Epitaph (Final Fantasy IX)

Epitaph is a stone enemy from Final Fantasy IX, and can be found in Oeilvert. Its Mirror ability allows it to create doppelgangers of one of the eight party members. These mirrors will attack the party. If the character it mirrors is in the party, the mirror will perform an attack that deals 9,999 HP damage to the character mirrored. Against any other party members, the mirror will only use a normal physical attack that does minor damage.

If Epitaphs become a problem and are reliably KO-ing player characters in every encounter, a good way to hasten their defeat is to equip the Man Eater and Stone Eater abilities to quickly destroy the mirrors and Epitaph respectively. For a hassle-free but unrewarding technique, one can kill the Epitaphs instantly by using a Soft on it (due to its nature being Stone-type).

A point noteworthy is that prior to sending Zidane to the Forgotten Continent, Kuja says to him, "I'd better send you with three of your friends just to be safe. Besides, nobody likes to fight against himself." This foreshadows the abilities of the Epitaph, and the great danger they would have posed if Kuja had indeed sent Zidane to Oeilvert alone without the rest of the party.