Grand Mantis

Scan Description

“Used to live in water, but now lives above ground. Skewers enemies with its large claw and causes major damage.”

Where to Find It

Deling City Sewers
Lenown and Serengetti Plains in Centra
Kashkabald Desert in Esthar

Vital Statistics

Like nearly every enemy in Final Fantasy VIII, this enemy’s level rises with your party’s average level, and its rewards change across three level brackets. Check out the Character and Enemy Leveling page for the full explanation of how enemy levels work.

Level brackets	Low 1–19 Mid 20–29 High 30–100
HP by level	Lv 1: 5,213	Lv 10: 5,395	Lv 20: 5,720	Lv 30: 6,175	Lv 100: 13,000
HP formula	0.65x² + 13x + 5200 (x = enemy level)
AP	4
Triple Triad Card
Card	Rarely turns into BGH251F2

Elemental Affinities

Element	Effect
Fire	Normal
Ice	Weak (bonus damage)
Thunder	Weak (bonus damage)
Earth	Normal
Poison	Normal
Wind	Normal
Water	Resists (reduced damage)
Holy	Normal

Status Vulnerabilities

Percentages are the base chance for the status to land before level and junction modifiers; the higher the number, the easier it is to inflict.

Status	Works?
Death	70%
Poison	80%
Petrify	70%
Darkness	Immune
Silence	80%
Berserk	60%
Zombie	70%
Sleep	80%
Slow	90%
Stop	50%
Doom	80%
Gradual Petrify	70%
Confuse	60%
Drain	100%
Degenerator	80%
Vit 0 (Meltdown)	100%
The End	Works

Draws, Steals, and Drops by Level

	Low (1–19)	Mid (20–29)	High (30–100)
Draw	Water Esuna	Water Esuna	Water Esuna Life
Mug	Sharp Spike x2	Sharp Spike x4	Sharp Spike x8
Drop	Sharp Spike x1–2	Sharp Spike x3–4	Sharp Spike x6 or Water Crystal x2
Drop (with Rare Item)	Curse Spike x1 or Water Crystal x1	Curse Spike x2 or Water Crystal x2	Water Crystal x3–4
Devour	Restores max HP	Restores max HP	Restores max HP

Attacks

“Melting Bubbles”: Non-elemental magic damage with a chance of Silence.
“Super Arm”: The big claw: always a critical hit.

Strategy

Ice or Thunder deal double damage. Guard your casters against Melting Bubbles’ Silence.