Monsters

    The monsters of Final Fantasy Legend are both allies and enemies.  This is one of the more unique aspects of all the games in the FFL series - the ability to use the monsters as player characters.  Monster characters vary in ability.  Some monster races are powerful as fighters, while others rely more on magical abilities.  A monsters ability can only be changed by eating the meat of a monster defeated in combat.  There are 30 different groups of monsters: 25 "races" which can be used by the player, 4 groups of monsters which cannot be played and the bosses.  Each race and boss is described separately below.

    The 25 player races all have 6 ranks each. The first monster rank is usually found in the first five levels of the tower. Rank 2 can usually be found through floors 6-10. Floors 11-16 are home to Rank 3, and rank 4 monsters are often found on the upper levels of the tower. There are some exeptions to this; ranks 2 and 3 of the weaker races are found on lower levels, while you won't begin to encounter rank 1 of the more powerful monsters until level 7 or higher. The player's guide for the game will list which monsters can be found on each floor. Rank 5 monsters are almost all found in the tower after beating Ashura.  The 6th and most powerful member of each of these races is a player character only - you will not encounter them as enemies.  Depending on meat that your monster eats, he can become any of the first five members of any race, until you face the second forms of the four main bosses.  Once a monster eats the meat of the second bosses, he will tranform into one of the rank 6 monsters.  After becoming a rank 6 monster, meat will only transform your monster into another rank 6 monster.  The 4 non-player races only have 5 ranks each (this is because you can't tranform into one of these monsters, and rank 6 monsters are never encountered). You will encounter the 5 ranks of these monsters on the same levels as the player monsters.  Finally there are the bosses.  Each is unique and described indiviually below.  You will always encounter a boss in the same place, and once defeated, no longer remains a threat (although the bosses of the four main worlds have two separate forms which must be destroyed).

Index

Insects

Fish

Eyes

The Listings

Each race is described below. The strengths and weaknesses of each race is described, as well as the usual attacks. Each rank 6 monster is described in detail. A table will list the stats for each monster.

1. Clipper
2. Beetle
3. Ant Lion
4. Atom Ant
5. Scorpion
6. Scarab

    The first monster race is composed of various crawling insects (although scorpions really aren't insects; this is a convienient description for the group). The highest ability of all six insects is Defense. Agility is also very high. This means that these monsters will often strike early in combat, and they can absorb more damage. The weakest ability is strength, so the wont inflict as much damage as mosters in the same area. Mana is also low, but insects usually rely on physical or status changing attacks. This makes them relatively mediocre combatants. A bite or pincer attack is common to all monsters in this group. Most are also xIce. The best attacks against these monsters are agility draining effects like Sand and Electro, and Ice or Chill.
Rank 6: Scarab. The Scarab's main attacks are Bite, Acid, and Bash. Acid can usually bypass oWeapon, while the other attacks are basically physical in nature. In addition, it has Raise and Telepor, which are mainly party support abilies not used in combat. The Scarab really isn't one of the better Rank 6 monsters.

Clipper			20/		Beetle			202/
4	Pincer				17	Bite
9	xIce				40	Saw
7					38	oQuake
6					29	xIce
Ant Lion			231/900		Atom Ant			295/900
22	Nail				28	D-Beam		oFire
45	Tusk				55	Nail		xIce
43	Sand				53	Bite
33	Blind				41	Acid
Scorpion			551/2000		Scarab			666/-
52	2Pincer		Gas		62	Bite		Raise
89	Tusk		Telepor		99	Acid		Telepor
87	Poison		xIce		99	Bash		oPoison
70	Mirror				81	Stench		oQuake

1. Barracuda
2. Piranha
3. Shark
4. Gunfish
5. Elec Eel
6. Leviathan

    The second race is composed of fish. Fishes' strongest ability is agility, which allows them to strike early. Fish generally attack with fins or bite attacks, and are all oFire. Most are also xElec as well. Fish are relatively good as fighters.  When fighting fish, you may wish to use Electro and Sand to slow them down. Of course, Thunder or Elec is the best attack against them, and they are susceptible to criticals from Coral and Elec Swords.
Rank 6: Leviathan. Leviathan can attack with fins, bites and its tail. It also has a whirl attack which hits all enemies, but won't wipe out the more powerful parties due to Leviathan's relatively low mana score. Leviathan is good if you need a fighter monster.

Barracuda			60/120		Piranha			82/120
9	Fin				11	Tusk
6	oFire				9	oFire
11	xElec				14	xElec
5					6
Shark			175/400		Gunfish			/1200
23	Tusk				42	Squirt
21	Head				40	Bite
30	oFire				54	oFire
14	xElec				28	xElec
Elec Eel			606/		Leviathan			729/-
71	Bite		oFire		82	Fin		Elec
69	Fin		Elec		80	Bite		Whirl
88	Electro				99	Tail		oQuake
52	Elec				62	Electro		oFire

1. Big Eye
2. Gazer
3. Seeker
4. Watcher
5. Evil Eye
6. Beholder

    Large floating eyes are the third race of monsters in Final Fantasy Legend. Their strongest ability by far is Mana. This makes them one of the more powerful magic-using monsters in the game. Most eyes have a Beam attack, which is counted as a non-elemental magical attack. Eyes also use a variety of gaze attacks which have varying effects, the weakest being sleep, and the strongest being death. Because they are floating monsters, they are all oQuake. They have no specific weaknesses other than a low agility, so the fastest characters in the party are the best choice to attack. Strength is also low, but since an eye's attack is magical in nature, this doesn't matter anyway.
Rank 6: Beholder. The Beholder has two beam attacks; the second one causes instant death. Beholders have 3 gaze attacks: the first one curses opponents, the second turns them to stone, and the third is instant death. Beholder has a suicide attack, Explode, which causes damage to all enemies, while killing the character. This is best saved as a last resort. Warning will make it harder for enemies to surprise the party. Beholder is a good choice for a magic-using monster

Big Eye			82/240		Gazer			202/600
8	Sl-Gaze				20	Beam
12	oQuake				29	Warning
6					18	oQuake
22					49
Seeker			295/1200		Watcher			451/2000
29	Beam				44	Sl-Gaze		oQuake
41	Gaze				60	Gaze
27	Warning				42	Beam
67	oQuake				74	Warning
Evil Eye			/2400		Beholder			666/-
	Beam				63	Beam		Gaze
					81	D-Beam		Warning
					61	Gaze		Explode
					99	Gaze		oQuake