Breakdown characteristics are of great importance for varistor ceramics, which largely depend on Schottky barriers at grain boundaries. In order to enhance breakdown performance for meeting the requirement of device miniaturization, different doping methods are introduced to not only restrict grain size from additional phase but also manipulate defect structure of Schottky barrier at grain boundaries from substitution. Distribution of barriers is another key point affecting breakdown characteristics in varistor ceramics. Dimensional effect, which is detected in not only ZnO ceramics but also CaCu 3 Ti 4 O 12 ceramics, is practically and theoretically found to be closely correlated with uniformity of grains. As a result, breakdown characteristics of varistors are dominated by combination effect of single barrier performance and spatial barrier distribution. In this chapter, enhanced breakdown field in Ca x Sr 1Àx Cu 3 Ti 4 O 12 ceramics, in situ synthesized CaCu 3 Ti 4 O 12-CuAl 2 O 4 ceramics, and CaCu 3 Ti 4 O 12-Y 2/3 Cu 3 Ti 4 O 12 composite ceramics are investigated from the aspect of Schottky barriers at grain boundaries. In addition, dimensional effect is found in both ZnO and CaCu 3 Ti 4 O 12 ceramics, which are investigated from grain size distribution through theoretical and experimental analysis.