Setzer (Final Fantasy VI party member)

Setzer is a playable party member in Final Fantasy VI. He is the first playable Gambler in the Final Fantasy series, and his attacks and abilities have a strong element of chance. Setzer brings a mix of physical and magical prowess to the party, leaning more to the former.

Battle[]

Stats[]

Setzer has average stats. His Strength, Stamina, Speed, and Defense are good, but he has poor Magic and Magic Defense. Although Setzer is intended as a physical fighter, his most powerful weapon does not use Strength for damage calculation while his Slot attacks deal magical damage, which means it is more beneficial to train up his Magic than his Strength.

Name	Initial Stats
Strength	36
Speed	32
Stamina	32
Magic	29
Attack	18
Defense	48
Evasion	9%
Magic Defense	26
Magic Evasion	1%
Escape Success	4
HP Gain	46
MP Gain	9
Level Averaging	+0

Level	HP	MP	EXP
1	46	9	0
2	57	13	32
3	69	17	96
4	83	22	208
5	100	27	400
6	120	33	672
7	142	39	1056
8	166	46	1552
9	192	54	2184
10	219	62	2976
11	247	71	3936
12	277	80	5080
13	312	90	6432
14	351	100	7992
15	395	110	9784
16	445	120	11840
17	499	130	14152
18	556	141	16736
19	617	152	19616
20	682	163	22832
21	749	174	26360
22	818	185	30232
23	890	197	34456
24	966	209	39056
25	1045	221	44072
26	1127	233	49464
27	1213	245	55288
28	1303	258	61568
29	1398	271	68304
30	1497	284	75496
31	1597	297	83184
32	1698	310	91384
33	1800	324	100088
34	1902	338	109344
35	2005	352	119136
36	2109	366	129504
37	2215	380	140464
38	2322	395	152008
39	2430	410	164184
40	2540	425	176976
41	2651	440	190416
42	2764	455	204520
43	2878	471	219320
44	2994	487	234808
45	3111	503	251000
46	3230	519	267936
47	3350	535	285600
48	3472	552	304040
49	3597	569	323248
50	3725	586	343248
51	3855	602	364064
52	3986	617	385696
53	4119	631	408160
54	4253	644	431488
55	4389	656	455680
56	4526	667	480776
57	4665	677	506760
58	4807	686	533680
59	4951	694	561528
60	5096	701	590320
61	5243	707	620096
62	5391	712	650840
63	5541	717	682600
64	5693	723	715368
65	5846	729	749160
66	6001	736	784016
67	6157	743	819920
68	6315	750	856920
69	6475	758	895016
70	6637	766	934208
71	6797	774	974536
72	6952	782	1016000
73	7103	790	1058640
74	7248	797	1102456
75	7388	804	1147456
76	7524	811	1193648
77	7656	817	1241080
78	7782	823	1289744
79	7902	829	1339672
80	8019	835	1390872
81	8132	840	1443368
82	8242	845	1497160
83	8350	850	1552264
84	8455	855	1608712
85	8557	860	1666512
86	8657	865	1725688
87	8755	870	1786240
88	8850	876	1848184
89	8942	882	1911552
90	9032	888	1976352
91	9120	894	2042608
92	9207	900	2110320
93	9292	907	2179504
94	9375	915	2250192
95	9457	924	2322392
96	9537	934	2396128
97	9620	945	2471400
98	9706	957	2548224
99	9794	970	2637112

Equipment[]

Setzer joins equipped with Cards, a Mythril Shield, a Mythril Vest, and in the SNES and PS versions he is also equipped with a Bandana. His weapons are limited to gambler's items and daggers, and his armor draw consists of shields, light armor, heavy armor, hats, and helmets. His ultimate weapon in the Dragons' Den is the Final Trump, won from Ice Dragon. He also has a secondary ultimate weapon, the Fixed Dice.

Setzer's equipment draw, save for his ultimate weapons, is subpar. The Gladius allows him to use holy attacks, and two of his late-game weapons, the Viper Darts and the Death Tarot, have a chance to inflict Instant Death.

