Gigas Shadow
Japanese	ギガントシャドウ
Rōmaji	Giganto Shadō
Translation	Gigant Shadow
Type	Pureblood Heartless
Games	Kingdom Hearts Final Mix Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Kingdom Hearts χ Kingdom Hearts Dark Road Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory
Variations • Shadow • Mega-Shadow • Flower Rider • Gift Shadow • Lion Dancer • Rodeo Rider • Candy Apple • Poison Apple • Shadow Witch • Shadow Magician • Flappy Rider
KHD tracks Battle theme - Tension Rising

Gigas Shadow
Kingdom Hearts
A large Heartless similar to a Shadow. Like its predecessor, it's quite persistent and will chase its target around. If it just does the littlest amount of damage to Sora, it will fade out of sheer happiness.
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
These large Pureblood Heartless take the Mega-Shadow attack pattern and add even more muscle. The only way to knock them off guard is to deflect their tackles with a block.

	HP	STR		DEF	MP rec		EXP
Before rescue	150	9		9	12		[1]
After rescue	300	35		27	49		[1]
Weapon	Fire		Blizzard			Thunder
x1.0	x0.49		x0.5			x0.5
Percentage	Stop		Stun			None
x0.04[2]	x0.3[3]		x0.5			x0.5
Rewards
One defeated (1) Munny x5, Lucid Shard (10%) Two defeated (1) Munny x10, Lucid Shard (20%) Three defeated (15) MP prize x5, (1) Munny x15, Lucid Shard (35%), Fury Stone (10%) Four defeated (15) MP prize x10, (1) Munny x20, Lucid Shard (50%), Fury Stone (20%) Five defeated (15) MP prize x15, (1) Munny x25, Lucid Shard (100%), Fury Stone (35%) Six defeated (15) MP prize x20, (1) Munny x25, (20) Munny x3, Lucid Shard (100%), Fury Stone (50%) Seven defeated (15) MP prize x20, (1) Munny x25, (20) Munny x3, Lucid Shard (100%), Fury Stone (100%), Fury Stone (100%)
World(s)
Wonderland

Mission	HP				EXP		STR/DEF
	International		Japanese
43	877		1098		8		38
44	640		801		8		21
55	877		1098		10		38
63	705		882		13		26
83	1287		1611		36		66
89	1287		1611		48		66
90	1287		1611		57		66
Fire		Blizzard		Thunder			Aero
x2.93		x3.20		x1.20			x3.40
Ignite		Freeze		Jolt			Air-Toss
x0.40		x0.40		x0.40			x0.40
Defense Power Adjustment					Heart Points
• Full Body: 1.15					—
					Flinch?		Bloom-Out?
					X		X
Rewards
Missions 36-50 Elixir Recipe (30%) Missions 51-61 Elixir Recipe (30%) Missions 62-72 Combo Tech++ (45%) Missions 73-93 Megalixir Recipe (30%)
Munny x26, HP prize (large) x3, HP prize (small) x3
World(s)
Beast's Castle, Wonderland, Twilight Town, Agrabah

Mission	HP			EXP			STR/DEF
43	1098			8			38
44	801			8			21
55	1125			10			39
63	1098			13			38
89	1881			48			81
89SP	1611			48			66
90	1881			57			81
Fire		Blizzard		Thunder			Aero
x2.93		x3.20		x1.20			x3.40
Ignite		Freeze		Jolt			Air-Toss
x0.40		x0.40		x0.40			x0.40
Defense Power Adjustment					Heart Points
• Full Body: 1.15					—
					Flinch?		Bloom-Out?
					X		X
Rewards
Missions 36-50 Elixir Recipe (30%) Missions 51-61 Elixir Recipe (30%) Missions 62-72 Combo Tech++ (45%) Missions 73-93 Megalixir Recipe (30%)
Munny x26, HP prize (large) x3, HP prize (small) x3
World(s)
Beast's Castle, Wonderland, Twilight Town, Agrabah

Mission	HP			EXP			STR/DEF
43	3294			8			38
44	2403			8			21
55	3294			10			38
63	3294			13			38
89	4833			48			66
90	4833			57			66
Fire		Blizzard		Thunder			Aero
x2.93		x3.20		x1.20			x3.40
Ignite		Freeze		Jolt			Air-Toss
x0.40		x0.40		x0.40			x0.40
Defense Power Adjustment					Heart Points
• Full Body: 1.15					—
					Flinch?		Bloom-Out?
					X		X
Rewards
Missions 36-50 Elixir Recipe (30%) Missions 51-61 Elixir Recipe (30%) Missions 62-72 Combo Tech++ (45%) Missions 73-93 Megalixir Recipe (30%)
Munny x13, HP prize (large) x2, HP prize (small) x2
World(s)
Beast's Castle, Wonderland, Twilight Town, Agrabah

Episode			LV		BP
Episode 3			54		573
Episode 7			54		573
Physical			Magic
Normal			Normal
Non-element		Fire		Water
Normal		Weak		Normal
Lightning	Wind		Light		Darkness
Resist	Normal		Weak		Normal
Poison	Sleep		Paralysis		Blind
Normal	Resist		Normal		Normal
Attack		Physical + STR Down
Stats		—
Bonus		—
Passive Effects
Defeat 1		HP +1
Defeat 10		HP +1
Defeat 100		Strength +1
Defeat 1000		HP +1

