Purobolos (Final Fantasy V)

Purobolos is a boss in Final Fantasy V. The party encounter a group of them at one of the meteor crash sites, and are forced to battle them.

Strategy
The party are attack by a group of 6 Purobolos. While they pose no real threat, the trick is that when you kill one, it will cast Arise, reviving all the other ones you've killed. This can make the battle long and tedious if you aren't prepared.

The best strategy is to have a Black Mage constantly cast their highest level magic on them all at once. A Blue Mage can help by using Aqua Breath. As long as you keep this going, they should all die at once.

Another method is to take advantage of the fact that when they Self Destruct, they won't cast Arise. So have your physical based jobs attack each one separately, until their HP is low, then wait for them to use Self Destruct. Hopefully you'll have gotten them down to 100-200 hp, so they don't do too much damage to your characters.

Related enemies

 * Bomb
 * Grenade