Samurai Soul

The Samurai Soul, also known as KatanaSoul or KatnSoul, is a boss in Final Fantasy VI. It is fought in the Ancient Castle in a side passage and guards one of the most useful relics. Despite what its name might suggest, the Samurai Soul is not an undead enemy.
== Stats ==
== Battle ==
Samurai Soul attacks by using Gale Cut and by throwing Flame Scrolls, Water Scrolls, and Lightning Scrolls, doing heavy damage to the entire party every turn. If struck by magic three times, it counters by throwing a powerful katana, then using Gil Toss. If attacked normally six times, it uses Assassin Blade, an Instant Death attack that ignores immunity. After enough time passes, the Samurai Soul gains the image, reflect, and haste statuses, making it even more deadly.
The Samurai Soul drops the valuable Master's Scroll when defeated, a relic that lets the holder attack four times in a single turn.
=== Strategy ===
Though its list of abilities is impressive, the Samurai Soul has two crippling weaknesses. It can be poisoned, so using Bio on it will eventually cause it to take several thousand damage a turn. It is also vulnerable to confuse, which causes Samurai Soul to use Assassin Blade on itself, killing it. Sketching it with Relm may also work to use Assassin Blade.
== Formations ==
Number	Enemies 	Encounter flags 	Encounter flags 	Encounter flags 	Encounter flags 	Introduction flag 	Musical theme 	Magic AP
Number	Enemies 	Normal 	Back 	Surrounded 	Side 	Introduction flag 	Musical theme 	Magic AP
 	Samurai Soul 	 	 	 	 	Sides, individual 	The Decisive Battle 	5
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== AI script ==
Attack Turns:
1st Turn: Water Scroll (33%) or Attack (33%) or Gale Cut (33%)
2nd Turn: Attack (33%) or Lightning Scroll (33%) or Shockwave (33%)
3rd Turn: Lightning Scroll (33%) or Flame Scroll (33%) or Water Scroll (33%)
4th Turn: Attack (33%) or 1000 Needles (33%) or Flame Scroll (33%)
If Timer >= 40 (only done once per battle):
:Monster flashes
:Display message: Samurai Soul's power increases!
:Gains Blink, Reflect, and Haste status
If attacked by "Attack": Attack (33%)
:Increase Var1 by 1
If attacked by "Magic" or "Lore": Attack (33%)
:Increase Var3 by 1
If Var3 >= 3:
:1st Turn: Throw: Ashura or Kunai
:2nd Turn: Target: All Characters
::Gil Toss (100%)
::Set Var3 = 0
If Var1 >= 6:
:Set Var1 = 0
:Target: Random Player
:Assassin Blade (100%)
== Other appearances ==
=== Pictlogica Final Fantasy ===
== Gallery ==
Shockwave.png|Shockwave.
FFVI IOS Samurai Soul.png|The battle in the 2014 version.
== Etymology ==
It has also been known as Katana Soul. 
The monster's name is unusually spelled entirely in katakana much like the title of Samurai Spirits, the fighting game franchise known in the West as Samurai Showdown. It is likely a reference to it.
== Related enemies ==
* Samurai
* Yojimbo
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