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1.37: Wrapping Up: Gohn Meteorite and Chimera Brain

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Enemies: Chimera Brain

Blue Magic: Aqua Breath

Cid and Mid are taking an awfully long time. Turns out there's a monster involved. Who'da thunk it?

Chimera Brain Bestiary #253 Boss Monster	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	Magic Beast	19	3300	1000	0	0	35
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	40	7	1	10	10	20	1
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Dragon Fang Rare: Wind Spear			Common: Phoenix Down
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
				None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	Aqua Breath
	Strategy
	Characters with low HP are in danger from Chimera Brain, but more resistant characters should have no problem dealing enough damage to knock it out. As it is not Heavy, it can be hit with things like !Flirt, Death Claw, and Gravity.

The Chimera Brain isn't all that tough; physical attacks combined with (300 damage to all) and Frost (250 to all, but adds Sap) isn't too bad, but know that these attacks can kill those with few Hit Points in two hits. The best way of dealing with the Chimera Brain is exploiting its lack of Heavy nature and status vulnerabilities. The Dancer's !Flirt ability can cripple the creature easily. The Blue spells and work, as do the and spells from the Time spell book. And hey, you've still got a Two-Handed Berserker with the itching for business.

There are two items you can steal from the Chimera Brain. The is a new Spear, but the you could have obtained from the is quite a lot better and the Dragoon Job at this point really isn't all that grand, not even with the second-most powerful weapon we've got so far. The is a Mix item so inherently inferior to a new weapon, but it's probably the first one you'll get your hands on and it expands your Mix movepool. It's a toss-up, but since the Dragon Fang is infinitely easier to obtain I'd just go for that one.

The Chimera Brain shouldn't pose you with much troubles. It does, however, pose you with a .

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