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Zidane Tribal

Final Fantasy IX - Zidane Tribal

Name: Zidane Tribal

Age: 16

Birth Date: September 1783

Occupation: Thief

Height: 173cm (5' 8")

Race: Genome

Laterality: Right Handed


Zidane is a thief working for the Tantalus Theatre Troupe after being found by Baku at the age of 4; unable to remember his early life, all he remembers is a blue light.


Weilding two daggers or the double-bladed Thief Swords, Zidane is a strong melee fighter with an eye on the prize; that being other people's stuff.

Job Class:

Thief

Trance:

Dyne

Ultimate Weapon:

Ultima Weapon

Abilities

Support Abilities

Zidane is an offensive, melee character and can learn most of the "Killer" abilities but is also a thief so has an array of useful abilities to aid his steal ability such as Mug and Bandit, and increase the chances of getting rare items with Master Thief.

Name Learned from Description AP
Auto-Reflect Reflect Ring Start battle with Reflect status. 95
Auto-Float Feather Boots Start battle with Float status. 20
Auto-Haste Running Shoes Start battle with Haste status. 55
Auto-Regen Golden Hairpin, Brave Suit Start battle with Regen status. 25
Auto-Life Rebirth Ring Start battle with Auto-Life status. 130
HP+20% Mantra Band, Adaman Hat, Black Belt, Battle Boots Increases max HP by 20% from base. 40
Accuracy+ Power Wrist, Black Hood, Lapis Lazuli Physical attacks always hit (Includes targets with Vanish status). 30
Distract Judo Uniform, Reflect Ring, Diamond Halves attacker's physical attack power. 30
Long Reach Thief Hat, Protect Ring Negates damage penalty from attacking from the back row. 170
MP Attack Red Hat, Battle Boots, Power Belt Attacks will use 1/8th of the users max MP to deal 1.5x damage. 45
Bird Killer Adaman Vest, Yellow Scarf Attacks against flying enemies deal 1.5x damage*. 20
Bug Killer Mythril Armlet Attacks against insect enemies deal 1.5x damage*. 35
Stone Killer Adaman Vest, Power Vest Attacks against stone enemies deal 1.5x damage*. 30
Undead Killer N-Kai Armlet, Headgear, Ritual Hat Attacks against undead enemies deal 1.5x damage*. 45
Devil Killer Chain Plate, Demon's Vest Attacks against demon enemies deal 1.5x damage*. 25
Beast Killer Leather Wrist, Egoist's Armlet, Flash Hat, Black Belt, Moonstone Attacks against beast enemies deal 1.5x damage*. 30
Man Eater Bandana, Coronet, Coral Ring Attacks against human enemies deal 1.5x damage*. 25
Master Thief Thief Gloves Increases the rate in which rare items can be stolen from a target.
Very Rare items: 1/256 before - 32/256 after
Rare items: 16/256 before - 32/256 after		 50
Steal Gil Glass Armlet, Yellow Scarf Steal Gil and items from a target. 40
Add Status Bone Wrist, Chimera Armlet, Bracer, Feather Hat, Twist Headband, Glass Buckle Adds a chance to inflict weapon's status to target. 35
Gamble Defense Twist Headband, Adaman Hat, Power Vest Defense stat changes randomly when attacked between 0 and 2x. 20
High Tide Jade Armlet, Dark Hat, Gaia Gear, Sapphire Increases the rate by which the Trance guage fills when attacked. This is based on Spirit stat. 35
Counter Ritual Hat, Power Vest, Power Belt When hit by a physical attack the character will attack back with their own physical attack. 70
Protect Girls Butterfly Sword, Leather Shirt When Dagger, Eiko or Freya are attacked, Zidane will block the attack and receive damage in place of the targeted character. 35
Eye 4 Eye Flash Hat, Ninja Gear Raises the rate of Counter. 60
Body Temp Jade Armlet, Madain's Ring, Fairy Earrings, Diamond Provides immunity to Freeze and Heat. 25
Alert Ninja Gear, Germinas Boots Reduces the chance of Back Attacks against you. 40
Level Up Egoist's Armlet, Rosetta Ring, Fairy Earrings Character earns 1.5x EXP from battles. 75
Ability Up Green Beret, Brigandine, Ribbon, Lapis Lazuli Double to amount of AP earned from battle. 95
Flee-Gil Wrist, Desert Boots, Gold Choker Earn Gil even when party escapes from battle. 45
Insomniac Bandana, Gaia Gear, Coral Ring Provides immunity to Sleep. 30
Antibody Glass Armlet, Mantra Band, Survival Vest, Glass Buckle Provides immunity to Poison and Venom. 20
Bright Eyes Feather Hat, Ritual Hat Provides immunity to Darkness. 85
Restore HP Brave Suit, Promist Ring If the user has 16% HP remaining and survives the next attack, they will recover 50% of their HP. 35
Jelly Dragon Wrist, Dark Hat, Circlet, Bronze Vest, Dark Gear Provides immunity to Petrify and Gradual Petrify. 35
Auto-Potion Mythril Vest, Demon's Vest, Running Shoes, Gold Choker Automatically use a Potion or, if none are available, a Hi-Potion when hit. 30
Locomotion Black Hood, Golden Skullcap, Survival Vest, Demon's Vest, Ninja Gear Provides immunity to Stop. 30
Clear Headed Green Beret, Circlet, Dark Gear, Magician Shoes Provides immunity to Confusion. 25
Mug Chimera Armlet, Thief Hat, Survival Vest Stealing items from a target also deals minor damage to target. 65
Bandit Mythril Dagger, N-Kai Armlet Makes stealing items never miss. Does not improve the chance of getting an item. 40

