Biding Mantis

Biding Mantis is a trophy Rare Game enemy in Final Fantasy XII found in Golmore Jungle as part of the Hunt Club sidequest. One is also fought in the Zodiac versions' Trial Mode in Stage 62, where a Biding Mantis usually spawns near the middle. In the Trial Mode, the Orochi (uncommon) and Zodiac Spear (rare) can be stolen from it.
== Bestiary entry ==
Derivation: Preying Mantis
:Mutant with a carapace many times thicker than that of the typical preying mantis. Hunted in Golmore Jungle.
==Stats==
== How to find ==
The player must have spoken to the "Huntmaster" in Phon Coast and defeated Thalassinon to start of the Rare Game quest. Biding Mantis has four spawn points in the southern portion of the Needlebrake area of the Golmore Jungle when the game clock is between 30 and 59 minutes.
== Battle ==
Biding Mantis can be used to test the party's strength. If it is lured to other enemies, it will cannibalize them, growing stronger. Once at a very high level it can deal 9,999 damage to a character with a single strike, and it attacks fast. Physical attacks become useless on high levels, so the player can use magick and Quickenings.
== Gallery ==
Biding Mantis FFXII.jpg|Bestiary entry (PlayStation 2).
== Etymology ==
== Related enemies ==
* Killer Mantis
* Antares
* Preying Mantis
* Deathclaw
* Scythe Mantis
* Antlion (Elite Mark)
* Rageclaw (Rare)
de:Panzer-Mantis (FFXII)
Category:Rare Game in Final Fantasy XII