Persona 4 Arena Basics: Status Ailments

The status ailments and their effects in Persona 4 Arena are as follows:

• Shock - You are unable to move
• Poison - Your HP will gradually decrease
• Charm - Your opponent drains some of your SP
• Fear - Every hit is considered to be a Fatal Counter (aka, each hit does big damage)
• Panic - Your controls will be reversed
• Rage - Your strength is increased at the expense of being unable to block. You cannot recover by hitting your opponent, unlike with most status ailments
• Mute - You cannot summon your Persona (in other words, the Triangle/Y button and O/B button attacks are temporarily unavailable to you)
• Freeze - You will be unable to do anything. Pressing left or right on the D-Pad in quick succession will allow you to recover faster
• Negative Penalty - Get this status effect by continually backing away from battle. If you play too defensively for an extended period of time, the Negative Penalty will be bestowed upon you and you will take more damage than usual