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Armor Break as seen in Final Fantasy IX.

"Your pain shall be two-fold."

—Auron, Final Fantasy X

Armor Break is a recurring skill in the Final Fantasy series, that reduces the target's Defense or destroys their armor.

Appearances

Final Fantasy IX

Armor Break is a Sword Arts ability, used by Steiner. It costs 4 MP to use, and can be learned for 30 AP from the Mythril Sword. It has a 50% accuracy rate, but can be used repeatedly.

Final Fantasy X

Armor Break is found on Auron's area of the Sphere Grid. Attacks as well as nullifying Armoured, meaning that even non-Piercing weapons deal normal damage.

Final Fantasy X-2

'Armor Break is available via the Warrior Dressphere. It also appears in the form of Armor Eraser, usable by Rikku while in Mascot, which targets all enemies.

Final Fantasy XI

Armor Break is a Great Axe Weapon Skill which lowers Defense. Another Great Axe Weapon Skill is Shield Break, which lowers Evasion.

Final Fantasy XII

A Technick by the name of Expose. Also removes buffs.

Final Fantasy Tactics

Rend Armor, Rend Helm, and Rend Shield are all abilities of the Knight Job, which remove the target's armor, helmet, and shield respectively.

From Yu-Gi-Oh!

For the Monster Card, see "Armor Breaker".

Armor Break アーマーブレイク
	English:	Armor Break
	Portuguese:	Quebra Armadura
	Spanish:	Rompe Armadura
	Japanese (Kanji):	アーマーブレイク
	Type:	Trap Cards
	Property:	Counter
	Number:	79649195
	Card Description(s):  English: Negate the activation of an Equip Spell card and destroy it.  Japanese: 装備魔法カードの発動を無効にし、それを破壊する。
	TCG Set(s):  English: Ancient Sanctuary (AST-055 - SP) Dark Revelation Volume 2 (DR2-EN167 - C)  French: Ancient Sanctuary (AST-FR055) Dark Revelation Volume 2 (DR2-FR167 - C)  German: Ancient Sanctuary (AST-DE055) Dark Revelation Volume 2 (DR2-DE167 - C)  Italian: Ancient Sanctuary (AST-IT055) Dark Revelation Volume 2 (DR2-IT167 - C)  Portuguese: Ancient Sanctuary (AST-PT055)  Spanish: Ancient Sanctuary (AST-SP055) Dark Revelation Volume 2 (DR2-SP167 - C)
	OCG Set(s):  Japanese: Expert Edition Volume.2 (EE2-JP167 - C) Sanctuary of the Sky (308-055)  Asian-English: Ancient Sanctuary (AST-AE055)  Korean: Ancient Sanctuary (AST-KR055) Expert Edition Volume.2 (HGP2-KR167 - C)
	Video Game Set(s):  Nightmare Troubadour: Roar of Demise  World Championship 2006: Ancient Sanctuary Equipment Collection Quick/Counter Collection All Traps (Common) All at Random (Common)
	Card Search Categories: Anti-Support Categorie(s): Equip Spell Cards Monster/Spell/Trap Categorie(s): Negates activation of Spell Cards/Destroys Spell Cards
	Other Card Information:	Gallery - Rulings - Errata - Tips Appearances - Trivia Lores - Artworks - Names

Facts about Armor BreakRDF feed

Actions	No Entry  +
Anti-Support	Equip Spell Cards  +
Archetype Related	No Entry  +
Archetypes	No Entry  +
Archetypes Support	No Entry  +
Attack	No Entry  +
Attribute	Trap Cards  +
Card Image	+
Card Number	79649195  +
Card Type	Counter Trap Cards  +
Class 1	Official  +
Class 4	VG  +
Counters	No Entry  +
English Name	Armor Break  +
Fusion Material	No Entry  +
Japanese Name	アーマーブレイク  +
Life Points	No Entry  +
Lore	Negate the activation of an Equip Spell card and destroy it.
Medium	OCG  +, TCG  +, WC6  +, and NTR  +
Misc	No Entry  +
MonsterSpellTrap	Negates activation of Spell Cards  +, and Destroys Spell Cards  +
NTR Status	Unlimited  +
OCG Status	Unlimited  +
Portuguese Name	Quebra Armadura  +
RFP	No Entry  +
S/T Class	Counter  +
Spanish Name	Rompe Armadura  +
Stats	No Entry  +
Summoning	No Entry  +
Support	No Entry  +
Synchro Material	No Entry  +
TCG Advanced Format Status	Unlimited  +
TCG Traditional Format Status	Unlimited  +
Types	Counter  +
WC6 Status	Unlimited  +