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Description
Brilliant armor made of diamond.
Type
Armor
Absorb
42
Evade Penalty
−10%
Value
30,000 gil (30,000 gil on Easy)
Found In
Sunken Shrine 4F
The Diamond Armor is second to none in terms of Defense for your Knight. A nice upgrade over the Ice Armor and Flame Mail, the Diamond Armor also grants resistance against Lightning, which can come in handy in the Sunken Shrine when you run into Water Nagas. If you want to give your Knight resistance to Fire or Ice, have him use the Ice or Flame Shield, because the Diamond Armor is a bigger upgrade than the Diamond Shield.
Description
Helmet made of diamond.
Type
Helm
Absorb
8
Evade Penalty
−3%
Value
5,000 gil (5,000 gil on Easy)
Found In
Sunken Shrine 5F
Unlike the Diamond Armor and Shield, the Diamond Helm offers no elemental resistance, but it is a slight upgrade from the Mythril Helm for your Knight. No helm in the game offers more Defense.
Description
Gloves made of diamond.
Type
Gloves
Absorb
8
Evade Penalty
−3%
Value
10,000 gil (10,000 gil on Easy)
Found In
Flying Fortress 2F, Sunken Shrine 5F
The DiamondGloves offer the same Defense as the Protect Ring, but without resistance to Death, and with two more points of Weight. You can give them to your Knight to save money, but in the long run you are better off using a Protect Ring. In addition, if you are trying to follow the NES version's Armor slot restrictions, you may want to wear the Giant's Gloves or Gauntlets instead, at the cost of 2 Defense.
Description
Decorative armlet with a diamond inset.
Type
Armor
Absorb
34
Evade Penalty
−1%
Value
32,500 gil (32,500 gil on Easy)
Found In
Sunken Shrine 5F
The DiamondArmlet has the best Defense available on body Armor for every Class except the Knight and Ninja, but unfortunately there's only one in the game. Usually you will give it to either your second-slot character (if he is not a Ninja) or your healer to keep them alive. At 10 Defense more than the Ruby Armlet or Black or White Robes, the DiamondArmlet is a powerful piece of Armor.
The Opal Shield, like the Opal Armor, offers resistance to Lightning. Like the rest of the Opal equipment, though, it is only usable by KNIGHTS, meaning NINJAS can't gain Lightning resistance without a Ribbon. The Opal Shield is a 4 Absorb upgrade over the Flame and Ice Shields, but you may still want to use them to gain resistance to Fire or Cold in certain Areas.
Attack
4
Evasion Bonus
+7%
×(Icon)Shield skill + 1
Type
(Icon)Shield
Accuracy
-
Magic Penalty
70%
Value
4,000 gil
Found In
Leviathan 3F
Dropped By
Adamantoise, Black Knight
The Diamond Shield is likely the last of the four elemental shields you'll find, unless an Adamantoise drops one earlier in the game. This one resists Lightning, which is pretty useful in the Leviathan and the Mysidian Tower.
Type
Icon
Shield
Price
3,500 GP
Value
1,750 GP
Defense
40
Evade %
10 (not used)
Mag.Def
27
MBlock%
0
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