Edgar (Final Fantasy VI party member)

Edgar is a playable character in Final Fantasy VI. He is playable throughout the World of Balance and one of the required party members to be recruited in the World of Ruin. As a Machinist, Edgar wields advanced Tools in battle to attack enemies.
==Battle==
===Stats===
Edgar has very high physical stats, with Strength, Stamina, and Defense that are higher than average among the cast. His Evasion and Magic Evasion are very poor, and at 30 Speed he is tied with Gogo as the third-slowest character in the game, behind Cyan and Strago. His Magic stat is also subpar.
Edgar's unique abilities are divided between dealing physical or magical damage. Because of Edgar's greatly superior Strength over his Magic, and his magical options being subpar later in the game, it is optimal to train his Strength through level up bonuses.
Name 	Initial Stats
Strength 	39
Speed 	30
Stamina 	34
Magic 	29
Attack 	20
Defense 	50
Evasion 	4%
Magic Defense 	22
Magic Evasion 	1%
Escape Success 	4
HP Gain 	49
MP Gain 	6
Level Averaging	+2
Level	HP 	MP 	EXP 	+
1 	49 	6 	0 	
2 	60 	10 	32 	
3 	72 	14 	96 	
4 	86 	19 	208 	
5 	103 	24 	400 	
6 	123 	30 	672 	
7 	145 	36 	1056 	
8 	169 	43 	1552 	
9 	195 	51 	2184 	
10 	222 	59 	2976 	
11 	250 	68 	3936 	
12 	280 	77 	5080 	
13 	315 	87 	6432 	
14 	354 	97 	7992 	
15 	398 	107	9784 	
16 	448 	117	11840 	
17 	502 	127	14152 	
18 	559 	138	16736 	
19 	620 	149	19616 	
20 	685 	160	22832 	
21 	752 	171	26360 	
22 	821 	182	30232 	
23 	893 	194	34456 	
24 	969 	206	39056 	
25 	1048	218	44072 	
26 	1130	230	49464 	
27 	1216	242	55288 	
28 	1306	255	61568 	
29 	1401	268	68304 	
30 	1500	281	75496 	
31 	1600	294	83184 	
32 	1701	307	91384 	
33 	1803	321	100088 	
34 	1905	335	109344 	
35 	2008	349	119136 	
36 	2112	363	129504 	
37 	2218	377	140464 	
38 	2325	392	152008 	
39 	2433	407	164184 	
40 	2543	422	176976 	
41 	2654	437	190416 	
42 	2767	452	204520 	
43 	2881	468	219320 	
44 	2997	484	234808 	
45 	3114	500	251000 	
46 	3233	516	267936 	
47 	3353	532	285600 	
48 	3475	549	304040 	
49 	3600	566	323248 	
50 	3728	583	343248 	
51 	3858	599	364064 	
52 	3989	614	385696 	
53 	4122	628	408160 	
54 	4256	641	431488 	
55 	4392	653	455680 	
56 	4529	664	480776 	
57 	4668	674	506760 	
58 	4810	683	533680 	
59 	4954	691	561528 	
60 	5099	698	590320 	
61 	5246	704	620096 	
62 	5394	709	650840 	
63 	5544	714	682600 	
64 	5696	720	715368 	
65 	5849	726	749160 	
66 	6004	733	784016 	
67 	6160	740	819920 	
68 	6318	747	856920 	
69 	6478	755	895016 	
70 	6640	763	934208 	
71 	6800	771	974536 	
72 	6955	779	1016000	
73 	7106	787	1058640	
74 	7251	794	1102456	
75 	7391	801	1147456	
76 	7527	808	1193648	
77 	7659	814	1241080	
78 	7785	820	1289744	
79 	7905	826	1339672	
80 	8022	832	1390872	
81 	8135	837	1443368	
82 	8245	842	1497160	
83 	8353	847	1552264	
84 	8458	852	1608712	
85 	8560	857	1666512	
86 	8660	862	1725688	
87 	8758	867	1786240	
88 	8853	873	1848184	
89 	8945	879	1911552	
90 	9035	885	1976352	
91 	9123	891	2042608	
92 	9210	897	2110320	
93 	9295	904	2179504	
94 	9378	912	2250192	
95 	9460	921	2322392	
96 	9540	931	2396128	
97 	9623	942	2471400	
98 	9709	954	2548224	
99 	9797	967	2637112	
===Equipment===
Edgar is mostly geared to heavy equipment, with some light options. He begins with a Mythril Sword, Buckler, Leather Cap and Leather Armor. He can equip all swords, spears, shields, and heavy armor, as well as some daggers and hats.
