Weakness Trigger Conditions

Upon claiming/popping any NM within Abyssea, 3 types of weaknesses (Red/Blue/Yellow - see below) will be set. They will shift to a new random weakness with each battle, including if the NM goes unclaimed and de-aggros.

When a monster's weakness is struck, a pair of exclamation marks() appears over its name. The effects of triggering a weakness can vary widely and are explained below. According to NPC dialog, exploiting the weakness once will grant larger treasure rewards, potentially even ones normally unavailable, but hitting the same weakness repeatedly can decrease the terror/silence/amnesia effect and remove the treasure bonus. However, exploiting each of the three types of weakness once incurs no penalties to drop rates and is theorized to boost all potential rewards.

Yellow and possibly Red weaknesses are related to the element of the previous/current/next day the NM is claimed/popped. More information is needed on the patterns Red weaknesses follow. Regarding Blue weakness follows the current time of the day that the NM is claimed and the type of damage dealt by Physical WS (Piercing/Slashing/Blunt).

Weaknesses cannot be triggered if the weapon skill misses or if the spell is resisted ("resists the effect of the spell" or "fails to take effect"), but may still process if the weapon skill or spell hits for 0 damage, or even if it heals the enemy. Additionally weaknesses cannot be triggered while the enemy is preparing or using a TP move or casting a spell. Finally, weaknesses cannot be triggered while the enemy is already staggering (e.g., cannot trigger blue weakness while the enemy is under Red Stagger), or while the enemy is stunned. For this reason, it is generally recommended to Stun only TP moves and spells (during which enemies cannot be staggered anyway).

Certain enemies, such as those of the Iron Giant family, possess standard attacks that are considered TP moves, even if there is no indication of it in the chat log. Likewise, weaknesses cannot be triggered while these enemies are attacking. Finally, certain NMs face further restrictions as to when their weaknesses may be targeted; for example, enemies such as Chloris and Usurper cannot be staggered during the effect of their 2 Hour abilities.

Yellow weaknesses can be triggered even if the enemy absorbs the damage from the spell.

Do note that if the player who triggered the stagger (of any kind) is out of the party or zone by the time the monster is defeated, the stagger will not take effect. In addition, for red (atma/abyssite) staggers, the person who pulled/spawned the monster must also be in the party or alliance fighting the monster at the time of its death, or else the key item will not be distributed to the party/alliance.

In order to solve what the possible weakness triggers can be, data is being summarized in the forms below. Also, if you have some personal experience in achieving any particular weaknesss on any NM, please feel free to refer to Talk:Weakness Targeting regarding weakness triggers and add your data to that form.

Red Weakness

• - gained by using a specific elemental Weapon Skill on the enemy.
  • Ensures that Atma, Abyssite, and key items will drop to the puller and/or his/her party. (Not 100%)
  • Does not ensure Demilune Abyssite upgrade on VNMs.
  • Inflicts Terror on the enemy. The message displayed in the log will read:

"*Player's attack staggers the fiend!
The fiend is frozen in its tracks."

• The table below represents the weapon skills which have been repeatedly verified as potential triggers. The exact weapon skill is random, but it will always be at least one of those listed below. At this time there are no indicators that spawn or claim time are linked to the trigger element.

Red Weakness Triggers By Weapon
Weapon Type	Weapon Skills
Club	Seraph Strike
Dagger	Cyclone, Energy Drain
Great Katana	Tachi: Jinpu, Tachi: Koki
Great Sword	Freezebite
Katana	Blade: Ei
Polearm	Raiden Thrust
Scythe	Shadow of Death
Staff	Sunburst, Earth Crusher
Sword	Red Lotus Blade, Seraph Blade
Red Weakness Triggers By Element
Element	Weapon Skills
Light	Tachi: Koki, Seraph Strike, Sunburst, Seraph Blade
Darkness	Energy Drain, Blade: Ei, Shadow of Death
Fire	Red Lotus Blade
Ice	Freezebite
Wind	Cyclone, Tachi: Jinpu
Thunder	Raiden Thrust
Earth	Earth Crusher
Water	None

• If the puller or spawner of the NM is not in the party at the time of the monster's death if red stagger was triggered, the atma/abyssite drops will not be distributed to the party/alliance fighting the NM.

Yellow Weakness

• - gained by casting a specific magic spell on the monster. The spell's element coincides with the element of the current day, the previous day, or the next day of the Vana'diel week. The "current day" is determined when the monster was made active (by aggro, claiming, or popping).
  • Greatly enhances drop rate for synthesis items and EA (Empyrean Armor) items (allows for additional drops of seals/cards/stones/jewels).
  • Also called "Grellow" due to the fact that the color is between yellow and green
  • Inflicts Silence on the monster. The message displayed in the log will read:

"*Player's attack staggers the fiend!
The fiend is unable to cast magic."

• The table below lists verified and potential spells triggering , with columns sorted by the Vana'diel day of the week.

