Editing Gigas Shadow

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The '''Gigas Shadow''' is a [[Pureblood Heartless]] introduced in ''[[Kingdom Hearts Final Mix]]''.

==Design==
A Gigas Shadow has a vaguely humanoid body structure. It has a round, spherical head with circular, glowing yellow eyes. It also has two long, twisted antennae sprouting out of the top of its head. Each of its hands has three clawed fingers, and its feet are large and lack any distinguishable digits. With the exception of its eyes, this Heartless's body is completely pitch-black. The Gigas Shadow is practically identical to the basic [[Shadow]] and [[Mega-Shadow]] Heartless, but is much larger than either of its two relatives.

In ''Kingdom Hearts Final Mix'', they are simply normal sized Shadows that gradually grow to their limit, possibly a reference to [[Sora]]'s use of the shrinking potion. However, in ''Kingdom Hearts χ'' and ''Kingdom Hearts Dark Road'', they appear as a larger and chubbier version of the Shadow, having a slightly larger head proportionally, fatter antenna and limbs, and a rounder belly.

The Gigas Shadow's name refers to its massive size—"gigas" is a Greek word meaning "giant"—it is otherwise identical to the appearance of a normal Shadow.

==Strategy==
===''Kingdom Hearts Final Mix''===
Gigas Shadows only appear after three waves of Shadows have been defeated in the [[Bizarre Room]]. The first wave of Shadows is present on the field as soon as the area is entered, unlike other Heartless. They attack the same way normal Shadows do, but they do not become flat and move along floors. They are large and have much more [[HP]] than other Heartless in the area. They can quickly surround and swipe at Sora, but this can be avoided by moving into a corner on an elevated surface where only a few Gigas Shadows can attack at once.

If a Gigas Shadow manages to strike Sora, even just once, it will escape the fight, reducing the odds of winning a [[Fury Stone]]. Gigas Shadows will also eventually flee by phasing into the floor if they are left alone for a while, so Sora cannot delay too long in defeating them either if he wishes to collect any of their drops.

[[Aeroga]] and the slightly less effective [[Aerora]] can also be used to deflect oncoming attacks. Long-range techniques, like [[Blizzaga]] and [[Strike Raid]], can deal damage while keeping Sora away from the Gigas Shadows, or [[Sonic Blade]] can be used to strike multiple ones while stunning them with each it with the same full invincibility properties as the aforementioned Strike Raid. Alternately, cast [[Stopga]] to freeze the Gigas Shadows and attack them with Sonic Blade or Strike Raid.

Two summons to use however, are [[Dumbo]] for the early game, and as well as [[Mushu]] for the late game. Dumbo provides full invincibility for Sora and gives him room to [[Splash]] the Gigas Shadows at his leisure (can either move around to tag them continuously), while Mushu can continuously bombard any of the Gigas Shadows one-by-one with [[Fire Breath]] as Sora can keep running away from them; both methods can have them pour all the damage onto one Gigas Shadow to eliminate it before going for the next one.

However, both methods require sufficiently high enough MP to both make the Summons last longer and also increase their overall damage output. Remember to lock-on for each one if needed, especially with Mushu!
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{{atk|{{nihongo|'''Scratch Wild Dance'''|ひっかき乱舞|<br>Hikkaki Ranbu}}|None|Before rescue: 1<br>After rescue: 10|6|Repellable<br>(Recoil: 90)|Scratches continuously with both hands.}}
{{atk|{{nihongo|'''Jump Attack'''|ジャンプ攻撃|<br>Janpu Kōgeki}}|None|Before rescue: 1<br>After rescue: 10|4|Repellable<br>(Recoil: 40)|Scratches while jumping.}}
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===''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days''===
Gigas Shadows are relatively easy to defeat. They are only capable of a claw attack, a jump attack, and becoming flat and moving along the floor. Blocking a claw attack will do nothing, but [[block]]ing a jump attack will [[stun]] them temporarily, giving [[Roxas]] time to do a combo. Repeat this enough times and the Heartless will fall easily.
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{{Atk|{{nihongo|'''Scratch Attack'''|ひっかき攻撃|<br>Hikkaki Kōgeki}}
|{{AT|att}} —
|—
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|Scratches at the target.
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==Notes and references==
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