Final Fantasy V Bosses

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Page 1: Abductor – Faltzer	Page 2: Gargoyle – Necrophobe	Page 3: NeoX-Death – X-Death

Abductor	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: EarthRobe			Common: Ether
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
	None			None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	Aero2, Red Feast
	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)	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: Potion Rare: Power Wrist			Common: Tonic
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
	None			None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	None

Adamantamai	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: Hard Body			Common: Turtle Shell
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	None			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
	None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	None
	Strategy
	Adamantamai 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 L5 Doom.

Alte Roite	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: Tonic 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 Bersrk to avoid the Encircle attack, but this will stop the transition into Jura Avis. Bio, Flare and Holy work best to get through the formidable defenses.

Antolyon	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: 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 Bersrk, as this will stop it from running away. Take advantage of the weakness to water; otherwise, there's not much need for detailed strategy.

Apprehender	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
	MagHammr
	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.

Archeoavis	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: Giant Drink
	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 2-Handed can physically pierce Archeoavis' strong defenses. Released monsters can also be potent, and magic can be effective as well if you keep track of Archeoavis' shifting elemental absorptions. Once you get to the final form, stop using magic.

Atomos	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	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: Giant's Glove			Common: Black Hood
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
	None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	Condemnd, Roulette, AquaRake, L5 Doom L4 Qrtr, L2 Old, L3 Flare, ToadSong LitlSong, Flash, TimeSlip, DoomClaw Aero, Aero2, Aero3, Burn Ray GobPunch, BlakShok, Guard Off, MindBlst Red Feast, MagHammr, Guardian, Exploder ????, BlowFish, WhitWind, 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 L3 Flare assuming that you have a party who can not be hit by it. Use Guardian, Haste2, and Shell for defense.

Bahamut	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
	AquaRake
	Strategy
	Having reflect up and Ice Shields will protect against a number of Bahamut's attacks. Add Golem to help with physicals too. Use Love Song on a hasted character to reduce the beating you take.

Barrier	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: Potion Rare: Wall 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 Protes, 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	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: Cornucopia Rare: Dark Matter			Common: Hard Body
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness

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

Byurobolos	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	None	22	1500	100	0	0	20
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	45	7	10	0	0	0	10
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Eye Drop			Common: Tonic
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
	None			None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	Exploder
	Strategy
	Since you need to defeat all of the monsters in quick succession, or risk them resurrecting each other, either Silence as many as possible, or focus on dealing damage to all the targets at once. The latter works best, but be aware that Byurobolos will heal every time they are hit with a Summoned monster.

Carbuncle	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: Wall Ring Rare: Giant Drink			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.

Catastroph	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: Soft
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
				None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	None
	Strategy
	Catastroph 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 Wall 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.

Commander	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	Humanoid	11	1500	1000	0	0	25
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	40	6	0	0	0	0	10
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Potion Rare: Phoenix Down			Common: Ice Rod
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness

	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	None
	Strategy
	It's far easier to defeat Shiva and her cronies once you have Fire2. Without it, Blue magic is your best bet. Either way, consider using Flash and ToadSong first to disable the Commanders. For more details on winning with or without Fire2, see Walkthrough chapter 1.17.

Cray Claw	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: Ice 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 (Earth)	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 (Fire)	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
	AquaRake, Aero3
	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 (Water)	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 (Wind)	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 Bulb	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 Grass. It lacks Heavy status, so most attacks that can remove mass amounts of HP will work. DoomClaw might be your most accessible option.

Dragon Grass	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 Grass. It lacks Heavy status, so most attacks that can remove mass amounts of HP will work. DoomClaw might be your most accessible option.

Enkidoh	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
	Aero2, Red Feast, WhitWind, Missile
	Strategy
	Pound on Gilgamesh until he gets below 6000 HP, and then he will bring Enkidoh into the fight. Enkidoh 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 Enkidoh first.

Faltzer	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	Humanoid	8	850	100	0	0	37
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	14	9	0	0	3	5	0
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	None			Common: Power Drink
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
	None			None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	None
	Strategy
	Magissa uses primarily magic, with only a 33% chance of a physical attack every other turn. She will call Faltzer into the battle once she hits 300HP or less; Faltzer is a physical brawler. The former can be silenced, and the latter can be put to sleep. Using Protes for front row characters is a good idea.

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