Shadow Commander (Family)

Small

Small Shadow Commander

	Shadow Mission		Mobilizing the Expeditionary Force
	Melee Hits	Running Speed	Detection Speed	Detection Range	Aggressive	Aggression	Element
	3	Fast	Fast	Far	Will attack unprovokedYes100	Unknown	None
	Skills	Smash Click this icon for the page on Smash.100 Counterattack Click this icon for the page on Counterattack.100 Defense Click this icon for the page on Defense.100 Instinctive Reaction Click this icon for the page on Instinctive Reaction.100 Lightning Bolt Click this icon for the page on Lightning Bolt.100 Life Drain Click this icon for the page on Life Drain.100 Summon Golem Click this icon for the page on Summon Golem.100
Mission Difficulty	Hit Points	Melee Damage	Ranged Damage	Def. (Prot.)	Experience	Gold	Combat Power
Basic	500	10-25	-	4 (1%)	700	?	1,400
Intermediate	1,000	16-40	-	14 (6%)	1,400	?	2,800
Advanced	2,000	27-67	-	34 (15%)	2,450	?	4,200
Hard	4,000	41-104	-	44 (20%)	4,900	?	5,600
Elite	8,000	66-165	-	64 (26%)	8,400	?	?
Drops Difficulty Equipment Misc. All None HP 10 Potion x1~4 MP 10 Potion x1~4 Stamina 10 Potion x1~4
Notes & Advice Notes Like the other enemies within the same mission, this version of the Shadow Commander is significantly weaker than normal. However, it still possesses the same abilities as other Shadow Commanders. Its Snow Golems are also the same power as those summoned by Shadow/Dark Commanders in other missions. Golems may be summoned at any time, more often below 50% HP. The Shadow Commander may summon Golems while being stunned/knocked back. Windmill is an exception to this. Advice Beware of its Golems, which are deceptively powerful. Otherwise, treat it as a slightly weaker Shadow Warrior with Lightning Bolt.

Normal

Shadow Commander

	Shadow Mission		Defeat Fomor Commander (I & II) Battle for Taillteann (I & II)
	Melee Hits	Running Speed	Detection Speed	Detection Range	Aggressive	Aggression	Element
	3	Fast	Fast	Far	Will attack unprovokedYes100	Unknown	None
	Skills	Smash Click this icon for the page on Smash.100 Counterattack Click this icon for the page on Counterattack.100 Defense Click this icon for the page on Defense.100 Instinctive Reaction Click this icon for the page on Instinctive Reaction.100 Lightning Bolt Click this icon for the page on Lightning Bolt.100 Life Drain Click this icon for the page on Life Drain.100 Summon Golem Click this icon for the page on Summon Golem.100
Mission Difficulty	Hit Points	Melee Damage	Ranged Damage	Def. (Prot.)	Experience	Gold	Combat Power
Basic	2,000	17-37	-	20 (14%)	3,400	?	?
Intermediate	4,000	24-64	-	30 (19%)	6,800	1,599-3,427	?
Advanced	8,000	?	-	50 (28%)	11,900	3,248-6,430	?
Hard	16,000	90-180	-	60 (33%)	23,800	4,781-12,639	?
Elite	32,000	?	-	80 (39%)	?	?	?
Drops Difficulty Equipment Misc. Basic Claymore Cuirassier Helm (Suf: Soldier) Barrier Spikes Crystal Phoenix Feather Intermediate Two-handed Sword Kite Shield HP 50 Potion Arat Crystal Advanced Heater Shield Claymore (Pre: Metal Needle) HP 100 Potion MP 100 Potion Stamina 100 Potion Arat Crystal x1-2 Iron Ingot x5 Hard Bastard Sword Beholder's Sword Beholder's Shield Finest Leather Arat Crystal x2 Silver Ingot x5 Elite Bastard Sword
Notes & Advice Notes It's invincible while it is using Life Drain. Life drain can hit multiple targets. Generally casts lightning bolt after finishing life drain. Tends to summon golems when it is under half HP, though it can summon them earlier.' It can summon a lot of golems it is suggested to have a friend/pet target the summoned golems. Has been known to summon spam. Advice If he uses life drain on you, summon a pet, then have that pet heal you. This will break the life drain stream on you and you won't lose any more HP (it may be safe to have a pet in healing mode out already before fighting the Shadow Commander). Use poison attacks if possible.

