Shadow (Final Fantasy VI party member)

Shadow is a playable character in Final Fantasy VI. Shadow's job was removed within the Super Nintendo version of the North American game. Within the Final Fantasy III Nintendo Player's Guide, his job is given as Ninja. The English Gameboy Advance version retained the job titles and Shadow is a Assassin.

Shadow is a stealthy mercenary haunted by mysterious dreams. Shadow joins the party whenever he feels like it, but can have a random chance of leaving after a battle. His dog, Interceptor, can attack for him in battle, and he can throw weapons, shuriken and scrolls.

For playable appearances outside Final Fantasy VI, see Shadow (Final Fantasy VI)/Other appearances

Party member

Recruitment

In the World of Balance, Shadow is recruited in Gau's father's house, in Kohlingen for 3,000 gil, and on the Floating Continent for free. At any time before the Floating Continent, but not within the Imperial Camp or on the Phantom Train, if Shadow is in the player's party, he has 1/16 chance of leaving at the end of every battle. He won't leave if he's the only character alive or if the combat is a pincer, side, or back attack. Shadow also won't leave the party if he's KO'd, Petrify, or has the Zombie status.

In the World of Ruin, Shadow must have been properly rescued on the Floating Continent. If so, he can be found wounded at the end of the Cave on the Veldt and recovered when the Behemoth King is defeated. He will be returned to Thamasa, but leave later. If the player wages the Ichigeki in the Dragon's Neck Coliseum, he is fought, and after winning, can be recruited permanently.

Abilities

Shadow throws shuriken.

Shadow's unique ability is Throw, which lets him throw a variety of weapons which include; daggers, swords (except Ultima Weapon), spears, ninja daggers, katanas, rods (except for the Flame Rod, Ice Rod, and Thunder Rod), throwing weapons (including boomerangs and chakrams), Gambler's Items (except for the Dice and Fixed Dice), shurikens, and scrolls at his opponent. Shadow's Desperation Attack is Shadow Fang that deals magical damage to one enemy and inflicts Sap.

Interceptor.

If Shadow is hit with a physical attack, there is a chance his dog Interceptor will block it. When this happens, Shadow will take little to no damage. There is a chance Interceptor will counterattack using either "Wild Fang" or "Takedown", both of which deal non-elemental magic damage to one opponent so long as it is not floating. Interceptor will not aid Shadow on the Floating Continent since the dog is resting in Thamasa. In the case of the Rippler bug, the player may permanently lose Interceptor's use in battles.

Stats

Shadow is an Assassin, and thus has high Speed and Strength, as well as average Defense and magic stats. None of his stats are lacking, making him an all around useful character.

When equipped with a Thief Knife, Priest's Miter, and two White Capes, he has 49% Magic Evasion, the highest possible value in the World of Balance (for more information on this, see Evade bug).

Name	Initial Stats
Strength	39
Speed	38
Stamina	30
Magic	33
Attack	23
Defense	47
Evasion	28%
Magic Defense	25
Magic Evasion	9%
Escape Success	5
HP Gain	51
MP Gain	6
Level Averaging	+0

Level	HP	MP	EXP	+
1	51	6	0
2	62	10	32
3	74	14	96
4	88	19	208
5	105	24	400
6	125	30	672
7	147	36	1056
8	171	43	1552
9	197	51	2184
10	224	59	2976
11	252	68	3936
12	282	77	5080
13	317	87	6432
14	356	97	7992
15	400	107	9784
16	450	117	11840
17	504	127	14152
18	561	138	16736
19	622	149	19616
20	687	160	22832
21	754	171	26360
22	823	182	30232
23	895	194	34456
24	971	206	39056
25	1050	218	44072
26	1132	230	49464
27	1218	242	55288
28	1308	255	61568
29	1403	268	68304
30	1502	281	75496
31	1602	294	83184
32	1703	307	91384
33	1805	321	100088
34	1907	335	109344
35	2010	349	119136
36	2114	363	129504
37	2220	377	140464
38	2327	392	152008
39	2435	407	164184
40	2545	422	176976
41	2656	437	190416
42	2769	452	204520
43	2883	468	219320
44	2999	484	234808
45	3116	500	251000
46	3235	516	267936
47	3355	532	285600
48	3477	549	304040
49	3602	566	323248
50	3730	583	343248
51	3860	599	364064
52	3991	614	385696
53	4124	628	408160
54	4258	641	431488
55	4394	653	455680
56	4531	664	480776
57	4670	674	506760
58	4812	683	533680
59	4956	691	561528
60	5101	698	590320
61	5248	704	620096
62	5396	709	650840
63	5546	714	682600
64	5698	720	715368
65	5851	726	749160
66	6006	733	784016
67	6162	740	819920
68	6320	747	856920
69	6480	755	895016
70	6642	763	934208
71	6802	771	974536
72	6957	779	1016000
73	7108	787	1058640
74	7253	794	1102456
75	7393	801	1147456
76	7529	808	1193648
77	7661	814	1241080
78	7787	820	1289744
79	7907	826	1339672
80	8024	832	1390872
81	8137	837	1443368
82	8247	842	1497160
83	8355	847	1552264
84	8460	852	1608712
85	8562	857	1666512
86	8662	862	1725688
87	8760	867	1786240
88	8855	873	1848184
89	8947	879	1911552
90	9037	885	1976352
91	9125	891	2042608
92	9212	897	2110320
93	9297	904	2179504
94	9380	912	2250192
95	9462	921	2322392
96	9542	931	2396128
97	9625	942	2471400
98	9711	954	2548224
99	9799	967	2637112

