These are the status changes in Persona 5. They can be healed with skills or items. All ailments are healed when the battle ends. As such, it is recommended to only cure them during long and hard battles.
"Technical" is a mechanic that grants bonus damage by matching a certain type of damage (Physical, Fire, Ice, Electric, Wind, Psychic, Nuclear, but not Almighty) to the inflicted status change.
| Status | Effect | Inflict | Remove |
|---|---|---|---|
| Down | Affected characters take increased damage, cannot evade and are exposed to attacks that may cause Dizziness.
Downed characters recover from it when they take their turn. | Critical hit Exploit weakness Down Shot | -- |
| Burn | Take damage after every action.
Allows Technical damage from Wind Skills and Nuclear Skills. | Fire Skills (rare chance) | Baisudi Mabaisudi Amrita Drop Amrita Shower Salvation Nohar-M |
| Freeze | Unable to take actions.
Allows Technical damage from Physical Skills and Nuclear Skills. Frozen Shadows cannot be negotiated with in a Hold Up. | Ice Skills (rare chance) | Baisudi Mabaisudi Amrita Drop Amrita Shower Salvation Nohar-M |
| Shock | Unable to take actions.
If you melee attack a shocked enemy, there is a slight chance you will become shocked. Allows Technical damage from Physical skills and Nuclear Skills. | Electric Skills (rare chance) | Baisudi Mabaisudi Amrita Drop Amrita Shower Salvation Nohar-M |
| Dizzy | Attack accuracy greatly reduced.
Allows Technical damage from any attack. | Sledgehammer Flash Bomb Dazzler Nocturnal Flash | Patra Me Patra Amrita Drop Amrita Shower Salvation Relax Capsule |
| Forget | Unable to use any Skill. | Headbutt Memory Blow Makajama Makajamaon | Patra Me Patra Amrita Drop Amrita Shower Salvation Relax Capsule |
| Sleep | Unable to take actions.
HP and SP will slowly restore each turn. Attacking affected character will give Technical damage bonus, and remove the ailment. Sleeping Shadows cannot be negotiated with in a Hold Up. | Dream Needle Dormin Rush Dormina Lullaby | Patra Me Patra Amrita Drop Amrita Shower Salvation Relax Capsule |
| Confuse | Throw away money, use a healing item, throw away an item or do nothing.
Allows Technical damage from Psychic Skills. | Skull Cracker Mind Slice Pulinpa Tentarafoo | Energy Drop Energy Shower Amrita Drop Amrita Shower Salvation Relax Gel |
| Fear | High chance of ignoring commands.
Will sometimes run from battle. Allows Technical damage from Psychic Skills. | Terror Claw Bloodbath Titanomachia Evil Touch Evil Smile Fear Gas Tyrant's Fist | Energy Drop Energy Shower Amrita Drop Amrita Shower Salvation Relax Gel |
| Despair | Unable to take actions.
SP will decrease by 5%, and the character becomes incapacitated after 3 turns while in despair. Allows Technical damage from Psychic Skills. | Negative Pile Bad Beat Ominous Words Abysmal Surge Dreadful Scream | Energy Drop Energy Shower Amrita Drop Amrita Shower Salvation Relax Gel |
| Rage | Attack power greatly increases at the cost of defense, evasion, and accuracy.
The character will not listen to orders and will automatically perform basic melee attacks. Allows Technical damage from Psychic Skills. | Hysterical Slap Oni-Kagura Taunt Wage War Arm of Destruction Reverse Rub | Energy Drop Energy Shower Amrita Drop Amrita Shower Salvation Relax Gel |
| Brainwash | Heal an enemy, attack an ally or use a support skill on an enemy.
Allows Technical damage from Psychic Skills. | Brain Shake Brain Buster Marin Karin Brain Jack | Energy Drop Energy Shower Amrita Drop Amrita Shower Salvation Relax Gel |
| Hunger | Greatly lowers damage of your attacks. | Big Bang Challenge Distorted Avarice Stomach Blow Famine's Breath Famine's Scream | Patra Me Patra Amrita Drop Amrita Shower Salvation Relax Capsule |
