Fire (Final Fantasy VII element)

Fire is an element in Final Fantasy VII, and is one of the first three available elements to the player. It is often opposed to Ice, ice-attuned enemies being weak to it. Fire is one of the earliest accessible elements to the player.
==Abilities==
Items 	Fire Fang, Fire Veil, Molotov
Limit Break	Galian Beast (Beast Flare)
Materia 	Elemental + Fire/Ifrit/Phoenix in a linked slot on a character's weapon.
Spell 	Fire, Fire2, Fire3, Flare, Flame Thrower, Beta, Magic Breath (also Ice- and Lightning-elemental)
Summon 	Ifrit, Kujata (multi-elemental), Phoenix, Typhon (multi-elemental)
==Enemy abilities==
*Enemies marked with an asterisk (*) have the ability in their ability list, but they are not scripted to ever use it
Ability 	Description 	Enemy
Beta 	Fire-elemental magic damage to all enemies. Can be learned as an E.Skill 	Midgar Zolom
Diamond Fire 	Fire-elemental magic damage to one enemy. 	Diamond Weapon
Double Breath 	Fire- and Ice-elemental magic damage to one enemy. 	Schizo
Eruption 	Fire-elemental physical damage on all enemies. Never used. 	Grenade
Fire 	Fire-elemental magic damage to one or all enemies. 	Mono Drive, Hedgehog Pie, Ghost, Sample:H0512-opt, Dyne*, Turks:Rude* (Rude does not use it in the Sector 8 battle), Poodler, Pollensalta*, Death Dealer*
Fire2 	Fire-elemental magic damage to one or all enemies. 	Scrutin Eye, Soul Fire*, Jersey*, Killbin, Turks:Rude (not against Tifa), Manhole, Poodler Sample
Fire3 	Fire-elemental magic damage to one or all enemies. 	Pollensalta, Bizarro∙Sephiroth
Fire Fang 	Fire-elemental physical damage to one or all enemies. 	Mystery Ninja
Fire Shell 	Fire-elemental physical damage to one enemy. 	Doorbull, Sculpture
Fire Veil 	Fire-elemental physical damage to one or all enemies. 	Mystery Ninja (certain levels only)
Fireball 	Fire-elemental magic damage to one enemy. 	Bomb
Flame 	Fire-elemental magic damage to one enemy. 	Diablo
Flame Dance 	Fire-elemental magic damage to all enemies. 	Foulander
Flame Thrower 	Fire-elemental magic damage to one enemy. 	Ark Dragon, Dragon
Flare 	Fire-elemental magic damage to one enemy. 	Behemoth, King Behemoth
Ghenghana 	Fire-elemental magic damage to one enemy. 	Zenene
Gush 	Fire-elemental physical damage to one enemy. 	Grenade
Heatwing 	Fire-elemental magic damage to one enemy. 	Nerosuferoth
L3 Flare 	Fire-elemental magic damage equal to 125% of the target's current HP to all enemies whose level is divisible by 3.	Allemagne
Magic Breath 	Fire/Ice/Lightning-elemental magic damage to all enemies. can be learned as an E.Skill 	Parasite, Stilva
Magma 	Fire-elemental physical damage to one enemy. 	Trickplay
Mako Gun 	Fire-elemental magic damage to one enemy. 	Palmer
Napalm Bomb 	Fire-elemental physical damage to one enemy. 	Grosspanzer∙Big (exists to enable Grosspanzer to use Napalm Bomb), Grosspanzer∙Mobile
Oil 	Fire-elemental physical damage to one enemy. 	Hard Attacker
Red Dragon Breath	Fire-elemental magic damage to one enemy. 	Red Dragon
Red Light 	Fire/Shout-elemental magic damage to one enemy. 	Jenova∙DEATH
Right Breath 	Fire-elemental magic damage to one enemy. 	Schizo (Right)
Rolling Fire 	Fire-elemental magic damage to all enemies. 	Motor Ball
Ruby Flame 	Fire-elemental magic damage to one enemy. 	Ruby Weapon
Throw 	Fire-elemental physical damage to all enemies. 	Turks:Elena
Tropic Wind 	Fire/Wind-elemental magic damage to one enemy. 	Jenova∙DEATH
Twin Burner 	Fire-elemental magic damage to all enemies. 	Motor Ball
==Protection==
The following methods allow the player to protect against Fire-elemental damage:
Accessories	Fire Ring, Tetra Elemental
Armor 	Dragon Armlet, Fire Armlet, Minerva Band, Ziedrich
Materia 	Elemental + Fire/Ifrit/Phoenix in a linked slot on a character's armor
Spell 	Shield
Limit Break	Great Gospel
==Enemies==
Weak 	Halve 	Nullify 	Absorb
Aps, Bandersnatch, Castanets, Crown Lance, Eye, Flower Prong, ghost, gi spector, Icicle, Kalm Fang, Kyuvilduns, Magnade, Shred, Snow	Air Buster, Desert Sahagin, Diamond Weapon, Grenade, Hard Attacker, Iron Man, Land Worm, Mover, Motor Ball, Search Crown, Sea worm, Zenene	Bagnadrana, Bomb, Cactuar, Diablo	Ark Dragon, Doorbull, Dragon, Foulander, Pollensalta, Unknown, Materia Keeper, Red Dragon, Ruby Weapon, Schizo (Right), Soul Fire, Turks:Rude (Final)
==Use==
Fire is a basic element, and is generally useful throughout most of the game. Until the player obtains Fire3, the best way to clear groups of enemies with a Fire ability is with Beta, Ifrit, or through the use of Fire Veil. If the player is looking for a strong single-target Fire spell, then Flare is what the player should aim for; otherwise, Fire3 can suffice. The player can attempt to use Kujata, Typhon, and Magic Breath, but will have to beware in case the enemy absorbs or nullifies any of the other two elements.
For the Midgar section of the game, Fire-elemental attacks are mostly fine as no enemies nullify or absorb the element, although both Air Buster and Motor Ball resist it. Once outside of Midgar, until the party reaches the western continent, Fire has variable use as not many enemies are weak to the element. The western continent is where most of the enemies weak to the element reside. The best use for the Fire element comes when the player travels to the northern continent, as several of the enemies there are weak to Fire. Once the player finishes Gaea's Cliff, Fire stops having much value as no new enemies are weak to the element.
For against the element, within Midgar, having Fire with Elemental in armor is only really useful for the Motor Ball fight. Outside of Midgar, until the player reaches the western continent, the only real use for resistance against Fire comes from trying to learn the Beta spell from the Midgar Zolom, in which it is advised to pick up the Fire Ring from Costa del Sol first and have another character with the Fire + Elemental combo in their armor. On the western continent, Fire-protection is limited primarily to the fight with Gi Nattak due to the constant Fire2 from the Soul Fire. Fire-protection is not needed for the Wutai continent, but has its uses in the northern continent, in particular protecting against Stilva's Magic Breath and during the fight with Jenova∙DEATH. In the southern islands, Fire-protection is only useful in the Temple of the Ancients when fighting the Red Dragon. Lastly, in the final dungeon, Fire-protection is highly advised when passing through the area that contains the Movers due to the L3 Flare ability the Allemagne can cast.
Category:Elements in Final Fantasy VII