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Suppression

Suppression is an ailment that can be caused by various monsters in various ways. It can be from poisonous gases, mysterious energy blasts, it just depends on the monster in question. People believe it's either a form of poison or something related to the Dragon Element. It can come from a range of monsters. It is most notable in powerful monsters and certain Elder Dragons, but it isn't ultra rare to find a weaker monster that can utilize it.

Suppression has two stages. What suppression does in the first stage is cancel out any buffs the hunter currently has, and prevents them from gaining new ones. Ranging from attack and defense buffs to even dash juice effects. Note that if you have increased attack from an armor skill such as Peak Performance, you will still gain that increased attack. However, in the second stage suppression will cancel out all armor skills as well. This includes negative armor skills.

Getting hit by an attack that causes it will start out on the first stage. But if you get hit by another attack that causes it, that's when it will enter the second stage.

Suppression can be cured by simply using a Nulberry. You can also wait it out. It takes as long as poison to go away naturally. Hunting Horns that give the buff to prevent ailments can also be used to both cure and prevent suppression.