The Fixed Dice, however, make Setzer one of the most powerful attackers in the game. The dice do damage based on Setzer's level multiplied by each roll of the three die, ignoring defense and Setzer's Strength. They deal several thousand damage on even a mediocre roll and on higher rolls can hit the damage cap. The damage of the Fixed Dice is unaffected by the penalty from equipping the Master's Scroll. The Fixed Dice are located in the final dungeon, but are in one of the first rooms—risking a trip into the tower early in the World of Ruin to get the Fixed Dice is a common strategy among players.

In the late game, the random nature of the Fixed Dice makes Setzer undesirable compared to other characters who can deal comparable damage without relying on chance. The Final Trump consumes Setzer's MP to deal an automatic critical hit and boosts his Strength, Speed, and Stamina, making him a more consistent fighter. He also has the advantage that the Ice Dragon is located near the entrance of Dragons' Den, so players can acquire the Final Trump for him early.

Weapons[]

Armor[]

Abilities[]

See also: Slot (Final Fantasy VI)

Setzer's special ability is Slot. It opens a window to spin three slot reels. The confirm button stops them one at a time, and a fourth press closes the window and Setzer will use an attack based on the results of the reels. When the reels are spinning Slot can be canceled, but not once the first reel is stopped.

If Setzer lines up three random symbols he uses Mysidian Rabbit, restoring a small amount of HP to the party and curing Darkness, Poison, and Sleep. If three symbols line up, Setzer uses an attack determined by the symbols. Setzer's Slot attacks are magical and hit all enemies, with the exception of the three Bar and three 7s combinations. Three bars summons a random esper, and three 7s uses Joker's Death, which kills all enemies ignoring immunity to Instant Death. A "bad" version of Joker's Death occurs when two 7s line up with a Bar, killing the party instead of the enemies.

Setzer's Slot attacks are a gamble to use, but are very effective—they deal non-elemental damage and have high power, and some ignore defense and/or split damage. There exist methods to manipulate the reels to produce favorable results and thus make Slots more consistent, giving Setzer access to attacks equivalent to high-tier magic spells for no MP cost and inability to be reflected, as well as the ability to kill enemies instantly with Joker's Death.

If Setzer equips the Heiji's Jitte relic, Slots becomes Gil Toss, which allows Setzer to damage all enemies at the cost of gil. The amount of gil used is equal to the user's level multiplied by 30.

Setzer's Desperation Attack is Red Card that deals non-elemental magic damage to one enemy. The attack depicts Setzer throwing three volleys of cards at an enemy, but only deals one hit of damage. Red Card is the only instance in the game of an ability sharing an animation with a weapon's attack and is coded differently from other ability animations.

Quests[]

Recruitment[]

In the World of Balance, Setzer joins the party after completing the Magitek Research Facility, during the fight with the Cranes. He is available as a party member for the rest of the World of Balance.

In the World of Ruin, Setzer is recruited in Kohlingen's pub. He is required to finish the game, along with Celes and Edgar. Because only these three need to be recruited to acquire the Falcon, the player could immediately enter Kefka's Tower and defeat the final boss using only them. This is known in the fan community as a "CES challenge", from the initials of the characters.

Story role[]

After the Imperial Banquet, if the party returns to the crashed Blackjack and enters the engine room, Setzer and Professor Cid discuss repairs to the airship. Terra and Locke speak to Setzer about his attachment to the Blackjack, and Setzer mentions his deceased friend Darill.

When meeting Gau's father, Setzer has dialogue when the party takes Gau to Jidoor to teach him manners and to buy him proper clothes. Because Setzer must be recruited by the time the scene is accessible, his dialogue will always trigger, where in the clothing shop he suggests dressing Gau is an outfit identical to his and is rebuffed by the party.

Setzer has the final line of dialogue in Final Fantasy VI before the credits roll, when he responds to Terra thanking him for catching her as she fell from the sky.