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How to Learn Zodiark Summon and Effect
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Zodiark is a Summon in Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles (FFT). See an overview of Zodiark (Darkening Cloud), including its required JP, MP, and cast speed, as well as its ability range here.
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How to Learn Zodiark Summon
Learn Zodiark from Elidibus
The Zodiark summon is the signature ability of the Lucavi Demon Elidibus. He can be found at the final level of Midlight's Deep: Terminus, and you will trigger his boss battle as soon as you enter the map.
The only way to learn Zodiark is to get hit by it while being a Summoner and survive the attack without being incapacitated. There is a 90% chance that the Summoner will learn Zodiark when hit, and you will know if you get it when the game gives you a prompt to learn it.
All Abilities Learned Through Combat
How to Survive Zodiark
Use Mana Shield
Zodiark is the strongest summon in the game and will deal significant damage to everyone hit. The easiest way to survive the attack is to equip the Mana Shield reaction ability and increase your Summoner's Bravery to help it trigger more often.
If the reaction ability goes off, Zodiark will damage the Summoner's MP instead of HP, which guarantees their survival as long as they have at least 1 MP.
Mana Shield Ability Effects and JP Cost
Lower Your Faith
It is also possible to lower your Faith to single digits to heavily reduce the damage Zodiark does. However, reducing your Faith too low may discourage Elidibus from casting Zodiark as it will deal too little damage.
If you intend on using this method, we recommend letting Elidibus charge Zodiark first, and then lowering the Faith of the target Summoner while Zodiark is charging up.
How to Increase or Decrease Faith
How to Learn Zodiark After Elidibus
| How to Learn Zodiark After Elidibus |
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 Cast Zodiark on an enemy Summoner. Have the Summoner cast it on your party or kill them and let their body crystallize. |
Cast on an Enemy Summoner
Once you learn Zodiark from Elidibus, it is possible to have your other characters learn it outside of the boss battle. However, this method is tedious and requires a lot of effort.
First, you will need to get an enemy Summoner to learn Zodiark by having a low Magic unit cast it on them. After that, you can get other units to learn it by either getting hit by the enemy's Zodiark, or kill the Summoner after they've learned it and letting their body turn into a crystal, which you can then pick up.
Zodiark Overview and Range
Summon Effect
 Zodiark (Darkening Cloud) |
Type | Summon | |
|---|---|---|---|
| JP | - | ||
| MP | 99 | ||
| Speed | 10 | ||
| Description | |||
| Summons Zodiark to unleash Final Eclipse, which smites distant foes with radiant beams of focused starlight. Added Effects: Not Reflectable, Not Castable with Arithmeticks |
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Summon Range
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| Horizontal Range | 4 |
|---|---|
| Vertical Range | Unlimited |
| Area of Effect | 4 Tiles |
| Height of Effect | ±3 |
Jobs That Use Zodiark
Summoner
 Summoner
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Zodiark can be used by the job command Summon, which belongs to the Summoner Job. However, as a note, if you spend the requisite JP needed to learn this Summon, you can equip it on other jobs and summon them outside of when the unit is using the Summoner job.
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