Shadow Commander (Strong)

	Shadow Mission		Provocation
	Melee Hits	Running Speed	Detection Speed	Detection Range	Aggressive	Aggression	Element
	3	Fast	Fast	Medium	Will attack unprovokedYes100	Unknown	None
	Skills	Smash Click this icon for the page on Smash.100 Counterattack Click this icon for the page on Counterattack.100 Defense Click this icon for the page on Defense.100 Instinctive Reaction Click this icon for the page on Instinctive Reaction.100 Lightning Bolt Click this icon for the page on Lightning Bolt.100 Life Drain Click this icon for the page on Life Drain.100 Summon Golem Click this icon for the page on Summon Golem.100
Mission Difficulty	Hit Points	Melee Damage	Ranged Damage	Def. (Prot.)	Experience	Gold	Combat Power
Basic	2,500	?	-	26 (60%)	5,700	?	?
Intermediate	5,000	?	-	36 (65%)	11,400	?	?
Advanced	10,000	?	-	56 (74%)	19,950	?	?
Hard	18,492	110-230	-	66 (79%)	39,900	?	7,600
Elite	40,000	?	-	86 (85%)	?	?	?
Drops Difficulty Equipment Misc. Basic Claymore Advanced Heating Shield Iron Ingot x5 Hard Beholder's Sword Beholder's Shield Claymore (Pre: Metal Needle) Finest Leather Silver Ingot x5 Elite Beholder's Sword
Notes & Advice Notes Essentially the same as the weaker version, but with more hp. Advice A good way to quickly escape from its Life Drain is to use Charge on one of the Provocation walls. Evasion may also work though it will consume more stamina. Use poison attacks if possible. On Elite, due to the extreme level of its defenses, it's advisable to poison it multiple times and finish it with attacks that do fixed damage like Life Drain or that ignore protection for critical hits like Windmill and Flame Burst.

Dark

Dark Commander

	Shadow Mission		Lingering Darkness Enemy Behind
	Melee Hits	Running Speed	Detection Speed	Detection Range	Aggressive	Aggression	Element
	3	Fast	Fast	Medium	Will attack unprovokedYes100	Unknown	None
	Skills	Smash Click this icon for the page on Smash.100 Counterattack Click this icon for the page on Counterattack.100 Defense Click this icon for the page on Defense.100 Instinctive Reaction Click this icon for the page on Instinctive Reaction.100 Lightning Bolt Click this icon for the page on Lightning Bolt.100 Life Drain Click this icon for the page on Life Drain.100 Summon Golem Click this icon for the page on Summon Golem.100
Mission Difficulty	Hit Points	Melee Damage	Ranged Damage	Def. (Prot.)	Experience	Gold	Combat Power
Basic	2,000	30-50	-	15 (30%)	3,000	?	?
Intermediate	4,422	40-75	-	25 (35%)	6,000	1,429-2,705	4,000
Advanced	9,045	70-130	-	45 (44%)	10,500	2,080-4,472	6,000
Hard	18,492	110-200	-	55 (49%)	21,000	3,735-9,435	8,000
Elite	32,000	?	-	75 (55%)	39,600	8,000-10,000	12,000
Drops Difficulty Equipment Misc. Basic Claymore Cuirassier Helm (Suf: Soldier) Phoenix Feather Intermediate Two-handed Sword Kite Shield HP 50 Potion MP 50 Potion Stamina 50 Potion Arat Crystal Advanced Claymore (Pre: Metal Needle) Heater Shield Arat Crystal x1-2 Iron Ingot x5 Stamina 100 Potion Hard Bastard Sword Beholder's Sword Beholder's Shield HP 100 Potion MP 100 Potion Stamina 100 Potion Finest Leather Arat Crystal x2 Silver Ingot x4-5 Elite Silver Ingot x5
Notes & Advice Notes A little slower in walking speed than the normal Shadow Commander. Despite not shown, Dark Commanders wear shields. Advice As he has a large amount of HP, using Poison Attack is highly recommended. Dragon Support also works great up to advanced difficulty, but beyond that it is not as effective. When his HP goes below half, there is a chance that he will summon Snow Golem when hit by an attack that does not knock him down. It is recommended to only use the skills such as Windmill, Smash, Magnum Shot, Firebolt and Ice Spear. An exception to this is Flame Burst; it will not provoke a summon despite not causing a knockdown.

