Shizuka Masou/Rance VI

About
A very powerful spellcaster, and probably the best mage you will have for the vast majority of the game since you get her. However, she has a very low SP, meaning you should use her carefully, and a very low FR limit for most of the game. Also she's only H-able once through a plot-event.

In the post-game, she may be outdone by characters with a higher max level. In the main game, she is still most likely going to be your best spellcaster.

Upgrade Priorities:
 * "Small Earthquake", specifically, the charge time reduction, not the damage increase!
 * Increasing SP is good.
 * Fire Arrow is about the only other thing I would upgrade. Fire Blast is useless and Small Earthquake is only a 5% damage increase. Note that since the boosts are actually percentage points Small Eartquake is actually not that bad to upgrade (50%->55%, a 10% damage increase).

Weapons and Items
Late in the game, Shizuka will have a dream about the calculator cube. You will need her A Rank weapon, and a good FR rating (25 or so) with her to trigger it.

Enter the dungeon (Rance and Shizuka only) and complete the puzzle to earn her S-Rank weapon: The Crystal Rod.

Recommended Items

 * Thunder Ball / Golden Cat Coin - Increases/buffs Magic Attack.
 * Man Hunter Certificate - Attacks against Human enemies are counted as weakness. Using this and Earthquake, she can wipe out the Zeth/Pentagon enemies very fast. Use something else in the final arc though, you won't be facing many humans by that time.
 * Protector's Rosary - Raises/Buffs physical defence. Will help her survive physical attacks towards the end.
 * Defensive Doll - If facing a dungeon with enemies that have dark magic attacks (especially the Nyo in the abandoned labyrinth).