Equipment

His weapons draw is limited to daggers and ninja daggers, but he can use almost all of them, and for armor equips hats, vests, and universal shields. Shadow begins with a Kunai and Ninja Gear.

Weapons

Template:See Also

Daggers	Ninja Daggers	Universal
Dagger Mythril Knife Thief's Knife Assassin's Dagger Man-Eater Swordbreaker Gladius	Kunai Kodachi Sakura Sasuke Ichigeki Kagenui Oborozuki	Unarmed Impartisan

Armor

Template:See Also

Shields	Helmets	Body Armor
Buckler Mythril Shield Flame Shield Ice Shield Thunder Shield Aegis Shield Force Shield Genji Shield Cursed Shield Paladin's Shield Tortoise Shield	Leather Hat Plumed Hat Twist Headband Green Beret Priest's Miter Circlet Black Cowl Thornlet Red Cap Genji Helmet Saucer	Leather Armor Kenpo Gi Mythril Vest Ninja Gear Gaia Gear Diamond Vest Mirage Vest Black Garb Genji Armor Reed Cloak

Boss

Main article: Shadow (boss)

Shadow is fought in Dragon's Neck Coliseum as a boss in the World of Ruin, if he survived the Floating Continent and the player visited the Cave on the Veldt, collected the Ichigeki from there and bets it at the coliseum. Fighting him re-recruits Shadow into the party, this time permanently.

Quests

Floating Continent

The party waited for Shadow on the Floating Continent.

Shadow stays behind when the rest of the party flees the Floating Continent under a time limit at the end of the World of Balance storyline. When the party is prompted to return to the Blackjack, the player must refuse and wait for Shadow. If the player waits until the timer is running out, Shadow will follow and can be re-recruited in the World of Ruin. If the player leaves without waiting for Shadow, he will presumably perish and not be available for recruitment.

Dreams

A scene from Shadow's dream.

If the party stays at any inn while Shadow is a party member, there is a 50% chance to view a dream. There are four dreams, which, when viewed in sequence, tell the story of Shadow's past. The player can stay at an inn over and over again until all dreams have been viewed. Each dream plays once. A fifth dream is shown while rescuing Shadow in the Cave on the Veldt in the World of Ruin, and a sixth dream belonging to Relm is only viewable if the player allows Shadow to perish on the Floating Continent.

The only place the player cannot view Shadow's dreams is at the inn in Thamasa after the owner reduces the service fee to 1 gil. The first four dreams can be triggered in either the World of Balance or the World of Ruin.

Coliseum fighter

Shadow chosen at the coliseum.

Shadow is a good character to fight at the Dragon's Neck Coliseum, as he will never use Throw and having him without any magic learned at this point is possible. Shadow joins the party twice after the party has acquired magicite: once on their way to Thamasa, and the other during the portion of the Floating Continent. He has weaponry that can inflict instant death, such as Assassin's Dagger or Ichigeki, which has a 25% chance to kill an enemy in a single blow, but the player should not use these weapons when fighting an undead opponent. An alternate weapon is the Kagenui, that can randomly cast Stop on the attacked target. Shadow has 28% evasion, having the highest raw evasion out of the party, and being the second speediest character (tied with Gau). When evading an attack, there's a chance of Interceptor attacking the enemy without losing a turn, but this attack will miss floating opponents.