Final Fantasy V Bosses

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Abductor Bestiary #266	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	None	22	1500	2000	0	0	35
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	40	7	10	0	0	0	10
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Gaia Gear			Common: Ether
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
	None			None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	Aera, Vampire
	Strategy
	Never take the first turn, because you need to be able to heal if your HP is knocked down to one. Magic Barrier is very useful, as is Counter if you're a physical attacker. As long as you stay healed from the heaviest attacks, most job classes except Berserker can take this monster out.

Abductor (2) Bestiary #270	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	None	29	2500	1000	0	0	50
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	40	6	0	0	0	0	0
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Hi-Potion Rare: Power Armlet			Common: Potion
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
	None			None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	None

Adamantoise Bestiary #258	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	None	20	2000	125	0	0	20
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	31	18	0	0	25	5	0
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Iron Draft			Common: Turtle Shell
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	None			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
	None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	None
	Strategy
	Adamantoise has high defense and inherent Shell status, so no attacks can guarantee high damage. Pick away at him with Ice-elemental attacks, while keeping healed from its strong physicals, or just use Level 5 Death.

Alte Roite Bestiary #302	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	Humanoid	58	6000	1000	0	0	45
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	45	20	5	70	45	60	5
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Potion Rare: Holy Water			Common: Healing Staff
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
	None			None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	None
	Strategy
	You can add Berserk to avoid the Encircle attack, but this will stop the transition into Jura Aevis. Bio, Flare and Holy work best to get through the formidable defenses.

Antlion Bestiary #286	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	None	34	8100	1000	3000	0	50
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	48	13	0	10	20	20	0
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Hi-Potion			Common: Cottage
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
	None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	None
	Strategy
	Since you have only two party members, your options are more limited than usual. Try applying a lot of status ailments to the monster, especially Berserk, as this will stop it from running away. Take advantage of the weakness to water; otherwise, there's not much need for detailed strategy.

Apanda Bestiary #299	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	Magic Beast	59	22200	1000	0	0	51
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	73	18	50	20	23	10	50
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Ash			Common: Ash
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
	None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	Magic Hammer
	Strategy
	Woefully weak to fire, the wide variety of fire-based attacks you should have by now will be sufficient to win the battle. For additional amusement and abuse, use Ifrit to cause it to cower and lose turns.

Archeoaevis Bestiary #262	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	None	21	1600	2000	0	0	30
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	39	7	1	10	30	6	1
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	None			Common: Goliath Tonic
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control, Scan
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
	None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	None
	Notes
	Fought four times at 1600HP, then revived with 2500HP.
	Strategy
	Hasted Berserkers with Two-Handed can physically pierce Archeoaevis' strong defenses. Released monsters can also be potent, and magic can be effective as well if you keep track of Archeoaevis' shifting elemental absorptions. Once you get to the final form, stop using magic.

Archeodemon Bestiary #316	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	Undead, Magic Beast	17	50000	62000	0	0	?
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	180	35	90	0	40	0	0
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Phoenix Down			Common: Chaos Orb
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	None			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
				None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	None
	Strategy
	This thing is pretty brutal. It's got a number of Twintania's attacks, but none of the weaknesses. It can also use Dark Arts. Any non-magical attack will be countered, and two-thirds of magical attacks will be. It has no magic defense, though, so spamming lots of Meteor by using !Dualcast and Quick will do a lot of damage. Having Shell up will help to deal with the counters in this scenario.

Atomos Bestiary #276	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	None	41	19997	10000	0	0	36
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	10	10	80	0	14	20	80
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Ether Rare: Flail			Common: Dark Matter
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
	None			None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	None
	Strategy
	Atomos will try to kill you with Comet and then try to remove the dead permanently from the battlefield. The best way to get around it is to stop it from getting that bad by using sleep-inducing attacks or simply by inflicting as much physical damage as possible right away.

