Shadow is an element in Final Fantasy IX. Shadow element tends to be associated with attacks and spells that lean towards more sinister phenomena, such as Mist. Higher power attacks of the element tend to manifest bright blood red energy, being evocative of Terra.
Abilities[]
Ability | Darkside, Doomsday Sword |
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Spell | Doomsday |
Summon | Ark |
In addition, the following increase the damage of the wearer's Shadow attacks:
Enemy abilities[]
Ability | Description | Enemy |
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Doomsday | Inflicts Shadow damage to all enemies and allies. | Hades, Ozma |
Mist | Inflicts Shadow damage and Sleep to the party. | Feather Circle, Mistodon |
Rainbow Wind | Inflicts Fire/Ice/Lightning/Wind/Water/Holy/Shadow damage to one target. | Zemzelett |
Protection[]
Add-on | Pumice Piece (Absorbs) |
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Armor | Demon's Mail (Absorbs), Demon's Vest (Halves), Dragon Wrist (Halves), Egoist's Armlet (Nulls), Grand Armor (Halves), Ninja Gear (Absorbs) |
Weapons | Stardust Rod (Halves) |
In addition, the following makes the wearer weak to Shadow attacks:
Enemies[]
Ozma will not become weak to Shadow even if Amarant's Curse adds it; Ozma's Shadow-resistance state depends on the friendly monsters quest completion.
Weak | Garuda, Ghost, Hecteyes, Jabberwock, Jabberwock (Friendly), Ladybug (Friendly), Mover, Mu (Lindblum), Nymph, Nymph (Friendly), Yan, Yan (Friendly), Yeti, Yeti (Friendly) |
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Halves | Amarant (Mirror), Dagger (Mirror), Eiko (Mirror), Freya (Mirror), Hecteyes, Lich (Crystal), Mimic, Mistodon, Quina (Mirror), Skeleton, Steiner (Mirror), Veteran, Vivi (Mirror), Whale Zombie, Wraith (Blue), Wraith (Red), Zidane (Mirror), Zombie, Armodullahan, Earth Guardian, Lich, Meltigemini, Soulcage, Tantarian |
Nullifies | N/A |
Absorbs | Gimme Cat, Hades, Ozma (if friendly monsters sidequest is not finished) |