Status Effects

Status Effects affect units in play, there are three types; Effects, Buffs, and Debuffs.

The maximum stack amount is 9999.

Units in play are also affected by Triggered Effects.

See also: Card Effects

Effects

Effects are persistent and can not be removed, with the exception of Armor, Burnout, and Fuel, which have certain conditions for removal. Armor is the only Effect that doesn't have a yellow icon during fights.

Effect	Description	Notes
Armor	Damage is dealt to Armor before health. Each point of Armor blocks one point of damage and is then removed.
Buffet	This unit can be eaten multiple times.	Used by Primordium.
Burnout	Counts down every turn. When Burnout runs out, the unit dies.	Used by the Melting Remnant clan. Units that die because of Burnout have this icon placed on their Combat previews.
Cardless	This unit was not summoned from a unit card. It won't go to the Consume pile and can't gain Endless.
Enchant	Other friendly units on the same floor gain a bonus.	For allies, this is accessible through Wyldenten's Predator upgrade path. The icon is also used by many floor-based effects, such as Molluscmage, Tethys Titansbane's Conduit path, and Morselmaster.
Endless	When this unit dies, return its card to the top of the draw pile.
Fragile	If this unit loses health, it dies.
Fuel	Negates the effect of Inert. Loses 1 stack every turn.	Used in relation to Alloyed Construct.
Haste	Moves directly from the first floor to the third floor.
Immobile	Can't move between floors or change position on this floor.	Used by Alabaster Guardian
Inert	This unit cannot attack unless it has Fuel.	Used in relation to Alloyed Construct.
Multistrike	Attacks an additional time each turn.
Phased	Cannot attack. Cannot be damaged or targeted in any way.
Purify	Removes all damaging debuffs from this unit at the end of turn.	Used mainly by The Last Divinity.
Quick	Attacks before enemy units during combat.
Relentless	Combat in this room continues until all enemies are defeated. This unit cannot be rooted.	Only Bosses and the Pyre have have this effect.
Shard	Powers Solgard the Martyr's abilities.
Shell	At end of turn, remove from the floor to remove Shell from the front unit with Shell. When all Shell is removed, the unit will Hatch.	Used by Eggs in the Wurmkin clan.
Silence	Disables Triggered Abilities.	Affected Trigger abilities' icon turn Gray.
Sweep	Attacks all enemy units.	Each enemy hit with Sweep will remove a stack of Lifesteal.
Trample	When attacking, excess damage is applied to the subsequent enemy unit.	When combined with Sweep, excess damage dealt to enemies in the back is pushed to the front enemy unit. Enemies killed by carryover Trample damage will not be hit by the initial sweeping hit. (Sweep damage is dealt front to back, sequencially.)

Triggers

Triggers are effects which activate on certain conditions, they can be disabled by the Silence debuff.

Effect	Description	Notes
Action	Triggers at the start of this unit's turn.	"Start of turn" refers to the unit's turn in combat.
Armored	Triggers when Armor is added to this unit.	Used by Apex Imp.
Eaten	After the next round of combat, this unit will be eaten by the front unit without an Eaten ability.	Used by the Umbra clan. Eaten units do not count as dying for purposes of Harvest. Eaten units have this icon placed on their Combat Previews.
End of Turn	Triggers at end of turn.
Etch	Triggers when a card is Consumed on this floor.	Used by the Wurmkin clan.
Extinguish	Triggers on death.
Gorge	Triggers when this unit eats a Morsel unit.	Used by the Umbra clan.
Harvest	Triggers when a unit on this floor dies.
Hatch	Once all Shell is removed, the unit dies, triggering its Hatch ability. Apply the Egg unit's upgrades and stat changes to the summoned unit.	Used by Eggs in the Wurmkin clan.
Hellborne Harvest	Triggers when one of your units dies on this floor.	Used by Shattering Darkshard.
Hunger	Triggers when a unit with Eaten is summoned.	Used in relation to Morsel-Made.
Incant	Triggers when you cast a spell on this floor.
Inspire	Triggers when you gain on this floor, once per .	Used by the Wurmkin clan.
Rally	Triggers when you play a non-Morsel unit card on this floor.
Rejuvenate	Triggers when healed, even at full health.
Resolve	Triggers after combat.
Revenge	Triggers when damaged.	If a unit with Revenge is killed, its Revenge ability will still trigger on the killing blow.
Slay	Triggers after dealing a killing blow.	Triggers on kills from not only melee attacks, but also abilities on the unit such as Spikes, Summon and Action. (Though Slay cannot normally trigger upon Extinguish abilities because the unit is already dead.)
Strike	Triggers when attacking.	Similar to Slay, triggers on strikes from not only melee attacks, but also abilities on the unit such as Summon and Gorge (Shadoweater). Every time a single unit is hit it counts as a Strike, as such Trample and Sweep may trigger several times in one Action.
Summon	Triggers when played.

