==Enemies==
The following enemies are immune to Paralyzed. Most bosses are immune, the exceptions being Aps, Chekhov, CMD.Grand Horn, Dark Nation, Dyne, Gorkii, Jenova∙DEATH, Lost Number, Materia Keeper, Palmer, Poodler Sample, Pyramid, Red Dragon, Ruby Weapon, Ruby's Tentacle, Rufus, Sample:H0512, Sample:H0512-opt, Shake, Staniv, and Turks:Rude (All but last).
*1st Ray
*Aero Combatant
*Allemagne
*Ancient Dragon
*Ark Dragon
*Armored Golem
*Bagnadrana
*Behemoth
*Black Bat
*Bloatfloat
*Blue Dragon
*Blugu
*Bomb
*Cactuar
*Chocobo
*Corvette
*Crazy Saw
*Cromwell
*Crown Lance
*Custom Sweeper
*Death Dealer
*Deenglow
*Devil Ride
*Dragon
*Dragon Rider
*Eagle Gun
*Flapbeat
*Formula
*Garuda
*Gas Ducter
*Ghirofelgo
*Ghost
*Ghost Ship
*Grangalan
*Grangalan Jr.
*Grangalan Jr. Jr.
*Grenade
*Griffin
*Grosspanzer∙Big
*Grosspanzer∙Mobile
*Grosspanzer∙Small
*Guard System
*Guardian
*Gun Carrier
*Harpy
*Hell Rider VR2
*Hippogriff
*Ho-chu
*Icicle
*Jemnezmy
*Jersey
*Laser Cannon
*Lessaloploth
*Machine Gun
*Magnade
*Malldancer
*Manhole
*Maximum Kimaira
*Mono Drive
*Moth Slasher
*Mover
*Needle Kiss
*Proto Machinegun
*Quick Machine Gun
*Rocket Launcher
*Roulette Cannon
*Scissors
*Scrutin Eye
*Sea Worm
*Serpent
*Shadow Maker
*Shred
*Slalom
*Slaps
*Smogger
*Sonic Speed
*Stinger
*Sweeper
*Sword Dance
*Thunderbird
*Tonadu
*Unknown 3
*Warning Board
*Wolfmeister
*XCannon
*Ying/Yang
*Zemzelett
*Zuu
==Use==
Paralyzed only briefly stops an enemy from acting, and far less time than Stop lasts. The player has few ways of inflicting Paralyzed, with the big way being through Dazers or Hades. However, Paralyzed has a major use against Ruby Weapon, as it is not immune to the status, and can thus be made exceptionally easier to defeat by using Dazers to stunlock it and prevent it from countering Knights of Round with Ultima.
Cloud's Cross-slash can help with inflicting Paralyzed to enemies, such as in his one-on-one battle against Rufus, and in the Battle Square.
Category:Status effects in Final Fantasy VII