Antlion (Final Fantasy IX)

The Antlion is a boss from Final Fantasy IX. The party fights it in Cleyra after it attempts to eat Prince Puck. If its Trouble Mucus causes a character to become Troubled, an Annoyntment can be stolen to cure it. When attacked physically, it responds with its Counter Horn. The Antlion's Sandstorm ability reduces all allies' HP to single digits and inflicts the Blind status ailment. This is especially dangerous when Trouble is inflicted on a unit.

Antlion is vulnerable to Sleep and Slow, which are useful for buying time while its items are stolen. Silence is not as effective as only Fira will be disabled. Vivi can take the Antlion out in a few turns with Blizzara due to its weakness to Ice. At this point of the game it is possible for Quina to have learned Limit Glove from a Mandragora in the forest near Chocobo's Forest and Auto-Life from a Carrion Worm in Cleyra's Trunk, so that combination can be used for a quick kill.

Stronger Antlions also appear as regular enemies if the player chooses the wrong sand pit when attempting to enter the Desert Palace on the Outer Continent. These Antlions have the same attacks as the first Antlion.

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