Malboro Menace (Final Fantasy X)

Malboro Menace is an enemy in Final Fantasy X fought at the Monster Arena in the Area Conquest once the player has caught at least one of each fiend in the Kilika area: Dinonix, Killer Bee, Yellow Element, and Ragora. Malboro Menace shares its model with the Great Malboro.
==Stats==
==Battle==
One of the most difficult fiends to kill, the Malboro Menace starts with an ambush and uses Putrid Breath, its most dangerous attack, to inflict the party with a myriad of status ailments. Putrid Breath inflicts Silence (by 8 turns), Darkness (by 8 turns), Slow, Poison, and Confusion. Status Ward armor will not protect the party, but the ailments can be blocked by Statusproof or Ribbon. Putrid Breath also inflicts physical damage; while the damage is determined by Malboro Menace's Magic and the targets' Magic Defense, it is mitigated by Protect rather than by Shell. Malboro Menace will not use Putrid Breath again until it is targeted seven times, and will never use it against aeons (who would be immune to the status ailments). If an aeon is summoned on a turn Malboro Menace would use Putrid Breath, it will delay its use until it gets a turn against the party.
The Malboro attacks a party member with Mega Gastric Juice and inflicts Full Break on them. Its Gastric Juice Blast spits from its eyes multiple times on the party and may inflict Petrification (50% chance). Both attacks do the same damage regardless of stats, although Gastric Juice Blast can be mitigated with Protect. Malboro Menace uses Gastric Juice Blast when its HP drops below half. Its most damaging attack is Chow Time, where it swallows a party member and regurgitates them immediately, inflicting all Break statuses on them. It will not use this against aeons.
Malboro Menace drops many weapons with status-strike abilities, and many status-proof armor. If it drops a weapon, it always has Poisonstrike, and if it drops armor, it always has Poisonproof. Both armor and weapons dropped by it give the wielder a hidden critical hit bonus of 6% (most equipment, including Celestial Weapons, give 3% critical hit bonus) to all of the wielder's physical attacks.
===Strategy===
Having armor that protects against various status ailments is recommended. Ribbon is ideal, but it's difficult to acquire. The player could substitute it with Confuseproof (to ensure that characters can still act after Putrid Breath) and Stoneproof (to avoid being petrified by Gastric Juice Blast), and bring plenty of Remedies to cure. The Auto-Med ability can also help by removing the need to waste turns on curing statuses.
If sufficient status protection is unavailable, a good strategy is to equip First Strike and use the character's turn to switch to Yuna and summon an aeon. This will not actually make Malboro Menace waste Putrid Breath on the aeon, but the aeon can use an Overdrive (Anima's Oblivion may finish the boss instantly, if Anima is strong enough) or use other attacks for as long as possible before using its Overdrive. If the aeon is defeated, Malboro Menace will still use Putrid Breath on the next turn it gets against the party. The player could either have Yuna summon another aeon or use the party members' Overdrives to finish the boss off quickly.
Another option is to start the battle at 1 HP and have Rikku use Hyper Mighty G. The party will die to the damage of Putrid Breath, then get revived status-free thanks to the Auto-Life bestowed by Hyper Mighty G.
When a character is inflicted with the Break statuses, Dispel can be used to cure them.
==Gallery==
FFX Gastric Juice Blast.png|Gastric Juice Blast.
FFX Mega Gastric Juice.png|Mega Gastric Juice.
==Etymology==
==Related enemies==
*Great Malboro
*Malboro
===Final Fantasy X-2===
*Great Malboro
*Malboro
===Final Fantasy X-2: Last Mission===
*Malboro
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