Example: if you claim or pop an NM during Waterday, look at columns Earth, Water, and Wind (Before/Current/Next days) to determine which spells to try.

Yellow Weakness Triggers
Spell Types	Spells by element
	Fire	Earth	Water	Wind	Ice	Lightning	Light	Dark
Tier 3	Fire III	Stone III	Water III	Aero III	Blizzard III	Thunder III	-	-
Tier 4	Fire IV	Stone IV	Water IV	Aero IV	Blizzard IV	Thunder IV	-	-
Tier 3 -ga	Firaga III	Stonega III	Waterga III	Aeroga III	Blizzaga III	Thundaga III	-	-
Tier 1 Ancient Magics	Flare	Quake	Flood	Tornado	Freeze	Burst	-	-
Divine Magic	-	-	-	-	-	-	Banish II, Banish III, Banishga II, Holy, Flash	-
Dark Magic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Aspir, Drain, Bio II
Enfeebling Magics	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dispel
Blue Magic	Heat Breath	Magnetite Cloud	Maelstrom	Mysterious Light	Ice Break	Mind Blast	Radiant Breath	Eyes On Me
Ninjutsu	Katon: Ni	Doton: Ni	Suiton: Ni	Huton: Ni	Hyoton: Ni	Raiton: Ni	-	Kurayami: Ni
Songs	Ice Threnody	Lightning Threnody	Fire Threnody	Earth Threnody	Wind Threnody	Water Threnody	Dark Threnody	Light Threnody

Blue Weakness

• - gained by using a specific physical Weapon Skill on the enemy. The required Weapon Skill will be one of a set of 45 Weapon Skills of the Slashing, Piercing, or Blunt varieties (15 each). Which type of Weapon Skill is required is based on what game time it is when the NM is claimed.
  • Greatly enhances drop rate for equipment and weapon(s).
  • Inflicts Amnesia on the mob. The message displayed in the log will read:

"*Player's attack staggers the fiend!
The fiend is unable to use special attacks."

• The table below lists all reported Physical Weapon Skills triggering , depending on the Vana'diel time of claim/force pop:

Abyssea NM Weaknesses
See the discussion page for more information about specific mobs and potential triggers.

Weakness Targeting in Dynamis

(This is also on Category:Dynamis)

Triggering weaknesses increases treasure spoils and has other effects on the monsters. A prerequisite for triggering a weakness seems to be you must have acquired some or all of the time extensions in the area. Blue, yellow and red !! become possible depending on how many time extensions you have obtained in the area. Each appear to correspond to its usual Weakness Targeting effect but simply makes more items drop in general, rather than dropping specific groups of items.

The method of triggering weakness varies by the enemy's job:

A wide range of efffects appear to be able to trigger these weaknessees- but known triggers will be listed below. Spellcasting and 2-hour animations do not seem to prevent proc from taking effect.

Job Abilities

Most job abilities which target an enemy can trigger, except non-blood pact pet commands and possibly Ventriloquy. This list may not be complete.

Job	Triggers
Warrior	Provoke, Tomahawk
Dancer	Steps, Animated Flourish, Desperate Flourish, Violent Flourish
Dragoon	Spirit Jump, Soul Jump, Angon
Scholar	Libra
Thief	Steal, Mug
Samurai	Hamanoha, Blade Bash
Corsair	Any Quick Draw attack
Summoner	Any physical Blood Pact: Rage attack
Beastmaster	Any offensive Ready move
Black Mage	Enmity Douse

Magic

Most enemy-targetable magic from a given school can trigger !!, Cures and Odin may be an exception but needs verification. Magical Blood Pact: Rage attacks also work.

Weapon Skills

Most weapon skills from any given weapon can trigger !!, but this needs verification. These are some that seem to proc most but this still needs verification.

Dagger: Rudra's Storm, Evisceration, Shark Bite, Mordant Rime, Mandalic Stab, Mercy Stroke, Cyclone, Energy Drain, Aeolian Edge, Dancing Edge
Katana: Blade: Jin, Blade: Rin, Blade: Hi, Blade: Chi, Blade: Ei, Blade: Ku
Hand-to-Hand: Combo, Victory Smite, Ascetic's Fury, Tornado Kick, Asuran Fists
Sword: Sanguine Blade, Red Lotus Blade, Death Blossom, Chant du Cygne, Fast Blade, Circle Blade, Vorpal Blade, Savage Blade, Expacion
Polearm: Skewer, Drakesbane, Wheeling Thrust, Camlann's Torment
Great Sword: Scourge, Ground Strike
Scythe: Shadow of Death, Catastrophe
Great Axe: Shield Break, Iron Tempest, Raging Rush, Ukko's Fury
Axe: Spinning Axe
Marksmanship: Numbing Shot
Great Katana: Tachi: Fudo, Tachi: Gekko, Tachi: Kasha