Sadness (Final Fantasy VII)

Sadness is a status in Final Fantasy VII. Sadness makes the affected target take 30% less damage from physical and magical attacks, but also halves the rate at which the Limit gauge fills. The effect can be positive or negative, depending on the party's situation. Sadness is the opposite of Fury. When a character is under Sadness status, their Limit bar is displayed in blue, rather than the normal pink. Sadness and Fury both persist after battle and can be healed/inflicted in the menu with Tranquilizer/Hyper.
==Abilities==
Item	Tranquilizer
==Enemy abilities==
Ability 	Description 	Enemy
Absorb 	Non-elemental magic damage and Sadness to one enemy. 	Jenova∙SYNTHESIS
Bad mouth 	Non-elemental physical damage and Sadness to one enemy. 	Gremlin
Bug Needle 	Non-elemental magic damage and inflicts Poison and Sadness to one enemy. 	Slaps
Creepy Touch 	Sadness to one enemy. 	Unknown 3
High/Low Suit	Sadness to one enemy. 	Christopher
Lick 	Non-elemental physical damage and Sadness to one enemy. 	Aps
Pale Horse 	Non-elemental magic damage and inflicts Frog, Sadness, and Small to one enemy. 	Safer∙Sephiroth
Para Tail 	Non-elemental physical damage and Sadness to one enemy. 	Parasite
Shower 	Non-elemental magic damage and Sadness to one enemy. 	Elfadunk
Smog Alert 	Non-elemental physical damage and inflicts Poison, Sadness, Darkness, and Silence to one enemy.	Gas Ducter
Teardrop 	Non-elemental physical damage and Sadness to one enemy. 	Allemagne
Triclops 	Sadness and Slow-numb to one enemy. 	Grangalan Jr.
War Cry 	Sadness to one enemy. 	Screamer, Staniv
==Protection==
The following methods allow the player to protect against Sadness:
Accessories	Peace Ring, Ribbon
Spell 	Resist
Item 	Vaccine
Limit Break	Great Gospel
==Healing==
Spell 	Esuna
Item 	Hyper, Remedy, Tent
Limit Break	Breath of the Earth, Pulse of Life, Great Gospel
Staying at an inn and equivalent services also heal the party of statuses.
==Enemies==
The following enemies are immune to Sadness (though there are no abilities to inflict it that the player can use, and even when using a Tranquilizer, Sadness on enemies will only mitigate damage the player can do):
*1st Ray
*Armored Golem
*Cactuar
*Crazy Saw
*Cromwell
*Custom Sweeper
*Devil Ride
*Eagle Gun
*Gas Ducter
*Grosspanzer∙Big
*Grosspanzer∙Mobile
*Grosspanzer∙Small
*Guard System
*Guardian
*Gun Carrier
*Laser Cannon
*Machine Gun
*Moth Slasher
*Proto Machinegun
*Quick Machine Gun
*Rocket Launcher
*Roulette Cannon
*Shadow Maker
*Slalom
*Smogger
*Sweeper
*Warning Board
*XCannon
*Air Buster
*Carry Armor (& arms)
*Heli Gunner
*Hundred Gunner
*Motor Ball
==Use==
Sadness is a powerful defensive status for the player to utilize, at the cost of fewer Limits occurring. By utilizing Sadness in addition to the back row, the player can significantly reduce the amount of physical damage received from enemies, and with the correct setup, can deal full damage from the back row to any enemy, including the use of magic, items, long-range weapons, or the Long Range Materia. Since the player can apply the status at any time by using the Tranquilizer, they will always have access to the status, and can apply it outside of battle as well.
Category:Status effects in Final Fantasy VII