Barrier Shift

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Barrier Change, used by the Kaiser Dragon, in *Final Fantasy VI*.

Barrier Shift (バリアチェンジ, Baria Chenji?, lit. Barrier Change), also known as Wall Change, Barrier Change, or Elemental Shift, is a recurring ability in the series. Often used by bosses, it changes the user's elemental weakness while it absorbs all other elemental attacks, and it is often used after the player strikes the boss with its elemental weakness at the time.

Appearances[]

Final Fantasy III[]

Barrier Shift changes the user's elemental weakness and allows them to absorb all other elemental attacks. It is used only by Amon and Hein.

Final Fantasy IV[]

Barrier Shift is an attack exclusive to the 3D versions used by Golbez. It gives him a random elemental weakness and enables him to absorb all other elements.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years[]

Barrier Change is used by the boss of Palom's Challenge Dungeon, the Blade Dragon. It gives the Blade Dragon a weakness to one element, resistance to another, and allows it to absorb the third (for the main three elements, fire, ice and thunder).

Final Fantasy V[]

Barrier Change (called Wall Change in some translations) is used by Melusine, and Omega Mk.II, which allows them to change their elemental weakness at will.

Final Fantasy VI[]

Barrier Change (originally called Wall Change) is a special ability of several bosses, most notably Kaiser Dragon and Magic Master. It allows the user to be weak to one element, absorb another element, and nullify the damage of all other elements.

Final Fantasy VII Remake[]

Barrier Shift is an ability of the boss Hell House. It allows it to change its elemental affinity to Fire, Ice, Lightning or Wind. The Hell House resists damage from its current element while being weak to the other other elements. In later stages of the battle, it also uses stronger versions of certain moves depending on its current element.

Final Fantasy X[]

Elemental Shift is used exclusively by Greater Sphere and Spherimorph. It allows the user to change their elemental weakness, as well as other elemental attributes to match the weakness, when they take damage.

Final Fantasy X-2[]

Barrier Shift is used by Amorphous Gel and Protean Gel and allows them to change their elemental weaknesses.

Final Fantasy XII[]

Shift is an enemy technick that grants the augment Shift. It is used by Phoenix, Zodiark, and Trickster.

Shift is an enemy augment that sets a single element as a weakness while absorbing all other elements and changes the elemental weakness when attacked with weak element. It is used by Phoenix, Zodiark, Trickster, Shemhazai, Omega Mark XII, and Bull Chocobo.

Final Fantasy XIV[]

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Pictlogica Final Fantasy[]

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Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]

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Final Fantasy Brave Exvius[]

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Final Fantasy Trading Card Game[]

Barrier Shift is the ability of Rubicante's card. Barrier Shift requires one Fire CP and the discard of another Rubicante card to activate, and allows the player to choose an element. For the rest of the turn, Rubicante cannot be targeted by the effects of cards of that element.

Number 024's card is able to use an ability that emulates Barrier Shift. For the cost of one Light CP, the player can choose an element to prevent Number 024 from being selected by cards of that element for the rest of the turn.

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