The Lamia is a species of monster and a specific monster in Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift. They keep their old status-inducing tricks from Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, including some new abilities like Eternal Sleep and Eternal Oblivion.
Units with Esuna and helms like the Cachusha and Ribbon are recommended when going up against these dangerous, snakelike foes, especially the Lamashtu. Lamias are also difficult adversaries because of their absence of an elemental weakness.
Classes[]
- Lamia
Vile creatures that lull their victims with song before they strike.
- Lilith
A monster that basks in blood and rejoices in death.
- Lamashtu
An eerie air surrounds this beast.
Stats[]
| Monster | Move | Jump | Evasion | Resilience | Weak | Half | Null | Absorb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 55 | — | Air, Lightning | — | — |
| Lilith | 4 | 2 | 0 | 55 | — | Air, Lightning | — | — |
| Lamashtu | 4 | 2 | 0 | 60 | — | Air, Lightning | — | Dark |
Abilities[]
Darkness[]
| Ability | MP | Range | Lamia | Lilith | Lamashtu |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Night* | 22 | All | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Puts all units to sleep. | |||||
| Poison Frog | 20 | 3 | Yes | No | Yes |
| Inflicts Poison and Toad. | |||||
| Kiss | — | 1 | No | Yes | Yes |
| Inflicts Doom and Charm. | |||||
| Hand Slap | — | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Damages and reduces target's ATP to 0, delaying turn. | |||||
| Twister | — | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Halves current HP of targets in an area. Hit rate is half of Attack. | |||||
| Eternal Sleep | — | All units | No | No | Yes |
| Inflicts Doom on all units on the field, and puts all units except for user to Sleep. | |||||
| Eternal Oblivion | — | 4 | No | Yes | Yes |
| Damages and inflicts Addle. | |||||
*Denotes a Blue Magick skill.
Etymology[]
In Greek mythology, Lamia was a beautiful Libyan queen who turned into a child-eating demon. She is often referred to as having the lower half of a snake and sometimes a large mouth (lamia in Greek means "large shark", while laimos means gullet).
Later characteristics attributed to her are similar to that of succubi, in that the lamia seduces men, enticing them to feed on their blood. It is said they reside in towers or secluded areas and have magical abilities.
Lilith is believed to have originated as a female Mesopotamian storm demon associated with wind. She was thought to be a bearer of disease, illness and death. The figure first appeared in a class of wind and storm demons or spirits as Lilitu in Sumer, circa 4000 BC. The phonetic name Lilith is thought to have originated in Ancient Israel and to have pre-dated at least 700 BC.
In Jewish folklore, Lilith is the name of Adam's first wife, who was created at the same time and from the same earth as him. She left Adam after refusing to become subservient to him and would not return to the Garden of Eden after she mated with archangel Samael. Her story was greatly developed during the Middle Ages—in the tradition of Aggadic midrashim, the Zohar and Jewish mysticism.
The semitic root L-Y-L layil in Hebrew, as layl in Arabic, means "night". Talmudic and Yiddish use of Lilith follows Hebrew. In Akkadian the terms lili and līlītu mean spirits.
In Mesopotamian mythology, Lamashtu is a female demon, monster, malevolent goddess or demigoddess who menaces women during childbirth.