Gaze Attack

Certain monster abilities require the target to be looking at them to be effective. Examples of such attacks are listed below.

Any detrimental effects from these abilities can be avoided entirely by facing away from the monster using them. However, many of these abilities can be readied quickly by the monster, and may be too quick for most players to be able to react to. In addition, it takes a certain amount of time for player movements to be recognized and registered by the game server; meaning that even if you tried to turn around in reaction to avoid a Gaze Attack, if the server has not recognized your movement yet, you will still be affected by the attack.

In some cases, certain players, primarily the mages and back-row jobs, will spend the entire fight facing away from the enemy being fought such that they are never affected by its Gaze Attacks, and are therefore better able to help the tanks and other melees recover from them. A type of enemy where this tactic is commonly employed is the Hecteyes, which can inflict paralysis with its ability Hex Eye. This is especially so against the NM Hecteyes Hakutaku, which tends to use Hex Eye in repeated succession. Healers afflicted with paralysis will have a hard time removing paralysis from their party members, including themselves, which can add great difficulty to the fight.

Some of these abilities can be used by Blue Mages as blue magic. While the intended target(s) must be facing the BLU for the spell to be effective, the BLU does not have to be facing the target(s).

Monster Gaze Attacks

Species	Attack	Effect
Apkallu	Yawn	All targets within 10' are afflicted with Sleep.
Bugards	Awful Eye	Targets within a fan-shaped area have their Strength reduced.
Cockatrice	Baleful Gaze	Target is petrified.
Coeurls	Chaotic Eye	Target is silenced.
Coeurls	Blink of Peril	Target is reduced to critical HP, or even K.O.'d instantly. Only used by the NM War Lynx fought as part of the quest The Tigress Strikes.
Dhalmel	Cold Stare	Targets within a fan-shaped area are silenced.
Dragons	Petro Eyes	Targets within a fan-shaped area are petrified.
Gargouilles	Terror Eye	Targets in a fan-shaped area are Terrorized.
Goobbues	Blank Gaze	Target is paralyzed.
Hecteyes	Hex Eye	Targets within a fan-shaped area are paralyzed.
Hecteyes	Petrogaze	Targets within a fan-shaped area are petrified.
Hippogryphs	Jettatura	Targets within a fan-shaped area are terrorized.
Lamiae	Hypnotic Sway	Target is inflicted with amnesia.
Lizards	Baleful Gaze	Target is petrified.
Moogles	Washtub	Target is afflicted with Terror.
Opo-opos	Blank Gaze	One beneficial status effect of the target is dispelled.
Orobon	Hypnic Lamp	All targets within 10' are afflicted with Sleep.
Pugils	Intimidate	Targets within a fan-shaped area are Slowed.
Tauri	Mortal Ray	Target is inflicted with Doom.
Tonberries	Light of Penance	Target is inflicted with blindness and bind, and also has all TP removed.