Add Status (Final Fantasy IX)

Add Status is a support ability in Final Fantasy IX for physical attackers and Vivi and Quina that enhances the user's Attack command by allowing it to randomly inflict the status of the character's equipped weapon to the target. Add Status costs 3 Magic Stones to equip.
==Obtained==
Add Status is learned from Bone Wrist, Chimera Armlet, Bracer, Feather Hat, Twist Headband, Glass Buckle, and Thunder Gloves for variable amounts of AP; Amarant learns it the fastest at 20 AP, while Steiner learns it the slowest at 50 AP. 
Feather Hat for Zidane, Vivi, and Quina is first bought from Dali.
Glass Buckle for everyone is first synthesized in Lindblum.
Bone Wrist for Zidane, Vivi, Quina, and Amarant is first bought from Treno when Princess Garnet and Captain Steiner visit there with Marcus, and is soon after stolen from Ralvurahva. Chimera Armlet and Twist Headband for the same characters are available from shops after the party returns from the Outer Continent, and there is a free Chimera Armlet from watching two Treno ATEs ("Memories by the Water" & "City People") and from Lindblum Castle Serpent's Gate. Bracer for the same characters is synthesized in Black Mage Village in the endgame.
Thunder Gloves for Steiner and Freya can be found for free in Cleyra's water wheel area, near the sign hanging from a branch. They can also be bought from shops and unequipped from Beatrix.
==Mechanics==
When Add Status is active, there is a small chance to inflict the target of their Attack with the equipped weapon's status effect as long as the target is not immune to the ailment. The player can find out the weapon's status (if it has any) by pressing while hovering over it in the menu. Only the weapons that have status ailments attached to them are listed in the following table. For Zidane, Add Status only works with daggers; to use the thief swords' statuses, the player must use the Soul Blade skill.
The formula for each of these weapons to inflict said status is as follows:
:If Chance > Rnd (0...99), Add Status is successful.
Add Status differs from status spells' infliction by being unaffected by both the attacker and the target's stats; only the weapon's infliction chance matters. Add Status only works with Attack command, i.e. not with Jump or Throw or Swd Art or any other separate ability. Add Status can activate with Charge! or Counter and these compel characters to use their Attack.
Weapon 	Status 	Type 	Hit chance
Mage Masher 	Silence 	Dagger 	20
Gladius 	Slow 	Dagger 	35
Ice Brand 	Freeze 	Sword 	10
Flame Saber 	Heat 	Sword 	10
Rune Blade 	Darkness 	Sword 	25
Ultima Sword 	Sleep 	Sword 	20
Ragnarok 	Slow 	Sword 	30
Oak Staff 	Slow 	Staff 	20
Cypress Pile 	Confuse 	Staff 	20
Octagon Rod 	Trouble 	Staff 	10
High Mage Staff	Silence 	Staff 	15
Mace Of Zeus 	Mini 	Staff 	15
Ice Lance 	Freeze 	Spear 	10
Trident 	Darkness 	Spear 	20
Heavy Lance 	Stop 	Spear 	20
Obelisk 	Petrify 	Spear 	10
Kain's Lance 	Confuse 	Spear 	10
Needle Fork 	Petrify 	Fork 	10
Silver Fork 	Slow 	Fork 	15
Bistro Fork 	Sleep 	Fork 	20
Gastro Fork 	Stop 	Fork 	10
Poison Knuckles	Poison 	Knuckle	40
Scissor Fangs 	Venom 	Knuckle	15
Avenger 	Instant Death	Knuckle	5
Kaiser Knuckles	Trouble 	Knuckle	15
Duel Claws 	Berserk 	Knuckle	25
Rune Claws 	Darkness 	Knuckle	30
==Use==
Add Status is a good bonus to equip when the character's best weapon has a useful status effect. It is likely not worth equipping subpar weapon just for Add Status, unless the character does not rely on their Attack command in battle, anyway. It can complement other abilities that enhance the character's Attack: Killer abilities, MP Attack, and Elem-Atk gear to make the most out of the character's Attack command.
Possible downside is if the wielder is confused and attacks party members, inflicting the statuses onto them.
The ability soon becomes obsolete for Zidane as all his best weapons are thief swords that do not work with Add Status.
Category:Support abilities in Final Fantasy IX