Gargantuan Grub in the Sand

Overview

• Unlock Requirement: Clear Scorn of Gilgamesh
• Reference: Announcement
• Release Date: 3/11/21, 220 days ago.

Battle Info

• ADV
• PRO
• ELT

Gargantuan Grub in the Sand - ADV

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
200	10	1	1305	5000	600	Phoenix Down
Mission
Complete the quest						50
Use no more than 10 items						4-star Trust Moogle (ALL 5%)
Use magic						Orange Esper Ore (20)
Defeat the sand worm's party within 10 turns						King Burst Pot (5)
Boss
Sand Worm

Gargantuan Grub in the Sand - PRO

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
300	10	1	2155	10000	750	Desert Zapper
Mission
Complete the quest						50
Use no more than 5 items						4-star Trust Moogle (ALL 5%)
Use a limit burst						Star Quartz (5)
Defeat the sand worm's party within 15 turns						King Burst Pot (10)
Boss
Sand Worm

Gargantuan Grub in the Sand - ELT

Difficulty	Energy	Battle	Gil	Unit XP	Rank XP	Clear Reward
400	10	1	4740	500000	2000	King Burst Pot
Mission
Complete the quest						100
Defeat the sand worm with a limit burst						5-star Trust Moogle (ALL 50%)
Clear without an ally being KO'd						Super Trust Moogle Exchange Ticket (5)
No items						Spirit Eater Sense
Boss
Sand Worm

Boss Guide (ELT)

Sand Worm No. 164
Race	Insect
Level	99
HP	3,000,000,000
MP	10,000
ATK	7,500
DEF	150,000
MAG	3,000
SPR	150,000

Element Resistance
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Status Ailment Resistance
-	null	null	null	null	null	null	null
Other Resistance
Vulnerable to ATK/MAG/DEF/SPR break.

Abilities

Name	Effect	Target	ATK	DMG	Element
Tremors	Earth physical damage (1.2x) to one enemy Reduce earth resistance (50%) for 4 turns to one enemy	ST	Physical
Engulf	Physical damage (1.5x) to one enemy	ST	Physical
Dispelling Coil	Remove all buffs from one enemy Physical damage (1.5x) to one enemy	ST	Physical
Absorb HP	Physical damage (1.8x) as HP drain (30%) to one enemy	ST	Physical
Wrap	Physical damage (0.1x) to all enemies	AoE	Physical
Landslip	Physical damage (1.5x) to all enemies	AoE	Physical
Sandtrap	Physical damage (4x) to all enemies	AoE	Physical
Graviga	50% HP damage to all enemies (can be sealed)	AoE	Magic	Fixed
It hit its head.	1% HP damage to caster	Caster	Fixed
Dust Cloud	Inflict blind (100%) to one enemy	ST
Ecdysis	Increase ATK (30%) for 2 turns to caster	Caster
Couldn't absorb HP due to attack item.	No effect
Preparing to use sandtrap.	No effect
Couldn't use sandtrap due to attack item.	No effect
Desert Field	Activate Desert Field -50% Earth Resistance to Everything (Stacks with Imperil) (Stacks and coexists with normal fields) (Permanent, Unremovable)	Field

Thresholds

• Pre-emptive:
  • Desert Field
  • Ends Turn

• Turn One:
  • Graviga
  • Continues Turn

• 80%, 60%, 40%, 20%: (Max 1/turn, will queue up)
  • Graviga
  • Continues Turn

Attack Pattern

• Sandworm follows a repeating three turn rotation:

Turn 1	Turn 2	Turn 3
Landslip Tremors Dispelling Coil Ends Turn	Three casts: Wrap Engulf Dust Cloud If damaged by an offensive item: Couldn't absorb HP due to attack item. It hit its head. Else: Absorb HP Preparing to use sandtrap. Ends Turn	Three casts: Wrap Tremors Ecdysis If damaged by an offensive item: Couldn't use sandtrap due to attack item. Else: Sandtrap Ends Turn

Tips

• See testimonials and discussions.

References

• Stats and AI parse by aEnigmatic

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