Mental Break (ability)

FFIX Mental Break — Mental Break as seen in *Final Fantasy IX*.

You will fear magic!
Auron, while using Mental Break

Mental Break (メンタルブレイク, Mentaru Bureiku?), also known Shear, is a Knight ability that reduces the target's Magic Defense. In some games, it instead reduces Magic. Template:See Also

Appearances

Final Fantasy IX

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Reduces the enemy's Magic Def.
Description

Mental Break is one of Steiner's Sword Arts. It halves a target's Magic Defense, costs 8 MP to use, and can be learned for 45 AP from the Ice Brand and Gold Helm. It has a 50% accuracy, but can be used repeatedly.

Final Fantasy X

Template:Sideicon Mental Break is found in Auron's section of the Sphere Grid. It costs 12 MP to cast, and sets the target's Magic Defense at 0.

Final Fantasy X-2

Template:Sideicon Learned by the Warrior dressphere. It takes 40 AP to learn and 12 MP to use.

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Final Fantasy XII

Template:Sideicon Shear is a Technick that lowers the target's Magick Resist by 10% and can be used repeatedly. No enemy is immune to it, but it has a fairly low accuracy of only 33%. Shear can be bought in Rabanastre, Nalbina and Jahara for 3,600 gil and it takes 35 LP to unlock on the License Board.

In the International Zodiac Job System version Shear costs 50 LP and can be used by the Foebreaker and the Archer and also the Time Battlemage (after acquiring Zeromus first).

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift

Template:Sideicon Raptors have an ability known as Mind Crush that deals damage and lowers the target's Resistance. Raptors learn it for 250 AP from the Falchion.

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Bravely Default

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Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade

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