Shiva (VII Remake)

Shiva is a summoning materia in Final Fantasy VII Remake. It summons Shiva, the lady of ice with pale skin clad in silver jewelry and lingerie. Her hip-length teal hair is tied in a high ponytail, she has pointed ears with large hoop earrings, and pale blue eyes. She is clad in metallic lingerie with a crystal in shape of an icicle hanging down from her bra over her navel. A long chiffon scarf is wrapped around her neck, chest and groin and flutters behind her when she flies. Her design is based on the Shiva from the original Final Fantasy VII but with with cooler color tones (her scarf is blue rather than pink) and metallic accessories. She now has an anklet, toe ring, bracelets, choker, earrings, headband and a thigh cuff.
Her loading screen description appears to allude to a legend on how the Great Glacier formed around the North Crater, a great ancient "wound" to the planet.
==Obtained==
Completing Combat Simulation: Shiva in Chadley's VR Missions earns her materia. She is first available to fight in Chapter 8, "Budding Bodyguard".
==Abilities==
Ability	ATB cost	Effect 	Description
 	1 	Icicles deal ice-elemental magic damage to a target and nearby enemies. Greatly boosts stagger. 	Deal ice damage to nearby enemies. Significantly increases stagger.
 	2 	Shiva drops a block of ice on a target, also damaging nearby enemies. Greatly boosts stagger but is slow and can miss.	Conjure a great glacier and bring it down upon an enemy's head. Significantly increases stagger.
 	- 	Ice damage against all opponents. Shiva encases foes in an ice cocoon and blows a kiss to shatter it. 	-
==Boss==
Shiva is fought in Chadley's combat simulator to earn her summoning materia. She is ice-elemental, and thus the player can use to their advantage by either pairing it with in a weapon to deal more damage with every physical strike, or with in an armor to cut the damage Shiva inflicts with her frost. is a good offensive summoning materia to set up for this battle, as is for support, if available.
Shiva is also fought in the gauntlet to Pride and Joy Prototype superboss in the Shinra Combat Simulator in Chapter 17 during hard mode.
==Use==
:Role: Deals damage
:Element: Ice
:Ultimate Attack: Diamond Dust
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After acquiring the Shiva materia, the player can set it to any playable character's weapon and summon her in battle when the command becomes available. Summoning Shiva costs 1 ATB segment. She can be summoned only when there is enough space, though she doesn't require as much as Leviathan and Bahamut do. Shiva is best summoned against bosses who are weak to ice. When not commanded by the player, she does small damage to the player's target by conjuring icicles and shooting them, and projecting an ice crest that travels across the floor in a straight line to explode on the target.
Shiva's ATB moves can be used to stagger opponents, but Heavenly Strike has a slow start and thus may miss if the enemy moves out from its radius before the block of ice drops; Icicle Impact costs less ATB and is faster and is unlikely to miss. Heavenly Strike would be good against stopped or sleeping opponents.
If summoned against the Hell House, Kotch and Scotch will comment thusly:
:Kotch: Grab your coats, folks! You're gonna wanna bundle up for this! We've got the queen of ice herself coming in for a meet and greet. What a beauty!
:Scotch: That frosty stare could strike a man dead where he stands. Maybe I'll be the lucky victim!
==Gallery==
Shiva concept art from Final Fantasy VII Remake.png|Concept art.
Shiva from FFVII Remake.png|Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade.
Shiva summoned in FFVII Remake.png
Shiva uses an ice ability from FFVII Remake.jpg|Heavenly Strike.
Shiva closeup from FFVII Remake.png|Diamond Dust.
Shiva uses Diamond Dust from FFVII Remake.jpg|Diamond Dust.
Shiva in the menu from FFVII Remake.jpg|Menu.
Shiva loading screen from FFVII Remake.jpg|Loading screen.
==Etymology==
==References==
Category:Summoning materia in Final Fantasy VII Remake