Negative statuses
From The World Ends With You
During battle, players and enemies may get a small icon next to their picture; it represents a negative status, similar to a "status effect" in other games. Negative statuses may be caused by an attack or by simply wearing certain pins. Some healing pins cure negative statuses as well as restoring HP. Players can also prevent negative statuses by wearing threads with abilities that prevent them.
"Positive status effects" do not exist in the game. For example, in the game, Regeneration is an ability acquired from a thread rather than a status.
There are four negative statuses: Immobility, HP Drain, Attack Break, and Defense Break.
Only one negative status can be active on an enemy at a time. For example, if Neku has two status-causing pins in his pin deck, whichever pin is in the lower of the two slots will be applied and the other will be ignored.
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[edit] Immobility 
- Immobility stuns the target: the target cannot engage in any action, such as moving, attacking, or using pins, with the exception of pins which cure Immobility. When immobilized, the afflicted is still susceptible to damage. It is represented by a white square with black lines on it.
[edit] HP Drain 
- HP Drain continuously reduces the target's HP by a percentage of its maximum HP. It does not, however, refer to Noise attacks whose purpose is to drain HP (such as being grabbed by a jelly). It is represented by a white square with circles.
[edit] Attack Break 
- Attack Break halves the target's attack. Several pins cause this effect, including Pavo Real's Poison Skull, Mus Rattus' Cornered Rat, and Hip Snake's Eyes Full of Hope/Eyes Full of Light. It is represented by a white square with an 'A' inside a red arrow.
[edit] Defense Break 
- Defense Break halves the target's defense. It is represented by a white square with an 'D' inside a blue arrow.
