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Sheltering Zone
Japanese	シェルタリングゾーン
Rōmaji	Sherutaringu Zōn
Type	Emblem Heartless
Games	Kingdom Hearts Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory
Variations • Sea Neon

Sheltering Zone
Kingdom Hearts
Heartless resembling a jellyfish. You receive damage just from colliding with it. They move slow, but break up into many Sea Neons if struck. They fling their tentacles away to keep their enemies away.

	HP	STR		DEF	MP rec		EXP
Before rescue	90	22		19	31		20
After rescue	240	35		27	47		150
Weapon	Fire		Blizzard			Thunder
x1.0	x1.0		x1.0			x1.0
Percentage	Stop		Stun			Other
x1.0	x1.0		x1.0			x1.0
Rewards
(2) MP prize x5, (15) MP prize x5 (1) Munny x2, (5) Munny x3, (20) Munny x1 Ether (4%), Frost Gem (8%), Blizzaga Ring (1%)
World(s)
Atlantica, End of the World

	HP	STR		DEF	MP rec		EXP
Before rescue	60	20		18	29		24
After rescue	300	31		20	48		180
Weapon	Fire		Blizzard			Thunder
x1.0	x1.0		x1.0			x1.0
Percentage	Stop		Stun			Other
x1.0	x1.0		x1.0			x1.0
Rewards
(2) MP prize x5, (15) MP prize x5 (1) Munny x2, (5) Munny x3, (20) Munny x1 Ether (4%), Frost Gem (10%), Blizzaga Ring (1%)
World(s)
Atlantica, End of the World

	HP	STR		DEF	MP rec		EXP
Before rescue	90	22		19	31		20
After rescue	240	35		27	47		150
Weapon	Fire		Blizzard			Thunder
x1.0	x1.0		x1.0			x1.0
Percentage	Stop		Stun			Other
x1.0	x1.0		x1.0			x1.0
Rewards
(2) MP prize x5, (15) MP prize x5 (1) Munny x2, (5) Munny x3, (20) Munny x1 Ether (4%), Frost Gem (8%), Blizzaga Ring (1%)
World(s)
Atlantica, End of the World

Attack	Strong
Type
Ground	Multi-Attack
Music Stages
Under the Sea, An Adventure in Atlantica

The Sheltering Zone is an Emblem Heartless that appears in Kingdom Hearts. It is a large Sea Neon, and will split into three Sea Neons if defeated without magic or a critical hit.

Design

Sheltering Zones, like their smaller counterparts, are based on jellyfish. While they have a number of small bluish-green tentacles dangling beneath them, much like are found on real-life jellyfish, they also have two massive pale blue tentacles in the front that allow them to bash Sora and his party for big damage. They also boast light grayish-blue transparent heads; hidden behind the prominent Heartless emblem there are their sinister Heartless visages, complete with a crooked, toothy smile, bright yellow eyes, and a medium-length plume that ends in a spiral.

Kingdom Hearts Final Mix Sheltering Zones mirror the warmer colors of the palette swapped Sea Neons. They have orange small tentacles, bright yellow big ones, and a reddish-black iridescent head.

The Sheltering Zone's name may be referencing its ability to split into three Sea Neons when it is defeated; as if it was "sheltering" them from the battle.

Strategy

Kingdom Hearts

A Sheltering Zone, very much like an Aquatank, is docile in battle unless disturbed. Sheltering Zones attack by swiping their tentacles at Sora and his party. They are also the only enemy that Sora takes damage from just touching it. If a Sheltering Zone is defeated without magic or a critical hit, it will split into three Sea Neons.

Technique		Element	Tech	Power Bonus	Guard?
Mow Down (なぎ払い, Nagiharai)		None	x0	2	Repellable (Recoil: 100)
		Alternately swings two tentacles.
Body Blow (体当たり, Taiatari)		None	x0	4	Repellable (Recoil: 100)
		Swims and crashes headfirst into something.
Guard: Repellable = Can be blocked and interrupted; Returnable = Can be blocked and deflected back; Preventable = Blockable by Goofy's shield only.