Shiva

Category:Summoning MagicCategory:Avatars
Category:Pets
Category:Avatars
Category:Summoning Magic
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:Summons to fight by your side.
==Description==
Spell cost: 7 MP (initial; See Avatar Perpetuation Costs)
Spell element: 
Magic skill: Summoning Magic
Jobs: Summoner Level 1	
==Timers==
Casting Time:7 seconds
Recast Time: 30 seconds
==Notes==
*Resistant to wind- and ice-based damage and enfeebling effects, including a very high resistance to Paralysis.
*Weak against fire-based damage and enfeebling 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.
==Avatar Abilities==
's Blood Pacts are all -based.
===Blood Pact: Rage===
Blood Pact 	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===
Blood Pact 	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.
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
== Avatar Information ==
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.
Summoners can acquire the ability to summon the avatar Shiva by defeating Shiva Prime in either the Trial Size Trial by Ice quest at level 20, or the Trial by Ice quest at a much higher level (65+).
== Other Information ==
*Shiva of Indian-god fame is male, but the incarnation used by Square Enix in Final Fantasy XI, and all other Final Fantasy games is female.
*Shiva is also the name of a Jewish prophet.
=== See Also ===
*The Ice Queen Shiva-A Tragedy of Treason
== Historical Background ==
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.
Followers of Hinduism who focus their worship upon Shiva are called Shaivites or Shaivas (Sanskrit Śaiva). Shaivism, along with Vaiṣṇava traditions that focus on Vishnu and Śākta traditions that focus on the goddess Shakti are three of the most influential denominations in Hinduism.
Shiva is usually worshipped in the abstract form of Shiva linga. In images, he is generally represented as immersed in deep meditation or dancing the Tandava upon Maya, the demon of ignorance in his manifestation of Nataraja, the lord of the dance.