Mom Bomb (Final Fantasy IV 2D)

Mom Bomb is a boss from Final Fantasy IV. She is fought on the summit of Mt. Hobs.

Story
Cecil, Rydia, Rosa, and Edward climb to the top of Mt. Hobs to reach Fabul to protect the Crystal of Air from being stolen by the Red Wings and Golbez. At the summit they witness a lone warrior monk from Fabul being attacked by Domovois. After the Monk defeats the goblins, the Mom Bomb, accompanying the other monsters, attacks the warrior. Cecil and the party intervene and helped the lone monk defeat the bomb. Realizing that the bombs must have been sent to destroy the monks in preparation for an attack on Fabul, Yang joins the others and they rush to the castle to prepare to defend the Crystal.

Battle
The Mom Bomb begins the battle looking like a normal bomb until it takes about 1,500 damage, when it then transforms into a large cloud of flame (as pictured in the table). Once this happens, she is preparing to explode and a countdown will start. It is advised the party heals as much as possible at this point; the explosion will cause considerable damage to the party. After exploding, Mom Bomb transforms into three Gray Bombs and three Bombs. Yang should use his Kick attack. Bombs will explode after they have been damaged.

In some versions of the game, Mom Bomb is susceptible to the Second Form Glitch.

It is possible to kill the Mom Bomb before she explodes by leveling up Rydia to level 26, where she gains access to Bio and let her frequently use the aforementioned spell every turn. Although optional, this is one of, if not the best strategy against the Mom Bomb, though this usually takes up a ridiculously long time, given the seemingly meager EXP yield of enemies in the vicinity (unless Rydia is the only group member alive).

Related Enemies

 * Bomb
 * Gray Bomb
 * Balloon
 * Dark Grenade
 * Melt Bomb
 * King Bomb
 * Katsuhisa Higuchi

Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-

 * Bomb
 * Balloon
 * Gray Bomb
 * Dad Bomb

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years

 * Balloon
 * Bomb
 * Bomb King
 * Dark Grenade
 * Gray Bomb
 * Mom Bomb
 * Momiyama

Mutterbombe (FFIV)