Lamia Queen (Final Fantasy II)

The Lamia Queen is a boss creature from Final Fantasy II, and the player's first encounter with it is more integral to the story than most other bosses in the game. While in Palamecian custody on the Dreadnought, Princess Hilda is switched with a Lamia Queen disguised as her to fool the rebel forces. Firion and his party eventually storm the empire's warship and rescue Cid and the false princess, taking them back to Altair. Later on, after the party returns from Deist, the Lamia Queen briefly attempts to seduce Firion, revealing its true form, and the party engages it in battle.

Later in the game, the party will encounter another Lamia Queen guarding a treasure chest in Palamecia's castle, and as a random encounter in Pandaemonium.

Strategy
The Lamia Queen is a notoriously tricky foe, utilizing a couple of nasty status effects to cause havoc amongst your party. Its regular physical attack will frequently put its targets to sleep, and it utilizes Charm 9 to confuse your warriors. It may also cast Blink 16 on itself repeatedly, making it nearly impossible to hit with physical attacks. Before engaging the Lamia Queen, level up your Basuna spell to at least level 5 to deal with any confused characters. The Lamia Queen is also susceptible to the Silence spell, but in order to get it, you'll need to make an early visit to Mysidia to pick it up, then build it up to level 3. If you cast it on the Lamia Queen early on in the fight, you'll eliminate two thirds of your worries. The sleep effect from its physical blows should be easy enough to deal with, as it tends to wear off quickly. With or without the Silence spell, just blitz the Lamia Queen with physical blows and powerful spells to take it down.

Related Enemies

 * Lamia
 * Lamia Matriarch