Pyric Bulwark

Enhances defense.

Description Spell cost: 50 MP Monster Type: Lizards Spell Type: Magical (Ice) Blue Magic Points: 0 Jobs: Blue Mage Level 98 Only usable while under the effect of Unbridled Learning. Appears in your list of Blue Magic, but does not appear on the Set Spells screen. Timers Casting Time: ~2 seconds Duration: 5 minutes (or 1 physical damage hit) Recast Time: 25 seconds

Notes

• Family: Hydra
• IMPORTANT NOTE: The Blue Mage spell has the wrong name. To learn this, you must get the monster to do Polar Bulwark, not Pyric Bulwark.
• Can be dispelled.
• Self-target.
• Negates the next incoming physical attack.
• This effect will stack with Utsusemi, Occultation, Zephyr Mantle, or Blink
• CAN be used with Diffusion

How to Obtain

Acquired From

Mob Family: Hydra
Minimum Blue Mage Level To Acquire: 94 (without gear)
Name	Level	Zone
Ningishzida		Abyssea - Grauberg
Orochi		Mamool Ja Training Grounds: The Susanoo Shuffle
Hydra		Nyzul Isle

Animation

Magic of Vana'diel: Blue Magic

Single Target Damage:
Foot Kick  —  Power Attack  —  Sprout Smack  —  Wild Oats  —  Queasyshroom  —  Head Butt  —  Feather Storm  —  Helldive  —  Bludgeon  —  Blood Drain  —  Screwdriver  —  Death Ray  —  Smite of Rage  —  Digest  —  Pinecone Bomb  —  Jet Stream  —  Uppercut  —  Terror Touch  —  Blitzstrahl  —  Mandibular Bite  —  Sickle Slash  —  Death Scissors  —  Dimensional Death  —  Spiral Spin  —  Eyes On Me  —  Seedspray  —  Spinal Cleave  —  Frenetic Rip  —  Hydro Shot  —  Corrosive Ooze  —  Firespit  —  Hysteric Barrage  —  Regurgitation  —  Cannonball  —  Asuran Claws  —  Disseverment  —  Sub-zero Smash  —  Ram Charge  —  Mind Blast  —  Vertical Cleave  —  Blazing Bound  —  Final Sting  —  Goblin Rush  —  Vanity Dive  —  Benthic Typhoon  —  Osmosis  —  Quadratic Continuum —  Delta Thrust  —  Everyone's Grudge (spell)  —  Heavy Strike  —  Dark Orb  —  Sudden Lunge  —  Quadrastrike  —  Amorphic Spikes  —  Barbed Crescent  —  Bloodrake  —  Paralyzing Triad  —  Glutinous Dart  —  Thrashing Assault  —  Sweeping Gouge

Area of Effect Damage:
Sandspin  —  Battle Dance  —  Cursed Sphere  —  Blastbomb  —  Claw Cyclone  —  Poison Breath  —  Bomb Toss  —  Grand Slam  —  Mysterious Light  —  Venom Shell  —  Magnetite Cloud  —  Blood Saber  —  Ice Break  —  Self-Destruct  —  Cold Wave  —  Hecatomb Wave  —  Radiant Breath  —  Flying Hip Press  —  Maelstrom  —  Bad Breath  —  Body Slam  —  1000 Needles  —  Frypan  —  Frost Breath  —  Tail Slap  —  Heat Breath  —  Acrid Stream  —  Leafstorm  —  Whirl of Rage  —  Thermal Pulse  —  Empty Thrash  —  Charged Whisker  —  Water Bomb  —  Thunderbolt (Behemoth)  —  Vapor Spray  —  Thunder Breath  —  Gates of Hades  —  Tourbillion  —  Wind Breath  —  Bilgestorm  —  Tempestuous Upheaval  —  Rending Deluge  —  Embalming Earth  —  Foul Waters  —  Retinal Glare  —  Droning Whirlwind  —  Subduction  —  Uproot  —  Crashing Thunder  —  Polar Roar  —  Cruel Joke  —  Cesspool  —  Tearing Gust  —  Nectarous Deluge

Enfeebling:
Sheep Song  —  Soporific  —  Sound Blast  —  Chaotic Eye  —  Blank Gaze  —  MP Drainkiss  —  Stinking Gas  —  Geist Wall  —  Awful Eye  —  Jettatura  —  Frightful Roar  —  Filamented Hold  —  Light of Penance  —  Feather Tickle  —  Yawn  —  Voracious Trunk  —  Infrasonics  —  Sandspray  —  Enervation  —  Lowing  —  Temporal Shift  —  Actinic Burst  —  Magic Hammer  —  Cimicine Discharge  —  Demoralizing Roar  —  Auroral Drape  —  Dream Flower  —  Reaving Wind  —  Mortal Ray  —  Absolute Terror  —  Blistering Roar

Healing:
Pollen  —  Healing Breeze  —  Wild Carrot  —  Magic Fruit  —  Exuviation  —  Plenilune Embrace  —  Winds of Promyvion  —  White Wind

Enhancing:
Metallic Body  —  Cocoon  —  Refueling  —  Feather Barrier  —  Memento Mori  —  Zephyr Mantle  —  Diamondhide  —  Warm-Up  —  Amplification  —  Triumphant Roar  —  Saline Coat  —  Reactor Cool  —  Plasma Charge  —  Regeneration  —  Animating Wail  —  Battery Charge  —  Magic Barrier  —  Fantod  —  Occultation  —  Barrier Tusk  —  Harden Shell  —  Orcish Counterstance  —  Pyric Bulwark  —  Nature's Meditation  —  Carcharian Verve  —  Erratic Flutter  —  Mighty Guard

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