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Protect is a status in Final Fantasy X. Protect will halve damage taken from physical attacks. Its magic counterpart is Shell. Some abilities do "special" damage that is not mitigated by either Protect nor Shell. When a protected unit is hit with a physical attack, a blue magical shield appears to mitigate it.

Abilities[]

Abilities Hyper Mighty G (Mix), Mighty G (Mix), Mighty Guard (Mix), Mighty Wall (Mix), Super Mighty G (Mix)
Item Light Curtain
Spell Protect (Wht Magic)
Support ability Auto-Protect, SOS Protect

If Protect is applied to a character via an ability or item, and SOS Protect activates afterward, the status becomes double-layered. The manually-applied status will be retained if the character is KO'd and even subsequently revived.

Enemy abilities[]

Ability Description Enemy
Mighty Guard Grants Protect, Shell, NulFrost, NulFrost, NulShock, and NulTide to all allies. Can be learned as a Ronso Rage. Behemoth King, Biran Ronso, Cindy, Defender X, Left Arm, Right Arm
Protect Grants Protect to one ally. Cindy, Guado Guardian, Sanctuary Keeper, Seymour Flux, Seymour Natus, Th'uban

Removal[]

Enemy abilities Aerospark, Condemn, Desperado, Mega Flare (Dark Bahamut), Oblivion (Dark Anima)
Spell Dispel (Wht Magic)

Auto-Protect cannot be removed.

Enemies[]

Immune Magic Urn, Crane, Mortiphasm, Tanker, Yu Pagoda