Samurai Soul

The Samurai Soul, also known as KatanaSoul or KatnSoul, is a boss in Final Fantasy VI. It is fought in the Ancient Castle in a side passage and guards one of the most useful relics in the game.

Battle
Samurai Soul attacks by using Gale Cut and by throwing Fire Scrolls, Water Scrolls, and Lightning Scrolls, doing heavy damage to the entire party every turn. If struck by magic three times it counters by throwing a powerful katana, then using Gil Toss. If attacked normally six times it uses Assassin Blade, an Instant Death attack that ignores immunity. After enough time passes the Samurai Soul gains the Blink, Reflect, and Haste statuses, making it even more deadly.

Though its list of abilities is impressive, the Samurai Soul has two crippling weaknesses: it can be poisoned, so using Bio on it will eventually cause it to take several thousand damage a turn, and it is vulnerable to Confuse, meaning confusing it will cause Samurai Soul to use Assassin Blade on itself, killing itself in one hit. Sketching it with Relm may also work to use Assassin Blade.

The Samurai Soul drops the valuable Master's Scroll when defeated, a relic that lets the holder attack four times in a single turn.

AI Script
Attack Turns: 1st Turn: Water Scroll (33%) or Attack (33%) or Gale Cut (33%) 2nd Turn: Attack (33%) or Lightning Scroll (33%) or Shockwave (33%) 3rd Turn: Lightning Scroll (33%) or Flame Scroll (33%) or Water Scroll (33%) 4th Turn: Attack (33%) or 1000 Needles (33%) or Flame Scroll (33%)

If Timer >= 40 (only done once per battle):
 * Monster flashes
 * Display message: Samurai Soul's power increases!
 * Gains Blink, Reflect, and Haste status

If attacked by "Attack": Attack (33%)
 * Increase Var1 by 1

If attacked by "Magic" or "Lore": Attack (33%)
 * Increase Var3 by 1

If Var3 >= 3:
 * 1st Turn: Throw: Ashura or Kunai
 * 2nd Turn: Target: All Characters
 * Gil Toss (100%)
 * Set Var3 = 0

If Var1 >= 6:
 * Set Var1 = 0
 * Target: Random Player
 * Assassin Blade (100%)

Related Enemies

 * Yojimbo
 * Samurai

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