Bad Breath

Belch forth putrid stench to inflict status ailments.

Final Fantasy Tactics description

Bad Breath (臭(くさ)い息, Kusai Iki?), also known as Breath or Sour Mouth, is an enemy ability in Final Fantasy series used by the recurring Malboro enemies. In most games the attack can be learned as Blue Magic. It inflicts multiple, if not all possible ailments simultaneously, occasionally with a small amount of non-ailment related damage.

Appearances[]

Final Fantasy II[]

Bad Breath is used by Rhyos and Chimera Sphinx, which appear in the Jade Passage. Instead of inflicting multiple statuses, Bad Breath merely inflicts Petrify on the party.

Final Fantasy III[]

Bad Breath is used by the Cloud of Darkness in the 3D remake. It inflicts a party member with multiple statuses. In the pixel remaster version, it is also used by Ruinous Wave.

Final Fantasy IV[]

The Malboro (2D and 3D) use Breath as their opening attack. It inflicts one party member with Confuse, Toad, Mini, Pig, Silence, and Blind. If the target is immune to at least one of the above statuses, no statuses will be inflicted. The Great Malboro and Lunasaur (2D and 3D) can also use Bad Breath, the latter's affecting the entire party.

Final Fantasy VI[]

Spews foul breath that inflicts various status ailments on enemies.

Description

The Malboro and Great Malboro use Bad Breath when left alone. Strago can learn it as a Lore. It inflicts a party member with Darkness, Poison, sap, Imp, silence, and confuse. It costs 32 MP to cast and has a 100 hit rate. It can be learned from Dark Force, Great Malboro, and Malboro.

Final Fantasy VII[]

Bad Breath is an enemy ability used by the Malboro enemy. It casts Poison, Confusion, Sleep, Silence, Frog, and Small on all party members. An unprepared party may find this difficult to survive. A Malboro will only use it three times in a battle.

Bad Breath can be learned on the Enemy Skill Materia. Malboro can only be fought in two locations: on Gaea's Cliff and inside the final dungeon. If the player does not learn Bad Breath at Gaea's Cliff, it cannot be obtained until the end of the game since Gaea's Cliff is an unrevisitable location. With all its effects, Bad Breath can render most enemies defenseless, but does not work on bosses. The MP cost is 58.

Final Fantasy VII Remake[]

Bad Breath is an Enemy Skill Materia learned from the malboro, in the "Three-Person Team vs. Monsters of Legend" battle in the Shinra Combat Simulator. When used from the Enemy Skill materia, it inflicts Poison, Sleep, and Silence on all enemies, though when used by a malboro, it also inflicts Toad.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth[]

Bad Breath is an enemy ability used by the great malboro.

Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-[]

Final Fantasy VIII[]

Quistis can learn Bad Breath as a Limit Break from the Malboro Tentacle item. Bad Breath inflicts various statuses to all enemies depending on Quistis's Crisis Level.

Malboros usually always use it as their first move, and their version inflicts Poison, Darkness, Silence, Sleep, Slow, Confuse, Berserk, Petrifying, and Curse. Among the best defense against it is equipping a Guardian Force with the StatDefx4 ability and junctioning Pain, Confuse, Berserk, and Sleep, leaving only Slow and Petrifying. An alternative is to replace Berserk with Break and allow the berserk character to attack the Malboro. With Auto-Haste equipped, Slow won't afflict the character.

The Geezard also has an attack called Bad Breath, but it is not the same as the Malboro's version. It deals minor damage and may inflict Slow.

Final Fantasy IX[]

Bad Breath is an enemy ability used by the Malboro that inflicts Confuse, Poison, Darkness, Slow, and Mini to one target with a 40% base chance of the spell hitting. Quina can learn it from eating a Malboro, Anemone, or Worm Hydra. It costs 16 MP to cast.

Final Fantasy X[]

Kimahri can learn Bad Breath for his Ronso Rage by using Lancet on a Malboro or Great Malboro, the latter always opening battles with the move. It inflicts Poison, Slow, Darkness and Silence to the entire party, as well as Confusion and Berserk when used by enemies.

A more powerful version called Putrid Breath is used by the Malboro Menace fought in the Monster Arena, and deals minor damage in addition to always inflicting Confusion, Poison, Slow, Darkness (for 8 turns), and Silence (for 8 turns) to the entire party.

Final Fantasy X-2[]

Bad Breath is a Blue Bullet ability learned by the Gun Mage dressphere, costing 64 MP to use. It can be learned from Malboros. Bad Breath inflicts Silence, Darkness, and Poison with 30% accuracy, Curse with 50% accuracy and Slow with 80% possibility.^[1]

Great Malboros can use the more powerful Really Bad Breath, which inflicts more status effects.

In the International + Last Mission and HD Remaster versions, via the Creature Creator feature, the Malboro can use both Bad Breath and Really Bad Breath as a party member.