Buffs

Buff effects are generally positive for their target and are represented by green icons.

Effect	Description	Notes
Damage Shield	Nullify the next source of damage.	Revenge will not trigger on a shielded unit. Dealing 0 damage doesn't remove a stack. Piercing spells, such as Horn Break, will ignore Damage Shield.
Lifesteal	When a unit with Lifesteal attacks, it restores health equal to the damage dealt.	Decreases after any attack, even ones which deal no damage.
Rage	+2 per stack. Decreases every turn.	If under the effect of Collection of Tails, Rage will not decay. If under the effect of Resonant Shard, Rage will give +3 per stack.
Regen	Restores 1 health per stack at the end of turn. Decreases every turn.	If under the effect of Bloating Fungus, Regen will heal 2 health per stack.
Soul	Modifies damage of Devourer of Death's Extinguish ability.	Used by Devourer of Death.
Spell Shield	Absorbs the next damage spell.	Revenge will not trigger on a shielded unit. Dealing 0 damage doesn't remove a stack. Piercing spells, such as Horn Break, will ignore Spell Shield.
Spikes	When a unit with Spikes is attacked, the attacker takes 1 damage per stack.	If under the effect of Petrified Crucible, Spikes will deal 2 damage per stack. If under the effect of Gnarled Root, Spikes will also grant +1 per stack.
Stealth	Not a target in combat. Loses 1 stack every turn.	The Crystalcloak has Stealth 8 when they appear. Spells, Artifacts, and other 'indirect' damage sources ignore stealth.

Debuffs

Debuffs effects are generally negative for their target and are represented by red icons.

Effect	Description	Notes
Dazed	As long as a unit is Dazed, it can't attack or use any Action or Resolve abilities.
Emberdrain	At the start of turn, you lose 1 for every stack of Emberdrain. Decreases every turn.
Frostbite	Unit takes 1 damage per stack at the end of turn. Decreases every turn.	If under the effect of Cuttlebeard, Frostbite will not decay.
Heartless	A unit with Heartless cannot be healed.	Heartless doesn't jeopardize direct + gains, such as Rector Flicker's Accumulator +5/+10/+20.
Melee Weakness	The next time the unit is attacked, it takes that much damage again for each stack of Melee Weakness.
Reap	Unit takes 1 damage per stack of after combat ends. Does not decrease.	Used by the Wurmkin clan.
Rooted	Prevents the next time a unit would move between floors. Bosses are immune.
Sap	-2 per stack. Decreases every turn.
Spell Weakness	The next time the unit is hit by a damage spell, it takes that much damage again for each stack of Spell Weakness.

Enemy Only Effects

These effects are only available to enemy units.

Effect	Description	Notes
Recover	Restore health to friendly units after combat.	Recover replaces Attack icon to its own icon. Trying to give some attack to a healer (so it triggers revenge/spikes) will improve his healing instead.