Azulmagia Bestiary #301	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	None	57	27900	50000	0	0	45
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	65	21	50	10	30	70	50
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Elixir Rare: Titan's Gloves			Common: Black Cowl
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
	None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	Doom, Roulette, Aqua Breath, Level 5 Death Level 4 Graviga, Level 2 Old, Level 3 Flare, Pond's Chorus Lilliputian Lyric, Flash, Time Slip, Death Claw Aero, Aera, Aeroga, Flame Thrower Goblin Punch, Dark Spark, Off-Guard, Mind Blast Vampire, Magic Hammer, Mighty Guard, Self-Destruct ????, 1000 Needles, White Wind, Missile
	Strategy
	This guy does nothing but cast blue magic, and he knows virtually all of it. There are a few spells you can teach him, though, and if you do, he will then use them back on you. This works the best with Level 3 Flare assuming that you have a party who can not be hit by it. Use Mighty Guard, Hastega, and Shell for defense.

Bahamut Bestiary #298	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	None	99	40000	10000	0	0	40
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	69	16	20	5	10	20	20
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Dragon Fang			Common: Dragon Fang
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
	None			None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	Aqua Breath
	Strategy
	Having reflect up and Ice Shields will protect against a number of Bahamut's attacks. Add Golem to help with physicals too. Use Romeo's Ballad on a hasted character to reduce the beating you take.

Barrier Bestiary #309	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	None	44	8800	300	0	0	1
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	100	10	5	0	30	10	5
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Hi-Potion Rare: Reflect Ring			None
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control, Scan
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
	None			None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	None
	Strategy
	Necrophobe can't be hit until the Barriers are gone. The Barriers can be petrified or insta-killed, though you'll have to survive their reflected Flare and Holy spells first. Once they're gone, set up Protect, Shell and Golem and pick away until Necrophobe is below 10000 HP - the rest might then be knocked off after your next attack by your buddy Gilgamesh.

Byblos Bestiary #254	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	Magic Beast	24	3600	1000	0	0	40
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	30	15	20	30	10	30	20
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Mallet Rare: Dark Matter			Common: Iron Draft
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness

	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	Magic Hammer
	Strategy
	The quickest way to win is to use Death Claw, which can short-circuit the plot sequence after the battle if it sets Paralyze. Without Death Claw, use fire-elemental attacks and watch out for the counterattacks that will begin to appear when he gets under 800HP.

Calofisteri Bestiary #300	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	Magic Beast, Humanoid	68	18000	1000	0	0	45
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	66	16	20	10	50	30	20
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Plumed Hat Rare: Reflect Ring			Common: Diamond Plate
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
	None			None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	None
	Strategy
	Calofisteri really can't do that much damage to you, so the priority is keeping her debuffed using Esuna and Dispel and beating her up. There's not much more attack strategy necessary.

Carbuncle Bestiary #283	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	Magic Beast	44	15000	10000	0	0	50
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	50	2	50	70	50	50	50
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Reflect Ring Rare: Goliath Tonic			Common: Turtle Shell
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
	None			None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	None
	Strategy
	Carbuncle starts in a reflective state and bounces spells off of itself onto you. After three turns of this, it will switch to a healing phase; at this point its defenses go down, including reflect, and you can pound on it until it starts casting offensive spells again. The lower its HP gets, the more dangerous its offensive spells get.

Catastrophe Bestiary #304	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	None	71	19997	19997	0	0	45
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	67	18	20	15	40	20	20
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Elixir Rare: Cottage			Common: Gold Needle
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
				None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	None
	Strategy
	Catastrophe hates things that float and will try to pull them down to earth every turn so it can use an earth-based attack. Even having one floating party member will make him forget anything but pulling that member down, so if you cast Float before battle and then put on a Reflect Ring you'll take absolutely no damage. Do this, as the Earthshaker attack is nasty and you don't want to see it, nor do you want to see its petrifying Evil Eye.

