Eiko Carol/Gameplay

Eiko is capable of casting Wht Mag and summoning Eidolons. She wields flutes and rackets in battle. She has the largest number of Wht Mag spells in the game, and her summons' attacks change depending on what add-on she has equipped. She is more of a supportive party member, although she learns Holy, the ultimate offensive Wht Mag spell, later in the game.

Support abilities
Eiko learns abilities that enhance her skills as a White Mage and Summoner; Boost powers up her eidolons, and Concentrate her magic, and Half MP halves the MP cost of her spells and eidolons. Eiko is the only character to learn both MP+10% and MP+20%. Eiko is the first of the party to learn Auto-Regen. Her unique ability is Guardian Mog, which heals her from status ailments that usually carry over from battles at the end of the battle.

Wht Mag


Eiko's stock of White Magic is larger than Dagger's. She can use unique spells like Jewel, which extracts an Ore from an enemy, and Might, which increases a unit's attack power. She is the only main character who can use the powerful Holy spell (a temporary playable character, Beatrix can also use the spell). She lacks the Scan and Berserk spells found in Dagger's arsenal.

Eidolons
Eiko can summon four eidolons: Fenrir, Phoenix, Carbuncle, and Madeen. Equipping various add-ons allows her to change the eidolons' summon abilities.

If Zidane and Dagger are in the party when Eiko summons an eidolon for the first time, they will exchange a dialogue mid-battle. Zidane will say "Dagger, was that an eidolon?", and Dagger will reply "I think so. Eiko can use magic too?" This resets everyone's turn regardless whether an action has been chosen or not.

Trance
Eiko's Trance ability is Dbl Wht. It allows Eiko to cast two spells in succession.

Stats
Eiko has the lowest physical stats, but her initial stats will be the same as Marcus's when he leaves the party, meaning that if the player bothers to level up Marcus early on Eiko can potentially get the highest HP and MP of any character. This is known as the Marcus/Eiko stat bug.

Equipment
Eiko's equipment draw consists of female-exclusive equipment, mage robes, flutes, and rackets. When Eiko is equipped with a flute, her spellcasting sound effect is slightly different than the other characters'. As she appears to play the flute as her spellcasting animation, it appears she uses music to control her magic.

Jump rope
Eiko can play the jump rope minigame in a reconstructed Alexandria on disc 3 if she is in the party and the player visits the chapel. The minigame is identical whether the player uses Eiko or Vivi to play.