Petrify (Final Fantasy VIII)

Petrify is a status in Final Fantasy VIII. Petrification flags the afflicted unit as defeated, and is thus essentially similar to the Death status. If all player characters become petrified, it is a Game Over; though Phoenix may activate upon a fully petrified party, it cannot cure petrification. If the timer for Petrifying runs out, the target is also inflicted with Petrify.
Damage and healing do not affect petrified units. When petrified, all other statuses are nullified. Petrified party members turn into gray stone and become immobilized. Enemies do not turn gray, just frozen in place.
When an enemy is petrified in battle, the player earns EXP based on the HP damage done prior to petrification. AP and items are not earned.
==Abilities==
Limit Break	Acid Crisis Level 4 (Blue Magic), Bad Breath (Blue Magic)
Spell 	Break (Magic, Slot, Angel Wing)
====ST-Atk-J====
Spell	Rating	Status Effects
Break	100% 	Petrify
==Enemy abilities==
Ability 	Description 	Enemy
Blaster 	Inflicts non-elemental physical or magic damage and Petrify. 	Torama
Break 	Inflicts Petrify to one target. 	Blue Dragon, Chimera
Petrify Stare	Inflicts Petrify to one target. Can be used as a counterattack by Cockatrice to magic attacks.	Cockatrice, Glacial Eye
==Protection==
Support ability	Ribbon
Status 	Invincible
====ST-Def-J====
Spell 	Rating	Status Effects
Esuna 	20% 	Poison, Petrify, Petrifying, Darkness, Silence, Berserk, Sleep, Slow, Stop, Curse, Confuse
Reflect	25% 	Poison, Petrify, Petrifying, Darkness, Silence, Berserk, Sleep, Slow, Stop, Confuse
Break 	100% 	Petrify, Petrifying
==Healing==
Ability 	Treatment
Item 	Cottage, Elixir, Megalixir, Remedy, Remedy+, Soft, Tent
Limit Break	Full-cure
Mechanics 	Sleeping at a lodging, such as a hotel
Spell 	Esuna
==Enemies==
30% 	Abyss Worm, Armadodo, Behemoth, Belhelmel, Bite Bug, Blitz, Blobra, Buel, Cactuar, Caterchipillar, Death Claw, Esthar Soldier, Elite Soldier, Fastitocalon, Fastitocalon-F, Funguar, G-Soldier, Gayla, Geezard, Gesper, Glacial Eye, Grand Mantis, Guard, Jelleye, Mesmerize, Red Bat, SAM08G, Slapper, Thrustaevis, Turtapod, Wendigo, Propagator
40% 	Blue Dragon
60% 	Anacondaur, Bomb, Grat, T-Rexaur
80% 	Grendel, Imp, Ruby Dragon, Torama
99% 	Esthar Soldier (Terminator), Elnoyle, Snow Lion
Immune	Adamantoise, Base Leader, Base Soldier, Blood Soul, Chimera, Cockatrice, Creeps, Elastoid, Forbidden, GIM47N, Hexadragon, Iron Giant, Lefty, Malboro, Ochu, Oilboyle, PuPu, Raldo, Righty, Tonberry, Tri-Face, UFO?, Vysage, All bosses except Propagator
==Use==
Petrification is essentially another form of Instant Death. It is best inflicted with Breaks in ST-Atk-J, but the player may prefer Death spells to still receive AP and items and cards, which are often the preferred reward for battles over EXP.
Category:Status effects in Final Fantasy VIII