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Metaphor: ReFantaziofeatures a familiar combat system that’s made a bit more complicated by myriad status ailments, each with unique effects and cures. Not only do these ailments hinder your performance in battle, but depending on the type, their effects may linger when the fight ends. This puts you at a clear disadvantage moving forward, so you’ll need to understand how different ailments work and what you can do to cure them.
Metaphor: ReFantaziotakes pages fromSMTandPersona, allowing you to inflict or incur status ailments on top of damage and saddling you or your opponents withdebuffsto overcome in combat. Whetherphysical or mental, the effects of ailments can cause severe decreases in any individual status or even push party members to attack one another. Finding the right cure is essential to keep your team in good health. Although the game features handy tutorials on ailments and treatments, we’ve put together a reference guide for quick and easy answers.
All Status Ailments & What They Do
Mental VS. Physical
Status ailments can be broken down intotwo distinct types: physical and mental. With a grand total of12 unique ailments, both types cause debuffs and otherwise, tricky effects to deal with during combat, but critical differences set the two categories apart.
Every Archetype In Metaphor: ReFantanzio Explained
Metaphor: ReFantazio uses Archetypes instead of Personas to give the player unique abilities, but there are a lot of differences between the two.
According toTheGamer,mental ailments will subside once the battle concludes, eliminating the need to find a cure afterward. However, ailments of this kind can make it exceptionally difficult to control party members during combat, putting your team at risk. These include the following:
Conversely,physical ailments will remain in effect even after the fight ends. This can spell bad news for your party going into combat without treatment. You’ll want to prioritize curing any of the following physical ailments affecting team members:
Statusailments shouldn’t be taken lightlyon yourMetaphor: Refantazioplaythrough. While you may be able to tough out a battle facing debuffs and other effects, it’s in your best interest to cure your party members when possible, as each can prove deadly. Luckily, you’ll have a couple of options to heal up.
How To Cure All Status Ailments
Items & The Healer Archetype
You’ll want to considerhealing items and the Healer character Archetype to cure status ailments. Using items is fairly intuitive here, with a long list to choose from, depending on the ailment you’re dealing with.Game8notes thatmost items can be purchased from St. Fermis Church or the General Store, but be on the lookout for other vendors as well.
Variouscooked dishesmay also serve as cures for status ailments. Consider the side effects of your meals to decide which to use and when.
Apart from items, Channeling Archetypes to eliminate ailments works in much the same way as usingPersona 3: Reload’sPersonas. TheHealer Archetype’s Patra skill allows you to heal status ailments of any kind, though this can only be used onone party member at a time. Use this skill in combination with the following items to heal up as needed:
Anxiety
Mental
The character can no longer use Archetype skills. Enemies who attack the affected character will not consume a Turn icon.
Charm
You will lose control of the character. Each turn, they’ll either attack fellow party members or aid opponents.
Rage
The character’s attack power is elevated, but they’ll take more damage from enemies. Actions will be limited to regular weapon attacks.
Sleep
You will lose control over the character. All physical hits incurred will result in critical damage.
Hex
Physical
Half of all damage dealt to enemies by the affected character is also dealt to themselves. Dark-element resistance is reduced. The character is more susceptible to additional status ailments.
Malady
All character stats are significantly reduced. HP and MP cannot be recovered.
Paralysis
Any action taken by the affected character is likely to fail.
The character’s HP is reduced upon taking any action.
By leaning on items and utilizing the Patra skill, you’re able to cure any status ailment that befalls a party member. We’ll update our working list of cures as more are discovered. In the meantime,Metaphor: ReFantazio’sHealer Archetypeis a lifesaver in any combat situation.
