Adamastor

Adamastor

Job: Warrior
Family Gigas
Weak to:
Notorious Monster

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Abyssea - La Theine		Nifty Mantle (45.3%) Buffalo Meat (1.9%) Clot Plasma (3.8%) Coral Fragment (9.4%) Coeurl Meat (1.9%) Darksteel Ore (1.9%) Divine Log (3.8%) Dragon Meat (5.7%) Earth Ore (1.9%) Ebony Log (5.7%) Galateia (3.8%) Gigas Gauntlets (1.9%) Gigas Helm (1.9%) Gigas Necklace (1.9%) Gigas Socks (1.9%) Gold Thread (1.9%) Karakul Wool (3.8%) Teak Log (1.9%) Lacquer Tree Log(3.8%) Sailcloth (3.8%) Urushi (1.9%) Wind Ore (1.9%) Dented Gigas Shield (21.6%)		1	??? HP ??? MP

Spawn Conditions

• Spawned by trading a Trophy Shield to the ??? at C-4 at the north end of the valley populated by Bathyal Gigas, around the corner and out of sight of the mobs.
• ??? respawn is 1 minute.

Traits and Abilities

• Impact Roar: Cone Attack Physical Damage.
• Grand Slam: 15' AoE Physical Damage.

• Possibly immune to Gravity. Susceptible to Blind, Paralyze, Slow.
• Increased Double Attack rate and "Enspell" effect following use of Impact Roar. Effects are removed following Grand Slam.
• Resistant to Lightning magic.
• Resistant to Darkness magic. (Repeatedly resisted darkness skillchains).

• Always uses a pattern of moves beginning with Impact Roar, eventually followed by successive uses of Grand Slam.
• Following Impact Roar, Adamastor gains an undispellable Enspell effect as well as a sharp increase to Double Attack rate. These effects persist until Adamastor uses a series of Grand Slams, after which his attacks return to normal and the cycle repeats.

Derivations

Adamastor is the name of a giant in the Portuguese epic Os Lusíadas, meant to represent the hardships inflicted by nature and geography that sea ship crews face during difficult trips.