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| - An anti-evil weapon made by Yggdrasil and the Abyssal King. Its power is unmatched by any human. —In-Game Description, Etrian Odyssey III The Yggdroid (known as Andro in Japan) - is a versatile unlockable class in Etrian Odyssey III. It is unlocked by siding with the Deep City. With many useful options and a number of interesting abilities in their pool of skills, they are unique in that the bulk of their power comes from how they're subclassed. Yggdroids are unusual in that their primary ability loadout has many unique and unusual options, but relatively few of them are particularly good on their own - every class for the most part has one really effective or utilitarian option no other class does, whether it's the Gladiator's staggeringly powerful self-buffing options, the Farmer's binding and debuffing options, the Arbalist's incredibly potent damage, or the Ninja's raw utility. The Yggdroid has none of these - its draw is instead far more subtle, and make the Yggdroid far more of an art than a science. Correctly used however, Yggdroids are undeniably powerful and one of the better classes available, though they take both practice and patience to get the most out of. Yggdroids cannot be subclassed into - being machines, a non-robot cannot become a robot. However, it is worth noting that were it possible to subclass into Yggdroid, many of the class's limitations would be circumvented or undermined, whilst many of its advantages would likewise become a moot point. Olympia is the representative of the Yggdroid class. There's also the possibility that Seyfried's robotic body is a model of Yggdroid; it's also possible that Angie and the generic Deep City guards are Yggdroids (or humans using robots or even Yggdroids as bodies). In the official fanbook of the spinoff title "Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth", it was known that there was 12 superior Yggdroids are created along with standard ones. One of them, later proclaimed himself as Zeus, was being summoned by Elizabeth into the Persona Universe (and immediately overwhelms her and take over her body), only being defeated by Persona's party and (seemed) returned to the Etrian Odyssey Universe.
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