Causes and Effect

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Effect is an antonym for causes in topics: belief, agent.

Effect noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.

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Causes is an antonym for effect.

Each one has a unique status effect: Cold damage slows the victim, Electricity briefly stuns the victim and deals a smaller burst of damage to any enemies in range, Heat damage inflicts a DoT effect and causes the victim to panic, and Toxin damage inflicts a DoT that ignores shields.

Source: Fire, Ice, Lightning
An attack similar to the above example can be performed in Arcanum with a Fortifier chemical, which temporarily increases your damage resistance, but the withdrawal takes away a chunk of your health, and overdose cancels the positive effect and causes immediate withdrawal.

Source: Overclocking Attack
Finishing Move: Performing an air throw that deals enough damage to finish off one of the gunships in the final level comes with a slow-motion effect and causes them to blow up when they hit the ground, which hits every enemy on the screen.

Source: Video Game / Dust: An Elysian Tail

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