Orthrus

Family: Cerberus Crystal: None Weak to: Title Obtained: Orthrus Decapitator Notorious Monster

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Abyssea - Altepa		Atheling Mantle (100%) Kikugosaku (???%) Stone of Ardor 1x 100% (Up to 3) (???%) Jewel of Ardor (???%) Orthrus's Claw 1x 100% (Up to 2) (???%) Cerberus Claw (up to 2) (???%) Gain-AGI (???%) Regen IV (???%) Migawari: Ichi (???%) Super Ether +1 (???%) Valor Minuet V (???%) Various synth items Battle Trophy: 1st Echelon Atma of the Brother Wolf		1	A, L, M, H ??? HP
A = Aggressive; NA = Non-Aggresive; L = Links; S = Detects by Sight; H = Detects by Sound; HP = Detects Low HP; M = Detects Magic; Sc = Follows by Scent; T(S) = True-sight; T(H) = True-hearing JA = Detects job abilities; WS = Detects weaponskills; Z(D) = Asleep in Daytime; Z(N) = Asleep at Nighttime; A(R) = Aggressive to Reive participants

Spawn Conditions	Companions/Summons
Use the key item Steaming Cerberus Tongue at the ??? at F-7 (Northeast corner).	N/A
Special Abilities	Passive Traits
Sulfurous Breath - Fire elemental breath attack. Lava Spit - Fire elemental conal attack. Ululation - 20' area of effect Paralyze (Status Effect). Scorching Lash - Area of effect attack used when target with emnity is behind Orthrus. Gates of Hades - 20' radius fire elemental attack that inflicts a huge amount of damage along with a 20/tick Burn effect. Acheron Flame - Uses after 50% HP . As Gates of Hades except much more potent.	Resistant to most enfeebling magic.
Physical Qualities	Magical Qualities
Absorbs fire elemental damage. Orthrus casts Fire III-V exclusively to heal itself this way.	Casts Fire III, Fire IV, Fire V, Flare, Firaga III, Firaga IV Spells increase in tier as his HP decreases.
Further Notes
Orthrus is almost immune to Light and Dark magic, you should attempt to fight Orthrus on Earth-Iceday to potentially avoid having spells like Dispel/Flash/Kurayami/Threnody as your !!trigger. The real danger in fighting Orthrus is facing Firaga IV followed by Acheron Flames. Stun one or the other if you can, or interrupt Firaga IV with a critical hit weaponskill. When Orthrus does the Howling (animation), it seems to reset all Enmity. Orthrus's Howl also grants him an intimidation effect for a short period of time(~15 second) (see testimonials)