Encounters: With Needle Kiss – 12 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
2 Needle Kisses 17 150 16 260 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 2 Needle Kisses
Cokatolis, 2 Needle Kisses 17 247 26 428 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 Cokatolis, 2 Needle Kisses
2 Needle Kisses 17 150 16 260 gil Back Attack No ×2 2 Needle Kisses
2 Needle Kisses 17 150 16 260 gil Side Attack No ×1 2 Needle Kisses
3 Needle Kisses 17 225 24 390 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 3 Needle Kisses
3 Search Crowns, Needle Kiss 16–17 315 32 463 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 3 Search Crowns, Needle Kiss†
Needle Kiss, Search Crown, Bagnadrana 16–17 265 27 361 gil Normal Battle No ×1 Needle Kiss, Search Crown, Bagnadrana
3 Needle Kisses 17 225 24 390 gil Back Attack No ×2 3 Needle Kisses
3 Needle Kisses, Cokatolis 17 322 34 558 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 3 Needle Kisses, Cokatolis†
5 Needle Kisses 17 375 40 650 gil Pincer Attack No ×1 5 Needle Kisses
2 Needle Kisses, Bagnadrana 16–17 260 27 380 gil Normal Battle No ×1 2 Needle Kisses, Bagnadrana
3 Search Crowns, 2 Needle Kisses 16–17 390 40 593 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 3 Search Crowns, 2 Needle Kisses