Last One

The Last One , known in Japan as Last Enemy, refers to the final instance of an enemy's genus in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. These enemies have a fuchsia glow, are more dangerous than other representatives of their genus. Defeating an enemy's Last One incarnation will remove its genus from Nova Chrysalia. Not all genera can be eradicated.
Killing Last Ones earns achievements and trophies.
== Profile ==
Last Ones are born as a result of defeating every member, bar one, of a certain species, causing their energies to empower the remaining survivor. The Last One will appear in the field once every other member has been defeated. They are more difficult to defeat than their normal version, and can have as much as five times the HP of a regular monster of the same species, with enhanced offensive and defensive stats, enhanced abilities and increased aggressive behavior. For example, the Gremlin has 5,600 HP and can be easily staggered with physical attacks while it casts first tier spells, but the Gremlin Ω has 22,400 HP, casts third-tier spells—like Blizzaga or Aeroga—resists stagger, and even attacking it while casting spells will not entirely interrupt the casting unless it is a combo finisher attack, and its casting time is faster than that of the regular Gremlin. Last Ones also have a special damage threshold, which, if not surpassed, causes attacks to deal 1 damage to them.
Because of the gap in power, the player is encouraged to not tackle a Last One until they are well-developed, close to Days 5–6, to have enhanced stats, better equipment, and abilities they can use, such as debuffs or garbs that provide high defense, or are well-versed on a specific element. Although more powerful, the Last One's attack pattern is mostly the same as their regular version's, their stagger conditions remain the same (albeit more difficult to accomplish), and their resistances are equal. Using this info, the player can prepare the proper schemata and strategy and fight them with the proper precautions.
The player may not want to eradicate a species too early, as enemies will drop Level 3 abilities from Day 10 onward. On the bonus day, a bonus dungeon, the Ultimate Lair, will appear. The lair is located in the Dead Dunes and is inhabited exclusively by Last Ones, with one guarding each floor, save for the final five floors. Killing the Last Ones here will exterminate the respective enemy, and is the only feasible way to exterminate Meonekton.
Last Ones drop a glowing item on the ground where they were fought, which may be a powerful weapon or accessory. They can also drop upgrading components and high-level abilities. The weapons dropped by Last Ones are fuchsia-colored and more powerful than the equivalent weapons dropped by the normal monster. Accessories dropped by Last Ones often include auto-abilities and can boost HP and Strength or Magic simultaneously, something no other accessory can do. There are only three Last Ones that drop weapons: Reaver Ω, Skeleton Ω, and Cyclops Ω.
== Extinction numbers ==
There are a few enemies that cannot become extinct: Flanitor, Anubys, Desdemona, Gertrude, and Set, along with any human foes. The enemies fought at the Slaughterhouse are exempt from the Last One mechanic. These enemies have different names than the versions fought elsewhere.
The player can keep track on how many enemies of a type they have killed by the number of drops in their inventory, e.g. the number of Sinister Fangs keeps track of how many Reavers the player has felled.
Name 	Number	Name 	Number
Hoplite 	80 	Niblet 	120
Zaltys 	30 	Gaunt 	60
Gremlin 	120 	Dreadnought 	30
Gorgonopsid 	80 	Goblot 	80
Gurangatch 	30 	Ectopudding 	60
Miniflan 	100 	Aster Protoflorian	30
Schrodinger 	60 	Goblin 	90
Reaver 	30 	Meonekton 	65,535
Cactuar 	30 	Triffid 	80
Cyclops 	30 	Skeleton 	60
Desert Sahagin 	80 	Earth Eater 	30
Skata'ne 	60 	Hanuman and Vali 	100
Zomok 	30 	Dryad 	100
Rafflesia 	100 	Chocobo Eater 	30
Arcangeli 	30 	Chimera 	15
Sugriva, Neela, and Wendigo	30 	 	
== Gallery ==
LRFFXIII Skeletons Exterminated.png|A victory screen with message regarding defeating a Last One.
Harbringer of Death.png|Harbringer of Death, a trophy/achievement awarded for slaying one Last One.
Goddess of Death.png|Goddess of Death, a trophy/achievement awarded for slaying ten Last Ones.
==Etymology and origin==
The capital omega (Ω) indicates being the last of their genera, as omega is the final letter in the Greek alphabet. 
An endling is an individual that is the last of its species or subspecies; once it dies, the species becomes extinct.
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