Nanochu (ピコチュー, Pikochū?, lit. Picochu) is a recruitable monster from Final Fantasy XIII-2. It can be obtained once by throwing Mog with the "Improved Moogle Throw" Fragment Skill activated anywhere in the Clearwater Marshes side of the trench in the Archylte Steppe -??? AF-. It can be re-obtained as a drop from Valfodr at level 70.
Paradigm Pack[]
Nanochu is a relatively weak monster stat-wise. Using only Potent materials it can achieve just 3590 HP, 463 Strength, and 507 Magic. Its development is geared towards offense, being able to learn Bravery, Bravega, Faith, Vigilance, and all four En— spells. Even though it's a one-time monster, it could be beneficial to infuse Nanochu into other Synergists who lack offensive abilities or a monster in need of the Pack Mentality skill.
Even though it has low HP, it has a lot of potential to become an offensive Synergist, as Noel can settle the defensive buffs. One way to make Nanochu not so fragile is to infuse Resist Physical: +36%, Resist Magic: +36%, and HP: +30%.
Monster stats[]
Abilities[]
| Ability | Level | Type | Infuse |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bravery | Initial | Command | |
| Faith | Initial | Command | |
| Pack Mentality | Initial | Passive | |
| Feral Surge | 5 | Passive | |
| Augment Maintenance | 15 | Passive | |
| Vigilance | 17 | Command | |
| Enfire | 23 | Command | |
| Enfrost | 28 | Command | |
| Enthunder | 31 | Command | |
| Enaero | 35 | Command | |
| Augment Maintenance II | 38 | Passive | |
| Bravega | 40 | Command |
Etymology[]
Nano (symbol n) is a unit prefix meaning one billionth. Used primarily with the metric system, this prefix denotes a factor of 10−9 or 0.000 000 001.
"Ochu" comes from Dungeons & Dragons; specifically, it is the otyugh. The name in Japanese (and transliterations) comes from the pronunciation; it is pronounced with a short O and T (practically to a ch), making the pronunciation close to "o-chuugh". "オチュー" is the closest the katakana system can get to representing the sound without using compound katakana pronunciations not natively found in Japanese.
It is called Picochu in the Japanese version. The prefix "pico-" attached to the family name of Ochu. It is possibly meant to sound similar to Pikachu from Pokémon. Pico (symbol p) is a unit prefix meaning one trillionth. Used primarily with the metric system, this prefix denotes a factor of 10−12 or 0.000 000 000 001.