For the World of Balance, Edgar's equipment draw is unnotable and none of his weapons offer any particularly important utility, though this is not a great concern as he'll likely be using his unique command set in battle instead of attacking. Conversely, in the World of Ruin, Edgar's ability declines in usefulness, and his equipment options become more important. As one of only two characters in the game able to use spears, Edgar makes a natural choice to build as a Dragoon, using the Dragoon Boots and Dragon Horn to perform multiple Jump attacks. Edgar's spears get a 3x damage bonus when using Jump as opposed to other weapons that have a 2x damage bonus, letting him deal heavy damage. Unfortunately his ultimate weapon, the Longinus, does not have this 3x bonus.
A downside to this is that beyond the Longinus, the best spears in the game are the Radiant Lance, which is won from Demon at the end of Kefka's Tower, and then the Holy Lance, which is innately holy-elemental. Thus for much of the game, if the party is facing enemies resistant to or immune to holy, Edgar's offensive utility is greatly compromised; he'll either need to equip either non-spear weapons that don't get the 3x Jump damage bonus, or the Partisan, which is comparatively low-powered in the more difficult areas of the World of Ruin.
Defensively, Edgar's equipment offers him good defenses but not much in the way of stat bonuses. The Royal Crown and Red Jacket that are exclusive to Edgar and Sabin provide strong protection with helpful stat bonuses, and Edgar also has the Genji Armor.
====Weapons====
Daggers	Swords	Spears	Universal
*Dagger
*Mythril Knife
*Man-Eater
*Gladius	 	
*Mythril Spear
*Trident
*Heavy Lance
*Golden Spear
*Partisan
*Holy Lance
*Radiant Lance
*Longinus	
*Impartisan
*Unarmed
====Armor====
Shields	Helmets	Body Armor
 	 	
*Leather Armor
*Iron Armor
*Mythril Vest
*Mythril Mail
*Golden Armor
*Diamond Vest
*Diamond Armor
*Mirage Vest
*Red Jacket
*Crystal Mail
*Force Armor
*Genji Armor
*Reed Cloak
===Abilities===
Edgar's unique ability is Tools, which allows him to attack enemies with various specialized weapons. The Auto Crossbow is acquired when Edgar joins the party, most others are sold at Figaro Castle. The Noiseblaster and Bio Blaster are sold at the castle when the party first arrives there, and also in the South Figaro weapon shop. After the Battle for the Frozen Esper at Narshe, Figaro Castle sells the Drill and Flash. In the World of Ruin, Figaro Castle also sells the Debilitator, but South Figaro sells none at all. The last two Tools, the Chainsaw and Air Anchor, cannot be purchased and must be found.
Edgar's Tools afford him terrific offensive utility in the World of Balance. The Auto Crossbow is strong enough to wipe out many enemy encounters in a single volley, and if the player finds the Hyper Wrist and/or Gigas Glove in South Figaro and Mt. Kolts, respectively, they greatly boost Edgar's physical damage and make Auto Crossbow even stronger. Against enemies more resistant to physical blows the Bio Blaster deals magical damage, and the Noise Blaster inflicts Confuse on all enemies.
Around the time of Zozo and the trip to Vector, enemies will become a bit too strong for Edgar to dispatch them in one attack, but Tools remains effective all the same and the Flash is another magical attack, very helpful against the enemies in the Magitek Research Facility that have high physical defenses. Additionally, the Drill and Chainsaw give Edgar the means to do great damage against single targets, and it is not uncommon to see him deal well over a thousand damage with them. With the Drill, Edgar can continue to pull his weight throughout the World of Balance.
