"Defence and magic defence decreases every turn. Holy damage taken is increased by 50%."
―Curse's hover-over tip, Epic Battle Fantasy 4
in 4
in 5
Curse is a negative status effect in Epic Battle Fantasy 4 and 5. Its icon is a black vortex in 4 and three red-black swirls in a triangle in 5. It is generally associated with the Dark element.
Similar to the Weaken and Tired statuses, Curse debuffs the affected's Defence and Magic Defence each turn (with specific amount varying between games). Additional application of Curse will increase the duration of the ailment, but does not affect debuff rate.
Curse also increases Holy-elemental damage (and only the elemental part of it) taken by 50%, though this will use up one stack of Curse per hit (in 4) or attack (in 5).
Stats before the Battle Mountain update are listed in brackets.
Curse debuffs the affected's Defence and Magic Defence by 10% each turn, unaffected by debuff resistances. This doesn't cancel out natural (de)buff fading (by 5% per turn) and works in conjunction with it, totalling to a 15% debuff per turn when the affected has corresponding stat buffs, or 5% otherwise.
Curse can be cured with Garlic (consumable item), Purify, Medipack, Cleanse (ordinary skills) and Kyun (Natalie's Limit Break). Like most status effects, it also vanishes after the battle, when the victim dies (except if with Auto-Revive), or after a number of turns.
Curse is available to players through the following skills and equipment:
Alchemy Set (staff) — ≈7.7% chance to roll the required status, which is applied with up to 100% chance and 9x length at base. Additionally, it may counter with Spectrum — up to 130% chance and 9x length.
Hela's Staff (staff) — up to 70% chance and 7x length at base.
Alchemist's Bow (bow) — ≈7.7% chance to roll the required status, which is applied with up to 100% chance and 9x length at base.
Black Widow (bow) — up to 60% chance and 5x length at base. Additionally, it may counter with Normal Attack with same properties.
Curse debuffs the affected's Defence and Magic Defence by 15% each turn. This doesn't cancel out natural (de)buff fading (by 5% per turn) and works in conjunction with it, totalling to 20% debuff per turn when the affected has corresponding stat buffs, or 10% otherwise. Curse's debuffs are still affected by debuff resistance, and can't debuff past the (80-debuff resist)% debuff cap.
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