Attack and steal from an enemy.
Description
Mug is a Thief command ability in Final Fantasy V. It functions similarly to Steal, granting a 40% chance to take an item or piece of equipment from an enemy, but also performs a physical attack upon the target. As with Steal, the Thief's Gloves accessory doubles the success rate of stealing.
!Mug can also be used as a damage-replacing added command by attacking with the Thief Knife (50% probability).
Obtained[]
Mug is learned by reaching level 6 as Thief, for a total of 335 AP with the job. Mug is not innate to Thief, and can only be used when equipped in an ability slot.
!Mug can also be used as a damage-replacing added command by attacking with the Thief Knife (50% probability).
Mechanics[]
The stealing component of !Mug has the same mechanics as the !Steal ability. The damage component follows the applicable damage formula for regular physical attacks.
Much like other physical commands, !Mug prevents other added commands from activating, e.g., !Flee via the Chicken Knife.
When used together with Dual-Wield, the user gets two chances to steal from the same target. However, due to the mechanics of stealing, it is still only possible to steal only one item per enemy per battle (different forms of the same enemy are considered different enemies for steal/drop purposes).
Use[]
Mug can be more turn efficient than Steal, as it deals physical damage in addition to attempting to steal from an enemy. In some cases, this can be detrimental, as attacking the enemy can kill them before taking the item. However, Mug guarantees that a turn taken by attempting to steal an item is not entirely wasted.
Mug can only be used when equipping the ability, meaning that Thief characters should probably not equip Mug over other abilities. The best use of Mug is when characters with other jobs wish to steal an item from bosses, at which point, equipping Mug may be a better choice than equipping Steal.