Skull Eater (Final Fantasy V)

The Skull Eater is an enemy in Final Fantasy V, occasionally encountered in Jachol Cave. Although it has only one HP, its high evasion makes it hard to hit, its high Defense and magic defense can reduce the damage of many weaker weapons and spells to 0, and its attacks can easily kill a party member.

Skull Eater can easily be killed with the Ninja's Throw ability, Ranger's Aim ability, or the Geomancer's Gaia ability. The Will o' Wisp ability can confuse it and it will kill itself, but this method can fail if Skull Eater uses a normal attack instead of Incisor on itself. Stalactite also has the capacity to kill them swiftly. One can also defeat a Skull Eater using Control and then have it use Special technique on itself. Their high evasion rate can be bypassed with Aim or Rapid Fire, but an axe, hammer or a weapon with over 90 attack power is needed to get past their defense. Later in the game, the Excalipoor can also be used as it never misses and always does 1 damage, and most higher level damaging spells, such as Titan and Firaga, are powerful enough to get past the Skull Eater's formidable magic defense. In addition of that, sometimes when hit five copies of it will appear.

Skull Eater is easier to kill after the worlds have merged, as the party's strength will outweigh its evasion. It is useful for AP farming, particularly in World One, since it can be killed fairly easily using the Throw or Gaia commands and gives a high amount (between 5 and 10, depending on the amount of enemies) of AP. The monster also tends to run away while the battle is at an early stage, leaving the party with a 5 AP reward at no cost to the party. The black magic attack Bio also works well.

Related Enemies

 * Nutkin
 * Soul Eater
 * Big Boss

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