Barrier (Final Fantasy VII status)

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Barrier is a status in Final Fantasy VII that halves physical damage taken. Barrier's duration is indicated by a depleting gauge in the battle menu. The effect runs faster under Haste, and is slowed by Slow and halted by Stop. When an affected unit is attacked with a physical attack that can be mitigated, a transparent shield blocks it, getting smaller as the effect runs out. Barrier is the physical counterpart of MBarrier. Another status to protect against physical damage is Shield.
==Abilities==
Item 	Light Curtain
Spell	Barrier, Big Guard, Wall
Additionally, the accessory Protect Ring allows the wearer to start a battle with Barrier and MBarrier.
==Enemy abilities==
Ability 	Description 	Enemy
Adrenaline	Grants Barrier/Haste to user. Ignores status immunities. 	Iron Man
Barrier 	Grants Barrier to one or all allies. 	Adamantaimai, Dark Nation, Death Claw, Gorkii
Big Guard 	Grants Barrier/MBarrier/Haste to all allies. Can be learned as an E.Skill.	Beachplug, Wolfmeister
Wall 	Grants Barrier/MBarrier to one or all allies. 	Safer∙Sephiroth
==Protection==
The following allows the player to protect against Barrier:
Spell 	Resist
Item 	Vaccine
Limit Break	Great Gospel
==Removal==
Spell	DeBarrier, DeSpell
Item 	Holy Torch
==Enemies==
The following enemy is immune to Barrier:
*Manhole
==Use==
Barrier is a useful status for surviving physical attacks, and is best used through the Big Guard skill despite how fast it will run out due to Haste. If the player wishes to make full use of Barrier, having the party in the back row will further reduce incoming physical damage, and does having Sadness. From there, the player needs only to outfit their party with Materia that will allow them to make full use of the back row.
Category:Status effects in Final Fantasy VII