In the World of Ruin, Edgar's Tools become far less effective. While the Drill remains a simple but viable option in most fights, a spell cast against an enemy's weakness will likely do just as much damage if not more, and Edgar's other Tools are simply too low power to be efficient. His "ultimate" Tool, the Air Anchor, is merely an Instant Death attack, which the Death spell can do the same and does not need to wait for the enemy to attack before it takes effect. The Debilitator's use is dubious throughout the game, as the weakness it afflicts enemies with is random and it may take several turns before they receive a weakness that is useful to exploit.
At this time Edgar must rely on the utility given by his equipment draw to keep up with party members who will acquire increasingly powerful spells and unique abilities. However, if the player intends to use him and keeps training his Strength via level-up bonuses, the Drill never becomes entirely useless and can still deal several thousand damage to a target without concern for defenses or elemental affinities.
Edger's Desperation Attack is Royal Shock, which deals magical damage to one enemy.
==Quests==
===Recruitment===
In the World of Balance, Edgar joins the party at Figaro Castle and is a required party member through the Lethe River. During the Three Scenarios, he is a party member with Terra and Banon. After the Battle for the Frozen Esper, Edgar is available as a party member for the rest of the World of Balance.
In the World of Ruin Edgar joins the party during the battle with the Tentacles in the basement of Figaro Castle. When the battle begins Edgar will automatically equip himself with the strongest weapon and armor in the player's inventory that he can equip. Once the Falcon has been raised, Edgar is optional as a party member for all other quests.
Because only Edgar, Celes and Setzer need to be recruited to acquire the Falcon, the player could hypothetically immediately enter Kefka's Tower and defeat the final boss using only them. This is known in the fandom community as a "CES challenge".
===Story role===
If Edgar is the current leader of the party, the merchants in Figaro Castle and South Figaro will give the party a 50% discount. The merchants in Figaro will protest if Edgar is in the party before doing business, but will not give the discount unless he is the leader.
If Edgar and Sabin are in the party together when revisiting Figaro Castle, when the party enters the courtyard a scene will occur of Sabin leaving the party to look around. If the party rests at the castle, this will trigger a scene of Sabin and Edgar's past. The scene has no practical benefit, it is entirely story related. It can be viewed in either the World of Balance or the World of Ruin, or skipped.
When the party meets Setzer, Edgar will attempt to use his royal status to bribe him to help them if he is present. Additionally, when Celes challenges Setzer to a coin toss, she will borrow Edgar's two-headed coin. If Sabin is also in the party, there is a brief additional line of dialogue where he reacts to realizing Edgar's deception with the coin.
When the party dresses up Gau to meet his father, Edgar will have dialogue in the scene if he has been recruited and is in the party when initiating the sidequest at Gau's father's house.
Edgar and Sabin share a scene in the ending when the party flees Kefka's Tower. Thus if Sabin was not re-recruited, the scene will be different. Edgar, along with Celes and Setzer, also play a role in Relm's ending scene if Strago was not recruited.
==Gallery==
FF6EdgarSprites.PNG|Sprite sheet of Edgar (SNES/PS/GBA).
FF6 iOS Edgar Sprites.png|Sprite sheet of Edgar (Mobile/PC).
Edgar Tool Sprites SNES.png|Sprite sheet of Edgar using his Tools (SNES/PS/GBA).
Edgar Spellcasting Animation.gif|Animated sprite of Edgar casting a spell (SNES/PS/GBA).
Edgar Spellcasting Animation FF6 IOS.gif|Animated sprite of Edgar casting a spell (Mobile/PC).
Edgar from FFVI Pixel Remaster spellcasting sprite.gif|Animated sprite of Edgar casting a spell (Pixel Remaster).
FF6SNES Edgar Victory Pose.gif|Animated sprite of Edgar's victory pose (SNES/PS/GBA).
Edgar Victory Animation FF6 IOS.gif|Animated sprite of Edgar's victory pose (Mobile/PC).
Edgar from FFVI Pixel Remaster victory sprite.gif|Animated sprite of Edgar's victory pose (Pixel Remaster).
FFVI Royal Shock.PNG|Royal Shock.
Category:Character gameplay in Final Fantasy VI