Attacks that strike fear into your heart

[metagloria]

"Please don't use [xxxx], please don't use [xxxx], please don- NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

We've all been there, fighting these bosses or super-hard enemies who lay waste to even your well-equipped party with nightmarish attacks. Which ones continue to make you shudder at the mention of their name?

I'll start with some well-known classics:

Bad Breath, obviously (Malboro, many games, worst in VIII and X)
Disaster (Brontosaur, VI)
Goannai (Ghost Ship, VII in the Battle Arena)
Curse (Ozma/Hades, IX)
Big Bang (Zeromus, IV)

What else terrifies you?

[Karifean]

Goannai (Ghost Ship, VII in the Battle Arena)

OH GOD THIS SO MUCH. I was stoked when I found out White Wind and Elixirs instantly kill the thing.

Other mentions:

Encircle (multiple enemies, V)
Dispelga (multiple enemies, XII)
Darkja (Zodiark, XII)
Fireworks (Almighty Shinra, X-2)

[metagloria]

I was stoked when I found out White Wind and Elixirs instantly kill the thing.

O_O

You don't say...

Another mention for me:
Snort (Yan, IX)

[Spooniest]

Sorcerers from FFI seem to have Added Effect-Death materia in their staves...add to that the fact that reviving your characters was a royal pain in the ass in the NES game, and they become one of my all-time most feared adversaries.

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I see this, and I'm Running from that fight so hard.

[VeloZer0]

Any instant death/stone move or attack from FFI. I think that is probably the only game that I go into battle dreading the attacks rather then other games which I view instant death attacks as an annoying inconvenience that I want to avoid.

[Newmani]

Flipping Supernova. It is the bane of my existence. Removes 7/8 of your party's HP? Fine. Animation lasts two minutes? That's ok, I got something to eat. Casts almost all negative status effects in the game on your entire party, including turning you into a frog? Fudge. Frantically trying to revive and heal my party members while Sephitoth slowly floats back down and strikes them dead? AGH! Even with the Ribbon equipped it's hell to deal with.

Another one is Lapis Laser, which is very damaging and hits the entire party, and Beta, when you first encounter the Midgar Zolom. It's awesome once it's in your possession though. And then there's Knife and Everyone's Grudge... I can't really remember any really annoying attacks there, but it's been a while since I played it.

[maybee]

Big Bang (Zeromus, IV)

This. Plus it always seems to hurt my eyes, no matter what version it is.

[Ayen]

I cringed every time Sephiroth used Super Nova because I didn't want to die. Sorceress Edea using Death three times in a row to give me an instant game over also sucked. A lot. I wanted to punch the programmer.

[Shiva95]

Disaster from the Brontosaur in FFVI is the worst for me.

[Yellow_Magic]

Most attacks Seymour Flux uses. *shudder*

[Madame Adequate]

Bad Breath, obviously (Malboro, many games, worst in VIII and X)
Goannai (Ghost Ship, VII in the Battle Arena)

Both of these are terrible!

Aire Tam Storm for anyone who hasn't figured out how it works, or who is relying on Final Attack-Revive, and is about to run out.

Lance of Atrophy plus Mortiochis casting Full-Life

[Jinx]

Anima's overdrive. ;-;

[Pete for President]

Anima's overdrive. ;-;

Indeed. Especially the Dark Version.

Also Jecht's Final Aeon's overdrive. It took me way to long before I realised the "talk" option is there to reset it's bar.

And then there's that instant game-over attack by Seymour the 3rd.