Shemhazai (Final Fantasy XII)

Shemhazai, the Whisperer is a level two Esper in Final Fantasy XII. She is fought during the main storyline in the lowest reaches of Giruvegan.

Shemhazai's license costs 50 LP, and she requires two Mist Charges to summon.

Profile
The Esper of Soul, Shemhazai represents the zodiac sign of Sagittarius, the Archer. Shemhazai's hands resemble crossbows, she has horse-like qualities and from her power of Soul, her color sign is pink. She is also referred to as the Dhanus Ascendant, which is the Sanskrit name of its zodiac sign as used in Jyotish (Hindu) astrology.

Story
Shemhazai is found in the lowest reaches of Giruvegan, just before the warp point leading to the Occuria, in the Gate of Fire. It can be assumed they sealed her here to protect them. Shemhazai is the third of the five Espers obtained during the main story.

Obtained
After being fought as a boss during the main storyline, her license can be purchased on the License Board for 50 LP.

Battle
Shemhazai requires two Mist Charges to summon.

Abilities
A non-elemental attack. Its damage is calculated just like the item Knot of Rust:
 * Devour Soul
 * Shemhazai's Current HP / (Random number 1-10)
 * Its damage cap is 9999.

In the Zodiac releases, its damage depends on the maximum HP. In the original release, it is her current HP, and thus does more damage when she's at Max HP. To improve damage, the player can cast the spell Bubble on her.

A non-elemental attack, and Shemhazai's ultimate attack. Shemhazai walks to the top of a cliff under the moonlight. She charges her guns, jumps off the cliff, shooting the enemies in range with pure soul energy. She lands near the enemies, and the soul energy that struck the enemies charges up into multiple explosions. Damage is calculated just like the item Dark Matter:
 * Soul Purge
 * (Sum of all Knot of Rust damage + Sum of all Devour Soul damage) / 3

Its damage cap is 60,000, making it the second most powerful single attack in Final Fantasy XII, only bested by Zeromus's Big Bang, and one of the only attacks that breaks the damage limit. Once used, the damage is set back down to 0, and has to be built up again. Unlike most other Esper attacks, Soul Purge is unaffected by Reverse.

In Zodiac versions, Shemhazai can cast Shock and Curaja and has gained the Null Vitality and Piercing Magick augments.
 * Other

Gambit information

 * Zodiac
 * FFXII

Stats
In the Zodiac releases, Shemhazai is weak against Fire and takes normal damage from every other element. In the original release, Shemhazai takes half damage from all elements.


 * Zodiac
 * FFXII

Actions

 * Zodiac
 * FFXII

Status effects

 * Libra
 * Haste

Augments

 * Null VIT (Zodiac only)
 * Ignore Reflect (Zodiac only)
 * Null Weather & Terrain Effects

Etymology
Shemhazai is derived from the name of the fallen angel, Samyaza.

She is also referred to as the Dhanus Ascendant, which is the Sanskrit name of its zodiac sign as used in Jyotish (Hindu) astrology.