Esuna Confusion

[Imakles]

Did a quick search and I didn't see anything about it, so with any luck some of the more experienced healers out there can help. Esuna's description says it removes detrimental effects, but it doesn't seem to remove any and all negative effects on party members. To me, "detrimental effects" are any nasty effects on party members we can see in the party window; however, that doesn't seem to be the way it's intended...perhaps I'm just misinterpreting it...

My question...what will it remove and what does it not work on? "Detrimental effects" seems like a vague term so I was hoping someone could spell it out in not so uncertain terms.

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

It should work on most things except the Brink of Death type of effects, terrain based effects such as the swamps in Totorak, or standing in pits of fire. I'm uncertain yet, but I'm not sure if it can remove a molbol's pollen poisonous effect either.

But things like Slow, Silence, Pacification, Physical Vulnerability Up, Magic Vulnerability Up, Blind, Poison, Heavy, Bind, and the like.

[DarkBahamut]

Did a quick search and I didn't see anything about it, so with any luck some of the more experienced healers out there can help. Esuna's description says it removes detrimental effects, but it doesn't seem to remove any and all negative effects on party members. To me, "detrimental effects" are any nasty effects on party members we can see in the party window; however, that doesn't seem to be the way it's intended...perhaps I'm just misinterpreting it...

My question...what will it remove and what does it not work on? "Detrimental effects" seems like a vague term so I was hoping someone could spell it out in not so uncertain terms.

It will remove the vast majority of debuffs. There are a couple of fights which use debuffs as a main part of the mechanic which can't be removed by Esuna, and usually require another tactic to be removed (interacting with an item in the fight for example). Esuna also won't remove the Raise/Resurrection weakness. There isn't really that much it won't remove in the grand scheme of things.

[Everlyte]

I can say from experience it removes: poison, slow, and bind. I'm only level 30, so I haven't seen anything else it works on yet.

[Chazychaz]

In Haukke Manor, the Maidens/Boss use a Terror ability. Esuna does NOT work on Terror. Please alert your party that you can't remove it, many people stay in the blast radius and become useless for 5-10 seconds.

[Nailkita]

I don't know if it's coincidence of the timer but it seems that some damage over time debuffs can be removed as well like fire damage and ice damage over time that I saw in Stone Vigil.

[RentisB]

Esuna takes off just about everything, the problem I have with it is that it's one debuff at a time, and there's no enhanced trait or anything to make that easier after ohhhh a Malboro? -_- I know there are a few things that are immune to it, and certain versions of things that would normally be removed that are also immune, like from specific bosses.

[Blindfate]

Esuna has always been a spell in other Final Fantasy games that removes all status effects.

In this game, removes one debuff. Save for stuff like standing in acid or debuffs from getting rezzed.

[FrogDog]

Esuna won't remove petrification either, but I've only seen that status effect in a guildhest so far.

[Kyomih]

The only things I have seen that can't be removed as mentioned already are the AOE stuns from the Maidens in Haukke Manor and petrification. Everything else can be removed.
It only removes One effect per cast though.