Final Fantasy XII Skies - Zodiark, Keeper of Precepts (Espers)

ZODIARK, KEEPER OF PRECEPTS

	Name:		LP Cost :
	Zodiark, Keeper of Precepts		200
	Mist Charges :	Status Effects:	Augments:
	3	Protect, Shell, Haste, Faith, Libra	Ignore Reflect, Magick CT0, Ignore Weather & Landscape
	Location Found:
	Side Quest (Henne Mines - Special Charter Dig)
	Information:
	Zodiark is the strongest of all Espers. All his attacks are very powerful, especially the Esper Technick Final Eclipse which deals 50,000 HP of damage. This can only be used if the summoner is petrified so just petrify your character to use it. Zodiark is very slow in moving so don't use him if you want to move across great distances.

Elemental Effects:
Fire	Lightning	Ice	Water	Earth	Wind	Dark	Holy
-	-	-	-	-	-	Absorb	x2

Attributes:
Level:	Max HP:	Max MP:	Attack Power:	Defence:	Magick Resist:	Strength:	Magick Power:	Vitality:	Speed:
1	3090-3091	23-25	201	61	40	60	45	26	26
10	3225-3248	50-70	201	61	40	66	51	28	28
20	3470-3536	90-140	201	61	40	72	57	30	30
30	3785-3908	131-212	201	61	40	78	63	33	33
40	4083-4260	181-302	201	61	40	84	69	35	35
50	4559-4825	224-378	201	61	40	90	75	37	37
60	4979-5323	264-448	201	61	40	96	81	40	40
70	5217-5603	294-498	201	61	40	99	87	42	42
80	5492-5927	324-548	201	61	40	99	93	44	44
90	5867-6371	344-578	201	61	40	99	99	47	47
99	6290-6873	353-587	201	61	40	99	99	49	49

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Actions:
Name:	Target:	Range:	Type:	Element:	Charge Time:	Power:
Flare	1	10	Magick	None	30	163
Scathe	Circle	10	Magick	None	30	190
Banish Ray	1	12	Magick	Dark	16	240
Final Eclipse	Circle	12	Magick	None	35	N/A

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Gambits:
Number:	Gambit:	Name:
1.	Summoner status = Petrify	Final Eclipse
2.	Foe: more than one present	Scathe
3.	Foe: Dark-absorb	Flare
4.	Foe: Dark-weak	Banish Ray
5.	Foe: nearest visible	Banish Ray

BATTLE TO OBTAIN POWER

Name:			Combo:	Recieve:
Zodiark			-	-
Steal:			Poach:
Serpentarius	High Arcana	Megalixir	-	-

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Level:	HP:	MP:	Strength:	Magick Power:	Vitality:	Speed:	Attack Power:
66	336,847	999	53	50	92	25	112
Defence:	Magick Resist:	Evade:	EXP:	LP:	Clan Points:	Gil:	-
34	37	0	0	70	7,610	0	-
Elemental Effects:
Fire	Lightning	Ice	Water	Earth	Wind	Dark	Holy
-	-	-	-	-	-	Absorb	x2

Immune:	Status:	Auguments:
Petrify, Stop, Doom, Confuse, Reverse, Sleep, Blind, Poison, Silence, Oil, Disease, Disable, Immobilise, Sap, Slow, Berserk.	100% Protect, 100% Shell, 100% Haste, 100% Reflect	Safety, No Knockback, Resist Guns/Measure, Ignore Weather & Landscape, Ignore Reflect, Ignore Evade, Full-HP ATK+, Low-HP ARK+, Low-HP Mag+, Reflect Damage, Half MP; If HP < 50% Evade+; If HP < 20% Magick Wall. After use of Dispel or Dispela, Anti-Magick (if Greater Barrier is already in place). If Banish Ray will be disrupted, Attack CT0 (which will end after Banish Ray). if Zodiark is in Faith-status and has not used Limit Break, magick CT0.
Battle Tactics:
Zodiark starts the fight with Darkja, the infamous spell that has a chance to instant kill AND inflict Blind (Blind does not disappear when revived). Black Masks and Demon Shields absorb dark damage but are unable to prevent instant kill or Blind. Summon Shemhazai and prepare for her Soul Purge; take no chances here. You must creep slowly towards Zodiark and let Shemhazai unleash Soul Purge before Zodiark uses Darkja, because Darkja could possibly kill you. Soul Purge shaves 20% off the boss' life. Zodiark will use Darkja again throughout the battle, so be very prepared to use Pheasant Netsuke + Phoenix Down to revive fallen members. Always wear Black Masks or Demon Shields, too. Zodiark's Banish Rays, Piercing Gravigas and Level spells are no joke! Keep your party in top condition all the time. The next biggest problem after Darkja is immunity. Zodiark becomes immune to physical damage at low HP, and once this paling disappears he puts it up again, making physical attacks almost ineffective now. He also becomes immune to magickal damage, but unlike the paling this doesn't stay on all the time, so switch your weapon-users to magick-users and spam Flares and Scathes. BEWARE OF REFLECT. If Zodiark puts on Reflect, equip Opal Rings on your magicians! Dispelling Zodiark induces him to become immune to magickal damage again. (Battle Tactics are from aldoteng's Esper Guide)