Mimic Queen (Final Fantasy XII)

The Mimic Queen is the third boss in Final Fantasy XII, fought in the Barheim Passage. During the fight, it spawns Tiny Batteries periodically.

Bestiary Primer
Genus: Boss Classification: Giant Insect

Page 1: Observations
''Of the gregarious hordes of mimics, the Queen alone possesses the ability to reproduce. Her egg-laying capabilities being truly astounding, she has been known to lay over 100 eggs in a single day.''

''The eggs, already quickened within their mother, hatch with little delay into the creatures known as "tiny batteries," creating a veritable army overnight. Such is a day in the life of the Queen, and she will have very many of them, for Queens can remain fertile for several hundreds of years.''

Battle
Mimic Queen begins with four Tiny Batteries and spawns others throughout. The player should ignore the Tiny Batteries and concentrate on the Mimic Queen. As with her spawn she is weak to Ice, so Blizzard should be cast against her. The player is advised to stick to Potions and Hi-Potions for healing so as to conserve MP for Blizzard.

The Queen's cinematic attack, Shockstorm, does upwards of 150 damage to the entire party, so the player should keep their health up during the battle to avoid being wiped out. A long Quickening chain can do heavy damage to the queen, knocking off half her HP or more instantly, but this can be a poor way to begin the battle as it drains the party's MP. Thus, the player may wish to keep a party member's MP at max until the queen is weak, then use a Quickening chain to finish her off quickly.

Rewards
Montblanc will give 300 gil for killing the Mimic Queen.

Ancient Warmech
According to the story from the Urutan-Yensa bestiary entry, the Mimic Queen was created the same way as Omega Mark XII, and its creator made it to show his disagreement with his Patron, and led it into his Palace's cellars.

When the player reports the Queen's death to Montblanc, they receive a letter of thanks for proving that a girl's father was innocent; this "father" probably being the Patron, accused of creating and/or releasing the Mimic Queen.

Related enemies

 * Bug
 * Mimic
 * Tiny Mimic
 * Battery Mimic
 * Tiny Battery
 * Mimeo
 * Pandora
 * Thunderbug
 * Minibug (Rare)
 * Killbug (Rare)
 * Ithuno (Rare)
 * Omega Mark XII (Optional Boss)