Fire ( element ) Fire is a recurring element in the " Final Fantasy " series . It is one of the earliest elements introduced , and forms a trifecta with the elements of ice and lightning . It is the opposing element of ice and occasionally water . Recurring themes . Equipment . Flame equipment is a very common set of weapons and armor that deal , nullify , or absorb Fire damage . One of these items is the Flametongue , a medium - level blade . Various one - use items can be used to deal Fire damage , including Bomb Cores and Bomb Arms . Spells . Fire has a complete set of tiered spells : Fire , Fira , Firaga , and Firaja . The enemy skill Blaze is mastered by enemies such as Chimera . The spell and status effect NulBlaze protects the unit from Fire - elemental attacks . Summons . Ifrit is the earliest and most frequent avatar of Fire , usually attacking with Hellfire or Inferno . Belias , the Gigas , is the Esper of Fire in Ivalice . Salamander is another recurring fire summon in Ivalice . The summon Phoenix ' s special attack is also often fire - based . The summon Brynhildr is a fire - based summon , as well . Four Fiends . In the games which stories ' involves crystals , the elemental guardians of them , commonly identified as ' the Four Fiends ' , are often present . In " Final Fantasy " and " Final Fantasy IX " it is represented by Marilith , in " Final Fantasy IV " by Rubicante , in " Final Fantasy Mystic Quest " by Dualhead Hydra , and in " Final Fantasy Dimensions " by Baugauven . Enemies . Desert enemies tend to be resilient against fire attacks . A notable exponent of the Fire element is the Bomb , who often absorb the element and utilize fire attacks . Undead and plant enemies are usually weak against fire . Beast enemies are also weak against fire . Appearances . " Final Fantasy IV " . In the original SNES version , when the characters equip Ice or Fire resistant equipment , they inherently become weak to the opposite element . This is easy to negate for magic spells by equipping an opposing elemental armor ( e . g . Ice Shield and Fire Armor ) . However , a character with the Protect Ring ( has both Fire and Ice resistance ) is weak to Fire and Ice - elemental physical attacks ( however , no enemy uses physical elemental attacks so this isn ' t an issue ) . This is changed in the " Advance " version where characters are no longer weak against the opposing element . " Final Fantasy XI " . The Fire element is strong against Ice and weak to Water . It is aligned with the attribute of Strength . The status ailment corresponding to Fire is Burn , and it drains HP and Intelligence from the target . " Final Fantasy XII " . The Fire element opposes Water The Oil status ailment decreases resistance to the Fire element . " Vagrant Story " . Fire and Water are opposed elements . " Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles " . The fire element is used to represent Layle ' s Attack stat . Blaze , as his name suggests , has power over fire . " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " . Fire is one of the eight elemental attributes . Cards of this attribute focus on raw damage . Non - " Final Fantasy " Appearances . " Kingdom Hearts " . Fire is an element . The basic abilities associated with it are the spells Fire , Fira and Firaga although there are other commands which utilize the fire element such as and . A command style in " " , Firestorm , requires using commands of fire element to activate .