World		Rank		LV		BP
Agrabah		★★★★		54		573
Wonderland		★★★★		54		573
Physical			Magic
Normal			Normal
Non-element		Fire			Water
Normal		Weak			Normal
Lightning	Wind		Light			Darkness
Resist	Normal		Weak			Normal
Poison	Sleep		Paralysis			Blind
Normal	Resist		Normal			Normal
Attack		Physical + STR Down
Stats		—
Bonus		—
Passive Effects
Defeat 1		HP +1
Defeat 10		HP +1
Defeat 100		Strength +1
Defeat 1000		HP +1

Event			LV		BP
Daily Challenge			10		40
Physical			Magic
Normal			Normal
Non-element		Fire		Water
Normal		Weak		Normal
Lightning	Wind		Light		Darkness
Resist	Normal		Weak		Normal
Poison	Sleep		Paralysis		Blind
Normal	Resist		Normal		Normal
Attack		Physical + STR Down
Stats		—
Bonus		—
Passive Effects
Defeat 1		HP +1
Defeat 10		HP +1
Defeat 100		Strength +1
Defeat 1000		HP +1

Floor	Time Period		LV		BP
31-49	1, 2, 3, 4, 5		54		573
50	1, 3, 5		54		573
70	1, 3, 5		54		573
1: 01/25/21 – 02/07/21  2: 02/15/21 – 02/28/21 3: 03/08/21 – 03/21/21  4: 03/28/21 – 04/11/21 5: 04/19/21 – 04/25/21
Physical			Magic
Normal			Normal
Non-element		Fire		Water
Normal		Weak		Normal
Lightning	Wind		Light		Darkness
Resist	Normal		Weak		Normal
Poison	Sleep		Paralysis		Blind
Normal	Resist		Normal		Normal
Attack		Physical + STR Down
Stats		—
Bonus		—
Passive Effects
Defeat 1		HP +1
Defeat 10		HP +1
Defeat 100		Strength +1
Defeat 1000		HP +1

Attack	Strong
Type
Ground	Ability
Music Stages
Simple and Clean, Destiny Islands, Bustin' Up on the Beach, Traverse Town, Welcome to Wonderland, To Our Surprise, Olympus Coliseum, Go for It!, Hand in Hand (KH), A Day in Agrabah, Arabian Dream, A Very Small Wish, Monstrous Monstro, Under the Sea, An Adventure in Atlantica, This is Halloween, Spooks of Halloween Town, Captain Hook's Pirate Ship, Pirate's Gigue, Hollow Bastion, Scherzo Di Notte (KH), End of the World, Fragments of Sorrow, Night of Fate, Destiny's Force, Shrouding Dark Cloud, Squirming Evil, Guardando nel buio, One‑Winged Angel (from FINAL FANTASY VII), Another Side, Castle Oblivion, Forgotten Challenge, The Force in You, Lord of the Castle, Sanctuary ~opening version~, Magical Mystery, Reviving Hollow Bastion, Scherzo Di Notte (KHII), Waltz of the Damned, Dance of the Daring, The Home of Dragons, Fields of Honor, The Underworld, What Lies Beneath, Monochrome Dreams, Old Friends, Old Rivals, Adventures in the Savannah, Savannah Pride, Space Paranoids, Byte Bashing, The 13th Struggle, Desire for All That Is Lost, Vim and Vigor, Rowdy Rumble, Sinister Shadows, What A Surprise?!, Happy Holidays!, Rage Awakened, Secret of Neverland, Crossing to Neverland, Fight and Away, Vector to the Heavens, Another Side ‑ Battle Ver. ‑, Wonder of Electron, No More Bugs!!, Wave of Darkness I, Don't Think Twice, Graveyard Labyrinth, Rise of the Union, Dark Domination, Hand in Hand (Piano Collections), Sora ‑ Allegro con brio, Medley of Conflict, Destati, Beauty and the Beast, A Whole New World, Circle Of Life, Dive into the Heart ‑Destati‑

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!

Technique		Element	Tech	Power Bonus	Guard?
Scratch Attack (ひっかき攻撃, Hikkaki Kōgeki)		None	Before rescue: 1 After rescue: 10	2	Repellable (Recoil: 40)
		Scratches with its right hand.
Scratch Wild Dance (ひっかき乱舞, Hikkaki Ranbu)		None	Before rescue: 1 After rescue: 10	6	Repellable (Recoil: 90)
		Scratches continuously with both hands.
Jump Attack (ジャンプ攻撃, Janpu Kōgeki)		None	Before rescue: 1 After rescue: 10	4	Repellable (Recoil: 40)
		Scratches while jumping.
Guard: Repellable = Can be blocked and interrupted; Returnable = Can be blocked and deflected back; Preventable = Blockable by Goofy's shield only.

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 blocking a jump attack will stun them temporarily, giving Roxas time to do a combo. Repeat this enough times and the Heartless will fall easily.

Technique		Element	Status	Power	Block?
Scratch Attack (ひっかき攻撃, Hikkaki Kōgeki)		—	—	0.98	△
		Scratches at the target.
Jumping Scratch Attack (とびつきひっか攻撃, Tobitsuki Hikka Kōgeki)		—	—	1.82	△
		Jumps at the target while scratching.
Body Attack (ボディアタック, Bodi Atakku)		Space	Shoe-glue (100%)	2.11	◯
		Spreads its body and jumps at the target.
Guard/Block: △ = Can be blocked; O = Can be blocked and interrupted (melee) or deflected back (projectile); X = Cannot be blocked.

Notes and references

• Pureblood Heartless
• Kingdom Hearts χ enemies
• Kingdom Hearts Final Mix enemies
• Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days enemies
• Kingdom Hearts Dark Road enemies
• Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory enemies