Amarant (Final Fantasy IX gameplay)

Amarant is a playable character and a boss in Final Fantasy IX. He is the last party member to join. His special ability is Throw, which allows him to throw a weapon—either an equipable weapon or a special throwing weapon—at an enemy to deal heavy damage. His skillset is Flair, which has abilities for both offense and defense. His versatility makes him a good party member to include for taking on the game's toughest challenges, such as Ozma or the final boss.
His victory pose is to sit cross-legged, arms folded, and head bowed. He will not pose until after the player clears the Ipsen's Castle dungeon as part of the story.
==Party member==
===Abilities===
====Support abilities====
Amarant learns skills that enhance his physical fighting abilities, such as the HP-boost abilities, Killer abilities, Cover and counterattack skills. His Counter ability takes longer to learn compared to the other characters, but all his weapons have Counter. Unusual among the physical fighters, he learns Return Magic and Healer. His unique skills are Power Throw and Power Up that power up his special skills, Throw and Chakra.
Name 	Learned From 	AP
Auto-Reflect 	Reflect Ring 	85
Auto-Float 	Venetia Shield, Feather Boots 	35
Auto-Haste 	Running Shoes 	70
Auto-Regen 	Brave Suit, Carabini Mail 	35
Auto-Life 	Rebirth Ring 	140
HP+10% 	Judo Uniform, Germinas Boots, Aquamarine 	10
HP+20% 	Mantra Band, Adaman Hat, Black Belt 	40
Accuracy+ 	Power Wrist, Lapis Lazuli 	30
Long Reach 	Protect Ring 	210
MP Attack 	Red Hat, Battle Boots, Power Belt 	60
Bird Killer 	Adaman Hat, Yellow Scarf 	10
Bug Killer 	Mythril Armlet 	10
Stone Killer 	Adaman Vest, Power Vest 	10
Undead Killer 	N-Kai Armlet, Headgear, Ritual Hat 	10
Devil Killer 	Chain Plate, Demon's Vest 	10
Beast Killer 	Leather Wrist, Egoist's Armlet, Flash Hat, Black Belt, Moonstone 	10
Man Eater 	Bandana, Coronet, Coral Ring 	10
Healer 	Anklet, Garnet 	40
Add Status 	Bone Wrist, Chimera Armlet, Bracer, Twist Headband, Glass Buckle 	20
Gamble Defense	Twist Headband, Adaman Hat, Power Vest 	35
Power Throw 	Bracer 	125
Power Up 	Golden Skullcap 	30
High Tide 	Jade Armlet, Dark Hat, Gaia Gear, Sapphire 	60
Counter 	Cat's Claws, Poison Knuckles, Mythril Claws, Scissor Fangs, Dragon's Claws, Tiger Fangs, Avenger, Kaiser Knuckles, Duel Claws, Ritual Hat, Power Vest, Anklet, Power Belt	240
Cover 	Red Hat 	90
Eye 4 Eye 	Flash Hat, Ninja Gear 	50
Body Temp 	Jade Armlet, Madain's Ring, Fairy Earrings, Diamond 	30
Alert 	Ninja Gear, Germinas Boots 	30
Level Up 	Egoist's Armlet, Rosetta Ring, Fairy Earrings 	50
Ability Up 	Green Beret, Brigandine, Ribbon, Lapis Lazuli 	80
Flee-Gil 	Wrist, Desert Boots, Gold Choker 	30
Insomniac 	Bandana, Gaia Gear, Coral Ring 	20
Antibody 	Glass Armlet, Mantra Band, Survival Vest, Glass Buckle 	25
Bright Eyes 	Ritual Hat 	25
Restore HP 	Brave Suit, Promist Ring 	75
Jelly 	Dragon Wrist, Dark Hat, Circlet, Bronze Vest, Dragon Wrist 	15
Return Magic 	Coronet, Brigandine 	170
Auto-Potion 	Mythril Vest, Demon's Vest, Running Shoes, Gold Choker 	30
Locomotion 	Anklet, Golden Skullcap, Survival Vest, Demon's Vest, Ninja Gear 	20
Clear Headed 	Green Beret, Circlet, Dark Gear, Magician Shoes 	30
====Flair====
Amarant's skillset is Flair, which can be used for offense (raw damage or to inflict status ailments) or defense (healing HP/MP and revive), making him versatile in battle, and allowing him to switch between attack and support.
