After a rolling Crush, these will blow characters out of the party with Sneeze.
Final Fantasy VI PlayStation Bestiary entry
The Slagworm, also called Hoover, is an enemy in Final Fantasy VI. It is found in the desert south of Maranda, and is likely to be encountered when hunting Cactuars who are exclusive to the same location.
Stats[]
Battle[]
Crush.
Its special attack, Crush, deals heavy physical damage to a character, and it has a chance to counter all damaging attacks with up to two Sandstorms, doing high 
Wind-elemental damage to the party. On their third turn, Slagworms may attempt to blow out a party member with Snort.
Slagworms are highly susceptible to death attacks, so Banish and Death spells, as well as the Chainsaw and Air Anchor Tools, are the best ways to kill it quickly. Since the Slagworm will not counter Air Anchor with Sandstorm, it is a guaranteed one-hit kill with no downside. The player can nullify Sandstorm with the Minerva Bustier on Celes or Terra, or using a Thunder Shield. Slagworm is also susceptible to Stop and vulnerable to 
Ice-elemental attacks.
Coliseum Setup[]
The Paladin's Shield or Thunder Shield will nullify Sandstorm. Snow Scarf, along with an appropriate helmet, will bring Mog's Defense to 255, which will reduce physical damage taken to 0 when Mog is in the back row. Quake will be nullified by the Paladin's Shield or Angel Wings, so there is no need to equip both as long as Mog has 255 Defense.
Ice- and Water-elemental weaponry can be used to exploit the Slagworm's weaknesses, and the Kagenui to take advantage of its vulnerability to stop. Whether Kagenui is truly useful in this battle depends on the damage done by other available weapons with potentially higher attack power.
Formations[]
| Number | Enemies | Encounter flags | Introduction flag | Musical theme | Magic AP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Back | Surrounded | Side | |||||
| 237 | Slagworm | Sides, individual | Battle | 5 | ||||
AI scripts[]
Normal Script[]
Attack Turns:
1st Turn: Attack (66%) or Nothing (33%)
2nd Turn: Attack (66%) or Crush (33%)
3rd Turn: Attack (66%) or Snort (33%)
If attacked by anything: Sandstorm (66%)
- Sandstorm (33%)
Coliseum Script[]
Attack Turns:
1st Turn: Attack (25%) or Crush (25%) or Sandstorm (25%) or Quake (25%)
If attacked by anything: Sandstorm (66%)
- Sandstorm (33%)