Zoids: Empire vs Republic ~Genes of Mechanical Organisms~/Status Effects

Zoids Status Effects

Zoids that are attacked with certain weapons or skills can be affected with status effects. There is no war to check which status effect has been applied, the only way to tell the name of the status effect is with the "recovered" notification. However, with the descriptions given in the table below for the status effects, and by paying attention to the color change of the zoid after a status effect is applied, you'll be able to guess which status effect has been applied.

Status Effect	Japanese	Description
Shortcircuit	ショート	For several turns, you zoid becomes incapacitated and takes additional damage at the end of its actions during battle. Additionally, while incapacitated, damage taken from electromagnetic type attacks is increased by 1.5 times. Weapons such as the High-Pressure Concentrated Sulfuric Acid Spray Gun can inflict this status effect.
Blaze	炎上	For several turns, your zoid takes additional damage at the end of its turn during battle. Weapons such as the Flamethrower can inflict this status effect.
Rust	サビ	Accuracy and evasion rates of the zoid decrease by about 10%, and its movement speed during attacks and escape attempts slows down. Also, the zoid's movement speed on the 2D maps is halved. Weapons such as the Guided Missiles can inflict this status effect.
Runaway	暴走	You lose control of the zoid on the 2D map, and the zoid moves automatically each turn. Zoids determined by the zoid order will also go out of control. This will persist until the mission is cleared. However, this status effects appears only in a few specific maps.
Freeze	凍結	Your zoid is unable to act for several turns during battle (same as Fear). The enhancement part called Freezing Cannon can inflicts this status effect.
Fear	畏怖	Your zoid is unable to act for several turns during battle (same as Freeze). The enhancement part called Freezing Cannon can inflicts this status effect. The skill Roar inflicts this status effect on enemies.
Darkness	暗闇	The zoid is enveloped in a smoke screen, increasing evasion rato. Reduces the hit rate of enemy attacks by 30% and increases the zoid's escape probability to 95% from the first turn in battles. About 4 turns in the battle encounter, if the base escape rate exceeds 95% then it becomes 100% instead. The part Smoke Charger can be used as a map weapon that inflicts this status effect on your zoid and all surrounding zoids, it doesn't matter if they are allies or enemies.

Tips and Tricks

• Only one status effect can be inflicted on a zoid at any given time, and they can't be overwritten. Considering this, a good general strategy is using the Smoke Charger part to smoke screen your zoids and inflict them with Darkness, preventing other status effects from being applied on them. This is particularly useful for preventing the devastating Shortcircuit status effect, with which enemies can destroy your zoids very fast.

• Additional damage dealt each turn due to status effects is fixed at half the weapon's base power (75 damage for Shortcircuit, and 170 damage for Burning). But this additional damage will not destroy the zoid; it's HP will remain at 1 if the additional damage would have destroyed it.