Steal

Steal is one of Zidane's unique abilities which is in keeping with his "Job" as a Thief.


Using this ability, Zidane will attempt to steal an item from his target; some items are only gained by stealing them and some are only available once to steal.


Enemies can have up to 4 items to steal per battle, and you can try to steal all of them in a single battle.


You can increase the chances of stealing by using support abilities such as Bandit, Master Thief and Mug.


Without the Bandit skill, your chance of Steal not missing the target is based on Zidane's Level + Spirit stat being equal or higher than the target's Level.
Rarity Standard Success Rate Master Thief Success Rate
Very Rare 1/256 (0.4%) 1/8 (12.5%)
Rare 1/16 (6.25%) 1/8 (12.5%)
Uncommon 1/4 (25%) 1/4 (25%)
Common 1/1 (100%) 1/1 (100%)

Skill

Zidane has a number of abilities that can be accessed in battle; some require MP to use.

Name Aquire Description AP MP
Annoy Gladius, Sargatanas Inflicts Trouble status on a target. (50% accuracy) 50 4
Detect Mage Masher, Orichalcon Shows a list of what items the target has to steal; ordered from rarest to most common 40 0
Flee Dagger, Mage Masher, Zorlin Shape,
Ultima Weapon, Germinas Boots		 Instantly escape from battle but at the cost of 10% of the Gil reward the party wold have won. 40 0
Lucky Seven Gladius, Exploda, Rune Tooth, The Tower,
Thief Hat		 If Zidane's current HP ends is a 7, attack inflicts either 7, 77, 777 or 7777 damage to a single
enemy. If Zidane's HP does not end in 7, inflicts 1 damage.		 85 6
Sacrifice Exploda, Masamune Zidane reduces his HP and MP to 0 in order to fully restore other party members HP and MP. 55 32
Soul Blade The Ogre Inflicts a status aliment on a target; the status ailment is the same as what his currently equipped Thief Sword carries. 99% Accuracy with Thief Swords but Daggers will always miss. 35 6
Thievery Angel Bless, The Tower Inflicts damage based on how many successful steals the party has done.
Damage = ([Number of steals] * [Zidane's Speed stat]) / 2
Steals done by Blank, Marcus & Cinna count towards this number.		 100 8
What's That? Butterfly Sword Causes enemies to turn around allowing for a back attack. This also resets the enemy ATB bars. 40 2

Trance

Zidane's Trance changes his Skill command to Dyne.


Dyne increases Zidane's physical attack power and gives new attacks that correspond to Skills he has learned.


Zidane has so learn a Skill to aquire the corresponding Dyne.
Name Skill Required MP Description
Free Energy Flee 10 Five physical attacks on the target.
Each attack is represented by a different Terran letter.
Damage is 150% of Zidane's regular physical attack.
Grand Lethal Thievery 60 Several beams of light from Zidane attack all enemies.
Damage is 400% of Zidane's regular physical attack.
Meo Twister Sacrifice 32 All enemies are hit from above by several blasts of energy.
Damage is 250% of Zidane's regular physical attack.
Scoop Art What's That? 14 Beams of energy hit a single target.
Damage is 200% of Zidane's regular physical attack.
Shift Break Soul Blade 16 All enemies are hit from below by a vortex.
Damage is 200% of Zidane's regular physical attack.
Solution 9 Lucky Seven 48 Red symbols fly past a single target leaving explosive energy as the pass.
Damage is 300% of Zidane's regular physical attack.
Stellar Circle 5 Annoy 24 A tornado forms which hits a single target.
Damage is 250% of Zidane's regular physical attack.
Tidal Flame Detect 12 A wave of fire hits all targets.
Damage is 150% of Zidane's regular physical attack.

Ultimate Weapon - Ultima Weapon

Zidane's Ultimate Weapon is called Ultima Weapon.


The weapon can be found in the sea the the location that the Shimmering Island used to be after it disappears.
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