Ishteen

The Ishteen is a Trophy Rare Game enemy found in the Barheim Passage in the game Final Fantasy XII. If the player wants the Tournesol, or is trying to make High Arcana, they must be wary of killing Ishteen before farming. The only other way to obtain Soul of Thamasa is from an extremely rare drop from an Oversoul. If the player killed Adrammelech without farming High Arcana, Ishteen is the last chance to reliably obtain any.

Bestiary Entry
Derivation: Reaper

''Reaper transformed by a powerful infusion of Mist. Hunted in the Barheim Passage.''

Requirement
Ishteen appears within the Barheim Passage in the areas called The Zeviah Span and East-West Bypass. Ishteen's odds of appearing in these two areas increases by 2% every ten seconds the party spends in those areas. The odds will hit 100% after roughly eight and a half minutes. It will also appear right next to the party when it appears. Like all Trophy Game though, it will never come back once killed, so be sure to steal the Soul of Thamasa before killing it. It is actually possible to zone back and forth between the two zones, and make it appear in both, stealing one Soul of Thamasa from each.

Battle
Ishteen is not particularly a tough enemy to defeat. It knows many high level spells and can use Death to instantly KO. It can also use Doom on a party member. Like the Rare Game Negalmuur, Ishteen knows the ability Necromancy. With this ability, it summons the undead which is Dead Bones. Unlike Negalmuur, Ishteen doesn't use Necromancy frequently so the Auto-Leveling trick is not good to use on this enemy.

Etymology
"Ishteen" in Ancient Assyro-Babylonian language is "one". This makes sense since Ishteen, being a Trophy Rare Game enemy, only spawns once.

Related enemies

 * Gazer
 * Gespenst
 * Etém
 * Nightwalker
 * Reaper Mage
 * Reaper Claw
 * Reaper
 * Oversoul
 * Ixtab (Mark)
 * Deathscythe (Mark)
 * Dustia (Rare)
 * Vorres (Rare)
 * Negalmuur (Rare)