Shield Materia

[Xaos]

I figured if anyone knew what this materia was supposed to do it would be all of you high speed programmers/decompilers/modellers.

Since on all of the FF7 boards I have read there is only speculation on what this 'shield' ability actually did, I was wondering what it was supposed to really do.  Has anyone dissected the materia to find out what stats might have been adjusted or what abilities were gained through this?

[Radiosity]

Cast it on yourself or another party member and it basically just makes them invincible to most forms of damage. There are some attacks that can still get through if I remember correctly (Tonberry for example), but most things will just miss or do no damage.

[Xaos]

yes, but what are the specifics?  Exactly which attacks can get through?  Which forms of damage does it defend agains?

I know, for instance, that Emerald weapon's attacks get through shield (I tried it out myself).  Not one single attack from Emerald was blocked by shield.

[L. Spiro]

Shield voids normal attacks and absorbs elemental attacks.

It does not void/absorb items or non-elemental attacks.


If you really need a list of every attack that is “non-elemental” then get Terence Fergusson’s Enemy Mechanics guide from GameFAQs.


L. Spiro