KO (Final Fantasy XII)

KO is a status in Final Fantasy XII. When a character's HP reaches 0 by receiving damage or from an instant KO ability triggering on them, they are considered defeated, unable to take any action, and will disappear from the field and appear with a red portrait in the menu. If the party leader is KO'd, the game pauses and the player is asked to choose a new party leader. If all player characters are KO'd, it is Game Over.
Most other status effects are removed when a character is KO'd, except Blind, Silence, Oil, and Disease, as well as any auto-effects. KO'd party members do not receive EXP or LP. A Phoenix Down can revive a KO'd ally, but without the right augment licenses, will only be revived right before the HP Critical threshold.
==Abilities==
The following methods inflict instant KO to susceptible targets.
Spell 	Death (Arcane Magicks), Warp (Time Magicks), Kill (Zalera)
Weapon	Assassin's Arrows 25%, Assassin's Dagger 5%, Deathbringer 10%, Mina 70%
Item 	Warp Mote
Death and Warp can be made to always banish susceptible enemies with Indigo Pendant, otherwise their success varies. Weapons with the instant KO effect have a fixed chance of working on susceptible targets. Warp and Kill defeat enemies without giving item spoils, and Kill defeats enemies without giving EXP or LP.
Phoenix Downs will instantly defeat targets when the user has Nihopalaoa equipped.
Undead enemies and enemies with the Safety augment are immune to instant KO ; the enemies with Safety include bosses, marks, and Rare Game, among other tough enemies, like entites.
==Enemy abilities==
Ability 	Description	Enemy
Crushing Fangs 	 	Baritine Croc [a], Gizamaluk, Giruveganus [b], Skulwyrm [b], Aeronite, Dragon Lich, Cataract Aevis, Archaeoaevis (Zodiac), Deathgaze, Pylraster, Enkidu [b], Hydro, Gavial, Dheed, Terror Tyrant, Abelisk
Darkja 	 	Zodiark
Death Strike 	 	Yiazmat
Dimensional Rift 	 	Gespenst, Gazer, Etém, Nightwalker, Reaper, Oversoul
Prime Level Death	 	Zalera
Sonic Fangs 	 	Wild Saurian [b], Hyena [b], Wooly Gator, Baritine Croc, Bellwyvern, Hybrid Gator, Hellhound, Diresaur, Tyranorox, Sprinter, Antares, Archeosaur, Feral Croc, Gorgimera, Cerberus, Tartarus, Giruveganus [a], Skulwyrm [a], Archaeoaevis, Vyraal, Enkidu [a], Tyrant, Hydro, Earth Tyrant, Bull Croc, Wary Wolf, Kaiser Wolf, Aeros, Skullash, Mastiff [b, c]
"Dragon's Fang" 	 	Hell Wyrm, Yiazmat
==Protection==
The player cannot protect against KO or instant KO , but chance of the latter may be lowered with magick evasion and Shell, depending on ability.
==Healing==
Item 	Phoenix Down
Spell 	Arise & Raise (White Magicks)
Technicks	Revive
Mechanics	Save Crystals
Category:Status effects in Final Fantasy XII