Advance

Type Physical
Attack% 255% (always hits)
Target Self
Used by Crown Lance, Golem, Demons Gate, Ice Golem, Armored Golem
Compare Advance to other Monster Abilities
Monsters: Which use Advance – 5 shown
Limited monsters never appear in random encounters; bosses are involved in important plot fights; special bosses and the final bosses are specifically called out as well; super bosses represent the greatest challenge in the game; Battle Square monsters only appear in the Battle Square; chocobos only appear in certain areas when using a Chocobo Lure and can be caught
Name		 Level HP MP Attack
The base physical damage dealt by this monster's abilities; physical damage abilities typically deal damage as a multiple of this value (P)
Base P		 Magic atk
The base magic damage dealt by this monster's abilities; magic damage abilities typically deal damage as a multiple of this value (M)
Base M
The estimated average amount of damage this ability will deal to a target with 128 Defense or Magic def when used by this monster (3/4 of base damage); actual damage will vary considerably based on the target's actual Defense or Magic def and other factors, but this is a good measure of the relative danger of this ability; a dagger (†) indicates that the ability deals set damage or otherwise ignores Defense and Magic def; numbers in italics are based on factors that will change during combat and should be considered very rough estimates; healing, MP restoration, HP drain, and MP drain or damage are indicated by text color
Typical Damage		 Defense
This is the damage a monster will take compared to the base damage of a physical attack
Phys. Vuln.		 Magic def
This is the damage a monster will take compared to the base damage of a magic attack
Magic Vuln.		 Defense%
Note that party members get a +50 bonus to Dexterity during combat which monsters do not
Dexterity		 Luck Elemental Vulnerability Status Immunity
 EXP AP Gil
The rate of Steal success per item by a character of equal level to the monster; these rates will change based on the level difference between the Stealing character and the monster; hover over a percentage to see the base rate (which is based on being 10 levels higher than the monster); this rate is multiplied by 80%±2% per level difference; only one item can be stolen, so an increase in level may in some cases decrease the effective Steal rate of items later in the list
Steal
A monster will never drop an item if an item was Stolen from it during the battle; only monsters present in the final battle of a multi-battle sequence may drop items
Win		 Morph
Crown Lance 20 440 70 34 55 31 306 - 30 94% 140 72% 1% 60 0 Absorb: Lightning
Invalid: Earth
Weak: Fire		 Defend: Confusion, Stop, Berserk, Paralyzed, Manipulate 225 23 400 gil - Hi-Potion (14.1%) Dream Powder
Armored Golem 41 10,000 200 110 670 98 834 - 100 80% 120 76% 1% 110 0 - Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Darkness, Frog, Berserk, Poison, Paralyzed, Manipulate, Death-sentence, Sadness, Fury 2,500 100 2,680 gil Turbo Ether (41.2%) Echo Screen (14.1%) Guard Source
Demons Gate 45 10,000 400 150 1410 96 846 - 100 80% 450 12% 0 120 0 Invalid: Poison, Gravity
Halve: Earth		 Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Stop, Berserk, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence 3,800 220 4,000 gil - Gigas Armlet -
Golem 24 1,000 - 60 150 5 174 - 56 89% 100 80% 1% 80 0 - Defend: Small, Confusion, Frog, Berserk, Manipulate 300 22 500 gil Turbo Ether (11.2%) Hi-Potion (14.1%) -
Ice Golem 40 4,000 300 100 600 70 660 - 80 84% 100 80% 10% 75 0 Absorb: Ice Defend: Small, Confusion, Frog, Berserk, Manipulate 1,000 70 1,500 gil Hi-Potion (41.2%) Hi-Potion (14.1%) -
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