Werebeast

Effective Weapons
Werebane, Excalibur
Members
Weretiger, Werewolf
Werebeasts are the red-headed stepchild of the Final Fantasy monster family tree. There are only two in the game, and Weretigers won't appear until long after the Werebane becomes obsolete. Presumably the Werebane therefore exists just to kill Werewolves, but they aren't that tough anyway. So what gives? Who knows.
Compare Werebeast to other Monster Families
Weapons: Effective Against the Werebeast Family – 2 shown
Rare weapons can only be found as treasure, not purchased; enchanted items cast spells when used in combat; legendary weapons can be earned via sidequest; ultimate weapons are uniquely powerful treasures
Name
The base damage dealt by the weapon; this is added to half of the wielder's strength score, and each hit deals between one and two times this total in damage, reduced by the target's defense
Damage
This value is added to the wielder's base accuracy to determine the overall accuracy of the weapon's attacks; the base chance to hit is approximately 84% plus half of this value, modified by the target's evasion; a character gains an extra hit for every 32 points of accuracy they have
Hit Rate
The chance of each attack with this weapon being a critical hit (unless the attack misses); critical hits add double the character's attack rating to their normal damage (this extra damage ignores defense)
Crit
When used against a monster weak against one of its elements, the weapon gets a +4 bonus to attack and is 20% more likely to hit
Element
When used against a monster of a family it is effective against, the weapon gets a +4 bonus to attack and is 20% more likely to hit
Effective Against		 Price
The amount of gil received when selling this weapon in a shop
Value
If used as an item in combat, some weapons can cast a particular magic spell free of cost
Spell		 Equipped By
Werebane 18 +15 13.4% - Werebeast - 3,000 gil - Wa, RM, Kn, Ni, RW
Excalibur 45 +35 19.9% All elements All families - 30,000 gil - Kn
Monsters: In the Werebeast Family – 2 shown
Minibosses are only found in repeatable set encounters; bosses are encountered only one time during the game; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; superbosses are the most dangerous monsters in the game, but are optional
Name		 HP Gil
The total amount of experience earned for defeating this monster (this is split evently among surviving party members)
Exp
Each physical hit will deal between one and two times this amount of damage to the target, reduced by the target's defense
Att
The number of hit chances the monster gets whenever it attacks; each successful hit will deal full damage and can be a critical hit
Hits
The accuracy of the monster's attacks; the base chance to hit is approximately 84% plus half of the monster's accuracy, modified by the target's evasion
Acc
The status ailment, if any, that can be inflicted by this monster's attacks; the base chance of affliction is 50%, reduced by 1% for each two points of magic defense the target has
Status
The chance of each of this monster's attacks being a critical hit (unless the attack misses); critical hits add double the monster's attack rating to their normal damage (this extra damage ignores defense)
Crit
Each physical hit the monster takes will have its damage reduced by this amount
Abs
The monster's base chance to evade any given physical attack; each two points of evasion result in a 1% better chance to evade attacks
Eva
For each two points of magic defense, the monster has a 1% better chance of resisting any given spell
Mag. Def.
The lowest party level at which the monster may choose to run away; the chance to run is approximately 4% for each level the party leader is above this level
Run Lev.
The chance that the monster uses a magic spell on its turn; each monster that can cast spells has a specific cycle of spells that they always use in the same order (see the monster page for specifics)
Magic
The chance that the monster uses a special attack on its turn; monsters with multiple special attacks have a specific cycle of special attacks that they always use in the same order (see the monster page for specifics)
Sp. Att
The families this monster belongs to; only undead monsters are affected by Dia spells; regenerating monsters recover 5% of their maximum hp (rounded down) at the beginning of each round; some weapons gain a +4 bonus to attack and are approximately 20% more likely to hit when used against certain monster families
Family
The elements this monster is weak against; weakness against an element causes spells and special attacks of that element to be approximately 20% more likely to hit, and damaging spells or special attacks deal an additional 50% damage
Weakness
The elements this monster is resistant to; resistance to an element drops the base hit chance for spells and special attacks of that element to 0, and those attacks cause half damage
Resists
Werewolf 68 67 gil 135 14 1 92 Poison 1% 6 21 23 20 - - Magic Beast, Regenerating, Werebeast - -
Weretiger 160 780 gil 780 30 2 103 Poison 1% 16 24 47 34 - - Magic Beast, Regenerating, Werebeast - -
Undead Aquatic

Related

Werebeast

Members
CATMAN, WrWOLF
Werebeasts are the red-headed stepchild of the FF1 monster family tree. There are only two in the game, and you won't see a CATMAN until late in the game, long after the Were Sword would have become obsolete if it actually did anything special.

Werebeast

Members
Brain, Changer, Stunner, Werepanther, Werewolf
Effective Weapons Excalibur, Werebuster
The Werebeast family is perhaps the strangest in the game, consisting of Werepanthers and Werewolves, Brains and Changers, and Stunners. The Stunners are the strangest, since they share a sprite with Wererats, who are not Werebeasts. In any case, this is an important family because it's the only one where you will get a weapon effective against them early in the game. The Werebuster can do some serious damage to these Monsters if you have a front-line staff user, and it's a good weapon when you get it anyway.