Mighty Guard (ability)

Mighty Guard (マイティガード), also known as Big Guard, is a Blue Magic spell that gives positive statuses to the party.

Final Fantasy V
Mighty Guard is a Blue Magic spell the Blue Mage can learn. It casts Protect, Shell and Float on the party and can be learned from Azulmagia, Shinryu, Neo Shinryu, Ironclad or Stingray; however, the Stingray must be controlled by the Beastmaster in order for it to use it. Because Mighty Guard targets the caster, the party must cast Reflect on the opponent and have it bounce onto the party, or Confuse the enemy. Mighty Guard costs 72 MP.

Final Fantasy VI
Mighty Guard (named Big Guard in the original English SNES translation) is one of Strago's Lores that casts Protect and Shell on all party members. It costs 80 MP and can be learned from Guardian, Land Ray and Mover.

Final Fantasy VII
Big Guard is an Enemy Skill, which can be acquired relatively early in the game. To obtain it, the player must manipulate the enemy Beachplug on the beach near Costa del Sol. The spell casts Haste, Barrier and MBarrier on the party for an MP cost of 56. However, the Barrier and MBarrier drain faster than normal due to Haste.

Final Fantasy VIII
Mighty Guard is one of Quistis's Limit Breaks. It can be learned by using the Barrier item on Quistis, obtained by mugging or defeating a Behemoth. Which statuses it bestows depends on the Crisis Level.

Crisis Lv 1: Protect, Shell Crisis Lv 2: Protect, Shell, Regen, Float, Haste Crisis Lv 3 & 4: Protect, Shell, Regen, Float, Haste, Aura

Final Fantasy IX
One of Quina's Blue Magic spells, Mighty Guard grants the Protect and Shell status to all party members, and can be learned by eating either a Serpion, Myconid, Gigan Octopus, Antlion or Gargoyle. It costs 64 MP to cast.

Final Fantasy X
Mighty Guard is one of Kimahri's Ronso Rages. The spell casts Protect, Shell and NulAll on the party and is learned from Behemoth, Behemoth King or Biran Ronso, however, it can only be learned from Biran after he casts it in battle.

Rikku also has Mighty G among her multitude of mixes, as well as a few variations: Mighty Wall gives Protect and Shell, Mighty G adds Haste, Super Mighty G adds Regen, and Hyper Mighty G has all the rest along with Auto-Life. Rikku's Mighty Guard mixes do not give NulAll.

Final Fantasy X-2
Mighty Guard can be learned by the Gun Mage. It bestows Protect and Shell. Mighty Guard G and Not-So-Mighty Guard also exist as enemy abilities. Mighty Guard G nullifies all physical and magical damage, while Not-So-Mighty Guard gives the enemy party Haste, Protect, Shell and Regen.

Lady Luck can cast Mighty Guard by lining up three green flasks on the item reels and Mighty Guard+ which casts Shell, Protect, and Regen on party as well as Magic Defense and Defense up by 10 levels by lining up three Bars on the item reels.

Final Fantasy XI
Mighty Guard is a special ability used by Shinryu. It recovers HP, adds Regain, and adds a damage shield effect for a time.

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Mighty Guard is a skill used by Raz, the Judge of Wings, Tiamat, and enemy Warmages. It gives a Barrier effect to a small circle of allies.

Final Fantasy XIII
Although not an ability, Might Guard is the name of a Paradigm in the Japanese release of Final Fantasy XIII, consisting of a Sentinel and two Synergists.

Final Fantasy XIII-2
Lightning is able to perform Mighty Guard while in Conjurer role. It is a full ATB skill available in her first encounter with Caius which bestows Protect, Shell, Vigilance, and Veil on her. It is only usable in the special episode available only through the game's downloadable content.

Final Fantasy Tactics
Aegis (マバリア), also known as MBarrier, is a defensive spell of Holy Magick of the Guest-exclusive job classes Cleric and Princess. It is similar to Mighty Guard which gives buffs including Reraise, Regen, Protect, Shell and Haste to one target.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Mighty Guard increases the Defense and Magic Defense of one party member for the battle, and is learned by the Blue Mage from the Icedrake enemy, which requires a Beastmaster to learn. It costs 8 MP to use and can only be used on the caster or an adjacent unit.

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
Blue Mages can learn Mighty Guard from the Thunder Drake enemy. When the spell is used it increases the Defense and Magick Resistance of a target unit within 4 tiles from the caster and it costs 8 MP to use.

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