Gaze Attack

Category:Terminology
Certain monster abilities require the target to be looking at them to be effective. Examples of such attacks are listed below.
Any detrimental effects from these abilities can be avoided entirely by facing away from the monster using them. However, many of these abilities can be readied quickly by the monster, and may be too quick for most players to be able to react to. In addition, it takes a certain amount of time for player movements to be recognized and registered by the game server; meaning that even if you tried to turn around in reaction to avoid a Gaze Attack, if the server has not recognized your movement yet, you will still be affected by the attack.
In some cases, certain players, primarily the mages and back-row jobs, will spend the entire fight facing away from the enemy being fought such that they are never affected by its Gaze Attacks, and are therefore better able to help the tanks and other melees recover from them. A type of enemy where this tactic is commonly employed is the Hecteyes, which can inflict paralysis with its ability Hex Eye. This is especially so against the NM Hecteyes Hakutaku, which tends to use Hex Eye in repeated succession. Healers afflicted with paralysis will have a hard time removing paralysis from their party members, including themselves, which can add great difficulty to the fight.
Some of these abilities can be used by Blue Mages as blue magic. While the intended target(s) must be facing the BLU for the spell to be effective, the BLU does not have to be facing the target(s).
==Monster Gaze Attacks==
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Species 	Attack 	Effect
Apkallu 	Yawn 	All targets within 10' are afflicted with Sleep.
Bugards 	Awful Eye 	Targets within a fan-shaped area have their Strength reduced.
Cockatrice 	Baleful Gaze 	Target is petrified.
Coeurls 	Chaotic Eye 	Target is silenced.
Coeurls 	Blink of Peril 	Target is reduced to critical HP, or even K.O.'d instantly. Only used by the NM War Lynx fought as part of the quest The Tigress Strikes.
Dhalmel 	Cold Stare 	Targets within a fan-shaped area are silenced.
Dragons 	Petro Eyes 	Targets within a fan-shaped area are petrified.
Gargouilles	Terror Eye 	Targets in a fan-shaped area are Terrorized.
Goobbues 	Blank Gaze 	Target is paralyzed.
Hecteyes 	Hex Eye 	Targets within a fan-shaped area are paralyzed.
Hecteyes 	Petrogaze 	Targets within a fan-shaped area are petrified.
Hippogryphs	Jettatura 	Targets within a fan-shaped area are terrorized.
Lamiae 	Hypnotic Sway 	Target is inflicted with amnesia.
Lizards 	Baleful Gaze 	Target is petrified.
Moogles 	Washtub 	Target is afflicted with Terror.
Opo-opos 	Blank Gaze 	One beneficial status effect of the target is dispelled.
Orobon 	Hypnic Lamp 	All targets within 10' are afflicted with Sleep.
Pugils 	Intimidate 	Targets within a fan-shaped area are Slowed.
Tauri 	Mortal Ray 	Target is inflicted with Doom.
Tonberries 	Light of Penance	Target is inflicted with blindness and bind, and also has all TP removed.