Crane (Final Fantasy VI)

The Cranes are two bosses in Final Fantasy VI. They are fought during the party's escape from the Magitek Research Facility.

The left Crane is resistant to lightning and will use Gigavolt if three lightning-elemental attacks are used on it, while the right Crane is resistant to fire and uses Firaga if hit with three fire attacks. The two use Thundara and Fira spells, their special attack Wrecking Ball and "shake the deck" to cast Magnitude 8. They will also cast Fira and Thundara against each other to heal themselves and charge up energy for Gigavolt/Firaga. When one Crane is destroyed the other uses Magitek Barrier, giving itself the Protect and Reflect statuses.

Physical attacks like Sabin's Blitz and Edgar's Tools are advised, but the summon Bismarck also works well as both Cranes are weak to Water. Setzer's Slots are also useful for healing the party and damaging both Cranes with H-Bomb and 7-Flush.

Left Crane
If Var1 = 3:
 * Set Var1 = 0
 * Target: Crane (Right)
 * Fira (100%)

If monster is by itself (once per battle):
 * Target: Self
 * Magitek Barrier

If Timer >= 60:
 * Set Timer = 0
 * Display message: The crane shakes the deck!
 * Magnitude 8 (100%)

Attack Turns: 1st Turn: Attack (33%) or Thunder (66%) 2nd Turn: Attack (33%) or Thundara (33%) or Wrecking Ball (33%)

If attacked by anything Lightning-elemental:
 * If Var3 = 0:
 * Increase Var3 by 1<
 * Display message: ELECTRIFICATION LEVEL: 1
 * If Var3 = 1:
 * Increase Var3 by 1
 * Display message: ELECTRIFICATION LEVEL: 2
 * If Var3 = 2:
 * Display message: ELECTRIFICATION LEVEL: 3
 * Display message: Electrical energy unleashed!
 * Set Var3 = 0
 * Target: All Characters
 * Gigavolt (100%)

If attacked by anything:
 * Increase Var1 by 1
 * Attack (33%)

AI Script
If Var0 >= 3:
 * Set Var0 = 0
 * Target: Crane (Left)
 * Thundara (100%)

If monster is by itself (this only happens once per battle):
 * Target: Self
 * Magitek Barrier

If Timer >= 60:
 * Set Timer = 0
 * Display message: The crane shakes the deck!
 * Magnitude 8 (100%)

Attack Turns: 1st Turn: Attack (33%) or Fire (66%) 2nd Turn: Attack (33%) or Fira (33%) or Wrecking Ball (33%)

If attacked by anything Fire-elemental:
 * If Var2 = 0:
 * Increase Var2 by 1
 * Display message: THERMAL REACTION LEVEL: 1
 * If Var2 = 1:
 * Increase Var2 by 1
 * Display message: THERMAL REACTION LEVEL: 2
 * If Var2 = 2:
 * Display message: THERMAL REACTION LEVEL: 3
 * Display message: UNLEASHING THERMAL ENERGY
 * Set Var2 = 0
 * Target: All Characters
 * Firaga (100%)

If attacked by anything:
 * Increase Var0 by 1
 * Attack (33%)