How do summons work in ff9

Among these are Topaz and Opal, which carry Ifrit and Shiva respectively. Unfortunately, contractual boss insta-death immunity exists. Which keeps Odin in the middle of this list. Holy damage is actually rather effective against a couple bosses in the late game.

Her edge above Odin is the fact that she can be used against bosses. And any time you use Eiko, Madeen can be summoned reliably. His damage is augmented by the amount of Peridot stones in your inventory, so you could see him dealing with trash mobs regularly long before you even think about Ifrit again.

How to obtain: Ramuh is learned from Peridot, obtained both in disc 2 as part of the story, as well as dropped by Zaghnols. The King of Dragons deals non-elemental damage and he hits hard. Great for bosses, trash mobs, and getting out of awkward conversations at the buffet table.

Not much else can really be said about Bahamut. With the Garnet the stone , Garnet the princess can learn to summon the eidolon Bahamut. Use Hades's synthesis shop in Memoria near the end of the game to forge a Pumice out of two Pumice Piece items. Using the Pumice, Garnet can learn to summon Ark, the grand eidolon. The first Pumice Piece you'll find is a reward for defeating Ark when you fight him in Oeilvert. The second Pumice Piece can be found as the reward for the "Outer Island 2" chocograph.

Don't worry if you miss the Phoenix Pinion near the wagon at the start of the game; there are many, many more in the game. If all else fails and you miss or use all the Phoenix Pinions before Eiko learns to summon Phoenix, you can always make more using Hades's synthesis shop in Memoria.

If you lose or sell the Dark Matter you bought from the Treno Auction House before Garnet learns to summon Odin, you can go back and attempt to win another as long as you don't have one in your inventory. The Pumice can also be obtained by defeating Ozma; however, Ozma is by far the toughest enemy in the game.

It is vastly safer and easier to obtain the Pumice by synthesis. Fenrir also has two different Attacks, depending on what item you have equiped. This Eidolon is known as Alexander. He cannot be summoned by Eiko or Dagger individually, but rather is summoned by both together. It only happens once in the game, and is completely story-related. It is also the last time we will see this awesome summon to date.

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