Shiva

Shiva
Type	Summoning
Description	Summons Shiva to fight by your side
Cost	7 MP
Element	Ice
Jobs	Level 1 Summoner
Casting Time	5 seconds
Recast Time	5 seconds

Notes

• Shiva is subject to a perpetuation cost based on the level of the Summoner. See Avatar Perpetuation Cost.
  • Shiva's perpetuation cost starts at 3 MP/3s at level 1, becoming 15 MP/3s at level 99, before Refresh or Auto-Refresh effects.
• Using Avatar's Favor with Shiva active creates an aura granting Shiva's Favor (Magic Attack Bonus +) to party members within the area of effect.
• Resistant to wind- and ice-based damage and enfeebling effects.
• Weak against fire-based damage and enfeebling effects.

Avatar Abilities

Shiva's Blood Pacts are all ice-based.

Blood Pact: Rage

Name	Level	MP	S/T1	Description	Comment
Diamond Dust	1	LVx2	T	Required MP: Caster's level x2. Uses all MP and deals ice elemental damage to enemies within Area of Effect.	Available during Astral Flow only.
Axe Kick	1	10	S	Deals physical damage.
Blizzard II	10	24	T	Deals ice elemental damage.	Damage varies with TP.
Double Slap	50	96	S	Delivers a twofold attack.
Blizzard IV	60	118	T	Deals ice elemental damage.	Damage varies with TP.
Rush	70	164		Delivers a fivefold attack.
Heavenly Strike	75 (Merit)	182	T	Deals ice damage to an enemy. Varies with TP. Additional merits add a 40% TP Bonus effect per merit level.

Blood Pact: Ward

Name	Level	MP	S/T1	Description	Comment
Frost Armor	28	63		Gives party members within Area of Effect the effect of "Ice Spikes."	Lasts 90 seconds. Each summoning magic skill level over the current skill level cap will add three seconds to the duration.
Sleepga	39	56		Puts all enemies within Area of Effect to sleep.	Equal to the black magic Sleepga. Will not overwrite and is overwritten by Sleepga II.
Diamond Storm	90	138		Reduces Evasion for enemies within Area of Effect.
Crystal Blessing	99	201		Confers a TP Bonus on party members within area of effect.

¹ S/T column indicates whether a particular Blood Pact participates in Skillchains (S) or uses TP (T). Blood Pacts that use TP can be used as a Magic Burst; however, Astral Flow can also Magic Burst even though it does not use TP.

How to Obtain

Quests

• Trial by Ice
• Trial Size Trial by Ice

Vana'delian Background

The queen of winter, said to have dominion over the glaciers of the north. Shiva aids the summoner with her command over cold and ice.

See Also

• The Ice Queen Shiva-A Tragedy of Treason

Derivations

Shiva (also Siva) (pronounced /ˈʃiːvə/; Sanskrit: शिव, Śiva; IPA: [ˈɕiʋə]; meaning "Auspicious one"), is a major Hindu deity, and the Destroyer or transformer of the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. In the Shaiva tradition of Hinduism, Shiva is seen as the Supreme Being. In the Smarta tradition, he is regarded as one of the five primary forms of God.

Shiva is also the name of a Jewish prophet.

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