Catoblepas Bestiary #281	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	Magic Beast, Dragon	38	5000	500	0	0	45
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	55	10	50	0	20	10	50
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Phoenix Down			Common: Catoblepas
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Physical, Slow, Haste, Shell, Safe, Wall, Catch, Control			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
	None			None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	None
	Strategy
	You're going to get Petrified. Sorry, but it will happen. Be prepared to fix it. Patient people can set up Golem and apply poison status to Catoblepas and just wait for him to die. If you can catch an Ironback, releasing it will one-shot Catoblepas.

Cray Claw Bestiary #257	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	Magic Beast	43	2000	500	0	0	40
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	37	6	1	0	25	25	1
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Coral Sword			Common: Frost Bow
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness

	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	None
	Strategy
	A wide variety of attacks and status ailments can hurt this monster. Lightning-elemental attacks will hurt the most, and it can also be Paralyzed, Stopped, put to sleep, or even killed by the Death Sickle. Use these methods, as its defense against standard attacks is strong.

Crystal Bestiary #277	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	None	77	7777	10000	0	0	40
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	40	10	1	0	10	20	15
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Elixir			Common: Ash
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
				None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	Aqua Breath, Aeroga
	Strategy
	Each Crystal has a separate elemental absorb, so you can't multi-target elemental spells. The fastest way to defeat the set is to use Death-inflicting attacks, as the Crystals are not Heavy. Otherwise, Float and Reflect status are very useful to defend against the Crystals' magic.

Crystal (2) Bestiary #278	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	None	77	7777	10000	0	0	45
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	40	10	1	0	10	20	1
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Elixir			Common: Ash
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
				None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	None
	Strategy
	Each Crystal has a separate elemental absorb, so you can't multi-target elemental spells. The fastest way to defeat the set is to use Death-inflicting attacks, as the Crystals are not Heavy. Otherwise, Float and Reflect status are very useful to defend against the Crystals' magic.

Crystal (3) Bestiary #279	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	None	77	7777	10000	0	0	50
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	40	10	1	0	10	20	15
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Elixir			Common: Ash
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
				None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	None
	Strategy
	Each Crystal has a separate elemental absorb, so you can't multi-target elemental spells. The fastest way to defeat the set is to use Death-inflicting attacks, as the Crystals are not Heavy. Otherwise, Float and Reflect status are very useful to defend against the Crystals' magic.

Crystal (4) Bestiary #280	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	None	77	7777	10000	0	0	55
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	40	10	1	0	10	20	10
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Elixir			Common: Ash
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
				None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	None
	Strategy
	Each Crystal has a separate elemental absorb, so you can't multi-target elemental spells. The fastest way to defeat the set is to use Death-inflicting attacks, as the Crystals are not Heavy. Otherwise, Float and Reflect status are very useful to defend against the Crystals' magic.

Dragon Flower Bestiary #273	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	None	31	100	1000	0	0	17
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	5	20	50	0	0	50	50
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	None			Common: Phoenix Down
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
	None			None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	None			None
	Strategy
	Summon Golem to protect yourself from physical damage, then focus on the Dragon Pod. It lacks Heavy status, so most attacks that can remove mass amounts of HP will work. Death Claw might be your most accessible option.

Dragon Pod Bestiary #272	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	Humanoid	33	12000	1000	0	0	39
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	40	6	50	0	0	40	50
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	None			Common: Elixir
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
	None			None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	None
	Strategy
	Summon Golem to protect yourself from physical damage, then focus on the Dragon Pod. It lacks Heavy status, so most attacks that can remove mass amounts of HP will work. Death Claw might be your most accessible option.

Enkidu Bestiary #275	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	Humanoid	29	4000	1000	0	0	45
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	50	5	40	20	0	0	40
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Green Beret			None
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
	None			None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	Aera, Vampire, White Wind, Missile
	Strategy
	Pound on Gilgamesh until he gets below 6000 HP, and then he will bring Enkidu into the fight. Enkidu will immediately heal Gilgamesh. After that, use Golem to protect against physicals, and continue to beat on Gilgamesh (using Slow if they're getting in too many attacks). It is optional to defeat Enkidu first.

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