Status Effects

There are a number of status effects in Onmyoji.  Understand what these effects mean can make a huge difference the players’ battle strategy.

Below is a list of status effects in the game.  When a Shikigami has a status effect, status icons will show above its HP bar along with the number of turns remaining.

 

Buffs

Image	Effect	Description	Source Example
	Attack/Damage Increase	Attack/Damage increase by an X amount lasting for a finite number of turns	Character: Seimei, Kagura; Shikigami: Kamaitachi, Yamausagi, etc.
	Defense Increase	Defense increase by an X amount lasting for a finite number of turns	Shikigami: Hitotsume; Soul: Boroboroton
	Critical % Increase	Critical % increase by an X amount lasting for a finite number of turns	Shikigami: Lantern Soul, Ghost Minion Yelow
	Speed Increase	Speed increase by an X amount lasting for a finite number of turns	Shikigami: Maestro, Blue Imp; Soul: Three String
	Critical Damage Increase	Critical Damage increase by an X amount lasting for a finite number of turns	Shikigami: Shuzu; Character: Hiromasa
	Effect RES Increase	Effect RES increase by an X amount lasting for a finite number of turns	Shikigami: Kamaitachi
	Effect HIT Increase	Effect HIT increase by an X amount lasting for a finite number of turns	Shikigami: Koi
	Shield	A shield to absorb an X amount of damage for a finite number of turns	Shikigami: One-eyed, Koi; Soul: Jizo Statue

 

Debuffs

Image	Effect	Description	Source Example
	Provoked	Provoked Shikigamis will only use normal attacks targetting the provoker for a finite number of turns.	Shikigami: Samurai X, Tanuki, Red Imp
	Confused	Confused Shikigamis will only use normal attacks targetting random units for a finite number of turns.	Shikigami: Maestro; Soul: Temptress, Mimic
	Sleep	Shikigami will sleep for a finite number of turns unless woken up from getting attacked	Yumekui
	Frozen	Frozen Shikigamis cannot act for a finite number of turns	Shikigami: Yuki Onna; Soul: Snow Spirit
	Stunned/Shape Shifted	Stunned Shikigamis cannot act for a finite number of turns. Shape Shifted Shikigamis also cannot act for a finite number of turns and will have their Passive skills sealed. Both of these two effects cannot be dispelled.	Shikigami: Enma, Enenra, Yamausagi, and Komatsu
	Silenced	Silenced Shikigamis cannot use abilities but can use normal attack
	Soul Sealed	Equipped Souls are not taking effect	Shikigami: Hannya; Character: Yaobikuni
	Soul and Passive Sealed	Equipped Souls and Passive Abilities are not taking effect	Shikigami: Hannya; Character: Yaobikuni
	Life Decay	Loses an X amount of HP every turn for a finite number of turns. This is equal to Poison in other RPGs.	Shikigami: Kiyohime; Soul: Mimic; Character: Kagura
	Attack Decrease	Attack decrease by an X amount lasting for a finite number of turns	Shikigami: Two-faced Buddha; Character: Seimei
	Defense Decrease	Defense decrease by an X amount lasting for a finite number of turns	Shikigami: Arakawa Lord, Kamaitachi, Two-faced Buddha
	Critical % Decrease	Critical % decrease by an X amount lasting for a finite number of turns	Shikigami: Hououga
	Speed Decrease	Speed decrease by an X amount lasting for a finite number of turns	Shikigami: Ame Onna
	Critical Damage Decrease	Critical Damage decrease by an X amount lasting for a finite number of turns
	Effect HIT Decrease	Effect HIT decrease by an X amount lasting for a finite number of turns	Shikigami: Oguna
	Effect RES Decrease	Effect RES decrease by an X amount lasting for a finite number of turns
	Healing Effect Decrease	Healing Effect received decrease by an X amount lasting for a finite number of turns	Shikigami: Shiro Mujou; Character: Kagura
	Max HP Decrease	Max HP decrease by an X amount lasting for a finite number of turns	Character: Yaobikuni

 

Many Shikigamis inflict status effects and the tables above merely give some examples of where the effects come from.