Shiva

Battle Formation ID:	497
Enemies:	Shiva Ice Commander x3
Escape%:	Can't Escape
ABP gained:	5
Music Control:	Track: The Fierce Battle
Visual Control:	Intro: Normal
Parameters:	Boss Battle Denies Mute (Time spell)
Terrain:	#11 - Inhabitated Castle (Interior)
Be sure to set both front and back rows

Shiva and her Ice Commanders

Stats

Name	Shiva	Ice Commander
Level	11	4
Speed	25	25
HP	1500	600
MP	1000	200
Strength	40	21
Defense	0	0
Evasion	0	10
Magic	0	10
Magic Defense	0	0
Magic Evasion	0	0
Gil	0	0
Exp	0	0
Steal	Common: Hi-Potion Rare: Phoenix Down	Common: Mythril Sword Rare: Nothing
Drops	Always: Ice Rod Rare: Nothing	Always: Nothing Rare: Long Sword

Status

Enemy Status

NAME	Shiva	Ice Commander
Elemental Immunity:	None	None
Elemental Absorb:	Ice	Ice
Elemental Weakness:	Fire	Fire
Status Vulnerability:	Darkness, Poison, Regen, Slow, Haste, Shell, Armor, Wall	Darkness, Zombie, Poison, Float, Toad, Petrify, Dead, Image, Mute, Berserk, Charm, Paralyze, Sleep, Aging, Regen, Slow, Haste, Stop, Shell, Armor, Wall
Initial Status:	None	None
Cannot Evade:	None	None
Creature Type:	Heavy, Humanoid	Humanoid
Command Vulnerability:	HP Scan	HP Scan
Special Properties:	Critical Attack	Critical Attack

Summary

Shiva is an optional boss who luxuriates in her tower while awaiting a challenge from the player. Only Summoners have an incentive to fight Shiva, and even then it's easier to fight her after reaching Karnak and purchasing a stack of rods to break over their knees. If that weren't bad enough, cracking an ice rod over the summoner's knee does more damage than Shiva will for the cost of 750 gold, rendering the Shiva fight a curiosity instead of a necessity. The one note is that Shiva must be acquired before the player leaves world 1, otherwise Shiva will be lost forever.

Attack Script

Shiva

Change Target: All Enemies; Front Row
Blizzara

Change Target: All Enemies; Back Row
Blizzara

Ice Commander

{Attack, Attack, Special}

Strategies

Shiva alternates between blasting the front and back row of the party with Blizara, encouraging them to split the party between front and back row. Without visiting Karnak the Summoner is limited to Remora, Chocobo, and Sylph for this fight, none of which can target Shiva's entire party. The easiest solution that is available to a Summoner is breaking fire rods, followed by Ifrit if the player waits until the library.