Guardian

Level 40 HP 4,000 MP 340

Attack 80 (380) Magic atk 66 (636)

Defense 76 (85%) Magic def 80 (84%)

Defense% 8% Dexterity 67 Luck 10

EXP 940 AP 60 Gil 500

Abilities Rocket Punch (345), W Rocket Punch (345), Jumping Blow (345), Power Plus, Vanish

Status Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Slow, Darkness, Frog, Stop, Poison, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence, Sadness, Fury

Encountered In Underwater Reactor

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Monster Abilities: Used by Guardian – 5 shown

Basic abilities are not called out by name when used; some abilities are used as basic abilities only by certain monsters Name	MP	The damage calculation of the ability; P or M represent the user's physical or magic base damage, which is based on their Attack/Magic atk and Level; damage based on P or M is reduced by 1/3 when used against multiple targets; HP or MP are those of the target of the ability; abilities marked with an asterisk (*) use special damage formulas; a dagger (†) indicates the ability ignores Defense/Magic def; healing, MP restoration, HP draining, and MP draining or damaging abilities are indicated by their text color Base Damage	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	Attack%	Type	Target	Element	The status effects that can be inflicted or removed by this ability, and the chance of success if it is not assured Status	Special Properties
Vanish	-	-	-	Always Hits	Physical	Self	-	-	-
Rocket Punch	-	125%×P	345	100%	Physical	One enemy	Hit	-	-
W Rocket Punch	-	125%×P	345	100%	Physical	One enemy	Hit	-	-
Jumping Blow	-	125%×P	345	100%	Physical	One enemy	Cut	-	-
Power Plus	-	-	-	Always Hits	Physical	Self	-	-	-

Screens: Where Guardian is Encountered – 3 shown

Area	Temporary screens become permanently inaccessible during the normal course of the game Name	The random encounter groups that you may fight on this screen; this list only includes standard encounters, but special encounter types may also be present as detailed on the screen detail page; encounter rates are in parenthesis and are out of 256 Random Encounters	How many treasures (items of interest containing equipment or other items) are found on this screen Treasures	The price of the cheapest inn in this screen. it is not necessarily always available Inn Price	Save Point	Notes
Underwater Reactor	Underwater Reactor (Submarine Dock Walkway)	Senior Grunt, Gun Carrier (72) 2 Hard Attackers (68) Hard Attacker, 2 Senior Grunts (60) Guardian (56)	-	-	-	-
Underwater Reactor	Underwater Reactor (Short Hallway)	Senior Grunt, Gun Carrier (72) 2 Hard Attackers (68) Hard Attacker, 2 Senior Grunts (60) Guardian (56)	-	-	Right side	-
Underwater Reactor	Underwater Reactor (Reactor Catwalk)	Guardian (72) 2 Guardians (68) Senior Grunt, Gun Carrier (60) 2 Hard Attackers (56)	-	-	-	-

Encounters: With Guardian – 3 shown

Limited encounters never appear as 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 encounters only appear in the Battle Square; chocobo encounters only appear in certain areas when using a Chocobo Lure and can be caught Name	The range of levels of monsters in this encounter Level	EXP	AP	Gil	In a pincer attack, your party is surrounded; in a side attack, your party surrounds the enemies; in a back attack, the enemy attacks from behind Type	Whether pre-emptive strikes are possible in this encounter; pre-emptive strikes are only possible during normal battles, and are disabled during any set encounter on a map with no random encounters, even if the encounter would normally allow them; there are no pre-emptive strikes in the battle square Pre-emptive?	A factor indicating how hard it is to run from a battle; for example, it will generally take twice as long to run from a battle with a ×2 run difficulty than one with a ×1 run difficulty Run Difficulty	The specific monsters that appear in this encounter; a dagger (†) indicates that one or more of the marked monsters have cover, meaning that they cannot be attacked until certain monsters in closer rows have been defeated Monsters
Guardian	40	940	60	500 gil	Normal Battle	No	×1	Guardian
2 Guardians	40	1,880	120	1,000 gil	Normal Battle	No	×1	2 Guardians
Guardian	40	940	60	500 gil	Back Attack	No	×2	Guardian

Status Effects: Resisted by Guardian – 16 shown

Positive status effects are generally beneficial; negative status effects are generally harmful; special status effects can only be inflicted by certain materia commands Name	This status is negated by its opposed status Opposed	Type	Duration	Effect
Confusion	-	Negative	Temporary	Character will attack allies, effect ends when hit by any physical attack
Darkness	-	Negative	Temporary	Halves the accuracy of the character's weapon attacks (no effect on monsters)
Death	-	Negative	Permanent	Character is dead
Death-sentence	-	Negative	Temporary	Character dies when the timer runs out
Frog	-	Negative	Temporary	Character deals 1/4 physical damage and can only Fight, use Items, or cast Toad
Fury	Sadness	Negative	Permanent	Character has 30% less accuracy, but limit bar growth is doubled
Manipulate	-	Negative	Temporary	Your party decides the afflicted monster's actions
Paralyzed	-	Negative	Temporary	Character cannot act
Petrify	-	Negative	Temporary	Character cannot act but is immune to damage and status effects
Poison	-	Negative	Temporary	Character repeatedly takes 1/32 of max HP damage
Sadness	Fury	Negative	Permanent	Character takes 30% less damage, but limit bar growth is halved
Sleep	-	Negative	Temporary	Character cannot act, but is woken by any physical attack
Slow	Haste	Negative	Temporary	Character takes turns half as often as normal
Slow-numb	-	Negative	Temporary	Character will be afflicted with Petrify when the timer runs out
Small	-	Negative	Temporary	Character deals 1 damage with all physical attacks
Stop	-	Negative	Temporary	Character can't act

Hard Attacker Gun Carrier

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