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"A beautiful piece of armor, to be sure, but compared to the diamonds that bespeckle it, the rest is rough." - The Study of Arms
Description, Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift.
Diamond Armor (ダイヤアーマー, Daiya Āmā?), also known as Diamond Mail, Diamond Plate, Opal, Diamond, and Diamond Targe, is a recurring heavy armor in the series. It is often a high-ranked armor that provides high defenses and a resistance towards Lightning-elemental attacks.
Appearances
Final Fantasy
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Armor crafted from diamond.
Description
Diamond Armor is a high-ranked armor for the Knight class, providing 42 Defense, -10 Evasion, and resistance towards Lightning-elemental attacks. It can be found in the Sunken Shrine.
Final Fantasy II
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Diamond armor resistant to lightning.
Description
Diamond Armor is a high-ranked armor that provides 43 Defense, -47% Evasion, 5% Magic Defense, -86 Intelligence/Spirit, and resistance towards Lightning-elemental attacks. It can be found at Cyclone or dropped from Emperor.
Final Fantasy III
Template:Sideicon Diamond Mail is a high-ranked armor that can be bought for 32,000 gil (33,000 in the NES version) on the Invincible and Ancient Ruins, or found at Sunken Cave and Temple of Time. It can be equipped by the Onion Knight, Freelancer, Warrior, Dragoon, and Viking classes.
In the NES version, it provides 18 Defense, 10 Magic Defense, resistance to Lightning, 10% Evade. In the 3D versions, it provides 40 Defense, 19 Magic Defense, and immunity to Confusion, Petrify, Toad, Sleep, and Mini.
Final Fantasy IV
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Armor resistant against lightning.
Description
Diamond Armor is a high-ranked armor that provides 19 Defense, 4 Magic Defense, -10 Evasion, 2 Magic Evasion, and resistance to Lightning-elemental attacks. It can be bought for 40,000 gil at Tomra, and only Cecil and Kain can equip it.
In the 3D remakes, it remains largely the same, but now provides no evasion as opposed to -10 Evasion, and now costs 30,000 gil to buy.
Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-
Template:Sideicon Diamond Armor retains its attributes from the previous game, and is the strongest armor in the game. It can be bought for 40,000 gil on the Falcon, and only Cecil and Cid can equip it.
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Template:Sideicon Diamond Armor retains its attributes from the previous game, and is now a mid to high-ranked armor. It can be found in Kain's Kain's Challenge Dungeon or Lunarian's Challenge Dungeon, or dropped from Material. It can be equipped by Cecil, Kain, Cid, Ceodore, Luca, and Golbez.
Final Fantasy V
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Armor resistant to lightning.
Description
Diamond Armor is a high-ranked armor that provides 15 Defense, 2 Magic Defense, 8 Weight, and resistance towards Lightning-elemental damage. It can be bought for 8,000 gil at Moore or stolen from Ziggurat Gigas.
Final Fantasy VI
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Brilliant suit of diamond-plated armor.
Description
Diamond Armor is a high-ranked heavy armor that provides 70 Defense and 47 Magic Defense. It can be bought for 15,000 gil at South Figaro and Kohlingen in the World of Ruin. It can be equipped by Terra, Edgar, Cyan, Celes, and Setzer.
Final Fantasy VIII
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GF learns GFHP+40% ability.
Description
Diamond Armor is an item that teaches any GF the GFHP +40% ability, and can be dropped from any leveled Red Giant, or by refined from Seifer card x1 into Diamond Armor x3, and by refining Gold Armor x5 in Diamond Armor x1. In addition, Diamond Armor can be refined into Pet House x16, Cottage x50, and x5 can be refined into Elem Guard x1.
Final Fantasy IX
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Armor made of diamond.
Description
Diamond Armor is a mid-ranked heavy armor that provides 33 Defense, 2 Magic Defense, +1 Strength, +1 Magic, and teaches the ability Ability Up. It can be bought for 8,800 gil at Daguerreo (disc 3). Only Steiner and Freya can equip it.
Final Fantasy X
Template:Sideicon Diamond Targe is an armor for Rikku, which can be obtained if the dominant abilities on any targe are all four Defense+% abilities.
Final Fantasy XII
Template:Sideicon Diamond Armor is a mid-ranked heavy armor that provides 39 Defense, +7 Strength, +5 Vitality, and requires the Heavy Armor 6 license to equip. It can be bought for 7,000 gil at Mosphoran Highwaste, Phon Coast, or Archades, dropped by Baknamy (unarmed version; 3% chance), or by doing the Hunt Club sidequest.
In the International version, it now provides 40 Defense, +7 Strength, +5 Vitality, and requires the Heavy Armor 6 license to equip. It can be bought for 6,600 gil at Mosphoran Highwaste and Phon Coast, dropped by Baknamy (unarmed version; 3% chance), or found at Mosphoran Highwaste (Trail of Sky-flung Stone) and Tchita Uplands (The Highlands).
Final Fantasy Tactics
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Armor that has been reinforced with incredibly hard gemstones.
Description
Diamond Armor is a mid-ranked armor that provides +80 HP. It can be bought for 6,000 gil at an Outfitter after Royal City of Lesalia (chapter 3).
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
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This armor is set with sparkling diamonds.
Description
Diamond Armor is a mid-ranked heavy armor that provides 40 Defense, 3 Magic Defense, and teaches Weapon Def+ for 300 AP to Paladins and Defenders.
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Template:Sideicon Diamond Armor is a mid-ranked heavy armor that provides 40 Defense, 3 Magic Defense, and teaches Defense↑ for 150 AP to Defenders, Ravagers, and Paladins. It can be obtained from the Bazaar from the "Gift of Stone C" set.
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Template:Sideicon Diamond Plate is the second strongest armor for the Clavat, providing 27 Defense.
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Template:Sideicon Called Diamond, it provides 11 defense, 10 magic defense and grants resistance to Thunder. It can be bought for 8500 G at Knaya.
Final Fantasy Dimensions
Template:Sideicon Diamond Armor is a mid-ranked armor that provides 21 Defense and 4 Magic Defense.
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Template:Sideicon Diamond Armor is a level 51 heavy armor that provides +1701 HP and is 1/3rd of the "Dazzling Diamond" set. It can be obtained from the shop by trading 12,040 gil, Heavy Armor, and Diamond x2.
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
Template:Sideicon Diamond Armor returns as a level 60 heavy armor that provides +2291 HP, +27 Bravery, and is 1/3rd of the "Dazzling Diamond" set. It can be obtained from the shop by trading 73,440 gil, Survival Vest, Diamond x2, and Tree's Dream x3.
Pictlogica Final Fantasy
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Etymology
In mineralogy, diamond is a metastable allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is the birthstone for April.
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