Final Fantasy X-2: Last Mission[]

Final Fantasy XI[]

Bad Breath is a Blue Magic ability learned from Morbol for the Blue Mages (level 61). It deals Earth damage that inflicts multiple status effects (Slow, Poison, Silence, Paralysis, Weight, Bind, and Blind) on enemies within a fan-shaped area originating from the caster for 212 MP. Like most breath attacks, it deals breath damage based on the blue mage's current HP (current HP/8 + Level/3) that ignores Magic Attack Bonus and Magic Defense Bonus. It costs 5 Blue Magic points to set. When set, it grants INT +2 and MND +2. It takes 8.75 seconds to cast and can be recast every 120 seconds. Because it is learned from morbols, it has monster correlation with plantoids, and is strong against beasts and weak against vermin.

Bad Breath is also an enemy ability used by the Morbol family.

Final Fantasy XII[]

Bad Breath is used by all forms of Malboro and inflicts Slow, Poison, and Blind to all targets in range.

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings[]

Malboros commonly uses Bad Breath to inflict random debuffs on a circle of enemies for 10 seconds; Ba'Gamnan learns it at level 18.

Final Fantasy XIV[]

Most Morbols can use Bad Breath, which causes Poison, Paralysis, Slow, Heavy, Blind, Silence, Pacification, Max HP Down, and Determination Down to all targets hit by it. Blue Mages can also learn this spell from Morbols and similar enemies, though they cannot inflict Pacification, Max HP Down and Determination Down, instead inflicting Damage Dealt Reduced.

Final Fantasy XVI[]

Final Fantasy Tactics[]

Bad Breath damages all units in a three square line emanating from the point of casting. It attempts to inflict Stone, Blind, Confuse, Silence, Oil, Toad, Poison, and Sleep status effects with a 25% chance of inflicting each.

The Greater Malboro has this ability and the Malboro can use it if an ally with the Monster Skill ability is next to it. See also enemy abilities.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance[]

Incredibly foul breath causes status ailments.

Description

Bad Breath is learned as a Blue Magic spell from Malboro and Big Malboro. It can inflict several status ailments which include Slow, Confuse, Poison, Blind, Silence, Frog, and Sleep at the cost of 20 MP.

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift[]

Bad Breath can be learned from Malboro-type enemies. It inflicts Poison, Blind, and Silence in a T-shaped area. It costs 8 MP to cast.

Final Fantasy Type-0[]

Enemy attacks are not named, but Malboros breath toxic bubbles that, if hit, deal damage and poison, mute and stop the target.

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest[]

Bad Breath is an enemy ability used by Zombie, Stheno and Plant Man. It inflicts the Paralyze status.

Final Fantasy Dimensions II[]

Dissidia Final Fantasy[]

Bad Breath is an ability used by the summon Malboro. It constantly saps Bravery from the opponent depending on how far they are from the summoner. The closer the two players are, the greater the reduction.

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy[]

Bad Breath is the summon Malboro's ability. It saps Bravery from the opponent depending on how close the opponent is. It can be seen as a counter to the summon Land Worm whose ability—Wormhole—saps Bravery the further away the opponent is.

Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia[]

Pictlogica Final Fantasy[]

Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade[]

Final Fantasy All the Bravest[]

Bad Breath is the enemy ability that is used by the Malboro during battle. The Great Malboro uses Really Bad Breath.

Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]

Final Fantasy Explorers[]

Produce a revolting stench that can potentially inflict poison, sleep, blind, silence, fog, and confuse on enemies.

Description

Bad Breath is used by Malboro and Great Malboro. Dryad uses a similar attack called Very Bad Breath. It can inflict a wide variety of status ailments. Blue Mages can learn Bad Breath after killing an enemy who has used it in their presence. As Blue Magic, the spell costs 260 AP to cast and has a cooldown time of 12 seconds. The caster stands still and spews a green cloud directly forward, which can hit multiple enemies if they are close enough.

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius[]

War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius[]

Mobius Final Fantasy[]

World of Final Fantasy[]

Bad Breath is an active ability that inflicts Poison, Blindness, Oblivion, Slow, and Confusion on a single target for 8 AP. It can be used by Malboro.

Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon[]

Chocobo's Dungeon 2[]

Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon[]

Bad Breath is an enemy ability used by Great Malboro, that inflicts Blind, Confuse, or Silence on a target directly in front of it. When used by the Buddy version of Great Malboro under the player's control, it costs 1 SP.

Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances[]

Chrono Cross[]

BadBreath is a Green ability used by the Green Dragon and it inflicts random status ailments on all targets.

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Etymology[]

[view · edit · purge]Halitosis, colloquially called bad breath, feter oris, or fege bosta, is a symptom in which a noticeably unpleasant odor is present on the exhaled breath.

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