Valia Pira

Valia Pira is a boss in Final Fantasy IX. It is the defense system in the Desert Palace. If the party has examined all of the palace bloodstones, Valia Pira cannot enhance its properties: its "immunity to elemental attacks" can be deactivated by the bloodstone in the Hallway; the "increase in magic power" bloodstone is in the fire chamber and its "increase in defense power" can be deactivated in the Upper Hallway; the "evasion increase" bloodstone can be found in the Stairwell near the Library; its "increase magic defense" bloodstone is the one on the right-hand side of the shadow chamber; and the bloodstone on the left-hand side will deactivate its "increase magic evasion".
==Stats==
== Battle ==
Valia Pira only uses magical attacks and is weak to Wind. Valia Pira will cast Reflect on itself several times, but this can be neutralized by casting Reflect on the party. Victory is achieved if Valia Pira runs out of MP.
=== Strategy ===
The player is likely to have magic-based characters in the party, as Kuja had recommended Zidane to bring his physical attackers to Oeilvert. If Eiko is in the party, she can summon Carbuncle. Valia Pira only uses magical attacks, so it is impossible to lose if at least one character has the Auto-Reflect ability equipped. As Valia Pira is defeated by expending its MP, Quina's Magic Hammer can help achieve this. Quina's LV3 Def-less and LV4 Holy also work, and the latter pierces Reflect.
If Amarant is in the party, his Throw command can do enough damage to end the battle quickly.
== AI script ==
== Other appearances ==
=== Final Fantasy Record Keeper ===
Valia Pira appears as a boss.
Since Record Keeper does not play with accessories as Final Fantasy IX does, the development team behind the former implemented the Record Synergy mechanic as the trigger for this fight; the more native characters in the active party, the easier it gets. Valia Pira can still cast Reflect and draw upon powerful magic, so Shellga is advised.
===Final Fantasy Brave Exvius===
===Mobius Final Fantasy===
==Etymology==
Its name may come from the words "variable" (in reference to how its stats vary based on the status of the bloodstones) and "pillar" (in reference to its shape and/or how it is a defense system supporting the palace).
It may also be an alternate reading for "barrier" , as the kana ヴ and バ are frequently used interchangeably: in the Italian translation, the boss is called Barrier.
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