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Final Fantasy V Walkthrough

Written by  Djibriel
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1.36: Wrapping Up: Walse Meteorite and Purobolos

Enemies: Purobolos

Blue Magic: OSelf-Destruct

All seems well until Purobolos descend from the heavens. The name of the beastie remains a mystery; could be spanish for 'pure borons', with boron being a element on the periodic table. I like to think it stands for 'pure bollocks', a fun, moderately naughty exclamation of disgust.
Purobolos
Purobolos
Bestiary #263
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 Drops
Common: Potion
Command Immunities
Elemental Immunities
Catch
None
Elemental Absorb
Elemental Weakness
None
None
Blue Magic
Status Immunities
MiniConfuseToadParalyze
 
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 Purobolos will heal every time they are hit with a Summoned monster.
 



A decently leveled Summoner with ArmorGaia Gear wielding Titan's power can take out all six Purobolos in a single hit. I'm not counting on you having that, though. Purobolos' can be very, very annoying. Every time one is killed, it revives all deceased comrades with full HP. With 1500 HP and the ability to cast OSelf-Destruct every single turn, you'll want to deal with them very quickly. So, there's basically two approaches:

The Silence status prevents a Purobolos from casting OArise when dying. It's, however, very difficult to set the ailment and deal sufficient damage at the same time. It's a shame the OMute spell has no effect in this battle.

The best way to deal with the Purobolos is by dealing damage to all targets. Clothes characters can throw Scrolls, which are even better when a spell ability is set to the character to boost its Magic Power. Gaia's Wrath deals around 1100 damage (1700 when boosted), but beware; every Summoned monster attack makes a Purobolos cast OCura on itself, healing for about 200 HP. OAqua Breath deals around 800 damage as well. The way to kill all Purobolos in a single hit if you're sick of them is the Samurai's !Zeninage; a level 25 character deals over 5000 damage to all targets. It'll cost you about 7500 Gil though, and it's really not necessary. I'd go with a Scroll followed up with Gaia's Wrath or something like that, works like a charm and costs you nothing.

I wonder where Cid and Mid have Gohn? OMG! Pun intended. It's below the Desert of Shifting Sands, remember?

Caves of Narshe: Final Fantasy V
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