Dark Commander (Strong)

	Shadow Mission		Fomor Attack
	Melee Hits	Running Speed	Detection Speed	Detection Range	Aggressive	Aggression	Element
	3	Fast	Fast	Medium	Will attack unprovokedYes100	Multi	None
	Skills	Smash Click this icon for the page on Smash.100 Counterattack Click this icon for the page on Counterattack.100 Defense Click this icon for the page on Defense.100 Life Drain Click this icon for the page on Life Drain.100 Summon Golem Click this icon for the page on Summon Golem.100 Heavy Stander Click this icon for the page on Heavy Stander. Rank 2 100 Mana Deflector Click this icon for the page on Mana Deflector. Rank 2 100
Mission Difficulty	Hit Points	Melee Damage	Ranged Damage	Def. (Prot.)	Experience	Gold	Combat Power
Basic	3,500	20-40	-	? (101%)	4,500	?	?
Intermediate	7,000	40-70	-	? (106%)	9,000	1,353-1,858	?
Advanced	14,000	?	-	? (115%)	15,750	?	?
Hard	28,000	100-200	-	? (120%)	31,500	5,120~	?
Elite	56,000	?	-	? (126%)	?	?	?
Drops Difficulty Equipment Misc. Intermediate Arat Crystal Advanced Claymore (Pre: Metal Needle)
Notes & Advice Notes Rusted Flying Swords drop the Rusted Longsword. The Dark Commander's protection is decreased by 2 each time it is hit by this sword. Advice A good way to defeat him in a party is to wall him with Firebolt and then proceed to Windmill spam with Rusted Longswords equipped. At some point, the party may switch to their main melee weapons and continue to Windmill spam. Poison attacks are also effective. If one had forgotten to bring a rusted sword, the best way would be to poison it a few times and then finish it off with life drain.

Grandmaster

(Apprentice Commander) Tethra

	Shadow Mission		Grandmaster Mission
	Melee Hits	Running Speed	Detection Speed	Detection Range	Aggressive	Aggression	Element
	3	Unknown	Fast	Very Far	Will attack unprovokedYes100	Multi	Unknown
	Skills	Smash Click this icon for the page on Smash.100 Counterattack Click this icon for the page on Counterattack.100 Defense Click this icon for the page on Defense.100
Mission Difficulty	Hit Points	Melee Damage	Ranged Damage	Def. (Prot.)	Experience	Gold	Combat Power
Hard	40,000	?	-	? (?)	7,000	?	?
Drops Difficulty Equipment Misc.
Notes & Advice Notes None Advice None

Trivia

• All versions wield a weapon similar in appearance to the Tethra Sword.
• Despite their same appearances, the Dark Commander's doesn't share with Shadow Commander's model, but used the male giant's model instead. This includes Mata.
  • One possible reason is that both Dark Commander and Mata's model was developed with Giant model for the Jousting battle in Generation 10.
• If you look closer, Dark Commander's model doesn't hold his sword properly. Instead the sword model is stuck on the back of his hand.