Catoblepas (Final Fantasy IX)

The Catoblepas is a beast type enemy from Final Fantasy IX, found as a regular enemy on the non-forested Forgotten Continent overworld areas. Catoblepas is encountered in Treno weapon shop with the same stats, and the player wins 15,000 gil for defeating it.
==Stats==
== Battle ==
Catoblepas can inflict Petrify through its Devil's Bell attack. It uses Earthquake to deal Earth damage to all party members. Its Heave attack deals strong physical damage to one opponent, uses the Thundara and regular physical attacks, which are fairly powerful. Catoblepas uses Limit Glove on 1 HP; if its HP is reduced to one (either from really bad luck or through use of Matra Magic), it will counter with Limit Glove and deal 9999 damage to whoever attacked it last.
=== Strategy ===
It is recommended to equip the Jelly support ability to prevent Petrify, and to have either Earth-resistant abilities or Auto-Float to avoid its Earthquake attack. Having Protect mitigates the damage Catoblepas can do with its powerful physical attacks. An easy way to protect everyone at once is via Quina's Mighty Guard (though expensive MP wise) and Eiko's Carbuncle when she has Boost equipped or the player gets lucky with the long summon animation.
To defeat the Catoblepas easily, one can use skills that inflict Instant Death, Heat, or Freeze. It is also susceptible to Quina's LV4 Holy.
== AI script ==
== Etymology ==
Category:Enemies in Final Fantasy IX
Category:Final Fantasy IX Edible Enemies
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