Malboro Menace (Final Fantasy X)

The Malboro Menace is an enemy from Final Fantasy X. It is fought at the Monster Arena in the Area Conquest once you have caught at least one Dinonix, Killer Bee, Yellow Element, and Ragora, which are the monsters for Kilika.

The Malboro Menace attacks like Malboros. It attacks a party member with Mega Gastric Juice similar to normal attacks Malboros use. Its Gastric Juice Blast is an attack that spits from its eyes multiple times on the party, similar to the attack the Great Malboro uses. The Malboro Menace's strong attack is Chow Time. It swallows/eats a party member and regurgitates them immediately. Its strongest attack is Putrid Breath. Its similar like Bad Breath: It causes Silence, Darkness, Confusion, and Poison on all party members. Auto-Med armor will help the player if the Malboro Menace uses this attack. Note: The Malboro Menace will always ambush the player with this attack, so having First Strike weapons would also help.

Strategy
One of the more difficult fiends to kill, the Malboro Menace starts with an Ambush, in which it uses Putrid Breath, which randomly inflicts all status ailments in the game. Darkness, Silence, Poison, and Confusion are the most common. The Malboro Menace also employs two physical attacks, Chow Time and Mega Gastric Juice. Gastric Juice Blast is an additional attack that causes almost as many ailments as Putrid Breath. Attacks and magic can deal full damage.

If you don't have auto-med or ribbon a good strategy is to have a character with first strike in your starting party, then switch yuna in immediately to summon an aeon. This will mean the nasty putrid breath at the start is completely avoided and you can go from there.

Related enemies

 * Great Malboro
 * Malboro

Final Fantasy X-2

 * Great Malboro
 * Malboro