====Throw====
Amarant can throw equipable weapons, Pinwheels, Rising Suns, and Wing Edges. He can also throw the otherwise-unusable Save the Queen.
The amount of damage Throw does is based on the following formula:
:Base = Thrown~Weapon's~Attack~Power \times 2 - Target's~Defense
:Bonus = Strength ... [(Level + Strength) / 8] + Strength
:Damage = Base \times Bonus
Throw will do 1 damage if Amarant is in Mini status, and half damage if hitting a target with Protect. The bonus is 50% greater if the target is an aerial enemy, or if Amarant is equipped with the Power Throw ability.
====Trance====
In Trance, Flair becomes Elan. It is identical to his Flair abilities, but affects all targets, either enemies or allies.
===Stats===
Amarant has excellent physical stats, surpassing Zidane in HP and Strength.
Blank is an early temporary character whose raw level (but not his statistical growth) Amarant later inherits should Blank's level exceed the party average upon Amarant joining.
===Equipment===
In battle, Amarant uses various knuckles, claws, and fist weaponry. His ultimate weapon is Rune Claws, found in Memoria.
For armor he equips hats, armlets, and light armor.
;Hats
*Straw Hat
*Leather Hat
*Headgear
*Feather Hat
*Steepled Hat
*Magus Hat
*Bandana
*Ritual Hat
*Twist Headband
*Mantra Band
*Dark Hat
*Green Beret
*Red Hat
*Black Hood
*Golden Hairpin
*Adaman Hat
*Coronet
*Flash Hat
*Thief Hat
*Golden Skullcap
*Circlet
;Armlets
*Pearl Armlet
*Wrist
*Leather Wrist
*Glass Armlet
*Bone Wrist
*Mythril Armlet
*Egoist's Armlet
*Chimera Armlet
*Thief Gloves
*N-Kai Armlet
*Jade Armlet
*Dragon Wrist
*Power Wrist
*Bracer
;Light armor
*Aloha T-shirt
*Leather Shirt
*Leather Plate
*Bronze Vest
*Chain Plate
*Mythril Vest
*Adaman Vest
*Survival Vest
*Brigandine
*Judo Uniform
*Gaia Gear
*Power Vest
*Demon's Vest
*Ninja Gear
*Dark Gear
*Brave Suit
;Add-ons
*Anklet
*Battle Boots
*Black Belt
*Coral Ring
*Dark Matter
*Desert Boots
*Fairy Earrings
*Feather Boots
*Germinas Boots
*Glass Buckle
*Gold Choker
*Madain's Ring
*Magician Shoes
*Power Belt
*Promist Ring
*Protect Ring
*Pumice
*Pumice Piece
*Rebirth Ring
*Reflect Ring
*Ribbon
*Rosetta Ring
*Running Shoes
*Sandals
*Yellow Scarf
*Jewels
==Boss and enemy==
Zidane fights Amarant as a boss under the name "Scarlet Hair" in Madain Sari. After being defeated, Zidane invites him to the party.
A mirror copy of Amarant is also fought as a random encounter as spawned by the Epitaph if he is in the party when in Oeilvert; the mirror does maximum damage to Amarant but normal to everyone else.
==Quests==
Amarant is the last party member to join. He joins after the party fells Soulcage and returns to Madain Sari, where Amarant challenges Zidane to a duel and then joins after losing, though he will not pose after victorious battles until after completing Ipsen's Castle as part of the story. Amarant is never the party leader.
The conversation with Amarant changes slightly when he is confronting Zidane at Madain Sari's Eidolon Wall, based on whether the player read his wanted poster in Treno earlier. It does not matter if it was read as Steiner or as Dagger.
During the time the party splits to tackle all elemental shrines simultaneously, Freya and Amarant head to the Fire Shrine and face the Fire Guardian. The scenario is not playable. During the "You're Not Alone" segment, Freya and Amarant join Zidane for the set battle against Amdusias.
==References==
Category:Character gameplay in Final Fantasy IX