Leather Shirt (Final Fantasy IX)

The Leather Shirt is an early game light armor piece in Final Fantasy IX that everyone but Steiner and Freya can wear. It teaches Protect Girls, which lets Zidane take damage instead of female allies. The Leather Shirt is used in synthesis.
==Obtain==
The Leather Shirt is bought from Dali for 270 gil. It is the weakest light body armor.
==Mechanics==
The Leather Shirt provides 6 Defense, minorly mitigating damage from physical attacks.
==Use==
The player can equip the Leather Shirt onto Zidane until he can get the superior Leather Plate from Lindblum. Vivi and Dagger may rather use the Silk Shirt, though as a downside, they will be weak to Fire when wearing it.
The Leather Shirt teaches Zidane Protect Girls, which can be useful when he is in the party alongside Dagger, Freya, and Eiko.
The Leather Shirt can be used in synthesis to make the Desert Boots add-on when they get to Lindblum.
The guest characters from Tantalus can also wear the Leather Shirt. Cinna and Blank are in the party too early for the player to be able to equip them with the Leather Shirt in a normal playthrough, but Marcus can wear it during the time he is traveling with Dagger and Steiner.
Category:Armor in Final Fantasy IX