Summon

Summons are among the most well known and most powerful abilities in the Golden Sun series. A summon allows the player to call upon a powerful spirit to assist them in battle.

Mechanics

Official art depicting the Procne summon

Like Psynergy and Unleashes, Summons are aligned with one of the four elements: Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury. Unlike Psynergy, Summons can not be used at will. Instead, the summon is fueled by the usage of Djinn that have been placed in Standby mode. Typically, the element of most of the necessary Djinn will match the elemental alignment of the summon, though some summons also require Djinn of other elements as well. The power of a summon generally correlates with the amount of Djinn needed to fuel the summon. After a Djinni has been used to fuel a summon, it will enter Recovery for a set period of time. Further summons require that the player return Djinn to standby mode.

Each summon, with the major exception of Coatlicue, which heals the party rather than attacking the enemy, has a specific base damage associated with it. However, the total damage potential of a summon also depends on the elemental Power of the summoner and the elemental Resistance and Hit Points of the targets. Summons typically have an unlimited range.

After a successful summon, the elemental power of the summoner will be increased by a specified amount. The amount of increase depends on the number and element of the Djinn used to fuel the summon. Typically, using 1 Djinn will increase the matching Elemental Power by 10. Likewise, 2 Djinn result in a 30 point increase, 3 Djinn result in a 60 point increase, and 4 or more result in a 100 point increase. However, this increase is only given the first time a summoner uses the summon in a particular battle, barring the summoner being targeted by Break.

Damage Calculation

The damage from a summon is calculated as follows:

$\mathrm {damage=\left\lfloor \left({\frac {\left\lfloor 256\cdot dimRatio\right\rfloor }{256}}\right)\left(base+{\frac {\left\lfloor 256\cdot multiplier\cdot hp\right\rfloor }{256}}\right)\left(1+{\frac {\left\lfloor 256\cdot \left({\frac {power-resistance}{200}}\right)\right\rfloor }{256}}\right)\right\rfloor +randDamage}$

• damage: final damage.
• $\lfloor x\rfloor$ is the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$.
• dimRatio: This is always 1, 0.7, 0.4, 0.3, 0.2, or 0.1 for summons. Its value depends on the location of the enemy of interest relative to the main target. For example, the main target will take 100% of the damage, the enemies next to him will take 70%, and so on.
• base: base damage of the attack. The value depends on the summon; see the list below.
• hp: HP of the target.
• multiplier: the HP multiplier of the summon. This factor is what makes summons so effective against bosses; the more HP the target has, the more damage a summon will deal. For the party's summons, the HP multiplier is usually equal to $(3\cdot {\text{number of Djinn used}})/100$. The only exceptions are the multipliers for Iris and Daedalus.
• power: the user's elemental power in the relevant element.
• resistance: the target's resistance to the relevant element.
• randDamage: a randomly generated integer between 0 and 3, inclusive.

List of summons

In Golden Sun

Golden Sun features a total of sixteen summons, with each element having four summons. These summons use one to four Djinn of a single element and are available as soon as the party has enough Djinn to use them. However, these summons have no secondary effects.

Name	Djinn Required	Base Damage	HP Multiplier	Power Boost
Venus	1 Venus	30 (Venus)	0.03	10 Venus
Ramses	2 Venus	60 (Venus)	0.06	30 Venus
Cybele	3 Venus	120 (Venus)	0.09	60 Venus
Judgment	4 Venus	240 (Venus)	0.12	100 Venus
Mars	1 Mars	30 (Mars)	0.03	10 Mars
Kirin	2 Mars	60 (Mars)	0.06	30 Mars
Tiamat	3 Mars	120 (Mars)	0.09	60 Mars
Meteor	4 Mars	240 (Mars)	0.12	100 Mars
Jupiter	1 Jupiter	30 (Jupiter)	0.03	10 Jupiter
Atalanta	2 Jupiter	60 (Jupiter)	0.06	30 Jupiter
Procne	3 Jupiter	120 (Jupiter)	0.09	60 Jupiter
Thor	4 Jupiter	240 (Jupiter)	0.12	100 Jupiter
Mercury	1 Mercury	30 (Mercury)	0.03	10 Mercury
Nereid	2 Mercury	60 (Mercury)	0.06	30 Mercury
Neptune	3 Mercury	120 (Mercury)	0.09	60 Mercury
Boreas	4 Mercury	240 (Mercury)	0.12	100 Mercury

In The Lost Age

Golden Sun: The Lost Age includes the sixteen regular summons from Golden Sun. However, the game also introduced thirteen new summons, which needed to be specifically acquired by encountering special stone tablets. These summons use Djinn of two different elements and each summon has a special secondary effect. Furthermore, 4 of these thirteen summons can only be acquired after defeating a special superboss.

