Amarant Coral/Gameplay

Amarant is a playable character in Final Fantasy IX. His special abilities is Throw, which allows him to throw a weapon at an enemy to deal heavy damage. His skillset is Flair, which can be used for offense or defense.

Blank is an early temporary character whose raw level (but not his statistical growth) is later inherited by Amarant should Blank's level be greater than the party average upon Amarant joining the party.

Amarant is also fought as a boss.

Support Abilities
Amarant learns skills that enhance his physical fighting abilities, such as the HP-boost abilities, Killer abilities, Cover and counterattack skills. His Counter ability takes longer to learn compared to the other characters, however, all his weapons have Counter. Unusual among the physical fighters, he learns Return Magic and Healer. His unique skills are Power Throw and Power Up that power up his special skills Throw and Chakra.

Flair
Amarant's skillset is Flair, which can be used for offense (raw damage or to inflict status ailments) or defense (healing HP/MP and revive) making him versatile in battle, and allowing him to switch between attack and support.

Throw
Amarant can throw weapons, Pinwheels, Rising Suns, and Wing Edges. He can also throw the unequipable Save the Queen.

The amount of damage Throw does is based on the following formula:
 * $$Base = Thrown Weapon's Atk Pwr * 2 - Target's Defence$$
 * $$Bonus = Str ... [(Lv + Str) / 8 + Str$$
 * $$Damage = Base * Bonus$$

Throw will do 1 damage if Amarant is in Mini status, and half damage if hitting a target with Protect. The bonus is 50% greater if the target is an aerial enemy, or if Amarant is equipped with the Power Throw ability.

Trance
In Trance, Flair becomes Elan. It is identical to his Flair abilities, but it affects all targets.

Equipment
In battle he uses various knuckles, claws and fist weaponry combined with lethal martial arts.

Boss
Zidane fights Amarant as a boss under the name Scarlet Hair in Madain Sari. After being defeated, Zidane invites him to the party.