Shining Pom

A Shining Pom from Ys VS. Sora no Kiseki

The Shining Poms (シャイニングポム, Shainingu Pomu) is a variation of the Poms, one of the recurring monsters in the Trails Games of the Legend of Heroes franchise.

Characteristics

As far as appearances go, the Shining Poms are nearly identical to a normal Pom, with its only notable differences are its angel appendages (halo and angel wings) and its shining glamor.

Shining Poms are infamous monsters in the series for they have the highest experience point and sepith payouts of any enemy in the games, exceeded only by far stronger monsters. Because of their extremely high rarity, they appear and respawn at rare occasions. When they battle, they usually run in an instant as they have high dexterity and speed due to their small size.

Even if the player gets lucky and a Shining Pom or two decide to stick around for a turn, nearly all normal attacks will either miss or do a measly 1 point of damage, though their low HP means every hit counts. Although they are also highly defensive those Poms are invulnerable to all Abnormal Status, arts, and nearly all crafts except for S-Breaks.

Notebook Log

• FC
• SC
• the 3rd
• Zero
• Ao
• Cold Steel
• Cold Steel 2

Shining Pom (シャイニングポム, Shainingu Pomu)
Level 12 HP 486 EXP 108 STR 60 DEF 90 ATS 50 ADF 255 SPD 16 Abilities Description A dastardly, shining fluff. Insanely quick and, well, insane. Near impossible to hit. Sepith Dropped Earth Water Fire Wind Time Space Mirage 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 Items Dropped T-Anklet, Crest Charm Elemental Efficacy Earth Water Fire Wind Time Space Mirage -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Status Efficacy Appears in the Games

Appearances

Trails in the Sky (+EVO)

• Prologue: Milch Road. Exit west from Rolent, three screens towards Verte Bridge, in the middle of the road.
• Chapter 1: West Bose Highway, right before entering Krone Pass.

• Chapter 2: Gull Seaside Way, on the first beach after exiting Ruan, just after the path leading to the Vista Forest Road.
• Chapter 3: Tratt Plains Road, near the border to the Carnelia Tower.
• Chapter 4: Southeast of Granel City, in the direction of the Erbe Scenic Route. After one map screen, the area is laid out like a cross. The shining poms are at its center.

Trails in the Sky SC (+EVO)

• NOTE: Unlike in FC where they appear on specific locations as their own encounter, in SC they randomly appear in the company of a specific monster.
• Prologue: St. Croix Forest, randomly appears in the party of Rolling Thorn or Bush Lancer monster.

• Chapter 1: Gull Seaside Way, in the party of Hyurlstamper or Introllmuumuu, at the Sapphirl Tower you can find them in the company of Mint Pom, Seahorse Demon, and the last you'll find them at Old Schoolhouse Basement in the party of Wrap Spider.
• Chapter 2: Carnelia Tower, in the company of Spike Jellyfish and Armored Rabbit at the Tratt Plains Road.
• Chapter 3: N/A
• Chapter 4: N/A
• Chapter 5: N/A
• Chapter 6: N/A

Trails of Cold Steel

Shining Poms only appear in dungeons if the player uses the DLC item Shining Pom Bait

Strategy

• They are highly resistant to Orbal Arts and immune to all status ailments.
• They are highly defensive to be harmed by normal physical attacks or crafts
• At high speed, sometimes they run away from battle
• Only S-Crafts charged with CP200 (with positive status/AT icons) should be able to defeat one (or all in one strike).

Notes/Trivia

• They are a parody to the Metal Slimes from the Dragon Quest franchise.
• In the Trails of Cold Steel trilogy, they can sometimes drop a U-Material.