Name	Djinn Required	Base Damage	HP Multiplier	Power Boost	Special Effect
Zagan	1 Venus 1 Mars	50 (Venus)	0.06	10 Venus 10 Mars	May lower enemy defense by 25% (maximum reduction is 50%).
Megaera	1 Mars 1 Jupiter	40 (Mars)	0.06	10 Mars 10 Jupiter	Increases all allies' attack ratings by 12.5% (maximum increase is 50%).
Flora	1 Venus 2 Jupiter	80 (Jupiter)	0.09	10 Venus 30 Jupiter	May inflict Sleep.
Moloch	2 Mercury 1 Jupiter	100 (Mercury)	0.09	30 Mercury 10 Jupiter	Lowers enemy agility by 50% (maximum reduction is 50%).
Ulysses	2 Mars 2 Mercury	160 (Mars)	0.12	30 Mars 30 Mercury	May cause targets to lose their turns.
Haures	3 Venus 2 Mars	270 (Venus)	0.15	60 Venus 30 Mars	May inflict Deadly Poison.
Eclipse	3 Jupiter 2 Mercury	300 (Jupiter)	0.15	60 Jupiter 30 Mercury	May lower enemy attack by 25% (maximum reduction is 50%).
Coatlicue	3 Jupiter 3 Mercury	60 (Mercury) (not an attack)	N/A	60 Jupiter 60 Mercury	When Coatlicue is summoned, each adept is healed with a spell having a Mercury power of 60. Then, at the end of the turn and at the end of each of the four subsequent turns, each adept recovers 60% of their maximum HP.
Daedalus	3 Venus 4 Mars	100 (Mars)	0.07	60 Venus 100 Mars	After everyone has finished their moves on the next turn, a missile hits the enemies. It has 250 base Mars damage and its HP multiplier is 15%. dimRatio (see above) is 1 for all enemies hit by the missile.
Azul	3 Venus 4 Mercury	330 (Mercury)	0.21	60 Venus 100 Mercury	May inflict Stun.
Catastrophe	3 Mars 5 Jupiter	400 (Jupiter)	0.24	60 Mars 100 Jupiter	Lowers each enemy's PP by 10% of its maximum PP.
Charon	8 Venus 2 Jupiter	500 (Venus)	0.30	100 Venus 30 Jupiter	May kill targets instantly.
Iris	9 Mars 4 Mercury	800 (Mars)	0.40	100 Mars 100 Mercury	Revives all allies and restores everyone to full health.

In Dark Dawn

In Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, all 29 summon spirits from the first two games return, in addition to one new summon spirit, known as Crystallux. The older summon sequences underwent visual changes of varying degrees. Some spirits, such as Moloch remain relatively unchanged, while others, like Ulysses, are radically different to the versions seen in the first two games. When Dark Dawn was first announced, trailers showing some of the summon spirits' animation sequences were released to the public. Many of these clips featured animation sequences that were later altered when the game was released. For instance, the Neptune summon was initially shown to be a whale almost identical in appearance to the whale seen in the first two games, but was later altered to have a darker color and sport horns and markings that were not present on the original version.

For a video exhibition of all 30 summon sequences in the game in sequential order, visit this link.

Name	Djinn Required	Base Damage	HP Multiplier	Power Boost	Special Effect
Crystallux	3 Venus 2 Mercury	300 (Venus)	0.15	60 Venus 30 Mercury	May lower targets' resistances.

External links

• All 29 Golden Sun and The Lost Age summons in a row
• All 30 Dark Dawn summons in a row
• 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfmK-0ALkEs