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The Opal Armor is second to none in terms of Absorb for your KNIGHT. A nice upgrade over the Ice and Flame Armors, the Opal Armor also grants resistance to Lightning, which can come in handy in the Sunken Shrine when you run into NAGAS. If you want to give your KNIGHT resistance to Fire or Cold, have him use the Ice or Flame Shield, because the Opal Armor is a bigger upgrade than the Opal Shield.
Unlike the Opal Armor and Shield, the Opal Helmet offers no elemental resistance, but it is a slight upgrade from the Silver Helmet for your KNIGHT. No Helmet in the game offers more Absorb.
The Opal Gauntlet offers the same Absorb as the ProRing, but without resistance to Death, and with two more points of Evade penalty. You can give them to your KNIGHT to save money, but in the long run you are better off using a ProRing. The only other Gauntlet you may want anyone to wear is the Zeus Gauntlet, for its LIT2 power, though it has 2 less Absorb.
The Opal Bracelet has the best Absorb available on body armor for every class except the KNIGHT and NINJA, but unfortunately there's only one in the game. Usually you will want to give it to either your second-slot character (if he is not a NINJA) or your healer, to keep them alive. At 10 Absorb more than the Gold Bracelet or Black or White Robes, the Opal Bracelet is a powerful piece of armor.
The ORB of Wind
Page
4
Climb the five levels of the Floating Castle and face TIAMAT, the Fiend guarding the ORB of Wind.
The ORB of Water
Page
3
Use the OXYALE to explore the upper floors of the Sunken Shrine to find the SLAB and other treasures.
Description
Shield made of diamond.
Type
Shield
Absorb
16
Value
7,500 gil (7,500 gil on Easy)
Found In
Flying Fortress 2F, Sunken Shrine 5F
The Diamond Shield, like the Diamond Armor, offers resistance to Lightning. Like the rest of the Diamond equipment, though, it is only usable by Knights, so Ninjas can't gain Lightning resistance without a Ribbon. The Diamond Shield is a 4 Defense upgrade over the Flame and Ice Shields, but you may still want to use them to gain resistance to Fire or Ice 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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