Poison (Final Fantasy VII status)

Poison is a status in Final Fantasy VII that periodically inflicts Poison-elemental physical damage upon the afflicted unit and does not remain after battle. 
Afflicted takes 1/32 of Max HP of physical Poison-elemental damage every 2.5 units of time ignoring Defense stat and Barrier statuses. The status last till the end of battle or until cured. The damage from the Poison status functions as if it is the player damaging themselves. Therefore, when in both the Poison status and the All Lucky 7s status, the Poison will deal 7777 damage. As the requirement of being in the All Lucky 7s status is to have 7777 health, the player will die. If the poisoned character is trying to Defend, the defensive stance is canceled out whenever the character takes damage.
Because the Poison status deals Poison-elemental damage, the player can be healed by it if they make the character absorb Poison, such as with the Poison Materia linked with a mastered Elemental Materia in armor. If the character is immune to the Poison element (take no damage from it), they are also immune to the Poison status.
==Abilities==
Item 	Deadly Waste, M-Tentacles, Cauldron
Limit Break	Hellmasker (Nightmare)
Materia 	Added Effect + Poison/Hades in a linked slot in a weapon
Spell 	Bad Breath, Bio, Bio2, Bio3
Summon 	Hades
==Enemy abilities==
Ability 	Description 	Enemy
Abnormal Breath	Non-elemental magic damage and Poison to one or all enemies. 	Dragon Zombie
Acid Rain 	Poison-elemental magic damage and Poison to one enemy. 	Epiolnis
Bad Breath 	Inflicts Confuse, Frog, Poison, Silence, Sleep, and Small on all enemies. Can be learned as an E.Skill. 	Malboro
Bio 	Poison-elemental magic damage and Poison to one or all enemies. 	Lost Number
Bio2 	Poison-elemental magic damage and Poison to one or all enemies. 	Flower Prong, Godo, Jenova∙SYNTHESIS, Lost Number, Malboro
Bio Gas 	Non-elemental magic damage and Poison to one enemy. 	Helletic Hojo
Bug Needle 	Non-elemental physical damage and inflicts Poison and Sadness to one enemy. 	Slaps
C Cannon 	Non-elemental physical damage and Poison to one enemy. 	Heli Gunner
Combo 	Inflicts physical damage four times in a row on one opponent. Second attack may inflict Poison, third attack may inflict Darkness, fourth attack may inflict Sleep. Combo breaks if the target dies midway.	Lifeform-Hojo N
Firing Line 	Non-elemental physical damage and inflicts Sleep and Poison to all enemies. 	Heli Gunner
Left Revenge 	Inflicts non-elemental MP damage equal to 46.875% of the target's current MP and inflicts Poison and Slow-numb to one enemy. 	Ruby Weapon
Left Thrust 	Inflicts non-elemental MP damage equal to 78.125% of the target's current MP and inflicts Poison and Slow-numb to one enemy. 	Ruby Weapon
Liquid poison 	Poison to one enemy. 	Kelzmelzer
Northern Cross 	Poison to one enemy. 	Maximum Kimaira
Piazzo Shower 	Poison-elemental magic damage and Poison to one enemy. 	Zenene
Poison Blow 	Poison to one enemy. 	Velcher Task
Poison Breath 	Poison-elemental magic damage and Poison to one enemy. 	Bagnadrana, CMD.Grand Horn
Poison Fang 	Non-elemental physical damage and Poison to one enemy. 	Heg, Unknown 3
Poison Fang 	Poison-elemental physical damage and Poison to one enemy. 	Dragon Zombie
Poison Storm 	Poison to one enemy. 	Harpy
Refuse 	Poison-elemental magic damage and either Poison or Sleep to one enemy. 	Brain Pod
Scorpion's Tail	Non-elemental physical damage and Poison to one enemy. 	Lessaloploth, Rapps
Shady Breath 	Poison to all enemies. 	Sample:H0512
Smog 	Non-elemental magic damage and inflicts Poison or Darkness to one enemy. 	Slalom, Smogger
Smog Alert 	Non-elemental physical damage and inflicts Poison, Darkness, Silence, and Sadness to one enemy. 	Gas Ducter
Stigma 	Non-elemental magic damage that deals 13⁄4 time normal damage and inflicts Poison and Slow to all enemies. 	Bizarro∙Sephiroth
Stigma 	Non-elemental magic damage that deals 11⁄2 time normal damage and inflicts Poison and Slow to all enemies. Never used. 	Bizarro∙Sephiroth
Toxic Barf 	Poison and Slow to one enemy. Used as a counter on any target except self. 	Zolokalter
Toxic Powder 	Poison-elemental physical damage and Poison to all enemies. 	Bizarre Bug
==Battle Square handicap==
Poison is a handicap in the Battle Square the player may land on in-between rounds. It is one of the more benign handicaps that may be worth aiming for deliberately, especially if the player has status-protection. However, Resist does not protect the player from handicap reels, only makes the afflictions impossible to remove.
==Protection==
The following methods allow the player to protect against Poison:
Accessories	Fairy Ring, Poison Ring, Ribbon, Star Pendant
Materia 	Added Effect/LV2 Elemental + Poison/Hades in a linked slot in an armor
Spell 	Resist
Item 	Vaccine
Limit Break	Great Gospel
==Healing==
Spell 	Poisona, Esuna, White Wind, Angel Whisper
Item 	Antidote, Remedy
Limit Break	Breath of the Earth, Pulse of Life, Great Gospel
==Enemies==
The following enemies are immune to Poison. Machine enemies are immune. Bosses are typically immune, the exceptions being Aps, Bad Rap Sample, Bottomswell, Dark Nation, Demons Gate, Dyne, Gi Nattak, Godo, Gorkii, Lost Number, Materia Keeper, Midgar Zolom, Palmer, Poodler Sample, Pyramid, Red Dragon, Ruby's Tentacle, Rufus, Sample:H0512, Sample:H0512-opt, Shake, Staniv, Turks:Elena, Turks:Reno, and Turks:Rude.
*1st Ray
*Armored Golem
*Bad Rap
*Cactuar
*Crazy Saw
*Cromwell
*Custom Sweeper
*Eagle Gun
*Epiolnis
*Gargoyle
*Gas Ducter
*Ghirofelgo
*Grosspanzer∙Big
*Grosspanzer∙Mobile
*Grosspanzer∙Small
*Guard System
*Guardian
*Gun Carrier
*Heg
*Ho-chu
*Icicle
*Laser Cannon
*Machine Gun
*Magnade
*Malboro
*Manhole
*Moth Slasher
*Mover
*Proto Machinegun
*Quick Machine Gun
*Rocket Launcher
*Roulette Cannon
*Shadow Maker
*Slalom
*Smogger
*Sweeper
*Tonberry
*Warning Board
*XCannon
*Ying/Yang
*Zenene
==Use==
Poison can be useful for adding additional damage over time, and the player can gain access to it as early as Shinra Bldg. through both the Poison Materia and the item Deadly Waste. While most regular fights end relatively quickly without the need of Poison, it may be useful in a few boss fights. In particular, it is useful against Midgar Zolom, Lost Number, and Bottomswell as damage from Poison does not trigger them to change form. It an also be utilized against Dyne, Demons Gate, Red Dragon, Materia Keeper, and the final battle with the Turks to great effect. 
Category:Status effects in Final Fantasy VII