Cactuar (Final Fantasy VI enemy)

The Cactuar, also known as Cactrot, is an enemy in Final Fantasy VI. They only appear in the desert near Maranda.

In the Advance release, killing ten Cactuars will lure out the Gigantuar. However, the player must first speak to a man in Maranda, who mentions encountering the monster.

Battle
The Cactuar uses a turn "bundling up something...", before using 1000 Needles. After repeating this script for six turns, the message "Workload increases tenfold!" may appear, after which the Cactuar will cast ten 1,000 Needles in a row, dealing a total of 10,000 HP damage.

Cactuars have extremely high Defense and Evade, so it is advised to use attacks that are unblockable and ignore Defense, such as Bushido, Tools, and Blitz. Alternatively, the player can equip a Sniper Eye to ensure their attacks connect, and use the Ultima Weapon, and Ultima spells. If Strago is in the party, using his 1000 Needles lore will always hit.

The Cactuars are useful for learning magic, as they give 10 AP when defeated.

Coliseum Setup
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For the versions prior to the Gameboy Advance, the player should use Gogo with three Attack commands, a Sniper Eye, Merit Award, and a defense-ignoring weapon such as Valian Knife or Ultima Weapon, Dice, or Fixed Dice. An alternative setup would be Gogo with three Attack commands, Merit Award with Dice or Fixed Dice; both will hit Cactuar without Master's Scroll or Sniper Eye, and they have their own damage formula which doesn't take Cactuar's Defense into account.

Normal Script
Attack Turns: 1st Turn: Display message: Bundling up something... 2nd Turn: 1000 Needles (100%) 3rd Turn: Display message: Bundling up something... 4th Turn: 1000 Needles (100%) 5th Turn: Display message: Bundling up something... 6th Turn: 1000 Needles (100%) 7th Turn: Display message: Workload increases tenfold! 8th Turn: 1000 Needles (100%)
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Coliseum Script
Attack Turns: 1st Turn: Attack (33%) or Mindprick (33%) or 1000 Needles (33%)

Trivia

 * In the online game , the player can purchase a hat called "Catcrot." The hat's description is, "Desert, South of Miranda. World of Ruin. Watch out for Blow Fish."

Related Enemies

 * Gigantuar

Kaktor (FFVI) Кактуар (Final Fantasy VI)